Relation to the recent bush fires and debate on the motion to have precedence over all other business. The debate continue until adjourned or resolved if necessary of the usual time of the house. Three, the Federation Chamber not to meet. Four, the house to adjourn on the motion of a minister without debate. And five, any variation to this arrangement to be made only by a motion moved by minister. Question is that the motion moved by the leader of the house be agreed to. All those of that opinion say aye. To the contrary, no. The ayes have it and i call the Prime Minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I move that the house, one, acknowledges the devastation across our nation occasioned by the bush fire season including the loss of 33 lives, the destruction of over 3,000 homes, the unimaginable loss of so much wildlife and the devastating impact on regional economies across australia. Two, extends its deepest sympathies to families who have lost loved ones. And to those who have suffered inj
We break away for live ■. By of the u. S. House. You can continue watching on cspan. Org or cspan now. Lawmakers are expected to consider 11 bills today, including an measure for tax relief to victim victims of federally declared disasters, notably while ours and the 2023 train irrelevant in ohio. Another measure directs the Inspector General of the Justice Department to conduct inspections of aons. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in the chair lays before the house a communication from the eaker. The clerk the speaker rooms, washington, d. C. May 21, 2024. I oint the honorabe David Kustoff to act as speaker pro tempore on thi signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the lists submitted by thee members majority and minority leaders for morning hour deb the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocate
Well, good thursday morning. We begin with breaking news. A powerful weather system putting millions of people in danger overnight. The severe storms spawning numerous tornadoes in oklahoma. A terrifying scene. Twisters forming over neighborhoods causing damage and knocking out power to thousands of homes. Also reports this morning of a tornado in arkansas near the mississippi border. You can see the size of this system on radar quickly heading east right now. Its bringing heavy rain and flooding from new orleans to detroit. Overnight severe storms on the move. Its forming, oh, man, look at that. Reporter the large twister touching down in tulsa, oklahoma. Oh, my gosh. Reporter just one of several tornadoes spotted in the state. We got a tornado on the ground in stone canyon and theres going to be damage. Were watching debris fly into the cloud right now. Reporter this morning the Damage Assessment under way. Pictures from inside this church the roof of another church ripped right off.
Followed by south dakota making things safe. Heres one. This is by a farm that hadnt gotten a dime of federal money since 1980. Ormer park director of national srk service, theyve lost 15,000 to 20,000 just by being closed down. They rented barricades to take out there and close down a colonial farm from the 1700s and as a result of this meanspirited action by an administration, this farm may close down for good. Theyre running out of money. But i have a dear friend that has arrived on the floor and i would certainly yield to him for such time as he may consume. Mr. Lamalfa i appreciate my colleague, mr. Gohmert, here on pointing out, really the hypocrisy of whats going on with the publics lands, the publics parks. The way this is being used as leverage by the folks higher up in this administration to try and extract from the American People, from those of us in this house, perhaps, what they want. , so you know, he mentioned the things on south dakota there. Theres a lot of suffering
Very necessary in that process. We have stopped paying the private attorneys since september for their service. We have cut their hourly rates 15 for the present. And with that, the volunteer services of those attorneys and their willingness to take the cases we would be in a terrible pitch. Weve done that to protect the public defenders that we are not able to protect them as we should. And we may be in the process of taking good attorneys out of the appointment last and even putting more pressure for representation. Some victims lives may be in jeopardy without services. I absolutely agree with you that it is a matter of lifeanddeath particularly with the suicide of the victims after Sexual Assault is catastrophic. So we are not fooling around here. We owe this to the dictum of trauma. We need to get this done. I think the witness is very much in the testimony. Thank you. Sheila jackson lee. I am pleased to recognize a distinguished member of the committee from memphis tennessee firs