Chair federal Court University of texas school of law. As work has been published in the new york times, the los angeless times. Has argued before the Supreme Court of feat in and of itself is Supreme Court analyst of 2013 and he lives in austin, texas from going to hand it over to them. [applause] okay, good evening, can you hear me okay . Great. Its great to be with you. Here in his own hometown. Its great to be here. I hit introduction of you but among many other things i did not know that was going to go that way either. The first thing i want to ask you is you sure you do not want to move this conversation to twitter spaces . [laughter] there isth still time. 20 minutes of silence as about right. I wouldy say this is already gone better than last night actually. The night is young. Are you sure you do not want to talk about ken paxton . Yes. S. [laughter] all right. If you have not already seen or read the book let me tell you it is terrific it lives up seat is extraordinary in th
A lot of people leave cities and go further and further out to get opportunity. The supreme courts jurisprudence undermines the government being racially conscious to counter that. Host we want to thank you for your conversation this morning. The house is about to gavel in and we will bring you up to the floor for a live gaveltogavel coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. May 16, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable mary e. Miller to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and
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Wrap things up. We are finished so i want to thank our distinguished panel for i think a superb outline of the challenges we face and certainly some good suggestions on what to do about it. I couldnt help but think it took us about 200 years of precolonial experience before we became a republic and ultimately a democracy. It takes a long time to really get to that point. 216 years ago, i guess, is when turkey as a nation started that climb, at the end of the ottoman empire. You had the big movements of what they call social reform. We will leave the tail end of this event to go live to a discussion on how the zika virus is affecting Womens Health care in the u. S. Of to by the center for American Progress just getting underway. In recent months, we have seen the zika transmission escalated in parts of the developing world and here in the United States. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the mosquitoborne virus has infected over 6000 people in the and territori
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 325. The nays are 100. 2 3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the Senate Amendment is agreed to. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Hudson, to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate Amendment to h. R. 2719 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 2719, an act to require the Transportation Security Administration to implement best practices and improve transparency with regard to Technology Acquisition programs and for other purposes. Senate amendment. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and concur in the Senate Amendment. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation wit