speaker, as you have just heard, kay, like lydia, has committed her life to her faith and exemplifies what it is to be a woman of god. i would like to congratulate kay arthur on receiving the prestigious lydia impact award and thank her for her blessing our nation with her christian heart and service. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman rom connecticut. mr. himes: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise this morning to talk about a word that is everywhere. a word that's a response to every idea that we come up with and that word is socialism. it's a scary word. it's a magical word. it's the word that comes up every time democrats propose a plan to better educate america's children. socialism. to make the elderly more secure in their retirement. socialism. to make health care available to people in this country who still can't see a doctor. socialism. it's a magical word because if you say socialism it allows you to hide the fact that you actually don't have a counterplan, that when the democrats say, here's a bunch of plans to make

lydia runs into a former client. so you have to say that she is a very well connected and she communicates very well she's also good at setting out the issues even about insurance plus trees and charming person very open very warm very helpful everything you could want. this was what. many companies like to promote are to some by art it can be good for their image and they can make the money. if they backed the right horse but it's not always easy to pick winners. that's where consultants like astrid come in. kept it and it's all began when i had the good fortune to be noticed by a well known collector. intake types after he said i can inspire people be able to get funding from large companies so we can finance exhibitions or buy art and. develop strategic partnerships basically the link between business and not just for artists trying to sell their works that make something of a portal to patronage. system that's certainly a boost when you get recommendations and introductions it raises your profile so i hope we can

citizens from tax in different parts of the country right i mean he's what about a lydia who has been praised for reforms among them appoints a cabinet comprised fifty percent of women but some of these critics are now saying that he is running a one man show. that's a legitimate question definitely but there are some signs within the government to give the assignment to different government institutions for example as you know the first chief justice is assigned to the head of the justice sector and she's responsible in reforming the sector so it's all that if they conflict as well in this country it's been rife and the prime minister doesn't have a concrete pad to tackle this issue that quite frankly has run played if he did decide to change it within the last one year but the still there are tensions in different parts of the country for example in part of the region in terms of the region there are still conflicts within different it in the kleins there is a tension between the armada and to great regions in the north as. his government came up with a commission which we. studied

after our first group, i want to invite up erika, lydia, jack, and gabriel. and if we could have our first public commenter come on up. >> hello. my name is andre edwards, and i am a proud member of ms. ian's program. i'm here today not as some scientist. i'm here today not to talk about numbers because, as far as i'm concerned, there is only one number, and that is number one. if this can save one person's life, then it will be done in the greatness of god. i really, really want to stress to people that now is the time to act. i have listen tod listened to at of talking, and now is the time for us to be a leader and take the first steps in starting a clean injection site because if you don't, things that the doctors can't even explain will continue to happen to people like me. i was not chosen to be a drug addict. before i was born, it wasn't said that i would be a drug addict. if my dad had spoke today, he would not have known that i would. ( buzzer ). >> it doesn't discriminate. it can hit from the lowest to the highest, okay? but we have to act now. i hav

good emma's that is when lydia. told. my. the. my. the. polar. bears that took his abduction is the kid has had his date of all the talk this is kid as you know they are medicine and little i'm going to send it a pine if she's from assisted stemm house dog. in summer. mannish to be. appealable. i mean i'm bending his grip on this is him as the only been there because. references in the show my show called the hip hop rock band gaily oic mamie's i should let's talk radically you're telling me it's good you're seeing this blizzard out in russia it's best you can message him talk like a socialist would talk around bottom but didn't and it's a question was tight on top of the. totem con the bangkok on my shit. bucket of i would applaud that sound i gave him a question the good you are getting to be dismissed you can give it to me. post more than you tell us i wish to engage the edge of the board by name did it get your day son i give him a call kristen must be giving the cue to them. but the less you just. miss an obvious solution. for not.

lydia -- nearly half of the people in manhattan live alone. the decline in the number of people with -- discuss important matters. nearly one quarter of respondents reported not having a symbol -- single person they could talk important matters. even enthusiasts for the problems offered with greater digital technology while -- worry about people connecting with people who share -- who already share their own views and prejudices, reinforcing them. what ethan zuckerman calls cyber balkanization. it militates against the bridging capital roger putnam view as important for revitalizing civic engagement and building levels of trust among americans from different backgrounds. that people in the u.s. still seek out opportunities to join together, whether in small groups, online communities or other venues, is suggestive of long-standing inclination among form americans to long-standing association. so regardless of the social capital achieved, it is an invitation of the enduring propensity. we talk in terms of american national character, the inclin

of the most beloved of lincoln's documents is a letter of condolence that was sent to a dow named lydia bixby in boston of 1864. it was signed by lincoln. it is widely admired. people say that the three pillars upon which lincoln's literary reputation rests are the gettysburg address, the second inaugural address, and the letter to the widow bixby. it is a very beautiful letter. it goes like this. shown inm, i have been the files of the war department that you were the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. weak and fruitless must be any words of mine that should attempt to beguile you from the grief so overwhelming, but i cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic and they died to save. fatherthat our heavenly may assuage the anger of your bereavement and leave you only the chairs to -- cherished memory of the loved and lost and solemn pride that must be yours o costly aid su sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. it is a beautiful letter, but it was not written by lincoln. it was written by john hay.

- lydia cray from eastvale, california. wayne: tip your hat back so america can see that face.