[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 commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] 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 room, washington, d. C. , september 14, 2021. I hereby appoint the honorable John Sarbanes to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Holy god, deal with us according to your love and by your grace, transform all we set forth to do this day. Reveal your loving kindness to us. Direct our steps, give us evidence of your mercy that we would be compelled to follow your commands and li
The comments. Take a listen. I stand by all of my statements. I said nothing wrong and i think any rational jewish person didnt like what happened in Nazi Germany and any rational person doesnt like whats happening with overbearing Mask Mandates and vaccine policies. Do you understand why some would be upset by the comment . Do you understand how people feel about being forced to wear mask or forced to have to take a vaccine or even have to say whether they have taken it or not . These shouldnt be happening in america. This is a free country. To be clear there is know equi no equivalence but heres the original statement. People were treated like second class citizens so much so that they were put in trains and taken to Gas Chambers in Nazi Germanys and this is the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about. Cnn Suzanne Malveaux on Capitol Hill for us. How are members of Congress Responding . They will be asked about Marjorie Taylor greenes comments that just are Beyond The Pale o
Martin luther king and if you look it up, a 54day fill buster in the United States senate. Its the kind of sweeping bill that seems almost impossible to imagine a modern congress passing, but the news tonight is the new congress trying to build on that very landmark bill, holding a vote to amend the law to include lgbtq people to ban any discrimination against them. The step is legally significant. Its also very clearly a 180degree turn from the recent trump era when that president pushed, remember this, a total been on people who identify as trance from serving in our United States military. A piece of discrimination that also has echos in a new scandal from trump ally marginally taylor green who is clashing with another member of congress over these very issues. In fact, that member on congress, congresswoman newman joins us shortly for an important conversation. Meanwhile, the speaker is explaining why its significant to try to end all this discrimination. The next thing we were goi
Vaccination clinics to cancel across the northeast and other areas. With 140 americans testing positive every single minute, the republican governor of West Virginia visibly frustrated with members of congress saying states need help and they need it now. Just move and move forward and move right now. We need to go big. If we waste some money now, we waste some money. Joining us to start off our coverage, carol lee is at the white house for us. Good to see you with that beautiful back drop of the snowy white house. Chris, they say the president is there to listen. He wants to hear these ideas that these ten republican senators have. It is notable that President Biden has only been in office a couple of weeks but he hasnt had any nim meetings with lawmakers, although he has been making phone calls. The first is with republican senators, not Democratic Leaders or Progressive Democrats on capitol hill with these republicans, what the white house is saying, is that he wants to listen to th
Him, along with Contact Information about u. S. Senators and representatives. Amid all of this the House Speaker nancy pelosi now says efforts to address Security Concerns are being hampered because, quote, im quoting here now, the enemy is within the House Of Representatives. Referring to the words and actions of some republican members. Lets go to our cnn crime and justice correspondent vshimon prok prokupecz. Tell us about the moves tounbelg on at the u. S. Capitol. Reporter its clear, wolf, a lot is going to change at our nations capitol of the january 6th insurrection. One of the things thats being suggested by the Acting Police Chief is permanent fencing across the capitol. The capitol has been an open its been open for people to walk through and open field, a Sprawling Complex that people can get close to. Well, now the acting chief is recommending that that change. In a Press Release she said, in light of recent events i can say vast improvements to the physical infrastructure