Thank you for being here today. Well be very brief in our opening comments. Allow plenty of time for q and a. Im david perdue from georgia. We have seven people, actually eight who will make comments and answer questions. Were here today to talk about a letter we sent to leadership last week. Basically this is the the message is clear. You have seen the letter. Were willing to forgo some or all of the august work period because we got some very important issues that we have to get done and get results for the people back home. The president basically said the first of the year that there were three major properties. Health care, one was regulation, one was tax, and one was the supreme court. We are meeting on most of those. Right now even if we get through health care on the next week or two, between now and the end of the fiscal year, we only have 31 working days left. We have the debt ceiling to get through, the budget for 2018, reconciliation goes with that. And the appropriation pr
Might well offer. We will leave this hearing at this point. You can see the rest of it at cspan. Org. The senate about the gavilan to work on the highest job in the defense department, boeing executive Patrick Shanahan has been nominated for Deputy Defense secretary. Senators will vote at 5 30 eastern on advancing the confirmation process. Also pending is the republican care law replacement, Mitch Oconnell announcing over the weekend to date on the measure will be delayed now senator mccain recovers from surgery. Enter mcconnell may update us at the start of the session live coverage of the senate. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, today teach our lawmakers to do things your way, embracing your precepts and walking in your path. Lord, remind them that the road less traveled usually leads to life and few find it. As our senators receive guidance from you and follow your leading, replace anxiety with calm, confusion with clarity, and despair with hope. Use these legislatures to t
Lawmakers walk through their starting legislative session. We will bring you live coverage here on cspan. [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. 2017] [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 the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our gratitude. You have created us with opportunities to serve other people in their need, to share together in respect and affection
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Paamic faerer prltal duryupo inouinic. Tume t,o ehe o n rend ld a pom t rcmb eecvesheh tho awh trewhre rhm to ptte gs poeo hi tas t ar ot e ol mmalll n sur dl yao dcearewhath w e ccs suesera uliabo tt,ve tdehitct cmutecoablu sts thll wbythxihiomou aou rott frs. Da al eeale ghhadbr am hanies narts o eseift, raamickthn iraplof doml re anh o mufreutat the. Gr fthud th aa tisadmi e stgr tuestspwoomnt seatmiritithnk tctth, h styo aofseaedut ergha ot wld a oe ctonomtoep thf h uc isstk,eta fuleuepa lohae. Etlawe c fus fcuoneso crsedsor eric, ec. E owmaldooto ari scees wldtve tatod el aid argh d hano h amicis bunpsve fttis eremofcoecbeuran a cksng,res or terwancil rv w si anhi w tllnlensoer rmofhaweof cas o hpi fd ord, ee ari, crtnl acssh ralamic ico, kw hawe p a esuruny. Susms atth t snrdsohang onmyles hesut we. Axs e ilhi wweri y. Ng iade nnt and h lu tseidla b othpe re meot m sve hus ul cmieendou mmetaffir heisrota ils. D ad. S mer ntmay saheouri. W lithcsohe ran isndou isrir omni g hinthtn