representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate redskin nation between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair now recognizes thea. california, mr. royce, for five minutes. . royce: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize the outstanding service of amy porter, my chief of staff, for 17 years, including the last six years on the foreign affairs committee. amy is a skillful manager and leader who has been central to everything i have accomplished in congress. amy has been a tremendous asset to my office, in no small part because she the heart for tackling some of the toughest issues and drive t
hello, welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. as the netherlands battles record coronovirus infections a second night of rioting has broken out as people object to restrictions on their movement. hundreds of people lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks in the hague with protests also taking place in other towns. the latest violence follows friday night s violence in rotterdam, when at least fifty people were arrested, and several others received gunshot wounds. the dutchjustice minister, ferd grapperhaus, has called the violence criminal and repulsive. our correrspondent in the hague, anna holligan, reports. another dutch city rocked by discontent. in the hague writers don t bicycles and pelted police with stones and fireworks. rioters. officers used horses, dogs, batons and likes to chase them away. bikes. earlier, anti vax demonstrators brought music to the southern city, while most dutch people accept the need for tougher rules,
laura: no one knows who that is. all right, hannity, great job tonight. we will pick it up where you left off. i am laura ingraham, this is to is the ingraham angle on a busy thursday night. you are looking live at the house floor where democrats believe they have the votes to pass biden s budget buster of a build back better socialist takeover disaster. remember that even if the house does pass this, there is no guarantee the senate will follow suit. in fact, for republicans, this is kind of a dream come true. all these democrats are going to go on the record voting for this abomination, making next year s wipeout, i think it is going to be much bigger now. let s dip into the minority leader for just a moment. mr. speaker, the $450,000, that is more than some of the 9/11 victims received. it s more than the next of kin received in insurance of those 13 gold star families. that got killed by a suicide bomber who was in the prison of bagram. mr. speaker, i watched in dis
the white house says it is monitoring what it described as haiti s rapidly deteriorating security situation. france has become the first country to put a woman s right to an abortion in the constitution, almost 50 years after it was first decriminalised in the country. a specialjoint sitting of both houses of the french parliament voted for the amendment. representatives of all major and minor parties spoke in favour, saying women would no longer have to live in fear of their rights being rescinded. and the european commission has fined apple $2 billion for violating the eu s anti trust laws. the competition commissioner, margarethe vestager, said the company had, for a decade, abused its dominant position in music streaming apps, and ordered the us tech giant to remove all the restrictions, and to refrain from similar practices in the future. apple has said it will appeal against the decision. it s going to be a defining week for the 2024 presidential elections. tomorrow is
twojournalists have been killed in a strike on their car in gaza. israel has denied targeting them. aljazeera, whose gaza bureau chief lost his eldest son in the attack has called for the international criminal court to hold israel accountable. there s been violence in the west bank too nine palestinians and two israelis were killed on sunday. all this as us secretary of state antony blinken tours the region hoping to start negotiations on gaza s future. meanwhile, at a cabinet meeting, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, pledged to continue the war in gaza until all of their goals are achieved. translation: we are not stopping until victory. - the war must not be stopped until we achieve all of its goals the elimination of hamas, the return of all of our hostages, and ensuring that gaza no longer poses a threat to israel. i say this to both our enemies and ourfriends. this is our responsibility and this is our commitment. every other consideration must be set