This is a very somber subject. Normally when you do but towards you go to a different cities and talk about connections that the place has with whatever you have written about. This is a special place in this context, and i am certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 70 years ago, because im sure you know it much better than i ever well. One of the things that always amused me when i come here is first of all how warmly i welcomed by everybody, but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. A relatively small place. Ive never met anybody from obama city who was not touched in a personal way by the tragedy the first time i came i spoke to a number of their relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the day care center. I thought, a British Foreign correspondent. I have been to a lot of not terribly pleasant places. This is just another assignment. Then having spoken to them by went down to the memorial and saw that, the
Pray. Conroy let us merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. On all blessings of life, we especially pray for the blessing of peace in our and in our world. The current spread of the has already caused broad repercussions in final International Trade and travel, and the health care worldwide. We ask your blessings on those is and women whose life work the health of the worlds population and whose efforts to of this disease have endangered their own wellbeing. Insight and protection come. Days and weeks to may your special blessings be upon the members of this important, the sometimes difficult work they do. Wisdom and charity that they might Work Together good. E common may all that is done this day in he peoples house be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. House has been in recess subject to the call of the chair. E expect them gaveling back in shortly for a couple of votes. Theyve been earlier debating measure that would regulate Tobacco Products and vaping. It
The senate rning on floor, quote, there seems to be covid19 estion that will cause some degree of disruption here. He also talked about bipartisan spending s on the package to help combat the virus that were, quote, under way. Heres his entire statement from the senate floor. Mcconnell thd spread of the covid19, coronavirus, has the world on notice. Here in the United States we are fortunate not to be facing an immediate crisis. In response to earlier reports of the outbreak, the administration began monitoring efforts and enacted commonsense travel restrictions to help blunt and delay the spread of the virus here in our country. But cufl, as our Public Health experts remind us, a nation of nearly four million square miles and more than 300 Million People cannot be hermetically sealed off from the rest of the world. There seems to be little question that covid19 will eventually cause some degree of disruption here. The question before us now is how we can help the administration and ou
Cspan. Next, a look back at the 19981999 impeachment of president bill clinton. We will show you a portion of the u. S. House floor debate on four articles of impeachment. The house voted to approve two of those articles, making bill clinton the second president in u. S. History impeached since Andrew Johnson in 1868. Steve on december 18 and 19th, 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against present bill clinton. We will show you highlights coming up in a moment. First, explain how the articles move from the house to to share committed the floor within a week. Alexis they pass out of the House Judiciary Committee. There was lots of discussion about what the rules would be. Obviously for this entire inquiry. The rules meaning, what the investigation be limited . And the House Judiciary Committee had already undertaken that and had established that the inquiry could really run very widely. It was not going to be limited to just a certain number of witness
Whatever they were interested in , asking, and a lot of this was preprepared. Some members are staying in washington in anticipation of taking up and may file a report, setting up votes on an impeachment resolution. Live coverage now of the u. S. House. A communication for the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. December 15, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable gerald e. Connolly to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the chair will be offered by our chaplain, father pat conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of light, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the house lies silent on a sunday, bless all members with patience and courage, that they might remain faithful to their oaths to the constitution in a contentious political climate. May they be confident of your presence with them and be encouraged thereby. Bless as well the people of this great nation with wi