[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] 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 room, 19, ngton, d. C. , november 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2020, 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 time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limi
Mail, Committee Members asked witnesses about mr. Dejoys ownership of a company that contracted its services to the usps. The chair would ask without objection that ms. Debbie wassermanschultz i got it right here. Ms. Cooper and representative mary gay scanlon beor waived on the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to s our hearings on recent developments regarding the Postal Service and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement and i will recognize the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Does the chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . Ill recognize here with your permission after myself. O our colleague ms. Lawrence is going to issue have an Opening Statement. I will recognize if somebodyv on your side wants to have additional okay. That would be fine. The cr you justow let me know. Okay. Theit s Postal Service is the crowned jewel of our federal government. It emplo serves every household b
Today, lead our senators along the road of humility so that you can exalt them in due time. May they have the wisdom to reap the bountiful harvest that comes from planting the seeds of lowliness and reverential awe. Lord, make them wise and strong, as they face National Challenges that threaten our freedoms. Guide them, strong deliverer, for they are pilgrims in time who are headed for eternity. Continue in everything to work for the good of those who love you, who are called according to your purposes. Keep us, o god, so dedicated to you and your purposes that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. 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. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr.
The Democratic National Convention Continues now. Good evening and welcome to our special pbs newshour npr coverage of the Democratic National convention in philadelphia p. Im gwen ifill and im Judy Woodruff, joining us is nprs Rachel Martin, and here in the booth mark shields, david brooks. And also mara elliiason and down on the floor, john yang and susan davis. On the second night Hillary Clinton officially became the nominee and we are going to hear from her husband, former president bill clinton right after this break. Funding for this program has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Welcome back we are here are our entire Political Team as the Democratic Party kicks off the second night of the 2016 president ial nominating Convention Last night was about unifying the party and tonight is a celebration of a historical moment the first female nominee of a Major Political party in the United States. The theme this evening
Reporter last night a driver hit a 13 year old igniting a conversation about a Pedestrian Safety here. Police said is the third accident at the intersection in five years. The other two did not involve a pedestrian. The intersection has to stop signs. One for both the existing skyline plaza and the other comes out of the neighborhood across the street. This is kind of scary because people getting off the freeway do not have a stop sign and they just the right through it and not Pay Attention to pedestrians. I have gone to two City Council Meetings twice. I have complained over the fall about it and the only thing that they have done about it was put up a sign a little yellow ciba said stop for pedestrians which is useless. It has been 24 hours since the accident. Pedestrians and need to be aware that a crosswalk, a signal, and a stop sign that this not ensure one security. You have to be alert. You have to take responsibility for yourself as you are crossing the street because view of