The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Royce, and the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. Norton, will each control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Royce mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include any extraneous material in the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Royce thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for such time. Mr. Royce mr. Speaker, i would like to begin by thanking the gentlelady from d. C. , and also the gentleman from new york, the Ranking Member of this committee, mr. Engel, for working with us on this clear condemnation of the violence against Peaceful Protesters outside the turkish ambassadors residence. This was in washington, d. C. , on may 16. That day president he had began erdogan lon
The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Royce, and the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. Norton, will each control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Royce mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include any extraneous material in the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Royce thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for such time. Mr. Royce mr. Speaker, i would like to begin by thanking the gentlelady from d. C. , and also the gentleman from new york, the Ranking Member of this committee, mr. Engel, for working with us on this clear condemnation of the violence against Peaceful Protesters outside the turkish ambassadors residence. This was in washington, d. C. , on may 16. That day president he had began erdogan lon
Republicans and the majorityir about their effort to rip apart our Health Care System and jeopardize the protections for people with preexistinghrow of millions of people off of their this now, it is deeply troubling ates this point that we have less exd than 24 hours to the expected vote come we dont even know which version of repeal republicans hope to pass. The do republican support the Better Care Reconciliation Act, a bill that according to the Congressional Budget Office would cause 22 million more americans to become uninsured, which would drive up Health Care Costs and dismantle the Medicaid Program. Do they support the ted cruz amendment which would bring back junk insurance plans that offer virtually no protection and drive up outofpocket costs for Vital Services . Or will they rally behind their backup option, a plan to repeal the Affordable Care act and replace it with nothing . Thats nothing. An approach that would add 32 million more americans to the ranks of the uninsure
I reconvene our hearing. I gave my Opening Statement yesterday. I dont have anything to add to it but i got a few housekeeping things to take care of. Im disappointed that the twohour rule was invoked to shut down this hearing before we could hear from mr. Browders testimony. He traveled from overseas to be here to testify about the efforts to manipulate our government media. This is an important topic to discuss. If the other party is truly serious about getting to the bottom of the russian interference they should hear him out. Mr. Browder, i thank you very much for changing your travel plans to be here. I will introduce items into the record. The first is a letter by the Human Rights Foundation. He and others uncovered a corruption scheme and a Foreign Company laundering money through j. P. Morgan. He claims that the Foreign Company hired fusion gps planted slanderous news items and intimidated journalists who were going report on the corruption scheme. The second is by lee smith ti
Cold. How cold . Reporter very cold. David murphy will answer that definitively and karen rogers has the traffic. Reporter its cold, not a lot of wind. Cloud cover has begun to fill in overhead. While well get early sunshine, well have clouds and sunny breaks. 29 in the city. 28 in wilmington. 26 in trenton, 24 in allentown. 22 degrees in reading. 25 in millville. Everybody needs the winter coat even though the winds are not that bad. Still in the Single Digits across the region. As we look at the afternoon, though, it stays cold and gets windy. Look for cloudy skies and sunny breaks, 28 degrees by 7 00. Noon, 31, the high today at 3 00 p. M. Is 35 degrees, even then it will feel like the 20s with winds picking up a bit. 7 00 p. M. , 31 if you have plans to head out tonight you will want the winter coat and perhaps extra gear. Ill have the weekend call from accuweather coming up. Including improvement for super bowl sunday. Karen, what have you got on the roads early on. For the most p