Reform. And the reason why that is such an important issue to those in the hispanic community. This want to get to panel. We have a lot of ground to cover. I want to remind you that as they go along, we will be taking questions from the audience. And there will be members of staff who will be going around with microphones. So raise your hand, i will call on you. But let me introduce our panelists if theyll come into the room. Thats your cue. Let me start on my left, representative luis gutierrez. He is in his 11th term in congress. He is from chicago. Weve known each other for that long. Representative gutierrez is nationally recognized for his tireless leadership championing issues that are important to latino and immigrant communities. He has been in the forefront on the Immigration Reform efforts in congress. Is representative next to him is representative joe crowley. Aepresentative crowley is lifelong new yorker and has served the people of the bronx since 1998. He is the vice cha
45 goppers will say they will vote for this ink. Up to 15 democrats. Can the senator bring on enough democrats on board to make the bill go . I think she can. I will make prediction. It will be 61 votes. Gerri really . That is turnaround from what weve been hearing. A lot at stake in this vote. What do you think is gained by passing this legislation . Jobs, economic activity, energy independence. America taking bold action which we always should and always have in the past of the of the United States is only person against the xl pipeline. The state Department Approved it five times. Every state it goes through and the country wants it and we need to do it and do it now. Gerri two votes to gain here who will they be . What democrats cross the line . I will not get into naming names. I will wait until they show it on the scoreboard. Gerri well watch for that. Meantime youve been on record backing this proposal obviously. Youve been, added your signature to letters that went to the presi
Speaker of the house of representatives the speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2016, the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and majority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 15 p. M. 1 clop 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. Roybalallard, for five minutes. Ms. Roybalallard i ask unanimous consent to address the house. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Roybalallard mr. Speaker, the primary responsibility of congress is to keep our nation safe. However, we are 133 days into the 25th fiscal year and the department of Homeland Security is without a budget. The department is trying to fulfill its mission under the uncertainty of a continuing resolution set to expire in 18 days. Last week the department of Homeland Security submitted its fiscal year 2016 budget bu
In asia the shanghai composite closes lower after an erratic session that saw shares dip into direction territory. The french drug maker with one of the best performing stocks in europe with reports that pfizer is eyeing a takeover bid. You have a duty to change the face of fifa. These are the words of Sepp Sepp Blatter speaking ahead of a vote on his reelection as president. Italys numbers just hit the table. Growing 0. 3 from the First Quarter from the Fourth Quarter of 2014 confirming a preliminary estimate and also revised up to 0. 1 year over year. Taking a look at the euro a little higher holding on to 109. A similar level that it traded at yesterday. We should point out as we hit the halfway park in 2015 italy is actually the out performer. Ftse mib up 24 year to date. Greece is a top story for us. Theres more mixed messages in the situation in greece. Lagarde warns a grexit could be possible but would not mean the end of the euro. Meanwhile the greek government hopes to wrap up
At the live desk, im erika gonzalez. For now, all the districts 33,000 government workers will stay on the job tomorrow even with a shutdown. Mayor gray decided to tap into the emergency funds. The 134 million fund is made up of local dollars already approved to keep the city running two to three weeks. Last week, the mayor declared all city workers are essential. The white house has the final say on that. So far, they have not commented on that. Dont plan to visit monuments or memorials if the government shutsdown. They will barricade them. They will shut off dozens of fountains including the world war ii memorial. The boating community is going to be hit hard. The boathouses along the anacostia and potomac rivers are located on federal land. They will have to close even though they dont employ federal workers. Local high schools and colleges that keep their boats at the boathouses are going feel it, too. We have put a lot of work in. If they shut down the boathouse, we are out of luc