Jim Clyburn

I spoke to him earlier today and he is fully supportive of the president`s choice. He was openly hoping for Judge Childs to be selected, but he told me he is fully supportive of Joe Biden`s choice for the Supreme Court.

I think he made a good choice. I am hopeful that we can get her confirmed by Easter.

I think she is a well-rounded judge, and will be a profoundly good jurist.

I congratulated him for keeping his promise, and thanked him for doing it on the anniversary day of his having made the promise. I told him I thought he had chosen well. That it was clear that I was personally involved with another…

This young lady, not just a graduate of public college in Florida and public law school here in South Carolina, she served as a deputy director of our Labor Department. She is very astute in labor issues.

I have a lot of time. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), who wanted to participate in this hour. I assure you, Mr. Speaker, 23 minutes may not be enough for Ms. Jackson Lee, but that is all we have left.

No, I don't have any idea and have not been informed as to what date that decision will be made. I am sure it will be made and we will be given enough time for us to conduct ourselves accordingly.

I, like the gentleman, witnessed those games over the weekend. I don't know why you want to remind me of the last time you and I shared a stadium with Joe Burrow, but I do want you to know that I was pulling for him over the weekend. That…

I know that the Speaker is in consultation with the attending physician on what the protocol for this year might be. In the weeks ahead as we approach the date, the attending physician will make recommendations based on the current state…

I am not aware of a date, but I would hope that if we do not get an omnibus there will be a short term CR because as the gentleman knows that getting the omnibus is very, very important to our constituents back home so that people can plan…

Yes, we have heard all of those discussions. We are hopeful that something will come forward next week in the form of an omnibus, but if not, we will respond appropriately when we get to that point.

That will bring us together in a very significant way.

We should have one national anthem for all.

I thank the Committee for holding this hearing and look forward to hearing from today's Witnesses.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chair, and the Ranking Member, Mr. Johnson, for calling this hearing.

I am also pleased that we will be able to hear from our colleagues, the distinguished House Majority Whip, Congressman James Clyburn, about his legislation, H.R. 301 which would designate 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' as our country's…

Its purpose is to bring this country together.

I particularly want to welcome my long-time friend, Leon Russell.

It`s big time supporter of Michelle Childs, Lindsey supports her. Tim Scott supports her. I`ve had discussions with both of them. I would not have gone as far as I did with her without talking to those two senators and I`ve talked to them…

I see (ph) it with Joe Biden, it`s what I`ve been hearing from them and their friends. I talk to them a lot. And they were telling me that there was this undercurrent out there that had to do with the feeling that African-American women…

I think Biden`s pledged to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court more than his own endorsement was what catapulted him to the Democratic nomination in 2020.

I think that you would be shocked at the breadth and depth of support for Michelle Childs.

He is a big supporter of Michelle Childs. Lindsey Graham supports her. Tim Scott supports her.

I think Joe Biden did what he wanted to do. And I think that adding my voice to those who are asking may have helped a little bit.

I think it would be well for that to happen. As you know, I'm a big fan of Everett Dirksen and that was one of the things I admired about him. He made sure that the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act were both a bipartisan issue.