The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer this morning will be offered by the guest chaplain, Bishop Robert barron, archdiocese of los angeles, santa barbara, california. The chaplain let us pray. O god, source of all justice, youve sum oned everyone who works in this chamber to walk the path of righteousness, to foster life and liberty, to care especially for the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. Free these servants of yours, o lord, of all those attachments to wealth or power or privilege or fame, that would prevent them from following the course you have set out for them. Make them mindful of the time when they first heard your voice and followed it with idealism and enthusiasm. Illuminate their minds, direct their wills, stirrup in them a holy passion for doing what is right, despite the cost. Give them the knowledge that whenever they strive for justice , they are pleasing to you. And shower, o lord, your choicest blessings upon our country. Amen. Th
Adopted. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 230, the nays are 16, the resolution is adopted. The yeas and nays are ordersed. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 127, House Resolution 793, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 1270, to amend the Internal Revenue code of 19860repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act, which disqualified expenses for over the counter d drugs over the counter overthecounter drugs under Health Flexible spending arrangements. The question on ordering the previous question. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [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
Benefit of a clean energy economy. It is time to wake up. I yield the floor to my friend, the distinguished senator from louisiana. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Ms. Landrieu thank you, senator. Im so happy to follow him on the floor today and some to see him again. Weve worked together on so many important issues, mr. President , wonderful to see you and to be back on the floor. I come today for a very special reason. I am so proud to present to the senate a package of lands bills that have been included in the Defense Authorization act. And whats significant about this particular package is its quite large and its the first package in almost six years, in almost three congresses which is quite an accomplishment for our committee. And i am so proud of the staff of our committee, energy and Natural Resources. I made this a priority when i took over as chair nine months ago. It was a long shot to see if we could put any package at all together. It had eluded us for s
Coming up next, sierra Club Volunteer harold wood discusses the legacy of con survey shifts that conservationists and National List john your john muir. This was hosted by the California Historical society, as a part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the wilderness act. We want to hear harold would tonight. He will give us an incredible journey through john muirs life. That legacy is stronger than ever. Im looking forward to hearing you talk. I promise to be relatively brief here and just say a few words of welcome. And thank you all for coming. I want to say that i really am a huge fan of the two organizations that had us here tonight. The California Historical society, what a great place for great work that is preserving our cultural and historic heritage here in california. And the partner, the sierra club. For all of the great work it has been doing since 1892 to protect our Natural Landscapes here and throughout the nation. What a legacy. A couple of quick questions,
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