Thomas A. Garrett: “I appreciate very much those people who are out there every day teaching, committing themselves to helping students.”

It is a somber time to come into this Chamber as we have colleagues at the other end of the building who formed something they call the Common Sense Coalition, which is, I think, a gentle euphemism like so many things in this town are…

If we had $32 billion dollars annually to construct a Southern Border wall, could we keep those people out of this country?

I will consider myself a historian and some lessons are written large on the pages of history, if we are only willing to listen.

I thank Congressman Scott for his comments. I refer to myself as a nerd--which is okay, because the nerds usually win in the end--who loves history. My acquaintance with the story of Barbara Johns did not begin as a school student taking…