My story about being born lower, middle class in akron, ohio. During the military at 17 years old to get a chance to see the world, to do a lot of Different Things. It is the journey about serving in the army in the era but also deploying to iraq, deployed overseas. And how i basically learned to love america. And then came out as conservative in order to help save it. That is what always a soldier is all about. He got the military memoir aspect of it, meet crushing it through basic training, me getting to know 70 different types of people that i had never been exposed to before. And then i get out of the military, i was a leftist for a few years in new york city. That it couple of years ago i came out as a conservative and got a lot of blowback about tha that. It is all about loving American Fighting for america as a republican that i am now. Host usurper five years the u. S. Army including two tours in the middle east. During iraqi freedom your awarded the Army Commendation medal and
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the on ordering the previous question on House Resolution yeas and nays he are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. Numberrk house calendar 74, House Resolution 866, esolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 2339, to amend the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act with respect to the sale and marketing of Tobacco Products 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 prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 224. 189. Ays are the previous question is ordered. Th
Keeping with our tradition to without at least giving our condolences to his family and those who served with him and who he represented i will recognize the chairman for remarks on Mister Conyers. Thank you madam chairperson. Americans across the country are mourning the loss of john conyers today that l his loss is not felt more deeply here in the Judiciary Committee serving more than 50 years. Including 20 years as chairman or Ranking Member. He was a true champion for civil rights and justice and on the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement he also holds the distinction to be the only member of congress to be endorsed by Martin Luther king jr. Throughout his career he was a leader of progressive causes he authored universal healthcare legislation and introduced hr 40 with the reparations of jim crow back j in 1989 with a long track record to work across the aisle with partisan legislation such as the violence against women act usa freedom act and the Voting Rights act. As a leader
Of 125 so, that is just a touch below expectations the headline index, that is easily beating expectations. Lets get instant reaction to this from annette. The key question here, to what extent did this already factor in the collapse of the Coalition Talks . Would this have been reflected in this result actually, the cut off date of that poll by ifo is yesterday. There is a fraction of respondents who have factored that in in their response. Ifo is also saying the majority of clients are responding in the first two weeks. So, bottom line is there is only a slight effect of the collapse talks in the numbers setting these things aside, there are many people also, the German Economic Council of economic experts, who say those failed talks should not necessarily dampen the Economic Conditions and the outlook for the economy. Because its quite clear in the end well get some sort of government, whether it takes a month or two or three longer wouldnt be much of a problem for the economy and t
Automated systems to notify supervisors when the end of an individuals probationary period is imminent. Agencies have these systems. They just need to use them. My amendment requires supervisors to be net fi notified as a series of regular intervals in advance of the expiration of a probationary period. Notifications occur at one year, six months, and three months before the scheduled completion of a probationary period. This will remind supervisors of their responsibilities to observe employees and provide feedback throughout the probationary period. It will also remind supervisors to decide whether the employee is fit for federal service. I urge members to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. Does any member seek time for opposition . The chair for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Mr. Connolly i have no speakers on this side. I do rise in opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is r