it is whether america remains america.hether we will leave to our children and grandchildren a country grounded in our highest ideals of freedom, free market, the inalienable rights to life and liberty, or whether we will leave to them a country that is fundamentally transformed into something else. republicans, we stand at a crossroads of freedom. wo paths, one tew based on the dignity of every individual, and the other on the growing control of the state. our road leads to greater freedom and opportunity. there road leads to socialism -- their road lisa socialism and decline. president trump set us on a path of freedom and opportunity from the first day of this administration. [applause] joe biden would set america on the path of socialism and decline. america is a blessed and exceptional country, unique among the nations. we have been an asylum of hope for millions around the world yearning to breathe free, as the words on the statue of liberty declare. many of our greatest citizens have come from corners of the ruled -

♪ living in america living in america wait a minute living in america living in america so nice withll the things were gone i'd worked for all my life and i had to start again with just my children and my wife i'd thank my lucky stars to be living here today because the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa! ♪ ♪ >> the spirit of america continues as we pay tribute to our nation's true superheroes. we salute the brave men and women of our armed services, who are defending our freedoms around the world so that we can celebrate our independence in this great land we call america. we also recognize all of our health care workers and first responders. thank you for keeping us all safe. ♪ >> ♪ i'm a new day rising -- i'mnd-new sky ahead, a brand new sky to hang the stars upon tonight ♪ i, i'm a little divided >> do i stay

that's what has to stop here in america. some of the headlines, federal law enforcement use unmarked vehicles to grab protesters off the streets. a navy vet asked federal officers in portland to remember their oaths, they broke his hand. that's the navy vet in the white sweatshirt who is being attacked by two officers while another sprays him with pepper spray. federal officers deployed in portland didn't have proper training, d.h.s. says. they shouldn't have been there. we need a bill to stop secret police in america. we need a bill done as an amendment on this bill right now, on this bill we're considering about military force, a bill which says your organization has to be identified on your uniform. it says there has to be unique identifier so you don't think you can just get away with anything and eye abuse people and never -- abuse people and never be held accountable. and a bill which says, if you defend monuments and buildings, you defend monuments and buildings. you have to have the permission of the mayor or governo

one is a vision of america sees american history in the story of america's beautiful and wonderful andnternally true founding ideals in america striving to live up to that, feeling, stumbling and falling in america that is founded on basic notions and separation of independence to bring an unprecedented freedom pronounces millions of people in america by billions of people around the world. an american philosophy that is beautiful in its essence, it's all about freedom in a culture that really values right in which oliver debates take place on the moral basis that rights preexistent government. that's what i call the union vision of america which holds us together. any country that holds together has to share a history of the culture and philosophy. there is a second string, the strain that is running to her politics right now. the strain of sending entrance integration is him. america has not had time to find this, and story fighting another group over the head. america's philosophy is a pasteboard mask and really what is covering up his hierarchy and brutal power dynamic intercultura

, all in america. i don't accept the defeatist view that forecasts automation and globalization means we can't keep well-paying jobs in america and create more of them. i don't buy for one second that the vitality of american manufacturing is a thing of the past. manufacturing was the functioning arsenal of democracy end world war ii. it has to be part of the engine in prosperity in america now. am releasing a plan on how to create millions of good-paying union jobs, growing technology we need now and will need in the future. it starts with the basic idea. when the federal government spends taxpayer money, we should use it to buy american products and support american jobs. my plan would tighten the rules to make this a reality, and it goes further. during my first term, we will invest $400 billion purchasing products and materials our country needs to modernize our infrastructure, replenish our critical stockpiles, and enhance national security. that is what the federal government will spend on buying

teach our kids to love america. make america self-sufficient. make america a family again.ew deal for cities, peace corps for america, positive patriotism. i would say this every week, but please us know what you think. send in any ideas you have and on this fourth of july weekend, share something positive about america. will post it soon. follow us at steve hilton and nextrevfnc. will get reaction from katrina and charlie in a moment but first let's talk about how we can teach our children to love america. you've heard this wonderful program on what made american great. brian kilmeade joins us now. i think the best single thing we can do to teach our kids to love america is to pass a law that requires everyone in this country to watch your show on fox nation but i've got a feeling nancy pelosi is not going to buy that so in the absence of that what you think we can do to really teach our children to love and appreciate this great country. >> i'm in a work toward passing your lusty because i don't think there's any choice but sadly in new york, this is what needs to happen

, red or blue, it is whether america remains america.ourther we will children a country of free markets and the right to life and liberty, or whether we leave to our children and grandchildren a country that is fundamentally transformed into something else. republicans wet stand at the crossroads of freedom. before us are two paths -- one based on the dignity of every individual and the other on the growing control of the state. our road leads to greater freedom and opportunity. there road leads to socialism and decline. nationnt trump set our on a path to freedom and opportunity from the very first day of this administration. [applause] the joe biden would set america on a path of socialism and decline. america is a blessed and exceptional country unique among the nations. we have been an asylum of hope for millions around the world, yearning to breathe free as the words on the statue of liberty declare. many of our greatest citizens have come from corners of the world ruled by socialist regimes. if you ever doubt whether this country i

america, america ♪ ♪ with brotherhood from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ america ♪ [applause] there was thehey: without freedom of press and an open communication system, we do not sweep our sins under the road. if racial exists, tensions exist, if riots occur, the whole world knows about it. instead of the iron curtain, we have a picture window. [applause] [gunfire] a 50-gunfollowed 56-gun salute one , for each of the united states and its territories as the flag of each state and intentionally was brought in possession. ♪ marching scouts then carried to the mass flags of the united states from the lincoln memorial to the ellipse near the white house. here, the largest american flag in the capital flew above the flags of the 56 states and territories. citizens of all ages brought their small, american flags to place the upright in beds which "u.s.a."letters ♪ in the evening, there was a 2:45 show, featuring american film and recording stars and hosted by comedian bob hope. bob: here is a gal we are happy to have with us, because she is one of the most beautiful people in the world. miss bl

america needs 135,000 more teachers. as the shortage grows, we hear sudden demands for teachers to turn out more scientists and technicians, a larger reservoir of skilled and informed citizens. is anything being done about this? not enough. teachers are well aware of the problems, but the public has been apathetic. to begin with, teachers must be kept free for the all-important work of teaching. teacher aides are one answer. some communities have them supervised laboratory work in high schools. or perform the clerical functions that take highly trained teachers' precious time. or the picking up after, all the things that keep the teacher from teaching. and then there's money. some of us spend more on our automobiles than the total salary of our teacher we ask to train our children. you are the only people who can raise teachers salaries. you must understand their problem and then act. some communities are trying to do something about it. but others aren't, for the simple reason that many people don't care. only 10% of pa

they use all this money from the fed to take america private they're doing a leveraged buyout on america and once it's done it could be in the next 2 or 3 heirs they'll simply shut the market they'll say markets we own it all sorry have a nice day we now live in a monarchy and you should have taken aggregate team sooner have a nice day i don't think you're right in one respect if you're going to continue with the leveraged buyout of. corporate america i think that's why we continue but i think there's enough robustness in our system that we still have enough small companies coming in that they can't quite shut down the market as it were completely that we're actually going to continue to have a market and i'm like of zimbabwe i have a lot more faith in the american dollar because it's the reserve currency by default i mean we're the only ones that are really a military superpower so we can enforce our policies and our ross. other countries do that we rank sounds like rome in the 2nd century a day when they stopped paying their forces of the military and the empire collapsed i think it ov

we do not ask them to do this for america.t for their country and their nation. the freedom and the independence to protect the rights of their people. when we do that and we tell them a merica will be there, i'm very confident in the end that this is a world that with the hard work applied, will become one that is governed by a rules based order and the freedom of the american people will be secured. >> mister secretary, thank you for joining us here today. >> thank you all. (applause) >>, beginning at 8 pm eastern, a look at the 1960 lunch counter sit in this. in 1960, former african american student sat down at a segregated lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, launching a civil rights movement that would spread to other cities throughout the country. university of massachusetts professor tracey parker joined american history tv and washington journal to take your question about desegregation protest from that time. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span three. next the legislative branch mi

it is a great responsibility for america to you maintain. like s no other country us and we are all equal. this 4th of july every american should pause for a moment to thank god they were born here, but also double the commitment regardless of party that you bind yourself to pass that freedom and guarantee it to the next generation. i have a portrait of frederick douglass in my office, a man born into slavery and fought for his freedom and became the first trin-american adviser to president lincoln. he said this, every man has his chance. if he cannot be president, he can at least be prosperous. in this respect, america is not only the exception to the general rule, but to the social wonder of the world. unfortunately, some on the left are encouraged by the silence of democratic leaders including the speaker of the house are trying to erase our story and want to erase our history. whether it is a monument of lincoln, democrats no longer view the richness of our country's history worthy. not only do they want to erase our past but radically c

♪here in the ♪ in americae american wait a minute living in america your bad self living in america ihildren and my wife i'd thank my lucky stars to be living here today because the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i will forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today because

one is the word socialise which has become demonised in america.s one. france doesn't. switzerland doesn't. holland doesn't. canada doesn't. there are a lot of options for it to choose from without the government delivering health care. that is a perfectly soluble problem. we do not have to have a system in which the government employs the doctors and much of the hospitals. britain is pretty neat in doing that. let me come at this from a different angle. you for a long time, you're writing about for an equality in health care outcomes and all sorts of other things, you have made it plain that you are an opponent of the way america currently does things. but there is a whole raft of the way america currently does things. but there is a whole raft of other thinkers in america, political scientist and economists who say you are barking up the wrong tree and ultimately, this isn't so much about economic systems, it is about moral values. and that the modern day 21st century america is unfortunately as they would put it full of people who lack the moral

i am very proud to be an america, living in america.t i think the problem is, we have a person at the very top, the very highest office in america that behaves as if he cares nothing about america. that is the problem. when you care about america, you care about the democracy of america. when you care about america, care aboutpeople who america and you do not collude with other nations and other countries to win elections in america. you do not have the head person of our justice system carry water for you. you do everything by the book. you do not purposely go out to turn the world upside down. you have to care about yourself to carry -- care about america. care aboutot america, you cannot care about the democracy of america and i think that is what this presidents problem is. he cannot think beyond himself. if he gave a little thought about the people he serves and give consideration to the thought that he is supposed to be serving the people, not the people serving him, inks would be different -- things would be different. host: did

and we will defend, protect and america. in 1492, columbus discovered america.coming back to work like never before. the power of tariffs imposed on have enabled us to make trade deals where there were none, tens of billions of paid by the same countries. hit bynd then, we got the virus. progress,de a lot of our strategy is moving along well. we have learned a lot. we have learned how to put out the flame. we have made ventilators where -- by the tens of thousands, to the point that we have far more than we need, and we are now distribute in them too many countries -- to many countries as a gesture of goodwill. likewise, testing. virus now we have tested almost 40 million people. -- s doing, we showcases 99% of which are harmless results, that no other country can show because no other country has been testing that we have, not in terms of the numbers. we, like everything else, have become the manufacturer on record for ventilators. we have the most testing anywhere in the world. and we are producing gowns and masks and surgical equipment in forcountry, where he

me america ♪ ♪ america and the dream goes on ♪ ♪ i'm a yankey doodle dandy a real live nephew of my white and blue u ♪ ♪ this is my country land of my word you're a grand ole flag for forever ♪ ♪ this land is your land is my land from every forest to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me ♪ ♪ america i love you oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountain majesty above the fruited plains ♪ america america god shed his grace on me and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sing sea ♪ ♪ ♪ god bless america my home sweet home god bless america my home sweet home ♪ >> thank you very much. congr congratulatio congratulations. >> every hour of life has its own moment of truth and who better to call it to attention than the man who parted the red sea. chuck heston. >> you know, when i got here tonight, i wasn't certain wa what to expect except a a great party, variety clubs and frances albert kind of guaranteed that. a party for the president and the first laid a dion a first name basis. that's a great idea. just like the old d

that's what happens to stop here in america. some of the headlines, federal law enforcement use unmarket speaks to grab protesters off the street. a navy vet, remembering the oath, they broke his hand. that's the vet in the white and navy sweatshirt and two officers were spraying him with pepper spray while standing in a peaceful protest. and they didn't have proper training, dhs says, well, they shouldn't have been there. so we need a bill to stop secret police m america, we need a bill done as an amendment on this bill right now. on this bill we're considering about military force. a bill which says your organization has to be identified on your uniform, that there has to be unique identifier so you don't think you can just get away with anything and abuse people. if you're there on a mission to defend monuments or buildings, you don't go through the streets. you want to become crowd could have. you have to have permission of the mayor or the permission of the governor. and that the federal government transparency in our democ

either america survivors the left or america defeats the left.iberals are mostly weak and naive, but they are not leftists. this is one of the ways to solve our problem. liberals made to recognize as alan dershowitz and dave rubin and other liberals have, their enemy is the left, not the right. we conservatives are protecting liberal values like free speech. the day the liberal wakes up from his stupor that his enemy is the left, and none the conservative. that will answer the question. this is an existential battle. either the left survives and america is defeated. or the right survivors and the left is defeated. if you deny we are in a civil war you are having your head in the proverbial sand. judge jeanine: dennis prager, you always make so many sense. thanks for being with us tonight. we appreciate it. how can president trump get more americans behind him as he surges in his election. charlie kirk is next with guys, are you tired of frequent nighttime bathroom trips? well, force factor prostate helps reduce urges to urinate, plus fully empty

governor noem said, quote, this is being done to discredit america's principals so that america can bee in a different political image. she also said, quote, to attempt to cancel the founding generation is an attempt to cancel our own freedoms. let us not destroy history. let us learn from it by preserving and imitating what is good about it, end quote. that's one of the early themes of this event that's just come up in the last few minutes and the president began his remarks with that theme as well. >> appreciate your reporting and it reflects what i told you we were going to do with his speech, which is keep an eye on it and report it out and also fact-check and analyze it. it's not a free c-span broadcast for this or any other politician. in that spirit, to you, joshua, and then errin, i'm just jotting down what you said and we've been monitoring the speech. there is a debate over so-called cancel culture. as a free speech person myself, i tend to err on the side of listening and reckoning with ideas, and if they're bad, debating rather than canceling them. however, i'm curious if y

susan: and how do you define america? mr. burtka: how do i define america? well, i think it is important to understand that america, as i said, it is not only an idea, it is a place. it is a place that we call home in a place that we love. and there are -- basically, it's a place and it's an experiment in ordered liberty and virtue. and we have had successes and failures throughout our history. we have seen the scope of government grow, and contractor small periods of time. the important thing when we are looking at america from a conservative perspective is the goal is to really take the best of our traditions and apply them to the future. so it's not only a backwards-looking exercise, it

and we put america first.use] we will not allow anyone to divide our citizens by race or background. we will not allow them to foment hate. scored and distrust. we discord, and distrust. we will hold fast and true to the sacred loyalties that link us all as neighbors, as americans, and is patriots in every age. there have always been those who seek to lie about the past in order to gain power in the in the present. those who lie about our history or want us to be ashamed of who we are not interested in justice or healing, their goal is demolition, our goal is not to destroy the greatest country on earth, what we have built, the united states of america. the bill the future where every family is safe, where every child is surrounded by love, where every community has equal opportunity, and every citizen enjoys great and everlasting dignity. our past is not a burden to be cast away. it is not a miraculous foundation that will lift us to the next great summit of human endeavor. this incredible story of progress i

flag and then burning it and one thing they said was america was never great now this is our response to of course donald trump saying make america great again and how did hillary clinton respond to that she insisted that america is already great so here we see this radical shift in the mindset of these young people who are of knowledge i think for at least 3 of them that america was never great hey young people great well you know it's up to them to make it in their own image and the millennialism jency i'm a believer in you know i already had the plum 40 or 50 year experience in the united states post world war 2 post lunar landing you know booming stock markets never had a work day in my life because of that and you know so it's up to them to decide what's great and make it great and good luck with that it's been great for me but the other thing that i think has happened and you can see it also reflected in monetary and financial reality is that during the course of you know the end of world war 2 and being the only industrial power and. growing strong and then having them going ba

we love you america. ♪ ♪.k: hello america i mark 11, this is "life liberty and levin", we have a great guest bob woodson. bob: pleased to be here mark. mark: we met three decades ago you have not changed. i want to talk about the 6019 project that america was founded in slavery and slavery in america's dna, you been a civil rights activist and your life to proving not just african americans but all americans really. very briefly, the organization called the woodson center. before we get into this 1619 issue, the new york times and what they're doing to our history and future, what does your center do. bob: the woodson center is an organization i founded 38 years ago in washington and we assist the grassroots joseph all over the country, in other words poverty is not through to support professional programs that parachute into communities, we go into high crime low-income neighborhoods and we ask questions that others don't. it's 70% of the families raising children in these dysfunctional and 30% raising them s

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was a good day for religious freedom in america. decision, the spring court upheld an order from president trump that protected religious groups from violating their deeply held beliefs. government mandates should never conflict with a citizen's cost attritional for months, we have asked our citizens to temporarily change their lives in the fight against this virus. schools were closed, businesses forced to shut down, millions left out of work. although there is more work to be done, there is uplifting news as we are celebrating. record job gains of 4.8 million last month. over the past two months, 7.8 million jobs created. imagine if this continues. we will have been able to rebuild, restore, and renew this country. it is the path this president is on. one third of all jobs lost during shutdown have returned. we are not done with our fight against this virus. but we are on the road to be dealt, he knew, and restore this nation. we must now focus on what needs to be done for safely reopening our schools and daycare facilities. if we

i hope it pleases you. ♪ america"]god bless -- [playing "america the beautiful"] [cheers and applause>> let's give it up for pastor jensen franklin. [applause] oh, my. think you were just showing off over there, buddy. that's good stuff, bud. thank you very much. i'm going to introduce bishop jackson to you. that's a tough act to follow. we had a rock and roll hall of fame or sing. we had a pastor just tear up the saxophone, and i cannot wait to see what you've got because bishop harry jackson is the senior pastor of hope christian church in beltway, maryland. a trusted confidant of the president, he's a harvard-educated man of god who loves jesus, loves our country. he has written in the new york times, the "washington post," the associated press, charisma. jim has a book coming out next month called "the manifesto: christian america's contract with minorities" and it is an honor to have you with us, bishop harry jackson. let's give it up for bishop jackson. [cheers and applause] bishop jackson: let's give jesus a hand, can we do that? you may be seated. everybody plays an instrument

this country is in trouble but we can fix it because america is america.ese based principles. we find them in faith and in our founding document, the deck declaration of independence. >> the constitution is a document that allows to modify and improve. no one should be defined by its birth defect. none of us want to be defined by the worst things we did as a young person and nor should a nation be defined by its defect defects, but by the promise, thousands and thousands of american blacks over the years have fought and died to protect these theye have endearing and responsible for the success that we have achieved. we are the only country that has an emancipation proclamation. we are the only country that to end slavery and redemption is what we should all be looking toward and redeeming our own lives and our communities and healing us from within. >> it's been a great pleasure bob wilson. thank you my friend. i appreciate it. join us next time on life, liberty and levin. ♪ ♪ an ♪ ♪ >> good evening everyone welcome to "the next revolution" i'm steve hilto

their goal is not a better america, their goal is to end america. in its place they want power for themselves but just as patriots did in centuries past the american people will stand in their way and we will win and win quickly and with great dignity. we will never let them rip america's heroes from our monuments or from our hearts. by tearing down washington and jefferson these radicals would tear down the very heritage for which men gave their lives to win the civil war, they would erase the memory that inspired those soldiers to go to their death sinking these words of the battle hymn of the republic as he died to make men holy s die to make men free while god is marching on. they would tear down the principles that propelled the abolition of slavery, and ultimately around the world ending an evil institution that had plagued humanity for thousands and thousands of years. our opponents woods tara part the very documents that martin luther king used to express his dream and the ideas that were the foundation of the righteous movement for civil ri

susan: and how do you define america? mr. burtka: how do i define america?ell, i think it is important to understand that america, as i said, it is not only an idea, it is a place. it is a place that we call home in a place that we love. and there are -- basically, it's a place and it's an experiment in ordered liberty and virtue. and we have had successes and failures throughout our history. we have seen the scope of government grow, and contractor small periods of time. the important thing when we are looking at america from a conservative perspective is the goal is to really take the best of our traditions and apply them to the future. so it's not only a backwards-looking exercise, it is a forward-looking exercise trying to cultivate ideas from the past and implement them now in order to have a more just, equitable, virtuous, and free society. susan: on that note, you wrote the first task of conservatives is to take stock as it is, not as they imagine it to be. what are you saying there? mr. burtka: what i am getting at there is much of the conservative m

on this saturday, we will celebrate america's independence. make no mistake, america is the greatest country in the world and will never apologize for it. we will always celebrate and champion the values and freedoms we have fought for the last 244 years. america is more than a country, it's an idea, an idea that is so powerful, it will give shipyard workers in poland to rise up. it would make a wall that divided two germanys to crumble and become one and make 30 years ago more than one million students come to the square to build a goddess of democracy in the symbol of the statue of liberty and give one man the strength to stand in front of a tank knowing the outcome of his own life. but with the belief and the craving of freedom that he would rather live with freedom than die without. today, those in hong kong are doing the same. it is a great responsibility for america to you maintain. there is no other country like us and we are all equal. this 4th of july every american should pause for a moment to thank god they were born here, but also

narrator: let's go america!an history tv featuring events, interviews, archival films, and visits to college classrooms, museums and historic places. exploring our nations past every weekend on c-span three. >> next on history >> next on american -- on history bookshelf, alexander explains the numerous ways the declaration of independence has influenced politics, law, and society. good afternoon, everyone. i would like to welcome you all to the mcallen theatre here at the national archives. oflso wish to welcome all our viewers watching at home on watching well as those online on the national archives .hannel the national archives is celebrating the 200 25th anniversary of the u.s. constitution this month.

with the browning of america, the blackening of america, but also the recentering of the narrative of who we actually are and who we actually see ourselves as. that's a great threat and that's very concerning. >> let's think about that in the context of part of the thread moving away from donald trump. the ways that he kicked off, for example, the charlottesville statue fight. whatever the ethics were of that, which we could speak to and you have reported on. you have won awards on your reporting of these kinds of issues, the statistical facts was that was far more divided at the time than where we meet tonight going into this holiday, where states like mississippi, which remain maga red in their voting pattern are taking down the confederate symbols, where corporate america is adjusting. people may say late, overdue, but the so-called redskins, a profitable franchise, being pulled down and rebranded. i'm curious what you think about the environment that the president enters to try to kick off another fight about these symbols, whether he is at a practical level on weaker ground than

either america survivors and the left is defeated or the left survives and america is defeated.e are in a civil war. i pray it's not violent. if it is, they have begun the violence. if you deny we are in a civil war, you have your head in the proverbial sands. judge jeanine: dennis prager, you always make so much sense. how can president trump get more americans behind him this summer as he surges for reelection. charlie kirk is next with some answers. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. and with his people israel now during the coronavirus pandemic. our elderly jewish brothers and sisters who are so precious to god they have no access to food. as christians and jews we know that we have a scriptural mandate to feed the hungry. and here there are thousands in desperate need. 17 years ago edna was in a horrible terrorist attack. she's still in excruciating pain her food is running out and she's isolated and frightened. all the time i suffer alone with

that is what has to stop here in america. some of the headlines, federal law enforcement use public vehicles to grab -- unmarked vehicles to grab protesters off the streets. a navy vet and the white sweatshirt being attacked by two officers while another sprays him with pepper spray. federal officers deployed in portland didn't have proper training, dhs says. well they shouldn't have been there. we need a bill to stop secret police in america. we need a bill done as an amendment on this bill right now. on this bill we are considering about military force. a bill which says your organization has to be identified on your uniform, that there has to be a unique identifier so you don't think you can abuse people and never be held accountable. a bill which says if you are on a mission to defend monuments or buildings, you don't go out through the streets. you want to become crowd control and take over a city? you have to have permission of the mayor or governor. as a federal government and transparency in our democracy has to tell

we must dedissent because america can do better because america has no choice but to do bert. how much our great elijah cummings reflected the words of thurgood marshall to -- two baltimorians. the congress now has the sacred opportunity, obligation to do bert. to make meaningful change to ensure the halls of the u.s. capitol reflect the highest ideals as americans. mr. hoyer as our distinguished floor leader had this plan for a while you would work together and bring this composite bill to the floor at this time. little did we know when those plans were being made that at the same time we would be mourning the loss of our darling john lewis. the death in a family for us and the congress. but he knew that this was in the works. and he's up there looking down on us to make sure it happens in the most bipartisan way. i urge a strong bipartisan vote for the important step for justice. reconciliation and progress in america. as far as our john lewis is concerned, thank you. thank you for bringing us to this place. may you rest in peace. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the g

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♪ living in america living in america wait a minute living in america living in america so nice with all the things were gone i'd worked for all my life and i had to start again with just my children and my wife i'd thank my lucky stars to be living here today because the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain't no doubt i love this land god bless the usa! ♪ ♪ >> the spirit of america continues as we pay tribute to our nation's true superheroes. we salute the brave men and women of our armed services, who are defending our freedoms around the world so that we can celebrate our independence in this great land we call america. we also recognize all of our health care workers and first responders. thank you for keeping us all safe. ♪ >> ♪ i'm a new day rising -- i'mnd-new sky ahead, a brand new sky to hang the stars upon tonight ♪ i, i'm a little divided >> do i sta