we come before you come of the fountain of all wisdom and the light of all truth. we come before you not in pride or in arrogance, but we come before you in true humility. we come before you because we need your help. we need your help in these troubled times. we need your help for this beloved nation. we need your help for those who have been traumatized and troubled by the painful events of one year ago, and all that has continued since. we need your help, lord, now, to be the democracy you would have us to become a to be the nation you would have us to be. one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. so, we ask you now to help us, to help all those who are traumatized. help all of those who have lost loved ones. help those who are struggling. help us to be instruments of your peace, instruments of your love and instruments of your healing for this land, for this congress, for this government, for we the people, for this country and this world. precious lord, we come not in arrogance or pride, but humbly. precious lord, please take our han

that have lead pipes feeding the fountains. because everybody deserves clean water. everybody. no matter -- city, suburban, or rural areas. here in washington, d.c., expansion of a infrastructure academy. preparing local workers to take the good-paying jobs in manufacturing, construction, and utilities that are going to be created as a consequence of the infrastructure law. i urge every american to take a look at what you all are doing. i urge every american to follow suit, to use the resources, the rescue plan, the resources that were intended not just to stave off disaster but build for a future around the people who make communities run. use your funds to cover childcare costs. temporary paid leave to help certain workers dealing with omicron. build pathways to better jobs through union-based apprenticeships, on-the-job training. give people in every zip code a chance to deal for themselves and deal them into this booming economy. that also means building more affordable housing so people can have safe places closer to their

became paradoxically a salvation and sustenance for me, a pathway back to the land of the living and the fountain of hope that renewed my faith in democracy, the systems of belief and practices that uphold the individual rights of the individual and demand we work together to take care of our common inheritance." a year after that effort, now that you are on the january 6 select committee, how do you -- guest: i think we are still in a struggle to fortify our democratic institutions. we are not through the woods here yet and there is a struggle globally to defend democratic institutions and values. this resurgence of authoritarianism, racism, and fascism in some places. this is the work of a lifetime no. we are in -- a we are in -- we are in a fight to make sure democracy survives. it is not unlike what lincoln faced when he stood on the battlefield of gettysburg wondered if a nation by the people and for the people would perish. we have to renew our commitment to the values of democracy. host: we have congressman raskin with us until 9:30 eastern. we welcome your calls at 202-748-8000 for democr

professionally, at the time difficult i have ever experienced personally -- a pathway back to the living and a fountain of hope that renewed and strengthened my radical faith in democracy, the system of beliefs and practices to uphold the equal rights of individuals and demands we all work together to take care of our common inheritance." a year after that, now that you are on the committee, congressman, how do you view our state? guest: we are still in the struggle to defend and fortify our essential democratic institutions. we are not completely through the woods yet. there is a struggle, globally, to defend democratic institutions and values. against this resurgent, authoritarianism, racism and fascism in some places. this is the work of a lifetime. we are in the fight of our lives to make sure democracy survives. it is not too dissimilar to what blinken experienced -- what lincoln experience when he stood on the gettysburg battlefield. every generation has to ask itself the same question. we have to renew our commitment to the values of our democracy. host: we have congressman until about 930 time

that have lead pipes feeding the fountains. everybody deserves clean water, everybody, city, suburban, or rural areas. here in washington, d.c. it is funding the expansion of an infrastructure academy. preparing local workers to take the good paying jobs and many factoring, construction and utilities. look, i urge every american to look at what you are doing. i urge every mayor to follow suit. to use the rescue plan and the resources intended not just to stave off disaster but build for the future around the people who make communities run. use your funds to cover childcare costs, temporary paid leave to help workers dealing with omicron, build pathways to better jobs through union based apprenticeships and on-the-job training, gives people in every zip code the chance to deal for themselves, deal them into this booming economy. that also means building more affordable housing so people can have safe places closer to their jobs. funding programs to fight violent crime. we should not be cutting funding for police departments. i

no child, no child should be poisoned by their own school water fountain. not in texas, not in america, not anywhere. that's why this -- we are investing $2.9 billion to replace lead pipes in texas schools and make sure our children have clean, safe drinking water. it's for those same reasons, mr. speaker, that we are also putting tax dollars to work for cleaner air in schools. poor air quality hurts students everyday. make it harder to lesh and contributing to illnesses like asthma. recently, poor air circulation and filters have been driving up covid-19 cases in schools. we can help our kids keep them safe in schools by installing better filters that clean out the covid virus before it travels between classrooms. we can keep our kids safe by providing them and their teachers with masks to help stop the spread. we can keep our kids safe by making sure that if anyone does feel sick, they could immediately get a free covid test. there are over 193,000 school children in my district. i am proud of investments we are making to help each and everyone safe. thes

that have lead pipes feeding the fountains. everybody deserves clean water, everybody, city, suburban, or rural areas. here in washington, d.c. it is funding the expansion of an infrastructure academy. preparing local workers to take the good paying jobs and many factoring, construction and utilities. look, i urge every american to look at what you are doing. i urge every mayor to follow suit. to use the rescue plan and the resources intended not just to stave off disaster but build for the future around the people who make communities run. use your funds to cover childcare costs, temporary paid leave to help workers dealing with omicron, build pathways to better jobs through union based apprenticeships and on-the-job training, gives people in every zip code the chance to deal for themselves, deal them into this booming economy. that also means building more affordable housing so people can have safe places closer to their jobs. funding programs to fight violent crime. we should not be cutting funding for police departments. i

it looks like segregated schools i attended in florida or drinking fountains that my race was forced to use. one section of the georgia law that brought so much outrage to the left simply requires everyone applying for an absentee ballot to include evidence of a government-issued i.d. on their application. i can assure you, my friends, minorities are capable of getting driver's licenses, passports, government checks, any other number of acceptable i.d.'s. today's misnamed for the people's act won't fool americans who have not forgotten how far we've come since 1965 and how sacred their constitutional right to vote. i ask my colleagues to join me in rejecting this latest attempt to remove power from the people in the states that best represent them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, who serves on the committee of house administration and the committee on the judiciary, ms. mary gay scanlon. the speaker pro tempore: the

we come before you come of the fountain of all wisdom and the light of all truth. we come before you not in pride or in arrogance, but we come before you in true humility. we come before you because we need your help. we need your help in these troubled times. we need your help for this beloved nation. we need your help for those who have been traumatized and troubled by the painful events of one year ago, and all that has continued since. we need your help, lord, now, to be the democracy you would have us to become a to be the nation you would have us to be. one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. so, we ask you now to help us, to help all those who are traumatized. help all of those who have lost loved ones. help those who are struggling. help us to be instruments of your peace, instruments of your love and instruments of your healing for this land, for this congress, for this government, for we the people, for this country and this world. precious lord, we come not in arrogance or pride, but humbly. precious lord, please take our han

became paradoxically a salvation and sustenance for me, a pathway back to the land of the living and the fountain of hope that renewed my faith in democracy, the systems of belief and practices that uphold the individual rights of the individual and demand we work together to take care of our common inheritance." a year after that effort, now that you are on the january 6 select committee, how do you -- guest: i think we are still in a struggle to fortify our democratic institutions. we are not through the woods here yet and there is a struggle globally to defend democratic institutions and values. this resurgence of authoritarianism, racism, and fascism in some places. this is the work of a lifetime no. we are in -- a we are in -- we are in a fight to make sure democracy survives. it is not unlike what lincoln faced when he stood on the battlefield of gettysburg wondered if a nation by the people and for the people would perish. we have to renew our commitment to the values of democracy. host: we have congressman raskin with us until 9:30 eastern. we welcome your calls at 202-748-8000 for democr

it looks like segregated schools i attended in florida or drinking fountains that my race was forced to use. one section of the georgia law that brought so much outrage to the left simply requires everyone applying for an absentee ballot to include evidence of a government-issued i.d. on their application. i can assure you, my friends, minorities are capable of getting driver's licenses, passports, government checks, any other number of acceptable i.d.'s. today's misnamed for the people's act won't fool americans who have not forgotten how far we've come since 1965 and how sacred their constitutional right to vote. i ask my colleagues to join me in rejecting this latest attempt to remove power from the people in the states that best represent them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, who serves on the committee of house administration and the committee on the judiciary, ms. mary gay scanlon. the speaker pro tempore: the