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So help me god. So help me god. Congratulations, mr. Speaker. Thank you. [cheers and applause] the historic nature of my speakership is not lost on me. This will be the first time in the history of the commonwealth of virginia that we have had a speaker who is as intelligent as this and as handsome as this [laughter] what you are laughing at . Its true [laughter] [laughs] no, let me stop. But its an honor and a privilege to be elected by my peers as the first black speaker of the house of delegates, 405 years after the founding of the longest, continuous democratic elected body in the western hemisphere. Also, coincidentally, 405 years after the first enslaved people arrived here. Not far from where we stand, down the road in hampton roads. Host virginia speaker don scott, january 10, 2024, what was that they like for you . Speaker scott it was amazing. Exhilarating. It felt like the combination of a lifetime of working hard finally coming to fruition. It was a day of pride. I was prou ....
Go ahead. Hello . We will have to leave it there. That is it for the program today. Another edition of washington journal comes your way tomorrow morning. The house comes into consider several rules for future voting on bills. 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 22, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable Chuck Edwards 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 each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip ....
Want three committees, but they put me on, and we are able to cover it, but it is a busy time. Host how do you keep it all straight . Rep. Mike bost we have staff, and studying the issues, and one of the important things to do is these things that are obviously from other congresses before, and you have to play catchup in your mind, and we are getting to the point now where we are pretty smooth. Host you have several witnesses, and you only get a few minutes. Rep. Mike bost that is probably one of the rough parts of this job. By the time you get down to the freshmen members, most of the questions have been asked. It has drawn out over a long period of time, but with the subcommittees, i have been able to get into what i need to know during the actual committee, and quite often, we have to come back with questions so we can get our answers. Host what is on your to do list . Rep. Mike bost a couple of things. We have got Scott Air Forc ....
Mike bost it was a situation where i was not happy with obamacare. I had been in the trucking business for many years, i came home from the read core the marine corps and ran for many years. Family, took a lot of prayer and decisionmaking, i could have thrown my hands up and said i am done with politics, but i decided to make things better. When did you decide to run for the house . For your seats in congress. It would have been in february of 2000 2014. Right after the election i was thinking about it. Your race in 2014, you defeated the democrat in one of the most expensive races. It was. , theave the southern part paducah kentucky market, that is not as expensive. In terms of advertising. But in st. Louis, it is more expensive. Your district reaches that are far . Of st. Oes, it goes north and one third1 counties. How did you do it . Raising the money, who helped to fund you and what was your argument we had Jerry Costello ther ....
Because again you have Flood Insurance. All of this misinformation but i was told the need to get an electrician. Ive been calling around trying to get an electrician and yesterday paid 50 over the phone to secure an appointment for an estimate for an electrician to do work at one of my houses. Its just such a difficult time with so many obstacles. I went on the web site to see if i have to raise my house. Both of my houses arent flood zone a. The estimate of damage on one of my homes is 30 to 60 . 30 to 60 , what does that mean . What should i do . I get stuff i had a question it would be is there anyplace that i could go to get guidance about how to solve all these problems . I have no idea. My house at 5 feet of water. My contractor said i think you should just told us it. Prc brought in people out who said dont bulldoze this house, rebuild it. I go to a workshop on home rated rated remediation where the guy said were going to ....