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[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 chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Holy god, receive us into your eternal presence and grant us the discernment of your direction and the peace of your purpose for the deliberations of this day. Silence, if only for a moment, all voices but your own. That we would hear your counsel and receive your instruction wut the without the echos of competing opinion or the whispers of our own selfdesire. Speak in words that we can hear whether in a still small voice of encouragement or a clarion call to action, may we receive your message for us today. Sway our hearts to your desire that in all we say and do w
Now, the first such test to be done under north koreas young new leader, kim jongun. It was a highly provocative act, it violates nurpsresolutio. We have a lot to talk about this morning, and joining me is South Carolina Democratic Congressman, james clyburn. Sir, great to have you here. Lets talk about what we do expect to hear from the president tonight. We do have the information, he will be talking about the drawdown of troops in afghanistan, going down to 34,000. Thats half of u. S. Troops currently in afghanistan. But adding a wrinkle to the state of the Union Tonight is north korea and what we know happened there with their Third Nuclear test. The statement from the white house, i want to read it for everybody. The United States remains vigilant in the face of north korean provocations and steadfast to our defense commitments to allies in that region. However, though, there are already people on the right who are giving their, i guess, understanding of what the president is goin
High capacity magazines for ammunition . I think thats something we definitely have to take a look at. Take a look or vote for . Lets see what it is. Sir, in your opinion, do you think that right now the best approach is going to be agreement on both sides of the aisle on small steps and that small step being potential for universal background checks as opposed to talking about the assault style weapons ban and magazine clips . Well, first, i want to give president obama high marks for continuing to make gun control a top priority of his administration, especially so early on. Whenever you talk about gunrelated issues, it gets my attention. I was a 16yearold police cadet when i was in the Police Locker room one afternoon getting ready to go on my shift and a Police Officers gun accidentally went off and the bullet went through my neck and severed my spinal cord. I have been paralyzed ever since. My accident happened in what should have been the safest of environments yet it just goes t
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , march 4, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. 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 limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Every year washington imposes thousands of pages of rules and regulations on Small Bus