john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. the house has come to the close of an eventful week and we approach a weekend during which many members of this assembly will gather to remember a historic event in selma, alabama. 50 years ago, brave men and women americans of all races, colors and faiths walked together to help guarantee freedoms that were still denied men and women in alabama. bless the members of this assembly and us all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans to nurture and guarantee democratic freedoms to all who dwell in our great nation. help us all to be truly thankful and appropriately generous in our response. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 2-a, the journal o
i m up here from kentucky. i want to say i caution alienating the tea party or republican party because as a republican, i m just as disenfranchised as you all living in a county where only democrats run. and they are decided within the primary and i don t have a voice either. don t alienate people it s no one else s fault except for the american people. we are the ones who got us into the situation in the first place. and i had a question about proposition 14. i did some research on it. wasn t it one of the most expensive primaries in recent years? are you planning on putting any kind of methods in place to stop it from being whoever buys the most media when? that s what we ve got right now and even though california it s not going to work the same in every state. each state has a different culture and nautical culture. what s the next step to ensure that people are being heard and not just 75% of us are low information voters and are going to click the button for th
program. should the boston marathon bomber steve the death penalty? the numbers are on the screen. massachusetts residents have your own line and we especially want to hear from you. a very good thursday morning to you. we want to start with some of the headlines, starting with the boston herald this morning. marathon bomber tsarnaev guilty : evil did not win that day. the boston globe headline guilty on all counts. now the real question, should he die? the jury found him guilty of all 30 federal counts against him and there is a rundown of the charges, including the 17 death penalty count including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death. using a weapon of mass distraction resulting in death. aiding and abetting, and use of the firearm in relation to a crime of violence, and so on down the line. from the boston globe this morning, kevin: has kevin: has this to say. that is kevincul;l culen; s piece in the boston globe. we want to hear from you
the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 224. the mays are 183. the previous question is ordered. the nays are 183. the previous question is ordered. the house will come to order. e this vote the yeas are 226. the nays are 178. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. barton, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6190 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 485, h.r. 6190, a bill to direct the administer of the environmental protection agency to allow for the distribution, sell and consumption in the united states of remaining inventories of the over-the-counter c.f.c. epinephrine inhalers. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by elect
the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. on this day, we ask your blessing on the men and women, citizens all, whose votes have populated this people s house. each member of this house has been given the sacred duty of representing them. we ask your blessing, as well, on the members of this house whose responsibility lies also beyond the local interests of constituents while honoring them. give each member the wisdom to represent both local and national interests, a responsibility calling for the wisdom of solomon. grant them, if you will, a double portion of such wisdom. bless us this day and every day and may all that is done within the people s house this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. p