it began because of juliette low come a crew because of juliette low. friend by friend she was always involved. world war i is the making of girl scouting. world war i begins in 1914 in europe and she is a trans-atlantic figure. she has a foot in both countries such absurd of the girl scouts, they were called girl guide to knitting, how they participated in the war efforts. and juliette low's vision was to see that american girls wanted to be taken sosa, wanted to participate in this important national crisis. so she let them march in, in preparedness parade. in the beginning of the war years there were 4000 girl scouts. by the end of the first world war there were 41,000 girl scouts. so girl scouting grew tremendously because she understood that girls wanted to be taken seriously, to be useful to this, and to be involved. girl scouts and the united states and sold nearly $10 million worth of liberty bonds. that's what they are doing here. they collected scrap metal to contribute to the war effort. new troops sprang into being. they rolled bandages, the

speaker, a century ago juliette jordan low assembled 18 girls from georgia for the first girl scout meeting. from daze yes low's start 15 million people have been counted among the ranks of the girl scouts of the u.s.a. and today there's a membership of more than three million. today girl scouts are involved in much more than cookies. i have had the privilege to see their wonderful community service projects, have a end ited award ceremonies, and their work to introduce girls ever all ages to math and science. recently i had the opportunity to spend time with members of the girl scouts from west windor in new jersey. their robotics team placed first in the eastern pennsylvania division of the first lego league and they are competing in the world festival in st. louis this week. i extend them my best wishes. i'm inspired by the girl scouts and i rise to honor all the work that the girl scouts have done over 100 years and i wish them success for the next 100 years. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? ms. johnson: to address

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juliette film right? >> no it's now from porn. >> but it's classy porn. >> the signal for wct will be low.was wondering what you guys thought about -- they are saying george zimmerman had nothing to do with race, and he was maybe just obsessed with being a cop, and he had called like 90 different times on other people for other things -- >> except that he mentioned race in almost every call. >> yeah, like three black guys trying to break into their own car. >> but he only shot one person you know? and that happened to be trayvon martin. >> yeah, john you brought up the thing, he reported people with the slim jim. so maybe he was just prejudice against people with snack foods. >> yeah. >> they were trying to get into their own car. >> this is very premature, just a rumor i would love it if somebody could look this up, but i just got tweeted that the cop who arrested george zimmerman may have been an african american female. >> yes. hello, bill, in rochester. >> hello, sister sleaze. >> oh, boy my past has caught up with me. >> we remember. the philly television station director for rocheste