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. Send your spirit of peace and calm that all might have confidence in your faithfulness to us. That no matter what lies ahead your grace is abundantly available. Now we approach a week during which all americans will gather to remember who we are. A nation generously blessed not only by you, our god, but by courageous ancestors faithful allies, and the best good wishes of people everywhere who long for freedom, who would glory in the difficult work of participative government and who do not enjoy the bounty we are privileged to possess. Bless the members of this assembly and us all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans. Help us all to be truly thankful and appropriately generous in our response. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The sp
The chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. Madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on october 28, 2019, at 12 27 p. M. That the Senate Passed senate 2665. That the Senate Passed senate 2107. With best wishes i am sinned sign searly, cheryl l johnson. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 clause 6 of rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at later time. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition . Miss bonamici, mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 4334, as amended. T
He is also a member of the ways and means committee. We appreciate your time. The house of representatives is just about to come in. We will take you to them now. 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. October 30, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes th
Members had town hall meetings, press conferences and the rest, to listen to peoples concerns, to share what we intended to do. And now that were back this week, two committees, education and labor under bobby scotts leadership, will be marking up h. R. 3. Energy and commerce, under frank chairman frank pallone, will be marking up h. R. 3. And ways and means committee, mr. Neal, chairman neal will be having a hearing on the bill this week and marking it up next week. So were really going down a path of passing legislation that will be transformative in the lives of the american people. For what it will save them, what it will save the taxpayers. Might be interesting to know that in the course of this past week or so, Congressional Budget Office reported that h. R. 3 will save taxpayers 345 billion on the Medicare Part d piece alone. And that it will the office of the actuary reported that drug negotiations in medicare and medicare inflation rebates will save households 158 billion. And
Cycle is exponential increase in democrats running for Congress Taking as the no corporate pact pledge. Speaker pelosi today is a very sad day for us as we all awaken to the sad news of the passing of our dear friend, revered and respected colleague, congressman mr. Chairman, Elijah Cummings of maryland. My brother in baltimore. He was in the congress, elijah, was considered a north star. He was the leader of towering character and integrity. He lived the american dream. Phi beta hes kappa from howard and chairman, very Important Committee in the congress of the united states. He lived the american dream. And he wanted it for everyone else. He spoke with unsurpassed clarity and moral integrity when he spoke on the floor. Had the just coincidental opportunity to speak to be at breakfast with someone who served with him in the state legislature in maryland, and he said when Elijah Cummings would stand up in the state legislature, the house of delegates as its called there, the room would