The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 17, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable david n. Cicilline to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the assistant parliamentarian. O father of mercies, god of all comfort, our only help in time of need, we humbly beseech thee to behold, visit and relief all our servants for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon us all with mercy. Comfort us with goodness. Preserve us from the temptations of the enemy, and give us patience under our aflick shun. In our good time restore us to health and enable us to lead the residue of our lives in thy fear and to thy glory and grant finally we may dwell with thee in life everlasting, main. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967,
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Business of building the memorial next week. So, were glad that youre here and were excited to be talking about the memorial and lets get right to it. With me is harvey pratt. Hes a citizen of the tribes of oklahoma. He is a peace chief and has been a career Law Enforcement official. He is a working artist and he is a marine and vietnam veteran. Put your arms together for harvey pratt applause what caused you to submit a proposal a proposed designed for the memorial . Our veterans director just kept after me. I had no one really had no hope that they would come closer. He just kept after me and kept doing it for the tribe and i said let me dream on it and i said i have to dream. Some of my best creativity is done in the morning and so thats what i did. I went home and i dreamed about it and i got my big chief way out and got some sketches and it just came to me all of a sudden that morning. In order to touch they 576 recognized tribes and how difficult that was and try to tie them alto
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applause please be speeded. It is my pleasure to present to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the honorable ralph at northam. Thank you all. Thank you. Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Happy new year and thank you for the warm welcome. To my wife pam, Lieutenant Governor fairfax, and attorney general hearing, justices of the supreme court, newly elected members, old friends of my cabinet and staff, thank you all for your service to our commonwealth. And good evening to madam speaker and madam president. applause the Chamber Looks pretty good from up here doesnt it . laughs laughs you know its a proud moment to look out and see General Assembly that reflects more than ever the virginia that we see every day. applause this is truly an historic night. Just one week ago, we closed a decade that sometimes challenged our fundamental beliefs and even made us question what it means to live in a changing america. So tonight, let us recall some basic fact