Member other than the Majority And Minority leaders and Minority Whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 10 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Arrington, for five minutes. Mr. Arrington i thank the speaker. Ask for unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker without objection. Mr. Arrington its an honor to congratulate my friend Eddie Mcbride on 23 outsanction years at the Lubbock Chamber of commerce. Hes served as the president and c. E. O. Since 1999. Under his leadership the Lubbock Chamber has received countless awards including the best chamber in the nation and numerous star accreditations. Again, my dear friend is an exceptional leader. Even though he attended texas a m university. Then he served his nation in the united States Air Force for 20 years. Upon moving to lubbock in 1996, eddie immersed himself into our community. Served on numerous boards including the Texas Association of business, Work F
Place about seven hours at 4 00 a. M. A smoke alarm rang out on blossom hill road to the west. A 911 caller also reported smoke coming from an apartment on the second floor. It is also trying to get everyone out of the building. Whats going on . The fireman goes get out. Everyone was able to escape except for the man living in the second floor apartment. Firefighters tried to save his life for 20 minutesment in the end the man dried at the scene. Our men got in and did their best. Rescue is our number one priority. It is disappointing to us and sad when things work out this way. 15 residents are not being allowed back in until repairs can be dn and utilities turned back on. The red cross helping them. The loss of a home pails in comparison to the life lost here. It is tough on us. Tough on the neighbors. Its hard on us. We dont like to see bad things happen at all. I just talked with the building inspector. He says he four of these apartments all right. That was matt reporting on the a
The 60 votes to get the bill passed but mcconnell opposed changing senate rules urging bipartisanship. The need for greater security on our southern border is not a partisan invention. It is an empirical fact. And the need is only growing. President trump, you will not get your wall. A band on your shutdown strategy. Youre not getting the wall today, next week, or on january 3rd when democrats take control of the house. Reporter the president is ramping up attacks on democrat, blaming them for closing the government. But last week trump forcefully declared he would own the shutdown. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. Im not going to blame you for it. Reporter again, no deal if the senate but negotiations continue here on capitol hill. A quick rundown on who and what will be impacted by this partial Government Shutdown, 800,000 federal workers are facing furloughs, tsa agents and air Traffic Controllers will be forced to work during this Holiday Travel season and