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. September 17, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable david n. Cicilline to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the assistant parliamentarian. O father of mercies, god of all comfort, our only help in time of need, we humbly beseech thee to behold, visit and relief all our servants for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon us all with mercy. Comfort us with goodness. Preserve us from the temptations of the enemy, and give us patience under our aflick shun. In our good time restore us to health and enable us to lead the residue of our lives in thy fear and to thy glory and grant finally we may dwell with thee in life everlasting, main. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967,
First will be taken advantage of. Our state and federal governments as well as our nations largest corporations have a responsibility to do what is right. And let me end by saying this, this virus doesnt care whether or not youre republican or whether or not youre a democrat. It should not be about party or politics. This is will health and safety of our nations food workers and our food supply. And as such, no company should be shielded from the responsibility for adopting irresponsible practices that foster the spread of this virus through their facilities. For the sake of this country that i know that we all love i urge you to Work Together to do what is right for these workers. And, again, thank you for your time and id be pleased to answer questions you may have. Thank you very much. Miss dixon. Good afternoon, chairman graham, Ranking Member feinstein and members of the committee. Im grateful for the opportunity to testify today. Im rebecca dixon, executive director of the Nation
And taking every step necessary in order to provide prevent this from spreading. So you can all do your part. But well get through this together. Thank you again. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] computer the meeting has been unlocked. Hang up. Computer welcome to the audio conferencing here on cspan were live at the Brady Press Briefing room at the white house. For an update from the White House Coronavirus Response Task force, it should get under way shortly. Were likely to hear the reaction from President Trump on the agreement last night between senate democrats, republicans and the white house on whats expected to be a nearly 2 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus package, which has yet to be released. The legislative language still yet to be released. Elements of that bill include direct Cash Payments to individuals, f
So and welcome to the d. W. Debate at the World Economic forum so our viewers watching us from home were coming to you from the most visited city in Africa Cape Town my name is edith q money now according to u. N. Figures by the year 2050 every 2 out of 4 people will be african thats quite staggering when you think about it does that then mean that if the population is going to quadruple here that our dates out will also quadruple and what does that mean for the future of data on the continent this morning were asking the question is data africas new oil and im going to be helped to answer that by my Student Panel and im going to be introducing them now im joined by sylvia my carry on my extreme right shes the head of geospatial technologies on the cofounder of have to analyze 6 base in kenya but also joined by mr alex q who is the managing partner and chairman at 80 kindy if youve been to the World Economic forum a few times you might have seen his face. On my right made me the right
Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Mr. Key fazio i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 3245, the restore the harmony way bridge act. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3245 a bill to transfer a bridge over the roy bash river to the neujahr money river Bridge Authority antineujahr money and roy bash River Authority and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from oregon, mr. Defazio, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. Davis, will each control 20 minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon. Mr. Defazio sbreek, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks