[inaudible conversations] thank you very much for joining us today, another fun day at the rules committee. Before we begin id like to take a moment and recognize the immense bravery and share will of the people of my state, the state of texas, who, and also for the people who are First Responders and volunteers and people across this country who have offered not only the prayers of support but a bunch of people who brought their boats with them, tried to help at the time our nation was in trouble here i would also like to say that the heroism that we witness shows i think the very best of this country and everybody pitched in together. Just walked in from watching this new storm that is out in the atlantic is the largest ever in the history of the recorded at that point, and it hasnt even hit warmer water yet. It is aiming for the United States of america. I would hate to say anyone state because we dont know. Its going to hit america. And the things that we do today are in audit of w
In no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana for five minutes. Each member other than the the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, sorry, mr. Poe. Mr. Poe thapping you, mr. Speaker. Thank you for the time. Mr. Speaker, as the country is recovering from natural disasters that are taking place our land, in the west coast, northwest, we have the wildfires. Over the weekend we have Hurricane Irma going through florida and now through the southeastern states causing havoc. And then of course were still from the hammering that we received in houston and other areas because of rricane harvey where thousands have lost their home over a million cars are destroyed. September 11, 2001. All of us who are old enough remember exactly what we were doing as we should always remember what we were doing that day. A defining
Health Insurance Market for 2018. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce our five witnesses. Welcome to you. After their testimony, senators will have an opportunity to ask the witnesses five minutes of questions. To begin with, we ought not to take for granted the three hearings this committee has had over the last ten days. For seven years hardly a civil word was spoken between republicans and democrats on the Affordable Care act. It was trumpcare versus obamacare day in and day out. But for the last ten days senators from both sides of the aisle have engaged in serious discussion for several hours at a time about what congress can do between now and the end of this month to help limit premium increases for 18 million americans next year and begin to lower premiums in the future. And also to prevent insurers from leaving the markets where those 18 million americans buy insurance. Last week, between the meetings held before our hearings, such
Paramedics and firefighters are on the scene after sundays match in las vegas. In jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an outbreak of the plague causes panic in madagascar as Health Officials call for calm. Leaders called the mediation of their push for independence from spain madrid says theres nothing to talk about. And britains Prime Minister tries to rally the Party Faithful but very little goes according to plan. People in las vegas and throughout the United States are still trying to make sense of the deadliest mass shooting in the countrys modern History Police have described a las vegas gunman as a disturbed and dangerous man who spent decades acquiring firearms but investigators still dont have any answers for why stephen killed fifty eight people and injured hundreds more at a concert on sunday to reports from las vegas. Police say if anyone had knowledge of the gunmans motive the woman he lived with would but after returning from the philippines tuesday Ma
And im fully back to this is the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the doctors the nurses all of the people who are screwing up the. Job thats indescribable hailing First Responders as heroes President Donald Trump mates billies paramedics and firefighters who are on the scene after sundays mass shooting in las vegas meanwhile Senior Republicans say they want to investigate devices that turned guns into rapid fire weapons in the wake of the massacre also this hour kasra naders call for mediation over their push for independence from spain madrid says theres nothing to talk about and an outbreak of the highly contagious spray causes panic in madagascar. Thank you for joining as the u. S. President has commended the efforts of medical staff. And Police Following sundays night mass shooting in las vegas fifty eight people were killed and more than five hundred injured in the massacre the deadliest in modern u. S. History but during his trip t