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 debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. One of the most difficult and challenging situation any family faces is dealing with circumstances surrounding the end of life. Earlier this week, n. P. R. Ran a fascinating story on a little known fact that physicians die differently than the rest of us. They are more comfortable, theyre more likely to spend their final days surrounded by loved ones. They seldom die in an i. C. U. Or in a hospital setting. Thats because doctors understand what works and what doesnt. Doctors are very clear about their wishes, and they choose quality of life and concern for their families as well as their own well
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High temperature this year is 80 degrees. But for 5 00 a. M. . Its a warm start. And there you can see the wind active out of the southwest, bringing in all that oppressive humidity. Wind is gusting up to 30 miles per hour. Oppressive humidity levels and you can see once you get into worcester will continue today. 75 in worcester, 80 on the cape, what a warm start. Showers and storms coming into connecticut and then it falls apart. There is some cloud cover here this morning and the front off to the west is the leading edge of that humid air. Drier air will eventually work in. Sign up at 5 54, less humid in holding fairly steady. Mid to upper 80s for high temperatures today. Lets get you out of the roads and see how we are looking. Olessa good morning. So far it is a quiet start at the bridge in both directions, traffic getting by without any problems. Just a little bit of road work lets show you where. Some construction picking up on the expressway, then again as you have quiet start
Will work in gradually over the course of the day. Right now we are running in the lower 80s. Even after worcester county, upper 70s. As they come in, they kind of fell apart. Patchy cloud cover, and this front off to the west, as it continues to shift in, brings drier air. I think the storm threat has passed, in the clouds are breaking apart as temperatures holding your 80 as we get into the afternoon, the wind shifts to the west and brings in less humid air. As we go through the day, skies are brightening, mostly sunny, gusty breezes. Turns out to be a pretty nice day. Right now lets get you out to the roads. Olessa good morning. A live look, starting things off at those they can bridge. Act by mass ave. 24 looks good, so does 95. Construction clearing on 128. Last Construction Zone on route 3 by 128, trains and buses starting on schedule. Randy stories were following right now, a dedham man is dead after crashing his pickup truck into a tree in boston. Police say the 44yearold man w
Middle of the afternoon. Its so warm out there. Very humid out there. In time of year, we are 80 degrees. Right. Look where we are this morning. 80 degrees. So it is a warm, sticky start, as you get from Worcester North and west, temperatures mostly in the 70s, but closer to 80 down to the cape this morning. So it is a warm and muggy start for sure. The skies are in the process of clearing out, and it is breezy out there. The southwesterly wind brought in all the humidity. The dewpoints are running in the 70s, and were hanging onto that across the easternmost massachusetts, as you get onto worcester confidante, the humidity is dropping. It drops more the farther west that you get. Were tracking a front, this is the leading edge of that. As the wind shift, it will turn more comfortable. A lot of cloud cover now. Mid 80s this afternoon. The busy westerly wind bringing in less humid air but cooler temperatures so well average in the mid 80s from lowell to burlington to framingham. Through