Proceedingodaynotionso rerdote or t yeas and na a ordered or votes objted t und clse 6 o rule 20. House wil reseproceeding onostt for what purpo does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognitn . H. 6277. Nd the rulesnd pass e speakepro tempo h. R. 6277. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number h. R. 6277. A bill to amend the federal assets, sale and transfer act of 2016 to improve such other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mrn from nevada, ms. Titus, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. Mr. Perry thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent that lee days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the record on. 6277. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Perry madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Perry t
Thats our job, is to take votes, to try to make legislation better and to offer improvements to it, and that means amendments. Look, i understand in the house of representatives things operate a little bit differently. Youve got 435 people over tlchlt its a lot harder to have that. This is why weve always bragged about our status as the worlds greatest deliberative legislative body. On paper we are. Historically we certainly have been. Today we are not. Were kidding ourselves, were delusional if we want and expect the American People to believe otherwise. Heres the food news the good news, we still are that entity on paper, as it is envisioned, as its created, as its established and outlined by the constitution. We still are that entity, with our own rules, our own precedence, and our own customs. But alas, the best rules, the best constitutional provisions will amount to dead letter if we ourselves refuse to exercise our own rights and our prerogatives. The muscle of legislative proce
Eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Lead us this day in your ways that our nation might be guided along the roads of peace, justice and good will. Grant strength and wisdom to our speaker leaders and members of both the peoples house and the senate, to our president and his cabinet and to our Supreme Court. Bless as well the moral and military leaders of our country and may those who are the captains of business, industry and unions learn to Work Together toward the Mutual Benefit of all, walking in the ways of righteousness and working for the highest good of our beloved land. Bless us this day and every day and may that is done within the peoples house be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approl erf. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the distinguished gentleman from michiga
The clerk to the congress of the United States, on january 31, 2014, secretary of the interior sally joule certified under section 8 of the fishermans protect i act of 1967, the pelle amendment, the nationals of iceland are conducting trade in whale meat and products that diminishes the effect i every effectiveness of the rule on rade of flora and fauna. This is the third certification by United States Government Agencies of iceland for their continued whaling activities. In 2004, secretary of commerce a ld l. Evans advance made documentation because their scientific whaling program minished the whaling population. In 2011, secretary of Congress Gary locke increased actions to be taken by members of the cabinet, federal departments and agencies by again certifying iceland for diminishing the effectiveness of the i. W. C. A single Icelandic Company conducts fin whaling. Iceland doesnt consume most of these, rather, they are exported mainly to japan. Icelands commercial harvest of fin wh
The progressive wing of the judging world and of legal thought. They are absolutely highly qualified, good, decent people. And they got see if i can find the vote totals, miss kagan got 63 votes and sotomayor got 68. It is going to bother me that you dont get those numbers but what bothers me they should have gotten 90, 95. Anthony kennedy got 97. Anthony scalia got 98. Ruth Bader Ginsburg got 96. So whats happened . Between then and now, advise and consent has taken on a different meaning. It used to be the understanding of this body that elections have consequences and you would expect the president who won the election to pick somebody of their philosophy. I promise you when Strom Thurmond voted for ginsburg he didnt agree with her philosophy and i dont think senator lee agreed with justice scale leah. Senator lee has voted for a lot of republicans. I have voted for everyone presented since ive been here because i find them to be highly qualified coming from backgrounds i would expe