Captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org and a look right now on a beautiful fall evening in washington, d. C. , a sad day as the president said there. You see the flag at half staff that the president ordered. Waiting in just a moment from now, the house coming back here. Here they are. Live coverage on cspan. Er the. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 548, providing for cofferings the bill to amend title 18 United States code to protect paincapable unborn children and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. Votes listen taken in the following order. H. R. 1547 by the yeas and nays. And h. R. 965 by the yeas and nays. The first electronic vote will be conducte
Hearts to you. Lord, please shower your mercy on our nation, as we seek to deal with the las vegas mass shooting. Please show mercy to the victims and their families. Lord, in spite of this horrific act, give us faith to believe that evil will not ultimately prevail in our world. May this tragedy motivate us to plant and water seeds of peace, as we cultivate a greater respect for the laws of seed time and harvest. Cut in pieces the cords of wickedness that seek to bind us. Today, guide our senators and use them as ambassadors of reconciliation in our nation and world. Eternal god, though we walk in the midst of trouble, stretch forth your hands and revive us with your might. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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. Mr. Mcconnell
Our soil. We ask your blessing upon us all. Most especially on those who mourn the loss of their loved ones. Have mercy upon all your children who die. The debates will once again ensue. Speed us to the day when the wisdom of solomon might inspire our congressional members beyond the limitations of sound bites and platitudes before more and more american citizens are deprived of their lives. Lord, the suffering of our world is all around us. Stimulate our hearts and minds so that everything we may do this day would be for your greater honor andone minute. Mr. Green thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our nation is in mourning. Many hearts are bleeding. Mr. Speaker, there is much suffering. Lives have been lost in a senseless, needless manner in las vegas. Mr. Speaker, there is a right time for all things. This is a time for our nation to mourn and for hearts to heal. Announce that impeachment is postponed. Let us mourn, mr. Poe mr. Speaker, as the band played the latest country wester
Objection. Mr. Udall thank you, madam president. Madam president , i rise in opposition to the renomination of mr. Ajit pai to the federal Communications Commission. Mr. Pai both as f. C. C. Commissioner and now as chairman has not been a vigorous watchdog for free speech. He has not put the peoples right to information first. In fact, he has put corporate interest first. And he has opposed policies outright that ensure underserved communities have access to essential technology. I strongly oppose his renomination to the commission. Lets begin with his responsibility to guard First Amendment rights. President trump has relentlessly attacked nbc, cbs, abc, cnn, the new york times, and the washington post. He called these established and esteemed news outlets fake news. He even called them the enemy of the people. Earlier this year in february during a Senate Commerce hearing, this was an oversight hearing, i asked chairman pai point blank whether he agreed with the president that these
The pandemonium that ensued was that thousands of concertgoers in downtown las vegas figured out they were being fired upon n from above. And there is nothing wrong with sending every thought and prayer, every bit of your heart to las vegas to all of the family members that lost loved ones to those recovering to the First Responders to the community writ large. It really does help. I lived through one of these as a witness in sandy hook. Many of those pairings are still my friends or about the same age or kids who are the same age. While there is absolutely no words, no gestures that can never save the ones that cometh with losing a child, especially a first grader, it did not hurt to know that the rest of the world was thinking every single, minute about that community. The overwhelming amount of stuff they showed up in sandy hook. The teddy bears that piled up in the days and weeks that follow. N it was a reminder to that town that it wasnt forgotten. It helps. It does. But its not e