cohen: house resolution 1087 honors the life of john h. "jack" ruffin jr. judge ruffin fwan his career as a civil rights attorney and advanced civil rights for all. judge ruffin spent most of his life in the great state of georgia. he was born in burke county, georgia, and grand waited from waynesboro high industrial school. he moved to washington, d.c., to attend law school at howard university school of law. he filed lawsuits to desegregate the public schools in georgia. after several additional years of fighting for civil rights, he became the first african-american member of the augusta bar association. after 33 years of practicing law, judge ruffin was administered the oath of office and took the bench as the 62nd judge of the court of appeals in the state of georgia. he made history as the first african-american superior court judge in the augusta judicial circuit and later made history again when he served as the first african-american chief judge at the georgia court of appeals. when he died he was still -- before he died he was still a working judg

she is currently the john h. bennett chair of southern letters at the university of south carolina. she received her bachelor's and master's degree in english from washington university and her ph.d. in american literature from indiana university. she has just been named the recipient of the merle curty award for the best book in american history by the organization of american historians, specifically for passage to cosmos and is due to receive the award next month. so, please, welcome professor wahl and, also, please turn off your cell phones. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much and thank you, joel, for that introduction and debbie as well for your wonderful hospitality here during my visit in this absolutely beautiful part of the nation. i've always wanted to come here, and here i am. it's a delight. i also want to thank the virginia book festival and the virginia institute for humanities, was it? foundation for humanities. these events are crucial for keeping culture alive in our country, especially, again, in the times of tough funding and the opportunity all around is

h street and i street with the farmer's market? is she going back to that and affect the rest of us in the city? >> for an hour, you can deal with it, john you know about that? or was that quietly abandoned. >> she said i haven't been affected by the farmer's market. >> john, i think the first lady has been very smart to take on this issue. she's getting to kids when they are young before they can become obese adults and have all of the attendant health problems but air ray anna's right, she gave the opposition a lot of ammunition sitting in jeremy ya write wright's chur. she realized she doesn't want to be a detriment -- >> monica -- >> hold on. >> she turned into a huge asset to him. >> is she going to play a role in whether or not president obama seeks a second term? >> i think so. john, here i will say something. i think obama does not look like he's really enjoying this job. >> really? how do you deduce that? >> i mean, it looks like it's a great burden for him. >> do you think he's bored by it? >> i don't think 'es bored by it. >> bored by the issues. intellectuals handle that issue, now tell me something i don't know. >> he doesn'

john f. kennedy. the boy was offering to the toast to joseph kennedy. the young boy was edward kennedy. teddy. he never forgot the brother who wasn't there. the democrats celebrated the signing of hhealth care bill. president obama signed the bill. speaker nancy pelosi, senate leader harry reid, jim clyburn, bernie sanders, a self-described socialist to bart stupak who insisted on the executive order banning federal funds for abortion. it was something like that party in hyannisport in 1946 when the kennedys got together and the youngest said they should not forget the brother who set the standard of courage for all. if we set our compass true we will reach our destination, not merely victory for our party, but renewal for our nation. on this day of celebration, i wo l