MADAMS PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ELLEN OPERETTA GIL ARCHULETA ASH
BEING ATKINS BECKER BLAKE'S BEER
BRADFORD FAMILY ADAM CORTESE
TELLING DODD DORADO EGGMAN
GLAZER GONZALEZ GROW OUR TITLE
JONES LAYERED MON MCGUIRE
MENJIVAR MEN NEWMAN WHEN MELLOW
OF JOE ABOVE BUT THE- PORTANTINO
ROB. RUBIO SEYARTO SKINNER
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS STERN NUMBER
ONE HOBBY WIENER WILK. MEMBERS A
QUORUM IS PRESENT WITH THE
MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS TO BE ON
THE RADIO AND IN THE GALLERY
PLEASE RISE BEFORE WE BEGIN.
BEFORE WE BEGIN I ASK EVERYONE
TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE
FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MASS
SHOOTING IN MONTEREY PARK OUR
HEARTS ARE BROKEN AND WE SEND
OUR CONDOLENCES AND ASK FOR
HEARINGS FOR THE FAMILY FRIENDS
AND COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. WE WILL BE LED IN
PRAYER THIS AFTERNOON BY OUR
CHAPLAIN SISTER MICHELLE GORMAN
AFTER WHICH PLEASE REMAIN
STANDING WE WILL BE LED IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
BY SENATOR MEN. LET US RECALL
THIS WE'RE ALWAYS IN GOD'S
PRESENCE. GRACIOUS AND LOVING
GOD. WE KNOW THIS WE MAY SPEAK
PLAINLY TO YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR
INTIMACY WITH OUR EVERY THOUGHT
. YOU ARE COMPLETELY FAMILIAR
WITH OUR LIFE OUR SUCCESSES OR
FAILURES AND OUR FRAILTY. NONE
OF US IS MADE OF STONE OR STEEL
OF ALABASTER OR IVORY. WHERE
PEOPLE OF FLESH AND BLOOD. SLASH
THAT CARRIES SCARS AND BLOOD THE
PULSES WITH PASSION TO BRING
TRUTH JUSTICE AND PROSPERITY TO
THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. YOU KNOW US
WELL. SO IN YOUR PRESENCE WE
NEED NOT BE FORMAL. BELOVED
MYSTERY THAN BEING NEAR. WITHOUT
OUR FAITH IN YOUR CARING WE
WOULD LIKE TO HOPE THAT HELPS US
CONTINUE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
BUILDING ON THE SUCCESSES AND
FAILURES TO OF THOSE WHO HAVE
PRECEDED US. WE CONTINUE TO
TRUST IN YOU A MAN. PLEASE JOIN
ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
YEAH HER. PUBLIC RELATIONS.
HERE'S WHAT.
PURGES OF THE FLOOR SENATOR
WIENER.
I THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT OUR
COLLEAGUES IT'S MY HONOR TODAY
TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME- AHMED
ABU ZAID- TO THE FLOOR OF THE
SENATE. I'M A RECENTLY RETIRED
FROM SEIU LOCAL EIGHTY SEVEN
AFTER SERVING IN VARIOUS
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR THE
PAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS HE MOST
RECENTLY SERVED AS VICE
PRESIDENT BEFORE RETIRING LAST
YEAR. ARE YOU MAY NOTICE WE HAVE
A FULL GALLERY TODAY WE HAVE A
GALLERY FILLED WITH SEIU LOCAL
EIGHTY SEVEN MEMBERS HERE TO
SEE- AS WE HONOR. WE SEIU LOCAL
EIGHTY SEVEN- IS IT'S AN
ORGANIZATION THAT IN SAN
FRANCISCO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF
THIS LOCAL ONE OF THE FIRST-
SEIU LOCALS AND WAS FOUND IN SAN
FRANCISCO IN THE NINETEEN
THIRTIES- IT'S OUR LOCAL
JANITORS UNION AND HAS A LONG
HISTORY OF IMMIGRANT JUSTICE AND
POLITICAL MOBILIZATION I WILL
SAY HAVING WORKED WITH LOCALLY
SEVEN FOR MANY YEARS. THIS IS A
MEMBER SO WHY IS A RELATIVELY
SMALL UNION- BUT IT IS A UNION
THAT PUNCHES WAY ABOVE ITS
WEIGHT CLASS- BOB GRADUATED FROM
NASSER HIGH SCHOOL IN YEMEN IN
NINETEEN SIXTY NINE AND CAME TO
THE U. S. THAT SAME YEAR. HE
BEGAN HIS CAREER IN LABOR IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY WERE UP ON
HEARING PROCESS OUR CHAVEZ- IN
THE LANE NO. AN ORGANIZING
YEMENI FARMERS. IN NINETEEN
SEVENTY TWO HE MOVED TO SAN
FRANCISCO HE BEGAN HIS EDUCATION
AT THE AMAZING SAN FRANCISCO
CITY COLLEGE- AND WORKED IN A
TRAVEL AGENCY. AFTER RETURNING
TO YEMEN TO GET MARRIED AND RUN
A SUCCESSFUL TRAVEL AGENCY
THERE. HE DECIDED TO MOVE BACK
TO THE U. S. IN NINETEEN EIGHTY
TWO. HE'S WORN MANY HATS THROUGH
HIS CAREER WORKING AS A
RESTAURANTEUR AS A BUILDING
MAINTENANCE MANAGER FOR GLIDE
MEMORIAL CHURCH- AS A GROCERY
STORE OWNER A PROJECT MANAGER
AND AS A JANITOR- HE'S ALSO ONE
OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE FIRST-
YEMENI AMERICANS- SO SEE ASIANS.
AND IT SERVED AS ITS VICE
PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT FROM
NINETEEN NINETY NINE TO TWENTY
TEN- PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
AND CONGRATULATING- AHMED
OPPOSITE.
EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME MEMBERS OF
THE GALLERY WE'RE REAL EXCITED
YOU'RE HERE I KNOW YOU'RE
EXCITED TO BE HERE AS WELL BUT
OTHER THAN THAT CLAPPING- WE
DON'T ALLOW DEMONSTRATIONS IN
HERE IN THE IN IN OUR CHAMBERS
AND SO I WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE WE KNOW YOU YOU APPRECIATE
BEING HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SENATOR WIENER MOVING
ON TO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
WILL BE DEEMED READ MESSAGES
FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED
READ. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES WILL
BE DEEMED READ AND AMENDMENTS
ADOPTED. MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE ON. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO
MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES
. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE SENATE
JOURNALS FOR JANUARY SEVENTEENTH
TWENTY TWENTY THREE THROUGH
JANUARY NINETEENTH TWENTY TWENTY
THREE WILL BE APPROVED AS
CORRECTED BY THE MINUTE CLERK.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
OF BILLS WILL BE DEEMED READ.
MEMBERS ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY FILE
. UNDER GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENT CENTER GROVE. THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF
THE FIRST APPOINTMENT I ACTUALLY
THE ONLY APPOINTMENT
CONFIRMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY
IS NANCY VARIOUS HE'S THE
DIRECTOR OF THE EMPLOYMENT
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT NOW
BEFORE YOU CRINGE BECAUSE OF ALL
THE ISSUES THAT WE DEALT WITH
UNDER THE PANDEMIC I WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT IN A VERY TOUGH
INTERVIEW THAT I HAD WITH
MYSTERIOUS. I ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT EDT FRIDAY I ASKED HOW SO
MANY PEOPLE COMMITTED FRAUD LIKE
THOSE IN PRISON THAT GOT EXTRA
DOLLARS THAT WERE ACTUALLY DUE
TO HARD WORKING TAXPAYERS
ACTUALLY LOST THEIR POSITION
BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE
GOVERNMENT HAD TO COPE WITH IT.
I ASKED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY THAT
HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE I ASKED
ABOUT ID ME I ASKED ABOUT
LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED TO
CROSS REFERENCE SO SECURITY
NUMBERS WITH CDCR INMATES SO
PEOPLE IN PRISON. THAT HAD BEEN
IN PRISON FOR DECADES OR
WHATEVER WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE
FOR BENEFITS WE HAVE SOME VERY
TOUGH QUESTIONS IN EVERY SINGLE
QUESTION THAT SHE ANSWERED I
FELT WAS TRUTHFUL FORTHCOMING
WHERE SHE FELT LIKE THERE WERE
VULNERABILITIES SHE STATED THOSE
AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD MOVE
FORWARD. SHE HAS A PLAN TO MAKE
SURE THAT IF SOMETHING LIKE THE
PANDEMIC OR A LARGE AND
EMPLOYMENT- ISSUE HAPPENS IN OUR
STATE AGAIN. THAT HE HAS THINGS
PUT IN PLACE TO MITIGATE AND
MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE THAT WAS
CAUSED BY ALL BY DDD OFFICE TO
MOST ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. I
MEAN I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE
OF US THAT WASN'T ON THE PHONE
WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS ALMOST ON
A DAILY BASIS TRYING TO EITHER
OBTAIN BENEFITS OR DEAL WITH THE
FRAUDULENT BENEFITS THAT WERE
BEING PAID OUT. SO SHE WAS
RECENTLY CONFIRMED A FIVE A VOTE
FOR THE RULES COMMITTEE AND I
WOULD. ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE ON
THIS CONFIRMATION I THINK SHE
IS. DULY QUALIFIED AND SHE WILL
DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB. NO
GUARANTEES IT CAN BE 1100%
STOPPED BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS
SCAMMERS OUT THERE THEY'RE
ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD OF US. IN
SOME CASES BUT SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT SHE HAS INSTITUTED
TO PUT IN PLACE. WHAT KEEP US IN
A BETTER POSITION MOVING FORWARD
FOR THE EDT. OFFICER
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE.
IS ANY DISCUSSION OR DEBATE ON
THIS ITEM ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. SAYING NINE PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. ALLEN NINE. HOUR AGO.
HI MARCH ELEVENTH. HI ASHLEY. HI
ATKINS. BY BECKER. PLEASE BEAR.
BY BRADFORD. I HAVE A ANNA. BY
OKAY IS A- BY. TELLING BY. GOD
BY THE RAZA BY. EGGMAN AYE
GLAZER. AYE GONZALEZ BY BROKE.
BY OUR TITLE. HI JONES. HI
BLARED. HI LIMON. HI MCGUIRE. BY
MENU BAR. BY MAN. HI NEWMAN. BYE
WHEN. HI NEIL. FIVE HOTEL BUG. I
BY THE END. BY PORTANTINO. BY
RALPH BY RUBIO. HI THEY ARE TELL
. HI SKINNER. HI SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS BY STERN. HI I'M BURKE.
HI WAHABI HI WIENER. I WILK BY.
IS THIRTY NINE NO ZERO THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. YOU'RE
GONNA MOVE ON TO SENATE THIRD
READING AB ONE ITEM AT SENATOR
SKINNER. THE FLOOR IS YOURS THE-
THAT THE FLOOR IS YOURS- MADAM
SECRETARY PLEASE READ. SENATE
RESOLUTION NINE BY SENATOR
SKINNER RELATIVE TO REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH. CENTER SKINNER. THANK
YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND- MEMBERS
I RISE TO PRESENT SENATE
RESOLUTION NINE. YESTERDAY WAS
THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ROE VERSUS WADE DECISION WHICH
ENSURED THE LEGAL BODILY
AUTONOMY OF WOMEN AND PREGNANT
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
THAT DECISION FIFTY YEARS AGO
ELIMINATED THE NEED TO PURSUE
ANY LEGAL AND POTENTIALLY
HARMFUL BACK ALLEY ABORTION. IT
ALSO ELIMINATED THE SITUATION
WE'RE FEELING SHE HAD NO OTHER
OPTIONS A WOMAN MIGHT ATTEMPT TO
SELF INFLICT ABORTION SOMETIMES
RESULTING IN PERMANENT INJURY.
OR EVEN DEATH. THE ROAD DECISION
ALSO ELIMINATED HAVING TO ENSURE
A PREGNANCY THAT WAS THE RESULT
OF RAPE OR INCEST OR- WAS A
THREAT TO ONE'S LIFE. BUT
UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T GET TO
CELEBRATE WHAT SHOULD BE AN
EMPOWERING ENSURE PEOPLE FIFTY
YEAR ANNIVERSARY RECOGNIZING A
WOMAN'S RIGHT. AND HER OUR
PERSON HOOD INSTEAD LAST JUNE.
THE CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE
SUPREME COURT THE EXTREME
CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE
SUPREME COURT. DECIDED IN THE
JOBS VERSUS JACKSON WOMEN'S
HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECISION TO
TURN BACK THE CLOCK. AND INSTEAD
OF CELEBRATING WE WILL USE THIS
ANNIVERSARY TO STRENGTHEN OUR
PURPOSE AND TO REINVIGORATE THE
DIALOGUE ABOUT OUR FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT TO BODILY AUTONOMY. WOMEN
ARE NOT CHATTEL WE DO NOT
DESERVE TO HAVE OUR REPRODUCTIVE
CHOICES OUR LIVES IN OUR FUTURES
DICTATED BY HOSTILE FORCES THAT
HAVE IMPOSED THEIR VIEW ON HOW
WE CONDUCT OUR LIVES. AND THE
DETERMINATION OF OUR FUTURE.
THIS IS MORE THAN AN ISSUE OF
CHOICE THE FACT REMAINS AND IT
IS WELL SUBSTANTIATED BY PAST
AND CURRENT DATA THE PREGNANT
PEOPLE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY WILL
CONTINUE TO END THEIR
PREGNANCIES WHETHER DOING SO IS
ILLEGAL OR LEGAL. AND AS WE
EXPERIENCED BEFORE THE ROE V.
WADE DECISION THERE WERE OVER A
MILLION ABORTIONS EVERY YEAR IN
THIS COUNTRY. UNSAFE ONES COST
AS MANY AS FIVE THOUSAND ON
UPWARDS ANNUAL DEATHS. THERE WAS
ALSO MANY THAT RESULTED IN
PERMANENT INJURY. AND WOMEN OF
COLOR AND LOW INCOME WOMEN WERE
DISPROPORTIONATELY. THOSE THAT
EITHER DIED OR HAD THEIR
PERMANENT INJURY AND ARE AT RISK
TODAY. THE DROPS DECISION IS NOW
ONE LEAST TWENTY FOUR STATES TO
ENACT ARE PREPARED TO ENACT FULL
OR PARTIAL ABORTION BANS THAT
AFFECT TENS OF MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WOMEN
AND PEOPLE BILL WHO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO GET PREGNANT. NEW
DATA SHOWS THAT FOR THOSE WHO
LIVE IN STATES WITH SUPPOSE THE
PARTIAL BANS MEANING THOSE THAT
SUPPOSEDLY HAVE EXEMPTIONS
EXEMPTIONS FOR EXAMPLE RAPE
INCEST OR LIFE THREATENING
EMERGENCIES. THAT THOSE
EXEMPTIONS ARE NOT BEING
GRANTED. THE NEW YORK TIMES JUST
THIS WEEKEND. IT INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM AND SHOWED IN
MULTIPLE STATES WERE THESE
EXEMPTION SUPPOSEDLY EXIST YOU
CANNOT GET IT. BUT BEYONCE DO
NOT STOP ABORTIONS BANS JUST
PUSH PEOPLE INTO DANGEROUS
CIRCUMSTANCES. SENATE RESOLUTION
NINE MARKS THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE
ROE DECISION HAD IMPROVING
WOMEN'S HEALTH AND OUR ECONOMIC
WELL BEING OVER THE LAST FIFTY
YEARS IT HONORS THE WORK OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE LED BY THE
LEGISLATIVE WOMEN'S CAUCUS IN
CALIFORNIA VOTERS. TO ENSURE
CALIFORNIA'S REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM STATE AND IT CALLS ON
OUR PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS
TO ACT WITH URGENCY TO RESTORE
FULL BODILY AUTONOMY TO ALL
PREGNANT PEOPLE AND ENSURE THE
LEGAL RIGHT TO ABORTION AND
CONTRACEPTION. NATIONWIDE AND I
WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY CO
AUTHOR ARE SENATE PRO TEM TO
SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION. RENDON
PER TEN MINUTE PRESIDENT- I WILL
JUST SAY I DOUBT I COULD. B. AS
ELOQUENT AS MY COLLEAGUE FROM
BERKELEY SO IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME AND BECAUSE- I WOULD SAY A
LOT OF THE SAME THINGS ARE I
THINK YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT
THIS ISSUE. HAVE AN- BEEN A
DIRECTOR OF CLINIC SERVICES FOR
CLINICS IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN
DIEGO. BEFORE MY TIME IN OFFICE
SO I WILL JUST- I THANK HER FOR-
AUTHORING. THIS RESOLUTION AND
URGE YOUR SUPPORT. SENATOR RUBIO
. I ALSO WANTED TO STAND HERE IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF SR NINE. FIRST
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WOMEN THAT
CAME BEFORE US ALL THE WARRIORS
WHO FOUGHT FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION TO HAVE IT A LITTLE
EASIER. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT IN ORGANIZING THESE WOMEN
DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER OF SOCIAL
MEDIA TAX AND THEY WERE ABLE TO
ORGANIZE BE HEARD THEY HAD TO BE
THREE TIMES LOUDER TO BE
RESPECTED. TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
SO I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT WE LOST
IN THE FIGHT FOR ALL OF US. AND
WE WALKED AWAY WITH LESS RIGHTS
TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUT WE DIDN'T
WALK AWAY. WITHOUT THE DESIRE TO
FIGHT EVEN HARDER SO TO ALL THE
WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE SAY
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION- BAIT CENTER
MENJIVAR. THAT IN PRESIDENT
MEMBERS. YOU KNOW AS A QUEER
WOMEN OF COLOR OF CULT WILL YES
OF COURSE- I'VE BEEN IN THE SAME
SEX RELATIONSHIP FOR OVER A
DECADE SO. ACCIDENTAL
INCONVENIENT PREGNANCIES HAVE
BEEN TOP OF MIND FOR ME HOWEVER
. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY
TIMES THROUGHOUT MY LIFE MEN
HAVE SAID WHAT YOU'RE A LESBIAN
BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T SLEPT WITH
THE RIGHT MANNER BEEN WITH THE
RIGHT MAN. IN TOO MANY FOR TOO
MANY LESBIANS AND TRANS MAN DOT
COM IT IS TAKEN A STEP FURTHER.
SO TODAY I THINK ABOUT THEM. AS
I URGE YOU ALL. TO VOTE. YES ON
THIS RESOLUTION. OKAY. THERE ANY
FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
SAYING NINE. CAN SENATORS
SMALLWOOD. PURPOSE I RISE IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
PRESIDENT AND I RISE IN SUPPORT
OF THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THIS ISSUE AFFECTS ALL
WOMEN BUT SOME WOMEN. ARE MORE-
DEEPLY- THE RACIAL DISPARITIES
IN MATERNAL HEALTH ARE ALL TOO
REAL FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
THE MATERNAL MATERNAL MORTALITY
RATE IN THE U. S. CONTINUES TO
EXCEED THE RATE. IN OTHER HIGH
INCOME COUNTRIES IN TWENTY
TWENTY THE MATERNAL. MORTALITY
RATE IN THE U. S. WAS TWENTY
FOUR DEATHS. PER ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND BIRTHS. AND THE
PREGNANCY RELATED MORTALITY RATE
FOR BLACK WOMEN WITH AT LEAST A
COLLEGE DEGREE WAS OVER FIVE
TIMES THAT OF THEIR WHITE
COUNTERPARTS. INDEED THIS IN
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS LANDMARK
PROTECTION THAT WE LOST. THE IS
IN FACT THE ABILITY FOR WOMEN TO
CONTROL THEIR BODIES- BUT ALSO-
THE HEALTH. OF THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT
ABORTION RESTRICTIONS DO NOT
DECREASE ABORTION RATES.
ABORTIONS WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN
THEY JUST WILL NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN
SAFELY. AND SO I ASK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES HERE TO SUPPORT THIS
RESOLUTION AND THAT CALIFORNIA
CONTINUES TO BE A PLACE WHERE
ALL WOMEN IN ALL FAMILIES HAVE
THIS VITAL A PROTECTION. OF
ABORTION RIGHTS. SENATOR ASHLEY
. THANK YOU I TO RISE IN SUPPORT
OF SENATE RESOLUTION NINE. AND
THANK SENATOR SKINNER FOR HER
LEADERSHIP. AND THE PRO TEM FOR
HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS TOPIC. AT
TWENTY YEARS OLD I DECIDED TO
HAVE A CHILD. AND WAS A YOUNG
SINGLE MOM IN THE CITY. I
NAVIGATED THE SOCIAL SYSTEMS
THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE FOUGHT SO
HARD FOR I USED FOOD STAMPS AND
SUBSIDIZED CHILDCARE I LIVED IN
LOW INCOME HOUSING CAN I RAISE
MY LITTLE BOY BY MYSELF. WORKING
FULL TIME WHILE I PUT MYSELF
THREE UC DAVIS AND MCGEORGE LAW
SCHOOL AT NIGHT. THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING THAT I JUST TOLD
YOU IS THAT I MADE THE CHOICE
THAT I HAD A CHOICE. AND SO I
ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE SUPPORT
SENATE RESOLUTION NINE FOR ALL
THE WOMEN NOT JUST IN CALIFORNIA
BUT BECAUSE WE KNOW. THAT
CALIFORNIA IS A BEACON OF HOPE
TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
THANK YOU. SENATOR BOXER. HELLO
I'M SENATOR CATHOLICS FEAR AND I
RISE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE
SENATE FLOOR TO SPEAK. AND I
WANT TO SAY THAT I AM SO
GRATEFUL TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS
BODY BECAUSE I COME FROM HAVING
BEEN A MAYOR OF A VERY
PROGRESSIVE CITY AND WE- ENTERED
MULTIPLE HOURS OF TESTIMONY
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO
PROPOSITION ONE. AND THE FACT
THE PROPOSITION ONE PASSED IN
THIS STATE AND ALLOWS WOMEN THE
PROTECTIONS IN THE CONSTITUTION
TO DECIDE THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL
DECISION THAT THEY'LL MAKE WHEN
WHETHER AND WITH WHOM TO HAVE
CHILDREN. THAT DECISIONS IT
SHOULD ALWAYS SIT WITH THE WOMAN
AND HER NETWORK HER FAMILY THAT
SHE CHOOSES. THAT DECISION IS
NOT ENHANCED BY HAVING THE
GOVERNMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT
AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO TAKE THIS TO THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY. BECAUSE WHILE WE HAVE
THESE PROTECTIONS ON CALIFORNIA
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY DOES
NOT. IN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN A
LEADER IN SO MANY WAYS AND THIS
IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE
INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE ON
THIS FLOOR WHO'S SPOKEN TODAY
ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED
THOSE WHO PUT IT TOGETHER SO
THAT IT COULD GET TO THE VOTERS.
AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL TO BE A
CALIFORNIA TODAY AND TO BE ON
THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE SO I
ALSO URGE YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU
. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. SINGMAN CENTER SKINNER
YOU MAY CONCLUDE. THANK YOU
MA'AM PRESENT IN CLOSING. WHILE
I REFERENCED THE VERY IMPORTANT
. RIGHT OF A PREGNANT PERSON TO
MAKE THIS DECISION. I DID NOT
INCLUDE ARRIVE. DID NOT YET IN
MY WANT TO NOW. EXPRESSED HOW
ESSENTIAL. THIS LEGAL PROTECTION
IS FOR OUR MEDICAL HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS. THEY ARE BEING
PUT IN THE MOST UNTENABLE
SITUATION RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE
BEING PUT IN THIS IN THOSE TAPES
THAT HAVE ACTED TO EITHER FULLY
BANNED OR PARTIALLY BAN
ABORTION. THEY ARE BEING PUT IN
A SITUATION WHERE THEY MAY HAVE
A PREGNANT PERSON WHO'S BEING
TREAT WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH
CANCER AND FOR WHOM THE VERY
LIFESAVING CANCER TREATMENT.
COULD KILL THEIR FETUS AND DO
THEY ADVISE THAT PATIENTS WITH A
BEARD THAT THAT MEANT THAT THAT
KILLED THAT BE DISCUSSED TODAY
AND THE PATIENT COULD BE
CRIMINALIZED WHEN BY NOT GIVING
THE TREATMENT THE PATIENT COULD
DIE. WITH NO LEGAL CONSEQUENCE
OR THE FACT THAT. THE PATIENT
COULD HAVE THE OTHER
COMPLICATIONS OF THE PREGNANCY
THAT COULD THREATEN THEIR LIFE
OR PERSON COULD COME TO THEM IN
THE SITUATION OF RAPE OR OTHER
OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THE
HORRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE WE HAVE
PUT OUR HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS IN THE DO NOT
DESERVE THAT. SO THE RESOLUTION
IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING WE
SPOKE ABOUT LEGITIMATELY ASK OUR
PRESIDENT AND OUR CONGRESS TO
ACT NOW TO GIVE US ALL THE
PROTECTIONS THAT WE DESERVE
THERE IS NO IMPOSITION ON SUCH A
RIGHT THAT ANYONE UTILIZE IT.
ONLY THAT WE HAVE IT AND OUR
SPONSORS OF THIS RESOLUTION OR
BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS NAY
RAIL IN PLANNED PARENTHOOD
AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIAN
WITHOUT I ASK FOR YOUR I.
MADAMS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN HI. BARBARA GAIL. HI
ARCHULETA. HI ASHLEY. HI ATKINS.
HI BAKER. PLEASE BEAR. BY
BRADFORD. FIVE SEVEN ZERO. NINE
CORTESE. BY TELLING. NO DONE. BY
THE RAZA. BY EGGMAN. I GLAZER.
BY GONZALEZ. I GROWTH. NO OUR
TOTAL. HI JONES. NO BLARED. BY
AMONG BY WIRE BY MENJIVAR BY MAN
. HI NEWMAN. HI WHEN. MEELO. NO
POTOMAC. BUT THE- HI PORTANTINO
. HI ROTH BY RUBIO. HI THEY ARE
TO. NO SKINNER. HI SMALLER
CUEVAS. HI STERN BYE NUMBER HI
WAHABI. HI WIENER AYE WILK NO.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
BAKER. WHEN OCTOBER. FIVE THIRTY
ONE NO SIX THE RESOLUTION IS
ADOPTED. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS SENATOR
LAYERED THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MADAM PRESIDENT THE SENATE
CONTINGENT OF THE JOINT
COMMITTEE ON RULES WILL MEET
UPON THE GERMAN DOWNSTAIRS IN
ROOM ONE TWELVE I KNOW A LOT OF
YOU'RE GOING TO THE VIGIL JUST
WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS IN THE
ROOM WE HAVE ONE CONSENT ITEM
WILL BANG IT TO ORDER AND WE'LL
GET YOU OUT IN A MINUTE
PROVIDING YOU COM SO ROOM ONE
TWELVE A PUNISHER. VERY GOOD THE
SENATE CONTINGENT OF THE JOINT
RULES COMMITTEE ROOM ONE TEN ONE
TWELVE. MOVING ON TO ARE
RETURNING TO MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS SENATOR SKINNER.
UHHUH COME ALONG. GET THAT
MICRON THANK YOU THANK YOU MADAM
PRESIDENT MEMBERS I RISE I ASK
THAT WE ADJOURN IN MEMORY TODAY
. FOR FRED ROSS JUNIOR A
LEGENDARY ORGANIZER FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE FOR MORE THAN HALF A
CENTURY FRED ROSS JUNIOR WAS A
CHAMPION FOR WORKING PEOPLE
WORKING ALONG SIDE SCISSORS
CHAVEZ IN THE UNITED FARM
WORKERS AND HELPING ELECT THE
MOST CONSEQUENTIAL HOUSE SPEAKER
IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. NANCY
PELOSI. MY CONSTITUENTS FRED
ROSS JUNIOR DIED OF CANCER
NOVEMBER TWENTIETH AT HIS HOME
IN BERKELEY JUST WEEKS AFTER
RECEIVING TRIBUTES FROM HUNDREDS
OF FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FOR
HIS SEVENTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY.
FORMER U. S. LABOR SECRETARY
ROBERT REISCH TOLD FRED YOUR
BOLDNESS AND VISION HAVE BEEN A
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO ME AND
MANY OTHER PEOPLE WORKING FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE LABOR UNIONS AND
THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF SO MANY
PEOPLE FOR A BETTER LIFE. FRED
BEGAN HIS WORK AS A FULL TIME
ORGANIZER FOR THE FARM WORKERS
AT AGE TWENTY THREE DURING THE
HISTORIC NINETEEN SEVENTY SALAD
BOWL STRIKE IN SALINAS. IT WAS
HIS FATHER FRED ROSS SENIOR WHO
INTRODUCED THEN TWENTY FIVE YEAR
OLD SISTER SHOP AS TO THE POWER
OF ORGANIZING. IN EARLY NINETEEN
SEVENTY FIVE FRED ROSS JUNIOR
CONCEIVED OF AN ORGANIZED A
HUNDRED AND TEN MILE MARCH
AGAINST GALLO WINES THAT BEGAN
IN SAN FRANCISCO'S UNION SQUARE.
AND ENDED. WITH AT LEAST FIFTEEN
THOUSAND FARMWORKERS AND
SUPPORTERS AT GALLO'S
HEADQUARTERS IN MODESTO. OF THEN
CONGRESSMAN RON DELLUMS OF THE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICANS TO PAY
I'LL MEET A COUNTY SUPERVISOR
JOHN GEORGE SAYS SCHABAS FRED
JUNIOR AND MANY OTHERS WHO WERE
ON THAT MARCH. ONE OF THE
MOTIVES FOR THE GALA MARCH WAS
TO PUT PRESSURE ON THEN GOVERNOR
BROWN TO PUSH THROUGH THE
AGRICULTURE LABOR RELATIONS ACT
THE FIRST LAW OF ITS KIND IN THE
NATION. BUT THE IMPACT OF FRED'S
WORK WENT WELL BEYOND LABOR
ORGANIZING HE ALSO PLAYED
PIVOTAL ROLES IN PRESSURING
CONGRESS TO CHANGE POLICIES.
TOWARDS OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENTS
IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND
ACCELERATING THE NATURALIZATION
OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE US AND IN
NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN FRED WORKS
TO ELECT NANCY PELOSI TO
CONGRESS IN A SPECIAL ELECTION.
AND AFTER LEARNING OF FRED'S
PASSING HELLO SHE SAID WITHOUT
HIS EARLY SUPPORT AND HIS
BRILLIANT LEADERSHIP ORGANIZING
THE GROUND OPERATION OF MY FIRST
CAMPAIGN I WOULD NEVER HAVE
BECOME A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. A
HALLMARK OF FRED JUNIORS
APPROACH. IN TERMS OF HIS
ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS AND HIS.
HIS RUNNING CAMPAIGNS WHAT'S HIS
SAPPY USE OF THE MEDIA TO PUT
PRESSURE IT WAS ALSO. BUILDING
ONE ON ONE RELATIONSHIPS TO
EXERCISE WHAT HE CALLED
COLLECTIVE POWER. FRED'S MOTHER
FRANCIS ROSS WAS AN ORIGINAL
ROSIE THE RIVETER. SHE WAS A
SHOP STEWARD IN A WORLD WAR TWO
PLANT IN CLEVELAND TO HELP WORK
TO HELP. JEWISH DOCTORS EMIGRATE
FROM **** GERMANY. AND SHORTLY
BEFORE HE DIED FRED SAID IN A
SPEECH FOR AN AWARD HE RECEIVED
FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
RACE AMITY FIGHTING AN
ORGANIZING FOR RACIAL AND
ECONOMIC JUSTICE IS IN MY DNA.
NOW FRED ROSS DID NOT THE- HE
ENCOUNTERED MUCH AS YOU WOULD
IMAGINE BEING ORGANIZED OR THAT
HE WAS FOR SO MANY YEARS HE
RECALLED BEING KNOCKED
UNCONSCIOUS BY A GRAPE GROWER
DURING A FARM WORKER ELECTION
BEING SHOT AT BY A SECURITY
GUARD AT A SUPERMARKET. AND
EQUIPPED LUCKILY THE GUY WAS
ABOUT SHOT- DANCE IN JOHN
LEWIS'S TRADITION OF GOOD
TROUBLE HE SAID HE WAS ARRESTED
SOME THIRTY NINE TIMES MOSTLY
FOR GOOD CAUSES- RECENTLY FRED
WAS WORKING ON A DOCUMENTARY
FILM ABOUT HIS FATHER THAT
UNDERSCORED THE CRITICAL ROLE
OF. ORGANIZING AND THE UNITED
FARM WORKERS SAID IN A TRIBUTE
AS WITH HIS FATHER FRED JUNIORS
LABORS WERE NEVER ABOUT HIMSELF
HE WAS ALWAYS ABOUT EMPOWERING
OTHERS. TO BELIEVE THEY WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROGRESS
THAT THEY WON FRED JUNIORS
NATURE WAS CEASELESSLY POSITIVE
HE ALWAYS THOUGHT THINGS COULD
GET DONE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE MARGOT FEINBERG WHO IS HERE
WITH US ON THE FLOOR WHO IS A
PROMINENT LABOR ATTORNEY THEIR
TWO CHILDREN CHARLIE AND HELEN
ROSS AND HIS BROTHER ROBERT ROSS
IN HIS SISTER JULIA ROSS AND I
KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER
COLLEAGUES. WHO KNEW HIM WELL
WHO WANT TO SPEAK. SENATOR DRAWS
A- THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE SENATOR
FOR. INTRODUCING THIS ADJOURNED
IN MEMORY. I RISE ALSO IN
SUPPORT OF THIS. I JOIN IN
MEMORY FRED ROSS WAS A BELOVED
UNION BROTHER. ACROSS THE
NATION. ACROSS ANY BUDDY IN THE
LABOR MOVEMENT. THE SON OF TWO
HIGHLY REGARDED HIGHLY REGARDED
- ACTIVISTS ORGANIZERS AND
ADVOCATES FRED ROSS SENIOR AND
FRANCES ROSS. LIKE HIS PARENTS
READ ALSO ANSWERED THE CALL TO
HELP ADVOCATE AND ORGANIZE FOR
SOCIAL ISSUES AND CAUSES IN HIS
OWN RIGHT. DURING HIS INITIAL
FIVE YEAR EFFORT IN THE UP
FARMWORKERS HE HAD THE UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN DIRECTLY.
FROM ORGANIZING POWER HOUSES
SINCE I CHAVEZ THE LOTUS WHEREBY
AND HIS OWN FATHER. FRED BUILT
ON THEIR LESSONS INCLUDING THE
INFAMOUS HOUSE MEETING STRATEGY
IN WHICH HE WOULD SEEK TO BUILD
DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE
ONE BY ONE VISITING THE HOMES TO
BUILD THEIR TRUST. HE BUILT HIS
OWN PROFILE AS A BRILLIANT
ORGANIZER. JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO
FRED WAS MAKING CALLS TO GET
SUPPORT TO MODERNIZE THEIR
FARMWORKER AGRICULTURAL LABOR
RELATIONS ACT WHILE HE WAS
ALREADY FEELING ILL. READ AND MY
HUSBAND MIGUEL WERE CLOSE
FRIENDS IN THE FARMWORKER
MOVEMENT AS ORGANIZERS
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MIGUEL HAD
THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING WITH
FRED ROSS SENIOR. IN NINETEEN
NINETY FIVE HE FOUNDED AND
SERVED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
A NATIONAL GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZATION CALL NEIGHBOR TO
NEIGHBOR WITH THE GOAL OF
CHALLENGING THE REAGANS
ADMINISTRATION POINT THAT I WORE
IN NICARAGUA AND ITS SUPPORT FOR
THE DEATH SQUAD REGIME AND AL
SALVADOR. THIS IS WHERE I GET MY
FIRST CHANCE TO WORK WITH HIM AS
AN ORGANIZER- THERE WERE SEVERAL
MEMBERS OF MY EXECUTIVE BOARD
WHO HE ASKED TO ENDORSE THE
BOYCOTT. THERE WERE SEVERAL FROM
EL SALVADOR AND I WAS A LITTLE
NERVOUS REUNITE NON SORT OF
LABOR ISSUE TO THEM- FOR THE
FIRST TIME. BUT HE WAS SO
BRILLIANT. ABOUT HOW EXPLAINING
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DEATH
SQUADS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD
AND HERE THIS COUNTRY THAT HE
WON UNANIMOUS SUPPORT. HE HAS
GOT YOU WENT ON TO WORK WITH THE
C. I. U. IN THE HEALTH CARE AND
SERVICE WORKERS INDUSTRY MOST
RECENTLY HE BEGAN WHAT HE WAS
WITH THE I. B. E. W. TWELVE
FORTY FIVE WITH I. B. E. W. FRED
WAS ALSO A PART OF THE TEAM. THE
FOCUSED ON RECRUITMENT AND
TRAINING OF FUTURE ORGANIZERS ON
OUR ISSUES I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF SPEAKING SEVERAL TIMES TO HIS
UNION RANK AND FILE SHOP
STEWARDS WHERE HE TAUGHT THEM.
THE BASICS SO THAT THEY COULD ON
GO ON AND BECOME OUR NEXT
GENERATION. A HUMBLE MAN FRED
ONLY CARED ABOUT ONE TITLE.
ORGANIZER OVER THE COURSE OF HIS
CAREER HE WORKED AND MENTORED
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH ALL
DURING HIS FIFTY YEAR CAREER. HE
TAUGHT HIS PASSION AND
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND
EMPOWERMENT. HE PRINTED HIS
FATHER'S AXIOMS FOR ORGANIZERS
MY FAVORITE OF WHICH IS.
ORGANIZING IS PROVIDING PEOPLE
WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME
AWARE OF THEIR OWN POTENTIAL AND
CAPABILITIES. I AM SO PROUD THAT
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH HIM. HE WAS ALWAYS FULL OF
LAUGHTER AND JUST POSITIVE ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT HE DID. HE IS
SURVIVED BY A FRIEND HIS WIFE
MARGOT FEINBERG HERSELF A DEEPLY
COMMITTED UNION LABOR LAWYER HIS
CHILDREN. HIS SIBLINGS. HIS
BROTHER HIS SISTER AND A LEGION
OF LOVING FRIENDS FAMILY MEMBERS
AND ORGANIZERS REST IN POWER
BROTHER FRED YOU WILL BE MISSED
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. THANK YOU.
SENATOR ALAN. MEMBERS I WANT TO
JOIN IN THESE TRIBUTES TO THE
EXTRAORDINARY. LIFE AND LEGACY
OF FRED ROSS JUNIOR FRED AND AS
YOU'VE HEARD WAS PASSIONATE. AND
TIRELESS ADVOCATE THROUGHOUT HIS
LIFE HE'S CAN BE REMEMBERED AS
ONE THE MOST REMARKABLE
POLITICAL ORGANIZERS IN OUR
NATION'S HISTORY. AS WAS
MENTIONED HE FOLLOW THE
FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FATHER. WHO WAS
A TRAILBLAZING ORGANIZER WITH.
AND SOMEONE WHO INSPIRED SISTER
CHAVEZ IN FACT HE'S HIS FATHER
IS LITTLE APPEARED IN SOME OF
THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAT I READ
TO MY SON ABOUT THIS OUR TIME IS
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE MADE IT.
INTO A CHILDREN'S BOOK YOU KNOW
YOU'VE YOU'VE MADE THE BIG TIME-
BUT- THE IMPLEMENTING IT FOLKS
ON ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS THAT IS
HIS DAD WAS ALSO INVOLVED MUCH
EARLIER. WITH EFFORTS TO ASSIST
JAPANESE AMERICANS. WERE
INTERNED DURING WORLD WAR TWO
HELPING THEM FIND JOBS AND
HOUSING. HE ALSO ORGANIZED CIVIC
UNITY LEADS TO COMBAT
SEGREGATION- IN THE IN THE
NINETEEN FIFTIES HIS MOTHER IN
ADDITION SOME OF THINGS THAT WAS
MENTIONED- SUPPORT REFUGEES IN
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. EIGHTY
JEWISH DOCTORS THAT WERE FLEEING
**** GERMANY THE ORGANIZED
COWORKERS AT A WORLD WAR TWO
MANUFACTURING PLANT TO INTEGRATE
A RACIALLY SEGREGATED WORKFORCE
AT THE TIME. AND HE CLEARLY. I
SO AND SO TOOK ALL OF THAT THAT
THOSE STORIES THAT INSPIRATION
THAT COMMITMENT THAT DEEP
COMMITMENT OF HIS PARENTS. ARE
AND IT HELPS TO FUEL HIS OWN
CAREER AND HIS DEEP COMMITMENT
TO JUSTICE. HE AS WAS MENTIONED
HE BELIEVED IN THE POWER OF THE
GRASSROOTS CULTIVATING ONE ON
ONE RELATIONSHIPS TO BRING
TOGETHER PEOPLE OF VERY
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. TO BUILD
COLLECTIVE POWER IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND HE NEVER SHIED
AWAY FROM AN OPPORTUNITY TO
FIGHT FOR ANYONE WHO IS
MARGINALIZED ARE EXPLOITED. OUR
COLLEAGUE MENTIONED HIS WORK IN
LATIN AMERICA- LEADING THE
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR
ORGANIZATION IN THE NINETEEN
EIGHTIES THAT SUPPORT REFUGEES.
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA URGING
CONGRESS TO AND SUPPORT FOR THE
CONTRA REBELS. IN NICARAGUA
ORGANISING THIS BOYCOTT OF
CASSAVA DURING COFFEE TO
PRESSURE. THE US BACK GOVERNMENT
HOUSE AUTHORED AND ATROCITIES
THAT WERE COMMITTED. DURING
THEIR CIVIL WAR AT FRED. JUNIOR
HAD A REAL COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE
IN LATIN AMERICA AND IN FACT. I
WAS OVER AT- AND HIS WONDERFUL.
WIFE MARGO'S HOUSE I JUST TO-
SHORTLY AFTER HE PASSED. AND SHE
WAS RECEIVING LETTERS FROM
PEOPLE WHO TRAVELED WITH HIM TO
LATIN AMERICA WHEN HE WAS A VERY
YOUNG MAN IN HIS TWENTIES. AS
THEY WERE WORKING ON PROJECTS
THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP A FLIP UP
WITH PEOPLE FIGHT COMBAT POVERTY
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. AND PEOPLE
WHO READ OF HIS PASSING WE'RE
WRITING HER ABOUT WHAT AN
EXTRAORDINARY PERSON HE WAS EVEN
IF THEY LOST TOUCH WITH HIM OVER
THE YEARS. WHAT A NATURAL LEADER
HE WAS. IS IT WHAT WHAT THE
NATURAL CHARISMA THAT HE BROUGHT
TO THE TO THE WORK EVEN WHEN HE
WAS A YOUNG MAN IN HIS EARLY
NINETEEN IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES.
I YOU KNOW IF HE ALSO OF COURSE-
HERE MARGOT. WE WOULD HAVE
DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO MAKING
THE LIVES OF WORKING PEOPLE
BETTER. WHILE THE ALSO AT THE
SAME TIME WE'RE RAISING ABOUT
WONDERFUL FAMILY OF THEIR OWN.
IS THE BABY LOVE THEIR SON
CHARLIE AND- AND DAUGHTER HELEN.
AND IN FACT AS WAS MENTIONED
BEFORE HIS DEATH HE WAS WORKING
VERY CLOSELY. WITH MARK ON MANY
OF US ON PRODUCING A DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT HIS FATHER- WE MANY OF US
WENT TO THE EVENT OF MY WELL-
JUST. AS HE WAS AILING- AT THE
TIME BUT HE HELPED TO LEAD THIS
WONDERFUL EVENT AS WE'RE TRYING
TO BUILD SOME MOMENTUM IN SOME
RESOURCES TO HELP. FIND THIS IS
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE WORK OF
HIS FATHER MARGO'S NOW TAKING
UP. THE MANTLE. HE'S AN
UNDERSTATED PERSON AN
APPROACHABLE CARING PERSON ALL
MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM. I
ALWAYS WAS STRUCK BY A BY THE BY
THE BY HIS WARMTH. AND HIS HIS
DEEP COMPASSION AND HIS DEEP
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. AND I
KNOW I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF
US WE JUST EXTEND OUR DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES TO YOU MARGOT- SUCH
A LOSS WE MOURN HIS. IS MORE HIS
LOS. OUR BUT WE TAKE COMFORT IN
KNOWING THAT THAT HIS THAT HIS
FAMILY LEGACY LIVES ON IN YOU
LIVES ON IN YOUR CHILDREN'S.
LIVES ON IN YOUR WORK AND THE
WORK THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO
CONTINUE TO DO. THIS IMPACT HE
HAD ON THE LIVES OF SO MANY WILL
WILL CONTINUE ON. RECIPES FOR
RESTING HER. PLEASE BRING HIS
NAME FORWARD TO THE DESK SO THAT
HE MAY BE APPROPRIATELY
MEMORIALIZED BY THE STATE SENATE
. IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS
SENATOR ACTIONS THE DESK IS
CLEAR. MADAM PRESIDENT THANK SO
MUCH OR NEXT FLOOR SESSION WILL
BE THIS THURSDAY JANUARY TWENTY
SIX TWENTY TWENTY THREE AT NINE
AM. THE SENATE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL THREE THIRTY. AT WHICH
TIME THE ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL
BE MADE. WE WILL RECONVENE
THURSDAY JANUARY TWENTY SIXTH AT
NINE AM.