Debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking and minority member of the committee of Natural Resources or their respective designees. The gentleman from arkansas, mr. Westerman, and gentleman from colorado, mr. Neguse, will cole 30 minutes. The chair recognizes th gentleman from arkansas, mr. Westerman. Mr. Westerman i ask all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h. R. 3397. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Westerman mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of representative curtis bill, h. R. 3397, the we were Economic Security today act, or west act of 2024. The west act withdraws the flawed illegal conservation and Landscape Health rule which was finalized earlier this month by the bureau of Land Management or the b. L. M. You may be asking, why is a rule focused on conservation and Landscape Health so bad . Well, it wouldnt be bad if thats what it was really focus
Bills to go to the floor where theres no guarantee they will pass will show hard liners, the speaker is working in good faith, and get the hard liners on board for a shortterm Spending Bill to keep things open. Will that work . Theres also talk of a Discharge Petition where six republicans cross the aisle and allow democrats to bring a funding bill to the floor themselves. How likely is that . And senator schumer is working on a shell bell that will include a stopgap spending measure, including ukraine aid and disaster relief, which Mitch Mcconnell is helping to nail down. If they do send it to the house, does Speaker Mccarthy put that bill on the floor. If he doesnt, there will be a shutdown. If he does, he might face a vote to strip him of his gavel. If that does happen, do democrats get involved . Well, maybe. Heres what one democrat told my colleague ali vitali on way too early this morning. Would you yourself vote to save mccarthys speakership if it came to a motion to vacate . Ye
we have all along tried to balance keeping people safe and also the economic recovery and getting people back to work and helping people survive. there is an aspect of this order bringing some confusion and questions, and that is that you ordered that local jurisdictions cannot make rules that are more restrictive than the state. why should they not have that freedom? has not with the order does. it s just the opposite, actually. it grants federal government it grants local governments to be more restrictive, and many of them have and wilkin didn t you it grants local governments the power to be more restrictive, and many of them have and will continue to do so. our local governments cannot be less restrictive, but they can be more restrictive if they want to, and several of them are. one thing a lot of people are talking about right now is getting back to normal. when do you think it will feel normal again for maryland? governor hogan: it s a hard question. a wee
the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain criben. chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. holy god, a year ago normal was turned on its head. national pastimes canceled their seasons and broadway went dark. since then, our whole lives have been tragically upended, and our sense of health and welfare forever threatened. but you in your mercy have set before us many who have stood firm in the face of this year of incredible disruption and uncertainty. god, we offer our deep felt gratitude for the frontline workers. medical personnel, and first responders. as well as those who have borne the responsibility for maintaining the nation s infrastructure in all its forms. sanitation, communication, transportation. we lift up to you in thanksgiving all teachers, counselors, caregivers, and parents who have upheld their commitment to the well-being and the future of our country. i offer this prayer in these chambers because eac
we have the conversation about he won t be given security, won t be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. fox & friends first starts right now. i m on top of the work. i m on top of the world. waiting on this for a while now. jillian: we might not be necessarily on top of the world. we re coming at you live from all across the world with benjamin hall live in long of don, i m live in new york city. and welcome to the show. that line thrown under the bus like get it, thrown, like the royals, pretty good one. there are shock waves on this side of the pond this morning. that interview causing a lot of headlines. we ll get to that later on in the show. it s going to be busy. jillian: with that we say good morning, you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m jillian mele. i m benjamin hall, in for todd piro. the house is set to receive the covid relief bill after it passes the senate