The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a commune cane from the speaker. Communication from the speaker. 2020, ik september 22, hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 10 50 a. M. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to highlight the inequalities that covid19 assistance distribution. Back in march,
Remote hearings certainly arent the same as sitting together in our Committee Room but this new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work on behalf of the American Peoples while keeping our staff, family and broader communities safe. This is the second official virtual subcommittee hearing in the ways and means committee. As with our previous hearing i want members to know i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantive debates. Even as we conduct our business from afar i will continue to work with our Ranking Member and his staff so to ensure that the rights of all members are respected in this new virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for the
Out of congress as opposed to just these executive orders from the president that are taking quite a bit of heat over the weekend. Yeah, look, david, i think that there is a sense initially that it was a white house grab and it kind of went through the weekend, there was a recognition that, wait a second, maybe it is a grab if youre going to give 400, 100 has to come from the states and many of the states including red states are in trouble. The thing that is most compounding people is that 12 of the people who make 80 to 100,000 get this bizarre payroll tax cut when the problem is not the people employed but the people who are unemployed. I think that its arer so counterintuitive our old friend larry kudlow always believed in that. We have secretary mnuchin right now, which is terrific lets do it lets do it. Go ahead, jim. Mr. Secretary, always good to see you on squawk on the street. We get a little bargaining done on the show. How have you been . Good morning. How are you . Im doing
The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, materials and questions for the record subject to the length, limitations in the rules. To insert something in the record please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact of the full committee staff. I see that we have a quorum and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, miss pelosi, will be stopping by this hearing and i ask unanimous consent she participate in any point she arrives during the hearing. So ordered. There she is. Madame speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senate, democrats and republicans, with one
Journal, live at 7 00 eastern thursday morning. Be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. Announcer the House Foreign Affairs Committee Held a hearing on the implications of chinas new National Security law in hong kong, which has led to arrests and clashes between police and protesters. The new law coincides with the 23rd anniversary of the handover of hong kong between the United Kingdom and china. This is almost 3. 5 hours. Forum. E have a and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi, will be stopping by, and i ask unanimous consent that she participate at any point she arrives. And there she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan hous