Believe child separation is effective, and no one raised their hand. I wanted to note that for the record. I wanted to ask a question from the professor. Is that United States violating or violated human rights agreements set by the United Nations in the family separation policy . Yes. International law is clear family unity should be prioritized. So we asiocortez members of the United Nations signed on to the International Human rights agreement saying clearly family separation is a violation of International Human rights and then pursued a policy that violates human rights. I was looking how do we get to this point. How did we get to this point where we take children out of. Others and fathers arms it dated back we have taken children away from their parents , begin lastprocess year under secretary kiersten nielsen. I had to dig further and the staff dug further. Where did this start in the administration . We found a memo that dates back to april 23 2018. There was an official pursu
Following order. Motions to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 7219 and h. R. 7525. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, the Unfinished Business is vote on the motion of the the gentleman from kansas, mr. Laturner, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 7219 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered the clerk will report the tile of the bill. The clerk h. R. 7219, a bill to ensure federal agencies rely on the best recently available scientific, tech nick call and statistical information and evidence to develop, issue or inform the public of the nature and losses and bases of federal agency rules and guidance and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the the speaker pro tempore the the speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended . Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute
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
Were in this canadian city that were so proud of. Canada is a very energetic and enthusiastic global activist. We believe in doing what we can to try to bring peace and prosperity and freedom to all people in the world. Even as we do that, we are always mindful of the work we have to do here in canada to make our country a better place. One of the things that we feel we havent done very well and that were working on to do better is our relationship with the Indigenous People in canada. For that reason we like to make a point of opening Important International summits like this one with anme acknowledgement o the indigenous presence in canada. Im pleased well be able to open our meeting today with an indigenous welcome. He is going to start things off in a way that should bode well for our deliberations today. Deana, please. [ applause ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] i said good day to you all. My name means the cannibal woman. Its a big woman from the mountains. I earn that name on our