The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 18, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable doug lamalfa to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Coble. Mr. Coble i thank the speaker. Mr. Speaker, ive heard some criticize the president for having played golf with tiger woods because woods is not a favorable role model. The president s golfing is none of my business, but permit me to tell you what is my business.
My end of junior year at high school. My dad told mel i was coming back from hanging out with my then girlfriend, and hes like hector, i want to talk to you. He basically told me the story of how he came to the u. S. And how our tourists visa had exspired when i was still in elementary school. At that time i said all right, no big deal, im going to be fine. I dont need to drive or anything. But as i graduated dowling, i realized that i couldnt go to a state university, i couldnt go to continue on my education due to the fact that i wasnt eligible for state scholarships, i wasnt eligible for federal grants or loans. I wasnt eligible to the things that my classmates were. I then took the initiative, along with my fiancee, who is out there, to go and visit American Friend Service Committee where the Legal Service director explained to me my particular situation. Understanding my situation and everything that it meant really opened my eyes to what i had to do to overcome this situation tha
September 1st. 4 00 a. M. In the east and 3 00 a. M. In houston. One week after harvey blasted its way ashore, there are emerging concerns. Overnight the death toll climbing again. Now stands at 47. At the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby, texas, more blasts are expected following the first explosion of an organic peroxide container. That happened 24 hours ago. A 1. 5mile perimeter remains in effect around the plant. Another new worry price gouging. Texas officials have had close to 600 complaints about scams and gouging. One Convenience Store charging 20 a gallon for gas. Theres a panic with bizarrely long lines and prices shooting up from 2. 50 to 4. 50 a gallon ahead of labor day. Some stations sold out. As for houstons reservoirs, they are operating normally with no breaches or failures. It will take three months to empty them through controlled releases. Buffalo bayou where that water drains will likely stay flooded for some time. Several weeks at the deepest spots. And state and f
The white house. But she also slammed the House Democrats investigation as rushed and incomplete. As democrats try to convince republicans to turn on the president , some gop senators think it will be Senate Democrats who break from their party. Lets start with cnn congressional reporter lauren fox up on probably a very quiet capitol hill this morning. Lauren, this one senator were keeping an eye on is the moderate maine republican Susan Collins. The president , though, expressing support for her Reelection Campaign on twitter. Whats going on . Well, certainly the president seems to be launching a Charm Offensive for Susan Collins. Thats a moderate republican who, of course, he hopes to keep on his side as this impeachment grows with more fervor in the senate. We still dont know when the senate trial is going to take place. We expect that mcconnell and schumer will have to negotiate some kind of resolution once the senators return in january from their twoweek recess. But there are som
Mulberry Street United Methodist Church aims to wipe out $1 million in medical debt for Middle Georgia families through a fundraising campaign that will run from September 11-24.