Pray. In conroy let us loving god, we give you thanks day. Iving us another peace. Your spirit of inspire the members of the peoples house this day. Spirit of wisdom, patience, and understanding in work they do. Throughout our country, the of the coronavirus plague continue. Those who are in arms way health care professionals, those engaged in delivering goods and services to communities, and teachers at all levels. Send your spirit of healing to those who suffer from and those who mourn died. Who have lord, god, have mercy on us. Day be that is done this for your greater honor and glory. Amen. Amen. Eaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of house 967, the journal of he last days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california, mr. Schiff. Please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it god, one nation under indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The s
So i certainly hope they would be but i have no confidence as i sit here right now that they will. Senator nelson when, mr. Secretary, when you look at a map like this, a map of syria that i assume you handed out, somebody did thats a mess. And maybe it is the only solution is the solution of a political exit for assad so that we can go after these extremist elements. By the way, i had to leave the committee to do an interview on cnn, and the whole focus that they wanted to jump on was your statement earlier in the hearing that we had only trained up 60. But i pointed out to them what you said was the vetting is very difficult and in fact we are vetting some several thousands additional and the vet is a lot more tore tuesdayous because you certainly dont want to have a guy trained up and then you ends up aiming his gun back at us. In iraq, do you think that this new Prime Minister has the capability of getting out of his shiite mold and does he have the capability of bringing all the s
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
Advising. Family members will look out for one another. Thus, this legislation for the same reason allows Family Offices to count as accredited investors to make private placement investments the speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The gentleman may resume. Mr. Barr thank you, mr. Speaker. This legislation for the same reason allows Family Offices to account for accredited investors which will allow them to make private placement investments. The end result is more capital will be available for investment in businesses resulting in more jobs and greater Economic Opportunity for americans of all walks of life. I want to thank representative Carolyn Maloney and chairman hensarling for their leadership on this important legislation, and i urge my colleagues in the house to support the Family Office technical correction act. Mr. Speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time is reserved. The gentlewoman from california. Ms. Waters mr. Spe
Adopted. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 230, the nays are 16, the resolution is adopted. The yeas and nays are ordersed. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 127, House Resolution 793, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 1270, to amend the Internal Revenue code of 19860repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act, which disqualified expenses for over the counter d drugs over the counter overthecounter drugs under Health Flexible spending arrangements. The question on ordering the previous question. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or