He sailed between london and port royal jamaica which was known as the wickedest city on earth. For years he did that responsibly and nobly. But then one day in 1684, for reasons no one can quite determine, Joseph Bannister stole the golden fleece, recruited a pirate crew and turned pirate. Tonight at eight about eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Up next, a forum on strengthening federal investments and Scientific Research as a way to help grow the economy and create jobs. We will hear from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as well as a panel of researchers and academics. It is part of what is called the middle class prosperity project launched by senator Elizabeth Warren and congressman elijah cummings. Start the middle class prosperity project for them. Why is the middle class prosperity project holding a hearing on the importance of federal funding for research . The reasons are three, and they are all deeply interrelated and related to the future of americas middle class. Investm
With that in mind, starting on my immediate right. Senator Joseph R Biden junior of delaware. [applause] please, we save time for the candidates to speak. Former Arizona Governor bruce babbitt. [applause] jesse jackson. [applause] Massachusetts Governor michael dukakis. [cheers] junior of albert gore tennessee. [cheers] misery covers been richard gephardt. And illinois senator paul simon. ] may have remind the audience these men are restricted to a minute and a half of time and if you apply the they will have less time to express their views. Director canal, farm of km a radio in shenandoah. George riley managing editor of director ofnews kagan ss radio in sioux city. The official timers are john delight and phyllis sherman. The ground rules for the audience for this nonce partisan nonpartisan debate, no carefree no campaign her yet, no applause until the end of the debate, interruptions by resulting your candidate being deprived of that much time. We ask you please remain seated durin
Decertify the deal. Continue to watch this hearing online at cspan. Org. Here on cspan taking you live to the u. S. House. They gavel in for legislative work, beginning work on debate rules for fridays bill dealing with whistleblower protections. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend molly fraser, fwig harbor United Methodist church, gig harbor, washington. The chaplain god of many names we give thanks for many opportunities to serve and remind us we are servants of our country, our people, and the land. Let us not forget the blessings you have given us so we might use our power and influence to oorder the country in ways that allow each and every person to find life and liberty and to pursue happiness. Become, perhaps we come, perhaps already weary from an onslaught of emails, texts, fen calls, and meetings where people make demands on how we vote and assumptions on every decision we put forward.
U. S. House for the start of legislative business. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The the speaker pro tempore all rise. The house will be in order. The prasheprabe will be offered by our father, chaplain conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Passion ad and merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Give the members of this house strength, fortitude and patience. Fill their healths hearts with charity, their minds with understanding, their wills with courage to do the right thing for all of america. In the work to be done in the week to come, may they rise together to accomplish what is best for our great nation. Last week we honored and we thank you for the service rendered to the allied cause by the filipino veteran
In washington, d. C. President ial adviser Kellyanne Conway will adjust the gathering, along with senator joni ernst, representative mia love and congressman chris smith. You can listen live on the cspan radio app. President trump has nominated World Wrestling entertainment ceo Linda Mcmahon to lead the Small Business administration. And yesterday the senates Small Business Committee Held a confirmation hearing for the nominee. The committee will come to order. Today for the hearing qualifications and start our advice and consent process for mrs. Linda mcmahon to head the sba. Linda, thank you so much for being here. And we have senators blumenthal and murphy to introduce mrs. Mcmahon. And both of these gentlemen have run against mrs. Mcmahon and vice versa, so i hope they i hope they didnt bring their files on and murphy to introduce her, and i hope they didnt we didnt forget. And senator blumenthal, the floor is yours, and thank you so much for gracing with us your presence. Thank yo