Of us who are lightest friends will forever remember him but you, will remember him most. Every time the sun flashes on our face and warms us, we will miss elijah. You will miss him most. We loved him, but you would come to love him most. Please accept is you see, collective condolence of a whole host of americans who share this moment in front of tv strings and radios it will take this moment and teach in schools actually and who will share it with their own children. [applause] our prayers go out to his siblings, to his children, to all of those who were related to elijah. I said to me, now if you go before i go dont get up there and wing it. [laughter] [applause] he said write it down. Then he said, no really write it down. [applause] so here we are. His words of these, i think i know. The houses in the village. He will not see me stopping me here to watch his woods filled with snow. Yes those woods, are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep. And miles to go before i sle
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 218 and the nays are 185. The motion is adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Velazquez, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 4406, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 4406. A bill to amend the Small Business act, to improve the Small Business Development Centers program and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressl
Im going morning. My friend, president obama, president clinton, Vice President biden, secretary of state clinton, governor hogan, mary jack young, distinguished clergy and all of the people suggested all over the place and ladies and gentlemen miya, those of us who are lightest friends will forever remember him but you, will remember him most. Every time the sun flashes on our face and warms us, we will miss elijah. You will miss him most. We loved him, but you would come to love him most. Please accept is you see, collective condolence of a whole host of americans who share this moment in front of tv strings and radios it will take this moment and teach in schools actually and who will share it with their own children. [applause] our prayers go out to his siblings, to his children, to all of those who were related to elijah. I said to me, now if you go before i go dont get up there and wing it. [laughter] [applause] he said write it down. Then he said, no really write it down. [appla
I rise today to pay special tribute to congressman elijah e. Cummings. A man of great honor and a giant within the house of representatives. Congressman cummings was born in baltimore on january 18, 1951. He was one of seven children of robin and ruth robert and Ruth Cummings and although his family struggled financially, they always found a way to help others in their community. Representative cummings and his family, like thousands of other africanamericans, had to face the brutal experience of the jim crow period. When representative cummings was a child at 11, he was attacked while trying to swim in the neighborhood swimming pool. Racist adults threw rocks and bottles that resulted in injuries. But left him with a determination to study law and to become the fighter for social justice that characterized his life. He would go on to receive his bachelors degree in Political Science from howard university. And while at howard, he served as Student Government president. After gragg gra