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it was to go the 50th anniversary with john at the edmund pettus bridge. and to set it up, though, you got to we started at the baptist church, think the day before, and you had just and myself, you know, the attorney general, senator and and the baptist. i'm a youngest of 12, proud catholic. and we have no rhythm. and. jeff session and i go over to but i was i was up i felt them i felt the fire i was feeling and feeling it. and i'll never forget that. so i think we laugh about that still today. but but just go into the to the bridge and there with john and seeing the presidents there obama and, bush and us walking like like we shared he included he welcomed you. and he was my friend and we walked together in the steps and it was powerful to see such a man do that. and that was the public display. but as i was sharing with folks here earlier that were also there, it was the day after that the most impactful to me. and there were no cameras. there was a small group of us assembled on the state grounds. i believe i can the buildings in my head just as if it

edmund pettus bridge with dr. king and others like the late john lewis, who also graced these very same halls. as we celebrate black history month, i would be remiss if i did not also mention the tremendous contributions of black folks in building this nation. so, too, the current administration i rise to say directly that black history is american history. diversity is this nation's super power. equity is about fairness and fair play. which all americans believe in. and inclusion literally refers to all of us. from slavery to jim crow, to being denied basic civil rights, but still fighting for and believing in the promise of this promised land. this land that despite that history we still love. evidenced by a song you may hear a lot during this month and in june, song dubbed the black national anthem, but as my esteemed colleague congressman clyburn accurately remarked, a song everyone can identify with. but it's a song not about retribution as it could be, a song not about homelessness as it could be, but on the contrary, a song about hope, faith, and freedom. a song that does not direct som