time. . mr. gnat letter: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentlewoman from georgia, mrs. mcbath, control the balance of the time on our side. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will control the balance of the time. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: madam speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentlewoman from missouri. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from missouri. thank you, madam speaker. mrs. hartzler: i rise to celebrate the achievements women have made and reaffirm we are already equal under current law. women represent 51% of the population. comprise over half of college students. make up the majority of medical and law school students. and run 12.3 million women-owned businesses. little girls can be whatever they want to be whether that be a astronaut, doctor, full-time mom working at home, or a member of congress. the e.r.a. would not add to the rights already guaranteed by the 14th amendme
Providing for consideration of the Senate Amendment ott bill h. R. 1892 to amend title 4 United States code to provide for the flying of the flag at halfstaff in the event of the death of a First Responder in the line of duty. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . By direction of the committee on rules i call up house 6 727 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk house calendar 174, House Resolution 727. Resolved that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to take from the speakers table the bill h. R. 1892, to amend title 4, United States code, to provide for the flying of the flag at halfstaff in the event of the death of a First Responder in the line of duty, with the Senate Amendment thereto, and to consider in the house, without intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chai
Centers. Our current continuing resolution expires on thursday, and without this legislation large segments of the federal government will shut down again. Of course, all of us are keenly aware more time is needed for our leaders in the house and senate and white house to negotiate overall funding levels for the 2018 fiscal year. This bill should allow that to happen. My colleagues, this continuing resolution also makes a very limited number of technical changes in funding levels for only the most essential needs to include, to prevent delays in preparation for the 2020 census, to assure that the Judicial Branch is able to pay jurors, to provide 220 million in emergency funding for the Small Business administration, to provide emergency loans to those whose lives and livelihoods were destroyed by last years historic natural disasters. This legislation also includes the full fiscal year 2018 department of defense appropriations bill, totaling 659 billion for our armed forces, and i dont
Dow is up 25 points. S p is up by 2. Nasdaq up by close to 7. Overnight in asia, better than expected Economic Data coming out of japan. Factory output rising. 1 gain to the nikkei up by 166 points. If you take a look at early trading and european markets youll see at this point thing, relatively flat. Red arrows across the board. None of these major averages down by even 0. 2 . A race looking at how european average, up on asia. They read articles like that. They dont last long in these websites. No, they dont. I guess thats the same way with print. Were going to talk about the top stories. Do you like a fourday week where you have a friday off or a fourday week definitely a monday. Its pay it forward, right . Pay it forward. You dont do anything for the friday off of the foreday week. But were youve put in five last week and get three off. Its already tuesday, everybody. Monday is gone. Its better. Its better. Among our top stories this morning, price of crude and the only markets we
In chicago, demonstrators angry about the Deadly Police shooting and the way the case has been handled. It is black friday, so shopping started early in a lot of stores and it didnt always bring out the best in people. Severe weather in some parts of the country and it may get worse over the weekend. The big island is at it again. Look at that. Magna. Fun to say. Mag magma. Police estimate the car was beginning more than 85 miles per hour. Has more than 500,000 twinkling lights. And all that matters. Oh its carter. A miracle. He knew it had a chance. Thats crazy. On cbs this morning saturday. Extremely rare lions. Cute video alert. These four white lions online are only eight weeks old. Experts say there are only about 300 white lions worldwide. So cute it hurts, right . They are cute. And welcome. Hope you are having a Great Holiday weekend everyone. This morning were going to take you to austin texas for a lesson in patience. Every morning there people wait hours in line outside of F