Honorable mike johnson, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] good morning, every one. It is an honor to have you with us and the peoples house and as speaker of the house it is my pleasure to welcome you as we honor one of americas greatest citizens and enduring heroes which are capital is filled with monuments to our history, they teach us about where we were and where we are and where we are going and as a nation. The statue of the oldest man in the capital is john winthrop, an english lawyer, one of the leading founders of the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1630. He symbolizes how our country began marked by the belief as he said in his own words that with gods help we could be a shining city on a hill for the people. Of course making the reference from scripture. Our newest statute is of a man who shares the same vision, who shares the same gospel, looked back at where we were and prayed and served endlessly but we could become again that shining city on a
Next House Speaker mike johnson taking part in a ceremony unveiling a statue of the late rev. Billy graham at the us capitol area the speaker joined by Billy Grahams son and the North Carolina congressional delegation. Billy graham was a wellknown evangelical christian figurefrom North Carolina. He died in 2018. This is about 50minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the hon. Mike johnson, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] good morning everyone. Its a true honor to have you here and as speaker of the house it is my pleasure to welcome you here as we honor one of americas greatest citizens and enduring heroes. Our capital as you know is filled with monuments to our history. They teach us about where we were and where we are and where we are going as a nation. The statue of the oldest man in the capital is john winthrop, he was an english puritan lawyer and one of the leading founders ad of the Massachusetts Bay colony of 1630. He symbolizes how our country began m
Of the National Rifle association at their annual meeting in dallas. Watch live at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan, cspan now, on online at cspan. Org. Up next, House Speaker mike johnson taking part in the ceremony unveiling a statue of the late reverend billy graham at the u. S. Capitol. The speaker is joined by Billy Grahams son, reverend Franklin Graham, and the North Carolina congressional delegation. Billy graham was a wellknown evangelical christian figure from North Carolina. He died in 2018. This is about 50 minutes. This is about 50 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] good morning, every one. It is an honor to have you with us and the peoples house and as speaker of the house it is my pleasure to welcome you as we honor one of americas greatest citizens and enduring heroes which are capital is filled with monuments to our history, they teach us about where we were and where we are and where w
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The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties. And in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. R. Gutierrez mr. Speaker, monday i returned from my third trip to puerto rico since Hurricane Maria devastated the island almost two months ago. I wish i could report a lot of progress is being made, but i cant. Its still a disaster and its a stain on the reputation of the United States of america. Most places dont have power. Generators, the sound you hear humming in every corner of the island, are running ragged from overuse. In many places the water is not on because the power is not on to pump it. And drinkable water mixes with sewer water all over the identifyland. Island. As you can see from this picture, people are tappin