We gotta do something in our state. The United States Congress is bottled up, but we've got to be able to do something in our state." Washington state is generally a democratic state. At the time, our legislature was controlled by Democrats and the governor was a Democrat.
And I don't know-- I would dare to say that billions of people around the globe were able to pay attention. Running for the United States Congress in North Dakota was an eye-opener.
Movement, and led several marchings, including the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which is known today as Bloody Sunday. Serving in the United States Congress , Congressman Lewis has made his life-long goal to fight for civil and human rights for all. A true champion for us all, please welcome Congressman John Lewis.
And I don't know-- I would dare to say that billions of people around the globe were able to pay attention. Even when I was running for the United States Congress , it was most important, because that's when-- and we obviously survived Trump.
explored sub-pieces. And that unlocked the circular conundrum and the adaptation conundrum. During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the internet.
And I asked them to help me put together a bill. And we ended up passing it unanimously through the United States Congress . Congratulations. What a story.
I found out that white people is not a real word. I found this out when I ran for the United States Congress as well. There's no such thing as that.
What we know about this universe is that its incentives are prospective. So, not even the United States Congress can get George Gershwin to produce anything more. So when you ask the question, "Does it make sense to advance the public good to extend the term of existing copyright?"
You talk about zero-sum poc --mentality, the zero-sum gremlin shrieking in people ears. Look at what's going on in the United States congress today between the Democrats and the Republicans. It's, it's it's as if anything that could possibly benefit one party has to be bad for the other party.
I was very fortunate to represent the entire IT industry to testify in front of the US Senate on this particular topic. And it breaks my heart that we weren't able to get the United States Congress . We were six votes short in getting this ratified as other 146 countries.
And it was-- we're thankful today that we went back, that we came back home. It wasn't until two years later that I began my run for the United States Congress . And actually, in some synchronistic way, it was April 1st, and I was going to seek the nomination, the endorsement of the North Dakota
And so we said OK, we got some folks together, we got some people who were experts, and we came up with a proposal for a simple piece of legislation that mimicked what had long been on the floor of the United States Congress and had died there, a proposal to institute a system of universal background checks for gun purchases.
and go directly to the people, we're going to force the gun lobby to start playing whack-a-mole. And the NRA is well resourced to control a single inside game in the United States Congress . They're not so well resourced to play whack-a-mole in states and cities all around the United States.
writes to the bank of the United States if it be wished that my relation to the bank be continued it may be well to send me the usual retainers bribery was not even a crime in the United States Congress until 1853 this was a period when people went to Washington believing going to Washington was a way to feather their
And I don't know-- I would dare to say that billions of people around the globe were able to pay attention. When I was on the front line, and I was running for the United States Congress at the time, so I always wore a mask.
I actually starred in an episode of PBS's "NOVA Science." That particular episode was entitled, "How Smart Can We Get?" And during that episode, I actually demonstrated on a stage in New York City-- in 2012 is when I did it-- I demonstrated perfect recall of the entire United States Congress , both the House and the Senate, everyone's first name, last name, state, district number, political party, all congressional committees on which they serve,