On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver 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 our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
Can be really vicious. Sleepy joe biden surrendered. You know where he is right now . Hes in his damn basement. The fallout this morning with senior advicers to both campaigns. Jason miller for trump and Symone Sanders for biden. And wildfires ravage the west coast. Over a million acres burned. Right now, our air quality ranks the worst in the world. The clairon call for action. We have to start thinking there are more climate fires. Were live from the fire zone with Washington Governor Jay Inslee and senator jeff merkley. Plus, the roundtable analyzes all the weeks politics. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week just over seven weeks until election day and the voting has already begun in the battleground state of North Carolina. Georgia and minnesota start this week, in an election that will break new records for early voting and vote by mail. And with the days ticking by, President Trumps still fig
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U. S. House here on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray, lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At a time when so many are worried about business survival, rent payment and unemployment benefits, impell those in our government that are charged with the general welfare to come together to negotiate solutions benefiting all americans in need. Put forth your spirit of wisdom, patience and goodwill upon all the members of congress during these troubling days for so many of our nations citizens. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last
President trump, but a lot of it is your partys message about joe biden. What is your focus in pitching joe biden to the nation . Our focus this week is about uniting america. Not just uniting the party, but uniting america. This is about telling everyone you have a seat at the table. We will be highlighting what we are doing to build back a better america. We will be highlighting the leadership of joe biden and Kamala Harris and this historic partnership. We will be talking about the pandemics confronting america, coronavirus, economic collapse, and our civil rights pandemic. We are going to be talking all week about how democrats are building a vision of an america that works for everyone, Building Back better. What joe biden will do. It is not just a conversation with the luminaries in the party. We are excited to have barack obama, michelle obama, and remarkable speech are speakers of that nature, but people are going to hear from ordinary people doing extraordinary things, a param