Which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. January 10, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable david n. Cicilline to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi barry h. Block, from church, from little rock, arkansas. From congregation bnai israel, from little rock arkansas. The chaplain source of blessing we come before you today asking your blessings upon the United States house of representatives. At this time of grave division, inspire these members of the peoples house to reach across every kind of aisle, to build new friendships that may grow into opportunities for greater understanding, speaking shared solutions to americas greatest problems. As th
Changes the ministration would like to make to the 1973 law, we have to first time guest on washington journal to talk about it, Jonathan Wood have senior attorney. Good morning thank you for joining us and we also say hi to Jason Rylander at the defenders. Good morning to you as well. Remind us in the audience with the endangered species act is and how successful you think its been in the last 40 years. It is one of the worlds most successful wildlife conservations. It is been responsible for bringing back iconic species like the bald eagle, grizzly bear the manatee, humpback wha whale, her remarkable record of 1600 species on the list only 11 have been declared extinct since the listed track record we can be proud of. Host with that being said, do agree with the ministration its time for changes . How come . Guest the truth is, is partially successful, it is been good for preventing extension. 99 are actually understated because most of the species that are gone extinct will probably
The trade war and tariffs are having on farmers across the u. S. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is saturday, august 17. We read that nearly one quarter of the electorate this time around will be 65 or older and seniors vote at a much higher percentage than others. We ask seniors only to call in this morning. What are your top issues for campaign 2020 . If you live in the eastern or central time zones, call 202 7488000. West, 202 out 7488001. You can send a tweet c spanwj. Commentalso post a on facebook. Key to the 2020 democratic president ial nomination. As they talk about iowa, in 2020, 23 of the electorate will be 65 and older. That is the highest share since 1970. In iowa specifically, the numbers are more dramatic those 50 and older accounted for 58 of democratic caucusgoers in 2016. 28 were 65 and older. Clear thateeds to be 60 of caucusgoers are going to be over the age of 50 said brad anderson, who is a f
Tremendous job he is doing in arkansas and were grateful to have her on board and like i said were pleased that youre here and all that you represent. Thank you. Thank you, senator boseman. Were going to start with you, ali. Im going to follow the direction of senator carper and take your short name, all right . You are recognized. Chairman and house Ranking Member boxer and members of the committee my name is ali mirzakhalili, delawares director of air quality. I thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I would like to share with you delawares view of the respective roles and responsibilities of the epa, state and the u. S. Congress with respect to complying with various environmental statutes and associated regulatory actions to protect Public Health and environment. The Clean Air Act has been a huge success, preventing literally hundreds of thousands of premature deaths as well as averting millions of incidents and mobility. The Health Benefits associated with the Clean Air A
A reminder, well have live coverage of mrs. Reagans funeral from the president ial library in simi valley friday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. White house spokesman josh earnest took reporters questions about the Supreme Court vacancy, last nights president ial primary and this is a one hour portion of todays briefing. Good afternoon, everybody. I do not have anything off the top so we can go straight to questions. Darlene, would you like to start . Do you have anything to add to your reports that u. S. Special forces are questioning the head of the Islamic State units trying to develop Nuclear Weapons . Unfortunately, i do not. Ive seen those reports. At this point im still constrained im still constrained by some Operational Security concerns from answering them. You do know there are u. S. Military forces that are on the ground in iraq that are part of these forces that are dedicated to carrying out raids, collecting intelligence and where possible getting access to high value targets, but