I hereby appoint the honorable frank r. Wolf to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. Hoyer, for five minutes. Mr. Hoyer mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to pay tribute to an extraordinary life, to an extraordinary individual, to a dear and good friend of mine for many, many years. The el Raymond Lewis was librarian emeritus, the last and lon
On the president s announcement and how it is playing on the editorial pages of major newspapers around the country. Our phone lines are open. Democrats can call in at 2025853881. Independents host you can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages. A very good wednesday morning to you. That announcement by the president yesterday in the rose garden, playing on the front pages of most every major newspaper around the country today here. The president s hometown newspaper, the washington to remain after the war, the goal is largely what the military requested, is what the Washington Post writes. In usa today, obama u. S. Allout by end of 2016. The picture of u. S. Troops there in cavesistan, living with weapons caches, that is the picture there. Want to show you now a little bit more from the president s speech in which he explains how he is going from 9800 troops at the beginning of next year to essentially zero troops at the end of 2016. Here is what he had to say. At t
Captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell tonight, the mystery childrens illness. The alarming disease possibly linked to covid19, impacting kids, putting 15 in intensive care, a health alert sent out to all doctors in new york city to be vigilant, one dads heartbreak. It was the scariest point in my life. There was nothing anyone could do. One at pents n and what it fan th e whiseblower a scientist says he was ousted for raising the alarm with the white house about unsafe drugs and the lack of masks and other protective equipment. The president unmasked traveling across the country for the first time in months, the president tours a factory in arizona, recently retooled to make n95 masks, but hes not
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House speaker john boehner, accusing him of running a dictatorship in the house. Speaker boehner is not willing to negotiate. We have not heard a word from leader mcconnell. Nothing is happening. Reporter mitch mcconnell, the Top Republican in the senate, said its reid who hasnt reached out for weeks. The phone never rang. And so now here we are, five days from the new year, and we might finally start talking. Reporter but talking about what . So far, reid has not introduced the scaleddown bill he was reportedly working on over the christmas holiday. Sources say that bill would extend the bushera tax cuts for americans making less than 250,000 a year. With the clock ticking, reid pointed a finger at the house of representatives, which still hasnt returned to washington. I cant imagine their consciences. Theyre out wherever they are around the country, and were here trying to get something done. Reporter from his home in ohio, Speaker Boehner called on the house to come back this sunday