All the cspan products. [inaudible background conversations] welcome to heritage, thank you for joining us. We are going to have a real fun discussion today about Jason Chaffetz new book power grab. Introduce them is senator mike agreat friend of heritage and best friend of the constitution. Hello. Its a pleasure to be with you. This marches several of my interests. The constitution conservative politics, books about those things the Heritage Foundation and my friends jason and julie take us. Ive known the chases for a long time. I first came to know the name Jason Chaffetz over 30 years ago when he became the placekicker at byu. He is really good to this day he holds records including the most successful poinsettia touchdown scored in a single game and i think in a single season. He was also famous for the fact that immediately after he kicked a field goal or pat the helmet would come off and then he had this awesome slow jog to the sideline. He became famous for that. He became known
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
Abraham lincoln when he came on the committee, this was his Committee Assignment when he was in the United States congress. Its interesting, he became known as spotty because he was challenging the president where were the origins of the Mexican American war, theres a great history of the committee an what its been able to do. Whats interesting is what changed when i left because the oversight and Government Reform Committee changed and now nancy pelosi, Elijah Cummings changed the name of the committee, the committee on oversight and reform. See, democrats dont believe that government is the problem, they think its a solution, government is all good, what you see now are hearings and a press to go after individual and individual corporations, that is not necessarily the purview of the United States congress. Again, the committee is wide, probably the widest birth of any sort of jurisdiction, Supreme Court case that is we lay out here where oversight, wings were clipped back to try to
Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. Good afternoon, everybody. Its a pleasure to be with you and this merges several of my interests. The constitution,conservative politics , books about those things, the Heritage Foundation and my friends jason and julie j fitz. I first came to know the name Jason Chaffetz when he became a placekicker at byu. This date holds records including the most successful points after touchdown scored in a single game and i think in a single season. And he was also famous for the fact immediately after he kicked a field goal for or pat, the helmet would come off and then he had this awesome slow jog to the sidelines and he became known as the chaffetz and it resulted in something called the chaffetz rule but i actually think it played a key role in his success as a statesman in the state of utah. People came to know him and they knew who he was. I remember many years later, long after he had played for byu and had a successful career
I rise today to pay special tribute to congressman elijah e. Cummings. A man of great honor and a giant within the house of representatives. Congressman cummings was born in baltimore on january 18, 1951. He was one of seven children of robin and ruth robert and Ruth Cummings and although his family struggled financially, they always found a way to help others in their community. Representative cummings and his family, like thousands of other africanamericans, had to face the brutal experience of the jim crow period. When representative cummings was a child at 11, he was attacked while trying to swim in the neighborhood swimming pool. Racist adults threw rocks and bottles that resulted in injuries. But left him with a determination to study law and to become the fighter for social justice that characterized his life. He would go on to receive his bachelors degree in Political Science from howard university. And while at howard, he served as Student Government president. After gragg gra