The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , august 4 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable jeff denham to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain reverend dr. Dan c. Cummings from Skyline Wesleyan Church in san diego, california. The chaplain join with me in prayer. To the lord, the chief shepherd and savior of our souls. While members of congress are at home in their districts, we pray give each member rest. Cause them to lie down in Green Pastures lead them beside the still waters, restore and refresh their souls, lead them in the paths of righteousness for your namesake and our nations benefit. While other members are abroad who may walk through the valley of the shadow of death let them fear no evil, assure them you are near. Let your rod and your staff bring comfort. Prepare a table for all in the presence of their families. Anoint them wit
Quorum call mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Merkley i ask that the quorum call be lifted. Without objection. Mr. Merkley i ask that my intern sara finley be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley thank you very much. Mr. President , i am coming to the floor to talk about the challenge we have with forest fires that have been raging in the west, from montana and idaho and washington and oregon and california, and periodically we have devastating fires in colorado and new mexico, nevada. So we have to figure out how we do a better job in a multitude of ways. First, its very important that we quit treating terrible fire year, enormous fires as if theyre some ordinary event, because there is currently no femastyle reaction to terrible forest fires. We respond with fema for for neigh tows and for tornadoes and with floods and hurricanes and with earthquakes but not with f
During the 2016 campaign. Speakers included joel pollak and former officials from the obama, reagan, and clinton administration. From the university of southern california, this is one hour and a half. All right. Managinghe assistant manager for los angeles times. I am a berkeley grad, i come here all the time. Thanks everyone for being here. Have been on maternity leave. Have been on maternity leave. Im finishing it up and going back next week so it has been interesting for me to absorb President Trumps first 100 days and looking at not just what the l. A. Times has been doing, but what my colleagues have been doing and the analysis here. It has been important for everybody. Without further ado, we introduce this esteemed panel. A la try to keep this quick. I know who a lot of these people are. Robert english. He is an associate professor of International Relations and a policy analyst for the department of defense. The senior, hes editor at large for breitbart. And that is called how
During the 2016 campaign. Speakers included joel pollak and former officials from the obama, reagan, and clinton administration. From the university of southern california, this is one hour and a half. All right. Managinghe assistant manager for los angeles times. I am a berkeley grad, i come here all the time. Thanks everyone for being here. Have been on maternity leave. Have been on maternity leave. Im finishing it up and going back next week so it has been interesting for me to absorb President Trumps first 100 days and looking at not just what the l. A. Times has been doing, but what my colleagues have been doing and the analysis here. It has been important for everybody. Without further ado, we introduce this esteemed panel. A la try to keep this quick. I know who a lot of these people are. Robert english. He is an associate professor of International Relations and a policy analyst for the department of defense. The senior, hes editor at large for breitbart. And that is called how
During the 2016 campaign. Speakers included joel pollak and former officials from the obama, reagan, and clinton administration. From the university of southern california, this is one hour and a half. All right. Managinghe assistant manager for los angeles times. I am a berkeley grad, i come here all the time. Thanks everyone for being here. Have been on maternity leave. Have been on maternity leave. Im finishing it up and going back next week so it has been interesting for me to absorb President Trumps first 100 days and looking at not just what the l. A. Times has been doing, but what my colleagues have been doing and the analysis here. It has been important for everybody. Without further ado, we introduce this esteemed panel. A la try to keep this quick. I know who a lot of these people are. Robert english. He is an associate professor of International Relations and a policy analyst for the department of defense. The senior, hes editor at large for breitbart. And that is called how