certainly, mr. shepherd expects to get harsh treatment in america and that is why he prefers europe. >> ok, simon young following the story or us. thank you so much. two nigerian and the islamic group boko haram has captured the capital city. >> especially christians but muslims as well as fleeing for safer parts of the country. >> the capital in northeast nigerian, four days refugees have been flooding into this city, fleeing boko haram's latest wave of violence. many who arrive are deeply traumatized. one of the new arrivals is -- who fled her village after it was overrun by islamist militants. on the road, she lost a son. her husband was murdered. >> when boko haram came to our village, my husband hit in the bush for four days. they were forcing men to fight with them. she thought they were gone so she came back to our house. boko haram is still there and they killed them. >> tens of thousands have been forced to flee, many are taking in by relatives. like the one here. >> my life has been comple

he's a remarkable man and a great shepherd. mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues to join me today in welcoming archbishop suppage and honoring francis cardinal george. i offer both men my prayers as they enter the new phase of their calling by god in the catholic church to service of others. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 1086, an act to re-authorize and improve the childcare and development block grant act of 1990, and for other urposes. if the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. r. speaker, i believe in the inner sanctum of my soul that we are the home of the free because we are the land of the brave. i salute those who are willing to serve their country, who are willing to go to distant places, and who don't always return home the way they left. i highly commend them and i believe that those who serve us in our military, the men a

heitkamp: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank my very good friend, mary landrieu, for everything that she has done for our country, for her state, for her tenacity and for her willingness to shepherd this through at a very critical time. we talked yesterday on the floor about how important it is to send the right messages to the american public. and a lot of people will say they picked this agenda or this agenda. they just want us to start working together, and they don't want us to turn on the television or watch c-span and say there they are in the sandbox again, fighting about things that don't matter to the american public. picking fights with each other, bad mouthing each other, as opposed to working together. it's a little tough right now because i think that if we are going to set the tone today -- yesterday, today and in the days that follow during this lame duck, the tone that will establish the relationships and the courtesies that we are going to have going forward in the next congress, we need to make

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