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Were not free. they were oppressed. >> i hate to give you a history lesson, sir -- >> let him finish. >> again though, that is the reality. and so when you sit here and say we will celebrate the confederate veterans, these folks committed treason by taking up arms against the united states. you celebrate that? they were domestic terrorists. >> can i speak? >> yeah. go ahead. >> okay. he is incorrect, especially when it comes to virginia. slavery had absolutely nothing to do with virginia leaving the union. as of -- >> oh, come on. >> as of fort sumpter, virginia was firmly pro-union. it was wh...

Was firmly pro-union. it was when abraham lincoln called up 75,000 troops to invade the lower south that virginia seceded and the governor of virginia, john letcher, said that no virginian would be allowed to fight against fellow americans and be coerced into staying in the union. virginia wouldn't do that. >> let's dig deeper now with presidential historian, douglas brinkley and our own joe johns. doug, what do you make of this? you heard the confederate -- sons of confederate veterans saying slavery had nothing to do with virginia entering the civil war. >> well, it's idiocy. everybody knows...

not at all. but we'll try. we'll keep trying, okay. >> so the deal for me is this. this is mystery that people try to unravel all of the time. you just told the story about the agency and the post adoption visit. people can really look great and they can really convince everybody that everything's good because they want to really do this. meet parents all the time who are hiding, who are in denial about their children's issues, who then finally get to a point, a breaking point, their marriage is disintegrating, their personal life is disintegrating, they have lost their jobs, they ...

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? mr. skelton: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1075, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1075, resolution commending the members of the agribusiness development teams of the national guard for their efforts together with personnel of the department of agriculture and the united states agency for international development to modernize agriculture practices and increase food prod...