Environmental initiatives. [ applause ] governor, i would like to welcome you and look forward to what you have to say in the state of the state. Thank you, mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor long, mr. Speaker, mr. President pro tim, members of the 150th General Assembly, members of my cabinet, distinguished members of the judiciary, invited guests and my fellow delawarians, thank you, mr. Speaker, for inviting me today. Its a great privilege, and its great to be here with all of you. Before i get started, a point of personal privilege, if i may. Were joined today by my beautiful mother ann carney. [ applause ] she always gets the loudest applause. I told her that at least there would be one person in the chamber who would be cheering for me. Not bad. She raised nine children and taught school for 30 years and is here with us today, and she will be leading the applause so keep your eye on her. Mom is here with my brothers mike and joe. Joes wife gail, my brotherinlaw who you all know bre
321 democrats, 191 republicans, one independent, with four vacancies. We take you live to the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. A call of the house is ordered to ascertain the presence of a quorum. Members will record their presence by electronic device. The speaker pro tempore on this roll call, 384 members have recorded their presence. A quorum is present. The chair has examined the journal of the proceed offings january 3, 2020, and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, the journal stands approved. Members, please carry your conversations off the floor. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Payne. Mr. Payne 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 speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Hoy
Record figures, as in the 2018 president ial elections in the chukotka autonomous okrug, where 63. 7 of voters voted on friday. The main stage of the russian president ial elections takes place from march 15 to 17. These days in there are 94 thousand polling stations in the country. More than 4 million citizens of the country can take part in the elections remotely and apply for electronic voting. And at exactly 8 a. M. Today polling stations opened in moscow. Residents of the capital actively vote in the president ial elections. During the first day , almost 3 Million People made their choice. As noted at the public headquarters, according to election monitoring, the turnout figures are breaking all records of previous years. My colleague, anna voronina, works at one of the sites, she joins us. Anna, i greet you. What is the situation like, tell me, are there a lot of people . Hello tatyana, it should be noted that here in the center of moscow, we are now working at polling station nu
Betsy, and her father. [applause] i would like to begin with a brief history lesson. It is only appropriate that we find ourselves at a residential library. Our constitution explicitly states the oath of office for the president s of the United States. But for other officers of the government, including the Vice President , the constitution offers no instruction whatsoever about the oath required. Well, the First Congress stated that only senators could administer the oath to the Vice President. A few months later, they change their mind giving judges that ability. The oath itself has changed many times over the years. The oath in use today for the Vice President has been around since 1884. You will be interested to know that our guest tonight took the oath as Vice President , with his left hand resting on none other than president reagans own bible. The very bible used when he took the oath of office in 1981, and four years later, in 1985. The oath is brief. Here it is. I do solemnly
Betsy, and her father. [applause] i would like to begin with a brief history lesson. It is only appropriate that we find ourselves at a residential library. Our constitution explicitly states the oath of office for the president s of the United States. But for other officers of the government, including the Vice President , the constitution offers no instruction whatsoever about the oath required. Well, the First Congress stated that only senators could administer the oath to the Vice President. A few months later, they change their mind giving judges that ability. The oath itself has changed many times over the years. The oath in use today for the Vice President has been around since 1884. You will be interested to know that our guest tonight took the oath as Vice President , with his left hand resting on none other than president reagans own bible. The very bible used when he took the oath of office in 1981, and four years later, in 1985. The oath is brief. Here it is. I do solemnly