The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties. And in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. R. Gutierrez mr. Speaker, monday i returned from my third trip to puerto rico since Hurricane Maria devastated the island almost two months ago. I wish i could report a lot of progress is being made, but i cant. Its still a disaster and its a stain on the reputation of the United States of america. Most places dont have power. Generators, the sound you hear humming in every corner of the island, are running ragged from overuse. In many places the water is not on because the power is not on to pump it. And drinkable water mixes with sewer water all over the identifyland. Island. As you can see from this picture, people are tappin
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] erin we begin this noon with the weather. Right now the rain has moved in and will be heavy at times, and then we are in for a warmup which is discouraging news for ski areas. Good afternoon. I am erin fehlau. The countdown to christmas is on but it certainly doesn t feel like it. We could actually break records. S check in with meteorologist Kevin Skarupa to see how warm it will get. Kevin temperatures at above the average when you added the ground, easy to do. Coming along with milder air, two chances of rain before we get to the recordbreaking chance. Rainfall around through the afternoon. But another one right on its heels. Temperatures either side of 40. Central part of the state, stay in the mid30 s. We will approach 50 at couple of warmest of the temperatures peaking on Christmas Eve. It will be Christmas Day before another cooldown sets up. E
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Reporter father lou kept referring to a letter the man had allowing him to attend such events where children were present. Diocese released the 2yearold letter tonight but covered up the critical part of who signed off on it. Bishop reportedly never authorized it and neither did the top keep t ty. Diocese would only say it was not prepared by a current employee. Whoever signed off on this should run and hide. Theres no 1 to protect him if he steps foot on our school. Reporter after the priest not everyone is happy about the resignation. Many parents say he did a lot of good for the school but tj says in the end it was probably the right decision. When you are in charge of that many children wellbeing and safety, you dont, you cant afford to have mistakes that your judgment be poor. Your decisionmaking be poor. Reporter in a statement tonight the diocese says the bishop is taking immediate steps to adopt a policy in which registered sex offenders would no longer be able to volunteer und
Reporter carry lip, the resignation is effective medley and there are no plans to reassign him in a position as pastor. Diocese of san jose wont say why father lou lieu was stepping down but its one month after incident that left parents outraged. During the School Festival fundraiser when a group of parents noticed that a former parent and registered sex offender was volunteering at the event. Tj was among a handful of parents who urged the priest to do something but the pastor resisted and told the parents to be compassionat compassionate. We tried to explain that to the priest. We are your foundation. Parishioners looking out for the children. We have to. And it just seemed lake he should have medley felt the same way. Reporter father lou kept referring to a letter the man had allowing him to attend such events where children were present. Diocese released the 2yearold letter tonight but covered up the critical part of who signed off on it. Bishop reportedly never authorized it and