The speaker pro tempore the. Use will come to order the speaker pro tempore the he house will come to order. Members are asked to remove their conversations from the floor. The speaker pro tempore the house will come to order. Members are asked to remove their conversations from the floor. The chair will now entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentlelady from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Foxx request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the house is not in order. The house will come to order. Members are asked to remove their conversations from the floor. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized for one minute. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. This is the first for me. This is the first for a lot of us. Because of a partisan refusal, even to talk with House Republicans about a plan to keep our government open and ensure fair treatment for all americans
It would be the urban areas applying to the state with the criteria we build into the authorizing language setting aside specific funding would make those as part of the requirements the state would have to fund so what we would do is still identify the hazard analysis. The areas and types of activities and capabilities they would need to build in that area but it would give the state the ability to make those allocations. Part of this was welding this more collaborative so we have local jurisdictions in the state working together to come up with these final allocations and recommendations using criteria to drive that decision decision. Ike send us a little bit confused with respect to the communities and you have expanded it once again as i stated in my opening remarks to 39 communities so are you saying that those are the 39 communities that would be eligible to apply to states that others would not be . No, it would be based on in the case of some of the expansionexpansion s we look
I am interested in your take on the report, what it means for u. S. It is a watershed. The statement about the extreme opulence of scientists in terms of not only warming but the human role is very clear. It also underpins of the importance of the president Climate Action plan. I might note that the action plan has a very strong emphasis on mitigating the risks of Climate Change. Perhaps we will talk about some of the things the department of energy is responsible for. We also have to note to the president s plan brought forward a very strong need to prepare for climate risks. Frankly, we are already experiencing the pattern of the expected impacts of Global Warming. The report really just highlights the importance of moving now on this issue. I have said before in my view this is the crucial decade for us to start putting in place the programs that we need to mitigate the risks and to adapt as well. If i may, to briefly on the hiatus. This is a major focus. The ipcc has always emphasi
Experience our great rivers, experience the environment that we now have in this country that we treasure and is so much a part of who we are across the country and in, of course, the state of maine. Ed muskie was a great man. He was a great member of this body, and its an honor for me to say its an honor is a gross understatement to be standing today in his seat, the seat that he held for those important years from 1958 to 1980 and served our country so, so well. Ed muskie is a man who belongs to the ages, who we all miss, who made such a difference in all of our lives. Thank you, mr. President. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. King mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The presiding officer without objection. The senator from maine. Mr. King i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each
It borrowed to try to stimulate growth and increase employment in america, we still have an unemployment crisis. Not long ago mr. Sp the white house said there are three applicants for every job in america. This legislation is in effect an admission that tax, spend, regulate and borrow has not worked. Indeed, those policies will never work. More regulation, more taxing, more borrowing, more debt will not improve the economy. We know that. Despite what some socalled experts say. We know that is not a policy that will work. But urgent action is needed. According to testimony we heard this week in the Budget Committee, if you adjust for the retirement of the baby boomers, the labor force is still 4. 5 Million People, the equivalent of 500 billion in National Income lost each year. But the majority has circled the wagons around this spend and borrow agenda. For instance our friends are blocking a republican amendment requiring companies to hire legal workers, not unlawful workers. The ever