Of direct payments for Contact Tracing. House democrats move forward after negotiations with the white house failed to produce a compromise. Floor debate before the final vote. Lowey, is recognized. Mrs. Lowey im pleased to yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from massachusetts, from my class, the chair of the committee on ways and means, mr. Neal. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts, chairman neal is recognized. Ms. Neal thank you, madam chairwoman. I stand in support of the updated heroes act. The previous gentleman was dismissive of the idea that there is some import to this moment in terms of getting a package done. So that means expanding Unemployment Insurance, thats not important . Unemployment insurance that we might consider now which is part of the need of the American Family . A reminder, there are 26 million americans right now collecting Unemployment Insurance. Let me put this in terms of what an economist might say. If we dont expand Une
This includes the National Fish Habitat Conservation through partnerships provision, a bill i championed. This title establishes a National Fish habitat board that supports a successful Publicprivate Partnership to restore fish habitat. I would like to thank the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources committee, rob bishop, and the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife, tom mcclintock. I would also like to to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their ceaseless effort and commitment to making sure we do everything we can to conserve prork tect and enhance the resources that we are in charge of taking care of. I look forward to continuing to advance other important provisions, but this bill hopefully will be on its way to the president s desk. As cochair of the Chesapeake Bay watershed task force i would specifically like to act modge my friends an colleagues in the bay delegation who labored so hard for so long to help clean up our great Che
Given adequate steps this is the language in the bill. Madam re the facts, chair. If attorney general barr was given Broad Authority to take adequate steps in correcting the in any democratic district, imagine that. Imagine the uproar. There would be a public uproar. Same could be said for a democratic attorney general. This section not only gives Broad Authority to the a. G. But its extremely vague and will leave state and local Election Officials struggling to comply with this section. To make matters worse, weve not heard from a sing the state or local election single state or local election official about how this might affect their ability to conduct elections. This is the reason why we have hearingings and call people into congress to listen to them about the impact of legislation that were debating in this house. And we did not have a single hearing before this bill was rushed to the floor. This is not regular order. This is not what the democratic majority promised when they we
The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 211 a bill to amend the Financial Stability act of 2010 to modify the term of the independent member of the Financial Stability oversight council. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill . Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore 2 3 being in the affirmative. And without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will come to order. The house will come to order. Please, members, take conversations out of the well and out of
The chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. Sir, pursuant to section 3 of the elliss spotted bear commission on native children act, public law 114244, i am pleased to appoint dr. Dough lore rest big foot to the commission on native children native children commission. Thank you for your attention to this appointment. Signed, sincerely, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee seek recognition . For what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee seek recognition . Mrs. Black mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and includeheir remarks and extraneous material on h. Con. Res. 71, currently under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Pursuant to House Resolution 553 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the