The house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain. Let us pray. God, our father, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Bless the members of the peoples house as they gather another week in the capital and the graces needed to attend to the issues of the day with wisdom. The results of their effort might benefit citizens of our nation and the world. We also ask your blessing leading into this weekend, upon a world both celebrating sport with the womens world cup competition, and facing heightened, even dangerous tensions in the middle east. Spirit best of the human be manifest in all the actions undertaken by those in positions of responsibility. Be for yourdone greater honor and glory. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from New Hampshire, mr. Pappas. Mr. P
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Good morning, everyone. Lets get things started with fife things to know for this wednesday, august 16th. There are new developments in Donald Trumps georgia indictment. Overnight we learned the form president is expected to be booked into jail at any point in the next nine i days. And were learning his dms on twitter were of great interest for the Special Counsel. New questions this morning about what caused wildfires on maui that are now blamed for 106 deaths. The Washington Post is report ing a downed power line likely caused that first fire on the island. Heres the video of that moment. The soldier that crossed into north korea, his mother is asking he be treated fairly. Oher attempted a 15 million shake dunn before he filed this petition. Cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we start. New overnight, we know where donald trump will likely surrender in Fulton County, georgia, with just nine days left to turn himself in. The former president is expected to be arrested and b
A big thank you for making this possible. I know im â– mdoing your job. But you know, when youre in politics, you have a microphone. Were going to tell you, but we cant thank you enough. Thank you. Not just for coming. Thank you, but for all the research and all the work and the dedication to city that we love. Thank. Thank you so much. Thank you all so thank you for coming out. Thank you. Thank thank you. We are thrilled. Im thrilled to be here. And i thought that i havent done this elsewhere, but i wanted to just because i realize that for many people this all comes like, maybe not you guys so much, but this is all a big, you know, new thing. So but i thought i would just read just very beginning opening of one of the chapters. And this is set in eastern tennessee. I specifically did not do the central bucks one because you guys can do that yourself. So this chapter is chapter four. Its about how weaponizing crt disrupts learning and let me just read this a little bit. Matthew horn w
Books topics take scenes with i interviews and updates and best seller lists. And find those the free cspan now app or wherever you get your podcast. During a visit to milwaukee, President Biden announced 3. 3 billion dollars in Infrastructure Investment to revitalize communities across the u. S. He also touted the benefits of legislation he signed into law during the first half of his presidency and the importance of protecting Social Security. This is 20 minutes. Please welcome ray hill, historic key drive district. [applause] good afternoon. I am ray hill and i have the pleasure and honor as serving as the executive director of the historic king drive Improvement District number eight. [applause]. And today i stand before you not only in a professional capacity, but also as the proud granddaughter of lawrence hill, a man whose resilience and entrepreneurial spirit left a mark on our community. In 1949, my r, honorably discharged from the navy, opened his first restaurant on 619 west