Authorized to declare a recess at any time. Pursuant to Committee Rule 4 and 2h of rule 11 the chair may postponefurther proceedings today when a recorded vote is ordered on the question of approving a measure on adopting the amendment. Ms. Lofgren we will consider the securing americas federal election act, a targeted bill to modernize our nations infrastructure and respond to the ongoing attacks in our democracy. As we all should know and appreciate, our country suffered as special counsel mueller said, multiple system attic efforts to interfere in our election in the 2016 president ial election. When outsiders medical in our elections, its an attack in our country and cannot be staged to defend against the sophisticated cyberattacks of state actors on their own. While we have made modest progress to bolster our defenses, it is clear from our Intelligence Community and host of independent experts from across the political spectrum that more must be done. Our state and local governmen
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 ever rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from South Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Mace i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 5527. The speaker pro tempore does the gentlewoman move the bill as amended. Yes. The clerk h. R. 5527 a bill to amend section 1078 for fiscal year 2018 to increase the effectiveness of the Technology Modernization fund and for other purposes. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman the speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, ms. Mase and mr. Raskin each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from South Carolina. Ms. Mace madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and
Kathleen continues to bring some very strong winds and some blustery showers through today. Join me later for the full forecast with all details. Forecast with all the details. To im stephen morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello and this is breakfast on gb news is. Before we get into the serious stuff this morning, the daily star. I love the daily star. Its got some interesting stuff. Its got some interesting stuff. Have you been to the supermarket lately . Yeah. Im there most days. Yeah. Im there most days. Did you spot anything unusual . No no. Well, apparently i in 10 ufo sightings in the uk, and theres quite a lot of them is in a supermarket car park. Really . Apparently so. Oh so i dont know why. Chris eccles, whos one of the people who spotted it. He lives in rotherhithe in south london. Yeah. Theres my theory is all of the lights look like a kind of the lights look like a kind of giant landing site. Oh, its like a runway from above. Oh, its like a runway from ab
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Committee met to discuss Virtual Currency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission discussed the oversight and regulatory actions thus far. This is just under two hours. The committee will come to order. This morning we will receive testimony from sec chairman jay clayton, and cftc chairman Chris Giancarlo on the current world of the oversight conducted by their two agencies. Welcome, gentlemen. Virtual currencies are meant to act as a type of money that can be traded on online exchanges for conventional currencies such as dollars. We are used to purchased goods or services predominantly online. Additionally, developers and businesses and individuals are selling virtual coins or tokens through initial coin offerings also known as icos to raise capital. Over the last year, Many Americans have become increasingly interested in Virtual Currencies especially givenet meteoric rise in valuation and recent fall of bitcoin. Just for perspective in january 2 of last year, bitcoin broke the 1,0