Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, r. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the life and service of alan al pingy. He passed away tuesday, april 23, at home. He was mcking county commissioner and i flew a flag over the capitol to be presented to his family and colleagues. Prior to becoming commissioner, he was part of the bradford professional firefighters and retired as captain in 1988. He then served as bradford township supervisor, 11 years as chairman. He enlisted in the u. S. Marine corps and honorably discharged as a corporal in september, 1970. Mr. Speaker, al pingy has served his nation and community. Above all else, he was family man, a loving husband of 36 years to his wife, deborah, and father to his four children, andy, scott, jeff, and jody. He was a grandfat
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 texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
July 23, 2017. Big winner out in vegas. 8 million. Here locally. Hes from this area. He can pay that student loan at temple. Oh, my gall bladder hes young, too. 25 years old i think. Wow. I think the last three people won of them was from france. We a guy from brigantine and another pennsylvania guy, um, i think altoona maybe. Two local guys i think from our area. Unbelievable. Wow. Are are we going to hear this story. Yes. We saw the moment he wouldnt. That was pretty exciting. Hell share. Il have an interesting tidbit to tell you what his parents told him. Hot as you promised and the rain came and cool us off. Thankfully that rain most of it over for today. But then tonight especially overnight another round of showers and thunderstorms. Good news about some of that rainfall yesterday it will put an end to the oppressive heat wave that weve seen across the area the last several days. But not so much the humidity. Today well call it partly sunny there might be a stray shower or thunde
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