Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming out on yet haanother rainy day in kentuckyn 2019. Let me take a moment to ask you to take your time now to check your cell phones and make sure it is turned off. Are you picking me up on this, mike . Well, thank you all for coming out. Go ahead and sit down. You for coming out today to another historic moment in the history of the Mcconnell Center here at the university of louisville. Theres number of distinguished guests in the audience tonight and i decided to handle it this way. If you think i would feel you are distinguished, assume that is the case. I will not call you out. But i do owe an instruction and appreciation for president of the university of louisville for being here with us. [applause] thank you for bringing or dragging yourselves here throughout the rain today. This is and historic moment for the Mcconnell Center. Its one of many in our history and i was thinking about it this week that Marcus Cicero and the great roman state
Information. Here is Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you forfo coming out on yet another rainy day in kentucky. Let me take a moment to ask you to check your cell phone and make sure it is turned off. Thank you for coming out today to another historic moment and history here at the university ofy louisville. There is a number of distinguished guest in thehe audience if you feel that i would think that you are distinguished then that is the case. Ou[laughter] but i do owe an introduction and the appreciation to the president of louisville. [applause] thank you for bringing her today out in the rain. This is the historic moment for the Mcconnell Center i was thinking of the roman statesman of all time in his book it seems that if we live in a free society we have duties it seems to me is to remember to learn from our past from the rising generation the two authors today have done that and then these over the last week at the Mcconnell Center
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Of misdemeanor hate crimes. Meeting the house is both the house and senate are meeting every three days in these sessions while most members of congress are on their summer break. Numbers return on september 9. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms. Washington, d. C. August 27, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable donald s. Buyer jr. To act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer today will be offered by our guest chaplain, monsignor stephen j. Rossetti here in washington, d. C. The chaplain good and gracious god, as the days of summer come to a close, and as we look forward to the busy days of fall, we pray that you would cast out the darkness of discord in our country and in this place. May your holy spirit descend upon us and usher in a new time of unity, Mutual Respect and peace. Ma