The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by dipesh chaplain, pandya dan from Swaminarayan Sanstha from warrington, ennsylvania. Olord, lead us from illusion to the truth, lead us from darkness to light, lead us from death to immortality. May everyone in the world be happy. May everyone be healthy. May all be what is good. Be there no suffering. O lord, may the skies give us peace, may space bring us peace, may the earth give us peace, may may herbs give peace, and plants give us peace, may all the beings of the earth may all of your creations bring us peace, may peace prevail throughout the universe. H we are here to celebrate a inch ndu festival of light, i nvoke my spiritual leader, his holyness, in the joy of others, n the progress of others, in the good of others. O lord, may all the members of this house and their staff receive your guidance in their thoughts and actions. May our armed forces be victorious and may they be protected. My god ble
Ommittee and have pledged to oppose it here shortly. Again, this mcadams amendment release for ess democrats, so amend and pretend, cadams day with the m amendment. I want to be clear i do not oppose the amendment. And am opposed disappointed that my democratic olleagues have offered another amendment thats a stunt, another stunt provision for this deadend bill. We had a bipartisan path forward, and democrats are wasting floor time with this enacted will never be into law. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. I yield one minute to the gentlelady from california. Ms. Waters i thank the gentleman for offering this important amendment. This will amendment builds on the important work of the the gentleman from new york on combatting illegal opioids in this country. The cost of their involvement in the illegal trade, do not get benefits. Xim i strongly support the gentlemans amendment to strengthen this bill with respect to preventing illegal trafficking of sy
Day. As members return to the capitol after two weeks of gatheringings and work in their home districts, may they be renewed in energy to address the issues of these historic days. May a sincere love for and dedication to our form of government prevail over partisan interests, that our experiment in republican democracy might turn into a hopeful future. May we all be forever grateful that our nation was founded by gifted politicians. Founders who gave the world the great gift of Representative Government having rights guaranteed by a constitution truly inspired. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from washington, mr. Newhouse. Mr. New house madge and to the republic for which it stands, one nation unde
Everywhere are drug lords taking over everywhere . I think these people would rather live in their home country and make a living where they are at. Host the house is about to gavel in for their legislative session. We will take you up to capitol hill. Live coverage here on cspan. 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. February 29, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable dell w. Strong to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024 the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority leader and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties and the time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and maj
rules and pass senate 3580 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: senate 3580. an act to amend title 46, united states code, with respect to prohibited acts by ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler of penns