the prohibition was not unconsidered. those who decreed it and enforce it knew that slavery could not prosper in an environment where slaves got the opportunity to get education and freedom of self expression. even after emancipation. even after the end of the civil war, even after the passage of the constitutional amendment that purported to guarantee equal protection of the law it would be another century, another 100 years before the first supreme court decision that equal education was a constitutional right. today that jim crow laws and school segregation laws are off the books. hardly a college or university of the nation's 4,000 colleges at universities doesn't include black students or black administrators. african-americans surge at the head of the nation's largest corporation. and african-americans it's in the white house. by any measure, that is progress. if that is one of erica, there is as well as we well know another america. in this other african america, of 100 students who start in ninth grade only three

defeat this ill-advised, ill-timed, unconsidered piece of legislation and let us move to fiscal responsibility in a way that will bring us all together in a bipartisan way as biden tried to do and as frankly, mr. boehner and the president tried to do. let's get to that objective. the country deserves it. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair and not to others in the first or second person. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, who recognized that if the balanced budget amendment was appropriate back in 1995 with debt reaching $14 trillion how much more so is it relevant to pass today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. graves: we are at the moment of choosing and we just heard from the former leader of the former majority party that we need to oppose this. but you know, to those in the gallery here today, to those watching on camera, just in a few hours, you will get the opportunity to see behind me on this board every name of every member of congress in how they vote.

defeat this ill-advised, ill-timed, unconsidered piece of legislation and let us move to fiscal responsibity in a wa that will bring us all together in a bipatisan way as biden tried to do and as frankly, mr. boehner and the president tried to do. let's get to that objeive. the country deserves it. e speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair and not to others in the first or second person. the gentleman from new jersey. mrgarrett: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, who recognized that if the balanced budget aendment was appropriate back in 1995 with debt reaching $14 trillion how much more so is it relevant to pass today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. graves: we are at the moment of choosing and we just heard from the former lear of the former majority party that we need to oppose this. but you know, to those in the gallery here today, to those watching on camera, just in a few hours, you will get the opportunity to see behind me on this board every name of every member of congress in how they vote. they will m

defeat this ill-advised, ill-timed, unconsidered piece of legislation and let us move to fiscal responsibility in a way that will bring us all together in a bipartisan way as biden tried to do and as frankly, mr. boehner and the president tried to do. let's get to that objective. the country deserves it. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair and not to others in the first or second person. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, who recognized that if the balanced budget amendment was appropriate back in 1995 with debt reaching $14 trillion how much more so is it relevant to pass today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. graves: we are at the moment of choosing and we just heard from the former leader of the former majority party that we need to oppose this. but you know, to those in the gallery here today, to those watching on camera, just in a few hours, you will get the opportunity to see behind me on this board every name of every member of congress in how they vote.