the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, first of all, let me thank the gentleman from florida for his opening and congratulate him on his new chairmanship. i hope that there will be occasions that we can work together on issues that will advance the cause of human rights and promote stability in the world. but unfortunately today is not one of those occasions. mr. speaker, of all the ways that republicans have shown this country how messed up and backwards their priorities are, i have to say that this bill that we're debating today, to sanction the international criminal court, the i.c.c., this really takes the cake. we have a natural disaster unfolding in california right this second. as 100,000 people are fleeing a climate change-driven fire that's burning up entire neighborhoods. we have a gun violence epidemic, as we see massacres in our schools nearly every si

a case of too little, too late because there are various groups central massachusetts, western massachusetts who are and, you know, meeting there is some evidence that some of them are being paid on a regular. it was reported not without reason that several thousand and were under arms. not all in one place, but that there were. as one observer put it, incendiaries who were closing down courts. right. demanding a redress of grievances. ryan sounds kind of familiar here. got bad enough in massachusetts that one. daniel shays, whose name has always been affixed to this rebellion, is not altogether fairly. i mean, shays himself was a little bit surprised. he certainly led band of about 1200 of these rebels. but there multiple groups actually in places that closed courts in massachusetts in any event this is the most pronounced event as far as this is concerned because the close of the court and the state of massachusetts, which raised up a local militia and went out to springfield and fought very brief, engage with shays. these supporters show so-called shea sides right about maybe 1200 of them

massachusetts experienced a different problem. if you think about it in the aftermath of the revolution, you have veterans, you have small farmers, and you have mechanics, artisans, people who are trying to get on with their lives, after that revolution. and in this instance, they don't feel often enough, particularly in western massachusetts that their concerns are being addressed. some of them are in debt. now, think about it from the standpoint, especially of someone who fought in the war. you're in debt, you went away, you fought, you come back. you may be in arrears, you're behind in payments, perhaps, you need some kind of relief. when you go to a court system to try to get some of that relief, it's prohibitively expensive for you, right? so this starts a kind of ground swell, you might say in massachusetts of opposition to and protest against these kinds of high cost of justice literally. what kind of relief are we going to get from our state government and the focus would be on the state government. what kind of relief are

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i say to the gentleman who just spoke that i agree with him that he's got some problems in the republican conference with some extremist members. and he again keeps using the word mandate, mandate. again, i remind the republicans they lost seats in the last election. but you know, you can't claim that you have this mandate to do whatever the heck you want to do and then expect to us once again come to your rescue to save speaker johnson if one of the extremists -- if nine extreme members in your conference want to challenge him and vacate the speaker's chair. i just find it mind boggling that my republican friends are living in this fantasy world where they think they have a huge majority here. look at the difficulty we witnessed today with electing a speaker. you guys are in charge, you have a mandate, put on your mandate pants and do the stuff you want to do. or work with us, work with us in a bipartisan way to actually deliver for the american people. mr. spe

now the trial capital crimes in massachusetts went straight to the massachusetts superior court, normally kind of a court of appeals in new bedford, massachusetts. and the trial will heard by a jury, but also not just one judge, but a three judge panel who are going to make the decisions about which evidence to admit, etc., and the trial going to open on june 5th, 1893. so the following june after the commission of the crime so the previous august, all right. and new bedford hotel walls are packed with journalists from around the country and world pro demonstrators all of people there for the most sensational trial of the era. the great murder trial is exciting and interesting everyone. and the folks that predicted that the hill board and the elite bordens who lived in the fancy houses up on the hill when fall river were going to spend big dollars get lizzie off seems to be proven right when joining the defense team for the trial will be the former governor of massachusetts. that's george robinson. also so a lawyer. and as governor had appointed one of the judges who's going to try the ca

let's turn to massachusetts. mary anne is in cape cod massachusetts.s it a similar picture they are? do you know about what provisions that the state houses are putting in place to tackle some of these things coming from federal government? in things coming from federal covernment? , , government? in massachusetts it's against — government? in massachusetts it's against the _ government? in massachusetts it's against the law _ government? in massachusetts it's against the law to _ government? in massachusetts it's against the law to have - it's against the law to have local law enforcement cooperate or help ice. it's up to ice to do the kind of activities are talking about. i on the last hour, just before i came on you with you the trump administration lifted the ban on ice that now would allow them to go to places that previously had been considered sanctuaries of sorts. you can do a raid on the church, he couldn't write a hospital, a school, those were all considered safe places. that is no longer true. i think when you add that to the fact that he a

joining us right now is massachusetts republican party chair amy carnivally.th you. >> steve: this guy had a gun and fentanyl and stuff like that in a shelter for families. didn't anybody go hey, where is that guy's family? >> it's clear that the governor in mayor in massachusetts have no idea who is staying in these shelters. republicans have warned for two years now that there is lack of oversight accountability in these shelters and we have no idea who is staying there. we know that there our local law enforcement have been answering frequent reports, criminal reports and calls to these shelters lack accountability of taxpayer dollars in these shelters, and, frankly it's putting the women and children who the shelters are designed to assist at risk. >> steve: absolutely. i understand this guy is being held by the police there in rivera, massachusetts at this hour. and ice has put out a request, hey, when you are going to release him, let us know. this is not one of the people who came into the country and then was processed by border patrol. this is a guy w

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i think it takes a lot of nerve to come down here and talk to us about law and order. when the gentleman who just spoke was at a d.c. jail celebrating the release of people who attacked and beat cops here in this capitol, almost killed them, some died as a result of their injuries. and i know my republican friends don't want to defend these parties because what the president did was indefensible. he couldn't release these people who attacked our police officers quick enough. he couldn't release them quick enough. you know, the speaker of this house was asked about january 6, about january 6 defendants like daniel rodriguez who pled guilty to viciously injuring a police officer with a weapon. and the speaker said, and i quote, it is not my place, it is the president's sole decision. and he made a decision so i stand with him on it. it's not your place? it's not your place? mr. speaker, it literally is your place. it is your place. mr. speaker, you preside over th

massachusetts is, a state with an indeterminate sentencing law. minnesota is one with a determinate sentencing, one time almost all states used in determinate sentencing. the idea behind was to allow the judge to match the sentence to the individual traits of the offender in hopes that these tailor made sentences would rehabilitate the criminal in states as massachusetts. the actual time a person served in was determined not by the judge but by a parole board. but growing disillusionment about society's ability to rehabilitate offenders coupled with worries the injustice of giving similar offenders, very different sentences led many states to adopt some kind of determinate sentencing law mandating definite prison sentences and eliminating the authority of a parole board to decide how long a person in prison. by 1983, nine states had abolished the power of a parole board to let out offenders early and adopted some kind of determinate sentencing law. in 1984. congress passed law that would require that federal judges follow precise sentencing guidel

but the lead that's hired for the appeal to massachusetts supreme court. he gives a brilliant argument in front of chief justice lemuel shaw, really tough jurist, legendary jurist, and in his argument for the first time in american history, the words equal justice under the law are used. they used by charles sumner in 1849, for the first time, the words separate but equal is inherently unequal. those words are uttered in an american by charles sumner charles, literally more than 100 years ahead of his time. the argument he makes in the sara roberts case in 1849 is almost the identical argument thurgood marshall makes in brown versus the board of education. in 1954, almost identical. much of sumner's language finds its way not just into that case, but into some of martin luther king's writing, into civil rights act of 1964, into the voting rights act of 1965. it's sumner's language. he's making these arguments 1849. that's incredibly early to be making these arguments. and he does after elected and he's elected in 1851 by the massachusetts legislature, if y

and they arrived in they arrived a massachusetts in that order. and three of them arrived in boston properly. the dartmouth, the eleanor and the beaver fine, the william hit a storm and wrecked off of cape cod and it wrecked on december 11th. now, that could have been the of it. it's hard to imagine that crates full of tea are going to survive a shipwreck. it would have been a tea already, you'd think. but it wasn't the ships, the ships cargo was salvaged. and so one of the east india merchants with handling the east india companies affairs in boston, we call them the consignees one of the consignees got on his horse and rode out to the cape and sorted this out. he found some men to salvage the tea and he paid them in tea from. the williams consignment too, for labor, which was no small feat and potentially quite a dangerous job to be salvaging this off of the rocks the ship had wrecked. and of course, rocks and waves in a storm are dangerous places. so we paid them in tea and after several days, he finally found another ship captain dumb enough.

but what is normal today in massachusetts, it was not always that way. year after year, their model of higher taxes and more government has made it harder for small businesses to make -- and families to make ends meet. on the other hand come over that same period, new hampshire has gotten stronger, but only because of our leadership, our policies, and our commitment to taxpayers. to the people of massachusetts, our baystate neighbors, i want you to know that we love that you visit our communities, shop at our businesses, enjoy our great outdoors. to the businesses of massachusetts, we'd love to have you bring your talents to the granite state. [applause] we're happy to show you why it's better here. and to our friends over our northern border in canada, the same goes for you. we will welcome your business with open arms to the granite state and especially to our north country, and your bottom line will benefit if you come here. as governor, i will work tirelessly to recruit businesses to our state from near and far. i will doggedly pursue opportunities f

and if massachusetts never pays, the port will stay closed forever. now, that is clearly untenable, you need to have some sort of it will be closed for 30 days as a punishment, that would have been a much more functional way, because then you can declare victory and be done after 30 days. whereas if you have a boycott -- if you have a closure of the port and you say, oh, it will stay closed until you pay, then basically that gives the decision-making about when this conflict ends over to the other side. and that is often true with boycotts, right? if you are boycotting something and you declare that your boycott is the last until there is a change of policy of whatever it is you are boycotting, then all the real decision-making is now on the other side about whether they will change their policy to adapt to your requests. and boycotts, as voluntary actions, are very tiring. people are not necessarily as motivated as it may be on day one or day 30 or day 100, are going to be a lot less motivated on your three year five to carry on with the boycott. som

molly lion in massachusetts for us. what do the proposed changes include? potentially very big news, stuart. among the changes, potentially limiting who exactly can stay in the state shelter system. it was last night that the democratic governor of massachusetts fronted her state of the commonwealth address this happens every year. she did not mention president-elect trump directly in this speech but she did call for federal action to address the border security problems, arguing base state taxpayers shouldn't be the ones footing the bill and it's a big bill. a massive influx of migrants continue to over burden the state shelter system. where reports of sexual assault and crime have made big headlines. this week, governor made a dramatic shift proposing extensive changes to the states unique right to shelter law that could make many migrants in eligible to stay in the shelter system. >> i said i agree. anyone who does violent acts should be held accountable and be deported. i've also said that immigrant families who have lived here, who are working here, wh

i have one investment in massachusetts. massachusetts put in eight tax and excess tax above a certain level. massachusetts is my biggest tax bill last year. i have one investment there. i think this idea of economic freedom i think it's economic freedom. i don't think we been degenerated yet to this idea of the enemy of the state, i hope we won't. i'm part of the republican party. i studied theory a lot and part of the republican party that is think the best revenge is the one on november 5 let's not set off tit-for-tat chain reaction traditionally, conservatives are the adults in the room. let's stay that way. it is alarming. it is alarming on both sides to see the breakdown in the federal system. whether it was during trump with sanctuary cities we are not going to enforce the law. in the state of texas feel as though they have to enforce their own border. we've got to get back to this idea that the federal system does work. >> everyone please join me in thanking him. [applause] [background noises] [laughter] [background

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i have one investment in massachusetts. massachusetts put in eight tax and excess tax above a certain level. massachusetts is my biggest tax bill last year. i have one investment there. i think this idea of economic freedom i think it's economic freedom. i don't think we been degenerated yet to this idea of the enemy of the state, i hope we won't. i'm part of the republican party. i studied theory a lot and part of the republican party that is think the best revenge is the one on november 5 let's not set off tit-for-tat chain reaction traditionally, conservatives are the adults in the room. let's stay that way. it is alarming. it is alarming on both sides to see the breakdown in the federal system. whether it was during trump with sanctuary cities we are not going to enforce the law. in the state of texas feel as though they have to enforce their own border. we've got to get back to this idea that the federal system does work. >> everyone please join me in thanking him. [applause] [background noises] [laughter] [background

but many cities in states like massachusetts have an active so called sanctuary laws that actually prevent their local police from helping federal agents . when it comes to deportations. advocates which help new commerce integrate into the community, fear shelters and workplace is, will be a target, potentially up ending families of mixed immigration status, pending families to be ready in terms of, you know, making sure that they have someone that be choice in case something happens that those people can go to the school. busy waiver to an off so that the ticket being taken care of because to as him to have a plane. so what is your plan? you know, why done with everything william came to boston because of a family member there. nobody. i don't want to go back to him because there is no he left up like many immigrants he's worried and waiting to see what happens next. kristin salumi, al jazeera, boston, columbia, and the preston, gustavo petro has declared a state of emergency, often new ways of fighting for control of drug trafficking territory along defenders. waiting for the about $5000

so does it change something like what we have in, massachusetts, that there are no party in massachusetts? and i think this surprises people. maybe of massachusetts has one of the least competitive electoral systems in the entire country. the only state that comes close to it is oklahoma. and what's true is that in both states, the entire congressional delegation is made up of just party in massachusetts in 2022, every congressional seat was decided not in the general election, but in the and every primary was uncontested. so you tell me if that was an election that is democracy, not when voters don't have real choice and competition and under this system in november, you will be able to have multiple candidates on your ballot so that even if district is always going to elect a democrat or republican, you have the choice to say, well, what kind of democrat or republican are they going to be representing me? because they're going to be trying to earn my vote. next question. yeah, i feel like very like i was in 2016. i was in high school. i didn't know anything about politics. 2020. i actua

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr.mcgovern: mr. speaker, i say to the gentleman who just spoke that i agree with him that he's got some problems in the republican conference with some extremist members. and he again keeps using the word mandate, mandate. again, i remind the republicans they lost seats in the last election. but you know, you can't claim that you have this mandate to do whatever the heck you want to do and then expect to us once again come to your rescue to save speaker johnson if one of the extremists -- if nine extreme members in your conference want to challenge him and vacate the speaker's chair. i just find it mind boggling that my republican friends are living in this fantasy world where they think they have a huge majority here. look at the difficulty we witnessed today with electing a speaker. you guys are in charge, you have a mandate, put on your mandate pants and do the stuff you want to do. or work with us, work with us in a bipartisan way to actually deliver for the american people. mr. spea

attorney here in massachusetts.his is what we are pushing them to do versus trying to create some type of more fear or, frankly, to suggest that we are in somehow violation of the law, which we are not. >> massachusetts attorney general andrea campbell, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. we are following some major breaking news. a new wildfire in northern los angeles county. on top of the flames, firefighters are having difficulty getting to the fires because of traffic. we're staying on top of this one. more ahead. >> lockerbie, february 16th on cnn. >> whoa. how'd you get your teeth so white? >> well, you got to use the right toothpaste, doctor. >> see. >> not all toothpaste whiten the same. >> crest 3-d white removes 100% more stains for a noticeably whiter smile. >> new personal best. >> crest. i love that my daughter still needs me, but sometimes i can't help due to burning and stabbing pain in my hands. so i use nervive. >> nervive clinical dose of ehla reduces nerve discomfort in as little as s

jared: around 830 time morning artists begin arriving in brookline, massachusetts.tairs to studios were they paint, weave textiles or mold ceramics. this is their job. >> every day i make all kinds of artwork, including this embroidery of the house i used to live in. jared: she has worked at gateway arts for six years. a supply of colorful threads at her fingertips, she has honed her skills in fiber arts and puppetry where she has developed a series. >> it makes me feel so proud. i am as inspired as my two favorite puppeteers, jim henson and mr. rogers. jared: one of the oldest institutions of thet anniversary. hit was founded in the 1970's. gateway opened to fill a vacuum and creating a space for people to either grow their artistic talents or tap into skills they did not know they had. >> we have people with down syndrome, people on the spectrum , people with head injuries, people who are blind, people who are deaf, people with psychiatric diagnosis. jared: people who collaborate with facilitators who encouraged their artistic endeavors. bill is the artistic direc

house majority leader mccormick of massachusetts. senator john sparkman of alabama. house minority leader joseph w martin. junior, massachusetts. secretary to the committee and to the senate minority. mark trice. installation the special steel platforms for television and newsreel cameras was immediately begun. on the. approximately 540,000 feet of lumber was used to provide seating for thousand of the invited guests guests. on on january 3rd, 1957. the flag flew over the capitol as both houses of congress met to begin the first session of the 85th congress. several days later, the president made an unprecedented address to a joint session of the congress to apprize membership of the then serious many. he requested congressional approval for his mideastern policies and received such a resolution from the congress such short time later. on january 20th. the president and mrs. again attended the national church as they had four years ago. the reverend elson gave inspiring and timely sermon on the subject a under god god. the president. mrs. eisenhower left the church f

she's the professor emerita of the massachusetts historical society. she is currently a visiting scholar of history at tufts university. she was formerly the nadine and robert scott heim, director of education at the huntington library. before that, she was a professor of history at the university of california riverside. she has written extensively on dolley madison. we were trying to count how many books and we agreed it was for that. she's written on dolley madison, one of which a perfect union. dolley madison and the creation of the american nation was a finalist for the george washington book prize. so please join me in welcoming dr. kavinsky and dr. al gore to what i know will be a fascinating conversation. thank you. thank you so much, lisa. and welcome to boston. thank you. dr. i'm going to call you lindsay. please do. just said that we have the best view out of a green room she's ever seen. that's right. that's us, you know. so let's start tonight a little bit up. what you mention at a dramatic moment, because you start with the dramatic momen

house majority leader mccormick of massachusetts. senator john sparkman of alabama. house minority leader joseph w martin. junior, massachusetts. secretary to the committee and to the senate minority. mark trice. installation the special steel platforms for television and newsreel cameras was immediately begun. on the. approximately 540,000 feet of lumber was used to provide seating for thousand of the invited guests guests. on on january 3rd, 1957. the flag flew over the capitol as both houses of congress met to begin the first session of the 85th congress. several days later, the president made an unprecedented address to a joint session of the congress to apprize membership of the then serious many. he requested congressional approval for his mideastern policies and received such a resolution from the congress such short time later. on january 20th. the president and mrs. again attended the national church as they had four years ago. the reverend elson gave inspiring and timely sermon on the subject a under god god. the president. mrs. eisenhower left the church f

so remember the massachusetts governor pushed back pub pickly against trump's plans deportation.he insists her state is not a sanctuary state and hopes that the incoming president takes action on reforms. her words came friday morning a week after an illegal immigrant from the dominican republic living in a hotel shelter in revere, massachusetts was found with ten pounds of fentanyl and ar-15. sanchez, 28, now faces federal drug and weapons charges. the high profile case launched a review of intake procedures at state shelters. her administration confessed criminal background checks weren't being performed on shelter residents after an alleged rape of a teenage girl at a hotel shelter last march. lamenting federal inaction the governor is also calling for federal action from president trump. >> it's not fair that states have to foot the bill for this. that taxpayers have to foot the bill for this and we're strained and burdened in the way we are. i hope president trump takes action and i who app that both the house and representatives and the senate work with the president on tho

. >> would the massachusetts state police assist in mass deportations? >> absolutely not. >> we're not going to cooperate or ask our police force to serve as i.c.e. agents. >> i'm going to do everything i can to protect our undocumented immigrants. they are residents of our state. liz: democrats, you heard them, said they are going to resist trump. more breaking news. the resist trump movement is now falling apart. it's in tatters. more and more top state democrats are running away from that. details coming up but first this story. >> we'll have a peaceful transfer of power here in america. >> we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power. >> [applause] >> we believe in the peaceful transfer of power. liz: well they absolutely aren't doing that and now this story democrats led by joe biden, you heard them, they promised a peaceful transfer of power but biden's justice department now releasing jack smith's report on trump after a florida judge blocked it. the latest debate on why this move reveals once and for all how bad and damaging democrat lawfare wa