Communities and from cabinet officials. At a certain point, we had a quorum to hold a Cabinet Meeting in the green room if we could have just hyped the president in from air force one. [laughter] tonight, our keynote speaker is one of our closest friends. Our champion. Community,he faith Vice President mike pence. [applause] he is no stranger to this organization or this stage. He first addressed the faith and freedom audience in 2012. This is the third year in a net in a wrote that he has keynoted. He earned a welldeserved principledas a commonsense conservative who was respected by his colleagues and was viewed as a rising star in was headed forho bigger and greater things. I will never forget where i was on the day in july of 2016 when donald trump announced that he had selected mike pence to be his running mate. For millions of members of the Faith Community, it was a moment of joy, genuine gratitude, and celebration. We knew mike pence. He was our friend. He was a champion of the
Reaction towo, your the Second Democratic debate. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] 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, d. C. June 27, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Veronica Escobar to act as speaker pro tempore on this at this. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Od, you reated us endowed with freedom. We give you thanks for giving us another day. As Congress Heads into a recess to celebrate the fourth of july, Americas National holiday, may all citizens be mindful of the wonder of our nations inception. Men and women of good will from various backgrounds and se
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They just issued the following Statement Given the humanitarian crisis at the border, the Problem Solvers Caucus is asking for immediate consideration on the house floor today of h. R. 3401, as amended by the senate. We now are certain that h. R. 3401 will pass. I ask us to let the bipartisanship spread to the rest of this house and put an end to this now once and for all and get the help to the border that is so badly needed and with that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from massachusetts. Mr. Mcgovern madam speaker, could i inquire how much time s remaining . The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts has four minutes remaining. The gentleman from oklahoma has 1 4 minutes remaining. Mr. Mcgovern i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. Cardenas. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. Mr. Cardenas thank you very much. I have the honor and pri
,f civil and human rights reproductive justice, health care reform, and working families her entire life. Understands that most of us are a small catastrophe away from not making our mortgage or our rent. Aat is why, harris introduced pay equity plan which will go a long way to fill this gap. She knows that islands dont think it is political to want the best education for our children. She knows the single most important factor in our childrens education, it is who leads the classroom. And that is why she has produced a National Teacher pay plan to raise teacher salaries across the country. Wantnows that we reproductive justice and Accessible Health care so that we can take care of our families and protect the dignity of all women. She has always been on the front lines fighting for civil rights and human rights. She knows that Climate Change is the most critical crisis facing our planet today and she will not back down. [cheers and applause] and she knows that when we Oscar Alberto ma