To covering live house coverage here on cspan as they gavel in eight bills today, including antilynching legislation. The speakr pro tempore the house will be in order. He prayer will be offere by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain onroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks foriving us another day. Use thismoment to be e reminded of your presence c1 tap the resoces needed by the members of this peos house to do their work as w as it upon those torn nation and upon the members of this assembly who struggle to see the shared hope for a Better Future in those withwhom they disagree. Fo many americans, the holy season of lent begins tomorrow d foreheads are marked this as men andwomen and as a reminder of your power to thrugh our failures all this day and through the week, may our representatives do teir best to find solutions to pressing issues facig our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nation
The departments relationship with Small Businesses that can take part in the sbirsttr program and it encourages the secretary to enter into agreements with the program at the National Science foundation. Our National Labs have been at the cutting edge of Technological Development and we must always ensure that development is in the national interest. A discovery lost in the labs is a discovery wasted. Thats why id like to thank my good friend, mr. Kilmer, for partnering with me in this effort, as well as mr. Fattah and mr. Nunnelee, who were sfounding founding members with me. Chairman smith and chairman lummis as well as Ranking Members johnson and swalwell were also key in this legislation coming together and bringing it to the floor. This is a true bipartisan, bicameral effort and senators have a similar companion bill on the other side of the hill. I encourage my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the
Congress. The house will debate more than two dozen bills including those to reauthorize the peace corps, increase penalties for Human Trafficking and bills regarding historic parks. Youre watching live coverage here on cspan. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben will you pray with me. Sovereign god as the world turns its attention to the final tributes of a great queen, we pray your blessing over the leaders of this country. Each day as we renew our oath to support and defend its constitution signed 235 years ago, renew in us our most sacred duty to maintain a viable respect for sustaining energy of a free government. While this document serves as the framework for the vital principles of liberty and security, it is you who laid the foundations of the earth and our nation. Uphold us in our governance by the favor of your grace. Likewise as we acknowledge the cornerstone George Washington laid 239 years ago for this mag knife ent Capitol Building we ask that y
With a little luck, this could be the year of U.S. Founding Father Thomas Paine, who illuminated some of our nation’s earliest challenges — during the “times that try men’s