Have live members of congress who will speak. I thank you for joining us. We have another halfdozen senators and representatives with record remark we will play once we are done. This is the 20 eighth edition of the congressional pics and follows two days after the Congressional Budget Office, and 854 billion, the record was 234 billion in the 864 billion would be the sixthlargest annual deficit. Since the supposedly earmarked moratorium, members of congress have set a record for the amount of spending according to citizens against government waste cry to which we develop back in 1991 with the bipartisan congressional pork busters coalition. The amount spent was 15. 9 billion, a 3. 0 increase in fiscal year 2019. The numbers may adopt a little bit from 282, two to extend for, decrease of 2. 8 . Since this league in 1991, cagw has identified 111,417 earmarks costing taxpayers 375. 7 billion so yes, those little projects due at up over time. The increase in porkbarrel spending occurred b
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. July 31, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Dianne Degette 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 our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving us another day. We turn to you, much as the psalmist did of old. Though we walk in the midst of dangers, you guard our lives with when our enemies rage. You stretch out your hand, your right hand saves us. And again we are surrounded by enemies who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Show your greatness in the sky, o god, and your glory over all the earth. And yet again look, your enemies are in an uproar and those who hate you have raised their head against your people. They devise deceptive schemes and lot toget
Subcommittee and communities and technology will not come to order. The chair recognizes himself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good morning and welcome to the subcommittee on communications and technology legislative hearing on legislating to secure americas a wireless future. Today, the subcommittee will consider a number of legislative proposals that address challenges from Spectrum Management to securing our nations team of communications destruction. The proposals before the committee today are h. R. 40 for 62 and the study of how to harness the act over the share act which i introduced with my friend Ranking Member latta. This will require and cia with strategy and advanced technology such as Artificial Intelligence and how frequency coordination and environmental sensing to facilitate more spectrum sharing induced by the federal government. They also require the fcc of the feasible of the existing technologies by the spectrum bench. It was necessary for every more ef
Important to conservatives in 2020 and the Republican Partys future agenda. And later the drug policy alliances kassandra joins us to discuss the history of the war on drugs. [video clip] more need more prisons, jails, more courts, more prosecutors. I am requesting altogether 1. 5 billion in drugrelated spending on Law Enforcement. Former president george h. W. Bush on september 5, 1989, what many site as the beginning of the u. S. War on drugs. Good morning, this is washington journal. 30 years later, the fight against drug abuse continues with news yesterday from President Trump of another 2 billion in funding for the Opioid Crisis. The first hour talking about the legacy of the war on drugs. What experience have you had with it . The numbers to call for those in eastern and central time zones, that is 2027488000. The mountain and pacific regions, 2027488001. We also welcome your comments on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. And send us a tweet at cspanwj. We will show you mome
Man admitting that he was prejudice, which for people of color was, you know, we kind of all said, finally. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. And the house gaveling back in. Well take you live right to the floor. Ered by he guest chaplain, dr. James merritt, Cross Pointe Church, duluth, georgia. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, we come thanking you for sending your son jesus to die for our sins. For these men and women who have given their lives to public service, for the freedom and inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuant of happiness that come from you, our creator. I pray for every member of this sacred house you give them the wisdom of solomon to know what is right, and the strength of daniel to do what is right. May they be ever mindful that they were they will give an account to you for every decision they make and every law they pass. Finally, would you please revive us again that your people may rejoice in you. Hear our prayer in the name