dr. martin luther king's niece -- can i have an abigsal minute? diaz-balart 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. smith: dr. martin luther king's niece has had two abortions. she now heads up an organization called the silent no more awareness campaign. and she speaks out and says that this is the new civil rights movement, protecting the unborn child. but equally protecting women from abortion. it is violence against women, it is violence against children. the new global office on women's issues ought to at least be neutral, i would say, affirm the unborn but at least neutral when it comes to respecting unborn human life. i thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from colorado, my colleague and a good friend of the committee on rules, mr. polis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlema

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dr. martin luther king when he said that in justice and health care is the most shocking and inhumane of disparities. there is someone at the university of nebraska, where i am. i even tried to understand the solutions to the growing problem of health disparities. i think to really better understand the issue, i need to discuss very briefly nine different areas that i think contribute to or explain the dilemma that we now face. first, understand the diversity it is important to look at diversity in america. over the past 20 years, the proportion of whites has decreased to 69% now in 2003 and during that same period, the proportion of african americans has increased slightly from 11% to 12%. hispanics have got up to it 12%. the country is becoming increasingly more divorce, making their health care issues uniquely different from other comparable nations around the world. the u.s. census bureau had initially said that by the 2050, 1/2 americans would be a member of a racial and ethnic group -- the country is becoming increasingly more diverse. there are some areas, like washington, d.c., w

dr. martin luther king jr. put it best when he said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. afro latinos face a long-standing struggle against racial discrimination and a lack of opportunities. afro latinos make up approximately 150 million of the region's 540 million total population and awill will long with women and indigenous populations are among the poorest, most marginalized groups in the region. people of african descent comprise a significant amount of the population in several latin american countries and are 50% of the region's poor. for many descendents, endemic poverty exacerbated by isolation, exclusion and racial discrimination in. in brazil, of a ro latinos are 45% of the population but constitute 49% of the poor. in columbia, the plight of afro columbians is harshest as they are all too often caught in the crossfire of violent conflict. congress previously supported the united states-brazil joint action plan against racial discrimination and house resolution 1254 and called for b

dr. martin luther king jr. breached nonviolence and his great movement heeded this call in the -- of unspeakable violence. this is a terrible perversion of what it means to be pro-life. while we have different views on this issue, no side should resort to atrocious acts of violence such as this. since 1977 there have been more than 5,800 reported acts of violence against providers like dr. tiller. since 1993, eight people have been murder and there have been 17 attempted murders since 1991. clinics like dr. tiller's over a 20-year span have been bombed 41 times and faced 175arsons and 96 attempted bombings andarsons. i understand this is a compassionate issue for both sides. we cannot allow this to continue. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlela

dr. howard. here's a man before martin luther king who was a pioneering civil rights figure. he comes out of a self-help mutual aid tradition which really, you know, a booker t. washington tradition on a way and he built on a foundation of fraternal societies and black entrepreneurship. he also just goes against the stereotype of a civil rights leader. he wasn't a leftist, particularly. he was an anticommunist. he wasn't really an ideologue in any sense. he wasn't a gandhiian figure. he wasn't an advocate of nonviolence. well, he was but he was always -- he always had weapons with him just in case. and he provided a foundation for later successes in civil rights and left an important legacy. people like medgar evers and fannie lou hamer and perhaps rosa parks. however spoke in montgomery on the emmett till case on the eve of the montgomery boycott. it was still headline news when rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a montgomery bus. rosa parks said at that moment she was thinking of emmett till. three days before that, she had attended howard's speech where the topic wa