The speaker pro tempore the as are the 225, its nays are 187, one voting present. The journal stands approved. The chair announces the speakers appointment pursuant to section 5 of the Frederick Douglass bicentennial Commission Act 11577 and the order of the house january 3, 2017 on the part of the house to the Frederick Douglas s bicentennial commission. The clerk mr. Harris of maryland and from private life, mr. Joseph man and trotman. I ask unanimous consent to take Senate Concurrent Resolution 31 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. The clerk Senate Concurrent Resolution 31, authorizing the use of the rotunda of the capitol for a ceremony to award the congressional gold medal to bob dole. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to consideration of the concurrent resolution . Without objection, the concurrent resolution is goode to and the the motion to reconsider is laid on the
Lets call this session to order. If everybody who is all right. Whoever is going to be in, get in. Whoever is going to not, dont. All right. Thank you all. Thank you all so much. Can i have everybodys attention in the room, please. Thank you so much. I know time is precious for a lot of people and we have a lot of very important guests and i want to make sure that everybodys time is honored. Im just thrilled to be able to have a conversation about something that just continues to challenge us in a very significant way in the country, and theres no reason to believe its going to abate. All of us are going to suffer through disasters of one type or another, and cities along with states and the federal government, have been working very, very hard, before and significantly after september 11th to make sure we organize ourselves as a country so that we can recover quickly from disasters that happen so we prepare for them, and so that we build in a way where were resilient. When bad things
Lot of people and we have a lot of very important guests and i want to make sure that everybodys time is honored. Im just thrilled to be able to have a conversation about something that just continues to challenge us in a very significant way in the country, and theres no reason to believe its going to abate. All of us are going to suffer through disasters of one type or another, and cities along with states and the federal government, have been working very, very hard, before and significantly after september 11th to make sure we organize ourselves as a country so that we can recover quickly from disasters that happen so we prepare for them, and so that we build in a way where were resilient. When bad things happen we are not hurt nearly as wood bad and other im thread tile elaine duke, who oversees fema and the recovery agencies as well. Mayor Sylvester Turner of houston, texas, who went through his own trauma. The mayor of key west florida. Paul rain worth who has served in many cap
Areas hardest hit by harvey. Much of houston is under water. Deeper by the minute. Emergency teams have been busy trying to rescue as many people as they can. Officials say they were more than 3,000 high water rescues in and around houston yesterday. At least two people have died because of this storm. Rainfall amounts in the city could reach 50 inches before the storm finally moves out. That will be more than four feet. People have been trapped in their homes. Those who have been able to escape left with only the things they could carry. The mayor of houston said because of the widespread flooding, there are a number of people who dont have a place to go. Some folks have been using their own boats trying to save each other. Those who have been rescued, tell quite a story. The water was up to here. I walked out and i was just like screaming. I seen somebody they tried to put us on air mattresses. It didnt work. The coast guard has been dropping people off in a parking lot near the Geor
Recovery process than weve seen before. Houston is a great city, well come out of this stronger than ever. Liz Hurricane Harvey, across Southeast Texas, one of the worst storms in texas state history, texans. As we see mother nature, we see human nature at its past. Inspiring stories of human courage and kindness, tonight weighing in former fema director Michael Brown, and fox news anchor shepard smith, and catarina pearson, and youtube star, trump supporter sisters diamond and silk are here, i am elizabeth mcdo donald. Welcome to risk reward, President Trump weighing in moments ago. Were one american family, we hurt together, we struggle together. And believe me, we en dow together enduring it, to people of texas. And lui louisiana, were 100 with you. Ill be visiting the impact zone tomorrow. Liz a category 4 Hurricane Harvey packing 130 mile an hour winds and a storm surge that local authorities said ran as high as 12 feet, it is now a Tropical Storm, packing rain. More than 450,000