The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. January 14, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2020rk 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 with the time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, recently hi the pleasure of kicking off the new year by
Thats right, fred. Lets start with the president saying that he believes he would be within his rights to ask attorney general bill barr to look into former Vice President joe biden and his son, hunter biden. This stemmed from events that took place in 2016, when joe biden was in office. Then Vice President biden was one of several western leaders to push for the ouster of ukraines then top prosecutor. That ukrainian investigator at the time, or around this time, was looking into a Ukrainian Energy company in which hunter biden had a financial interest. Biden was not alone in pressuring this ukrainian official to step down. There is no evidence that joe bidens actions were connected to his sons business activities. Nonetheless, trump said he could be interested in having the attorney general investigate this. In the same interview, he acknowledged Vice President joe biden, at the moment, looks poised to be the most likely democrat to face him in the 2020 election. This also comes as th
From the column: "For the past six years, my administration has been investing in what businesses say they depend on: solid infrastructure, a reliable and qualified workforce, housing, access to child care, safe neighborhoods, and a great quality of life."