Chairman Crowley in Recognition of World Refugee Day (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement in recognition of World Refugee Day: “Today, we recognize the unthinkable hardships that children, families, and the elderly […]

Chairman Crowley Statement on Anniversary of Title IX (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the 45th Anniversary of Title IX: “For more than four decades, Title IX has served as a […]

Saint John of the Cross (1542) Saint John of the Cross was a Spanish mystic, poet, and monastic reformer. A Carmelite monk, he was ordained a priest in 1567. The following year, he joined St. Teresa of Ávila in her […]

The knight’s bones are dust, And his good sword rust; His soul is with the saints, I trust. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Emanation Definition: (noun) Something that issues from a source. Synonyms: Emission Usage: The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations, which Captain Burton mentions, could be distinctly smelt.

Alan Mathison Turing (1912) Turing was a groundbreaking English mathematician and logician who worked on artificial intelligence (AI), among other things. He created the Turing test to determine whether a computer is capable of humanlike thought. His papers on the […]

Amnesty, n.: The state’s magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Precede Definition: (verb) Furnish with a preface or introduction. Synonyms: Preface, Premise, Introduce Usage: She always precedes her lectures with a joke.

Chairman Crowley Statement on the Reintroduction of the Voting Rights Advancement Act (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the reintroduction of the Voting Rights Advancement Act: “Four years ago, the Shelby […]