Quorum call mr. Casey mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Casey thank you, mr. President. I would ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Casey thank you very much. I rise tonight to speak about emergency Unemployment Compensation, we know by the acronyms around here, people refer to Unemployment Insurance as u. I. , but what were talking about here in the real world are literally millions of americans affected in one way or another because theyve been out of out of work, unemployed for long periods of time. By one estimate, the number of americans who have been out of work for six months or longer and many of them many of these individuals have been out of work for a lot more than six months. But when you put that you draw that line of six months or longer, its more than 4 million americans. So its a big number and ill talk a little bit more about the pennsylvania impact, the and walk through some of those numb
Performance. Now live to the house floor. In the prayer will be offered today by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We pause now in your presence and acknowledge our dependence on you. We ask your blessing upon the men and women of this, the peoples house, keep them aware of that presence as they face the tasks of this day that no burden be too heavy, no duty oo difficult and no work too wearisome. Help them and indeed help us all to obey your law, to do your will and to walk in your way. Grant that they might be good and thought gracious in word, generous indeed and great in spirit. Make this a glorious day in which all are glad to be alive, eager to work and ready to serve you, our great nation and all our fellow brothers and sisters. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the h
This flight had a total of 239 passengers and crewmembers on board from 13 different countries. We are told that two hours into the flight, the malaysian authorities lost contact. The vietnamese authorities never heard from this plane, neither did chinese authorities. So now a search and rescue team has been activated. Theyre now actively looking for this plane. Malaysia airlines telling nbc news it is aware that a plane is missing at this hour, and it is saying that its thoughts and prayers go out to all the affected passengers and crewmembers. This is, again, lost in the airspace over vietnam in the Early Morning hours of saturday. We do not have any more details on if anybody has heard or seen this plane. There are malaysian 777 down this hour we believe somewhere between malaysia and china. Brian, back to you. There are reports tonight that what has been a cold war style standoff between russia and ukraine has turned hot, apparently after Russian Troops have moved in on a Ukrainian
Weve been talking about it overnight in our breaking News Coverage. John mccain, 60 years of service including his military time, his time in the u. S. House, the u. S. Senate, of course, a president ial candidate nominee twice, in 2008. But his father and grandfather were also navy admirals. He was a navy fighter pilot, obviously, a p. O. W. In vietnam for five and a half years. Just a remarkable legacy of service he leaves behind. Griff it is a morning to wake up and be grateful that we had such a patriot and the remarkable things he did that embody and personify the american spirit. Tucker carlson did an obit package, and he looks back on the legacy of senator john mccain. John Sidney Mccain iii was born on a military base in the panama canal zone. Mccains grandfather accepted the Imperial Japanese surrender in tokyo bay in 1945. His father, also a fourstar general, later commanded all American Naval forces in the pacific. After graduating from Episcopal High School in virginia, mcc
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