For what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and skr for and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 469. Resolution, resolved, that the clerk of the house of representatives requests the senate to return to the house the joint resolution, house joint resolution 76, entitled granting the consent and approval of congress for the commonwealth of virginia, the state of maryland, and the District Of Columbia, to enter into a compact relating to the establishment of the washington metrorail safety commission. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. H. R. 3180 by the yeas and nays. S. 114 by the yeas and nays. H. R. 3218 by th
But theyll be ushered in. Good afternoon and welcome to the Aspen Institute. On behalf of the Strategy Group and the Rural Development Innovation Group, i want to thank you for joining us for this lunchtime dialogue series. Americas rural opportunity. I want to thank all the people in the room here, in washington, d. C. , with us, as well as the hundreds of the people Live Streaming and those of you watching on cspan3. So i am i wonder how many there are. Im janet topolsky. Im executive director of the Aspen Institute strategies group. What we do here at aspen usg is we do a lot of work out in the country equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions. And to advance those living on the economic margins while they do that. Since 1985, aspen csg has focused most of its work in Rural America. And through our experience over those years, we have learned full well that Rural America is not flyover country. Rural america, rather, is livein, workin, start a business in, and raise a
Senator Amy Klobuchar is expected to kick off a farm on legalic equality and principles. She is a member of the Judiciary Committee which is scheduled to hear from President Trump spec for the Supreme Court neil gorsuch next tuesday. The senate is scheduled to gavel in later today, 2 00 eastern ofe, debating the nomination the head of medicaid and are services. The house changing it scheduled for the week because of the snowstorm expected in washington, d. C. They gambled in for a brief pro forma session and they will be out tomorrow. Center forto the American Progress, i am the executive Vice President of external affairs. Im so delighted that you could join us today. In our recent report reviving it highlighted the idea that the economy has grown more consolidated with more power be good time concentrated in the largest firms in america. This is in no small part of the conservative assault on both government and the middle class. This assault has played out not just in the courts, bu
Welcome to the center for American Progress, i am the executive Vice President of external affairs. Im so delighted that you could join us today. In our recent report reviving antitrust, it highlighted the idea that the economy has grown more consolidated with more power be good time concentrated in the largest firms in america. This is in no small part of the conservative assault on both government and the middle class. This assault has played out not just in the courts, but in antitrust enforcement practices of the department of justice, the federal trade commission, and at a wider range of federal regulators and in the halls of congress, where the view that big meant more efficient, has dominated for far too long. Since the early 1980s, conservative legal thinking embodied in robert bork and antonin scalia, has sought to dismantle the ability of government to protect consumers, workers, Small Businesses, the environment, people of color, basically all of us ordinary folks, from the
Welcome to the center for American Progress, i am the executive Vice President of external affairs. Im so delighted that you could join us today. In our recent report reviving antitrust, it highlighted the idea that the economy has grown more consolidated with more power be good time concentrated in the largest firms in america. This is in no small part of the conservative assault on both government and the middle class. This assault has played out not just in the courts, but in antitrust enforcement practices of the department of justice, the federal trade commission, and at a wider range of federal regulators and in the halls of congress, where the view that big meant more efficient, has dominated for far too long. Ng. Since the early 1980s, conservative legal thinking embodied in robert bork and antonin scalia, has sought to dismantle the ability of government to protect consumers, workers, Small Businesses, the environment, people of color, basically all of us ordinary folks, from