angela dawson had repeatedly contacted the police with drug dealing in her neighborhood. in retaliation, darrell brooks, a neighborhood dealer, fire bombed the dawson home, not once but twice, before killing angela, her husband, cornell, and all five of their children. this heinous violence perpetrated against the dawson family was the impetus for this legislation, and i commend congressman conyers for -- excuse me -- congressman cummings for his tireless pursuit of this legislation over multiple congresses. i strongly urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. issa: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1741, the witness security and protection grant program act of 2009. witness testimony is a critical component of our criminal justice system. even with sophisticated d.n.a. and other forensic evidence, there is n

he ran for congress as a republican in 1958 against dawson. and it did not turn out well for him but it was a campaign where a lot of people who were involved, later became quite prominent in the independent movement were involved in. continued to be -- play a role in civil rights in the 1960s. he was the chicago chair of a special fund set up to help the children of slain leader malcolm x. he provided crucial financial support to a young and then unknown theology student named jesse jackson. operation push was founded in dr. howard's basement. and he was chair of the finance committee but he was mostly behind the scenes helping out organizations like the afro americans patrol men's league which exposed police brutality. he also indulged in his favorite past time, favorite hobby which was big game hunter. he boasted he was the leading black big game hunter in the world. i don't know how much competition he had but he went on many safaris to africa and india. his career really culminated in chicago at least in 1972 when he opened the friendship

i want to thank mike stevens, the majority clerk, dave moroni, liz dawson, the minority clerk, jenny casilla, megan medley and ian on my personal staff, each of whom have put in long hours for this i support this fiscally responsible bill which is millions of dollars below the request. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida reserves. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. aderholt: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman. mr. aderholt: this is my first appropriations bill to help manage on the floor. i very much enjoyed the process and consider it a privilege. i do want to commend the chair, ms. wasserman schultz, for her ms. wasserman schultz, for her professional and courteous e way she conducted the process over the last several months for producing fiscal year 2010 legislative branch appropriations bill. we have worked closely and very much in the spirit of bipartisanship to meet the funding needs of the legislative branch agencies. in addition, the chair operate

dawson that is the statement of the week. i suggest you have your plan come in a little lower and to take a look at maybe 10,000 feet. >> part of the reason -- part of the reason was because we wanted to address rumors that were involved. what was important was, as in the international community into the oas done, despite whatever political disagreements you might have, there are democratic norms that it should be followed. >> are there any plans to recall the ambassador to washington? >> not at this point, because the administration believes that having him there is important for -- an important player on the ground in seeking an ultimate solution to the problem that we face now. >> been following in the question on the issue of victory or lack thereof, on the issue of iraq, there was a debate. one said that we will never win. it is the military as well as political issues. is this administration subscribing to that? if so, how could this war be won militarily? >> without getting into whatever agreements or disagreements wer

the last name of the author is "dawson." it points out that these are very significant for society to be able to pull around and that they have to be done for a society to move forward. and there's no way around t you have to address the problem and the top iefnlgt so for those reasons and for the many, many millions of people who have suffered the legacies of slavely and segregation or suffered personally themselves under segregation in this country, we apologize as a united states senate. and i read the finals of this because i think it just expresses it so well, that there is a sense of congress as the following: apology apology foe enslaifnlt and segregation of african-americans, that congress acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in jim-crow laws, apologizes to african-americans on behalf of the people of the united states for the wrongs committed against them and their an ssess terse, who suffered under slavery and jim-crow laws, and expresses its recommitment to the prin

.: it has to be cal ripken, and andre dawson. that's a way back. >> rob: i was going to say moises alou. that would have been my guess. >> bob: rob and i had this discussion a couple weeks ago, some of our fans don't want to hear about the expos. they consider that another lifetime. >> jim p.: so then we wouldn't have brought the nationals in there. >> bob: does anybody talk about the st. louis browns anymore? >> jim p.: 1954, yeah. >> bob: teams move and that's part of your history whether you like it or not. and the browns were not exactly stellar. i think they went to one world series in 44. >> jim p.: anything else you'd like to vent about tonight, bob? >> bob: no. >> jim p.: my shirt? >> bob: i love your shirt. >> jim p.: you guys really look good tonight. >> bob: thank you. >> jim p.: you've got a long sleeve shirt on, rob, and bob's got the shortsleeve. >> bob: i've got less ink. >> jim p.: that's true. >> rob: i don't want to scare the people at home, so they do a shot of us, i pull the sleeves down. i look like you two c

joe dawson led company g. he started off with 200 men. he got to the top of the bluff with 20 men, but he got to the top. he was the first one to get there. he's going to be introducing president clinton tomorrow at omaha beach. john spaulding was another. he was a d lieutenant. many of them are nameless. i don't know their names. i've talked to men who've said, "i saw this lieutenant and he tossed a grenade into the embrasure of that fortification, and out came four germans with their hands up. i thought to myself, hell, if he can do that, i can do that." "what was his name?" i will ask. "geez, i don't know. i never found out his name. i never saw him before, and i never saw him again, but he was a great man. he got me up that bluff." c-span: let me go back to when you were 10 years old in wisconsin, on d-day. why were you there? >> guest: my father was in the pacific, in the navy, and it was my grandmother's hometown. my mother had three boys, and she was working in the local defense plant and grandma could take care of us during the da