The 9:era law was passed. The vote repealing it was 9/11 era law was passed. The vote repealing it was bipartisan. It now goes to the senate. Here s that debate in the house. Yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Meeks: i rise in strong support of h. R. 256, and let me start off by thanking my very good friend and partner, barbara lee, the author of this bill. I m proud to stand with her and her unyielding quest to repeal the 2002 aumf. I congratulate her early on working so hard for over 20 years to get this done. 19 years ago as a junior member of congress, i faced one of the most consequential decisions of my career as an elected official with the united states congress. The drumbeats of war were reverberating throughout capitol as the bush administration prepared to invade iraq. After carefully considering all of the evidence before us, including unanswered questions about postsaddam iraq, i cast my vote against authorizi
The speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk: the speaker s rooms, washington, d. C. June 17, 2021. I hereby appoint the honorable dianne degette 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 chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. O lord our god, speak into our lives as you have spoken throughout time. On the day of historic jubilee, speak good news to the poor that they would have occasion to celebrate emancipation from chains that he yet bind them. Proclaim liberty to those still held captive by injustice. Give sight to those blind to your merciful love. Free all who are oppressed and break every yolk of prejudice and hatred. Then call upon us to be the bearers of these truths in both word and deed. Cast our eyes on those around us that we would not see slave or free bu
Support of h. R. 256, and let me start off by thanking my very good friend and partner, barbara lee, the author of this bill. I m proud to stand with her and her unyielding quest to repeal the 2002 aumf. I congratulate her early on working so hard for over 20 years to get this done. 19 years ago as a junior member of congress, i faced one of the most consequential decisions of my career as an elected official with the united states congress. The drumbeats of war were reverberating throughout capitol as the bush administration prepared to invade iraq. After carefully considering all of the evidence before us, including unanswered questions about postsaddam iraq, i cast my vote against authorizing military force against the hussein regime. But our vote this morning to repeal the 2002 aumf is not about relitigating our past. Rather, repealing this outdated authorization is about planning strategically for our future. It is about congress reclaiming its constitutional responsibility to wei
Mr. Meeks: i rise in strong support of h. R. 256, and let me start off by thanking my very good friend and partner, barbara lee, the author of this bill. I m proud to stand with her and her unyielding quest to repeal the 2002 aumf. I congratulate her early on working so hard for over 20 years to get this done. 19 years ago as a junior member of congress, i faced one of the most consequential decisions of my career as an elected official with the united states congress. The drumbeats of war were reverberating throughout capitol as the bush administration prepared to invade iraq. After carefully considering all of the evidence before us, including unanswered questions about postsaddam iraq, i cast my vote against authorizing military force against the hussein regime. But our vote this morning to repeal the 2002 aumf is not about relitigating our past. Rather, repealing this outdated authorization is about planning strategically for our future. It is about congress reclaiming its constitu
on the banks of the calcasieu river, and 64 miles from the gulf of mexico. to this town after the louisiana purchase in 1803. and there was a long standing debate about whoever owned this territory. agreed tod until they this official neutral territory. this whole region was considered free range. lafayette moved here seeing it as a space to operate freely. it was first incorporated as the town of charleston in 1861, and later named for its founder, charles salle. today, it is a help for chemical manufacturing and tourism. house the largest collection of mardi gras costumes in the world. we keep on display 282 costumes or more. we have in storage approximately 300 costumes. with the help of our cable partners, for the next 90 minutes, we will learn about the city s history. we begin our special feature with a tour of the city, which takes us around the lake and downtown lake charles. lake charles is a very unusual town as far as what makes it tick. it is unusual in the