The final goodbye included remembrances from three former president s and words from young people he inspired. Heres abcs andrew dymburt. Reporter final goodbyes. The Funeral Service for representative john lewis taking place thursday, closing a historic chapter in american history. Reporter former president barack obama delivering the eulogy, paying tribute to lewis life and legacy. John lewis will be a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better america. Reporter two other former president s, george w. Bush and bill clinton, also attending the private funeral at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in atlanta which dr. Martin luther king jr. Once led. We live in a better and nobler country today because of john lewis. He kept moving. He held for and imagined and lived and worked and moved for his beloved community. Reporter lewis died on july 17th after a monthslong battle with pancreatic cancer. He spent his entire life fighting not just for civil rights of africanamericans but f
To the life of one of the iconic figures of not just the Civil Rights Movement, but of the ways and Means Committee. I sat next to john lewis for 25 years on the ways and Means Committee and i must tell you, he was the bravest, most gentle person i ever met. He nearly lost his life in pursuit of justice and confronted some of the darkest society at the Edmund Pettus bridge as a very young man. But he never lost faith in what america could become. During those many conversations, and he offered a tutorial to me about the life and the legend that he had offered to america, his unyielding optimism and hope lifted the spirits of his fellow members of congress and the American People in our nations most trying moments. With quiet strength, grace and love, he shouldered unthinkable burdens and changed this world for the better. Through it all, he was unfailingly humble, selfless and kind and i must say, and i was commenting a moment ago to some colleagues on the committee, if he was in the r
Leading up to the vote. Nized. Mr. Butterfield thank you, mr. Speaker. I bring this legislation to the floor today on behalf of the committee on house administration. I want to thank our chair, congresswoman zoe lofgren, for her leadership. I thank Ranking Member rodney davis for his friendship and leadership on our committee. Thank you, mr. Davis. I said this to you privately, thank you for the spirit in which you have approached this important but delicate issue. Recognizing the issue of removing confederate statues from the capital has been simmering for years. Since i recognize that, ill now approach the issue today with the utmost respect for those who are opposed to the goal of the legislation. But, but i ask the dissenters to consider that america has been a divided nation since its founding. And its past time for us to close this chapter of American History that remove statues that depict an era that caused enormous pain to africanamerican citizens. Mr. Speaker, as you, i grew
Floor to discuss next week legislative agenda. This is half hour. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rise . Ouisiana mr. Scalise madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak of order to inquire for the schedule for the coming week. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Scalise i yield to the gentleman from maryland to ask that inquiry. Friend, i thank my the republican whip, for yielding. And i will say that on monday meet at 9 00 a. M. For morning hour debate and 10 00 a. M. For legislative to ness with votes expected occur, madam speaker, approximately 12 00 p. M. The house will not be in session as we pay respect to congressman john lewis while state. In on wednesday, the house will meet at 9 00 p. M. For morning and 10 00 a. M. For legislative. On thursday, the house will meet hour 0 a. M. For morning debate and 10 00 a. M. For legislative business. Members are advised that votes thursday will be postponed p. M. 6 30
He discussed efforts to the payments owed to individuals and Small Businesses provided by the cares act and addressed the 2020 tax filing deadline which had been extended to july 15. This is about two hours. Thank you for agreeing to testify in the 2020 season and the irs handling of challenges that used because of the pandemic, the 2020 Filing Season got off to a difficult start at the end of january. However, since then this Filing Season has been anything but typical as the result of the National Health emergency stemming from the ongoing pandemic. Almost all regular tax filing and tax payment deadlines have been extended. This includes the individual corporate and the deadlines pushed back from the normal april 15 to july 15 and there are some rumors that they might be extended again. I dont know. I have heard that at least once. Despite the exton to deadlines, the Filing Season continues with many still filing their taxes as usual ticket to the tax refund. At the same time, consis