The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington being d. C. October 3, 2023. I hereby appoint the honorable laurie chavezderemer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, Kevin Mccarthy speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2023, the chair will now recognize members from listed submitted by majority even minority leaders for morning hour debate. Time will be equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders 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 pennsylvania, mr. Mr. Joyce thank you, madam speaker. This morning 40 million americans will begin their day without access to broadband internet. These highspeed broadband connections, which were once a
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the spe speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 28, 2023. I hereby appoint the honorable Glenn Thompson to act as speaker pro tempore on the day. Signed, kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. The chaplain would you pray with me . Let all who believe in you, o god, offer their supplications, their prairks their intersessions and their thanksgivings on behalf of our leaders and all who serve in positions of authority. Let us each pause to take advantage of the privilege you have given us to pray for the men and women of this congress. Lay on us the American People, the awareness of our responsibility to raise our voices, not to condemn or cajole, but to pray to you, that you would intercede for our lawmaker, and to give thanks to you, showing our deeper gratitude for th
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Subcommittee on Information Technology and Government Affairs will come to order. I recognize myself for five minutes for my Opening Statement. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here, and its been over 240 years since our forefathers declared independence and a democratic experiment began. Throughout the entirety of our existence our adversaries both internal and external have sought to suppress. Our existence as a democracy depends on free, fair and accurate elections. Today were here to talk about the best way to protect our integrity of our Voting Systems. There are over 10,000 election jurisdictions nation widethat administer elections. And even within states counties use different systems to conduct elections. A year ago last september Ranking Member kelly and i held a hearing ensuring the integrity of the ballot box to discuss potential issues with the up coming election. It was an issue then and remains an issue now. The former secretary has made clear to the best of his knowledg
Technology and Government Affairs will come to order. I recognize myself for five minutes for my Opening Statement. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here, and its been over 240 years since our forefathers declared independence and a democratic experiment began. Throughout the entirety of our existence our adversaries both internal and external have sought to suppress. Our existence as a democracy depends on free, fair and accurate elections. Today were here to talk about the best way to protect our integrity of our Voting Systems. There are over 10,000 election jurisdictions nation widethat administer elections. And even within states counties use different systems to conduct elections. A year ago last september Ranking Member kelly and i held a hearing ensuring the integrity of the ballot box to discuss potential issues with the up coming election. It was an issue then and remains an issue now. The former secretary has made clear to the best of his knowledge the russians did not alter