just before the battle of oswamatee, john brown was in that fight and one of his sons was killed in it. he said at that time there will not be peace in this land until the issue of slavery was resolved. he was right. less than ten years later the civil war broke out over the issue of slavery. today in the united states senate, we pledge to move beyond this shameful period and we officially acknowledge and apologize for the institution of slavery in this country and what many refer to as the original sin of america, which was once woven into the fabric of our nation and for the federal laws that we passed in this chamber and upheld by the highest court in our lands -- the supreme court. my colleague has already referred to some of those. i want to refer passingly to several as well. laws such as the fugitive slave law first approved on february 12, 1793, amended in 1850 and 1864, sought to punish those persons who dared to escape the brutalty of slavery and those who helped to free individuals in bondage. not only would a suspected runaway slave be dragged into court but would be unable

john brown jr. of crystal new mexico and his compatriot, thomas claw, both were 87. in world war ii marines recruited members of the navajo nation for the specific purpose of devising a code based on the half hoe language. the japanese were never able to break the code and the code talkers were credited with helping save lives and contributing to the military's success in the pacific theater. the code talkers' contributions were invaluable and we should always be grateful for their service. they did so much and their contribution can be summarized best by what john brown said when he was presented with the congressional gold medal. we have seen much in our lives, we have seen war and peace, and we know the value of the freedom and democracy that this great nation embodies. but our experience also reminds us how fragile these things can be and how vigilant we must be in protecting them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the

. >> bob: john browning would be proud. >> rob: if that was a bp fastball, i'll try to find out tomorrow. tom browning would be proud. sometimes when you get behind or you're having trouble getting a guy out, you don't have to be like thomas edison abp fastball. >> bob: gulph beautiful night in our nation as capital as we return home. debbi taylor, rob dibble, bob carpenter right here on masn 2. thousands of our best friends in the ballpark with us tonight and they're enjoying a good ballgame a-well-pitched game and a beautiful evening. here is a one pich out off of willie harris. -- one-pitch out off to willie harris. >> rob: you know what's great? not seeing black clouds over us. >> bob: sh., bite your tongue -- shhh, bite your tongue. >> rob: that was a great night. >> bob: i'm surprised somebody didn't ask what happened with a five-hour game delay. >> rob: somebody asked why didn't you do your radio show. we were busy eating cheese steaks. >> bob: i thought your answer to why didn't do you it because i could. >> rob: no, i would have gotten in trubl trouble if i said that. >> bob: i

i could date when she decided that war was going to be necessary, it was with harper's ferry in john brown and after that, she realized that the only way african-americans were going to get their freedom was through war and so she supported the civil war. >> all right. was it sexism or racism that kept her out of the inauguration. you said frederick douglass went to the inauguration and she didn't. >> frederick douglass got in through the intercession of a congressman. and sojourner truth went with the officer she was working with in arlington heights. and so they went in -- or tried to get in on two different occasions and douglass made a fuss and the congressman saw him and went over and prevailed upon the guards and lincoln, by the way, to let him in. with sojourner and the officer, he said if she can't go in, i can't go in. and so he turned on his heels with her and left. so it was racism because apparently the rule was that no people of color were ever to be allowed at washington receptions. so dougass got in because he was confrontational and there was someone in the inauguration rec

please write a book on john brown as well as william -- general washington's trusted confidante. i believe out of all of the riders, only you can tell as deep -- billed as deep as necessity will dictate. a couple of recent things in the news -- and i have been called a rhino, and i proudly wear the badge because i'm somewhat of an independent thinker, although the no i would like to spell know. mr. gingrich stated he was not a citizen of the world, with much fervor and fanfare, yet, low and behold, mr. reagan, president reagan stated in front of the united nations that he was a citizen of the world. could you tie and the disconnect -- those who espouse reagan and yet strobel -- strobel in a plea at attempts to carry the banner of reagan -- struggle ineptly to carry the banner with shenanigans and over the top sound bites. guest: thank you for the assignment. i will look at it, and i appreciate your kind words about my work. i think the question you raised is a fascinating one, not just for the republicans in 2009 but any political group at any time looking back at certain leaders

some of the people taking part are white house counsel greg craig, white house secretary lisa brown, and john podesta, chief executive officer for the center for american progress. we'll have more live coverage with the radio and television correspondents dinner beginning at 8:25 here on c-span. president obama will deliver remarks. on your screen is john podesta, the ceo of the center for american progress. live coverage on c-span. >> this event is expected to begin shortly. president obama will be at the radio and tv correspondents association dinner tonight delivering remarks. that begins and caught 25 eastern time. but the associated press writes that president obama is describing the overall health care plan put forward by house democrats today as a major step toward the goal of fixing what is broken and building on what works. house republicans are sharpening their criticism. they say it would cost tens of millions of people to lose the current health care coverage. the participants are getting ready to start. it should begin momentarily. [crowd murmurs] >> a little bit of background on

brown. >> have you miss your chance? >> this is way past the some of my ambition. the summit of my mission was junior minister. this is fabulous. it is a real honor. >> the defense secretary john hutton also resigned but was cultural oil in his departure. >> lead to show support for our leader and our prime minister at this time. >> the man credited with protecting gordon brown from a cabinet to is lord mendelson, the business secretary. he was rewarded with a beef up apartment in the title of first secretary of state. >> we need to unite behind the prime minister. he is by far, the british -- the biggest figure in british politics. he will lead in economic times -- i can see the cabin of falling behind the prime minister. >> the prime minister's position was looking more secure as journalists are arrived for a press conference. about 10 minutes and, this happened. >> caroline floods just resigned. she came out and gave you her full support last night. what does that say about your other ministers, are they going to resign now? >> caroline has been a very good minister. >> caroline fudges a very close friend of the former committee -- she has been very harshly treated by the p

brown. >> san antonio, texas, john on the line for republicans. >> let me see if i can put it easy. no one in the country is complaining about the mess that the government make in tax dollars. no one complains about nothing congress does as far as taking money unto themselves. and they live quite well. these little companies like insurance companies who make money to pay, the people invest in their money and people return on the investment. people complain they shouldn't do this. we have the best healthcare industry in the world in america. why do people come here from england. they come here from canada. from australia, they come here. all over europe, come here. sure you have to pay for it. everything you have to pay for. get the government out of the way. this obituary for barker. >> i see a glaring need for two different issues. one healthcare reform. the other health insurance reform. they are two different things. you can't really inform the public and congress too about each issue until you separate the two. i wanted to talk about the health insurance area. i have been busy l

there you see prime minister gordon brown on the left side of the screen and on the right side the french president. we want to thank john mcmannis for being our guest. we are going live to normandy as we await the speech by the president. ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> president obama, your royal high ness, prime minister brown, prime minister harper, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. it's our privilege to welcome all the visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and their family members in attendance who honor us all with their presence. [applause] today, we commemorate the 65th anniversary of the d-day landings that took place in the early morning hours of 6 june, 1944. today's ceremony will honor the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who made the supreme sacrifice so that europe might be liberated. included among those so honored are the 3,881 who lost their lives on d-day at omaha beach and the 9,387 of our dead who are buried at this cemetary. [speaking in french] >> ladies and gentlemen, please bow your heads in prayer for the invocation delivered by

this week john birduron is speaking since been elected on monday. and later gordon brown answers questions on the iraq war and government spending plans. . rebuild gaza city. >> questions to the prime minister, patrick hall. >> may i welcome you to your first prime minister's questions as speaker of the house. >> mr. speaker, before listing my engagements i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our sincere condolences to the family and friends of shaun birchel the welsh guard who was killed in afghanistan last week. he died serving our country and the people of afghanistan. his death reminds us how difficult s

john, on our republican line. caller: yes, i want to ask ms. brown a couple of questions. i want to ask if she is familiar with the congressional budget office's understanding that it is going to cost $62,000 per american for obama's health care plan, and there is no medical liability reform. then the last lady -- i do not know how old she is, but in countries where they do have single-payer, you know, what happens to people who have cancer who are 65 or 70 or 75? one last comment. for example, i know cuba is something that is always trotted out. what do they do with aids patients in cuba? do they not send them to an island and segregate them? host: kerik to take any of those questions? -- do you care to take any of those questions? guest: i am familiar with the cbo numbers. orrin hatch put out the numbers from the cbo that was released yesterday, that the senate health committee bill would cost more than $1 trillion. that is a number that we are going to see i think repeated and thrown around a lot today and in the next few days because republicans have been saying for a

john lnnon. you may know d. wade, i hear he plays basketball pretty good. etan thomas, craig brown, the c.e.o. of motorola.the president of more house college, members from my staff. reggie love. we also want to thank bobby flay, one of the best chefs in the world. [applause] i don't want to talk long. i want to come around and say hello to everybody. i hope that the message that we are sending out about how important father's are is something that you will all of you are probably going to end up being fathers. the time is now to start thinking about what that means in terms of responsibility and what it means to be a man. the men here show us whether rich or not, they embody that spirit of love and dedication and commitment that fatherhood is all about. we appreciate all of you. i don't want to get in the way of the food. thank you for participating. we hope you have a good time. to all the father's out there, happy father's day. [applause] up next, "q&a" with douglas brinkley and then prime minister gordon brown and following that the hispanic prayer break fast.

john lennon. thank you. and dwyane wade, i hear he plays basketball good. eton thomas, another basketball player. greg brown, the c.e.o. of motorola. and our outstanding football player. jorge a journalist in the country, and b.b.wane, and tony hawk, the outstanding skateboarder in the world. darrell mcdaniels, mike glass, a small businessman, and senator edward bye, and president david lad, the president of a community college and my staff, dennis mc dona and reggie love, and bobby mashay with this good-looking grub. i don't want to talk long, i want to come around and say hello to everyone. i want to thank all for participating. for the young people here today, i just hope that the message we are sending out, about how important fathers are. it's something that you will internalize. because all of you are probably going to end up being fathers. and the time is now to start thinking about what that means in terms of responsibilities. what it means to be a man. and the men you are sitting with today, exempify whether famous or not, they embody that spirit of love and dedication and commitment that fatherhoo

america and john keating president and chief operating officer oldcastle materials group fees representing american road and transportation builders association. we will begin with mr. brown. >> thank you madam chairman as a special note we have included a few figures that were correctly added and not have been fixed and we ask we have been allowed to submit the revised testimony is just a couple of technical changes. think you'll. >> my name is larry butch brown i am the director of the mississippi department of transportation serving vice president of the american association of state highway and transportation officials and m the incoming president this fall. i want to thank you for your efforts in securing transportation funding as part of the legislation. today want to emphasize three major points. allstate's of obligated 50 percent are more of the funds will before the june 30 deadline. projects are under construction and people are going back to work and states are directing funds were ready to go projects that will spread economic recovery and job creation to all corners of the united states with special consideration being given to the economic needs and geograph

john easton. [applause] a couple of special friends, the bishop gene robinson. [applause] ambassador michael guest is here. ambassador jim hornel is here. oregon secretary of state kate brown is here. [applause] all of you are here. welcome to your wife house. -- welcome to your white house. [cheers and applause] somebody asked for the lincoln bedroom. [laughter] it is good to see so many friends and familiar faces. i appreciate the support that i have received from so many of you. michelle appreciates it. i want you to know that you have our support as well. [applause] you have my thanks for the work that you do every day in pursuit of quality on behalf of the millions of people in this country that work hard and care about their communities, and that are gay, bisexual, or transgender. [applause] this struggle, i don't need to tell you, is incredibly difficult. although i think it is important to consider the progress that we have made. there are unjust laws to overturn and unfair practices to stop. although we have made progress, there are still fellow citizens, perhaps neighbors or even family members who still hold fast to warn arguments and attitudes who fail to see y

brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i support mccain amendment and oppose any second degree amendment. i've been through this as john as 1 1/2 decades working with john on these and patent issues, too, that pharma seems to, even when we went to battle they seem to win the war. any weakening language does two things. one, it denies these cost savings to consumers and second, it's got something about public safety as john points out. it denies savings to consumers and only doesn't save us the money it would save if we were to do this right. for years, several years when what is in the house of representatives, i represented a district in northern ohio about four hours from windsor, ontario. i used to take bus loads of ohio consumers, mostly elderly, but not all, to canada to buy drugs. it was a peculiar thing for a federal official in one country to take people to another country to buy prescription drugs, the same prescription drugs they could have bought in a local drug store, same brand names, same box even, the same -- this exact same drug, same inert or active ingredients. the price was 1/3 or 1/4. that's the onl

john burkor presided over his first house time. he's the first jewish speaker to be elected to the house of commons. later, british prime minister gordon brown answered questions on a house inquiry into the iraq war. and on the government spending plans. >> patrick hall. >> question number one, mr. speaker. and may i welcome you to your first prime minister's questions. as speaker of the house. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the guard killed in afghanistan last week. he died serving our country and the people of afghanistan. his death reminds us how difficult it is for men serving in afghanistan at the moment. he and others who have lost their lives shall never be forgotten. i'm also sure the house will wish to end

john and respond to me. i am a third generation angelino in my family has been in california since the beginning of the 20th century. i remember when government worked under pat brownnd others. they believed government could work for all of us. with them we got the california aqueduct and an expansion of the junior college system and the the u.c. system and public education. 30 years ago california's system was the envy of the world. now we are reaping the benefits, i think, we are seeing that utopian vision of what ronald reagan wanted -- no taxes and no services. i would say we are from the private sector and here to help -- that is what we find ourselves in now. my last comment -- senator runner gave us an example of union contracts are bogging us down. the example he gave was a school librarian. he says that we cannot fire a school librarian it and ask a parent to volunteer. i am a n l.a. unified substitute teacher -- that is a valuable job and worth compensation. he says let's take that job away and the livelihood of the library in and get someone to do for free. host: thank you. we will get a response. guest: a couple of things. the last comment -- the public

historian john de mello and others in david johnson have written about, the primary reason that we can look to florida is that in florida like many other southern states in this time after the brown of the import of an education supreme court decision in '54 and '55, florida and many other states that this investigation committees and in florida and was quite clear that the investigation committee was established to harass and intimidate solarize workers primarily members of the naacp to try to grandest desegregation efforts appear bound and the naacp was a fairly strong institution by that point and could rebuff the committee to some degree here and and so we have a committee set in place for that reason. another interesting thing about florida is its political structure, particularly in the early 20th-century. people talk about north florida and south florida and the line goes from actually pretty far north of near to all county near jacksonville and slices diagonally across the state over to the gulf area. north florida was sparsely populated, holds out the terms of customs and beliefs and so forth, south florida was a growing area in the mid 20 a century with areas such as ta

to willie begay, thomas claw and john brown injure h. jr., we honor your lives and mourn your passing. to awful code talkers alive and beyond, we celebrate your service. whenever stories of courage and patriotism are told, we will think of you. thank you, mr. president, and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. barrasso: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. barrasso: i would ask that the quorum call be rescinded. officer without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you. i would like to speak on two -- mr. burris: thrieblgd speeg on two different issues on morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bur is: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to applaud senator lincoln and senator snowe for their leadership and commitment in introducing senate bill 1222. this legislation would revise and extend existing empowerment zones, renewable community and enterprise community rules. it seeks to make these programs more effective and ensu