The designee of the minority leader. Mrs. Watson coleman thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mrs. Watson coleman thank you, mr. Speaker. It is truly an honor to serb here in the United States congress but we sully that honor when we waste the American Peoples time with misplaced priorities and manufactured crises. Mr. Speaker, congress has one fundamental responsibility funding the federal government. But unfortunately, republicans in congress insist on undermining these responsibilities at virtually every turn. Mr. Speaker, republicans already insist on maintaining reckless pressure funding to choke services for middle class and working americans, seens seniors, veterans and children. Instead of replace of passing responsible budgets that meet the everchanging needs of our nation, repub
Starting at eight eastern on cspan. Cspan2, providing live coverage of the u. S. Senate floor proceedings and key Public Policy events. And every weekend, booktv. Now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2, created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Iraq war veteran Travis Fugate says he may have gone p blind because his v. A. Center doctor didnt have the right information. Mr. Fugate says the v. A. s failure to fix issues was depressing. Veterans Affairs Department officials also testified at this hearing with members questioning why it was taking so long for the departments records to mirror the defense departments. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome everybody to todays hearing titled assessing inadequacies in v. A. Dat
And i want to thank everyone for coming today. My name is jamie horwitz, member of the National Press club and the newsmaker committee. On behalf of the club and committee, i want to thank you for joining us for this very special newsmaker, an unprecedented newsmaker. We will hear from two federal Immigration Judges this morning. Before i introduce our guest, i want to take care of a little housekeeping. We have usual rules. For this particular newsmaker we have unusual rules. To questions each. Members of the press club and any credentialed journalists may ask questions. You identify yourself and any News Organization and will recognize you if you have a question. I shouldrules say that our guests, although both are federal judges, they are here in the capacity as leaders of the National Association of Immigration Judges, affiliate of the National Federation of affiliates and technical engineers, the union that represents not just Immigration Judges but other judges like administrativ
I was involved in the negotiation. I wrote the stupakpitts amendment. I know what the compromise is with the socalled executive order. Its full of loopholes. The Hyde Amendment does not apply to the Affordable Care act and i yield the balance of my time to the distinguished gentleman from pennsylvania another prolife champion, the time such as i may consume. He may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman om pennsylvani. Lyis recognized for two minutes. Mr. Kelly i thank the gentleman. Mo dam chair, make no mistake what madam chair, make no mistake what this debate is about. The real debate on the floor today is about life. Were talking about life on the in the peoples house, on the floor of the peoples house. Were talking about a gift from god. Were talking about something that was so well put into our declaration of independence talking about the life liberty and pursuit of happiness, the first rule being life. I understand theres a seris debate about that and there are times t
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 226. The nays are 196. The motion is not adopted. Is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The question is on passage of the joint resolution. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The gentleman from north carolina. Mr. Price i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute 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 vot