Pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, for five minutes. Ms. Roslehtinen thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to strongly oppose the december 17 announcement by president obama on policy changes toward the cuban communist regime. The cuban regime from day one was planning on using alan gross as a pawn to receive concessions from the Obama Administration and their strategy worked. In april, 2013 when asked about a possible swap for mr. Gross secretary kerry testified before congress that, quote, we have refused to do that because the
As speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now rec m fm stsuitd the mari my lea f mni hr te. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each mber the mari a mory leaderanmi w limit tfi mut, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, five mis. Ms. Roslehtinen thank you so much mr. Speaker. As an 8yearold child, i was forced to flee havana, cuba, with a my family for the shores of the United States of america, the shining city on a hill, and a beacon of hope and freedom to the world. The cuban american members of congress are all united by our love of this great country and our love and respect for freedom, for democracy and the rule of law because of where we come from and whom w
I mentioned this earlier, all the training that weve undertaken a. So weve really made an effort to highlight about how important it is. But no question. Ideas come anybody was great ideas about how we can be better, be better about what we are doing and be more effective, by all means im all in years. Even discussing and thinking about todays event, so what more do we need to be doing . Im always open to hearing good ideas from whatever source, whether its private sector, those in the room. Im happy to hear them. We only just have a couple minutes left, and i got one question from the audience. I dont know if you weve been talking a lot about sort of this is an issue but theres a very human side to this as well, right . Thats always important to remember. We can talk about big numbers, and that gives us a scope of the problem but it boils down to the end of the day to the individual. Somebody asked, is there an individual story that youve heard about that really resonates with you . M
Start of 2017. Not to be outdone, the first minister of scotland was setting the agenda north of the border. It is about fundamental democratic choice for scotland. The peoples right to choose a government of their own. [applause] the politicians were not backwards about coming forward. Even the Security Services made a brief foray out of the shadows with the reactions to recent security leaks. Our adversaries are rubbing their hands with glee. Al qaeda is lacking it up. The first healthy green shoots of recovery were coming into sight according to figures. As the coalition claimed, it also showed its Austerity Program was working. Labor politicians had to change tack. They concentrated on the cost of living. In particular, Household Energy bills. Labor leader ed miliband a pledge that came to dominate much of the next few weeks. The system is broken. We are going to fix it. If we win that election in 2015, the next labor government will freeze gas and electricity prices until the star
Months of british parliament. U. K. Security and surveillance program, and the future of the European Union. And tributes to Nelson Mandela. This program is courtesy of the bbc. Hello and welcome to our look at the autumn term in parliament. It was a term when the field was set by a shot fired at the september conference. We will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 202017. Not to be outdone, the first minister of scotland was setting the agenda north of the border. It is about fundamental democratic choice for scotland. The peoples right to choose a government of their own. [applause] the politicians were not backwards about coming forward. Even the Security Services made a brief foray out of the shadows with the reactions to recent security leaks. Our adversaries are rubbing their hands with glee. Al qaeda is lacking it up. Some opposed the first healthy green shoots of recovery were coming into sight according to figures. As the coalition claimed, it also showed its