Former pres. Clinton thank you very much, bishop. It is an honor to be back. I thank you and the other bishops and pastors who are participating and the other religious leaders who are in the audience. I want to thank monica, john, paul, nathan, the entire Conyers Family for inviting me. I come to pay tribute to my friend. I want to thank this amazing array of political leaders who have come here. John conyers was 90. The governor, the lieutenant governor, the senators, members of the house of representatives, the leaders of the congressional black caucus, the mayor, the county executive, the chief federal judge, reverend jackson, the professor to deliver the eulogy. Dont worry. Dont worry. It says professor, but it means preacher. You will be just fine. [laughter] former pres. Clinton i would like to thank the people of detroit for electing him 27 times. [applause] former pres. Clinton i would like to thank you for giving him the space and support, not just to faithfully represent his
They now must walk the walk. Im incredibly proud to have brought forward this Bipartisan Legislation tonight. I urge my colleagues to join me in voting yes. Thank you. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from illinois reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. But first, lets have some order in the house, please. Take your conversations off the floor. Those of you in the back of the room. Thank you. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Burgess thank you, madam speaker. At this time im pleased to recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. Carter, pharmacist by profession, very valuable member of the Health Subcommittee and the energy and Commerce Committee, for three minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Carter i thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam speaker, i rise to speak in support of h. R. 2115, the Public Disclosure of drug discounts act. Im very glad to see this bill that was part
He is also a member of the ways and means committee. We appreciate your time. The house of representatives is just about to come in. We will take you to them now. 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. October 30, 2019. 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 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 other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes th
Pay tribute to congressman john conyers. He was one of the 13 Founding Members of the Congressional Black Caucus. I stand here today joining the chair of representatives, making him one of the longest serving house members in history, and the first africanamerican to hold the title of dean. Congressman conyers was born in detroit on may 16, 1929. He was the eldest of four sons of john and lucille. He attended Public School and graduated from Northwestern High school. After graduating, he served in the National Guard and joined the u. S. Army. He was inspired by his friend dr. Martin luther king to run for office and was elected to the house of representatives in 1964. Opposed the Death Penalty and fought the Police Brutality and he also led coled, led a cosponsor for the veeting right Voting Rights of 1965 1965. Mr. Conyers also assisted in passing the help america vote act, the violence against women, the Motor Vehicle bill, the jazz preservation act, and the Martin Luther king holida
Americans. Exploding the ranks of the uninsured. All that increases the national ebt by over 2 trillion. 1. 5plus interest. Its a lethal attack on americas jobs, good health and education, on the children and seniors republicans they will force our children to pay this debt. They are robbing from the future. All of this is to hand staggering tax breaks to the wealthiest 1 in corporations shipping jobs overseas. 62 of the tax breaks in the enate bill go to the top 1 . Thats what theyre up to today. After an entire year squandered on republicans special interest giveaways, Congress Faces an urgent, a huge urgent list of overdue priorities for the American People. While the president tweets, i dont see a deal, democrats are simply asking, were so sad because all we want to do is give him some information so he would have some judgment about what he was talking about. Democrats are simply asking for action on a broad set of bipartisan priorities. Things we had already agreed to, but to mak