Will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god . Mr. Estes demrmpling congratulations mr. Mr. Estes i do. The speaker congratulations. You are now a member of the 15th congress. Without objection, the gentlelady from kansas, ms. Jenkins, is recognized for one minute. Ms. Jenkins thank you, mr. Speaker. The speaker the gentlelady will suspend. He house will be in order. Ms. Jenkins thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise this evening to congratulate my good friend and our newhouse colleague, ron estes. Ive known ron and his wife, susan, for many years. I can tell you hes truly one of the nicest guys you will ever want to know. Ron and i share a common bond, having served as state treasurers in kansas. And ive watched him serve in that role well. With the nation 20 trillion in debt, i
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously votes will be taken in the following order. House resolution 187 by the yeas and nays, House Resolution 876 by the yeas and nays. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The vote is on the motion of the the gentleman from california, mr. Royce, to suspend the rules and agree to House Resolution 187 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 187, resolution responding to the famine in south sudan. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representativ
The bill, which the Kansas House approved with a near-veto-proof majority Monday roughly along party lines, now heads to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk.