Impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Here is a look at what they had to say. This is an hour. And revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, our duly elected president took office and even before that, House Democrats had been calling for his impeachment. The rationale may keep changing, and it will, but their quest for impeachment has been never ending. Yet for some reason, this impeachment inquiry is being conducted behind closed doors, leaving many in this poddy and the American People in the dark. Is that fairness . Theyre even refusing to take a formal vote here on the house floor, a fair and open process appears to be the least of their concerns. Instead of wasting valuable time with this baseless inquiry, there is so much more we could and should be doing. We could be ratifying the united statesmexicocanada agreement to help manufacturers and farmers in my district in michigan and across
In a legislative hearing to hear testimony on hr 2694, the pregnant workers fairness act. I note for the subcommittee that ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois and mr. Cohen of tennessee are permitted to participate in todays hearing. Members who sit on the subcommittee and are present shall have First Priority task questions, followed by members after all only Committee Members who are present have gone shall members who are not on the committee on education and labor asked russians. Pursuant to Committee Rule seven c, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. This allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. As a mom and policymaker, i know how important it is to protect the Economic Security of pregnant women and working families. Unfortunately, our current laws are inadequate and many pregnant workers are placed on unpaid ,
Session. We will bring you gaveltogavel coverage as we always do. Its go to the house floor. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. House ir lays before the a communication from the speaker. He clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , october 17 2019. I october 17, 2019. Hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member
The committee on education and labor will come to order. Welcome everyone. A quorum is present. The committee is meeting today in a legislative hearing to hear testimony on hr 2694, the pregnant workers fairness act. I note for the subcommittee that ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois and mr. Cohen of tennessee are permitted to participate in todays hearing. Members who sit on the subcommittee and are present shall have First Priority task questions, followed by members who sit only after all Committee Members who are present have gone shall members who are not on the committee on education and labor ask questions. Pursuant to Committee Rule seven c, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. This allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. As a mom and policymaker, i know how important it is to protect the Economic Security o
School choice in the states and what freedom scholarships might mean there. So i have three state policymakers here today. Kimberly yee is the 36 treasurer of arizona, and were grad to have you here. She stewards a 40 billion state budget and makes sure that the checks go to whom they need to go to. Treasurer yee has a number of firsts under her belt that are worth mentioning. Shes the first asianamerican elected to statewide office in arizona. Shes the first chineseamerican republican woman to win a major statewide office in the United States. She was Senate Majority leader in arizona and not the first, with but notably followed Sandra Day Oconnor about four decades later, so thats worth mentioning. She also, as i said, she chaired the Senate Education committee and helped create the nations First Education savings account in 2011. And interestingly, has a little bit of a pattern, i think, that you worked on the executive team of the former Arizona State treasurer, dean martin, and no