later today, lawmakers will debate 12 bills, including several on small businesses and one on water resources development. this is live coverage of the house here on c-span. 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 7, 2022. i hereby ahoint point the honorable jimmy panetta to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the hips house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. almighty god, hear our prayers as the country lies divided before you. and yet there is not one person in this room who doesn t want to relieve our children of fear or ensure the safety of the day-to-day lives of american citizens. how, then, do we address faithfully the rash of tragedies that have plagued our communities and gripped the nation with turmoi
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Olivia Emily (Country & Town House) gives us five recommendations for this June (in alphabetical order): For Such a Time as This, by Shani Akilah; Here Comes the Sun, by Nicole Dennis-Benn; A Brief History of Seven Killings, by Marlon James; How To Say Babylon: A…