20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question and on the amendment to House Resolution 564. We will strike that from the ecord. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 564 and on the resolution on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 42, House Resolution 564. Resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 4378, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly
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The hearing took place. In the national 9 11 memorial and museum in new york city, just ahead of the 18th anniversary of the attacks. You, chairman johnson, Ranking Member peters and Committee Members, my name is Alice Greenwald, resident of the ceo of the 9 11 memorial museum. On behalf of everyone associated with the memorial and the museum, i want to express our sincere gratitude for your commitment to securing the safety of our nation. We are honored to have secretaries chertoff, napolitano, and johnson here with us. And i want to thank each of you for your service to the nation. The decision to hold this public field hearing here, within a space defined by the remaining foundational structure of the World Trade Center at what was 18 years ago this week, the epicenter of ground zero, makes todays program especially meaningful. I know many of you toured the museum last night, some for the first time. Museum last night, some for the first time. The events we chronicle here, he lives