The speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 239 and the nays are 181. The motion is adopted. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. Dingell to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2497 as amended on which yeas and nays are ordered the clerk: union calendar number 73, h. R. 2497 a bill to establish the amache as a unit of the national parksystem and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. Speaker, as the me
Questions, that s okay, you still have questions, but act. Act now. Act now. Talk to your family and friends who have gotten vaccinated. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist. According to the american medical association, over 90% of physicians are fully vaccinated. They re making the choice to protect themselves and their communities and their patients. Follow their lead and make the choice for yourself. As i said, we re heading into, god willing, a summer of joy, a summer of freedom. On july 4, we re going to celebrate our independence from the virus as we celebrate our independence of our nation. We want everyone, everyone to be able to do that. Let s remember we are the united states of america. Let s get this done, all of us together. God bless you all, and may god protect our troops. Thank you. Mr. President? do you have any comment about the catholic bishops the delta variants i don t think so because so many people have been vaccinated. With the delta variant can cause more people
Engagements this week will be all about the domestic diplomacy and the range of challenges he faces at home. He will confront complications on much of his priorities from election reform to his economic proposals. A pivotal week ahead with a major test set for tuesday on voting rights. Though republicans have said they ll sink the measure holdout joe manchin now open to a compromise, uniting his party behind a bill that would make election day a federal holiday, ban gerrymandering, and require voter i. D. And in a significant endorsement from a leading voice in this battle stacy abrams said she would support the proposal. It is only through federal legislation we can mitigate the harms. Reporter: there s no clear path forward, a problem the president is hoping to avoid on another key priority, infrastructure. A bipartisan group will unveil a new framework with a $1 trillion price tag. Democrats are preparing to use budget reconciliation and others on their own. President biden optimist
Federal holiday to further the liberal agenda about critical race theory. His colleague representative ralph norman who voted against it said are we going to do one for the nativeamerican indians? where does it stop? reporter: for the record it s a day to celebrate the emancipation of enslaved people in the u. S. Perhaps what they should be pondering is why did it take 156 years to make it a national holiday? coming in at number 4, 21 house republicans, some of them said they didn t like the word insurrection in the legislation, but apparently there wasn t a dictionary nearby. Insurrection described as a violent up rising against an authority or government. Sound familiar? just this week one of the rioters was charged with bringing a gun onto capitol grounds. This is the same guy who according to what his family told the fbi said he d kill them if they turned him in. Coming in at number 3, freshman republican andrew cline who already downplayed the whole thing, conceding there was an u
That legislation passing with overwhelming bipartisan support even as the republicans want to assess the nation as what they did wrong rather than what they did right. And also this as evidence of what america has done rarely right, this is finally getting recognize. We go to suzanne malveaux following the juneteenth celebrations, and i know exactly where you are in black lives matter plaza. Well, this is ground zero coming to activism in the nation s capitol. This is where many tears were shed and some of joy and much of anger and frustration, and the killing of breonna taylor and george floyd and of course expressions of elation as you can see the huge letters across here on 16th street black lives matter plaza in the shadow of the white house, and we are expecting hundreds of folks to show up in various groups and gogo bands, and gogo being here growing up on the music, and they will be celebrating, but also commemorating, jim, here a sense of what needs to be done, and this is a mo