Thank you, mr. President. I come to the floor today to pay tribute to this great wyoming leader. For nearly a quarter of a century, mike enzi has represented the people of wyoming in washington, and hes done it with intelligence, with intensity e and with integrity. The cowboy state and the capitol are going to sorely miss mike if enzi. Hes truly cemented his legacy as the trusted trail boss of the wyoming congressional delegation, and its been an incredible honor and a great privilege for my wife bobbi and me to serve the people of wyoming alongside mike and husband wife diana who is with us today. I mike is truly a devoted family man as well as a man of great and deep faith. In fact, mike taught sunday school over the decades, many in the Faith Community know that mikes first sunday schoolteacher was my wife bobbis mother, jerry brown. Jerry and husband wife both passed away this year, and they had been married 70 years. He taught sunday school in wyoming, and her star pupil was mike
Forward to our next adventure. Mr. Prident, i yield the floor. [applaus [applause] thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to pay tribute to this great wyoming leader. From nearly a quarter of a century, mike enzi has represented the people of wyoming in washington and hes done it with intelligence, with intensity, and with integrity. The cowboy state and capitol are going to sorely miss mike enzi. Hes truly cemented his legacy of the delegation. Its been a great honor and privilege for my wife bobby to serve the state of wyoming alongside mike and his wife diana with us today. Hes a truly a devoted family man as well as a man of great and deep faith. He thought sunday school over the decades and many in the Community Know that his First Sunday School teacher was my wifes mom. And they both passed away this year and married 70 years. She taught sunday school in the the thermmoplis, wyoming, and her star pupil was mike enzi and she gave him his first bible an
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Welch of vermont, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will vote yes on s. 2193. As the member designated by ms. Trahan of massachusetts, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Trahan will vote yes on s. 2193. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Clay, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Clay will vote aye on s. 2193. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 40 3rks the nays are two 403, the ays are two. 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentlelady from minnesota seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that i
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Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be