321 democrats, 191 republicans, one independent, with four vacancies. We take you live to the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. A call of the house is ordered to ascertain the presence of a quorum. Members will record their presence by electronic device. The speaker pro tempore on this roll call, 384 members have recorded their presence. A quorum is present. The chair has examined the journal of the proceed offings january 3, 2020, and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, the journal stands approved. Members, please carry your conversations off the floor. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Payne. Mr. Payne i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Hoy
Other issues including the development of state Natural Resources. From the Heritage Foundation, this is 40 minutes. Speak ladies and gentlemen please welcome the Heritage Foundation buys president ken holmes. [applause] its a nice rainy day outside and everybodys bunch together to keep warm. Good morning everybody how is everybody this morning . Welcome to the Heritage Foundation, its great to have you here. Its great to welcome mike dunlevy of alaska and he is guinness speak on the budget spending of alaska and what they can offer as an example. Governor dunlevy who was elected as governor in 2018. Hes had a very career in alaska since he was there in 1983 from working in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska to pursuing his dream in an Education Career as a teacher. He has a unique insight into alaskas communities due to his two decades of service there. He also served for five years as an alaskan senator there. So he knows alaska literally from coasttocoast. And that provides a unique
Spending and what alaska can provide to the nation as an example. Elected as governor in 2018 keys had a varied career since his arrival there in 1983 from working in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska to pursuing his dream and an Education Career as a teacher. He has a unique insight into alaskas communities due to his two decades of service to. He also served for five years and knows alaska literally from coast to coast and that provides only a not only a unique perspective but also what we can learn from alaskas example. As all of us at the Heritage Foundation no americas Founding Fathers envisioned a Strong Division of power between federathefederal and state levef government what we call federalism. The constitution created a limited federal government and with mucleft much of the power e states and to the people of the United States. But of course what exists today is that we have created a highly centralized federal government and the states are relinquishing much of their power
It is a pleasure to have you here. Its a pleasure to welcome the governor of alaska and he will be speaking on the budget spending and what alaska can provide to the nation as an example. Elected as governor in 2018 keys had a varied career since his arrival there in 1983 from working in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska to pursuing his dream and an Education Career as a teacher. He has a unique insight into alaskas communities due to his two decades of service to. He also served for five years and knows alaska literally from coast to coast and that provides only a not only a unique perspective but also what we can learn from alaskas example. As all of us at the Heritage Foundation no americas Founding Fathers envisioned a Strong Division of power between federathefederal and state levef government what we call federalism. The constitution created a limited federal government and with mucleft much of the power e states and to the people of the United States. But of course what exists
Governor Mike Dunleavy of alaska and he will be speaking on the budget spending and what alaska can provide the nation as an example. Governor dunleavy was elected as governor of alaska 2018. Hes had a very very career in alaska since his arrival there in 1983 from working in a logging camp and in Southeast Alaska to pursuing his dream in an Education Career as a teacher. He has a unique insight into alaskas communities thanks to his two decades of service there. He also served five years as an alaskan resident so he knows alaska literally from coasttocoast and that provides not only a unique perspective on his state also what can we from the lower 48 can learn from classes example. As all this at the Heritage Foundation knows, americas Founding Fathers envisioned strong power between the federal and state levels of government. The constitution created a limited federal government and left much of the power of the states and to the people of the United States. But of course what exists