A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to talk about an issue that is critical to patients and families in my home state of washington and across the country. Today parents are wondering if they will be able to get the health care that their kids need, and communities are wondering if theyll be able to provide it. Thats unacceptable. Congress has to swiftly and fully restore the Childrens Health insurance program, or chip, and funding for other Services Families need, Like Community Health Centers, which have been waiting now more than 100 days for a longterm solution. And they should do so without making deep cuts to successful prevention programs in the ce
About it. Ive seen zero intelligence that russia is doing anything to help to help to help President Trump get reelected. Projected winner. Whos happy and whos getting worried about Bernie Sanders momentum. A mystery in palm beach athat hthat has slipped under the radar, where six Chinese Tourists or were they spies from china . New reports of russia again attempting to interfere in u. S. Elections. Democrats sounding the alarm. The russians never stopped interfering in american politics. They dont just get involved in elections. They are involved every sing day. And analysis of what theyve been doing on twitter since 2016 has been pretty clear. They are weighing in over and over again in support of right wing causes, in support of Donald Trumps political agenda, and of course it stands to reason that they want donald trump reelected because he has been a gift to russia. Meanwhile, the white house denying reports the kremlin is trying to help trumps reelection and that contradicts the
Sanders garnered 47 of the vote, nearly double what the other candidates have. Joe bident a distant second with about 19 of the vote right now. Before everyone loses their mind about this. Only 36 delegates up for grabs out of necessary 191 to achieve the democratic nomination during the first round of the convention selection process. Nbc news reporting that sanders has been allocated 13 nevada delegates so far. Last night sanders had already moved on to texas where hes positioning himself for super tuesday, march 3rd. In nevada, we have just put together a multigenerational, Multiracial Coalition which is not only going to win in nevada, it is going to sweep this country. No campaign has a Grassroots Movement like we do which is another reason why were going to win this election. Joining me to break this all down, jason speaker of the nevada state assembly, joyce political director with the director alliance and Orrin Johnson a columnist with the nevada independent. Orrin, let me sta
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 5, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable ron desantis to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. 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 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer. For five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. As we wait for the congress and administration to deal
At noon today. Nbcs mark potter has the very latest out of miami. Sources have said that alan gross, a 65yearold sub contractor for the usaid has been released on humanitarian grounds. He is being flown to the United States. He has been imprisoned there for five years after being sentenced to 15 years by the cuban government. Gross claimed he was in cuba providing internet equipment to allow the Jewish Community to contact the world in ways that are hard to do in cuba. The cuban government claimed he was involved in activities counter to the cuban government that he was providing military equipment. He was arrested convicted and sentenced to 15 years. The five years in prison have been very tough. He has deteriorated in terms of his health. He is said to be in very poor health. Hes lost a lot of weight. Hes missing teeth. He is in quiet bad shape. Theres been pressure from the u. S. Government to release him and that has happened today on humanitarian grounds. Recently, president obama