Pres. Obama james wrote to the believers, consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Preach. Obama let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. It is a great honor to be back at Ebenezer Baptist church in the pulpit of its greatest pastor, dr. Martin luther king jr. , to pay my respects to perhaps his finest disciple. An american whose faith was tested, again and again, to produce a man of pure joy and unbreakable perseverance, john robert lewis. To those who have spoken, to president s bush and clinton, madam speaker, reverend warnock, reverend king, johns family, friends, his beloved staff, mayor bottoms, ive come here today because i, like so Many Americans, owe a great debt to john lewis and his forceful vision of freedom. This country is a constant work in progress. Were born with instructions. To form a more perfect union.
Culture, but john always said he always saw the best in us and he said that as long as he had a breath in his body he would do he never gave up and never everything he could to preserve this democracy. Stopped speaking out because he saw the best in us. And as long as we have breath in our bodies we had to continue he believes in us even when we didnt believe in ourselves. His cause. If we want our children to grow and as a congressman he didnt up in a democracy, not just with rest, he kept getting himself arrested. As an old man, he didnt sit out elections but a true democracy, any fight. Sat in all night long on the a representative democracy, in a floor of the United States capitol. I know his staff was stressed. Big hearted, tolerant, vibrant, inclusive america of perpetual but the testing of his faith self creation, then were going to have to be more like john. Produced perseverance. We dont have to do all the he knew that the march was not things he had to do because he did them
President bush good morning. Distinguished guests, johnmiles, lewis family and friends, i thank you for inviting us to be here today. Johns story began on a tiny farm in troy, alabama, a place so small he said you could barely find it on the map. He talked about the chickens. I did a little research. Every morning he would rise before the sun to tend to the flock of chickens. He loved those chickens. Already called to be a minister who took care of others, john fed them and tended to their every need. Even their spiritual ones. For john baptized them, he married them and he preached to them. [laughter] when his parents claimed one for family supper, john refused to eat one of his flock. Going hungry was his first act of nonviolent protest. [laughter] he also noted in later years that his first congregation of chickens listened to him more closely than some of his colleagues in congress. [laughter] john also thought the chickens were just a little more productive. At least they produced
All members are present. I. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sf gtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. Before we do that, i would like to ask everybody to join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome back, colleagues. I hope you all had a great break because im hopeful that this year, 2020, will be as fruitful as last year, 2019. And i would like to welcome our new city Deputy Director who is over there. Shes already busy, ann pearson, welcome to chambers. And i promise that at least, my colleagues promise not to pick on you for the first week, anyway. I also like to make an announcement that in december, at the end of december, there were three positions on the department of public inspect
All members are present. I. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sf gtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. Before we do that, i would like to ask everybody to join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome back, colleagues. I hope you all had a great break because im hopeful that this year, 2020, will be as fruitful as last year, 2019. And i would like to welcome our new city Deputy Director who is over there. Shes already busy, ann pearson, welcome to chambers. And i promise that at least, my colleagues promise not to pick on you for the first week, anyway. I also like to make an announcement that in december, at the end of december, there were three positions on the department of public inspect