The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 233, the nays are 181. The resolution is adopted. And, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. He house will come to order. Members are requested to take their seats and remove their conversations from the well. Members are requested to take their seats. Members are requested to take their seats. Members will clear the aisles and remove their conversations rom the house. Members will clear the aisles and remove their conversations rom the house. For what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition . The gentleman is recognized. The speaker my colleagues, i rise for a very happy purpose that the to recognize honorable don young of alaska is the new dean of the house of representatives. All right. The tradition of having a dean that dates back centuries to the house of commons. It is an honor that goes to our longest continuous serving member. Don young is one of only 28 americans in our history of
Them are just going to say, i dont believe that. You know, maria, theres a certain paradox about this. There are about, to the best of our calculation, about 27 Million People in the world in slavery. And youre right, thats double the number that were taken out of africa in the entire 350 years of the transatlantic slave trade. But the paradox is that 27 million in todays global population is the tiniest, the smallest fraction, of the global population to ever be in slavery. So its large raw number, but its actually a very tiny fraction of the global population. Hinojosa but does it still mean that there are more now . Its pretty easy to say, because were at 27 million, that we have possibly more now than weve ever had in history. Hinojosa and you say that slaves now are cheaper . Thats all about this global population growth. Because as the population went from two billion up to almost seven billion today, just in the last 50 years, its glutted the market in the developing world for s
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Alleged actions of certain lawyers as well as others in attempting to deny benefits to miners who are suffering from the debilitating effects of black lung disease. Black lung disease is caused through the inhalation of coal mine dust, and it tends to i should say it leads to severe breathing complications and is found mostly in central appalachia, in particular the states of pennsylvania, West Virginia, kentucky and virginia. According to the department of labor, black lung disease contributed to the death t deaths of over 75,000 minders from 1968 to 2007. That averages to over 1,900 miner death cans per year over deaths per year over a 39year period. Thats an extraordinary number. Im a not sure how widely reported that number is. And while overall rates have dropped since 1968, Research Conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and health shows that there has been a spike since the early 1990s particularly in the most severe, fastprogressing type of black lung disea
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