Soul and it is him was impossible to put that connection into words. Thank you, daddy. Heres a letter to express my gratitude to you for a lifetime of lessons, and memories and blessings. Recently he was my recently recently come you said my handwriting was getting too small. So like in recent times, i would like to read this note of thanks allowed. Except today daddy, all of these people have gathered to celebrate your live so its not just you and me. I hope as always to make you proud. Dear dad, over the past week, baltimore and the nation in the have celebrated your life and your contributions to our collective humanity. You were so many things to so many people. You touched so many lives. And that is because yours was one of not only duty but also of service and compassion. You truly saw people. And they saw you. No matter their lot in life or politics. No matter anything that made them different from you. You often said to me, thank you for just being you. You were the gift and i
The chair on this vote the eas are 187, the nays are 224. He amendment is not adopted. The question is on the committee amended in the nature of a substitute. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. Accordingly, under the rules the committee rises. The speaker pro tempore mr. Chairman. The chair the committee of the whole on the state of the union has had under consideration h. R. 3624 and pursuant to House Resolution 629, i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. The speaker pro tempore the chair of the committee of the whole on the state of the Union Reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h. R. 3624, and pursuant to House Resolution 629 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. Under the rule, the previous question ised odd. The question is on adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substitute. So ma
Republicans, it is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You content you can send us a text this morning. F that number, 2027488003 please include your name and where you are from. On cspan it is twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good thursday morning, Mark Zuckerberg talked about this issue of trust in his Opening Statement before the House Financial Services committee as he was talking about the company entering the arena of Digital Currency. [video clip] thate idea behind libra is sending money should be as easy and secure as sending a message. Is something that needs to get built, but i get that i am not the ideal messenger for this right now. We have faced a lot of issues over the last few years and i am sure there are a lot of people who think it was anyone but facebook proposing this. There is a reason we care about this and that is because facebook is about putting power in peoples hands. Our services give people a voice
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 218 and the nays are 185. The motion is adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Velazquez, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 4406, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 4406. A bill to amend the Small Business act, to improve the Small Business Development Centers program and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute 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 expressl
Today. Congressman Elijah Cummings was a fearless leader, a protector of democracy. Today cal osha investigators will continue looking into the cause of a massive tank fire in crockett. Contra costa county fire investigators will look into whether the buyer was connected to mondays earthquake. An airquality monitoring station has been deployed and is monitoring any Health Hazard that may remain from the fire. Later today Governor Newsom will be in oakland to unveil a new statewide earthquake warning system. This features an app called, my shake. It uses ground sensors to detect seismic activity. This comes on the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. N francisco will be testing its wireless Emergency Alert system. That alert will be sent to all enabled devices in the city this afternoon between 5 15 pm and 5 45 pm. That is this afternoon. The test will let the city practice using that system while encouraging earthquake preparedness. People around the state will take part in