Truly informed, every public fries. Get informed straight from the source on cspan unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters most is your own. This is what democracy looks like there cspan, powered by cable. I am delighted to move us to our second panel, olmsted junior, the Conservation Movement in state and National Parks and we are lucky to have lauren meier, history and Landscape Architect serving as both moderator and kickoff speaker for this event. Lorren has a longstanding relationship with the olmsteds, having edited the master list of Design Projects which i just mentioned as well as parts of the papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, a mere 12 volumes, thousands and thousands of pages. Of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic site as well. And with that, welcome, lauren. Thank you, deedee. And if i can figure out the technology here, im going to pull up the next. My. I might need i made the someone. I mi
Roadways at least. But, again, since the temperature is still still marginal with freezing or even still below it, you have to just assume it is slick. Storm scan, quiet though at least. We got rid of the precipitation pretty along time ago, in fact, it has been hours now since that made its departure, the aftermath issue that lingers into this morning , with the temperatures still again below freezing, from i95 on north and west, assume it is slick, in the mid 30s even Atlantic City and wildwood. I would not count on t not being slick. Because youre still close enough. I think you got to wait until late morning, before this becomes a nonissue any more, thats when the temperature will rise far enough above freezing, that we can sort of just, you know, breathe easier about the whole thing. But we are at least expect to go see more than anything sunshine. 3 degrees, few degrees above whats average. We will take it, just the beginning, my friends, of really nice pattern change. Thats comi
Last week the independent federal Energy Regulatory commission, even one stuffed with trump appointees, rejected secretary perrys proposed power grid reliability rule to subsidize coal and nuclear plants. The ferc commissioners found that the commission failed to meet clear and legal requirements like that the result will be just and reasonable under the federal power act. As an aside here, the theory of the coal industry was that their units provide more reliability than renewables. Well, tell that to iowas electric grid operators who have baked iowas abundant wind energy not just into their flow but into their reliability modeling. Tell that to new englands i. S. O. Which has allowed renewables into its capacity auctions to be paid for meeting base Load Capacity requirements. And of course tell that to anyone who has had to deal with scheduled and unscheduled outages at coal plants. When i went on one of my climate visits to, in this case, tennessee, i heard about a coal plant that h
Speaker. I move that the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 1843. The clydehirschsowers respect act, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk Union Calendar number 205. H. R. 1843. A bill to amend title 31, United States code, to prohibit the Internal Revenue service from carrying out seizures relating to a structuring transaction unless the property to be seized devived derived from the legal source or funds were structured for the purpose of concealing violation of another criminal law or regulation, to require notice and a postseizure hearing for such seizures, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from illinois, mr. Roskam, and the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Neal, each will mr. Neal, will each control 20 minutes. Mr. Roskam thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material for
Lift their minds to the pure, t serenity of your presence challenges with faith and challenges with faith and optimism. May they find delight in doing your will because your precepts are within their hearts. Remind them that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. Deliver them from sins of commission and omission. As you liberate them from all lessor loves and loyalties until they find in you their reason for being. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell yesterday the Justice Department released a transcript of the orlando terrorist 911 call in which he claimed responsibility for the attack and declared his loy