but there are masses of people in areas of new york around columbia which are finally going to stop columbiantradiction between support action and fighting your own particular kind of oppression, which is what we are always talking about. what we came to see in the strike -- >> when you want to oppose an institution of that sort, you want to fight on all fronts. no longer will you close our streets, open the parkland, and force the removal of over 8000 people from their homes. >> why is the community action committee predominately white of the 8000 tenants of small hotels, sro's, and tenements who columbia has systematically displaced, only a specially selected token number of minority group families now reside in morningside heights. we deplore this deliberate creation of a white ghetto. [shouting] [indiscernible] >> we don't want to be arrested. >> i'm under arrest? >> get in the wagon. >> you are free to leave. >> i don't want to be arrested. i don't want to be arrested. >> go to the wagon. >> go to riverside drive if you don't want to be arrested. [applause] >> we wanted to show solidari

except for the district of columbia. yet, for more than two residents of washington, d.c., have been denied their full right to fully democracy. in our instead, they have been dealt he injustice of paying taxes, serving in the military, and contributing to the economic of our nation while being enfranchisement that is their right. in the military. ighting, risking their lives for our democracy. isdamental to that democracy representative government. lives for risk their a principle, for a value, for while they live that full enied opportunity. oday, by passing h.r. 51, washington, d.c. admissions act, state of he washington, douglas of onwealth, state commonwealthouglas to the union, frederick ouglass, from maryland, who lived in district of columbia, a suffragist. he was in seneca falls at the women, so much bout our democracy and voting for all americans. in doing so today, we will bring closer to the founding ideals that all are and all deserve a say in our democracy. urge a bipartisan ere a strong vote in the house f

we have put an end to the old system and structure of columbia university. in hall and apartments of faculty outside of campus. >> students were saying three major things. first, they were saying that they refused to be produced any longer, to be sent out into society as some kind of a managerial class. second, they were saying to the faculty that they could no longer accept the paternalistic role teachers play in the university. learning takes place in dialog and between equal men. they said in effect, we will no longer let you play some kind of big daddy to us. third, they were saying that tee manneds and actions had to be taken seriously, could not be dismissed with platitudes about ideal youthism because they were involved in the highest level of seriousness. >> tonight there is a new liberated area this neighborhood. >> we're going to support the 50 community members that have taken over a building. >> in the buildings there are 40 to 50 representatives of community groups of political clubs, of organizations involved in the morningside renewal, organiz

(music) >> here we are at columbia university, morningside heights.irst time in the history of columbia university, there will be two graduations in morningside heights. the one we are looking at now, the official ceremony presented by the trustees and attended by the faculty and administration, but almost the entire graduating class is expected to leave the ceremony, protest its legitimacy, and hold their own ceremony in repudiation of the trustees. (music) keep your eyes on the prize, oh lord. there's one thing we do know, keep your eyes on the prize. oh lord, know lord, keep your eyes on the prize, oh lord. (music) >> everybody sing. (music) oh lord, oh lord, keep your eyes on the prize, oh lord (music) in just a few more hours, this campus will be ours, keep your eyes on the prize, oh lord. oh lord. oh lord. keep your eyes on the prize, hold on. my brothers give demands, we know that freedom rings, keep your eyes on the prize, hold on. hold on, hold on. keep your eyes on the prize, hold on (music) >> everybody sing. (music) oh lord, oh lord, keep

david: so you went to columbia law school, and your law degree is from columbia, is that right? justice ginsburg: yes. david: and you did extremely well at columbia law school in the review there, as well. justice ginsburg: yes. david: so, from the harvard law review and the columbia law review, you were flooded with job offers from the major law firms? [laughter] justice ginsburg: there wasn't a single firm in the entire city of new york that would take a chance on me. and i have said i had three strikes against me. one, i was jewish. and the wall street firms were just beginning to welcome jews. then, i was a woman. but the absolute killer -- i was a mother. because my daughter was four years old when i graduated from law school. so employers who might take a chance on a woman were not prepared to take a chance on a mother. david: so, one of your law professors, professor gunther, got you, after many efforts, a clerkship with judge palmieri. justice ginsburg: yes. david: was that easy to do for him, because you were a mother? justice ginsburg: he had no qualms about a woman. h

he's been dismissive of district of columbia for some reasons. i would hope that he would sign the bill. if he doesn't sign that bill, we would expand the majority in the house in the upcoming election and take back the senate and be a majority of democrats in the united states senate and we will have a democratic president. so, if the republicans refuse to support this and stop its passage, we're not going to give up. >> so this will come up again next year if you have control of the house and senate? >> absolutely. >> steny hoyer is the house democratic leader from maryland. he's joining us on the phone and we thank you for being with us on c-span. >> thank you very much. it's been a pleasure. ♪ >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of the white house, congress, the supreme court and watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, on-line, or listen on your free radio app and be part of the conversation through the washington journal program or through our social media feeds. c-span, created by america's cable television companies a

hief: we always welcome protesters in the district of columbia. if you asked me why the able to s were not continue past 7:00 p.m., that was because of the agitators who city.oyed our they really are the ones that are responsible for silencing who want of the people their voice to be heard. and so i think that it would be so we get through this can get our protesters back out can hear their voice. mayor: thank you. announcer: c-span's washington journal. every day we are taking your calls on news of the day will be discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, a discussion of the senate judiciary hearing on the crossfire hurricane investigation with zach cohen. we will talk about the protest following george floyd's killing with heather mcdonald. us tossman al green joins discuss the continuing protests nationwide. watch washington journal wednesday morning and join the discussion with your calls and comments, text messages and tweets. ottawa,s conference in justin trudeau responded to a question on the racial tensions and ci

hief: we always welcome protesters in the district of columbia. if you asked me why the able to s were not continue past 7:00 p.m., that was because of the agitators who city.oyed our they really are the ones that are responsible for silencing who want of the people their voice to be heard. and so i think that it would be so we get through this can get our protesters back out can hear their voice. mayor: thank you. announcer: the house is not in members his week as continue committee work off the house floor. they'll be working remotely on spending es legislation with the next round of votes currently scheduled for june 30. the house live on c-span. the senate is in session this consider mbers judicial and executive nominations including that of miller to be the first special inspector general for pandemic recovery, a position act to by the cares oversee government spending in response to the coronavirus. a bill see debate on that provides greater flexibility to small businesses paycheck ved protection program loans. atch the senate live on c-span

administrator for the district of columbia to provide a brief update, and take your questions. let me just start with this. we talk about statehood, people wonder why we fight so hard for it. and, i think that the events of the last several days demonstrate that our fight for statehood is more about -- more than getting two senators, about our right as taxpaying americans to autonomy, and the autonomy that can only be fully achieved with statehood. curfew at i imposed a 7:00 p.m., about 25 minutes noted thatcurfew we protesters in front of the white some were dispersed using form of munitions. d.c. police throughout the night enforced the curfew, and last night, i think the chief will confirm this number, a number of people were arrested in violation of the protest. i want to ask the chief of police, peter to come up and describe our response last night, and then we can take a few questions. thank you for your continued leadership, and these very difficult times. i am the chief of police of the metropolitan police department this is related to the census status of -- death of g

all organized existence in the columbia area is gone. there's no way to get that idea or that order promulgated, so even though the order is switched, it's 7:00 on the order of the 16th and there's no real it's 7:00 inthat, the morning of the 17th, actually. a chanceot going to be to change that order. 17th, theg of the -- mylists will close in microphone seems to be dying in and out. the federals will strike from the west, from the north, and begin to make their presence known. they will throw a few shelves into the town and they will not shell it to death as they do in it's going to be a different circumstance. the old statehouse and the new statehouse will bear the smites of 20 pound shells as it stands today. they have bronze stars that mark the various spots along the way. be conflictingto remembrances written about what happened on the 17th of february. town are residents in the and all about the town. they will have differing accounts of what happens out here. professor and a he will have a particular story which i want to share.

except for the district of columbia. yet, for more than two residents of washington, d.c., have been denied their full right to fully democracy. in our instead, they have been dealt he injustice of paying taxes, serving in the military, and contributing to the economic of our nation while being enfranchisement that is their right. in the military. ighting, risking their lives for our democracy. isdamental to that democracy representative government. lives for risk their a principle, for a value, for while they live that full enied opportunity. oday, by passing h.r. 51, washington, d.c. admissions act, state of he washington, douglas of onwealth, state commonwealthouglas to the union, frederick ouglass, from maryland, who lived in district of columbia, a suffragist. he was in seneca falls at the women, so much bout our democracy and voting for all americans. in doing so today, we will bring closer to the founding ideals that all are and all deserve a say in our democracy. urge a bipartisan ere a strong vote in the house f

think what a state is can change over time, but people in the district of columbia pay taxes, fight our wars, risk their lives for our democracy, they have this place, no vote in the house or senate about whether we go to war and how those taxes are exacted and how it is all paid. you don't want to hear about it, but this is in my dna. i am very committed to this. when i was born, my father was a member of congress from chairore and he served as of the district of columbia committee. whoever chaired that was considered the unofficial mayor of washington because they made all the decisions for the district of columbia. he was a big believer in home rule and over time, you see some evolution in all of this home rule emerge and then a mayor -- there was a time there wasn't even a mayor in washington, much less a governor of a state. now we are to this place. we are at a state of compromise. we think it is very long overdue that the residents of the all goodof columbia a vote inshould have house and in the senate. yes, sir? reporter: you regularly criticize the president's rhetoric. that it

second, there were already basic institutions in columbia. they were week but were established and we could help strengthen and then inside columbia that includes police and military but also the judicial system. over the course over the partnership, the justice department trained 40000 judges in columbia. the third reason for success i actually give credit to congress to limit the number of americans who could be in columbia at any given time to help the colombian government so they limit us to 400 military people and contractors that eventually rose that was that the colombians had to fight the fight themselves and our role had to be to support and train and help them to carry the fight to the farc. we couldn't take over the enterprise of the limits that congress put on a so we are there in support of the colombian government and that was a reason for success we could help them but we would not run the show for them. another factor was this plan had bipartisan support in congress and was funded over a period of ten years or more by three su

the gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognized. ms. norton: i ask unanimous consent to insert waivers into this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. norton: i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from new york chairwoman of the house committee on oversight and reform, carolyn maloney, and i thank her for the way she conducted hearings on h.r. 51. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: i thank the gentlewoman from the district of columbia and my good friend, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, for her years of leadership on this bill. she's not only the author of this bill but for this historic day of democracy. for the first time in a generation, the house will vote on whether hundreds of thousands of american citizens will finally have their voices counted in congress. we will vote to honor the no taxation without representation and consent of the governed. i can think of no more honorable or patriotic endeavor than taking up this legislation today to give the peop

dc or someshington association with the district of columbia. 30% maryland. and 9% other u.s. states either no fixed address or no known address. 60% were curfew violations. 11% for felony rioting. arrests that were either 2% or less. believe that is everything of significance that i have to share with you at this time. the mayor can take any questions that you might have. i do want to say one additional thing that the public safety recommendation has been -- that we adjust our curfew. we will get out the details of this. the curfew hours will be from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. any questions? >> we have seen an increased presence of military forces. over has been reporting the proper role of the police department over these troops coming in here. can you tell us, what is the relationship right now between the district and the federal government over who is in charge of these streets? where are these tubes coming from? let me be very clear that the metropolitan police department reports to the mayor of the district of columbia. there has been some discussion about what the home ru

especially the residents of the district of columbia. lines as usual republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. we'll be joined by the congresswoman from the district of columbia, eleanor holmes norton, in just a few minutes here. do want to keep you updated on what's happening on capitol hill today. the senate in at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the house, no floor business today, but brief pro forma session expected at 2:00 p.m. today. though plenty of action amid the halls of the house including speaker nancy pelosi and house democrats set to hold a news conference to unveil the patient protection and affordable care enhancement act. c-span's coverage of that begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. c-span.org and the radio app as well. the senate intelligence committee holding a confirmation hearing today on the nomination of peter thompson to be c.i.a. inspector general. you can watch that live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. online at c-span.org. also on the free c-span radio app. the house

the house will -- 70 ,000 in the district of columbia. the house will make action today to make the district of columbia a statement it is an historic day. be on the right side of history. so many voted against the civil rights act of the 1960's and years thereafter. they were on the wrong side of history. do not have -- you're absolutely right. somebody mentioned there was democrats. e were a segregationist party. and guess what? we said we do not want to be hat kind of party. and hubert humphrey got up in 1948 in new york at a democratic convention said we need to come out of the dark shadows of slavery and segregation into the bright sunlight of justice and equality. yes, i understand. that was our party. and we said to them, we do not want to be that party. don't you be that party. don't you have lincoln turn over in his grave and said that's not our party. yes, i heard you over there. sadly in denial, in the denial of democracy, republican-led senate has indicated, mr. speaker, it will not act. just as it has not acted on 275 biparti

except for the district of columbia. yet, for more than two residents of washington, d.c., have been denied their full right to fully democracy. in our instead, they have been dealt he injustice of paying taxes, serving in the military, and contributing to the economic of our nation while being enfranchisement that is their right. in the military. ighting, risking their lives for our democracy. isdamental to that democracy representative government. lives for risk their a principle, for a value, for while they live that full enied opportunity. oday, by passing h.r. 51, washington, d.c. admissions act, state of he washington, douglas of onwealth, state commonwealthouglas to the union, frederick ouglass, from maryland, who lived in district of columbia, a suffragist. he was in seneca falls at the women, so much bout our democracy and voting for all americans. in doing so today, we will bring closer to the founding ideals that all are and all deserve a say in our democracy. urge a bipartisan ere a strong vote in the house f

in the harvard law review and the columbia law review, you were flooded with job offers from the major firms? [laughter] justice ginsburg: there wasn't a single firm in the entire city of new york that would take a chance on me. ♪ david: from the harvard law review and the columbia law review, you were flooded with job offers from the major law firms? [laughter] justice ginsburg: i had three strikes against me. david: after 13 years, did you think you had a chance to be on the supreme court? justice ginsburg: no one thinks, "my aim in life is to be a supreme court justice." david: when you first got on the court, were other justices saying, "we're happy to see you here, let's go have dinner together"? justice ginsburg: justice o'connor was the most welcoming. she gave me some very good advice. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. all right.

still with us, maya bhandari from columbia threadneedle. we talked extensively about the markets, what was priced in, and what would happen to them. at the world, at least at the g-7 countries, what do you do with the euro? about european equities being something of a cyclical market, of which we are, at best, a neutral. i think some increasingly favor the euro, the announcement of the unified fiscal plan and the perspective flows attached to it is really quite important. achillesses europe's heel, if you like. although it is small so far, it for the countries for which it will be allocated. of course, it is open to increases further along the way. i think it adds to what has been remarkably and perhaps surprisingly constructed fed policy in recent weeks, interesting extension in the past, more supportive german fiscal policy, for example. two other facets i think support the euro here -- one is relative monetary policy, and the second, albeit a longer-term one, is a surplus. i think europe is one of the few areas of the world where we see

everybody knows that we are proud of our rich, diverse history in the district of columbia.ican-americans, people of color, and people of all backgrounds call d.c. home. and we should not -- people should not look to us and say that we're too urban, we're too black, we're too liberal. and that makes us different from the people of the other american states, and we have to justify our american citizenship and representation. that hasn't been the case for any state being added to the union and it shouldn't be the case for us. >> this certainly came to the forewhen district residents did not get their share, their full share of the stimulus checks, they were treated as a territory and got half as much. but it really came to light three weeks ago, a little more than three weeks ago, when you did not have the power to control the national guard, to prevent the federal troops from clearing peaceful protesters from in front of the white house, so the president could have a photo opportunity. and it came to light that you, unlike any governor in america, and the governors of the ter

he was prominently displayed here in the district of columbia. and the people were able to bring down the statue. they have not been able to take down all of the statues, but i think it is up to the congress of the united states to do that job. >> and finally, what is the emancipation statue in lincoln park, and why would you want that taken down? >> the emancipation statue depicts a slave kneeling at the foot of abraham lincoln. it is just the kind of depiction that has led to the -- the segregation and the denial of full equality for the -- for the african-americans in our country. now i don't want these statutes, even the most notorious of them simply taken down. i want them put in a museum, and i want that statue put in a museum. we need to learn from our history. the way is not to destroy it, put it where people can see it and learn what it stood for and how far we have come. >> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, delegate for the district of columbia. do appreciate your time this morning. we'll take to you down the road. >> thank you. >>>

black neighborhoods and destroying them to build more of columbia. >> also, columbia was involved inthe war research was symbolic of the war itself. the expansion to harlem we called institutional racism. >> on april 23rd, there was a rally called, and all of these students showed up. and it turned out to be a huge crowd. >> strike! strike! strike! strike! strike! strike! strike! >> it became kind of like a spontaneous mob, and we wound up occupying the main classroom building. >> at columbia university, students barricade themselves into university buildings. their leader is a 20-year-old ex-boy scout. >> this is the politics of confrontation. the one way we keep going is by building this strike. >> the task was to keep topping yourself, to keep taking more and more risk. >> the student demands, no more secret military research. no more construction on land in harlem. and no punishment for occupying the buildings. >> people slept in sleeping bags. they slept on the floor. and we were constantly brought supplies and tossed them up to the windows. within a couple days, we were occupyi

area following the 1862 district of columbia emancipation act. this talk was par of a symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. john: our next speaker, tamika nunley, is assistant professor of history in american comparative studies at oberlin college and conservatory. she's no stranger to virginia, having earned her, one of her m.a.'s and phd at the university of virginia. at oberlin, she created the history design lab that allows students to develop projects involving methodological approaches that range from digital humanities, design, oral history, podcast, historical iction and public history. remember what we said about our speakers and their commitment to mentorship and education. she's the author of essays published in 2018 and 2019 in "the civil war and transformation of american citizenship." and new perspectives on the union war. as i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in the flagship journal "civil war history," part of a roundtable discussion about new civil war revisionism. her book manuscript, mentioned i

to assist other agencies in maintaining peace in the district of columbia. b.o.p. are highly trained to deal with emergency situations including crowd control. they are experienced in confrontational avoidance and conflict resolution. in the aftermath of the tragic death of george floyd, it is unfortunate that the services are necessary. on behalf of the b.o.p. and its staff, i extend our greatest sympathies to the family for the loss. we respect the rights of the public to express their frustration and grief. we want to make sure what happened during his death will not happen again. it is a shame that the voices of -- are being drowned out by those inciting violence. i am proud of our staff every day and i am honored that they were called upon to assist our communities. thank you. tim: i am the acting administrator of the drug enforcement administration, and i am honored to represent the brave men and women of the dea and to share with you the important work our special agents have been performing the last few days. but first, i would like to join the attorney gen

i will tell you what it is, to write your in the city washington the district of columbia. that is where all and so we don't put an end to the madness now. just of them all at the washington monument are we going to tear the washington monument down? are we going to rename it? up the hill as the washington national o cathedral were so may times we have gathered as a nation over the years to mourn our great leaders, to pray. 's protection and deliverance in moments of national strife and struggle are we going to rename the washington national cathedral as the jacobins did to notre dame during the french revolution and what are we going to call the city? the can call washington. we can call't a columbia. we have to come up with new names all around. because i will say this. whether in its mao was start jacobus form is ultimately motivated by a single idea that america at its core is fundamentally irredeemable and wicked. i reject that claim fully and wholeheartedly. america is a great and noble nation, the most noble nation in the history of mankind that has struggled through

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for admission of to district of columbia as a state. washington douglass, frederick douglass, would be the name of the 51st state. and yesterday being the anniversary of the horrible decision gutting the voting rights act, title iv. so this morning some of us are gathered in this very place to talk about the fact that we had passed h.r. 4, voting rights act that we hope that the senate will pass. it's about democracy, it's about fairness. we know that they wish to suppress the vote and voting rights for the district and the rest but we will make our mark. we will stand our ground. and what is really important about all of this right now is the health of the american people. martin luther king said, of all forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman. because it also often results in physical death. f all the forms of injustice and inequality, health care is he most inhuman. so we gather here late at night last night in the midst of a pandemic, the white house, the administration in the dark of night

. >> let's talk differently about the district of columbia. it is a district. are the rules there'd different? yesterday what we saw was william barr the attorney general ordering military police to enforce an order to push back protesters at lafayette square across from the white house presumably so president trump can walk across the street for a photo up in front of the church. >> the district of columbia we can think of is federal territory like a army base or an embassy somewhere. the rules are a little different. the district of columbia national guard reports to the secretary of the army. i would say that the president does have more authority within the district of columbia which appears to be what he is using. we have seen federal troops standing in the lincoln memorial and other startling things like that. again, the wisdom of an aside, i think he has more power in the district of columbia because it is a federal entity. >> and to touch on that, but the president used to 1973 column rule act to take control of the 4000 members of the police in washing

>> yeah. >> in the district of columbia it's still very difficult to buy a firearm.he district of columbia after the heller case was decided didn't exactly throw up its arms and say okay, we'll have liberal gun laws. they passed a series of very burdensome regulations that are currently winding their way through the supreme court and we'll see what happens with those particular provisions. it's difficult in the district of columbia to get your hands lawfully on a firearm. i will say this, washington, d.c. banned hand guns in 1976, ten years later when i lived in washington, d.c., it was known as the murder capital of the united states. even banning guns didn't stop guns from finding their way into the wrong hands in washington, d.c. today you can probably get a gun easily in washington, d.c. if you're willing to buy one illegally. legally it's more difficult. with regards to great britain they got their -- they've had restrictive licensing and registration requirements for -- since the 1920s and as a result, they've got very few firearms in great britain. there's ple

an district of columbia delegate discusses d.c. statehood. watch c-span with washington general live seven eastern on wednesday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> the house judiciary committee has issued subpoena by at a hearing this week on political interference and threats to processing independence bird among the scheduled witnesses, current and former justice department officials and a deputy of former special counsel, robert mueller. watch live on wednesday starting at noon eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org, or listen live at the free c-span radio app. >> this week watch houseboats on policing reform and d.c. legislation. thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span the house will debate and vote on the democrats policing reform bill. the george floyd justice and policing act and on friday at 9:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span the house a vote on legislation to designate the district of columbia as a state. watch this week, live on thursday and friday on

three destroyers leave british columbia to join united nations forces.cross the united states, young men from every walk of life hurried to enlist in the army, the navy, in the air force in answer to the united nations appeal.

for admission of to district of columbia as a state. washington douglass, frederick douglass, would be the name of the 51st state. and yesterday being the anniversary of the horrible decision gutting the voting rights act, title iv. so this morning some of us are gathered in this very place to talk about the fact that we had passed h.r. 4, voting rights act that we hope that the senate will pass. it's about democracy, it's about fairness. we know that they wish to suppress the vote and voting rights for the district and the rest but we will make our mark. we will stand our ground. and what is really important about all of this right now is the health of the american people. martin luther king said, of all forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman. because it also often results in physical death. f all the forms of injustice and inequality, health care is he most inhuman. so we gather here late at night last night in the midst of a pandemic, the white house, the administration in the dark of night

on legislation to designate the district of columbia as a state. watch this week, live, thursday and friday on c-span. or, listen live on the free radio app. republican tom mcclintock joins us, a mefment house judiciary committee, that's the committee that marked up the house police reform bill that will be on the floor this week. congressman mcclintok, during the markup of that bill you acknowledge that there are some provisions of that bill you do support, but you ended up voting against sending that bill to the house floor. why? guest: because of the provisions in it that basically federalize all local police departments. my views on this were shaped years ago when i worked for the legendary chief of the los angeles police department, ed davis, and the period he was chief while crime was widened nationally by 50%, he drove it down in los angeles. did he so by following the principles of sir robert peel, considered the father of modern policing, that the principle is that policing is very much a community activity. in fact, he said that the publi

she's represented the district of columbia for almost 30 years or so in congress. representative norton, it's great to have you with us. let me get your reaction to what we heard from the president in that photo opinion, saying he's the law and order president, holding up the bible in front of the church there, st. john's church. >> what the country needs now is a law and justice president. when you see what is happening in the streets, the people are crying out for leadership. they're not getting that from their president, so they're in the streets saying will somebody lead us. that's what you saw last night. remember these protests, and they were protests, all began around the country peaceably. then there were provocateurs, just as the president is himself being a kind of pro vok tour, who were bent on doing -- on

what would you sa say is the ste of unrest right now in columbia?just as you see across the country, indeed across the globe, there are several of our citizens and people who live here who may not be citizens who want to have their voices heard, who have felt for quite some time that they have been unheard. so we aggressively encourage people to participate in the right to petition your government for redress of grievous. south carolina case, u.s. supreme court case, it started in columbia back in the early '60s, still case law taught in law schools, does secure people's right to petition, to assembly and free speech and it's something that we feel is at the center of who we are as a city and state. the challenge, of course, on saturday is what happens when those nonviolent protests become violent, and i fear that the great discussion that was emerging -- we started hearing voices last week that never talked about social justice, equity, systemic issues in policing last week actually start talking about them and speaking in words that flect love, gr

by the late 1990s columbia was on the verge of becoming a narco state a criminal state the insurgencyas on the verge of being able to take control of the country in controlling and then defeating the fark was first of all we have very strong partners in columbia. a very strong person. he was an honest person. and he was determined to defeat them. we started with a president who was committed to democratic principle and the rule of law and who was determined to lead this fight at considerable risk to himself. a number of assassination attempts. the second thing that helped us it was was already some basic institutions. we could help strengthen those institutions inside columbia that included both the police and the military but also the judicial system and over the course of the colombian partnership the justice department trained some 40,000 judges in columbia. i actually give credit to them it has limited the number of americans in columbia at any given time to help the government. they limited us to 400 military people and 400 contractors. it rose to 800 military and 800 contractors

ut i will be remiss to go unsaid the following -- having gone to school in the district columbia at howard niversity, from being the birthplace of duke ellington, the hot spot of jazz innovation decades, the chuck brown and music, to the district's role in the civil rights back to going way florida avenue grill, let us no more. let us be about the business of and pass liberty today h.r. 51. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. he gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: thank you, mr. speaker. friend from nk my florida, not only yielding time, 10 years of friendship. he may not remember, because t's just the kind of manned -- man that he is, when i was assigned to the rules committee ack in 2011, there were four democrats on the rules committee and four freshman republicans on the rules committee. over to astings came the four of us who were sitting on the republican side of the and , introduced himself, offered his advice and his counsel. told us we were in for quite a being on the rules committee and, he of course, was