Speaker. That says a lot about where we are right now. Lets look at you were one of the eight who voted to vacate, kick Kevin Mccarthy out of the speakers chair. You just heard Congressman Gimenez talking to jake saying he wants mccarthy back. Is there any chance youll have A Change Of Heart . Im not going to vote for Kevin Mccarthy. As carlos also said, we have 221 members, were going to find someone to move forward. Even if its a temporary basis, but we will find somebody so that we can get our work done. What happens now . Well, right now, folks are going into conference, theres going to be a lot of yelling and screaming. I will go into conference, after it settles down a little bit. And i think we come up with either the 30day plan. Or jim wants to go back to the floor for a second vote. If we get a second vote, is going to lose some votes on the first vote. And hes going to gain some votes. But i anticipate the vote will still be in that 15 to 25 range. Was the 20 votes effectivel
Hero and vermont founding father ethan allen. He was the first, then commandant of the Green Mountain boys. They were the largest paramilitary source in north america, if not for the actions allen. Alan ethan a visit to the Lake Champlain maritime museum. Lake itcas first great is a 140 miles long water superhighway that cuts between the Green Mountains of vermont and the adirondacks of new york. Cspan cities tour of. Urlington, vermont sunday at 2 p. M. On American History tv at cspan3 working with our cable affiliates explore america. The governors of puerto rico im a Virgin Islands testified about hurricane recovery efforts. There is also testimony from utility officials including the director of the puerto rico electrical authorities who resigned a few minutes after this hearing. Were over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and john on september 6th and its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. Just a little over a w
There was testimony on the budget request and where theyre working to find more efficiencies in certain programs. This hearing is about 90 minutes. Subcommittee will come to order. Good afternoon to everybody. Thank you for being here. Really deeply appreciate our two distinguished witnesses here today to give us an inside look at the budget as it relates to africa. And where the challenges are, where funding will potentially increase. As you know, the appropriations budget that has passed the house clearly indicates that there were some differences of opinion as to how much and where we should be spending that money. And i think we have come to a consensus at least on the republican side that extraordinarily important programs like pep far, the emergency plan for aid relief, a number of refugee plans and a lot of other programs that deal with Infectious Diseases, like tuberculosis need to be funded in a very robust way in order to save lives and to mitigate dangers, especially to wome
Several other measures, including u. S. Partnerships with mexico and can dand naming several post offices. Later in the week in the house, two financerelated bills dealing with iran. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Ever faithful to your promises, we ask your presence with your people, now and forever. The sun grows dim and the daylight is measured, in the darkness phantoms loom. The eye the company discern as the distance cannot discern as the distance fades. Be for us light. Help the members of Congress Make clear judgments that will propel us into a blessed future. Remove any shadowy clouds so that they might follow the patterns o
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff congress moved this evening to pass a temporary spending bill that will keep the federal government running through january 19. The house passed a republican measure, and the senate moved to follow suit. It includes shortterm Health Care Funding for veterans and lowincome children. But republicans and democrats still argued over the outcome. Without action on this bill, existing government funding will expire tomorrow and the government will shut down. This legislation provides a simple clean extension of current funding levels through january of 2