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
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
Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from new york, mr. Engel to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2744 on which yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 2744, a bill to authorize the administrator of the United States agency for International Development to prescribe the manner in which programs of the agency are identified overseas and for other purposes. 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. ]
Friends dont have to be rare. This is joe. When youre connected youre not alone. Cox, supports cspan as a Public Service. Along with these other television provirs. Getting you a front row seat to democracy. Next a look at the covid19 Small Business administration fraud report. The Inspector Generals report found that about 200 billion of pandemic loans were potentially fraudulent. In contrast with the s. B. A. Administrators estimate of 36 billion. The Inspector General testified before a House Committee on the report. The administrator of the s. B. A. Did not attend reportedly due to previously scheduled commitments. Before we begin were going to take a moment to have an opening prayer and the pledge. I recognize congressman dean. We know theres businesses that put food on the table and provide jobs for americans. We know its scary out there, we know its a challenge to run a Small Business. Today we ask a bless, thank you and protection for these businesses. May they thrive. Theyre t
hurricane ian. 76 people were killed, after the storm tore through the state, governor ron desantis says more than 1,600 rescues have been made since the storm struck. this left some communities unrecognizable. littered with wrecked homes as well as boats, as as you saw there. more than 628,000 customers are still without power and the destruction may just be coming to light. governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where half of the storm related deaths have been ann announced. they re facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than the neighboring county. here s what nadia romero was told. is that one of the things you ll be reviewing once we get out of the i can t aftermath. lee county should have had the evacuation order sooner from what we reviewed? the issue is they informed people and most people did not want to do it. that s the reality. you re in a situation, are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to