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
Weve been in a range for some time. You can see of course 3 well in the rear, isnt it . Nobodys talking taper too much anymore. As for europe, lets take a look. Kind of a mixed bag overall on the couldnt net. Lets go to our road map. It starts where else would you expect it . Hope with washington, leading to hope for investors but for how long . Well take a closer look at where the markets are headed the day after that big, big point gain on the dow. And Bank Earnings kicking off this morning. Jpmorgan posting its First Quarter lost amid litigation costs. And mixing coffee and politics. Starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz looking to end the d. C. Gridlock, launching a petition today urging congress to open the government. Well speak live with mr. Schultz later. Mark zuckerberg going on a real estate spending spree in silicon valley. Well tell you what the billionaire is buying coming up. Its the morning after the major averages rose 323 points, all on hopes republicans and the president will
In support of this Bipartisan Legislation. Friend, thank my good mr. Rokita for his great leadership on behalf of our students in the educational system. Its been a pleasure working with you shir. I rise today in strong support of h. R. 4366, the strengthening education through research act. Now i firmly believe that in order to successfully prepare our students for the work forest, our nations educators must be able to identify and have access to successful and proven techniques. In 202, i proudly supported the passage of the education science reform act which, among other thin things, ensured that Education Research be conducted free of political bias and focus on improving student achievement. Last year, the Government Accountability Office Released a report highlighting the successes of the law but also detailed several areas that could be improved to Better Outcomes for our students. Today, along with mr. Rokita, we have built on the success of that bill through h. Reform 4366. Th
15th to november 21st. Thats 356,000 more people than usual dying during that period. And jobless claims increased by 853,000 last week which was over 100,000 more than expected. In the meantime, President Trump is meeting with state attorneys general at the white house after they backed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to overturn the Election Results in four states that president elect joe biden won. We have a team of our top reporters and analysts standing by to cover all of these stories. Lets get back to the fda hearing on the vaccine approval for a moment. Where the vote could begin in just minutes from now. Earlier on today, fda commissioner steven hahn defended why the process is taking longer in the United States than the u. K. And canada. Our job is to test the efficacy. We shrunk a process that usually takes months into one that takes weeks and i have 100 confidence. Joining us now, dr. John torres. Great to have you with us. A very critical hour in this process. Well keep an
Ns Surveillance Program is coming under increasing criticism in washington from an unlikely bipartisan coalition. We will speak with republican huggers member Thomas Massie of kentucky and democratic congressman or her john conyers of michigan on their efforts to tracking everyom phone call in the United States. It is my fear that we are on the verge of becoming a surveillance state, collecting billions of electronic records on lawabiding americans every single day. Then, a National Strike for a living wage and the right to unionize in the fast food and retail sectors spreads across 7 cities. [indiscernible] we cannot support our families on what we make. Workerill speak with one who went on strike. He is a father of three who works at both burger king and pizza hut. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration is reconsidering plans for a summit with russian president Vladimir Putin next m