The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 17, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable david n. Cicilline to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the assistant parliamentarian. O father of mercies, god of all comfort, our only help in time of need, we humbly beseech thee to behold, visit and relief all our servants for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon us all with mercy. Comfort us with goodness. Preserve us from the temptations of the enemy, and give us patience under our aflick shun. In our good time restore us to health and enable us to lead the residue of our lives in thy fear and to thy glory and grant finally we may dwell with thee in life everlasting, main. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967,
First will be taken advantage of. Our state and federal governments as well as our nations largest corporations have a responsibility to do what is right. And let me end by saying this, this virus doesnt care whether or not youre republican or whether or not youre a democrat. It should not be about party or politics. This is will health and safety of our nations food workers and our food supply. And as such, no company should be shielded from the responsibility for adopting irresponsible practices that foster the spread of this virus through their facilities. For the sake of this country that i know that we all love i urge you to Work Together to do what is right for these workers. And, again, thank you for your time and id be pleased to answer questions you may have. Thank you very much. Miss dixon. Good afternoon, chairman graham, Ranking Member feinstein and members of the committee. Im grateful for the opportunity to testify today. Im rebecca dixon, executive director of the Nation
Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Mr. Key fazio i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 3245, the restore the harmony way bridge act. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3245 a bill to transfer a bridge over the roy bash river to the neujahr money river Bridge Authority antineujahr money and roy bash River Authority and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from oregon, mr. Defazio, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. Davis, will each control 20 minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon. Mr. Defazio sbreek, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks
And now Veterans Affairs secretary Denis Mcdonough testifies before the senate Veterans Affairs committee on president bidens 2024 budget request for the agency. He weighed in on the camp lejeune water contamination suits, the agencys claims process and womens healthcare. There was also testimony from the heads of various veterans groups. This is just over an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i am going to call this hearing to order. We are little bit ahead. I want to thank Denis Mcdonough and our friends and partners for joining us today. For those of you joining us on television, you will hear a great opening and questioning of the secretary of the va and what is interesting is we have three folks who are going to do a combined statement which will be particularly entertaining, i think. Something to look forward to. We are here to take a closer look at the president s fiscal year 24 budget request from the department of
united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, panic in the markets as the banks need rescuing again. i ll ask one of the people who was at the center of the storm the last time around, the former ceo of goldman sachs lloyd blankfein about whether the system is stable. and is your bank account safe? also, how did it come to this? did we learn the wrong lessons the last time? i ll talk to gillian tett of the financial times. then, don t mess with the french people s retirement plans. that is the lesson from weeks of strikes and protests that sent chaos in parliament as government pushed through their policy anyway. which brought the outrage right back to the streets. we ll tell you what you need to know. but first, here is my take. on his trip to saudi arabia last year, president biden made an emphatic declaration about u.s. policy in the middle east. he said, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled