every day for two years ann frank immortalized her story. when i gave the story to maria first she was upset. she looked at the cover and said i don't look like her or talk like her or even preach the same god she prays to. in marinas mind how was this little girl who wasn't latino, didn't speak spanish and was sent from her hood supposed to help her change? i remember asking her to take this book, and maybe she would find herself in the pages of this book. we picked up a plastic champagne glass and toasted for change and in the back of her mind i know she thought there was no way this will grow from a country i can't identify on a map, how is she supposed to help me change and on her toast for change that date it wasn't about number two pencils or scan shrontz, it wasn't about five estes or book reports. maria's change was profound. this little girl at 14 picked up a plastic champagne glass in one hand and the diary of ann frank in another and simply said i don't want to be pregnant by the time i turn 15 like my mother and i don't want

and anne frank. i got out the diary, because i remember vaguely in the back of my mind that she had written something about d-day. well, it turns out to be -- i mean, you have to be a stone not to cry at that anne frank entry on d-day. gertrude stein was up in the hinterlands where italy and switzerland and france come together, trying to just get through world war ii. i've always liked her writing, and i wanted to see what it was like for gertrude on d-day. well, she gave me a hell of a good story, about the germans bowing to her because she was an american. bowing to them -- they'd never done that before. and her friends calling her on the telephone and saying, "congratulations on your birthday." "well, it wasn't my birthday, but we knew what they meant." c-span: there is a headline here -- the wall street journal headline ... >> guest: i love that one. c-span: ... "invasion's impact" -- this is d-day or the day after, i guess. >> guest: june 7. c-span: "invasion's impact marks beginning of end of

and in amterdam a young girl ann franks was inspired to write of the news of d-day as too wonderful, almost too like a fairy tale. and for her even at the age of 14 it was an affirmation that humanity can triumph in the face of carnage. she wrote, i still believe that people are good at heart. and these words written before her short life ended in a diary she thought nobody would ever reach. are perhaps the greatest eeptaff of those grages men and women, that people are good at heart is an inspiration for another generation of courageous men and women in our armed forces whose goodness today is to work for peace in every corner of the world. we salute the devotion of our armed forces, our gratitude to them and our families must always be equal to what they give. above all else, for you, if remaining few, the veterans who have outlived that day, that battle, and that war, who gather here today with your families and with your children, so our children and our children's children will gather here year after year to honor you long after you are gone. and far beyond these moments of refl

frank, it will debut on friday at george washington university and talk about the tolerence of peace. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. brown: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. brown: thank you, madam speaker. for years my republican colleagues and i have focused on implementing an all-of-the-above energy plan to cut the ties of foreign oil and create affordable american energy. however the democrat tax and cap plan will serve as a national energy tax, resulting in fewer jobs. more than $3,100 will be added to the annual energy cost of american families if financial hardship that will greatly impact the poor who spend a large part of their income on energy. these taxes would directly im pact farmers of south carolina as every day costs of fuel and fertilizer may become too expensive for them afford. additionally our state's clean energy production would be excessively taxed. forcing companies to move