The second choice of everybody. Well he said my name is new in the field and i suppose im not the first choice of a great many. Our policy is to leave them in a mood to come to us if they are compelled to give up their first love. I know, it kind of gets you right there. Giving up your first love. So the themes we will talk about and im going to explain why there is certainly a book cover in the upper corner, but, first of all, republicans showed they were not the week party. They actually ran a very well organized campaign. And at the same time there is an old saying in politics that if your opponent is imploding, dont do anything to stop him. In this case there were some implosions on the part of the other parties involved. And we will get to those as we go along. We will do a little bit of the background leading up to the 1860 election and we will talk more about why slavery was a key issue both leading up to the election and then in the out come. This next one might make you stop a
Lincoln supporter sent a wire that said i think hes going to win the nomination and he is the second choice of everybody. Well he said my name is new in the field and i suppose im not the first choice of a great many. Our policy is to leave them in a mood to come to us if they are compelled to give up their first love. I know, it kind of gets you right there. Giving up your first love. So the themes we will talk about and im going to explain why there is certainly a book cover in the upper corner, but, first of all, republicans showed they were not the week party. They actually ran a very well organized campaign. And at the same time there is an old saying in politics that if your opponent is imploding, dont do anything to stop him. In this case there were some implosions on the part of the other parties involved. And we will get to those as we go along. We will do a little bit of the background leading up to the 1860 election and we will talk more about why slavery was a key issue bot
I come to the floor today in support of the reauthorization act of 2024. This has been a truly bipartisan, bicameral endeavor and that is how it should be. Its taken longer than we hoped but the final product is worth it. The bill will empower to address the Aviation System safety crisis, make the Aviation System more accessible for passengers with disabilities, provide ehistoric investments to enhane the capacity to recruit and train the next generation of aviation workers and do so without lowering, weakening or watering down the Safety System including pilot qualification standards. There are many important provisions in this bill, but i want to highlight just a few today. Fo first and foremost this bill takes important steps to address critical challenges facing the Aviation System. During thehe pandemic, there wee a critical r experience from the aviation workforce, both in the federal agencies like the faa and ntsb as well as the aviation sector. The post air travel put a huge st
Mr. Brown madam president. The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Brown thank you, madam president. Madam president , i join we joined last year to do this reading. Im glad shes presiding today. Its an honor to jape my join my colleagues on the floor to read dr. Kings letter from the birmingham jail. Thanks to senator cassidy first, casey, lankford, britt, butler who will wrap it up for joining for this annual bipartisan tradition. Every year, we bring together three republicans and three democrats to read one of the greatest pieces of writing of the 20th century and reflect on the mission and powerful words ever dr. King. This year, a reading falls right after workers memorial day, which we marked on sunday, a day when we honor all the workers killed on the job over the past year, workers past year, workers injured and killed throughout our history. Every year on that date im reminded of dr. Kings final trip, second trip of the year, his final trip to memphis. He went to sta
Combat the virus. And you have a very good initial feedback, but these companies will be coming to the white house on monday. Tremendous amounts of supplies are already on hand. We have 43 Million Masks, which is far more than anyone would have assumed we could have had so quickly. A lot more are coming. Today, the White House Coronavirus Task Force Led by Vice President mike pence, they met for two and a half hours, i spent a lot of that time with them, also, and we came up with some ideas, recommendations, and frankly some pretty strict edicts that were going to be going to be going by, and mike is going to be discussing that. But we are really having a group of people that are so talented and they are working around the clock, and for that reason, i really would wish that we could really, that we could report exactly whats happened, how well were doing under quite adverse circumstances, but were doing really well. Very well handled professionally, our country is prepared for any cir