dr. schaffner we will have to end it now. we will take it to the floor now. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned 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 speaker s room, ashington, d.c., march 27, 2020. i hereby appoint the honorable anthony g. brown to act as day.ker pro tempore on this signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. dan capitol worship, washington, d.c. me.chaplain: come pray with heavenly father, this morning, humblee to remember your servant, 91-year-old holocaust rabbi kahn who lost his this week and just two d
the members of the coronavirus task force hold a briefing with reporters at the white house. that will be live starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. until then, we will show you more debate on the house floor and the to trillion dollar coronavirus economic package. prevail. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. speaker, at this time i yield to the gentlelady suburbs, ms. hia susan wild from pennsylvania. one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is for one minute. ms. wild: thank you, mr. speaker. s the representative of pennsylvania s seventh district, just an hour and a half from new ork city, i have a unique perspective on this crisis. the two world-class hospital community, the lehigh valley network and st. uke s university network, are also the biggest employers in my district. hey anxiously await the spread of this disease to our frontlines. commu
thomas explores the historical rise and fall of nations and whether the united states will remain a superpower in the book america s expiration date. [inaudible conversations] hello everyone we are about to get started so if you can please take your seats. thank you. good evening and welcome to the bookstore, we are excited to host the event was charlotte alter presenting her book the ones we ve beenk waiting for how the new leaders will transform america, she will talk with jazmine hughes with an excellent evening. before i turn things over to them a housekeeping things, please silent your cell phones, books are for cell at the register and charlotte will sign after at the table right here, if you have not gotten your copy please do so at the end and will form a p p signing line going straight back from the stable to the back of the store, single file please. upcoming events are available at the c register. tonight s event will be recorded by c-span so we will pass around
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