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, if any, between samuel adams, ben franklin, alexander hamilton? stacy: hamilton, i do not think, is on the radar because he is so much younger. franklin in particular and samuel adams are a generation older then john james madison, they are old enough to be their fathers, really. jefferson and samuel adams have a tight relationship. franklin adams are interesting. they are both from boston. franklin left as a young adolescent to philadelphia. i do not think they ever meet until 1770. there is one moment when franklin goes back to boston, tried hard to figure this out. i do not believe the two of them ever crossed paths. they are related because franklin becomes the massachusetts agent in london, there is a lot of correspondence between the two of them. committees between which adams sits and benjamin franklin. adams would be slow to believe franklin is sufficiently revolutionary. as our many people. many people find ben franklin's politics suspect. he has taken on british heirs. he tried hard to keep the entire impart together. he has counseled mas
, if any, between samuel adams, ben franklin, alexander hamilton? stacy: hamilton, i do not think, is on the radar because he is so much younger. franklin in particular and samuel adams are a generation older then john james madison, they are old enough to be their fathers, really. jefferson and samuel adams have a tight relationship. franklin adams are interesting. they are both from boston. franklin left as a young adolescent to philadelphia. i do not think they ever meet until 1770. there is...
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. >> today is alexander hamilton day? >> the first stock ever listed on the new york stock exchange. there is a bit of a homecoming for us, right now. i was in europe two or three years ago and one of the things i was struck by what i was talking to ceos in the region was just how interested they are at investing in the united states. when you think about some of the challenges they have had in europe in terms of energy security and the attractiveness of the labor pool, the vibrancy of our economy, it is very attractive to them and as we look through what is happening and look to what happens down the road with the us economy, i think there is reason to be optimistic. >> you are seeing pent-up demands from foreign investors. all that we are hearing about is japan, india, a little bit, mexico. >> when you look at the fundamentals of what the u.s. has to offer, it has ingredients and foreign investors see that as attractive. we are a large issuance of service provider so we have that direct dialogue with companies thinking
. >> today is alexander hamilton day? >> the first stock ever listed on the new york stock exchange. there is a bit of a homecoming for us, right now. i was in europe two or three years ago and one of the things i was struck by what i was talking to ceos in the region was just how interested they are at investing in the united states. when you think about some of the challenges they have had in europe in terms of energy security and the attractiveness of the labor pool, the vibrancy...
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alexander hamilton was the one who said this has to be a unilateral big power of a president.. not confirmed by the senate. some said, if a president pardon's, the senate has to confirm that. so the result is, presidents have made this almost into a free crime zone. richard nixon committed serious felonies, for which he almost certainly would have gone to prison. he was pardoned by gerald ford. nixon showed very little contrition. he soon said, if a president does something, that means it's not illegal. and even after that, he said that he had been railroaded, and should never have been driven out of office in the first place. >> i've to tell you, so much of what you've said between saying constitutional convention, and alexander hamilton, reminded me that half of what i know about history is informed by musicals. because when you said constitutional convention all i could hear was lin manuel miranda saying i was chosen for the constitutional convention. when you talk about ford pardoning nixon, what do you think the lesson is today? >> the lesson to presidents like donald tru
alexander hamilton was the one who said this has to be a unilateral big power of a president.. not confirmed by the senate. some said, if a president pardon's, the senate has to confirm that. so the result is, presidents have made this almost into a free crime zone. richard nixon committed serious felonies, for which he almost certainly would have gone to prison. he was pardoned by gerald ford. nixon showed very little contrition. he soon said, if a president does something, that means it's not...
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following the footsteps of that first moatal caribbean american, alexander hamilton. susan rice, shirley chis and our current -- chirsom and our current vice president, kamala harris, share caribbean heritage. we honor them and the legacy they have left. journalists like january pierre, the first black -- jean-pierre, the first black american to become press secretary for u.s. president. abby phillip, these are caribbean women who continue to disrupt the media by uplifting and amplifying black voices. our contributions are not limited to those within the rule of law. caribbean americans have a long history of social activists, free thinkers, revolutionaries. everyone recalls denmark vesse, who led the slave revolt in south carolina, a free man who died to free others. hubert harrison, a fellow virgin islandser and new yorker, who is often left in the shadows, was considered the father of harlem radicalism. men like malcolm x whose mother was from gra yairva -- grenada. the founder of the black panthers from trinidad. and james wendall johnson who wrote "lift every voi
following the footsteps of that first moatal caribbean american, alexander hamilton. susan rice, shirley chis and our current -- chirsom and our current vice president, kamala harris, share caribbean heritage. we honor them and the legacy they have left. journalists like january pierre, the first black -- jean-pierre, the first black american to become press secretary for u.s. president. abby phillip, these are caribbean women who continue to disrupt the media by uplifting and amplifying black...
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george washington and alexander hamilton worked for us for a couple hundred years but why let experience in the way of crazy theories? stuart: steve forbes everybody welcome guest on this program. back to the markets, please. this is after the weekend with all the extraordinary events in russia. we've got some selling but not exactly a sell-off by any means. minor leagues red ink on the left-hand side of your screen. jason katz with us this morning. i was expecting, i thought we might get a positive response on the market to the events in russia. anytime putin loses a little power, i thought be good for everybody, but apparently not. >> well initially, there was this thought that the grip is not going to be as tight. then there was this epiphany that you have to pick your poison and the devil you know kind of thing but what i think you're really getting this morning is a realization that we live in a very uncertain world. a very dangerous world, and had things gone the wrong-way this weekend and they still could theoretically go the wrong-way, it's one of those market events that we didn
george washington and alexander hamilton worked for us for a couple hundred years but why let experience in the way of crazy theories? stuart: steve forbes everybody welcome guest on this program. back to the markets, please. this is after the weekend with all the extraordinary events in russia. we've got some selling but not exactly a sell-off by any means. minor leagues red ink on the left-hand side of your screen. jason katz with us this morning. i was expecting, i thought we might get a...
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>> alexander hamilton. >> why? >> loved that musical. >> sam adams. >> beer?ur daddy? >> next question. >> is that daddy? is that daddy right there? >> father's day is a day we like to give thanks to our dad. what do you thank him for? >> thanks for taking me on a jet ski. >> thank you for everything you do for our family. >> dad, i love you, grateful for you. wish you the best day. >> i love you, dad. >> and i love you too, dad. happy father's day, belately. that's it for us tonight. kayleigh mcenany is next. dvr the show. remember, i'm watters and this is my world. >> hello, welcome to "fox news tonight." i am kayleigh mcenany. there's a massive search under way this hour for tourists trapped in a submarine beneath the atlantic ocean. they were on a titanic wreckage tour and have been missing since sunday. more on that in moments jacqui heinrich it-- it is no see ret they're roaming around for the next conservative target. we know this. i got to know them quite
>> alexander hamilton. >> why? >> loved that musical. >> sam adams. >> beer?ur daddy? >> next question. >> is that daddy? is that daddy right there? >> father's day is a day we like to give thanks to our dad. what do you thank him for? >> thanks for taking me on a jet ski. >> thank you for everything you do for our family. >> dad, i love you, grateful for you. wish you the best day. >> i love you, dad. >> and i love...
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instead of a duel, aaron burr and alexander hamilton, from now on, play a very intense game of wordle[ laughter ] >> guillermo: i don't get it. >> jimmy: what? >> guillermo: i don't get that joke. >> jimmy: you don't get it? it's okay, that's okay. [ laughter ] that has nothing to do with the pot, by the way. [ laughter ] on this day in 2016, we launched a game that's really taken over the nation. it's called "who's high?" the idea is i talk to three people on hollywood boulevard, i try to guess which one of them is high. six years later, cannabis is now legal, making it almost impossible to find anyone in the state of california who is not high. so tonight, we've got a new twist, it's time to play "who's not high?" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my cousin sal is out on the boulevard with three people we met. and sal, how are you tonight? >> sal: doing well, what are we doing? let's talk to guillermo for an hour. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you're right. guillermo, maybe you can help me with this, maybe you'll be tuned in to this. >> guillermo: okay, i'll help you. [ cheers and applause
instead of a duel, aaron burr and alexander hamilton, from now on, play a very intense game of wordle[ laughter ] >> guillermo: i don't get it. >> jimmy: what? >> guillermo: i don't get that joke. >> jimmy: you don't get it? it's okay, that's okay. [ laughter ] that has nothing to do with the pot, by the way. [ laughter ] on this day in 2016, we launched a game that's really taken over the nation. it's called "who's high?" the idea is i talk to three people on...
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and i but i thought well, let's find the biographies of his friends and alexander hamilton robert livingston, john jay and i was shocked to learn that the most recent biography of john jay was from the 30s. and i bought a used copy and read it and it wasn't that good. i thought god even i could better than this. so i started, you know researching and writing. i mean jay has this amazing career in state federal and international. i mean most people today kind of know him for is role in writing the federalist papers or his role on the as first chief justice, but he's basically the author of new york's first state constitution. he's the first chief justice of new york's highest court. he represents america broad first in spain during the revolution where he doesn't have much much success and then in france where he and atoms and franklin have great success in negotiating the treaty that ends the war and establishes our boundaries. and as soon as he kind of gets off the boat upon his return from france. tap to be secretary for foreign affairs for the confederation. he's a leader of the movement
and i but i thought well, let's find the biographies of his friends and alexander hamilton robert livingston, john jay and i was shocked to learn that the most recent biography of john jay was from the 30s. and i bought a used copy and read it and it wasn't that good. i thought god even i could better than this. so i started, you know researching and writing. i mean jay has this amazing career in state federal and international. i mean most people today kind of know him for is role in writing...
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explained, the task at hand was like prosecuting kosovo's equivalent of benjamin franklin and alexander hamilton if you indict these people, you are saying the founding fathers of kosovo have committed atrocities and i'm ready to prove it in an independent court, independent judges, and rules that apply to everyone. another former head of the specialist prosecutor's office, clint williamson, explained that smith focused on getting witnesses that contributed to the process earlier to come on board again. and then smith and his office focused on the chain of command. williams says, quote, this is not unlike organized crime prosecutions. the mafia boss very rarely pulls the trigger himself. you have to develop linkages between the trigger puller and the big boss who is giving orders. the work paid off. in june of 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, when smith's office announced it was seeking an indictment against if he then sitting president of the new nation kosovo, how she thought she, it included ten counts of various war crime charges, including nearly 100 murders and the torture of hundr
explained, the task at hand was like prosecuting kosovo's equivalent of benjamin franklin and alexander hamilton if you indict these people, you are saying the founding fathers of kosovo have committed atrocities and i'm ready to prove it in an independent court, independent judges, and rules that apply to everyone. another former head of the specialist prosecutor's office, clint williamson, explained that smith focused on getting witnesses that contributed to the process earlier to come on...
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right now that george washington and john adams and thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin and alexander hamiltonrush said, no, we're going big. we want a country of our own. we know that true liberty is a gift from god and the only way to accept that gift is to be independent, to be able to govern ourselves. to have the miracle that so few people in this world have ever had to choose for themselves their own form of government. how they were going to be governed. imagine if we had gone small, we all have british accents, everybody. [ laughter ] we'd all have british accents today. some of us watch the coronation of king charlotte iii. all of us would have been required to if we had gone small. and then you had 1861. when the country and many people in it literally wanted to make it smaller, they wanted it divided in half, because we disagreed, we disagreed on some fundamental issues, like sl slavery, like how the federal government interacts with the state governments and who should really be in charge and if we had had had a small leader sitting in the white house in 1861, we would not have bec
right now that george washington and john adams and thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin and alexander hamiltonrush said, no, we're going big. we want a country of our own. we know that true liberty is a gift from god and the only way to accept that gift is to be independent, to be able to govern ourselves. to have the miracle that so few people in this world have ever had to choose for themselves their own form of government. how they were going to be governed. imagine if we had gone small,...
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so he he trusted the he trusted both trusted and trusted the people around him starting with alexander hamilton, maybe better than other people and a few spats aside, you know, there are episodes, but they fell out for some time, as we know. but all in all, i think he retained a lot of trust and he, uh, he gave power to the people around him because that was also the style of his being a general, you know, not trying to centralize everything in order to demote the other people. but quite the opposite, to create a good and environment, to create a good cabinet, to to have around, to be and circled and to be able to to to rely on the people around him that was something, i think, very meaningful. and that was the question. sorry, i got lost. the ending is, oh yeah, yeah, sure. sorry about it. and then there is something you. know, sure. writing letters and having people doing that was also a strategy. oh, probably not to edit out his, you know, the unpleasant facts that were of course visible, but it was certainly a strategy to to create a good car. so he understood pretty well that in order to t
so he he trusted the he trusted both trusted and trusted the people around him starting with alexander hamilton, maybe better than other people and a few spats aside, you know, there are episodes, but they fell out for some time, as we know. but all in all, i think he retained a lot of trust and he, uh, he gave power to the people around him because that was also the style of his being a general, you know, not trying to centralize everything in order to demote the other people. but quite the...
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sorry, but i don't think there's a provision for that in the constitution i don't remember alexander hamiltonwriting in the federalist papers that the constitution should be the law of the land unless john adams' son posts a lithograph flyer of his genitals in faneuil hall. interesting historical fact. john adams' son, john quincy adams, was also president. but later in life, they had a falling out. so john quincy adams had his name legally changed to -- >> johnny bananas. [ laughter and applause >> seth: there we go [ applause ] and i am certain that's the end of that. [ laughter ] these guys are desperate to find secret evidence of a hidden conspiracy on the laptop of the president's son. meanwhile, trump's out there admitting he stole classified documents from the white house and they're all like, so what? we all steal stuff from work what is it about the words "hunter biden's laptop" that drives right-wingers absolutely insane it's all they can think about. it's like that torture device they make bix wear in andor. they just hear those three words, and they lose their minds. also, side no
sorry, but i don't think there's a provision for that in the constitution i don't remember alexander hamiltonwriting in the federalist papers that the constitution should be the law of the land unless john adams' son posts a lithograph flyer of his genitals in faneuil hall. interesting historical fact. john adams' son, john quincy adams, was also president. but later in life, they had a falling out. so john quincy adams had his name legally changed to -- >> johnny bananas. [ laughter and...
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alexander hamilton, when he proposed it, george mason at the convention said, listen, is anybody worriedptly? that he might pardon his cronies. after, what undoing what the doj and the jury has done. it seems a little strange. of course, hamilton's response is, well, if that happens, i guess you can always impeach him. so, now we have the pardon vote. which when you think about it, is a completely new unnecessary powder. it's also the broadest presidential power. it's completely unfettered. don't need the advice and consent of senate. but that's what we've got. that's the constitution we have. it's not going anywhere. >> danny cevallos with the crash history course. jenny, thanks so much for. that joe and debbie, please stick around. we've got a lot more to discuss. up next, president biden officially kicks off his 2024 presidential campaign. and fortunately, he didn't promise to pardon donald trump. more on what he did say, after this. fter this frustrated by skin tags? dr. scholl's has the breakthrough you've been waiting for. the first fda-cleared at-home skin tag remover clinically p
alexander hamilton, when he proposed it, george mason at the convention said, listen, is anybody worriedptly? that he might pardon his cronies. after, what undoing what the doj and the jury has done. it seems a little strange. of course, hamilton's response is, well, if that happens, i guess you can always impeach him. so, now we have the pardon vote. which when you think about it, is a completely new unnecessary powder. it's also the broadest presidential power. it's completely unfettered....
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here right now, george washington, john adams and thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin and alexander hamiltonnd benjamin rush said no, we are going big. we want a country of our own. we know that true liberty is a gift from god, and the only way to accept that gift is to be independent, to be able to govern ourselves, to have the miracle that so few people in this world have ever had to choose for themselves their own form of government, how they were going to be covered. imagine if we had gone small. we would all have british accents, everybody. we would all have british accents today. some of us watched the coronation of the king charles iii. all of us would have been required to do if we had gone small. [laughing] and then, 1861. the country and many people in it literally wanted to make it smaller. they wanted to divide it in half. disagreed. we disagreed on some fundamental issues like slavery, like how the federal government interacts with the state government and who should really be in charge. and if we had had a small leader sitting in the white house in 1861, we would not have becom
here right now, george washington, john adams and thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin and alexander hamiltonnd benjamin rush said no, we are going big. we want a country of our own. we know that true liberty is a gift from god, and the only way to accept that gift is to be independent, to be able to govern ourselves, to have the miracle that so few people in this world have ever had to choose for themselves their own form of government, how they were going to be covered. imagine if we had...
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george washington and john adams and thomas jefferson and jim and franklin and alexander hamilton andjamin rush said no, we are going big. we want a country of our own. we know that liberty is a gift from god and the only way we accept that gift is to be independent, to be able to govern ourselves and that's the miracleor that so few people as robert bever had to choose for themselves their own form of government. how they were going to be governed. imagine if we had gone small. we all have british accents. we all have british accents today. some of us watch the coronation of king charles, iii all of us would required if we had goneav small. and then you had 1861 when the country and many people and it literally wanted to make it smaller. they wanted to divide it in half because we disagreed. we disagreed on some fundamental issues like, like how the federal government interacts with the state government in who should really be in charge. and if we had had a small leader sitting in the white house in 1861 we would not have become the greatest continental country the world has ever see
george washington and john adams and thomas jefferson and jim and franklin and alexander hamilton andjamin rush said no, we are going big. we want a country of our own. we know that liberty is a gift from god and the only way we accept that gift is to be independent, to be able to govern ourselves and that's the miracleor that so few people as robert bever had to choose for themselves their own form of government. how they were going to be governed. imagine if we had gone small. we all have...
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tell me why alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson should not be turning over in their graves.what they started. you got differences of views and opinions there is a widening divide and that is playing into the china's hand. divide and conquer. compromise seems to be going down the toilet. we have got to find the right kind of valance. -- balance. this is for the good of everybody. we got to find reasonable balanced -- balance. i do not know how we have been spared this long but china is licking their chops like a hungry wolf we have to do something to establish balance. guest: going back to the founders, the founders were concerned about the danger of party conflict and what they call factions. contemporary political parties we have today. chief riddle's paper there is a worry about factions, country can be divided and turned apart if there are factions. the solution was we will have a large country and a representative democracy. the factions can't are said policy. they have to like people who like policy -- elect people who like policy. we have these two large political part
tell me why alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson should not be turning over in their graves.what they started. you got differences of views and opinions there is a widening divide and that is playing into the china's hand. divide and conquer. compromise seems to be going down the toilet. we have got to find the right kind of valance. -- balance. this is for the good of everybody. we got to find reasonable balanced -- balance. i do not know how we have been spared this long but china is...
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writes i have longed for already that would long revive the te sain in american politics by alexander hamiltonraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt, and contemporaries like bloomberg. if the 2020 for election was bernie sanders versus ron desantis i would support this one house and percent. an independent candidate would bring this into the 21st century. their agenda would not be my cup of tea. donald trump changes the equation. a trump kaz -- presidency faces a threat to our democracy. in my view our show -- the sole purpose should be to defeat trump. we want to hear more from you on this subject. our next caller, susan, florida, democrat line. caller: hello. i am definitely a supporter of joe biden. i am very surprised by people saying he is too old just because he has stumbled a couple times. the man is not decrepit in mind or body. i find it offensive when people say that. the man is doing a very good job. he is handling his job. he is doing it. he is doing it. he is completing the task in front of him. he is working hard and long hours. he is doing the job. we have to get rid of donald trump.
writes i have longed for already that would long revive the te sain in american politics by alexander hamiltonraham lincoln, theodore roosevelt, and contemporaries like bloomberg. if the 2020 for election was bernie sanders versus ron desantis i would support this one house and percent. an independent candidate would bring this into the 21st century. their agenda would not be my cup of tea. donald trump changes the equation. a trump kaz -- presidency faces a threat to our democracy. in my view...
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it's a federal function and if we go back to the words of alexander hamilton for judicial review what's commission that this power is an the -- commission -- the mandate comes from the federal constitutio i'd like to go back to your getting this distinction about mentioned precedent.ure and i i said there was aking function in the text. the structure is a familiar one. we see the founders in cases like lesking the pre-existing state legislature and assigning a federal function to it but weee it in state courts. state courts bound by state procedures and having exclusive federal questions until 1875 so this was a structure that was take an existing entity with existing procedures but to empoweercise federal authority and that's what we that was a sto in 1820 you know speaks as to why as why there can't be a limit on the power it' because it's a federal function i think joseph story's speech in 1820 is relevant with respect to w all elections be because the massachusetts constitution 1780 had a provision that says all elections shall be free. >> can i ask you a question about it being a f
it's a federal function and if we go back to the words of alexander hamilton for judicial review what's commission that this power is an the -- commission -- the mandate comes from the federal constitutio i'd like to go back to your getting this distinction about mentioned precedent.ure and i i said there was aking function in the text. the structure is a familiar one. we see the founders in cases like lesking the pre-existing state legislature and assigning a federal function to it but weee it...
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carefully designed, largely by james madison, to avoid just what you were saying, the fear of alexander hamiltonong and trash it all. it has taken two centuries, but now we have the republican party coming up against all of that. may i say a word about judge cannon that connects to this? >> please. >> i'm saying, the way she behaved before, she was reprimanded by her superiors. she botched that case. if we were getting surgery, would we want to go to a surgeon that botched an operation the first time? number two, we're at a time just as you are all saying, this could be the most important criminal trial in american history. do we really feel sanguine about this being in the hands of a judge who is a trump supporter, member of the federalist society, demonstrated in that earlier case, or earlier part of this case, that she had an ax to grind? the third thing -- i will close with this. a lot of people in this country expected this trial to be in d.c. with a federal judge in d.c. it was only a few days ago that people suddenly discovered that this trial was going to be not in d.c. but in south flor
carefully designed, largely by james madison, to avoid just what you were saying, the fear of alexander hamiltonong and trash it all. it has taken two centuries, but now we have the republican party coming up against all of that. may i say a word about judge cannon that connects to this? >> please. >> i'm saying, the way she behaved before, she was reprimanded by her superiors. she botched that case. if we were getting surgery, would we want to go to a surgeon that botched an...
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alexander hamilton, america's first treasury secretary, was born in the caribbean. former secretary of state colin powell was the son of jamaican immigrants. shirley chisholm, the first black woman to be elected to congress and run for president was the daughter of immigrants from barbados. today, caribbean americans are making a difference across the country and we celebrate all of them this month. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. lamalfa: i rise today to recognize and pay heart felt tribute to sergeant caesar sandoval of willows, california. sergeant sandoval's sudden and unexpected passing in april was a devastating blow not only to his family but also to the communities of willows and chico and all who knew him where he faithfully served as a law enforcement officer for 29 years.
alexander hamilton, america's first treasury secretary, was born in the caribbean. former secretary of state colin powell was the son of jamaican immigrants. shirley chisholm, the first black woman to be elected to congress and run for president was the daughter of immigrants from barbados. today, caribbean americans are making a difference across the country and we celebrate all of them this month. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from...