i remember being excited about jesse jackson's candidacy as a 14 year-old freshman student. there was something magical about this fellow, bill clinton in 1992. there was a guy that helped lay the foundation for so much of this. he noticed that middle-class america was not being representative -- represented. their concerns were not being addressed. and they were not given the tools to achieve their dreams and aspirations. from chuck to dick gephardt, to jim jones, to john, bill, and barbara. obviously, to that great chairman and 91 who we will hear from later. i thought about the congressm from mississippi. the great leader in the senate from connecticut, joe lieberman. i thought about dave bliss here this evening. i thought about ellen and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in sharing -- in sharing this organization. and of course, my immediate predecessor, my friend, the great governor. for we have all been a part of something very special. mainly because of the courage and determination and tenacity of a fellow bl

people who knew him include jesse owens, that great famous olympian, mahalia jackson, representative william l. dawson, representative charles digs, malcolm x and thurgood marshall. so it is with that small introduction i start you to wonder, hopefully, about dr. howard to the point that you'll want to buy the book. i don't want to tell you too much of it because i want you to read it. david? >> i sort of i want to reiterate one point there. this is a great story. and not because of our writing. i think it almost told itself, you know, here's a guy who started out children of tobacco twisters in rural kentucky and became a prominent surgeon and civil rights leader and entrepreneur. now, if anyone would qualify as a renaissance man in black history i think it would have to be trm howard or he would have to be high on the list. he was not only one of the wealthiest blacks in mississippi, he was a successful surgeon but he was also a pioneering civil rights leader. and he was a pioneering civil rights leader in the belly of the beast. that's the mississippi delta. probably the worst pla

i cannot forget about 1984 when i was excited about jesse jackson's candidacy as a 14- year-old freshman student. and in 1988 by him again. but there was something special about bill clinton in 1992. the man now speaking to helped to lay the foundation for so much of this. a young man who noticed in 1984 and 1985 that middle-class america and the mainstream america was not being represented. their concerns are not being addressed, and there were not given the tools to achieve their dreams and aspirations. i thought back on the great leaders of this organization from chuck robb to dig gephardt to jim jones, at 2 barbara kinelly, obviously to the great chairman in 1990 and 1991 with whom we will hear from later. a thought about the congressman from mississippi. the great leader and the senate from connecticut, joe lieberman. the hon. joe long. i thought about roy romer and did mccurry who is here this evening. i thought about the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend of vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, now senator tom carver. of course, my immed

i remember being excited in 1984 about jesse jackson's candidacy as a 14-year-old freshman. in 1988 by his candidacy again and governor dukakis. but there was something magical about bill clinton in 1992. i went on to tell the guy there was a guy who helped lay the foundation for so much of this. a young man we noticed in 1984 and 1985 that middle class america and asian america was not being represented, their concerns were not being dressed, and they were -- addressed. i thought back on the great leaders of this organization, from chuck robb, to dick gephardt, to bruise babbitabbit. john jones. obviously to the great chairman in 1990 and 1991. i thought about the great ag secreta secretary. the great leader in the senator joe lieberman. the honor reliable joe long. i thought about the honorable roy romer. i thought about ellen tauscher and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, the great then governor and senator now and my immediate prepared ses -- predecessor. for we have all been a part

he provided crucial financial support to a young and then unknown theology student named jesse jacksonperation 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 medical center named after his clinic in chicago which was the largest black privately owned medical center in the city. so just to sum up 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

jesse jackson, mr. roy blunt, and our ranking member, ileana ros-lehtinen. the amendment also updates language currently in the bill welcoming the end of sri lanka's 26-year war between the government and the liberation tigers of at that meal -- of tamil. these are provisions pushed particularly by the gentleman from new york, mr. mchew hon, a member of the committee. the united states standing with the international community eagerly looks forward to the government of sri lanka's putting forward a timely and credible proposal to engage its tamil community and address the legitimate grievances of its tamil citizens so that peace and reconciliation can be achieved and sustained. it also includes two requests by republican members of the committee on foreign affairs and including an amendment by mr. wilson from south carolina who i agreed to work with during the markup at the committee. it also increases the amount of funds in the state department inspector general anti-national endowment for democracy. as suggested by the minority in their views on the bill.

i think the name jesse jackson comes to mind for most people when i raise this subject matter. there were other entities out there that did the same thing. acorn was in the center of this and not only that, but acorn found themselves in a situation where they could go out and identify and broker the people who would qualify for these low interest loans, subprime loans, a lot of subprime loans were promoted by acorn, the lending institutions made those loans because then acorn would be offer of their back and allow their doors to stay open, and they kept this relationship going. acorn also found themselves in a position to be brokering these subprime loans through into the secondary market of fannie mae and freddie mac. i think already, madam speaker, you see the pattern here. community reinvestment act was the foundation that allowed acorn to go in and intimidate lenders and set themselves up where they became the broker for home mortgage loans that many times were subprime loans that were sold on the secondary market to fannie mae and freddie mac, and on up through the line to

the paul simon water for the world act of 2009, along with representatives payne, rohrabacher, jesse jackson jr., zach wamp, welch, boozman, burton, george miller and fortenberry. the purpose of this is act to empower the u.s. government to respond to the addressing poverty, security and environmental threats presented by the dire mismanagement and shortage of tpwhrobal fresh water. the goal for the water for the world act is for the united states to provide 100 million people of the world's poorest first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015. to accomplish this goal the legislation builds on the water for the poor framework for investment, expands u.s. foreign assistance capacity and recognizes sustainable water and sanitation policy as vital to the long-term diplomatic and development efforts of the united states. i applaud the leadership of senators durbin, corker and murray who have introduced companion bipartisan legislation in the senate. this legislation will help the united states focus its efforts and fully implement a smart and efficient g

jesse jackson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. without objection, so ordered. mr. jackson: last night, mr. speaker, i tried to explain this event to my daughter when she he asked me why. i tried to tell her that african-americans fought for our country in world war ii and a holocaust survivor once told the story of how survivors of the holocaust knew they had been freed when african-americans showed up, knowing full well because of their race that they could not be nazis. even if some african-americans had to fight under a different flag. african-americans and jewish americans banded together in many of our nation's great campaigns for social justice. martin luther king jr. used to often quote a rabbi, two jews and a black, killed for registering people to vote in mississippi. stephen tyrone johns lost his life defending visitors at a holocaust museum at the handses of a why the supremacist. as i believe president lincoln would paraphrase, their sacrifice is far above our own ability to add or detract. i would hope in this moment

i want to follow up on congressman and jesse jackson's point, first of all with regard to healthcare disparities requestor of the congressional black caucus, along with of course my conduct as chair of the asian pacific american congress and congresswoman glossal whitson chairs the hispanic caucus, we are working on healthcare disparities bill, closing the disparities, and you know the problems. you would knowledge them, but i am wondering in this overall healthcare debate that is taking place, we don't hear much in the debate about this being a critical element of the healthcare reform package, whatever package we come up with so i went to raise that with you because i have raised this with the white house several times in just know that in this debate, this is got to be front and center for many of us because our communities of course are the ones to are you know, the unfortunate beneficiaries of the terrible beneficiaries of these disparities. secondly, with regard to single-payer, i note the realities of single-payer as it relates to what ultimately will be the type of healthcare

i hereby appoint the honorable jesse l. jackson jr. to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: lord god, send forth your spirit to guide the members of the house of representatives today and every day of this 111th congress. by your power, manifest the strength of this democracy. so direct the course of this body the policies -- that policies and decisions made here may proclaim your goodness to all your people. not only in words but in every action freely accepted, may this nation show the world that it is a nation of reconciliation and peace for all and give you glory both now and forever. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, congressman johnson. mr. johnson: will you join me in th