Very direct and grilling questions of witnesses that would come before our committee. Sometimes there would be a tense moment. But ralph always had something funny or a story to tell that broke the ice. Youve seen a number of members of the texas delegation here today, particularly the republican delegation and every thursday, we have lunch together. Talk about whats good for texas. But what was always a thing that we always looked forward to, we couldnt wait until ralph got there so that we could ralph could share a funny story. And you know, one of the things that ill miss most about ralph is those times when hed be on the floor or he would be at lunch, sharing those stories. Now one of the things about ralph is that as he got older, he got wiser. And in fact he, got so wise, in 2004, he realized he needed to be a part of the Republican Party and so he switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. We were so glad to welcome him to that. So as i said, its been an honor a
Today, particularly the republican delegation and every thursday, we have lunch together. Talk about whats good for texas. But what was always a thing that we always looked forward to, we couldnt wait until ralph got there so that we could ralph could share a funny story. And you know, one of the things that ill miss most about ralph is those times when hed be on the floor or he would be at lunch, sharing those stories. Now one of the things about ralph is that as he got older, he got wiser. And in fact he, got so wise, in 2004, he realized he needed to be a part of the Republican Party and so he switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. We were so glad to welcome him to that. So as i said, its been an honor and a privilege, ralph, to be part of your team on the science, space and technology committee. Its been a great honor to be one of your colleagues, but more importantly, ralph, we want to thank you for your friendship and kinship and most importantly your service
Force behind the creation of southern california. He became the first chief judge of the District Court serving in that position until he was appointed to the ninth Circuit Court of appeals. Judge carter judge keep graduated from the San Diego School of law as its valedictorian, becaming the first female judge for the Southern Court of california and later the first female chief judge. And this honors judge john rhodes who served as a federal judge in san diego for 22 years and was widely respected and beloved throughout the regions legal community. Udge s. Judges, carter, keep and rhodes showed excellence and integrity. Im proud to honor their legacy with this legislation, and i want to thank two of my colleagues in particular, congresswoman susan davis who represented this area before i did, and led this effort for the past several years. And congressman darrell issa for his support and great amendments to the bill. Its better because of his work. And im proud to have worked with the
The numbers are on the screen. A very good morning on a snowy tuesday morning. Headlines about the congress in papers here in washington and around the country. Here in the Washington Times mcconnell letting to take the helm of the senate is the headline there. The starledger, what to expect from a new congress, including health care, invigoration immigration and border. And another headline the crop of young outsiders remakes the face of congress. In the u. S. House, 246 republicans, 188 democrats and one vacancy. That one vacancy, of course, republican my Republican Congressman Michael Grimm of new york who submitted his resignation after a guilty plea in a tax evasion case. Still, republicans start the year with 240 six republicans, the largest gop House Majority 246 republicans, the largest gop House Majority since 1946. The senate makes up 36 states having both from the same party 21 with two republicans and 15 with two democrats. There are also 53 former house members as members
At 9 oclock today. In the first 45 minutes, your thoughts on using the hs fund to go tackle executive actions on immigration. You may agree with the efforts by the republicans or not. But you can call in on one of three lines this morning, 2027488000. Democrats, 20274888001. For republicans and for independent, 2027488002. You want to make your thoughts on one of our social Media Channels known on the republicans using the hs bill to stop immigration action. Send us email a lot journal cspan. Org. This effort with amendments voted and agreed on to yesterday scheduled for a vote was at a vote yesterday where john boehner talks about some of the reasons they are taking these actions on the chs bill and the efforts on executive action by the administration. Here is what he had to say. [video clip. ] our goal is to fund the department of Homeland Security. Our second goal is to stop the president s executive overreach. This is not the way our government was intended to work the the preside