Host we are joined by francois pierrelouis from Queens College from the City University of new york. He serves as a Political Science professor and studies the topic of haiti, pti as its undergoing much turmoil these days. Good morning and thank you for giving us your time. Guest you are welcome. Host when yous going on in haiti how would you say we get here we got here . Guest it is a long history. We shouldrt in the beginning of 2016 when left office. Not having elections the country went into a chaotic situation. The provisional president had elections. That wasopposition and the mains of the opposition. E Large Purchase of patient of electors. And the parliamentary elections. By the time of 2021, the country was running a without■ a legitimate government to administer things. In 2021, the United States supported the installation of the interim prime and us are. He was supposed to hold elections within a short period but its been three years and he has not held any elections. The
Washington, d. C. March 21, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable mary e. Miller to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the use of the speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recoition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties, and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. Westerman, for five minutes. Mr. Westerman thank you, madam speaker. I rise tote a significant milestone. The 50th anniversary of western energy alliance. Oil and natu and reliable sourcs of energy that drive progress, power industries, and fuel innovation. The alliance is a leader among the oil and gasdk■ ons in understanding th
Peer in pier in gaza. A short while ago i did a video conference■s with colleagues frm cyprus, from the united kingdom, the urplt a. E. U. A. E. , qatar, the European Union and United Nations to coordinate our efforts in g nti corridor up and running. Sec. Blinken were also of course working with israel on this. When established, t enable the f up to two million meals every single day, as well as medicine, water and other critical ewe mantarian supplies humanitarian supplies. German, greece, netherlands and canada are also supporting thisc now, this is something thats going to take time to actually put in place. Although were working on it as expeditiously as possible. And i want to emphasize, it is a complement to, not a substitute for, other ways of getting humanitarian assistance into gaza and in particular overland routes remain the most critical way to get assistance in and then to people who need it. But this will the gap and its part of our alloftheabove strapbg, to make sure
Host good morning. It is saturday, march 16, 2024. The house passed a bill this week that has the potential to band tiktok in the United States, but the legislation faces a tougher time in the senate. Increasing tensions between top u. S. Democrats and israels leadership first into the open with a speech from Chuck Schumer calling for a change in leadership amid the ongoing conflict in gaza. We want to hear your top new story of the week. 202 7488000. Republicans on 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us that number is 202 7488003. Please be sure to include ynd where you are writing from. On social media facebook. Com cspan or on x cspanwj. That tiktok legislation passed with bipartisan support in the house. Republican Mike Gallagher who cosponsored the bill to regulate the app and is the chair of the flex committee on the u. S. China competition defended the legislation on the house floor. Tiktok is a threat to our national security, because it is owned b
Peer in pier in gaza. A short while ago i did a Video Conference with colleagues from cyprus, from the united kingdom, the urplt a. E. U. A. E. , qatar, the European Union and United Nations to coordinate our efforts in getting this maritime corridor up and running. Sec. Blinken were also of course working with israel on this. When established, this corridor will enable the distribution of up to two million meals every single day, as well as medicine, water and other critical ewe mantarian supplies humanitarian supplies. German, greece, netherlands and canada are also supporting this effort. Now, this is something thats going to take time to actually put in place. Although were working on it as expeditiously as possible. And i want to emphasize, it is a complement to, not a substitute for, other ways of getting humanitarian assistance into gaza and in particular overland routes remain the most critical way to get assistance in and then to people who need it. But this will help close th