reporter at the bay bridge the west bound ride is backed up into the mcarthur maze. The 20 minutes drive times, and the san mateo bridge is already slowing across the span with over 20 minutes drive into san mateo. For going to get more into this record setting temperatures. james ray looking sunrise their coming out of this from the north. It will keep the sun warmer side later this afternoon. Warming up in fact we could see a tie with and the break of the record highs for today. These are the contenders on the list. Theyre all on the striking distance. San rafael 69 oakland and downtown is a 72 for the temperature today the old record is 70. Were coming close to the airport. james it looks like gil were will have a high of 78. Were keeping it to appear for the kron 4 evening news will let you know what the official numbers come in and where we will see the numbers. Will have the full details coming up in 15 minutes. reporter thousands of commuters could be exposed to the measles afte
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 35563. The bill is passed. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent that i may hearafter be considered as the first ponce juror of h. R. 637, a bill introduced by representative schock of illinois for purposes of adding cosponsor and requesting printing pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. The house will come to order. The house will come to order. The house will come to order. Please take conversations off of the floor. The house will come to order. For what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to pay my respects to the young women who died suddenly in savannah, georgia, yesterday
And pray for our elected officials and, god, pray for wisdom for them in areas they need it and guidance to follow you, lord, in all things. God, we pause today and ask you to use us as your servants. We realize our dependence on you and look to you for answers to the problems that face our country. And i pray that the discussion and the decisions made in this chamber today, god, will reflect your heart and your direction and, lord, we pray in jesus name. 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. For what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise . Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor independent diindicate by saying indicate by saying aye. Those opposed, no. In the op
Today. Be it medicare, tricare, private insurance, fehpb for those federal employees and when they dropped that they would immediately go into the va system for two years. I want to ask you to stop and think about that for just a second. To a veteran on medicare, theyre going to drop their medicare, go into the va for two years . And then pay the penalty to get back into part b medicare . For an employee who has private insurance, theyre going to drop their insurance and leave their spouse uncovered because they see some advantage to being on va . Its estimated that 90 of those veteran who is are eligible but not enrolled in va have less than 50 disability rating. The threshold to where its va care comes without a copay. These are individuals who have already made a determination that the coverage theyre under is the best coverage they could have. If not, they would be enrolled in the va today. So, the fact that cbo now says with just the execution of this minor reform legislation it w
An audit revealed more than 57,000 veterans on too long waiting lists to be scheduled for medical appointments and in addition to that there are other veterans seeking care at va who were never even added to these wait lists. This is clearly unacceptable and must be dealt with immediately. I couldnt agree mor with senator mccain when he said on the senate floor in the debate, and i quote, if theres a definition of emergency, i would say that this legislation fits that. It is an emergency. It is an emergency what is happening to our veterans and the men and women who have served the country and we need to pass the legislation and get it to conference with the house as soon as possible. End of quote from senator mccain and i fully concur with what he said. Veterans in this country must get quality care in a timely manner and we need to provide the funding the va needs to accomplish that goal and to do it as expeditious a manner as possible. The simple truth of the manner is the va needs