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
There. The house is about to gavel in. Live coverage here on cspan. Ci pposes is exprsly ohibit by the u. S. House of presentatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offeredy the guest chaplain,ab mara nathanabbmara nathan, le bhel, san antonio, texas. The chaplain holy one of blessing,oure the source of all. Regardless of our faiths tradition, we recnize a force in the uverse calling each of us toe fulfill to fulfill our potential. We chlenge ourselve to compensate for our shortcomings and emphasize our tlents and energies for the greater good. Wededicate ourselves each in our ownay to a life of service andeaning. Committed to the ideals of our great nation, were ever worki towards the promi of wh is l yet to be. Therefore, pray, tt you bestow the blessingsf foreght, coassion, and patience upon the womenand men of our committed to te ideals of our cs may they be united in working for the good of our nation and may tey recognize the spark of holiness in ever
Amended. Yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk h. R. 4547 a bill to amend titles 2, 8 and 16 to improve and strengthen the representative payment program. 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 15minute 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 expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 396, the nays are zero, zero recorded as present. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will come to order. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 the Unfinished Business is agreein
Then we will go to capitol hill to speak with congresswoman barbara lee, coauthor of a new bill to expand Insurance Coverage of abortion and dismantle the nearly 40yearold Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for most abortions. Make no mistake, these lawmakers really do want to ban abortions altogether. Since they cant, they employ the underhanded tactics to push abortion care out of reach for women who are really just struggling to just make ends meet. And that is just wrong. Amy and bp has agreed to pay a 18. 7 billion settlement over the 2010 deepwater horizon explosion. Did bp get off cheaply . We will speak to Antonia Juhasz. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. House lawmakers in South Carolina have passed a measure to remove the Confederate Flag from the grounds of the state capitol. The final vote was 94 to 20. South Carolina Republican governor nikki haley has vowed to quickly sign the bill
Amy is the death toll rises in yemen, a groups warn the country is on the verge of famine. We will speak to yemeni activist Farea Al Muslimi and reporter matt aikens about the u. S. Backed, saudiled attack and the humanitarian crisis. Then we will go to capitol hill to speak with congresswoman barbara lee, coauthor of a new bill to expand Insurance Coverage of abortion and dismantle the nearly 40yearold Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for most abortions. Make no mistake, these lawmakers really do want to ban abortions altogether. Since they cant, they employ the underhanded tactics to push abortion care out of reach for women who are really just struggling to just make ends meet. And that is just wrong. Amy and bp has agreed to pay a 18. 7 billion settlement over the 2010 deepwater horizon explosion. Did bp get off cheaply . We will speak to Antonia Juhasz. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. H