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Committee vote. This is about two and a half hours. Well, this Fun Committee is going to come to order. As announce in the markup, im sorry, we have a quorum here and were going to have an exciting and fun day. I havent had this much fun since we went over red snapper. Lets just do red snapper and puerto rico all of the time. Ive never seen so much so much frivolity coming in here. As announced in the markup notice ill give priority to those who filed bipartisan and amendments by the amendment deadline of yesterday at 4 00 p. M. Thank you for doing that on time. Please go back and tell your staff, get at mendments in by 4 00. All right. You have received kind of an order i think that was sent out to you of which well take the amendments in here. There are only 32 of them that have been filed. It is going to be a piece of cake. There are going to be some of those im going to make some changes on the fly in the order in which we deal ....
One second here. This is the easy stuff. And allows them to go into other areas. That is why i really to accept this, because it doesnt mandate anything, it is a study. If you want to keep talking on this we can keep talking on this. Anyone else . Any amendments . All those in favor say aye. Opposed say nay. O rollcall. Mr. Bishop. Yes. No. No. No. No. Yes. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. No. Yes. No. Yes. Yes. No. No. Clerk report. Mr. Chairman, yeas are 19 and nays are 18. Ok. Motion accepted. Amendment passes. Number 22. Thank you. Im offering an amendment that i believe will address an issue within this whole debate about puerto rico that has long been overlooked, and that is the influence of private Market Competition. Unfortunately, for far too long there has been way too much reliance on the Public ....
Adopted. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 230, the nays are 16, the resolution is adopted. The yeas and nays are ordersed. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 127, House Resolution 793, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 1270, to amend the Internal Revenue code of 19860repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act, which disqualified expenses for over the counter d drugs over the counter overthecounter drugs under Health Flexible spending arrangements. The question on ordering the previous question. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will ....
Greet its announcement with a measure of skepticism. Well, we know the congress has never voted explicitly to regulate co2. And would not vote today if given the opportunity. But through old statutes and interpretation of it, you know as an unelected official are impacting the economy in extraordinary ways. And i just think we ought not to forget that. Co2 emission targets for alabama are a reduction of 27 , but states like arkansas and georgia with 44 reductions are really hammered even harder. South carolina with a 51 reduction. Tennessee with a 39 reduction. Those are huge economically impactful regulations that youre putting out that we dont get to vote on. The American People arent give an voice in. So i want you to know were concerned about the problem that youre concerned about trying to make this environment healthy and positive. But we have to ask, what is the realworld impact. We know germany is backing off and reconsid ....
Thank you, secretary kerry. And, of course, our gracious hosts today and over the next couple of days. I wish to acknowledge your contribution this morning. Thank you very much for that very inspiring statement. Excellencies, friends of the ocean, ladies and gentlemen, let me begin by greeting you, bringing the greetings from the people of my country young, old and on whose behalf im very honored to be here to address this conference. In my country we usually begin by conferring blessings on each other, so let me do so to each and every one of you this morning. [speaking in native tongue] it is an honor, indeed, and a great pleasure for me to be a part of this summit. Let me begin at the outset by expressing my deep gratitude and appreciation and, of course, our congratulations to our host, secretary of state john kerry, and through you, to the government and the people of the United States, for this timely initiative and for the i ....