The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 218 and the nays are 185. The motion is adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Velazquez, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 4406, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 4406. A bill to amend the Small Business act, to improve the Small Business Development Centers program 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 fiveminute 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 expressl
I rise today to pay special tribute to congressman elijah e. Cummings. A man of great honor and a giant within the house of representatives. Congressman cummings was born in baltimore on january 18, 1951. He was one of seven children of robin and ruth robert and Ruth Cummings and although his family struggled financially, they always found a way to help others in their community. Representative cummings and his family, like thousands of other africanamericans, had to face the brutal experience of the jim crow period. When representative cummings was a child at 11, he was attacked while trying to swim in the neighborhood swimming pool. Racist adults threw rocks and bottles that resulted in injuries. But left him with a determination to study law and to become the fighter for social justice that characterized his life. He would go on to receive his bachelors degree in Political Science from howard university. And while at howard, he served as Student Government president. After gragg gra
Grab the umbrella a before you leave today but it is only the umbrella will a that you need. We are only expecting rain because of these mild temperatures. Everything is coming up from the southwest and that is where warmer air is, so warmer temperatures are moving in, along with these showers, and were talking philadelphia, now montgomery county, little bit of the bucks county, chester county, heavier rain seems to be in lancaster and berks county this morning. A few rain drops this morning. 54 degrees right now. 6 miles an hour wind out of the south. 7 19 is your sunrise time. We have got 50degree in pottstown. Fortyseven in our cold spot in mount pocono. Fiftythree Atlantic City. Fiftyfour in dover. Crazy how warm it is and how much warmer it is then yesterday. Very cold yesterday with you now were 20 degrees warmer in some cases, then, 24 hours ago. So, our planner for today is, for showers, a at least to start, we have a mild start, showers around, through about lunchtime, and it
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