mr. clay, mr. calhoun, mr. cheese, mr. gundy. they were most ambitious for war and one of the representatives from virginia, mr. john randolph, called it the war of hawks, they were so ambitious. there were new members of congress, extraordinary as much as they wanted to have war, many of them voted against any acts that would be introduce to prepare the united states for war. you cannot ill ships of war. with raw timber you have to purchase it beforehand at the subtly naval yards reestablishing naval yards through the assembly of ships, hemp, operations from units and a host of necessary items to be addressed in raising a volunteer army, consisting of the militia from the civil state. allocations for money and appeals to the congress for those moneys went unanswered. it began with through a lack of preparation ensuring that in generations from now they would remark upon my person and my administration for having been so ill prepared for war. one was to be reminded of the restrictions in the constitution itself. it is the congres

as mr. clay the nose, doing regulation is a very long and -- mr. clegg knows, that is a painful process. nothing could be more important than the employment context. so, roger, i'm just curious because your argument against covering lgbtq people seems to also apply to religious commission. so is it the view of the center for equal opportunity that title vii should, in fact not be trying to stop discrimination based on religion? >> no. i'm not sure how that follows. no. the center -- >> because you argued that the lgbtq status is not -- which i don't necessarily agree with. you -- >> wait a minute. i did not say that. >> welcome in your comparison with lgbtq status and race, you try to draw a distinction about how race is very different, but title vii covers more than raise. on just trying to understand the boundaries of your argument because you tried to make the point that we should not burden -- that's what i am asking you. >> no. >> please clarify where i've i have gone astray. >> the center for equal opportunity does not object to the fact that

i would like to thank mr. clay for the outstanding job that he has done to keep these issues at the forefront of our thoughts. mr. chairman, if i may say so, the justice department has but only confirmed with empirical evidence what the anecdotal evidence has revealed to us for many years. we have known anecdotally, by simply going to any courtroom, almost any courtroom in this country, and just visually seeing the people who are there. if you walk into that courtroom, you're going to see poor people and you're going to see minorities. and you're going to see them begging and pleading for an opportunity to have more time to pay fines that minimum wages cannot afford. this problem is pervasive and the working with the city councils, working with the judicial systems, has created a circumstance whereby under the guise of law enforcement and public safety people are being taxed. this is but another invidious tax that has been imposed upon poor people and minorities. it's time for us to act. thank you, mr. chairman. mr

mr. clay, mr. calhoun, mr. cheese, mr. gundy. and others. they were most ambitious for war and one of the representatives from virginia, mr. john randolph, called it the war of hawks, they were so ambitious. -- called them war hawks. there were new members of congress, extraordinary as much as they wanted to have war, many of them voted against any acts that would be introduce to prepare the united states for war. you can't build ships of war you cannot ill ships of war. with raw timber you have to purchase it beforehand at the subtly naval yards reestablishing naval yards through the assembly of ships, hemp, operations from units and a host of necessary items to be addressed in raising a volunteer army, consisting of the militia from the civil state. all of these matters were pertinent. yet, allocations for money and appeals to the congress for those moneys went unanswered. it began with through a lack of -- of the war began with a lack of preparation ensuring that in generations from now they would remark upon my person and my administrati

the winner of the national press foundation 2015 clifford berry award for editorial cartooning to mr. clay bennett. [applause] >> thank you very much for that. first off let me thank the national press foundation for this wonderful recognition of my work. i feel very honored if not a little out of place to be included in such a distinguished group of journalists. and i will see more dignified if only by association. next, i should confess that i always get a little bit nervous on occasions like this. i think my anxiety all stems from this experience i had when i was asked to speak before the texas press association in 2002. now, peers dramatization of actual events. when i went to fort worth, i guess i was expecting a group of liberal, you know, reporters and editors. i mean, i knew it was texas but was the texas press association. instead i was faced with a room full of very conservative newspaper publishers. from across the lone star state. now, undeterred by the demographics of the group, i went ahead with my plan. after a short intro, the lights went down and let's see here the lights

i would like to thank mr. clay for the outstanding job to keep these issues at the forefront ever our thoughts. mr. chairman if i may say so, the justice department has only but confirmed with empirical evidence what the anecdoteal evidence has revealed to us for many years. we have known anecdotally by simply going to almost any courtroom in this courtroom and just visually seeing the people who are there. if you walk into that courtroom, you're going to see poor people and you're going to see minorities and you're going to see them begging and pleading for are an opportunity to have more time to pay fines than minimum wages cannot afford. this problem is pervasive and the establishment working with the city council working with the judicial system has created a circumstance whereby under the guys of law enforcement and public safety people are being taxed. this is but another invidious tax that's been imposed upon poor people and minorities. it is time for us to act. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i thank all of my

the question i have is directed to something mr. clay said. thank you for being here and being at these hearings. there is something that you said that i would like for you to respond to a go-ahead. i was going for the legal bases of the nondiscrimination act and the impact on employees. i like to hear from the advocates on the panel today if you believe that this does have a potential impact in commerce and justifying the use in pushing forward for these pages of the law? >> more so than ever, our economy is interconnected. we live in a world where goods or services are produced in one particular area and stay that area. mom-and-pop shops are virtually a thing of the past when you are talking about production that is sold within a given area. instead, even small businesses purchase the goods that they are then selling to their customers from all over the world. not just from within the united states. congresses have ample opportunity and has many laws that ensure nondiscrimination, not only on the basis of race and sex, but also on the basis

the question i have is directed to something mr. clay said. thank you for being here and being at these hearings. there is something that you said that i would like for you to respond to a go-ahead. i was going for the legal bases of the nondiscrimination act and the impact on employees. i like to hear from the advocates on the panel today if you believe that this does have a potential impact in commerce and justifying the use in pushing forward for these pages of the law? >> more so than ever, our economy is interconnected. we live in a world where goods or services are produced in one particular area and stay that area. mom-and-pop shops are virtually a thing of the past when you are talking about production that is sold within a given area. instead, even small businesses purchase the goods that they are then selling to their customers from all over the world. not just from within the united states. sarah: congresses have ample opportunity and has many laws that ensure nondiscrimination not only on the basis of race and sex, but also on the

. >> and the only thing i would add is mr. clay said something earlier about working with young children, i wasn't quite sure whether the comment meant to suggest that -- >> i did not say that. i said adolescents. >> with adolescents. i wasn't sure whether it had something to do with the ability or inability to work with adolescents. >> i think that i said -- >> i think that the medical profession and those who work with children from the pediatricians to the american psychological association to the american medical association and all of that have put those doubts to rest. >> all i was saying was that straight men are more likely to be attracted to adolescent females than gay men are. and that straight -- and gay men are more likely to be attracted to adolescent males than straight men are. >> well, i think miss stackleberg refuted that point. >> you think so. >> a very robust point. and including the rebust care for all. and we'll take a break for lunch and we'll return at 1:00 p.m. with panel number three. thank you. >>> on our

. >> and the only thing i would add is mr. clay said something earlier about working with young children i wasn't quite sure whether the comment meant to suggest that -- >> i did not say that. i saidolescentsadolescents. >> with adolescents. i wasn't sure whether it had something to do with the ability or inability to work with adolescents. >> i think that i said -- >> i think that the medical profession and those who work with children from the pediatricians to the american psychological association to the american medical association and all of that have put those doubts to rest. >> all i was saying was that straight men are more likely to be attracted to adolescent females than gay men are. and that straight -- and gay men are more likely to be attracted to adolescent males than straight men are. >> well, i think miss stackleberg refuted that point. >> you think so. >> a very robust point. and including the rebust care for all. and we'll take a break for lunch and we'll return at 1:00 p.m. with panel number three. thank you. >>>

i would like to thank mr. clay for the outstanding job that he has done to keep these issues at the forefront of our thoughts. mr. chairman, if i may say so, the justice department has but only confirmed with empirical evidence what the anecdotal evidence has revealed to us for many years. we have known anecdotally, by simply going to any courtroom almost any courtroom in this country, and just visually seeinging the people who are there. if you walk into that courtroom, you're going to see poor people and you're going to see minorities. and you're going to see them begging and pleading for an opportunity to have more time to pay fines that minimum wages cannot afford. this problem is pervasive and the working with the city councils working with the judicial systems, has created a circumstance whereby under the guise of law enforcement and public safety people are being taxed. this is but another inindividualious tax that has been imposed upon poor people and minorities. it's time for us to act. thank you, mr. chai

mr. carter's tragic death was caused by unnecessary acts of violence initiated by clay sloane attacking mrr. knight choicing to retaliate using his motor vehicle as a deadly weapon rather than go ahead and flee. so a lot the theatrics out here today. >> quickly, paul, you mentioned that paul was going to represent himself. now he has a third attorney. is it a possibility he'll get rid of this guy? >> i don't think so. not all. especially when matthew fletcher came out swinging today. it was a quick proceeding. they named edd fletcher as knight's attorney. and the bail hearing has been moved to march 20th undoubtedly they want to keep him there. the prosecutors knight in jail for some time. >> all right. paul in los angeles for us. thanks. >>> top of the hour. thank you for joining me. at this hour hundreds and hundreds of students have cut classes to pack their state capitol in madison, wisconsin to protest the killing of a biracial unarmed white teen by a white police officer. [ chanting ] >>> just moments ago inside the capitol, a huge crowd chanted hands up don't shoot. that's from the

mr. roger clay for the center of equal employment opportunity. the second panelist is the director for the national center for lesbian writes. the fourth panelist is a season in the director state he summons the director of public policy and government affairs at the national lgbt task force and the fifth and final panelist for the second panel is ms. winney executive vice president for external affairs for the center for american progress. i will ask you all to raise your right hand and swear and affirm that the information you are about to provide for us is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief; is that correct? good to see you again. you have the floor. >> i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. my name is roger &-and-sign president and general counsel of the center for equal opportunity which is a nonprofit research educational organization that is based in virginia. our chairman is linda chavez and the possible focus is on public policy issues that involve race and ethnicity such as civil rights education and immi

mr. roger clay, president and counsel for the equal opportunity. our second panelity is kate kendall from the center for lesbian rights and sarah warbelow. and then stacy long simons director of policy and government affairs at the lbgt task force and our fifth and final panelists for the second panel is winnie stachelberg from the center for american progress. i'll ask you all to raise your right hand and to swear and affirm that the information that you're about to provide to us is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief is that correct? thank you. mr. cleg. good to see you again. you have the floor. seven minutes. >> thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. my name is roger clegg and i'm president and general counsel of the center for equal opportunity which is a nonprofit research and educational organization that is based in falls church virginia. our chairman is linda chavez. and our principal focus is on public policy issues that involve race and ethnicity, such as civil rights, bilingual immigra

clay, michelle rose ben yerg, heidi monica, my personal staff. we should see this bill as a first step towards strengthening and saving medicare. this can't be the end of the road. thank you, mrspeaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the -- mr. pallone seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2 the medicare access and chip re-authorization act of 2015. for more than 10 years congress has had to temporarily fix the flawed sustainable growth rate s.g.r. nearly 20 times since it was enacted. today is the last time i will have to talk about the broken s.g.r. the house has come together to fix it once and for all. this bill is the result of a lot of hard work by the house energy and commerce committee, ways and means, and senate finance committees and our leadership. many of our members have made important contributions to this bill and i want to thank them al