Virginia. Today, it suddenly turned into a raging river. Streets floode flooded in desti, florida. Cars were abandoned. A mudslide blocked roads in montgomery county, virginia. These storms are part of a double threat. A hurricane could be on the way over the weekend. Eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at the cbs station wbz. Eric, how bad will this get . Scott, very stormy times ahead here all the way through this week and into the weekend. This began last weekend and yesterday with those big rainfall totals, double dinlitz in the Florida Panhandle and flash flooding in virginia. We have flood watches from North Carolina up into new england. This is the same area we will watch all the way through this week into sunday, perhaps into next week. It is a classic setup to funnel in a lot of tropical moisture. We have a dip in the jetstream drawing in a lot of moisture. It has nowhere to go. Its trapped on the east coast. Scott, this is the type of setup we want people to take note of a
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 413, the nays are two. 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Without objection, the title is amended. He house will be in order. Members, please remove your conversation from the floor, into the appropriate cloakrooms r off the floor. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on the motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. Or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. Any record vote on the postponed question will be taken later. He house will be in order. The house will be in order. For what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition . Mr. Chaffetz i move that the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 1170the Breast Cancer Research Stamp reauthorization act of 2015. The speaker pro
Force behind the creation of southern california. He became the first chief judge of the District Court serving in that position until he was appointed to the ninth Circuit Court of appeals. Judge carter judge keep graduated from the San Diego School of law as its valedictorian, becaming the first female judge for the Southern Court of california and later the first female chief judge. And this honors judge john rhodes who served as a federal judge in san diego for 22 years and was widely respected and beloved throughout the regions legal community. Udge s. Judges, carter, keep and rhodes showed excellence and integrity. Im proud to honor their legacy with this legislation, and i want to thank two of my colleagues in particular, congresswoman susan davis who represented this area before i did, and led this effort for the past several years. And congressman darrell issa for his support and great amendments to the bill. Its better because of his work. And im proud to have worked with the
Millions of American Youth is upon us. May our appreciation as a nation of the value of education among those who are our future be incentive enough to guarantee its importance in our Public Policy consideration. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The gentleman from connecticut. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The gentleman from connecticut. Mr. Courtney thank you, mr. Speaker, i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested the speaker the yeas and nays are
Mccarthy could not do in the 1950s, something virtually unprecedented. 60 years ago, joe mccarthy tried and failed to obtain a criminal conviction of an american citizen after she professed her innocence before his committee and asserted her right not to testify under the fifth amendment. I want to read briefly from the hearing transcript. In 1954, senator mccarthy accused a woman named diana hogue of being a communist. She worked at the Westinghouse Company in a small town in new york, making 1. 71 per hour. The similarities to the hearing today are striking. Ms. Hogue said this, i have never engaged in espionage or sabotage. I am not so engaged. I will not so engage in the future. I am not a spy nor saboteur. Like chairman issa, senator mccarthy argued that she waived her fifth amendment rights stating, when a witness said she never engaged in espionage, then she waived the fifth amendment, not nearly as to that question, but to the entire field of espionage. Like chairman issa is do