And a look at the u. S. Capitol as the house of representatives gets ready for a short performance. You are watching live coverage from the house floor on cspan. May reremember the values are first that first formed our nation, freedom, justice, equality, are never to be taken granted. May we be grateful for all who gave their lives to ensure those values would remain the foundation of americas heart and soul. May our own lives too reflect the very best of who we are and can be and may your blessing, god, continue to abide with us all. Amen. Pursuant to section nine9 of House Resolution 9a of House Resolution 445, approved. The chair will leave the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. To the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bill is signed by the speaker pro tempore on friday, june 28, 2019. The clerk sena
Mr. President , the first motion the senate will vote on is a straightforward proposition. The motion says lets send this bill back to the senate on a bipartisan basis and come up with a plan that actually works for the middle class. I will wrap up just by recapping the republican rhetoric on his tax plan. First it was said to be a guaranteed middleclass tax cuts. Then it was merely focused on the middle class. Next it was an average tax cut across a variety of income cohort. But now, the numbers are actually in. Republicans want to run up enough red ink to threaten medicare and Social Security and still raise taxes on more than half of the middle class. The senate on a bipartisan basis can do better than this. I urge my colleagues to support this proposal, to send the bill back and come back h on a bipartisan basis with tax reform that actually works for the middle class. I yeild back. The question on motion. Nay. Is there a sufficient second . The clerk will call the roll. [roll call
Members today will before they get to that debate we expect Texas Democrat al green says hell submit articles of impeachment against President Trump. The house may have a vote related to that issue or go on to the gun bill. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, four conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving us another day. We thank you on this day for the example of st. Nicholas, who fed the hungry, brought hope to the imprisoned, gave comfort to the lost and taught the truth to all. May all who work here in the peoples house strive to imitate him by putting you first in all we do. Give us the courage, love, and strength of st. Nicholas so that, like him, we may serve you through our service to all our brothers and sisters. May all that we do be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings a
The problem of foreign terrorist fighters has seriously worsened. We need a comprehensive approach that encompasses social and ideological components and also that would ensure respect for the sovereignty of all states. We support the initiative of the u. S. Presidency and the Security Council to adopt a resolution aimed at choking off any activities of foreign terrorist fighters. Likee same time, we would to caution again the temptation to narrow down the problem because of the Islamic State with its ideology. There is a need to consider the problems of terrorism and in all its dimensions. Establish a form involving countries of the region, the african union, league of arab states, the permanent five members of the un Security Council council, and other stakeholders. We should address longstanding conflicts primary being the arabisraeli conflict. This is one of the primary reasons enabling terrorist to receive moral support and recruit ever new members into their ranks. We call upon c
Developed countries and we are giving humanitarian aid to countries threatened by isil and foreign fighters. E must go further we must remain ever vigilant against cyber and Nuclear Terrorism and the utter terror and destruction they could unleash. Cyber is used to finance, recruit, and incite violence. We must prevent cyberspace from becoming not only the target of terror, but also a tool of terror. Nuclear terrorism however unthinkable is also a possibility. Seenost9 11 world has terrorist groups seeking nuclear materials. This is why International Efforts to prevent Nuclear Terrorism must be stepped up. President obamas leadership in proposing a summit on Nuclear Security five years ago in this say the Global Vision for Nuclear Security is getting stronger. We have a collective result is may a kickstart concrete, International Actions against the new scourge of foreign fighters. The fight against faceless, nameless terrorists without borders will not be easy. We also know that terro