Pass h. R. 6544 and h. R. 4984. The first electronic vote will be conducted the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 6544, a bill to advance the benefits of Nuclear Energy by enabling efficient, timely and predictable licensing, regulation and deployment of Nuclear Energy technology and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [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 the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 365, the nays are 36. One is recorded as present. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rule is suspended and the bill is passed and the moti
The coexecutive of the new york state board of elections indicating that according to the unofficial results for the special election held on february 14, 2024 the honorable Thomas R Suozzi was elected to congress. [cheering] for what purpose does that gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent about the honorable gentleman from new york be permitted to take the o today. His certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question raised with regard to his election. Without objection, representative elect suozzi and the new york delegation present themselves in the well. The well . The speaker will all members rise and the representative elect please will all numbers rise and the representative elect please raise his right hand . Deals where you will support the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic . That you will take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of ev
Newsroom in poland, says a Russian Missile likely entered its airspace. According to the its airspace. According to the head of the polish armed forces, both poland and natos radar system spotted an unidentified aerial object over the countrys territory. Nato secretary territory. Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance stands in solid charity with poland, and that it remains vigilant. Its understood groups of soldiers are performing on the ground verification of the missiles flight path. Here in the uk, the flight path. Here in the uk, the government has promised to send around 200 air defence missiles to ukraine after russia launched a massive air attack overnight night. It comes as rishi sunak condemned the russian president for the latest bombardment, saying that putin will stop at nothing to eradicate freedom and democracy. Officials say 31 democracy. Officials say 31 civilians have been killed and at least 120 injured following a series of attacks on Cri
All rise. The court of impeachment of the texas senate is now in session. The honorable Lieutenant Governor and president of the senate, dan patrick, now presiding. May be seated. I am going to take your suggestion into consideration on exhibits, if time is spent from your side. Thank you very much. At this time, Opening Statement by the managers. Mr. Presiding officer. One housekeeping matter before that. Yes . The attorney general seeks a ruling from this court that to the extent privileges, attorneyclient privilege, executive privilege, etc. , may apply, those are held by the attorney general. Now, were not asking the court it rule in any particular statement or any particular document as privilege at this time but for purposes of the managers Opening Statement, Going Forward in this case, we ask that this court rule that those privileges, which all attach during the time at which the attorney genoas the elected serving duly attorney general attached to him, conversations he had wit
We will return live to the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney general ken paxton aftemorning of pretrial motions and we expect Opening Statements to get underway this afternoon. Live coverage here on cspan. Again, waiting for openingstf texas senator ken paxton. The texas senate is considering 20 articles of impeachment against the attorney general, which include bribery, abuse of office, and obstruction of justice. The charges stem from allegations brought to light in late 2020 by general paxtons own senior staff. They say he did political favors for a federally indicted Real Estate Developer and Campaign Donor in exchange for a Kitchen Remodel and a job for a woman with whom paxton was having an alleged affair. No criminal penalties are associated with impeachment and attorney general paxton will not automatically lose his state pension if convicted. Hes currently suspended without pay pending the trials outcome. Attorney general paxton denies doing anything wrong. Again, opening ar