The house is coming in at 9 00 for an early session. We will bring you live coverage gavel to gavel of that. The president earlier this morning met with the European Union leader. This is what one leader had to say after meeting with the president. On one area, first and foremost on counterterrorism. I dont have to explain why. There are some issues that remain open like climate and trade. Sure we can say have a common position and opinion about russia. When it comes to the conflict in seems we are on the same line. However, my main message to is we give our cooperation and friendship its deepest meaning. Freedom, human rights, respect for human dignity. Today is thetask consolidation of the free world around those values, not just our interest. Principles, this is what we should be saying. That was the leader of the European Union council. The president will later go on to italy for the g7 meeting. If you go to www. Cspan. Org, you can follow our programming there. Another story in th
Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf the United States house of representatives 115th congress, welcome to todays reath laying ceremony. Mr. Collins eternal god, we are thankful nor moment of remembrance for it is in the silence of this hall that we remember the sacrifices of those who have laid their life down in service to this country. We remember the brothers and the sisters in arms who willingly took on the responsibility and the burden of the defense of this country. We are thankful for their sacrifice and remembrance of their families. Who saw them leave but did not see them return. I pray that we will always remember that measure of devotion and that in every moment of silence we remember that we are here in great part by their sacrifice that we honor in this place on this day. For you have given us strength. Let us have the courage to act upon it. As these we remember from every branch of service. It is in your name we pray, amen. Since its founding after the civil war, the observa
In 1997, i had an opportunity to work on an educational project with a gentleman named doctor samuel proctor. A number of you know him as a form present of North Carolina a t, hbcu, former president of Virginia Union university, private hbcu. He spent time in washington, d. C. , as a kennedy appointee to the peace corps but a number of you know him to his work as a pastor of the baptist church. In 1997 when opportunity to sit at a very lovely room similar to this with a donor and a donor who owns a very large and Famous Family foundation. The head of the walked into the room and made exchange niceties she said and ask you one question . He said yes. Is there a need for black colleges today . And doctor proctor leaned back in his seat having her discretion of most of life and he said maam, if you make him can restructure the question . The question is not whether there is a need for hbcus today. The question is, what would america be today without the hbcus . And so she nodded to dr. Pr
Mr. Sanders before we go further, i find it a little bit unfair that mr. Mulvaney and many people in the Trump Administration disparage the director of the c. B. O. When it was tom price, the former republican chairman of the budget committee, who appointed who appointed dr. Hall in the first place. Lets get that clear. Mr. Mulvaney, as you know, the United States today has more income and wealth inequality than any major country on earth. Top. 1 now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 . 52 of all new income today is going to the top 1 . But your budget thinks that it is good Public Policy to provide 52 billion in tax breaks to the wealthiest family in this country, a family already worth 128 billion. You think that a family like the Walton Family, where one guy there owns four ferraris and one maserati that are worth more than d 65 million, are just in desperate need of massive, massive tax breaks. En think that shelled aidleson, who among other things contributed 5 million fo
President trump waited for the senate to confirm attorney general Jeff Sessions. That is not the way it turned out. Here is a look at her speech. [applause] sally yates camile, thank you for a beautiful and generous introduction. Dean minow, distinguished faculty, family, friends, and most of all to the graduates of the Harvard Law School class of 2017, thank you for inviting me to share in this special day with you. It is such a privilege for me to be here. And to the graduates of the class of 2017, i want to say congratulations. You have worked incredibly hard to get here today, and i hope that you will take a moment to really let the full weight of your accomplishment sink in, and that you will revel in this a little bit, and to the parents of the graduates that are here today, you have to feel a tremendous sense of pride and sheer joy in what your children have accomplished. Congratulations to the moms and dads here as well. [applause] mrs. Yates dean minow, i cannot let this momen