Floor on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, from the rising of the sun until its setting, you remain the same. We find solace in your changeless faithfulness; your mercies sustain us each hour. Lord, do not keep silent as our lawmakers grapple with the great issues of our time. Reveal your purposes to them, guiding them on the paths of courage and obedience. Lord, remind them that you appointed them to their work, and they are accountable to you. May they not forget that you are the supreme judge of the universe in whose presence humanity must one day stand. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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. The presid
While we were on the august recess, it was projected that theyd reach trillion, doubling the estimate of we simply cannot continue down this path of spending large sums of money without regard to the fiscal future of our nation. This bill takes the same approach American Families take every day. They simply have to do more with less under the biden economy. American families decide every single day where to cut back spending to pay for whats most important for them. For them, those decisions are difficult. Likewise, we have to make tough, difficult decisions for the good of the nation. This represents 2. 7 billion across discretionary accounts throughout this bill except for the Supplemental Program for w. I. C. With this reduction the fiscal year 2024 agriculture appropriation bills discretionary allocation is 15. 1 billion. By redirecting nearly 7. 5 billion in unobligated funds from the inflation reduction act, this funds the food and agriculture and the Commodity Futures Trading Co
Online. Go to www. Cspan. Org, and you will see the icon to click on our live coverage. The Supreme Court oral argument having today. We have been getting protesters and speakers outside all morning. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god we give you thanks for giving us another day. Once again we come to ask wisdom, patience, peace and understanding for the members of this peoples house. Give them the generosity of heart and the courage of true leadership to work toward a common solution to the many issues facing our nation. As true states men and women, may they find the fortitude to make judgments to benefit all americans in their time of need. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal st
Agriculture industry and rural economy. Well bring you his speech that will begin in just moments. We have full coverage and analysis from our panel this whole hour. Dan henninger. Liz peek from fiscal times. Gop strategist, ned ryun, town halls guy benson. David we used all our brown any points to get a guests like that. Dow is showing just shy of a record but longer term moves are looking good. Nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange. It is sad, nicole, so go january pose the year of first five days are not bad, right. We had one record after another. Only the Dow Jones Industrial average pulled back ever so slightly at 14 points. Dow, nasdaq, s p, russell, transportation average hit record highs today. As you noted so goes january. Dow and s p up 2 . Nasdaq is up 3. 7 right now. Great start for a few days in. Of course dow 25,000 was a lot of fun. Optimism from the tax overhaul. You can see technology, a group that did so well in 2017 continues to flourish here. In
Bureau federation was president george h. W. Bush 25 years ago. So it is an indication of what this president thinks about your organization and u. S. People and what you do for the United States economy. Just think about it a year ago you remember what it was like a year ago . Washington was accustomed to writing regulations that strangled growth and freedom. One year ago, washington was accustomed to Political Correctness that smothered the truth. One year ago, washington was accustomed to moving at a bureaucratic pace that was all talk and no action. One year ago, washington was accustomed to apologizing for america being a great nation. Let me tell you, our president , president donald j. Trump, is moving at lightning speed and accomplished more in his first year than most president s do throughout their term. [cheers and applause] sec. Perdue listen to this hes liberated the American Economy by eliminating 860 rules and regulations, cutting 22 regulations for every new one, and a