Flags were on the Capitol Building and at the white house are being flown at half staff in members of pearl harbor. Now live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Great redeemer, guide our lawmakers along the best path to fulfill your purposes on earth. May they submit to your wisdom and providential leading, believing that you will supply all of their needs. Remind them that your unfailing love accompanies those who put their trust in you. Give our senators an attitude of reverential awe that will keep them from evil. Inspire them to rejoice and be glad, as they strive to live lives of purity and obedience. And lord, as we remember pearl harbor on this december 7th, thank you for your loving and prevailing providence. May we show our gratitude by facing the future without fear. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting
Are nearing danger. Well also hear from those who survived the explosion sharing their stories of shattered lives in a shot its. Also in the news fire erupts on board a super tanker off the coast of sri lanka its carrying 2000000 barrels of oil. And a standoff in the eastern democratic republic of congo where an armed group is surrounded a prison calling for the release of their members. So were starting in lebanon a month since that massive explosion at the port in beirut and incredibly rescue teams that may have found signs of life but the collapsed building they digging there right now scanning equipment picked up indications of briefing. And were going to hear more about that in a moment this disaster of course oldest forth caused by that large stockpile of badly stored Ammonium Nitrate which ignited at the ports around 200 People Killed 6000 injured and hundreds of thousands left without a home where rescue workers we have heard from then they say their initial attempts havent bee
Circumstances. You hear about that debate over job creation what the Unemployment Rate is at the beginning of a democratic administration. Bobby scott in the house say■s thq eres supposed to be a House Budget Committee hearing on Budget Committee hearing on later this week the house would force legislationoce tiktok to diversities ownership or face a ban. Live coverage now of the house on cspan. Order. Motion to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 1752 and h. R. 886. Thede first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinish business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from missouri, mraves, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 1752 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerkl report the tile tle. The clerk Union Calendar number 187, h. R. 1752, a bill to amend the public works and Economic Development act of 19
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Government funding first, President Biden signed that bill on saturday and voided a partial Government Shutdown. But it only affected half a dozen agencies and there is another Government Shutdown coming up march 22. The latest on those negotiations and is that going to be harder to pass than the one they passed last week . Guest thoseove ly the tough bi. Theyve done 612 Appropriations Bills. Theyve not done the biggest ones or the toughest ones. So the outstandi department of e biggest nondefense bill which is labor h. H. S. And education and usually the toughest one to resolve is Homeland Security. You heard plenty of arguments overmmti Border Security that played into the foreign aid debate and makes it very difficult to fund the department of Homeland Security and thats a one and includes se and foreign operations, funding the department of state at a time when theres a debate over, palestine, hamas. Thats not an easy one either. So theyve got a lot of money at stake, a lot of stak