President that was not paying attention to his oath of office. And passed an impeachment resolution. That issue is now over in the senate and in their hands. We could spend some time talking about that but then last friday another issue occurred. Ill spend more time talking about that. A little later. But what it came but what i came to the floor tonight for is to talk about what a democratic aucus, our leadership, and the 230plus members of our caucus have been working on diligently over the last year. For the people. A series of legislative initiatives that address the fundamental concerns that america has, that americans talk about as we like to say, at their breakfast table. Or dinner table. The concerns about their familys education. About their job. About their retirement. And as i learned yesterday from my neighbor, a rancher, about the extraordinary cost of health insurance. I come to the floor tonight for that purpose. But im going to delay my discussion of that and ask the ch
Its also a Youtube Channel with over 325,000 subscribers. Among them the unexplained files. Please give a warm welcome to Amy Shira Teitel [applause]. Good morning everyone. Try to live up to everything. Who here has heard of the story mercury 13. There is a decent number of hands. There was no way to print my talk. If you dont know the story of that mercury 13 i will explain it all later. It is a story of everything and air quotes right now. Thirteen women who trained for spaceflights and took on nasa with the goal of writing the wrong of sexism. Nasa at the time did not allow women into the astronaut corps. They decided they needed to have this change. It went all the way to the house subcommittee hearing. It didnt work. The spaceflight pioneers were astronaut candidates. According to nbc. They trained for space flight. And cut a bent mercury astronauts. The story that is usually told with all of the air quotes features a hero name jerry cobb. She was the first woman to take all of t
Hamilton. So what is left of the storm 1 i think anown tay as rain ma. Scale. Well have scattered showers and some light snow over the higher peaks. Isolated thunder is still possible. 10 00 tonight, scattered showers moving through. Midnight, the same picture. As we get into the overnight hours, well see the storm ending and well start with at least some clear skies. Thats good news. Thank you. And we have Team Coverage this afternoon. Governor newsoms statewide yes. Eric thomas is in the east bay but well start with wayne homelessness tour started today in oakland. The state brought in 15 fema freeman in the north bay. Wyne . Trailers to temporarily house reporter right now, the sun the homeless. This is the fourth day of the is out if not for some residual governors statewide tour to water on the ground, you might discuss homelessness. On monday he was in grass valley never know what this region has gone through in the last few in sacramento. Tuesday, in southern california. Yesterd
Restrict military action against iran. Live coverage of the house now on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, lord of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You, o lord, are the source of life and love. You hear the prayer of congress for the good of this nation and for the good of humanity around the world. Help this congress and the president to discern your will in our day. May short term gains, selfinterest or partisan advantage never prove to be an obstacle to true vision. Rather, lord, grant each member depth of perception, clear analysis, and creative response to the needs of our time. Today, we especially remember our fellow citizens in puerto rico. As they recover from yet another natural disaster. Bless them and especially those who labor sometimes dangerously, to help in the long return to normalcy on that beleaguered island. In these days,
That issue is now over in the senate and in their hands. We could spend some time talking about that but then last friday another issue occurred. Ill spend more time talking about that. A little later. But what it came but what i came to the floor tonight for is to talk about what a democratic aucus, our leadership, and the 230plus members of our caucus have been working on diligently over the last year. For the people. A series of legislative initiatives that address the fundamental concerns that america has, that americans talk about as we like to say, at their breakfast table. Or dinner table. The concerns about their familys education. About their job. About their retirement. And as i learned yesterday from my neighbor, a rancher, about the extraordinary cost of health insurance. I come to the floor tonight for that purpose. But im going to delay my discussion of that and ask the chairman of the labor education committee, bobby scott, to talk about the extraordinary work that his c