Caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] about 20 minutes left in this discussion. A reminder, you can find it online at cspan. Org wj. The house gaveling back in. We take you now to the floor. He house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. The hat purpose does gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i suspend the house rules and pass h. R. 4920. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 4920, a bill to amentitle 38, United States an , to provide for exception to certain Small Business contracting equirements applicable to the department of Veterans Affairs procurement of certain goods and Services Covered under the Ability One Program, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempe pursuant to the rule, the california, mr. Takano, and the gentleman from will each bost, control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman
we ll see. thank you. good evening. i m bret baier. a huge damage award in the rudy giuliani election worker defamation case. we ll tell you how much the plaintiffs are supposed to receive. the top democrat in the senate says congress is getting stonewalled over ufos. we ll bring you that story. and we look at whether hydroelectric dams are having a dangerous effect on the salmon population. but first breaking tonight, president biden s national security chief says the u.s. and israel are discussing a timetable for scaling back intense combat operations in the war with hamas. jake sullivan speaking again today with israeli leaders and with the palestinian president. these meetings come as we learn of a huge tragedy in northern gaza. our correspondent starts us off tonight live from jerusalem. good evening, nate. bret, israel continues facing pockets of the resistance? the northern gaza strip. israeli soldiers encountered three hostages, but they believed they were hamas t
Representatives. World so we can defend the the speaker pro tempore world . Pursuant to the order of the i repeat, is it not a symptom house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by of senility to be boring from the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The world so we can defend the the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one world . Mr. Speaker, that is so hour and each member other than prophetic and i thank pat the majority and minority leaders and minority whip buchanan for trying to wake up congress before its too late. Limited to five minutes but in. No event shall debate continue mr. Speaker, finally, i have a beyond 11 50 a. M. Poster beside me of uncle sam the chair recognizes the and uncle sam says, i want you. Gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, for five minutes. I want you to understand that ms. Roslehtinen thank you, if you cannot afford to take mr. Speaker. Just 90
Expolice its jurisdiction over the con explicit jurisdiction over the countrys seat of government. The extent to which congress should oversee or intervene in the governance of the district is a debate for another day, but its clearly our responsibility. Current law compels congressional oversight and we must exercise responsibly that jurisdiction. That includes acting to stop legislation that clearly violates the constitutional freedoms of the citizens of the district. Mr. Speaker, its important to note that women are protected by law, both federal and d. C. , from discrimination on the basis of pregnan would actually give employers the right to fire an employee for the Reproductive Health care choices of their spouses or their children. The other side is saying its all right to fire someone because their boss doesnt like their wifes or even their Childrens Health care choices. Talk about restricting someones rights. It would take away a whole range of womens private decisions and mak
Delayed benefits to the families of children dying on faraway battlefields. It is time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough. Shame with the robe of your righteousness. Forgive us. Reform us. And make us whole. In your merciful name, amen. The issue of death benefits for families of military personnel killed in action has evolved since the commons is morning from the senate chaplain, very black and the house passed a bill that will restore the 100,000 death benefit that passed in the house very heavily. There is word from the white house today. Good evening and welcome to a discussion for the next hour on the Government Shutdown, day number nine today. That of discussion about death benefit for military families. The house today, as we. Entioned, past the bill uncertainty in the Senate Whether they will take up. The headline says private foundation to pay death benefits for soldiers. And they talk about moving to defuse one of the mayor controversial cutbacks brought on by the Gove