Live gaveltogavel of the house. Theyll gavel in next. Up the resolution on the appointment of managers of impeachment. Live coverage on cspan. 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. God, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You helped promise god, you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, give strength and make us whole. On this day, the house and the senate draw our nations attention as the process of impeachment moves forward. Bless all members of congress with wisdom. Give them the courage to honor the constitution as they have promised to do so that all americans can proudly observe their government in action. Opinion and feelings will be on edge, may all members be filled by your holy spirit and engage each other with goodwill and respect. May all that is done this day and in the days to come, be for your gritter honor and glory. Amen.
On which the yeas and nays are ordered. He clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 765, use Resolution Resolution providing for consideration of the senate 1158,ent to the bill h. R. To authorize cyber incident departmentams at the of Homeland Security and for other purposes, providing for consideration of the senate bill h. R. 1865, to require the secretary of the treasury to mint a coin in of the opening of the National Law Enforcement museum in the district of for other nd purposes, and providing for the adoption of the resolution house permitting 61, individuals to be admitted to the hall of the house in order to obtain footage of the house session for inclusion in the orientation film to be shown to visitor at the capitol center. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. Members, this is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning
They now must walk the walk. Im incredibly proud to have brought forward this Bipartisan Legislation tonight. I urge my colleagues to join me in voting yes. Thank you. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from illinois reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. But first, lets have some order in the house, please. Take your conversations off the floor. Those of you in the back of the room. Thank you. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Burgess thank you, madam speaker. At this time im pleased to recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. Carter, pharmacist by profession, very valuable member of the Health Subcommittee and the energy and Commerce Committee, for three minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Carter i thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam speaker, i rise to speak in support of h. R. 2115, the Public Disclosure of drug discounts act. Im very glad to see this bill that was part
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Pay tribute to congressman john conyers. He was one of the 13 Founding Members of the Congressional Black Caucus. I stand here today joining the chair of representatives, making him one of the longest serving house members in history, and the first africanamerican to hold the title of dean. Congressman conyers was born in detroit on may 16, 1929. He was the eldest of four sons of john and lucille. He attended Public School and graduated from Northwestern High school. After graduating, he served in the National Guard and joined the u. S. Army. He was inspired by his friend dr. Martin luther king to run for office and was elected to the house of representatives in 1964. Opposed the Death Penalty and fought the Police Brutality and he also led coled, led a cosponsor for the veeting right Voting Rights of 1965 1965. Mr. Conyers also assisted in passing the help america vote act, the violence against women, the Motor Vehicle bill, the jazz preservation act, and the Martin Luther king holida