young native american men?> there's this perception that has been so prevailing about native americans, that even the young people have come to accept them. the chief, being the warrior guy, that's one of our goals, like the subliminal goal of the 1941s, the challenge of how we created ourselves as native american people, specifically as native men. and we try to challenge it as often as we can. and i think that it goes to the whole purpose of building and encouraging a stronger, more sustainable indian country, and a stronger and more sustainable nations. so i think its something that's really important to us as a group, to constantly push the limit as what it means to be a native person. and you asked specifically, what it means to be a native man. >> and there are also native women. take it away. >> we put out a psa about violence in the communities. >> for every 1,000 native women in the district, 330 will be sexually assaulted. 88% of the perpetrators will be non-native. and not all champions are leaders a

iranian americans, chinese americans -- that seek to borosilicate nigerian americans and cuban-americansand we also explained, they are extreme outliers for their population groups and also very high rates of upward mobility in very, very strong educational performance. as the sake, we could looked to japanese-americans. he could have gone down -- further down the list. at their space limitations elected a groups. >> host: pick one of your groups paired with your favorite group? >> guest: we could talk about the mormons. >> host: how do we see the triple package in action with more men's and particular? >> guest: this remarkable fact many people sense that we really documented several groups that are really outperforming the national average in terms of an common educational achievement. we just went to the ones we focused on. we identified those independently as rigorously as we could. then we started looking at the groups, wondering come asking ourselves if are going to find many cultural commonality. before i get to the mormons, why look for cultural commonalities? lightness of the so

african american history is american history. [applause] and woodson recognized that it needed to be celebrated and studied year round and this is still true today. he always envisioned negro history week becoming negro history year. events in the 1950's and 60's had an effect on the study and celebration of black history. it was about consciousness raising as public policy. black was now beautiful. by the late 1960's as young black students on college campuses became increasingly aware and proud of their past, black history month -- black history month gang to replace negro history week. younger activists and individuals prodded their elders to change with the times. got to listen to the young folks sometimes. they succeeded. 1976, 50 years after the first celebration, it officially became black history month. by the mid 1970's something starting happening. it started getting popular, schools started incorporating it, presidents began to embrace it. since the mid 1970's, democrat and republican has issued d proclamations endorsi

chinese-americans, let's see, oh, then we also look at nigerian-americans and cuban-americans that -- and we also explained, i mean, they are just extreme outliers for their population groups and also very high rates of upward mobility and very, very strong educational performance. but as we say in the end notes, we could have looked at japanese-americans, you could have gone further down the list and, you know, but for space limitations we looked at these eight groups. >> host: so let's take -- pick one of your groups. what's a your favorite group? >> guest: we could talk about the mormons? >> host: the mormons. how do we see the triple package in action with mormons in particular? >> guest: sure, great. so, you know, the starting point of our book was this remarkable fact which many people sense but we really documented it, that there are several groups that are really outperforming the national average in terms of to income and educational achievement. and amy just went true the ones that we focus on -- through the ones that we focus on. and we identified those independently as rig

over 58,000 americans were killed, and those who did return home were not treated as american heroes as they are. in recent years i'm grateful that most americans have been able to put aside their opinions about specific military missions and have an unwavering commitment to our courageous men and women operating in dangerous places around the world. vietnam veterans day is meant to reaffirm our respect and gratitude for those that served our nation in that war and show a generation of soldiers our immense gratitude. i'll be doing so this saturday at the v.f.w. post in lamont, illinois. i ask my colleagues to join me doing the same not just this weekend but every day because our vietnam veterans and all our veterans deserve this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. walz: thank you, mr. speaker. for far -- mr. killedy: th

and just like the african-american story, the native american story, the asian pacific narrative story, they all are part of the american experience. 59 times it is too complex and too big to fell, and to have one museum charge with that, is daunting. and i think what we aspired to do is we are -- i think showing that our contributions our part of that american experience, through the latino lenes. and i think anything that we do is set in again in that context of trying to center the margin. and trying to bring our experience back into the main stream. so i think anything we do, any programs we offer, any honors that we devil out is done with that spirit, of we have been contributing to this country since the beginning. but it takes often times more than one -- just one museum to tell that very complex, very rich beautiful story. >> professor, rivas rodriguez as the country changing and we are right now in the midst of tremendous change, will those histories that you gather from hundreds of world war ii veterans and their families become only more valuable once we can't talk to the ve

where all americans are treated equally, so that everyone can pursue the american dream.y every american you talk to will tell you they want that. a lot of americans think they have it. but when you have been targeted by the irs or your government is make you buy insurance, you need -- when our nation is trillions of dollars in debt, which means every $50,000, ors over one some laws are enforced and others are ignored completely, washington may not freedom at all.meta we will win. [applause] freedom,s, personal economic freedom, and a debt-free future will win. ouro not want to see country stretched thin. it is not fair to leave our children and grandchildren with the bills for our nation's debt. we must repeal the entire health care law. [applause] and put choice in the hands of people. we must grow our economy. the fastest way to do that is with reduced taxes, and replacing the entire tax code with a fair rate. when it comes to immigration alreadywe know there is a legal path to citizenship for --se willing to immigration immigrate here. around thatoes should not be gra

and wiz interested in african-americans -- i was interested in african-americans who went to industrial centers like birmingham or atlanta and what sort of demographic patterns had been overlooked in the scholarship on the great migration. not everybody left the south, but a whole lot of people left the rural south and went into cities. i realized that all the political debates during that time were all about roads. everyone in the rural south felt so isolated. white southerners, black southerners, but this these small rural hamlets, they were very isolated and couldn't get around. so i sort of transitioned to writing about road building because of that. and i thought that what i would find in the process of researching this book was that these i new interstate highway networks, like the dixie highway and the advent of the automobile in and the affordability and accessibility of automobiles by the 1920s, gave rural southerners in general and african-americans in particular much greater control over their own mobility and much more independence. and while that's certainly true, the story

indian americans and cube americans. but this is not for example true with chinese americans. this is a findings replicated not just in the united states. l.a. and also toronto and umkc over and over studies that the children of the totally uneducated chinese, korean, vietnamese. immigrants. they are the people that have parents some illity rat. factory and restaurant workers and taxi cab drivers. they are rising at academically faster than privileged white counter parts and also hiting it out of the park with the test scores. >> that is the part that has been hard to get traction. on. of course. acknowledge that if you are the child of a software engineer you will have allege up. there is another piece of it that is really fascinating and when you are talking about cuban-americans. they came over with action. a third of the wave so 2/3 did not. what is mean from the account is the mechanism. generation of immigrants saying. the country. that i live in a crowded place and i have no job. so i will work as a fruit picker. how will that drive or education whatever you want to cal

all right, let me put on the screen, americans receiving food stamps, we now have 47 million americansis a lot of people being impacted. and then americans at the poverty line, 46.5 million. this turned into -- joe biden, when was not on "the view," obamacare, frees up women not to work at dead end jobs and they can stay home and take care of their children. watch this, because i think this goes to the heart of what the left believes today. >> this is about freedom. how many of you are single women with children in a dead end job? you're there because of your health insurance? you would rather have the opportunity to spend the next couple of years with your child until they get -- if that was your choice until they get in primary school. you're now trapped in that job because if you leave you lose your health insurance. now, you will be able to make an independent choice. >> wait a minute, i want to stay home. that is my choice. >> but sean -- i -- >> is that america? >> no, no, and i was dying to talk on this topic, because you know what? i don't think that anyone should have a sense

we are all americans are treated equally so that everyone can pursue the american dream.y american you talk to will tell you that they want that, too. nklot of americans thi they already have it. but when you have been targeted by the irs, when your government is making you buy insurance, you neither want nor need. nation is over $17 trillion in debt, which means that every american owes over $50,000, or when some laws are enforced and others are ignored completely, you realize washington may not cherish freedom at all. us. is why america needs that is why we formed tea party patriots. we will win. [applause] values, personal freedoms, economic freedom, and eight yet-free future will win -- a debt-free future will win. we do not want to see our country stretched too thin because we know it is not fair to leave our children and grandchildren with the bills that we have incurred for our nation's debt. we must repeal be entire health care law. [applause] and put choice back in the hands of people. we must grow our economy and the fastest way to do that is with reduced taxes,

given the polling numbers in the american public, just how exhausted the americans are with providing financial assistance to afghanistan, what do you think that the political appetite is in the senate, but generally, in the congress for maintaining a commitment post-2014? how do you think that is going to play out, and how do you think the case can be made that the commitments are met? >> i hope we can make the case in similar ways i did today and in other ways as well which is to articulate what our interests are, why it is important that women have a measure of security than they have before and have opportunities. that if we do that, you substantially reduce the likelihood that not only will afghanistan be a place of tremendous instability or insecurity, but you are reducing the likelihood of violence and terrorism even beyond afghanistan. it will not be as fertile a ground for terrorists and for entities that would cause us harm. i do not think we do that enough, making the case as to why it is in our interests. we also have to be very clear that the drawdown is happening and wil

website is the least of americans' concerns. millions of americans, including over 200,000 in my home state of michigan, went out to the mailbox and found that the health care plan they had and liked was canceled. millions of americans are having their hours and wages cut as employers try to struggle with this complex law. many find they can no longer access the care they relied on from their local doctor or hospital. millions of americans are left wondering what happened to their promise $2,500 reduction in premiums. and next year millions more will see their premiums skyrocket again due to the administration's failure to meet their own enrollment goals. the american people have paid over and over for this health care law. they paid higher premiums, they paid having their hours cut back and their paychecks decreased. the last thing this law should do is penalize americans for being unable to purchase a plan on healthcare.gov either because of multiple web failures to they were unable to find an affordable plan. . the

not so much arab-americans, but muslim-americans.nk, you know, i think muslim more americans are under the microscope much, much more. it's different for them, really is. >> and the election of barack obama, his father was muslim, and worse than that interview? >> i think the president, with all do respect, and i'm a supporter of the president, but the only president to live in a predominantly muslim country in his childhood, and the president, at some point before he steps out, should say, 25-30% of the american people think i'm a muslim. what if i was? so what. what difference does it make? he's not said that. he needs to say that. i may be caused by not saying it it allows a rhetoric that's -- but you're right about the asian. i think the asian-american community, with all do respect, is much more organized and -- >> the george w. bush deserves yet for the statement he made after 9/11. >> a tremendous amount of credit. >> i aloud -- applaud him in the book, and he really had that speech after 9/11 was beautifully done by the presi

middle class americans!country enters into bad trade agreements it cuts down to the middle class jobs on main street. tonight in our "part two of our series "fighting chance american steel." we are taking you to the city of lorraine, ohio. it's a once thriving city built on steel and now lorraine is struggleing in the aftermath of lousy trade agreements. ♪ >> third generation steel worker. and this is what we know in the city of lorraine is steel. we're considered a melting pot. we are so diverse as far as heritage and nationality and steel is lorraine. >> reporter: for more than a hundred years, united states steel has called the city of lorraine, ohio, home. in 1894, the lorraine facility was founded as a rail mill. it became part of u.s. steel corporation in 1901 and in 1903, lorraine steel company produced its first piece of pipe. for most folks in lorraine, steel is more than just a business. it's their family. it's their community. and it's their way of life. >> lorraine has a long history of steel mak

polish americans and non german-american. it got ugly. what they dislike about wilson was this repression. not necessarily directly from the executive office but accountants by the executive office. as many as you like. [inaudible] >> the front row too. [inaudible] >> my name is pete chase. referring to one of the answers you gave earlier tonight, you said what liberals despise is egalitarianism and in particular democracy, i guess because it empowers the average guy in a way they find deplorable. i am having trouble squirreling that with calls on the left, it is always for more democracy. the seventeenth amendment, the calls for the abolition of the electoral college, seems like on the left they're always calling for more direct democracy. having trouble squaring that. >> stick with that word direct. that is crucial. they want more direct democracy to create a more directly centralized society. so that when you control the center you control the entire society. what they are opposed to his republicanism, self-government on t

you are a concerned american? one of the things that we got really quickly was that it was not an individual movement as much as it was a movement. we may have had that first phone call that we saw quickly how things spread and how people in individual communities took hold. you look at how many tea party organizations there are around the country and this did bloom from the first phone call. economy and how individuals took what we started with one phone call and ran with it, now you have these organizations in washington, new jersey, or in new york. we have organizations all over the country. that is not because of us that is because -- because of us, that is because people want to make a difference. evolution and what these people are doing in their communities now, no we do not see the big rallies. it's a most better anyway because you have these people in these communities who are on their school boards running for office. they are making differences on the ground where it counts. here triedople calling to te

the american people aren't stupid. if they see what's going on, they will change it. >> another sign that they are not stupid as they more often than not produce divided government. imagine today if republicans do not control the gavels in one of the houses of congress. at the would be done irs. it's the most intrusive institution of the federal government. it has been turned into the appendage of the ruling party and we would be able to do nothing about this if there were not republican chairman in the house. if the republicans should win the white house, there will be a real case to be made that good conservatives should want one of the houses of congress to be in the control of the other party for precisely the reason tom is talking about. if you think republicans aren't capable of abusing power, you should have been here when he and i got here. >> back in 1994, a reporter whether hegingrich believed that somehow democrats and more dishonest power-hungry than republicans. it gingrich said no, they've just had 40 yea

chinese americans, let's see -- hoe ho and we also look at nigerian americans and cuban americans that -- and we also explained, they are just extreme outliers for their population groups and high rates of up ward mobility and educational performance. we do have look at japanese americans and gone further down the list but we looked at these eight groups. >> pick one of the groups, favorite group. >> we could talk about the mormons. >> pick the mormons. so, what is -- how do we see the triple package in action with mormons in particular? >> sure. great. so, the starting point of our book was this remarkable fact which many people sense but we documented it, that there's several groups that are really outperforming the national average in terms of income and educational achievement, and aimy just went through the ones we focused on. then we identified those independently as regular rosalias we could. then we started looking at the groups, wondering, asking ourselves, are we going to find any cultural commonality? and before i get to the mormons. why look for cultural commonalities? why

that is not the american dream, that is an american nightmare. end so passionate and the reason i am so optimistic, i am convinced our best days as a country are ahead of us, not behind us. our children and grandchildren will inherit more opportunities than we inherited from our parents. what gives me confidence is not washington or our legislators. the genius of the founding fathers was to trust the american people. several decades ago, my parents reached this great country with the conviction that if you worked hard, you could create a better quality of life. they were not looking for a government handout. there were not looking for government assistance. they were looking for the opportunity to get a good job. my dad went to the yellow pages calling company after company until he could finally convince somebody to hire him. he tells his new boss after hours of calling, who offers him a job monday morning, that is great. i do not have a drivers license or a car, you will have to pick me up on the way to work monday morning. starts work that mon

every american company, every american employer, every american employee, and do we see where this is leading? it's here right now. it is government enforced, coerced, speech. i want to say that again, this is government enforced coerced peech. speech and religious practice. so now the federal government is going to have the power to force you and me and everyone listening to us today that government gets to choose, government gets to decide what our speech is, what our religious expression is? that's not america. you see, that's it. that is the entire game right there. that's why it is game over if we lose on this issue. that's how central and important the issue the gentleman from texas is bringing up today. mr. gohmert: i just can't avoid thinking in these terms the conclusion when ultimately you follow the logic of at least one of the supreme court what is in essence being implied by the question s, if you want to avoid paying to kill a child in the womb, then just pay the tax and we'll allow you to observe your conscience, your firmly held religious beliefs. it is staggering that

americans being americans we are presuming they are innocent. you go to africa and honestly that was most of the seal missions handing out soccer balls. >> sometimes it was the type of mission questioning people, my job will put that and broad economy because make no mistake, i try to make it faithfully and kindly. i changed my clothes and remind me from those guys and the market and the family and the local situation. >> there is one misconception. when we hear sniper missions we think seals are going out to shoot someone. the sniper missions in iraq for the most part, the mission's johnny was on were overwatch missions where the americans were protecting things like the election. so there would not be any violence on the street. the seals would say go into a house the night before the election or two night before the election and they would set up outcomes and watch the streets to make sure there were no bad guys. to do that you had to take over the house and unfortunately -- advertising, we want to take over a house some time. and johnny's jo

after that, the executive director of the american legion talks about the backlog of american veterans claims. in the weekly addresses with vice president biden and indiana representative jackie miller ski. on the next "washington journal" atlanta council president reviews president obama's trip abroad last week. in the discussion of the deadline to sign up for insurance under the affordable care act. and the chief artie -- the tea party founder talks about the future of the party. an examination of the u n roll with russia and the situation with ukraine. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation via facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> two weeks after the burglary, i received a large manila envelope at the "washington post ," and it had a return address of liberty publication, media, pennsylvania, which did not really mean anything to me, but was slightly intriguing. and inside, a cover letter from the citizens commission to investigate the fbi. that is the name that the burglars gave each other. what they wrote really sounde

we have african american boys failing in our public schools. we have african american boys and men filling up our prisons. we have african american boyings boys who are victims and perpetrators of violent crimes in this community where we are losing too many african american men and boys at an alarming rate. we are on the wrong course. we are on the wrong course. when we talk about not making the same mistakes we have to look in the mirror and we have to wonder what are we doing to make a difference. supervisor cohen are here at city hall every single deal dealing with different dilemmas. we get calls from mothers, communities, calls to help deal with the challenges of the community, but we cannot do this job alone. we care about making history, yes. it's great to have two african american here at the board of supervisors, but it's better to have 80 african american men alive and successful in our public schools. [applause] we have lost a significant african american population, but that's just not because they're leaving the city. it's because

story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our web sites, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> a maryland congressman says the inspector general of the u.s. department of health and human services plans to investigate maryland's troubled health care exchange. congressman andy harris is the state's only republican congressman and says he has confidence that the nonpartisan and independent inspector general will thoroughly investigate. maryland's online health exchange has been troubled with computer glitches ever since its debut on october 1st. >>> the u.s. senate meets at 4 p.m. eastern today. senators will start the day with general speeches before turning to an appeals court nomination. they'll vote at 5:30 eastern on moving forward with the nomination and on a bill dealing with sexual assaults in the military. after that democratic senators will start speeches on global climate change going all night long. we'll have live coverage here on c-span2. and c-sp

women earn just 77 cents on the dollar for, for african-american women -- dollar, for african-american it's only 64 credibilities on the dollar. that's why house democrats have launched an economic agenda for women. when women succeed, america succeeds. we've got at that raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, increase tip wages that haven't been raised in 23 years, equal pay for equal work, paid sick days and access to quality, affordable child care. women are playing an expanded role in our economy and in our country. it's time we recognize their contribution because when women succeed, america succeeds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. mr. speaker, march is colon cancer awareness month. sadly, colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among both men and women in this country. including over 2,000 ohioans. mr. chabot: but it doesn't have to be. as the american college of gas row -- college of gastro shows

chev said i want to be treated as an american, not a negro. and i think that quote says so much about the larger issue. >> i think even back to pete and maybe tammy, the fact that even the students recognized after a certain point that we're not really getting that far, just by integrating lunch counters. we need political power. that's why by 1964 they're focused on voting rights, on getting the ballot. mississippi freedom democratic party challenges the democratic segregationists, elite in mississippi at the -- atlanta city. all the attempts to realize we need more than just a seat on the bus. >> i can speak do nat -- that briefly in the earlier period whites also perceived what they were doing to african-americans, economic opportunities, was also inextricably linked to their efforts to limit african-american political opportunities as well. so, the chain gang example i was discussing in my talk, in georgia and some other states, the very same legislative pack packages at the state level that passed chain gangs under the guise of reform, re

there's an entire generation of americans who have never seen american prosperity. they graduate from school and have these marketable skills but are unable to get a job. obamacare is making this even worse. it's not enough that they are making us pay three times as much for worse health care. they are making it impossible to pay off our student loans and get our foot in the american dream. >> three times as much? >> premiums for young americans across the country are going up by at least read times to buy similar policies with huge deductibles that will still cost us way more out-of-pocket. there have been zero promises from obamacare that have come true to make my health care any better. that is what this generation has felt from this law, and that's why they are so negative about her. >> the hispanic community is very young as well. we have a 27-year-old median .verage age a survey by "forbes" says we will be paying 22% higher in one year on premiums as a result of obamacare if you are 27 years of age. in a state like new mexico, it will be 142%. >> this is about

we see hispanics by 2030 being a third of the american electorate that is a huge shift in american politics and when you look at the elections of 2008 and 2012 you see those shifts already coming into play. hispanics were 10% of the electorate of 2012. that is a big jump when they were less than 1% of the electorate back in 1980 when reagan was elected. in 2008 the electorate was 74% white. in 2012 it was 72% white and that number continues to go down both of those numbers were the lowest ever at that point when they were recorded in the history of the exit polls. we can probably look at an election in and 2016 where we may find 70% of the electorate is white. they can go to states like california and texas or florida would he another big state where we are talking about majority minority state's and we can project that out in time and see more and more how were country is changing. when you change that dramatically changes how we think about race. you know way back in the 60s and 70's we thought about race in very simple terms of white or black although was never that simple. now when we t

american politics, the asian american history also a public historian and train darkest and is licensed to give to workers in new york city. and finally real jack shaheen focusing on negative images and stereotypes and other minorities a former cbs news consultant on a very popular series and his new book is and "a is for arab" he has a collection that donated and deposited at new york university and is very special within 4,000 images of television programs and pitchers and cartoons and toys and games with anti-arab for anti-muslim depictions. we will start with jack shaheen and then moving to john tchen and dylan yeats. >> thank you for that gracious introduction. i am extremely pleased to return to this museum i was here right after it opened a few years ago and was impressed with the commonalities that exist with asian americans and arab americans and some of the stereotypes they had to endure over all these years including complementing john tchen and teeeighteen on their new book "yellow peril" the professor offered to buy me a lot today i will take him up on that. [laughter] but

american exceptionalism. reagan thought american was a shining city upon a hill and the last beacon on earth. he said that for 30 years before t the presidency. i found a speech he gave in june 1952 at a small girl's college in missouri. in that speech, reagan said america is less than a place than an idea. think about that. chew that over. it really is, right? the idea of america is nothing but the inherent love of freedom. it is the idea that the bases of this country and our religion, the idea of the man, and the idea that deep within the heart of each of us is something so god-like, agustus said all of us have a god-shaped vacuum in our hearts and only god can fit that piece. there is something so god-like and precious that no individual or group has a right to impose their will on upon the people so well they can decide for themselves. and reagan said that speech in 1952 and over and over again and was ridiculed for this thought. i in my own mind have thought of american as a place in the divi divine pro

he was the first african-american to be elected sincegress reconstruction, and i was the first african-american woman to be elected to congress from the state of georgia. so earl and i together went to and we bothd.c., served on the international relations committee, and we both ended up being targeted by the pro-israel lobby merely because we attempted to do our job and to represent our constituents and represent the good people of the united states. i have written a book, "ain't nothing like freedom," and it explains my experiences with the pro-israel lobby from candidate a redistricting case go all the way up to the supreme anti-defamation league becoming a party to that lawsuit, joining in with five whites who did not want black representation for them and their community in .eorgia in the congress the next part of the comments i would like to make our around this issue -- our around this issue of being caught in the eye of the storm, and a political aign, the idea put forward if you want to prevail, if you want to win, money, message, and media are ways in theh you can direct torrents of t

i raised two young african-american boys. they're phenomenal african-american men. and i have got to tell you, it was very difficult, but it was because the support was there for me to go to college, for me to -- i was on welfare, food stamps, the whole nine yards. i never would have made it, my young boys, men would never have turned out the way they have turned out had it not been for opportunities that i was able to take advantage of. those opportunities are being eroded daily by the ryan budget. and so we have to understand while these comments i think retlektr reflect a lot of misunderstanding and ignorance, they also reflect values and perspectives that drive his budget and that is unacceptable and people need to try to educate the public, especially the republicans about what it means to live in urban america with the disinvestment and the lack of resources and the lack of priorities focused on our communities. >> and also the fact that rural poverty is actually greater than urban poverty. serving on that budget committee with congressman ryan, is this a deba

thousands were coming from the south and midwest and east to make the american dream possible. what did that mean? it meant that those men and woman that came out laid a foundation for our city. they laid a foundation for our future and you as people who are committed to our cities have that responsibility. in my work at the y and with my colleagues here who i only represent, our focus is is on youth and you will hear that from me over and over. the foundation of our fuchser built on the health of our kids. there will be no competitive san francisco or global economy or a bloom on the city if we don't invest in what makes the city our greatest. it isn't the technology t is the polesh of the children. i want to thank you on behalf of the ymca i my colleagues and the generation to precede, but i want would like to say you will make the biggest diferance in whether the children of the city have the opportunity that they are entitled to. thank you very much. >> congratulations commissioner cauline squz thank you for your hard work in the community and in the fill more for many year

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that's what the american people want. that's what the american people deserve. that's why they want us to vote no. jim mccrery, 2000, march, said in an article in "the american atlantic monthly" that an employer and an individual mandate was essential. i can't understand the republicans saying we don't want everybody to play, we don't want everybody according to their ability to be in. why are you so eager to let people out the door, because they're going to wind up in the emergency room? have no doubt they will be getting health care but they won't pay for it. you're saying, that's ok with us. we like people who are free riders. that's not america. we all are supposed to do our part, and that's why everyone here should vote no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentlewoman from kansas is recognized. ms. jenkins: madam speaker, i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from indiana, our friend and colleague on house ways and means committee, todd young. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for

the first african-american president meeting the first latin american pope. in the papacy are historic and kind of surprising. barack obama's election, the pope's selection, and the background in dorothy day type social work in chicago gives him the basis for a conversation that is important to the world, as well as to the united states. and the differences that they will obviously have will be interesting for them to -- >> i think the backgrounds leave the basis for a real connection potentially. >> i think popes always find a way to connect with american presidents. it gets back to the point you just made. they're savvy like that. i think in seeking out and sharing this past of president obama and the history of social service, the pope trying to lay the ground for it. >> in the navigation of their two offices, the president of the united states arrives in office in january 2009 in the midst of a huge international economic crisis. >> right. >> the pope arrives in the seat of the holy see at a time when the catholic church is going through tremendous turmoi

it was the first official message informing americans and the world that american p.o.w.'s were being tortured by the north vietnamese. during the interview denton displayed his unshakeable resolve by boldly declaring when they asked him this, whatever the position of my government is, i will support it fully. i am a member of that government, and it is my job to support it, and i will as long as i live. close quote. north vietnam's most ruthless intergators couldn't break the will of this rock-ribbed american alabama native. more than seven long years later, on february 12, 1973, denton would be freed as part of operation homecoming, following the signing of the paris peace accords. he was the senior officer of the first planeload of released poe p.o.w.'s at clark air force base in the philippines. he brought tears to the eyes of the entire nation on that moment, as he walked from the plane, it was reported that he wasn't expected -- wasn't told to make any official remarks or make a speech, but he got off the plane and these were his powerful words. "we are honored to ha

american students on campuses. last year a group of african-american ucla students produced this video to highlight the lack of diversity at the school. >> now, you tell me that i should be proud to be at ucla. but only 35 of us are predicted to walk across that stage. >> the video, made by student cy stokes, went viral. they are considering whether voters can use ballot measures to ban affirmative programs. now ed hernandez want voters to vote on repeeling part of prop 209. i spoke to senator ed hernandez earlier. >> senator, thank you for joining us. why are you proposing this measure? >> you know, it's about diversity, but more important, it's about equal opportunity for every student here in the state of california. >> can you explain further -- since prop 209 passed in 1996, there has been a 40% drop in admission in blacks admission, a 15% drop in terms of ucla. are those the kind of numbers that made you decide to try to get this measure passed yet again? >> that's just part of it. the other part is just the

the american dream.s project, this machine is capable of running in all 50 states, targeting everything from city councils, local elections, to purple and blue states. the next chapter is ready to be written. the blueprint is ready. [applause] >> please welcome catherine engelbrecht. >> thank you. thank y'all. it is a pleasure to be here this morning. it is humbling, really. how many of you previous to five years ago have political experience? let me ask you a different way, how many of you never had political experience before five years ago? what in the world are we doing? [laughter] i came five years ago to the first tea party patriots rally in washington, d.c. quick show of hands, how many of you all were there on that lawn? wasn't that fun? i came to this hotel. i did not know what to expect. i had come completely unprepared. i did not see anybody else that looked like a patriot. my husband thought i had lost my mind. i knew i was potentially going to have to eat a whole lot of crow when i got home.

now a prominent african american now a prominent african american group is ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> attorney generalthe president's lawless lawyer was at it again this week. he told a gathering of states attorneys general with they only have to enforce the laws they want and ignore those that they think are discriminatory. really? with me is the reverend william owen, founder and president of the coalition of african american pastors. your group is calling for the impeachment of are rick holder and you say that the white house is sold out american principles for personal agendas. why? >> because the person over the justice department, eric holder, is supposed to enforce the law. instead of enforcing the law, he's standing on the law. it's not what the people want, it's what he wants. and all of the states where the people voted, they voted for marriage between a man and a woman, but he has made a decision that what he wants is us to have a society where no gender is recognized and he's pushing the homosexual agenda which is unfair to our people. and that's the reason we want people to go to our webs

the american dream. this machine is capable of running in all 50 states targeting everything from city council, local races in red states, to purpling even blue stage, the next chapter is ready to be written, the blueprint is ready. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president and founder of screw the vote, catherine in will brett -- catherine engelbrecht. [applause] >> thank you all. thank you. thank you. it is a pleasure and honor to be here this morning. is humbling. quick show of hands. how many of the previous five years ago have any political experience -- let me ask how many of you had experienced five years ago? five years ago to the first tea party patriots rally in washington d.c. quick show of hands, how many of you were there that day? in this hotel, i did know what to expect, i came completely unprepared. i didn't see anybody else that looked like a patriot. and i fought -- my husband already thought i lost my mind, i knew i was potentially going to be in a lot of crow when

home to a large population of arab americans. markets and restaurants have vowedded in the neighborhoods looking to attract tourists from around the world. >> we have baklava -- >> hef hooka bars and hair salons, but what the neighborhood doesn't have, is name recognition. the community leaders are trying to change that. they have asked for designation as the little arabia district. >> it's supposed to raised profile of the arab american community. >> a community that they say faces stereotypes, and is often misunderstood in the united states. >> we want to make sure that everybody knows first and foremost we are american. we understand that there's going to be a fear factor here with the growing population of arab americans. >> far from being greeted with hostility. people here with find a tradition of middle eastern hospitality. >> we have coffee, and we have -- so everyone who comes here, not only our customers, is treated like home. >> it's a paradox for the anaheim's arab community on the other hand, it gives an idea of the

american crude oil exports would boost the world's oil 134r50eu and help stabilize prices for american consumers. american exports would undermine the influence of oil-rich countries that don't like us very much. for years the united states has asked japan to reduce imports of iranian oil. these are two of the largest in iment ports, japan and india. in 2012 japan imported 4 of its oil from iran. india about 8% of its oil from iran. american crude oil exports could cut off a vital supply of funding to the iranian regime. if my colleagues are serious about sanctions in iran they should support american crude oil exports, not oppose them. finally, president obama needs to promote exports of american coal. like natural gas and oil, coal exhorts will create good jobs all across the country. over the last several years the environmental protection agency has taken steps to block american coal exports. the e.p.a. has asked the army corps of engineers to expand the review process for new export terminals. it wants the corps to consider the carbon emissions produced by exports after they leave

not those who are members of aipac or the american jewish committee, but the vast majority of americanlieve they are americans, believe that judaism is their religion, do not believe that israel is their homeland. zionism is in retreat, in my opinion, within the jewish community. we've seen a number of events. hill el foundations in various parts of the country are rejecting the guidelines set down by the foundation officially, and eric fingerhut, the former congressman from ohio who is now the head of hill el, said according to our guidelines no anti-zionists will be permitted to speak at the foundations. mr. fingerhut must not be aware of the long tradition of jewish opposition to zionism that i have just recited. and do you know this is nothing new among the established jewish community? when napoleon with invaded russia -- when napoleon invaded russia and was bringing religious freedom to russia, napoleon tore down the ghetto walls all over europe, but the rabbis in russia supported the czar and opposed napoleon. because if the ghetto walls were torn down and religious freedom came

american exceptionalism. american exceptionalism. reagan thought that america was a beacon to all of humanity, it was the last best hope on earth, it was a shining city upon a hill. he said that for 30 years before the presidency. i found a speech that reagan gave, a commencement speech in june 1952 to a little, tiny women's college called william woods college in missouri, in fulton, missouri, not far from where churchill made his iron curtain speech just a few years earlier. and in that speech reagan said: america is less of a place than an idea. think about that. chew that over. america is less of a place than an idea. it really is. right? the idea of america is nothing but the inherent love of freedom in each one of us. it is simply the idea of the basis of this country and our religion, the idea of the dignity of man, deep within the heart of each one of us is something so god-like, augustin said all of us have a god-shaped vacuum in our hearts that only god alone can fill, right? it's a vacuum that's god-shaped. only god can fi