And who loved this committee very greatly. He passed away just a few days ago having served his country in the armed forces and in the congress, and so we do mourn his passing and it would be not in keeping with our traditions to from seed witho proceed without giving our condolences to his family and for those who sent him to congress to represent them. At this point i would like to recognize mr. Nadler, the chairman of the full committee for remarks on mr. Conyers. Thank you, madam chairperson. Americans across the country are mourning the loss of john conyers today, but nowhere is his loss felt so deeply than here in the Judiciary Committee where he sfefserved for more th0 years as a member of the committee including 20 years either as chairman or Ranking Member. John conyers was a true champion for civil rights for the oppressed and disenfranchised. Prior to the service in congress, he was in the Civil Rights Movement and was in selma, alabama, in 1963. He holds the distinction of
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. October 31, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable paul tonko to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Dear god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We ask your special blessing upon the members of this peoples house. They face difficult decisions in difficult times with many forces and interests demanding their attention. Give them again rossity to enter into their work generosity to enter into their work. May they serve you in the work they do as you deserve. Give of themselves and not count the cost, fight for what is best for our nation and not count the political wounds. Toil until their work is done d not seek to rest and labor without
Judge and an Immigration Law attorney. The subcommittee will come to order. With the indulgence of our witnesses before we proceed to the hearing, i think many of us would like to say a comment or two about the late john conyers, who was a member of this committee for many decades. Who gave his life to public service, and who loved this committee very greatly. He passed away just a few days ago having served his country in both the armed forces and in congress. So we do mourn his passing and it would not be in keeping with our traditions to proceed without at least giving our condolences to his family and to those who sent him to congress for so many decades to represent them. At this point, i would like to recognize mr. Nadler, the chairman of the full committee for remarks on mr. Conyers. Thank you, madame chairperson. Americans across the country are mourning the loss of john conyers today, but nowhere is his loss felt more deeply than here in the Judiciary Committee, which he serve
Day and what the day means to them personally. War ourresident, having great nations colors in operation freedom, veterans hold a special place in my heart. Some of my favorite moments in iowa are centered on honoring our veterans and their families with the metals and recognition that they have earned. Heroesmes, these humble do not want to step forward and receive the honors they are due. Glenn is a great example of that. Ii anderved in world war phased some very, very dark days. The 11 out of of survived the0 that massacre. In 1941 andptured he came home to iowa in 1945. Early was not until the 1980s that he started speaking about his military experience. War,he returned home from he did not skip a beat in his service. He quickly joined the iowa state countyand then the polk sheriffs office. Glenn lived a very full life of service yet his heroic actions in uniform would go unnoticed for so many years. I am so grateful that his family got in touch with my office and we were able to t
Watch live on cspan, any time on cspan. Org and listen wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. Former Vice President and 2020 democratic president ial candidate joe biden was in his home town of scranton, pennsylvania to talk about his economic proposals and other issues facing middle class families. Please welcome rosemary baldwin. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. And welcome to scranton, pennsylvania. My name is rosemary bol land and im a teacher and the president of the Scranton Federation of teachers, local 1147. [ applause ] i thank you for that. That is not usually how im greeted. I would like to say im a member and proud one of the aft, American Federation of teachers. Im on the executive board of the American Federation of teachers pennsylvania. And im a Vice President of the aflcio of pennsylvania, if that tells you who i am. Im extremely proud and honored that i was asked to do this introduction this morning. Im a little old lady School Teacher from the south sid