The house coming back from winter recess shortly. Meeting to open todays session and then a recess until 6 30 eastern when theyll hold an official quorum call which will have everyone come to the floor to start the second session of the 115th congress. More than 15 bills and resolutions tomorrow, including one to support the protests in iran. 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. January , 201. I hereby appoint the honorable Paul Mitchell to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Sipped, signed, paul d. Ryan, 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. Merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We ask your blessing upon the members of this peoples house as they reconvene for the second session. May they anticipate the opportunities and
Minutes to record their resence. [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 on this roll call, 375 members have recorded their presence. A quorum is present. The chair the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from llinois, mr. Rodney davis. Mr. Davis please join us in the gallery. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it ands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker the house will be in order. For what purpose does the gentleman from califor
Is taking care of our constituents at home. Voices from the states on cspan. Maine Governor Paul Lepage delivered his final state of the state address last week at the statehouse in augustine. He said he will not move forward to a voter approved measure to expand medicaid because the state legislature hasnt determined to pay for it. He leaves office in january of 2019 after eight years on term limits. [applause] thank you so much. Members of the 128th legislature, distinguished guests, and my fellow citizens, i want to briefly remember Paul Mitchell of waterville, brother of senator mitchell, who passed away this weekend. He was a dedicated Public Servant and a good friend. As i begin the last state of the state address of my time as governor of this great state, let me be first to thank my wife. Honey, please stand. [applause] first of all, she looks gorgeous. [laughing] [applause] she has been unwavering as a representative from the governor to the people of the state of maine. And h
And welcome to power lunch. Eye melissa lee, your money carving out some small money today, and russell 2000 at rosh highs. Its a global rally. Lets check out bitcoin is bouncing back after falling below 10,000, Goldman Sachs say its a bubble bigger than the dotcom era and famous tulip bulb mania, and p g was down travelers rallying by almostsh topping expectations tyler . Thank you very much, melissa. Welcome, everybody we begin with a major decision from the white house the administration saying it will slap tariffs on solar panels and washing machines. If youve got a solar powered washing machine, you are not, kayla, going to have whiter whites Kayla Tausche is at the very white house with more. Reporter those tariffs are steep and final. For companies outside the United States empowereding washing machines into the United States theyll sue new tariffing between 20 and 50 , depending on the number of washing machines they are importing. For components that 50 . For solar part manufa
Talks about infrastructure needs. And tom heart of the one campaign will talk about efforts and the global poverty effect of budget cuts on government programs. Host good morning. It is february 27. Tuesday,the houses and at 10 00 a. M. For morning hour and 11 00 for legislative business. The senate will begin at 10 00 a. M. And we are with you for the next three hours. We begin today with President Trumps comments at a meeting of the nations governors, urging them not to be afraid of the National Rifle association. The president said while the nra is doing what they think is right, it is also ok to fight the lobby. This morning we will get your reaction amid the current gun debate. Phone lines this morning republicans, 2027488001. , democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. Line for nra members this morning, 2027488003. Catch up with us on social media come on twitter and on facebook. A very good Tuesday Morning for you this morning. You can start calling in now as we show you