321 democrats, 191 republicans, one independent, with four vacancies. We take you live to the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. A call of the house is ordered to ascertain the presence of a quorum. Members will record their presence by electronic device. The speaker pro tempore on this roll call, 384 members have recorded their presence. A quorum is present. The chair has examined the journal of the proceed offings january 3, 2020, and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, the journal stands approved. Members, please carry your conversations off the floor. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Payne. Mr. Payne i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Hoy
Athletes of the decade. 23time grand slam champion Serena Williams acing the competition on the female side. And lebron james was crowned king on the mens side. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 30th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have andrea here. We do begin this half hour with the monster storm covering much of the eastern u. S. The weather radar shows snow from kansas to canada and along the border. Theres rain falling now from the great lakes all the way down to the coast and down into the southeast. Its making the return from christmas or the trip for new years a misery for many. Abcs rob marciano reports. Reporter a major winter storm now reaching east across the country, bringing winddriven snow, ice, and rain as millions continue to travel this holiday week. Weve got to make sure that we Pay Attention to the everchanging road conditions. Reporter 32 million under weather alerts from kansas to maine. Heavy snow, low visibility, and high winds making
Having the provisions to shower or, you know, use the rest room. A 200,000 county grant and donated labor and materials went into the homes. Those selected can live here up for up to 18 months while they prepare to lock for permanent housing. Theyll have to have jobs because they have to pay rent. So its going to start at 200, and then for four month, and then go to 400, 600, 800. She runs the churchs homeless assistance programs. She says the church wont profit from the rent. After utilities are covered, whats left over will be put in a savings and returned to the residents to help pay for permanent housing. I love this work. I want people to be housed. I want people to have dignity. In where they live and feel proud of who they are. And so i think this is one step in that direction. Whats worth having is worth waiting for. Now getting these tiny homes here was just the first step. There is still a lot of work to do. They have to finish the insides. You saw the unfinished version. The
A member of the Saudi Air Force fatally shot 3 people and wounded 8 others at a u. S. Naval base in the state of florida on friday the f. B. I. Is investigating and reportedly examining whether it was terror elated the shooter was a saudi military trainee who was at the base to study aviation he was shot dead at the scene by officers unconfirmed reports suggest that the perpetrator published an anti american manifesto prior to the attack heres r. T. America contributor rose. The f. B. I. Is now taking the lead on this which is interesting because a Saudi National Florida Governor ronda santas though told reporters that the Saudi Arabian government needs to make things better quote unquote for the victims one of the things that i talk to the president about is given that this was a Foreign National in the employ of a Foreign Service is you know be time to do this but obviously the government of saudi arabia needs to to make make things better for these victims Naval Air Station pensacol
Go nats. Were here today talking about good things, reclation. And im going to keep my comments bereave because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well. But we have three pieces this morning that were kring, s 1665 which is sim pli fooigs access act. Senator hien lak calls it the sore act. I like the acronym. S1723, the ski area fee retention. We all love skiing. Already. Extraordinary. Cant wait. S1967, the reclation not red tape act from senator widen. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focused on improsk access ichb structure and permitting to meet the demand on our federal lands. The proposals that were looking at today i think are a good start in addressing those issues. Senator hien wick and widen have put forward legislation to streamline the systems in place to process permits for our outfitters, guides and nonprofits. Senator gardners bill would help facilitate the private inve