i also want to mention she has written a book about clara fultz. if you're interested, get a copy of sharon's book and get it on amazon or get it here in the lobby. i'm now going introduce our first panel. ordinary injustice. our first panel come from all over the united states. i'm going ask them now to join me on stage. >> as i mentioned earlier, we are going to examine how injustice occurs. and we're going to be looking at not only big injustices but small ones and how they affect not only the way in which the criminal justice system either works or doesn't work but also how it affects the lives of every day people. our first panelist is amy bach. miss bach spent eight years studying courts throughout the country and she wrote a book called "ordinary injustice." it is really an incredible book that looks at the perspective of the justice system from a contract public defender's per spivet, a prosecutor's perspective and a judge's perspective and she was able to come up with some brilliant insights about not whoonl the problems are not only what

at 15, i met a handsome union soldier named jeremiah fultz and we eloped. we moved west to greener pasttures. first to oregon. then san jose, california. it was around 1876 and i had just had my fifth child. i was working at home as a dress maker and the sheriff came to the door and took my sewing machine for a debt that my husband owed. well, i knew this was illegal. i had been reading blackstone since i was 10. so i went to the court and i pled my own case and won. then, after that, mr. fultz decided he needed to go on to greener pasttures and he left so i realized that i was going to be the court of myself and my children. so i decided now is my chance to be a lawyer. why couldn't i be a lawyer? well, it is right there in the code. you have to be of good moral character. i'm that. you have to be over 21. i'm that. and a white male. so i simply took the code, took out white male, put in person and called it the laid lawyer bill and off i went to -- the lady lawyer bill and off i went to sacramento. there i was. now i had very little money so i was able to

[applause] >> my name is clara shortridge fultz. and they call me the lady lawyer. as a child i wanted to be a lawyer. i went to my father and told him i want to be a lawyer and he said you would make a great lawyer. if you were a boy. so i buried that dream.

when they were discussing the trust resolution and this is the main saw because of their refusal to fultz they abstain which is a very people matic way or say we don't agree with all because they were raising objections say why can't we do the same thing about the rate in yemen for instance and obviously from the french bric american side it was an alliance right off arthur contradiction. and double standards that have come out over the last month during libya. all of this other unrest i know you've been following it and we appreciate you bringing us your perspective especially from outside of the u.s. from brazil that was passed the bar he's a journalist for the asia times. now you'll recall the united states went to the united nations to take the lead on libya which we have been talking so much about on a military intervention and a no fly zone but this week the u.n. has become a punching bag of u.s. lawmakers as ambassador to the u.n. susan rice is there on the hill defending the organization against budget cuts at a hearing today on reforming the u.n. it quickly pitted believers again

i want to thank jonathan burkes, marsha douglas, tim flynn, nicole fultz, jose, jim hurts, mat hoffman, charlotte, pat, jane lee, dick mcgee, ted mccann, andy morton, courtney ryanhart, paul, austin smythe, our staff director, jenna, connor sweeney, dennis teddy, dana wade. i call him john z. that's an inside joke. brad butler. jonathan. spencer pepper. alex stoddard. i also want to thank from our personal office smith anderson, laurie, joyce meier, mike, kevin, martin, andy, my chief of staff, alison style, our interns, brad, jane, david, greg, and john. i want to thank all the hardworking staff for making this possible. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that we be permitted to file reports accompanying 1214, 1215, and 1216 at any time through april 15, 2011. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to section 5580 and 5581 of the revised statutes, 20 u.s.c. 2223 and the order of the house of jan