National Defense Authorization act, and a measure ealing with the boeing max 737 crashes. Requested votes will take place after 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving and gracious lord of mercy, we give you thanks for giving us another day. In this single week, after a Long Campaign season and before breaking once again for thanksgiving, bless the members of the peoples house with focus and purpose on the issues facing them. We ask your blessing as well on those newly elected who will be joining this assembly for the 117th congress. May their transition into office be smooth and marked by the civility of Democratic Change of government which is the rightful pride of the United States of america. Lord, our nation continues to be besieged by the plague of the coronavirus. Send your spirit of peace that our people might be bro
Of drugs for severe illnesses and as a result of this work that i was doing on drug pricing in the United States looking at these issues, i eventually began to get more aware of the International Discussions about the u. S. Could do and what was happening in the countries in 1994, i was invited to argentina and brazil by people that have picked up my name as someone working on these issues and i really became aware for the first time the extent to which the United States and the state department and through the trade office and the whole apparatus of the Foreign Policy was putting pressure on the developing countries to extend and put in place monopolies on pharmaceutical drugs so wha a lf developing companies have excluded the pharmaceutical drugs from the patent system and you could buy drugs from argentina and others and at that point also from brazil and the u. S. Was pushing all these countries to put those in place but also going way beyond that. And i remember when i was at arge
Theyre available for home assessments and modification. But we did reauthorize the Older Americans act earlier this year to support the aging network. In with the low income seniors but the property tax credits and those other paid out of pocket to make funding available for these modifications. In my home state of minnesota and the Congressional District that i represent we have a disproportionate increasing share of seniors in about 15 in nine metropolitan reason regions often lack the support network you get in an urban area. And is an important source of funds for home modifications but the program is a little outdated so we suggest a number of ways to make it more effective to streamline the application process with greater flexibility and let me conclude by saying that but it is our hope his boat, barca National Focus and it is my belief when we face a problem of this magnitude and eventually there will be a response it is Important Research planning an effective and systematic w
Over a decade. I thank them and all the other families, especially monica gabriel, kristin britwiser, patty casaza, for their tireless advocacy and patience. Of course, no compensation could ever repair the broken hearts of a family that lost a loved one to such mindless hate. But as jane bartels, a mother from Staten Island who lost her husband carlton on that sunny morning put it recently, we just want our day in court. We just want our day in court. The victims of 9 11 and other terrorist acts have suffered such pain and heartacres but they should not be denied their day in court. They should not be denied their pursuit of justice. Mr. President , theres always an excuse not to do something, but as senator cornyn and i have explained, the chief argument used by jastas detractors is not strong. In fact, its flimsy. When weighed against the moral imperative, we have to do right by the families of the 9 11 victims. The choice is clear. I urge my colleagues to override. Thank you. I yie
And the New York Times russia sends bombers to syria using base in iran. And how about this alarming headline . The wall street journal the u. S. Sent another 1. 3 billion to iran after hostages were released. Yet we continue to allow this. We are allowing this. Just last weekend, iran threatened to shoot down our Navy Aircraft in the region. These are our men and women, and iran is threatening to shoot them down. Whats next, folks . These actions will will only continue because this administration yields to their demands. From the start, i have spoken out against this deal with iran which not only threatens our safety but the safety of our ally, israel, and it threatens us here at home as well. As we remember the victims of 9 11 this past weekend, i am reminded of irans link to al qaeda, the ones who carried out that horrific attack on our homeland 15 years ago. In 2011, the Treasury Department officially accused iran this is hour Treasury Department accused iran, as the wall street j