With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate 9 50 a. M. Beyond the chair now recognizes the entleman from illinois, mr. Shimkus, for five minutes. Mr. Shimkus thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise again this thank my boys, now young men, for the love, support, and understanding during my time as congress. F as i stated yesterday when i was sworn in for my first term in 1997, david was 3 years old. Joshua was 1 years old. In 1999, daniel was born. After completing this term, i 24 years. 21, ns will be 28, 25, and respectively. So their entire lives have been of ng their dad as a member congress. I always joke that in the early packageable. Were in the district we just packed them up and hauled them around. Changess meant diapers, of clothes, lunchables. Well, you get the idea. They had a chance to visit county and state fairs. They also had to sit thr
About an hour and 45 minutes. I want to thank everyone for joining us for the official remote hearing. I want to make sure to note specific requirements. Let me begin by saying Committee Rules and practice continue to apply during the hearings. Members are reminded they are expected to adhere to decorum. With that said, the period designated by the speaker, 965, from the rules committee in a manner that respects the rights of all members to participate. House regulations require members to be visible during the proceedings so keep your camera on. Also if you participate in other proceedings please exit this one and log back in later. Of the member encounters technical issues that prevent them from being recognized for their questioning i will go to the next available measure member of the same party and recognize that member of the next appropriate time slot provided they have returned to the proceedings. Should the members time be interrupted by technical issues i will recognize the n
All over the country, all ideological views, all backgrounds. Events, of course, they are predictable, some of them. It comes all over except, of course, from Donald Trumps white house and his allies. We all knew it was coming. You could have set your watches to it. Donald trump has already started his attacks, calling kamala, quote, nasty. Whining about how shes, quote, mean to his appointees. Its no surprise. Because whining is what donald trump does best, better than any president in american history. Is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem with a strong woman or strong women across the board . We know that more is to come, so lets be clear. If youre a working person worried about whether or not youll have a job to go to, whether or not youll be able to pay your mortgage, pay your rent, worried about the poison in the air you breathe, the water you drink, worried about your civil rights, even your basic right to dignity which is under attack with this administration, Kamala H
Backgrounds. Events, of course, they are predictable, some of them. It comes all over except, of course, from Donald Trumps white house and his allies. We all knew it was coming. You could have set your watches to it. Donald trump has already started his attacks, calling kamala, quote, nasty. Whining about how shes, quote, mean to his appointees. Its no surprise. Because whining is what donald trump does best, better than any president in american history. Is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem with a strong woman or strong women across the board . We know that more is to come, so lets be clear. If youre a working person worried about whether or not youll have a job to go to, whether or not youll be able to pay your mortgage, pay your rent, worried about the poison in the air you breathe, the water you drink, worried about your civil rights, even your basic right to dignity which is under attack with this administration, Kamala Harris has had your back, and now we have to have
Performing significantly better than europe, also pointed to stock that has the u. S. Market gains against other countries. We will continue listening to the president and see if he has anything more to say. We are waiting on anymore comments from a u. S. Stimulus package, not to mention ongoing u. S. China tensions as we are getting close to that and of wecheck. Pps tiktok and quick check of stocks trading at the moment, u. S. Futures holding flat after u. S. Stocks surged briefly to a record high, reachedthat 3386 level february 19, before the pandemic. The s p 500 closed 1. 4 percent higher, tech leading gains. Nothing specific driving the rally, Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying lawmakers are miles apart on another fiscal stimulus package. The s p 500 index saw the biggest jump in over five weeks, all 11 Energy Sectors rose. Look at what oil is doing at the moment. We are seeing it under a little pressure, headed to the 42 a barrel level, after jumping in the new york session to a fivemo