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. , august 4, 2014. I hereby appoint the honorable thomas e. Petri to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. , ned, john a. Boehner speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend peter foaland, holy Trinity Catholic church, washington, d. C. The chaplain god of the unexpected, god who makes the weak strong, who makes the poor rich, who makes the dead alive again, dash our expectations as we begin this week of labor on behalf of the citizens of this country. Help us seek you, not in the familiar, but in the strange. Help us reach out to you, not in the comfortable but in the challenging. Help us realize your justice, not in the usual patterns that can shackle us, but in the new way you show us, the way that always frees us. Bless today the members an
The focus on the middle class and raising the minimum wage. This is about an hour and a half. Good afternoon. On behalf of the board of trustees, i am honored to welcome you to the college of marin. We are joined today by our esteemed board of trustees. Please stand. Please give them a round of applause. I also know were joined today by a variety of other leaders in education, both superintendents and various school board meetings. So if youre in the audience, please stand so we can acknowledge you as well. Dayna king was a familiar face in the bay area for 15 years as an em my volunteering on behalf of children and youth working to make Early Childhood education accessible for all students. Here in marin county, she is on an organization dedicated to improving access to education, housing, healthcare and knew frustration for youth and is also a Founding Member of the marin strong start organization which ensures access to quality healthcare, preschool, child care, and after School Aca
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. April 13 2015. 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 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. The work of the congress resumes after time spent by millions of americans celebrating High Holy Days and spring comes to our nations capital. It is the season of hope. In this chamber where the peoples house gathers we pause to offer you gratitude for the gift of this good land on which we live and for this great nation which you have inspired and in developing so many years. Continue to inspire the American People that through the difficulties of these days we might keep liberty and justice
This problem. News4s Megan Mcgrath has been there all morning long and joins us with an update. Reporter barbara, they had an eightinch water main that broke on the corner here overnight. Thats been repaired, but they thought the water gushing from that broken pipe had eroded the ground beneath the road causing this enormous hole that you see here beside massachusetts avenue. Now, weve had a new Development Just within the last couple of minutes. If we pan over here, you can see the folks gathered at that manhole, just a little bit ago they pulled open the manhole cover, and when they looked down, they still saw flowing water, something they did not expect to see, because they actually fixed that eightinch pipe. So theyre still trying to identify potential sources for this hole. We also have involvement of some of the utility lines in the area, and we are now being told that this repair job could take as long as a week. 20 1 2. Reporter ddot crews measure the cracks that have formed on
The Attorney General was questioned for several hours by muellers Team Last Week on wednesday, according to a source close to sessions. Former fbi director comey, he spoke with investigators last year. The interviews, we know, focused on two things. First, russias meddling in the election. And second, whether or not President Trump obstructed justice since taking office, especially as it concerns his firing of james comey in may. Jeff sessions and james comey, they are of key interest. Sessions for his meetings with the Russian Ambassador during the campaign, and of course the fact that he was involved in the firing of james comey. Of course, as for former fbi director james comey, he took many notes that hes talked about, about his interactions with the president , and of course the Special Counsel will be interested in comey expanding upon those. The president weighed in on sessions interview on tuesday. Are you concerned about what the Attorney General told the Special Counsel . Not