I want to thank gary for his to improve rts Economic Development and wish im nothing but the best in a elldeserved retirement. Mr. Speaker, i rise to bring attention to kentuckys avoidable economic failures during this very serious pandemic. Unfortunately covid19 has taken a harsh toll on the economies of all 50 states. However, harmful policies from democratrun states have only made the problem worse. At a time when we should be encouraging the safe reopening of our economy, kentuckys governor recently issued an order shutting down schools and indoor dining. Kentuckys restaurants were already suffering from the last round of shutdowns. And this shortsighted order will only cause more pain and suffering. To make matters worse, our governor is producing no data to justify the need to shut down businesses which have dramatically adjusted to the challenges presented by covid19. And in the end of inperson learning will only create more challenges for students and teachers. Furthermore, it
John lewis. We will start by reading the story from the New York Times this morning. Rning. The New York Times reports it like this. Lewis,ntative john bloodied as selma and across the historic south, and who is carried a mantle of of moral authority into congress, died on friday. He was 80. This was confirmed by nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. Stagewis announced he had stageiotic cancer four pancreatic cancer. I have fought for human rights he nearly my entire life, said. Mr. Lewis was a valiant stalwart of the Civil Rights Movement. Later,an a halfcentury after the killing in may of george floyd, mr. Lewis welcomed the resulting demonstrations against Police Killing of black people and more broadly against systematic racism in all corners of society. It was very moving to see hundreds of thousands of people from all over america and around the world take to the streets, to speak up, to speak out, to get into what i call good inuble, mr. Lewis told cbs june. Dro
Efforts to persua ukraines leader toinvestigate former Vice President joe biden, and his son. Meanwhile, on tuesday, 12 candidatesquared off in a democratic residential debate, held in ohio. Reinecting her surge the polls, this time it was eltaabeth warren facing a x from her rivals. Especially over her support for medicare for all. Raise taxes on the middle would class, to pay for it. Itor for politics and ior government, scott shaver. Joining us via skype from the nations capital, is tall coping, the washington correspondent for the san frlccisco chronicle. E to you both. Thank you. Lets start wi you, scott. You were in washington this week and you spoke with several members of californias congressional delegation, several ofthem are players in this impeachment inquiry, what did you learn . Adam is of course leading the charge along with nancy e house Intelligence Air of committee, and we met with him after a long meeting he had with the spea r. He has become the target of republican
Everywhere are drug lords taking over everywhere . I think these people would rather live in their home country and make a living where they are at. Host the house is about to gavel in for their legislative session. We will take you up to capitol hill. Live coverage here on cspan. 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 rooms, washington, d. C. February 29, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable dell w. Strong to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024 the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority leader and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties and the time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and maj
How the white houses early steps in the pandemic led to a deeper crisis. And a look at the legacy left by civil rights icon, congressman john lewis. Coming to you live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, hello everyone, welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. We begin with a record surge in the coronavirus pandemic as it rapidly spreads throughout world. The World Health Organization said saturday nearly 260,000 new infections were reported over a 24hour period. It is the biggest spike in a single day so far. According to johns hopkins, the total number of cases is now beyond 14 million, with more than 600,000 people dead. One quarter of the cases are in the United States. New infections are on the rise in most states, including florida. A local official says the virus is out of control and needs a koord naited response. Right now we do not have a handle on this at all. It has a handle on us, really. When we talk ab