Extraordinarily important. As far as a bullet goes, more for the record, i know five cdc people arrive and this is different. This is unprecedented and we have a lot of infectious bass diseases. Doctor ben from washington dc, hes help to cure over 5000 kids in uganda and i have introduced a bill and we have asked you repeatedly look into it. We are talking about getting this involved and this is a situation of kids who are dying horrible deaths and i have seen the kids and i have met the children and i had one of the neurosurgeons testify from africa. And that is part of the vision to grow the capacity of the resurgence in africa. I just want to thank you and i want to thank you for your leadership on all of these Global Health issues. We have set a tone for American Leadership at this point tremendous results. The thank you goes to you for these results. On may 22 we will have part of this policy and we a have been designed to take the thousand days approach targeting pregnant women i
Realize in the short term deal with the crisis that families are having, rebuild our economy. The budget we will have come to the floor proposed by mr. Ryan will take us in the wrong direction. With that, thank you, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until n prom and First Lady Michelle Obama are attending a Memorial Service in texas this afternoon for the victims of last weeks shooting at Fort Hood Army base that killed four people, including the gunman and wounded 16 others. President obama among those delivering remarks this afternoon. That will be live on cspan3 as well beginning at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. Lawmakers yesterday questioned the head of the u. S. Agency for International Development about the organizations funding of a social media platform in cuba, reportedly designed to stir political unrest, while administeror down played the report saying the p
What we dont know, teach us. What we cant see, show us. What we dont have, give us. What we arent, make us. Abide with our senators in their labors, using them as vessels for your service. Lord, keep them on the path of integrity, strengthened and sustained by your grace. Bless and keep them. Make your face shine upon them and be gracious to them. Lift the light of your countenance upon them and give them your peace. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 384, s. 2363, which is the hagan sportsmens legislation. The president pro tempore the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 2363, a bill
How would your administration protect americans with preexisting conditions to have access to affordable insurance if the Affordable Care act is struck down . Well, thank you, susan, but let me just say addressing your very first question, i couldnt be more proud to serve as Vice President to a president who stands without apology for the sanctity of human life. Okay. Were going to hear from both campaigns in just minutes. Also this morning the president we know has returned to the oval office from isolation in the white house residence despite the fact that hes almost certainly still contagious, shedding the virus wherever he goes. Now cnn has new details about the president s desire to return to the campaign trail with actual rallies being discussed. Would it be safe to hold a rally right now . Almost nowhere. Look at that map right there, you can see the orange, all the states where there are cases on the rise, the beige the states where cases are steady. Scott jennings, a cnn polit
Individual tax reform is something that would be very challen challenging without doing a broader fiscal agreement because its not likely in a generation dumais jor tax reform and come back and address the tax code again. That led the president to the view in july while he wants to pursue comprehensive tax reform and hopes were in an environment we have a fiscal frame that permits us to make progress there, on the business side there is much more of a coming together of views. Theres kind of convergence of general approaches, if we were able to succeed we would do something very good for the economy by having the business tax rate, the statutory tax rate come down. Our average tax rate is already lower because of all the loopholes that are bringing Many Companies special benefit. But our statutory rate is one of the highest in the world. Th thats an extra burden for companies when they want to have their headquarters in the United States. Its an issue in terms of base erosion and our I