trotter, an illinois lawmaker since 1998 charged with a class for4 felony. ironically he has also been a vocal advocate of gun control laws. does it concern you? yes. it will make a lot of people think twice about him. today at 7:00 a.m. he tried to board a d.c. bound flights from o hare with a handgun in his back, the bullets were in a separate pocket, or is it may be linked to work that he does at his south side security company he said he was working late the night before into simply forgot that the gun into six bullets were there. he does have a valid owner id on his card and a permit to work as a security guard. a man just announced his bid to replace jesse jackson jr. in the second congressional district. some voters say it s the kind of situation that no matter what would make the questions to politicians judgment others say, stuff happens especially in the always interesting realm of illinois politics. he moves in the morning from the police lock up on milwauk
republicans and democrats, congress and the white house. the federal government and the states. the public sector and the private sector. mr. speaker, some might say that saying those things is a cliche. but as we all know, members are going to have to engage with and rigorous debate, and there it is going to be the clash of ideas, a rigorous debate, but it needs to be done with good faith and the spirit of compromise. i realize and some argue that compromise is a sign of weakness. in fact, one of the great strengths, mr. speaker, of our nation s founders, was their ability to compromise. the very structure of this institution, the united states congress, the very structure of our institution, which joined the people s house, where we are all privileged to serve, with the united states senate, was known as what? the connecticut compromise, or the great compromise. that is the very basis of our founders. too often we forget that while we should never, we should never compromis
representatives is going to ignore that mr. speaker, much has been said about the need for more civility in politics and government. that stability reflects to how we speak to each other and how and their enthusiasm about the issues we care a great deal about. the real stability that people expect is how this congress treats them and treat their needs and never is that tested more clearly than in a time of a natural disaster. that is when people feel the most helpless . by and large, it is a long road back but those first few steps like emergency relief that was provided by law by the localities must be compensated for. the next stage of recovery is so essential to the character of a community. after the storms last year, it affected the characters of the communities and his district and that was 2011 and here we are at the end of 2012 having some of the same hits by nature with the severity, the power of water and in some places fire earth, wind, fire and how it affects
it appears that their only priority is to help those who have the most. they brought the house to a new low last night. the banner of this beaker s in god we trust the speaker s chair says, in god we trust. we cannot serve false promises are false guarantees. many of you know that my cousin, john, was killed in 9/11. i would say dozens that congress needs to know. they were destroyed by hurricane sandy. it did not stop my family and his neighbors to go out and sit through the feets of sand to find that memorial. it was that precious to them. they did not wait for the federal government to come to hold them by their boot straps. they are humble and proud people that have been affected by this. he will recover. they will recover. thank you, mr. speaker. i think it is important to set the record straight. last night many of us came to the floor and rightly said that the conduct of the republican leadership was disgraceful, indefensible, and is immoral. let me lay out the
house leaders for delaying a vote on hurricane assistance. we spoke with a reporter about today s action. later, houser speaker john baier met with the new jersey delegation about funding saying the should be the first priority. after a day of heated remarks about not considering a disaster aid spending bill, there will be a vote after all. carrie young is joining us. what happened? they are moving ahead. the most urgent need is flawed programs which is going to have some trouble. we will see that on friday. and they re picking up the rest of the package on january 15. why did they not schedule a vote before the end of the congress? they expected to go back to this in january. there was a lot going on behind the scenes. she started to talk about how it will work going forward. can you elaborate? what is happening next? the most dire need is expressing the flood program. maybe around that was the same that president obama was requesting. they will come back in on