Technical change, a small technical change in the resolution that was passed by the house. This is where the u. S. Needs to stand firm. Its how we can stand firm for freedom. I encourage the passage of this resolution, and i encourage that we as a body will continue to stand for a free and open internet. And with that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. The question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to Senate Concurrent Resolution 50. As many as are in favor will signify by saying aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair black plaque mr. Speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore 2 3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the concurrent resolution is agreed to mrs. Blackburn i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. All those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing
In all but the closest one to Eastern Kentucky was in atlanta. Requiring kentuckians to make a 14hour round trip drive simply to attend. So its pretty clear from the location of all these listening sessions the e. P. A. Did not want any real input. Thats why i convened a listening session in pikeville that resulted in the powerful testimony ive shared with my colleagues today. Since the obama e. P. A. Would not come to kentucky, i brought the voices of kentuckians to e. P. A. We held three panels composed of those in the coal industry, miners and their families. And local elected officials to illuminate the disruption in these communities caused in large part by the war on coal. Many of my constituents filled out comment cards and my office delivered them yesterday to the e. P. A. Along with the hearing testimony. I want to leave my colleagues with the comments of one kentuckian, justin bradford, who is a retired teacher in pikeville. Heres what justine bradford, excuse me. Heres what
U. S. Lson center examines brazil relations. You can see it live starting at 10 a. M. Eastern here on cspan. Later, the brookings institution. Osted a discussion that is live at 2 p. M. Eastern. She was everyones soul sister. She laid her life out for everyone to see. Us about what life was like in suburbia for women in the 1960s through the 1990s. One of the wonderful things about her is that she wrote mainly humor. It was humor that was accessible to everyone. It was humor that happened in everybodys lives, but they may not recognize it until they saw it written on the page or in a newspaper column because funny things happen to us all the time , but we have to be on the lookout for it and she was the one that focused our attention on the funny things that happen in a family. That the you see my craziness and jives you nuts. When you look back, that was really funny. That is a real gift. That is a literary gift. It wrecks the life and times of erma bombeck. Saturday at noon on cspan
The Prime Minister of israel is telling his citizens to prepare for a long conflict in the gaza strip. Benjamin netanyahu says the operation against the islamist group, hamas, will continue until military forces accomplish their mission. Both sides are trading blame yet again for the latest casualties in this threeweeklong conflict. Nhk worlds craig dale is following this story for us. Reporter Prime Minister netanyahu is showing no signs of softening his position. He said, quote, there is no war more just than this. Netanyahu went on television to tell israelis that this war wont be over any time soon. The Prime Minister says stamina and determination are required in the struggle against hamas and its allies. He repeated one of his goals, the demilitarization of the gaza strip. Now, netanyahu says to do that, his troops must continue to destroy tunnels hamas fighters use to infiltrate israel. Israeli commanders say they have demolished about half of the tunnels. They have also been tr
For this and support this and i want to use my remaining time to talk a little bit about the budget resolution the Budget Conference Committee that we are going to talk about later. I completely agree with chairman mckeon. In the spirit what i said about the ndaa, about the necessity of getting our job done, we need to pass a budget. I know it impacts all manner of other pieces of government but im most familiar with what it does to the department of defense to not have a budget, to not have Appropriations Bills, to have to go from c. R. To c. R. To Government Shutdown threat to actual Government Shutdown to another Government Shutdown threat, you simply cannot function as well as you should or as well as you would if you had a dependable budget that said heres what you have. It would never be what all of us want. It is better of the predictability of having an appropriations process. Its critical we Pass National defense authorizing act, its critical we pass the budget. We have to fun