stevenson, the next year. as for the university itself and its brave and proud student body, it would be three more years before father walsh would reluctantly give in to the wave that started that may day in 1924 and officialize the nickname the fighting irish. but make no mistake, madam president, it was 100 years ago this week in an act of defiance against religious intolerance that the fighting irish truly came into being. and so on this day we remember their bravery in exercising their most basic of american freedoms as we celebrate the day they put the fight in the university of notre dame fighting irish. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. . the presiding officer: the senator from california. butler butler mr. president -- ms. butler: mr. president, today i rise on the heels of mother day to talk about the health crisis for black mothers. i begin by acknowledging the invaluable contribution mothers make each day, kissing scraped knees and chasing monsters out of the closet, mr. president, mot