Tonight on going to conference with the u. S. Senate. Live coverage of the house now on cspan. 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. December 4, 2017. I hereby appoint the honorable Bradley Byrne to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of wisdom, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The great compromise, Benjamin Franklin addressed the constitutional convention. We indeed seem to feel our the want of political wisdom since we have been running about in search of it. In this situation of this assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us. Have we now forgotten our powerful friend . Lord, you are the