Thank you. Its my pleasure to be here, and i just want you to know that ill be here to support you in each and every neighborhood, in each of the districts, in each of the schools. So while im here, doing everything i can do to make the city better. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much, aleric. It will be a great pleasure, working with you in our streets and our communities. So now, in celebration of our communities, we want to welcome to the stage our come back neighborhood and Community Challenge grant winners. The come back neighborhood award is given to the neighborhood that has really turn things around for its residence through collective problem solving and leadership, and this years winner is bayview hillcandlestick point. The Bayview Neighborhood Association has their negotiations with lennar and five point have led to cleaner air and reduced Traffic Congestion in the neighborhood. And joining us today is their board of directors. All right. Fantastic. I wanted to ask you j
Coverage right 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 room, 24, ngton, d. C. , september 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Ofned, nancy pelosi, speaker the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore order of thehe house of january 7, 2020, 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 time equally allocated each n the parties and member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 10 50 a. M. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. Cunningham, for five minutes. Mr. Cunningham thank you, mr. Speaker. Rise today to honor the life of amare. Amare was only 16 years young wis
One of the biggest cruise lines now selling ships and canceling trips. Country homecoming. Taylor swifts return to her roots. The musical moment seven years in the making. And swing and a miss. The mistake by this lumberjack leaving one unlucky homeowner with an axe to grind. Good thursday morning, everyone. We begin with the wrath of Hurricane Sally. The storm now turning deadly. And its not over. Millions of people from alabama to the carolinas are on alert for dangerous flooding. Areas around atlanta could see 8 inches of rain. Were getting a clearer view of the destruction and the historic flooding in the florida panhandle. Two feet of rain fell in pensacola. More than 500,000 Power Outages are reported as the region begins to pick up the pieces. Overnight sally turning deadly. At least one person found dead after the powerful storm swept through the gulf coast leaving a trail of destruction. The sheer damage of this building. The whole second half ripped to the ground. Reporter do
U. S. House here on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray, lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At a time when so many are worried about business survival, rent payment and unemployment benefits, impell those in our government that are charged with the general welfare to come together to negotiate solutions benefiting all americans in need. Put forth your spirit of wisdom, patience and goodwill upon all the members of congress during these troubling days for so many of our nations citizens. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. On the wiegand nomination. The question now occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 82, the nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of thomas t. Cullen of virginia to be United States district judge for the Western District of virginia. Signed by 17 senators. The