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. May 15, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Diana Degette 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. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Compassionate and merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send down your spirit upon this chamber. May your protective energy banish all malicious elements, and your healing presence inspire the members of this peoples house to recognize and accept the awesome responsibility that is theirs. N this difficult time. Continue to bless all those whose lifes work is in bringing your healing to all those stricken by the coronavirus. Finally, on this peace officers memorial day, we give you thanks for the men and women in blue who stand watch every
Contraction than anyone realized , and the statistics on this pandemic are not all that good, are they . Francine now, they are not great. We have that horrific figure of 2 Million People infected worldwide, however we are seeing the u. S. , germany, and others thinking about relaxing the rules. It is different in japan where they are talking about a state of emergency. Today, overall the initial claim tally is said to push the fourweek total to 22 Million People without a job. We will spend time talking about that, and we have a headline from apple. I just got the air pods. Apple plans over a year headphones to bolster business working from home. Tom we have seen apple with product announcements including the smaller i found in the last lasturs, iphone in the 48 hours and they are separated from the collapse in smallcap. Right now, here is viviana hurtado. Viviana donald trump will unveil today plans to relax stayathome guidelines and suggests the coronavirus is flatlining in parts of
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Now online at span. Org or at 8 00 p. M. Friday on cspan. House republicans are meeting in this week for their annual policy retreat. To kick things off house leader Kevin Mccarthy held a News Conference to discuss the agenda and take reporters on range of topics including the house Judiciary Committees impeachment on procedures. Congressman mccarthy was joined of the anking members judiciary and Oversight Committee as well as representative dan bishop, who election this week in North Carolinas ninth congressional district. [captions Copyright National cable satellite 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] good afternoon, im mark and im president of the Congressional Institute and im pleased to welcome you to republican member retreat. The Congressional Institute has Congress Since 1987. We think its important for members of congress to get ogether and discuss the important issues t
Theood afternoon, i am president of Congressional Institute and am pleased to welcome you to the 2019 House Republican member retreat. The Congressional Institute has sponsored this Congress Since 1987. We believe it is important for members of congress to get together and discuss the important issues americans are concerned about. Care, ar, health vibrant economy, and Innovative Technology ideas. The Congressional Institute is very involved in congressional reform. We have looked at reform ideas to make the budget process effective and other solutions to strengthen congress. You can find our research and other information about congress on our website, constitutionalinstitute. Org. It is also a brandnew website, so please let us know how you can report on congressional operations and reform measures. Now, its my great and distinct honor to introduce the House Republican leader, kevin mccarthy. Mr. Mccarthy please, hold your applause. Thank you again. This is our weekly press conferenc