Cap off the best quarter since 2004. We have a labor market improving. Gasoline prices which remain low. The number coming in at 93. This is university of michigans confidence reading. 95. 4 is where it was in february. The average from january through march was the highest we have seen ends the Third Quarter of 2004. If you look at the various components within confidence you want to look at the Inflation Expectations in particular. It looks like Inflation Expectations over the next year remaining at 3 , which is what economists had predicted. We will continue to look through these numbers. Overall, not seeing as much of a drop in the confidence number as had been anticipated. Matt thanks very much. Breaking the march news, the Consumer Confidence number they are at 93. Number there at 93. The top business stories of the morning. Big news out of washington. The most powerful democrat in washington will retire. Harry reid will not seek reelection. He has been the democratic leader for
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 washington, d. C. April 13 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to 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 our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The work of the congress resumes after time spent by millions of americans celebrating High Holy Days and spring comes to our nations capital. It is the season of hope. In this chamber where the peoples house gathers we pause to offer you gratitude for the gift of this good land on which we live and for this great nation which you have inspired and in developing so many years. Continue to inspire the American People that through the difficulties of these days we might keep liberty and justice
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, reverend Charlie Martin of Bethel Baptist church of North Carolina. The chaplain lets pray together. Dear heavenly father, today, lord, we enter your gates with gates with thanksgiving and into your courts with praise. Thank you for your blessings, for america, our home. I call on you, o lord, to bless our land again. In the bible we read, if my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then while i hear from will i hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Father you know that i trust you and your holy word and i call on you this morning to place your great hand upon this congress and upon this people. Please grant your wisdom and their in their decisions and leadership on behalf of all americans. For all of us who love this land and call america home, we call on you together today. In jesus na
Would be eager to make sure that none of this fugitive methane gets into the atmosphere. Or into the Drinking Water, i might repeat. So we know methane can and sometimes does leak from fracked wells. We should want the secretary to be able to regulate that. Because under the bill, under the underlying bill, the secretary could not, this amendment is necessary. I urge my colleagues to support it. I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from washington is recognized. Mr. Hastings i yield myself the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Hastings my good friend, the author of this amendment, opened his remarks by saying this legislation makes it impocket possible to regulate fill in the blank. No, that is not the case. This bill says the primacy of regulation of hydraulic fracturing which has been going on for some 60 years, if a state has it in place, that tates laws shall be the one we should follow. Those states th
The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 330, the nays are 177. The bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from from texas to suspend the rules and pass s. 3564 in which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 3564, suspend the declassification act until 2014 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rule and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 409. The nays are one. 2