Austin Scott: “Mr. Speaker, today, we gather to pay tribute and to recognize an extraordinary life on the 40th anniversary of the…”

“Mr. Speaker, today, we gather to pay tribute and to recognize an extraordinary life on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ... For as we look at the front page of the New York Times yesterday, we find that there are more people who are on food stamps percentage-wise in this country than 40 years ago when Dr. King died. What has happened to his dream after he was slain?”