Representative Butch Wilkins
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thank you for being here. You're always really on the spot,
I think, and really accurate. But I have talked to some of my district
water systems back home, and they said this bill has the potential to save them $100,000 on studies, and most of them are for this bill for that reason, to tell you the truth. And we understand that.
Representative Bell, isn't it true that most of these students working in these camps are doing it because they intend to be in some type of job in the future dealing with children, and that's the reason they're exempted in a lot of cases. It operates as a functional internship in many
and myself as we recognize and honor the Wildlife Officer Michael Neal. Neal. Representative Wilkins has explained the resolution. Does anyone want to speak against
the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives. Members, I invite you to join Representative Catlett, Representative Ferguson,
And without the interdiction of this officer here, it would have been a much worse scene than it turned out to be. Mr. Speaker, would you have the resolution read, please? Mr. Clerk, read the resolution.
And this young man is a well-trained law enforcement officer, but he is also a very brave man. I don't know how many of us could have done what he'd done. But it is without doubt that he saved many lives in West Memphis, Arkansas on that day, including other police officers, including citizens. We had people loose on a Walmart parking lot with automatic or semi-automatic weapons that were very dangerous and had no regard for the law, had little regard for human life.
And Officer Michael Neal, which when y'all saw the committee, y'all probably saw in committee, y'all saw something different than I did. I saw the training. I was familiar with the training he had been through, and I saw his training take place. Recently, he has been honored by many over the last two years, and recently he received the Presidential Medal of Valor, pinned on him by Vice President Joe Biden.
A group of anti-American, anti-government activists on Interstate 40 were stopped by a couple of city police officers from West Memphis, a drug interdiction bunch. These guys were able to kill the two police officers and proceeded to a West Memphis, Arkansas, Walmart parking lot where several officers surrounded them.
with the game fish over the years, because it was approximately 45 years ago or so when I went to work, and I think I was there for every one of them. Of course, my body's starting to show that. But on May 20, 2010, an extraordinary event occurred in West Memphis, Arkansas. Many of you in city, county, local that was able to see this, see the video of this event as we presented the bill to the committee, the resolution to the committee, saw what an event it was.
little nervous when John starts talking about all the things that's going on
at the function of the chair. I think, Representative Hamer, that would be a good ideal if you're willing to table it temporarily and come back next Wednesday so we can hear this in its entirety and give everybody a chance to question it.
Are you prepared to present House Bill 2? You know what? I'm
the bill I'm assuming they have so representably you're recognized to present
are we there did everybody pull up
gonna give the members a few minutes to pull the bill Hold up.
and please have your guests identify himself I'm Rob Hammonds director of elections secretary
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You had to wait until the end of the year to make these donations. Then you had to have a buildup of excess hours. Thank you. Thank you,
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