Lord, we stand weak and mortal, surrounded by the immensities of your power and the unfolding of your loving providence. Today, use our lawmakers as servants for your purposes. May they remember that life is a dress rehearsal for eternity and a time of training and testing. May their world be centered not in themselves but in you, as they better comprehend the vanity of the temporal and the glory of the eternal. As many recover from burning the midnight oil, lift their minds beyond all time and space to you, the author and finisher of our faith. Woe pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the democratic leader. Mr. Reid mr. President , for 14 hours and 50 minutes beginning Late Wednesday morning and ending early t
Quorum call mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the sphror texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i understand there is a bill at the desk due for its second reading. The presiding officer the clerk will read the bill for the second time. The clerk s. 3011, a bill to improve the accountability, efficiency, transparency, and overall effectiveness of the federal government. Mr. Cornyn madam president , in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to further proceedings. The presiding officer objection being heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Cornyn madam president , anybody whos been watching the national news, and particularly the weather, knows that weve been having some serious flooding back home in texas and, tragically, we lost nine soldiers at fort hood in a very unfortunate drownin
Statement is not specifically required under the ada, we agreed that it was a best practice, makes it easier for people to know what accommodations are available and so we actually contacted all of the Commission Secretaries and provided Technical Assistance via mail and telephone, and todate as a result of that assistance, 35 out of the 39 commissions now feature an accessibility notice prominently on both their website and agenda materials. The four remaining commissions, two are in the process of updating their website by working with their web master and two failed to respond to us, despite multiple attempts to reach them, but our Office Remains committed to working with those remaining four until we obtain 100 compliance with the civil grand jurys recommendations. So thank you for your attention to this important civil rights issue. That concludes my director report on findings 1 and recommendation 1a, but im available if you have any additional questions. Thank you. So mr. Givner
Which languages are required for support by authorizing our office to determine whether 10,000 residents share a language and there are three now, chinese, including cantonese and mandarin and tagalog and korean and these are the languages used by the department of elections in their materials, but the voters guide does not determine which languages should be mandated. It is the Language Access ordinance that was implemented and passed by the board of supervisors and initiated by the board of supervisors that determines that. That concludes everything that i wanted to say. I wanted to add that we have been working with city departments, particularly with the Mayors Office on disability. They have been fantastic in really working with us to make sure that were not only ensuring accessibility from the ada perspective, but also from Language Service and support. And again, we want to thank the civil grand jurys attention to Language Access issues, which we consider critical to full and me
The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond past 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since the Clean Air Act was enacted into law more than 40 years ago, weve seen tremendous progress in cleaning up our air and protecting thousands of communities around the country. Unfortunately, Many Americans are still living in communities where poor air quality puts them and their loved ones health at risk. Thats why im proud to support the e. P. A. Standard ground level for air pollution. Wh we work outdoors or simply want our children to play outside, the ozone pollution standards bring us one step closer to cleaner, healthier communities for everyone to enjoy. This proposal would lower the current st