He doesnt do qanon, like trump. Hes not holding the bible upside down. And proceedings will resume. Of uant to clause 1c back to the house floor. Resume. The clerk will report the title. The clerk Union Calendar number 2639, a bill to establish the strength in Diversity Program and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question on amendment number 9 house in part b of report 116502 offered by the gentleman from massachusetts on proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas and nays were ordered. He clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 9 printed in part b of house by mr. 16502 offered moulton of massachusetts. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the amendment by the gentleman from massachusetts. Members will record their votes. Y Electronic Device for what purpose does the rise . Man from california madam speaker, as the member chu, pursuant s. To h. Res. 965, i inform the will vo
Day. There have been two Peace Agreements with israel in the last 72 years. This is now the second Peace Agreement that weve announced in the last month, and i am very hopeful that there will be more to follow. I can tell you theres tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of other countries to also join. Theres more countries as more countries normalize relations with israel, which will happen quite quickly, we believe, the region will become more and more stable, secure and prosperous. In the meantime, were pulling most of our soldiers occupant. So were doing it the opposite way. They were doing it with nothing but fight and blood all over the place. The sand was loaded up be blood, and now youre going to see a lot of that sand is going to be loaded up with peace. Lou the president s announcement coincides with the arrival of secretary of state mike pompeo in qatar. The secretary of state set to participate in peace negotiations between the taliban and the afghan government. Those talks will
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 17, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable david n. Cicilline to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the assistant parliamentarian. O father of mercies, god of all comfort, our only help in time of need, we humbly beseech thee to behold, visit and relief all our servants for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon us all with mercy. Comfort us with goodness. Preserve us from the temptations of the enemy, and give us patience under our aflick shun. In our good time restore us to health and enable us to lead the residue of our lives in thy fear and to thy glory and grant finally we may dwell with thee in life everlasting, main. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967,
All credible reports of hate crimes against asian data on the collect rise of hate crimes incidents hold covid19 and to perpetrators accountable. The covid19 pandemic is an country. Risis for our over 6. 6 million americans have been infected, and almost from covid19. Ed lives of ected the almost every american for some ay and it will do so for some time as we brace for the infections. Second Asian Americans have been forced to carry the added anxiety of prejudice, racial including racially motivated harassment and violence stemming from a stigma thats unfairly associated them with covid19 virus origins in china, a stigma thats been reinforced by rhetoric a link. Ng such according to the Asian Pacific planning council, since march 19, there have been antiasian00 cases of discrimination related to covid19. Resolution, at the pandemics earliest stage in this country, between february 9 400march 7, there were over such incidents. These include the stabbings of asian mother father and fath
Africanamericans come to congress in the 19th century is not one a lot of people are familiar with. We actually had 22 africanamericans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house, two in the senate. Its largely a house story. And it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war and the in decade after. During the civil war there were a group of radicals in congress, radicals because they believed in the equality of africanamericans and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. These were radicals in the house like Thaddeus Stevens who was chairman of the ways and Means Committee and a very powerful leader. Also people like henry winter davis. In the Senate People like charles somner and benjamin wade. And they led to not only prosecute the war more vigorously but also to have a reconstruction after the war but was one that was not so lenient towards Southern States and was going to ensure that Political Rights were extended to af