The chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. Sir, pursuant to section 3 of the elliss spotted bear commission on native children act, public law 114244, i am pleased to appoint dr. Dough lore rest big foot to the commission on native children native children commission. Thank you for your attention to this appointment. Signed, sincerely, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee seek recognition . For what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee seek recognition . Mrs. Black mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and includeheir remarks and extraneous material on h. Con. Res. 71, currently under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Pursuant to House Resolution 553 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the
Well call the Sub Committee to order and like to ask that members who are not on the Sub Committee be permed to sit with Sub Committee of todays hearings to ask questions. With that objection that is still ordered i would like to welcome everybody to the hearing today. It is going to focus , obviously, on how we can build the 21st century infrastructure. And a committee that is holding a host of hearings toth gaer idea on what congress can do to achieve this goal and today were going to hear ideas from highways and transit stake holders. Gathering input from stake holders is essential to the process, an that we use to develop Service Transportation policy. And it is valuable in efforts to pass the first longterm highway bilge in a decade and continue to need your assistance with future legislation. Even though with Additional Resources we provided nation Service Transportation system needs additional investment. Enacting longterm solution is a critical component to ensuring that we can
Classic moments of life and in 2011, it was selected in the issue, one of the best photos in life magazine for the past 75 years. American history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on cspan3. The house energy and commerce subcommittee on health met yesterday to hear testimony from members of congress about how the nations Opioid Epidemic has affected their districts and their constituents. Texas congressman, michael burgess, chaired this hearing. Its three hours and fifteen minutes. The subcommittee will come to order and ill recognize myself for an opening statement. The United States of america is in the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic brought to us by opioids. It does not matter where you live, this crisis has touched every corner of american society. While new england and the ohio valley regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic, Health Officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all report a growing number of Overdose Deaths in those c
The ongoing nafta negotiations. Meredith mcgee talks about ads oning Political Social Media platforms. Washington journal is live now. Good morning. It is the washington journal for october 24. President trump will meet with Senate Republicans over plans for tax reforms. They will also work on passing the Senate Resolution on thursday. After that, changing the tax code with a house form of legislation which is set to be unveiled next week. We invite you in this first half hour to participate in the open phone lines. 2027488001 four republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can reach us on twitter at http twitter. Com cspanwj, and you can find us on facebook as well. The Los Angeles Times talks about what President Trump is facing today as he meet with Senate Republicans. He will be confronted with a growing flank of senators who have distanced themselves from the president. That includes bob corker and others who are among the president s top critics. Another c
Guest what else would you like to see . Guest i with a dizzy more reInsurance Programs set up. I would like to see more reInsurance Programs set up. Republicans have not brought that back up as a way to stabilize the markets. With this bill, there will be some flexibility that states can to restart these reInsurance Programs on a statebystate basis. I think we need it throughout the nation. Host are you ok with a state of flux ability . Of flexibility . The great things about this bipartisan agreement is that states will have more flexibility, and it will expedite waiver applications. The protections will remain the same. In other words, the essential health benefits, the comparable costs, so many of those protections that will not create a dual market of low risk and high risk will still be there. That is why i think there are some hopes that this thing will pass. One thing we do want for state flexibility is to design differences in Health Care Delivery models. In some states, like c