Vote on a bill started last year last week, i should say, on what almost 1 trillion in spending and theyll begin consideration of another spending bill totaling 384 billion. Live house coverage is here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by he guest chaplain, pastor ryan hodges, rocky faith church, north carolina. The chaplain dear heavenly father, in jesus name i want to thank you for today, thank you for salvation. He bible says in i timothy 2 12, i exert you first of all that supplications, prayers, intersessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all that are in authority that we may live a quiet and peaceable life in godliness and all honesty. Thank you for the members of the house, men and women of congress, and for their families. I pray for their work, their wisdom, and their walk. Pray that you would forgive us our sins as individuals and as a nation. Im truly grateful that jesus iid, in him that cometh
I welcome every day for the need to reauthorize the Compensation Fund i recognize myself for a opening statement. September 11 is one of the deadliest days with almost 3000 lives lost because the terrorist attacks in the United States on the day with casualty numbers much higher and offsite and the fact that we dont know the full casualty count almost 18 years later, thats because years after 9 11 tens of thousands of First Responders who ran towards the toxic clouds unleashed on that day as well as members of the community surrounding the crash site continue to develop cancers and other diseases that prematurely end their lives. We undermined their employment like prospects with related illnesses and many people may not even be aware of that fact we continue suffering congress and in september 11 and legislation passed in 2010. We found in law and authorized the fund for five years and congress established the original fund 11 days after 9 11 to provide compensation for those physical
To order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on the department of justice Civil Rights Division. With that, we will have the pledge of allegiance. Will the gentleman from arizona lead us in the pledge of allegiance . Our colleague, mr. Biggs marzano will be able to participate in the hearing today for the purpose of questioning the witness. If a member yields him time for that purpose, i will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Thank our witness for being here today. The Civil Rights Division is responsible for the enforcement of civil rights statutes enacted by congress and related constitutional guarantees. This is an issue that is near and dear to my heart. I too, in a previous life served in the department of justice, having served as special assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of texas. My job there as the witness and my colleagues know is to equally enforce the law. My g
In the United States. The america i grew up in is a place where we dont put our political opponents in prison. We let the Voters Decide who is best to lead the nation. Nor did we criminalize political differences because thats what they do in repressive regimes. Russian opposition activist sinced to 19 years. Russian court finding him guilty of founding and funding an extremist organization. Laura now, after i read through this latest indictment of trump, i found myself asking how can we now really say that were any better than what were seeing in the old former soviet union . We will get to the legal farce that is this indictment in a few moment. But, right now all of you need to know something very important about this liberal Fulton County d. A. Fani willis. Now, after her unconscionablably dragging out her investigation of donald trump for about two and a half years, she was suddenly, last night, in this huge rush, desperate to get the indictment out there. So much so that she took
Gives testimony before a house judiciary subcommittee. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, we are authorized to declare a recess at any time. We welcome everyone to the hearing on the department of justice civil Rights Division. With that, we will have the pledge of allegiance with the gentleman from arizona leading us to the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I think our witness for being here today. Civil Rights Division is responsible for the enforcement of his local civil rights statutes here in congress and related constitutional guarantees. This is an issue near and dear to my hard. I too in a previous life served in the United States and the e Eastern District of texas. My job there as a witness, my colleagues know, was to equally enforce the law. My