steadfast hearts that will honor you. provide them with wisdom to strive to do your will. may their debates and discussions not degenerate into incivility. lord, lead them throughout life s changing scene, strengthening them for every challenge. remind them of the importance of reverential awe, which is the beginning of wisdom. grant us all wisdom and courage for the living of these days. we pray in your holy name, amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., october 1, 2018. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable roy blunt, a senator from the state of missouri, to perform the duties of the
russia and some of our other toughest competitors around the world. when our businesses compete and win, it means better paying jobs here at home, higher wages, bigger paychecks for americans. and so we re going to continue to keep focused on tax reform that delivers tax relief to hard working american families and that creates greater growth in our economy, better paying jobs and higher wages for people in this country. and the focus, of course, of tax reform is to improve the quality of life for american families. and you do that by lowering individual tax rates so people get to keep more of their hard-earned money. you also do it by lowering corporate rates so that businesses can have more money to pay higher wages and to increase the activities of those businesses. additionally, there is a lot of money in u.s. companies that is still sitting overseas that we d like to get back here, but the tax code makes it a lot harder because those companies are taxed twice; once in
the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 242 and the nays are 174. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the speaker s approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is on agreeing to the speaker s approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the journal stands approved. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: will members please take their conversations off the floor. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purpose of inquiring of the m
spearheaded and achieved enormous successing wi enormous success, passing the toughest u.n. sanctions to date on north korea. general mattis and i communicate virtually every day and we agree there must be the highest level of coordination between our diplomatic efforts and our military efforts. you can t have a stronger partner than a secretary of defense who embraces diplomacy. and i hope he feels he has the partner he needs at the at a time department. and this is just the beginning of the list of partners and friends across the government who are all working for the american people. there s much to be done and we re just getting started. to address a few specifics that have been erroneously reported this morning, the vice president has never had to persuade me to remain as secretary of state, because i have never considered leaving this post. i value the friendship and the counsel of the vice president and i admire his leadership within president trump s administration to
bullets rain down. [ gunshots ] [ sirens ] get down. go that way. get out of here there s gunshots from over there. go that way. go that way! [ gunshots ]. at this point they re just trying to figure out where the rounds are coming from. [ gunshots ] go that way, go that way. [ sirens ] they re shooting right at us, guys. everyone stay down. good couple of officers hunkered down next to patrol vehicle. get back. get back. this video is obscured. those yellow reflective vests, those are what you re actually seeing. get down, get down, get down. very difficult to tell from that video, but the officers actually standing over get down, get down. i have a vest on. this way, this way. go, go, go. that way, that way. it s really unbelievable. our law enforcement analysts are standing by live here in las vegas. but first i want to get the latest on the investigation now. cnn s kyung lah joins me with what we heard from investigators, releasing that body ca