The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. Hoffman, to suspend the rules and pass s. 327 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk senate 327, an act to amend the federal lands recreation enhanlsment act to provide for a Lifetime National recreational path for any veteran with a serviceconnected disability. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass s. 327. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [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 commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york
Changes the places we set aside as parks or other protected areas. The intention here is really, not only to understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces, but then also to make the process of preservation more visible. To make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but sort of more importantly, why they have changed over time. Because most of us when we think of preservation we think of something staying the same. And yet, preservation actually changes things, so that is really kind of the focus we are going to aim at today. Im going to see if i can manage this. There i go. So in the context of open space lands here in the u. S. , there is this sort of presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect a landscape. We even see the mini series by can burns from ways back on National Parks. It was called americas best idea. Thats actually taken from a quote. That natural spaces that have trails for hiking and sigh
354, h. R. 6395, a bill to authorize appropriations for 2021 for military activities of the department of military d for construction to prescribe military personnel strength for for other year and purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 053, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the services printed in bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of rules committee is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. Debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ng minority member of committee on Armed Services. The gentleman from washington, smith, and the gentleman from texas, mr. Thornberry, each minutes. Rol 30 the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. Mr. Smith mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include extraneous material on h. R. 6395. The speaker pro tempore witho
The first day was interesting. It was great. We greeted in the parking lot. We had to take temperatures and parents as to some questions about health, making sure that everybody was healthy at home and the students themselves. Reporter this is a special limited Access Program for only a few classrooms following Strict Health department guidelines, ensuring everyones safety. Across the street, caleb kohn is with his two kids. Jojo and torrin. I asked him what he prefers for his family. Active class or online attendance . Obviously, smaller classrooms would make more sense, but i dont know. Its too hard to know right now. Reporter todays class started right on time. They were very excited to be here. Sat down in their desks and we just waited for morning meetings to start. We are watching this very carefully and again, i will say it. I have said it many times. With the guidance of public health. Reporter caleb says he hopes the Pilot Program works out. Let them get some energy out, but t
The installation of radar facility. A new hightech facility radar facility on top of Montara Mountain which is a regional effort were taking part in with other water and floodcontrol agencies in the bay area called the advanced quantitative precipitative information system, aqpi is the acronym for short. But the whole concept is to establish a Radar Network that can provide much better accuracy in terms of predictions of prescription in various parts of the bay area. What weve seen historically and recently is more extreme evens s and those are going to be significant for us to deal with as well as other agencies. Weve got a cooperative effort being largely funded from a grant to acquire radar facilities and then operate them in cooperation with National Oceananic and Atmospheric Administration and folks from Colorado State university. There are various agencies involved in the east bay for radar facility there. So these are being located at Strategic Points around the bay area. This i