Programming tonight. Congress has not yet delayed the spelling bee a national holiday, so some of our competitors are still at work, the politicians are still on the hill for late votes, so we will do things a little differently. We will have the journalists compete for their champion, and when the politicians arrive they will battle it out, and the winner of each round will go headtohead to find out who is the champion. So, lets get started. Competing for the press team this year is our defending fromion, Alexandra Petri the washington post. [applause] im still smarting because she beat me last year. John donnelly of cq roll call, a long time press club member. Hey, john. [applause] f npr, myheslow o former colleague. [applause] tillman of buzzfeed. [applause] we have a buzzfeed crowd here. [laughter] cheating, she brought a second competitor. [laughter] gangitano from the hill. [applause] from theawsey washington post. There you are. [applause] eric geller of politico. [applause] is
Fromion, Alexandra Petri the washington post. [applause] im still smarting because she beat me last year. John donnelly of cq roll call, a long time press club member. Hey, john. [applause] f npr, myheslow o former colleague. [applause] tillman of buzzfeed. [applause] we have a buzzfeed crowd here. [laughter] cheating, she brought a second competitor. [laughter] gangitano from the hill. [applause] from theawsey washington post. There you are. [applause] eric geller of politico. [applause] is a great lineup of fierce competitors. Lets have a round of applause ofor them, as they start to think about their spelling. Now, id like to turn the podium over to our friends from scripps, who will introduce their team and go over the rules of the competition. Hello, everyone. I am one of the eight spellers who won the 2019 Scripps National spelling bee in may. [applause] theall ourselves octochamps. [laughter] it is a great honor and privilege to be here today. I would like to thank the Scripps N
Hasnt yet declared spelling bee day a national holiday, some of our competitors are stuck at work. Are onour competition the hill for late votes. We will do things differently and have the journalists compete for their champion and when our politicians arrived, they will battle it out and the winners of each round will go headtohead to find out who is the champion. Lets get started. Competing for the press team this year, we have our defending champion, Alexandra Petri from the washington post. [applause] im still smarting because she beat me last year. John donnelly of cq roll call, a long time press club member. From nr, npr, my former colleague. Oey from buzzfeed alex from the and josh from the ericngton post and finally this is a great lineup of fierce competitors select have a round of applause and now, i would like to turn to scripts and they will go over the rules of the competition. Hello, everyone. I am one of the eight spellers who won the 2019 Scripps National spelling bee i
The secretary madam speaker. Im directed by the president of the United States to deliver to the house of representatives messages in writing. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postponefurther proceedings to suspend the rules on which the the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to. The house will resume proceedings on the postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano i move the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 4625 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title the clerk a bill to amend title 38, United States code, to require that educational institutions abide by certain principles as a condition of approval for purposes of the Educational Assistance programs of the department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Takano, and the gentleman from tennessee
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order o. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. October 18, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable jode neguse to act as sprothe on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God our father,