March 12, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable debbie lesko to act as speaker pro tpore on this day. Signed m johnson speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house ofuary 9 2024, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitty the majority and minority leaders for morningour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between t parties and each member other than the majority and minority leade and the minority whip limited to five nutes. But in no event shall continue beyond 11 50. M. The chair recognizes the ntleman from new mexico,. Vasquez, for five minutes. Mr. Vasquez thankou, madam speaker. I rise today to pay tributeo a remarkable leader and cherished member of my district and the communy from the vlage of hatch, the chili capital of the james slim which the lock. Last whitlock. Last year i had the prilege of meeting mayor whitlock. It becamevident that slim wasnt just
Unfortunately, it leaves people devastated. You can make plenty of claims. Normally the prediction of the nationals is through the diplomatic protection and if we dont have the forum that can take the cases are very difficult. The bottom line i agree with but that should still be made. The first was put out by the israelis that separated palestine but now you see that it is completely encircled by the war. Where did the others come from . Stanek it is the ball it isnt on the egyptian border except in certain parts, but all of the border between gaza and israel is surrounded by the wall that isnt talked about as much as the bank vault but also is not dividing palestine from israel. Its not among the green line it is 85 is inside the west bank meaning it is taken as it gets a totathe total of 15 of the west bank is swallowed up making sure about the major water aquifers are on the israeli side. Thank you for the wonderful talk. I have a request. The material presented is very excellent f
Theres an army of women ready to support the, and theyre all over the world. That kind of confidence comes from knowing that they exist. But what we found when we did a study in 2013 is that women are sadly left behind in terms of internet access. In our report women in the web which we did with your assist and you with women in polls, we identified how large this gap is. Unfortunately, in Subsaharan Africa is the largest gap that we identified. These women and girls are being left behind for a variety of reasons that been mentioned today. We found that when they have access to the internet have access to education, the information that can help them with health care, job creation, Society Development and disempowerment that comes to meeting others that are like you. And so we know that by closing that gap we can make a tremendous impact. We have been committed to a goal of reducing the gap in Subsaharan Africa by 50 in the next five years, and we have numerous, tremendous partners tha
Mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon is recognized. Mr. Merkley mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Merkley i thank you, mr. President. I ask unanimous consent the period for morning business for debate be extended until 6 00 p. M. , with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Merkley thank you, mr. President , and i note the absence of a quorum. Quorum call mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon is recognized. Mr. Merkley thank you, mr. President. I ask that the qrl be quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Merkley thank you, mr. President. I want to first address the bill that we passed in the early hours this morning. It is a very unusual thing to be passing a bill in the early hours, certainly on the first day of the yea
To the fight against cancer. And mounting concerns over Climate Change. We reached this kind of unfortunate milestone, 400 parts per million of car done carbon dioxide. And that number is something this planet has not seen in millions of years, not in recorded history. Sreenivasan those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the death toll reached 31 today in the russian city of volgograd, after the second suicide bombing in as many days. The first came sunday at the citys main train station. The attacks raised new security