Behalf of the more than 19 Million People in our nation and half a Million People in michigan who show us every day what service and sacrifice and love of country is really all about. These patriots landed on beaches in normandy and their pacific theater, crept through jungles in korea, shed blood in vietnam, survived attacks in iraq, and fought terrorists in afghanistan. These people are heroes. They love our nation so much, theyre willing to put their lives on the line for our democracy, our people, and our way of life. Thats why it is so incredibly shocking and infuriating to hear the president of the United States, the commander in chief of our armed forces, disparage our veterans. President trump called them losers and suckers. Losers and suckers. He said he couldnt understand why anyone would join the military, because whats in it for them . He said veterans who have lost limbs shouldnt be in parades. Why . Because he couldnt handle seeing them, didnt think people would want to s
Circumstances. You hear about that debate over job creation what the Unemployment Rate is at the beginning of a democratic administration. Bobby scott in the house say■s thq eres supposed to be a House Budget Committee hearing on Budget Committee hearing on later this week the house would force legislationoce tiktok to diversities ownership or face a ban. Live coverage now of the house on cspan. Order. Motion to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 1752 and h. R. 886. Thede first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinish business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from missouri, mraves, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 1752 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerkl report the tile tle. The clerk Union Calendar number 187, h. R. 1752, a bill to amend the public works and Economic Development act of 19
Ladies and gentlemen the governor of thef great set of West Virginia the honorable jim justice. [cheering] [applause] [applause] okay, sit down you look like you are getting tired. [laughter] and you have got to clap a lot tonight. I will get to the meat and potatoes in just a Second Period but i want to thank s you. I want to thank you from all of us. All of my family in every way for all of the years and all the time we spend together. Bickering at times but hopefully loving each other in the end. An absolutely loving West Virginia, no matter what. Now, if i could make some incredible introductions here. And it is just this. I woulde like to introduce my family, especially kathy who has to put up with me all of the time. Please give kathy and jill, and jay a big round of applause. [applause] okay the members of my cabinet, i really do not see any need going through each secretary but in thinking about it, maybe i should. Because of all of the great work they do all of the time. We ha
Thank you all for joining us today for this important hearing. Ranking member kavanaugh and i think all of the witnesses for joining us today, as well. Including our witnesses and from ohio and pennsylvania. We look forward to the testimony of each one of you. As you know, last month news broke about an environmental disaster caused by Norfolk Southern train to ram it near East Palestine, ohio. Less than a mile from the pennsylvania border. Less than a trained around it in the subsequent hazardous relief and led to the controlled burn and the evacuation of some 2000 people. This tragic incident is a reminder of the importance of following the golden rule in treating other people the way that we would like to be treated if they todays hearing is an opportunity to put ourselves in the shoes of those impacted by this disaster. Examining the Immediate Response, and to ensure long term accountability for the cleanup efforts. It is our responsibility in congress to answer, one, what went wro
But its also one of an International Variety because its within the context of congress that any International Reaction or action by the United States wouldnt be undertaken without us speaking the house, nothing happens. So this is brittany pressure to pay on the republicans in particular to get a house me to in place as quickly as possible. Because this is not just a domestic imperative anymore. That is an International One to okay. Mike, kind of bring installation stuff from washington. Thanks very much mike. I was just going to leave you now with some pictures of golf. Extraordinary. Massive of clouds of smoke rising above the sky line in the wake of an enormous strike. That must have just struck that densely populated area. Lets just remind you that there was 2300000 People Living in the gaza strip. That is 41. 00 chrome. It says by 12 chrome. It says wide. It is a tiny area with a huge number of people and seeing strikes of this size generally means massive numbers of casualties.