Resolution. Tip oneill needs no introduction to this body. Those respect and admire tips record, and his long shadow he cast over the peoples house. We all know his best known fame, all politics is local. Its certainly true today as we propose to name a building right here at the foot of capitol hill, a stones throw from this great dome, in honor the our 55th speaker. This is one of those moments when you wonder how the honoree would feel. Especially when its someone like tip who never quite held back his opinions. Perhaps he would have enjoyed seeing leaders from opposite sides of the aisle come together to give him a well deserved hurrah. Surely he would have gotten a kick of being flanked by a building named after Hubert Humphrey and jerry ford, also leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Tip actually considered mr. Humphrey one of his heroes. And he had one of humphreys quotes put up on the wall in his office. Now, as for jerry ford, they didnt frankly agree on much
Attacked with these disturbing weapons systems. This is that important step to protect americans by increasing our stockpiles and would urge its passage and with that, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is will the house pass the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended the gentleman from michigan. Mr. Rogers madam speaker, with that i would request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. All those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognit
California, miss speier, each will control 20 minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Issa thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Issa thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Issa as many of us know, on may 23, 2014, a mass shooting took place in isla vista, california. A community adjacent to the university of california at Santa Barbara. The people of the United States will continue to mourn the loss of six innocent victims and students of the university of california Santa Barbara. Each of these students excelled in school and were looking forward to bright futures. We will continue to remember the victims, george chen, kathleen huang. Oper, chen James Christopher ross michael artinez, meh
Business administration, which fills our commitment to women entrepreneurs. The sequester has the potential to undermine this very promise by reducing sba funding. As a result, loans to women will be reduced by 250 million, translating to an decrease of 2,500 jobs. This means fewer women will be able to access affordable capital to turn their ideas, their dreams, into reality. When it comes to contracting, we have been fighting for so long we even took the Bush Administration to court to implement a contracting women program, and now that it is up and running, were going to shut the door, preventing a level Playing Field for womens businesses to act as federal contractors. We have not achieved the mandating contracting goal of 5 . This will translate to 1. 3 billion in Small Business contracts that will be lost for women entrepreneurs. This will jeopardize at least 15,000 jobs. When combined with the closure of Business Centers that serve mainly women across america that will provide T
Or send us an email. Here is the front page of the Washington Times this morning. Sharing the stage, president obama and john boehner is today. Joining us on the phone is ed okeefe who is a reporter for the Washington Post bring us uptodate on the sequester. Guest we are waiting to see what happens on friday where leaders will get together to sort out a way to move forward and the blunt the impact of the cuts or stave them off entirely. It will be a date date not entirely focused on this. All of them are going to fail. The democratic plan would direct payments to farmers, part of the farm bill in the house. Taxes would go up on americans making 5 million a more or more a year. More flexibility to the obama flip administration. Several senators disagree with this. That means there is exposed fissures among republicans in the senate who could not agree on a replacement plan to vote on. This issue continues to be, gay. Host the speaker has been saying for weeks of the senate has to act fi