[captioning made possible by th, 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 the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms. Washington, d. C. May 1, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable erin h houchin to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the nye mortgage whip minorit
Closed down by about 2 . The losses were more severe by the hang seng. Down 2. 1 . The shanghai off by 0. 3 the nikkei down by 441 points. That will get your attention lets look at early trading in europe again, some declines there not as severe as we saw in asia, but the dax is off by 1 lesser losses for the cac and the ftse declines in italy and spain. Yesterday the tenyear yield was 2. 35 , this morning at 2. 34 . We are watching the price of bitcoin surging past 12,000 towards a new record high. The currency got a boost on friday when regulators announced it would allow the cme group and cboe to allow bitcoin future contracts. Theres a few economic reports on the wall street agenda the november adp employment report is out at 8 15 eastern followed by revised Third Quarter productivity and labor costs at 8 30. On the earnings front, brownforman, h r block, American Eagle outfitters are set to report before the opening bell broadcom and lululemon are out after the close. We mentioned
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to talk about an issue that is critical to patients and families in my home state of washington and across the country. Today parents are wondering if they will be able to get the health care that their kids need, and communities are wondering if theyll be able to provide it. Thats unacceptable. Congress has to swiftly and fully restore the Childrens Health insurance program, or chip, and funding for other Services Families need, Like Community Health Centers, which have been waiting now more than 100 days for a longterm solution. And they should do so without making deep cuts to successful prevention programs in the ce
Cruz 35, Southern California at 32 and 20s in Boulder Creek and campbell. It is pretty cold even around the bay. 30s for many in oakland including one observation of 33, berkeley lab 35, richmond 39 and 40 in the city officially. That is cold for us and it will be sunny, mostly sunny with this system washing itself out over northern arizona. It is cold in scottsdale so be advised it is not that warm. 27 in livermore, 30s for many including 38 in berkeley, 33 sunnyvale and there is a breeze out of the north sticking around with 50s today. Another cool day. All right sal 880 is one problem. That is right, we have the crash on 880 and alex is on the scene. I want to let you know it is northbound 880 at whipple road and if you are on the freeway both directions will be slow. Look at the map before you leave, we will have a live report coming up soon. Lets talk about the bay bridge, there was a medical emergency blocking the lanes and now it is gone. You can see how much improvement there h
Chip. We take a look at why the president ial bet on arizona is not as fresh as it may seem. But first, to the lead. The epicenter for the International Debate on Donald Trumps immigration policy is here in San Francisco. The case took on increased business importance as 120 Companies Including Tech Companies from apple, facebook, google filed a legal brief condemning it. Leaders from the tech sector were among the first and most outspoken critics on the executive order on immigration. Why . Perhaps it is because many of the companies that define tech today would not exist without immigrants . Here is a quick recap. Caroline now my colleague cory johnson caught up with the founder of joyus and former advisor to twitter. If you look at the history of some of the most famous Tech Companies we just saw it and there is a lot in terms of the data historically, but today in Silicon Valley over 58 of the highly skilled workers here are immigrants. When you step back and look at our labor pool