Speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. 7 the chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina mr. Jones, for five minutes. Mr. Jones mr. Speaker, thank you very much. Today the House Budget Committee will reveal the budget for fiscal year 2016. That budget will contain more money for afghanistan, which is why i am speaking on the floor today. Afghanistan is an absolutely waste of taxpayers money. It is a true graveyard of empires. Just two years ago i was speaking on the floor abou
Will rise and remain standing until counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. In cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 236, the nays are 181. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Foxx thank you mr. Speaker. I send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 152, resolution providing for consideration o
10 . Rep. Palmer i believe it has a two page attachment with it think its quite specific and says what bright line rules should be an things such as that, that wireless should be mr. Palmer i believe it is three sentences. Chair wheeler i disagree that they put in here the entire statement of the president. He was saying this is what i think we ought to stand for. Mr. Palmer are you telling us that jeffrey came over to meet with you and just read the president s statement . I will yield back. Chair wheeler maybe i am confused. I do not think that was the question. Mr. Palmer let me be more specific. Your calendar shows february 2014, you had two phone calls. One with the White House Office of science and technology. Is that correct . Chair wheeler if the calendar says that. I do not recall, but if the calendar says that. Mr. Palmer you do not recall talking to mr. Podesta. Do you have any recollection of a phone call . Chair wheeler if the calendar says oh, i will stipulate to it. Mr.
I hereby appoint the honorable Cresent Hardy to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from the list submitted by the majority and minority leaders for the morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall the debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Amidst the troubling picture coming out of the israeli elections, there was some good news from the middle east for a change. The Israeli Government announced that it would double the amount of water it sells to gaza from five million to 10 million cubic fe
A lot of talk about jobs and this relationship this very bipartisan hearing we had. But i think there is a reason for that and that is that we cant get past the first hurdle how are we going to pay for it. It costs money. Rail, buses, ports, bridges, highways not free. So we are so hung up on trying to do the impossible fund all of those without money that we cant get to what the money will do. We are approaching the absolute deadline, may 31. The construction season is already here. Its 65 degrees in d. C. Today. I wonder if people even in Congress Know that very first bill, eisenhower bill in 1956 had a 13year authorization, because the republicans in the 1950s were attuned to how long it takes to do exactly the kinds of things, mr. Garamendi that your chart points to. And you need an authorization more than a few months or even a few years. 13year authorization. No wonder that those postworld war ii years were the very best years for the American Economy. The states simply cannot ma