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 the guest chaplain, christ church, washington, d. C. Let us pray. God of all nations, you called all people to live lives of righteousness and justice. Bless those who gather in this place, to those who lead here, grant the patience and cooperation. To those who debate here grant clarity of thought. To those who decide here, grant the courage for truth. Keep ever before us the broken places of our lives together and find ways to speak hope into one anothers lives, that our hearts be in rhythm with yours and all together with people of goodwill both in this place and beyond in order that your will may be done. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house. Pursuant to clause 1s rule 1, the journal stands approved. The chair will lead the house in the pledge
Thank you, mr. President. President , the situation in ukraine has. It in the past few hours. Launched forces have have continued to seize public buildings and cities in Eastern Ukraine. The Prosecutors Office is even occupied by the militants. They killed the two crew members. The osce military observers are still illegally obtained detained. We are deeply concerned by all these developments which further deteriorate the delicate situation in Eastern Ukraine. We strongly condemn the violence and by armed securities call for the appropriate response by the Ukrainian Forces. Put our fullhould support behind the good officials of the secretarygeneral in resolving the crisis in ukraine. Mr. Feldman is going to ukraine. I call on all the Council Members to trust him and to give them the means and the political backing necessary to conduct a meaningful mediation in ukraine and the region. Of any other Council Members on the crisis will not solve the ukrainian conflict. A dialogue that only
To show unity. They have different agendas, but when they come out here, expect to see them try to speak with one voice. Reporter president obama and chancellor merkel will meet for four hours at the white house. Merkel and obama will say publicly will be we have to go together and when it comes to ukraine we have to Work Together to put more pressure on putin. But the interests are different. Reporter the latest round of sanctions by the u. S. And European Union stopped short of hitting russias oil and gas industry. Trade between the two countries amounted to 100 billion last year. We work very closely with russia. We are to some extent even dependant on russia gas, so for that reason we are hesitant to put more pressure on russia. Reporter Foreign Policy analyst mark fisher says the white house sees merkel as a possible bridge. She is the link of communication with putin right now. In that respect, being here in washington the day after she just talked to putin, its very important fo
He set ray were you all did. He gave a number of scenarios of what that would look like. You have the ability to go after both sides. You can go after more than one actor. With over 18 indictments, it is not a record that gives a lot of hope of any consequence. Be, should weld be looking at an ad hoc tribunal . Similar to what were trying to get off the ground with syria. Rose, you mentioned targeted intervention toward protecting. Omen affickingark law in tr greg stevens and i learned quite horrifyingly that peacekeepers in congo were raping little girls. They have a duty to protect. They have not properly vetted. We have three hearings. The u. N. Could issue a zero tolerance policy. There and visited the peacekeepers and a place called heal africa. So many women who had been gang raped or getting a faithbased approach that helps them get their lives back. Is it a problem trafficking in c. A. R. . Aboute not heard much that. Have peacekeepers been complicit in any way . The students w