Bill that would allow Small Businesses to raise capital. Theyll finish up work today on a bill dealing with hydroelectric power. To the house floor now. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in orer. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, pastor Jeff Williams, Faith Community church, janesville, welcome wisconsin. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, your word declares you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations and from everlasting to everlasting, you are god. Your sovereignty when juxtaposed with our humanity humbles us and causes us to seek your face. When beginning his rule king solomon prayed for you to grant him a discerning heart to govern your people and distinguish between right and wrong. Grant that same discernment in this chamber today. I pray for these who have been entrusted with the response to believe the govern this great people that they may adhere to the principles and quicks this country was founded upon. Bl
Pursuant to House Resolution 607 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 3043. Will the gentleman from illinois, mr. Davis, kindly ake the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 3043 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to modernize hydropower policy and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, a request for recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in house report 115391 offered by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Rush, had been postponed. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4 by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Rush. On which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 4 printed in house repor
The president s nominee for the next administrator for centers for medicare and Medicaid Services said all options should be considered to improve Program Quality and financial stability. Seema verma testified in a three our confirmation hearing yesterday. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come order. I would like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Today we consider the nomination of seema verma to Service Administrator of the centers for medicaid, medicare and Medicaid Services. We are so happy to have you here and your family too. Appreciate your willingness to meet at the agency on this article time. I see your family has joined you today to lend support so i extend a warm welcome to all of you and them as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest Health Insurer covering over one third of the Us Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over 1 trillion and processes over 1. 2 billion a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulner
In women and girls. Seizing these opportunities will help prevent crisis in the future but we must still respond to the crisises of today. We cannot turn away from the more than 60 Million People who have been forced to flee their homes, the highest number since world war ii. Many are fleeing the very same terrorists that we are fighting. Now is the time to do more by welcoming more refugees to america. Without discrimination based on race, religion, or ethnicity. And providing more support to refugee hosting countries. And we cannot defeat violent extremism when millions of people see a future of continued injustice and lack of opportunity. Development programs can help address underlying issues that make communities more vulnerable to violent extremism, getting directly to the causes of this problem not only addressing the symptoms. And we cannot ignore how so many challenges are exacerbated by the plague of corruption. Its not just the panama papers. The scale of corruption as much
Care for ouro children, they have to be paid more. To pay them more is going to we increase the payment rate. It is also going to require greater investments to strengthening the supply of childcare. This is especially important in light of the requirements in the law. Put it isal to hard to find. To act would provide funding expand it. One more recommendation, we need investments in Early Education and state prekindergarten programs. We will send more details. Questions from members of the committee . Thank you so much. We invite robert up. He is among a group of employees trying to establish the united workerss unit at the mississippi plant. According to the uaw, large numbers of the workforce are temporary employees who work for years earning significantly lower wamgs and benefits. He worked at nissan for two years. We look forward to hearing your remarks. Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to speak to the Platform Committee. We are here to talk about a workplace where