Humming humbling ourselves and seeking your help. I want to thank you, first of all, for who you are, thank you for your goodness, your mercy, and grace in each of our lives and thank you for the blessings that you give to us every day. What i want to thank you for each and every representative and all they do to direct our great country. I pray today that would you have your hand of grace and guidance upon them. I pray god, that would you give them had the wisdom they need on a daily basis to fulfill the office that youve appointed them to. I also ask that you would guide and courage and protect them in their personal lives, as well as their families and loved ones. I love you, lord. Thats in the name of jesus christ, i play. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise . Mr. Speaker, pu
Good morning. The military personals committee will come to order. I want to welcome everyone to this hearing to discuss the challenges servicemembers that are facing accessing Reproductive Health care. The Supreme Court decision in dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health organization overturned 50 years of precedent and took away the established constitutional right to an abortion. The court stated that their opinion merely returned the issue of abortion to the states, and that women can vote for whom they wish to represent their values. But servicemembers do not get to choose where they live. This leaves 230,000 servicewomen who could be ordered to a state that restricts bodily autonomy, jeopardizing our recruitment and retention efforts. There is a map of that want to show you. This map shows the states that restrict abortion in red, along with a number of military installations within those states. As you can see, many military bases are in states where abortion is or likely will be restric
May we place our hope in you and never forget how you have sustained us in the past. Lord, give our senators the wisdom to trust you in the small things, realizing that faithfulness with the least prepares them for fidelity with the much. May they trust you to do what is best for america in good times and in bad. Inspire each of us to stand for right even though the heavens fall. We pray in your sacred 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. He will. The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid following leader remarks the motion to proceed to s. 815 the employment nondiscrimination act will be adopted and the senate will begin consideration of the bill. Senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. Mr. President , Kimberly Kates is no
Leland nice to be with you as well. Im leland vittert. Theyre working to keep this contained at home, but a newly leaked dossier that might shed light into where and how this various first began. Mark meredith at the white house theyre keeping an eye on that, the president is at camp david. As you mentioned the president is at camp david. But the investigation into the origins of the coronavirus continues. One told john roberts, that most u. S. Intelligence agencies believe that the virus originated in a chinese lab and the release was an accident, not intentional. The president this week said he could not go into detail about the intelligence gathered so far. The president was asked before he left for camp david if china could face additional Economic Issues over this crisis . A lot of things are happening with respect to china. Were not happy, obviously, with what happened. This is a bad situation, all over the world, 182 countries. But well be having a lot to say about that. Its cer
The president is set to address the nation on tuesday, to push what he called a limited strike on syria. Of course, by definition, bombing a sovereign country is an act of war. The president wraps up his trip to russia for an economic summit but the crisis in syria overshadowed all of it. While in russia the white house says the president tried to shore up support from other world leads. The president told the reporters the leaders are in agreement on one thing. It was unanimous that chemical weapons were used unanimous conclusion that chemical weapons were used in syria. There was a unanimous view that the norm against using chemical weapons has to be maintained. Shepard but just as important is what he did not say there was any agreement on who used those deadly chemical weapons. The president today held a surprise meeting with the russian president vladimir putin. The white house scrapped an earlier meeting because of tensions between the two countries. Russia of course strongly bac