Whether or out is not the 23rd amendment will be repealed. Bill, h. R. 51, contains that. Edited procedure for im pleased to yield one minute from maryland, my Good Neighbor and good friend, the majority leader of representatives, steny hoyer. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman maryland. Mr. Hoyer im going to leave my on. Not because its not safe for me but for you. It represents e the best of america. From maryland. Aryland was a slaveholding state. I represent the district that probably had the most slaves, from the my friend first congressional district. Were many ere sympathizers for the southern had that would have maryland join the confederacy. Were, of course, wrong. But i want to tell my friends states who withdrew to whose states tried destroy the union that they to remember that this without ok them back condition, with full citizenship to vote. Ight the same for do fellow citizens. Mr. Speaker, i rise in strong of this bill and i thank delegate Eleano
Bless and comfort those who suffer from this disease. Give them healing. Bless and comfort those who mourn the loss of loved ones in he wake of covid19. Inspire those professionals whose lifes work is health care. Those who care for the sick and those who labor to find treatments and cures to diseases as they emerge and begin their own effort to survive. Help us to love you and one another for we know that you work all things together for good for those who do so. In our communities throughout the country, fin toe continue to bless government, citizens, and police with a spirit of respect and cooperation. May peace descend upon all that mabes and those in service to them can look Forward Together to a more prosperous future. Bless the peoples house and may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceeding is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gent
Is working on billions of allars of aid to help salve plundering economy. Even elections are being affected. Of of this is in the hope keeping coronavirus from getting worse. Our question for you this morning, what do you think about President Trumps declaration of a National Emergency on covid19 . Late, or soon, too justintime . We are going to open up regional lines this morning. If you are in the eastern or central time zones your telephone number is going to be 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Thisve a special line open morning. This will be a line for medical professionals. If you are in the medical field we want to know what you are seeing out there. If you are in the medical field we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind you can always text. S at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media. This now, late last night the house of representatives passed a billiondollar aid package for figh
Nationwide. It has been hard to keep track of the number of colleges switching to virtual instruction because the changes have come so rapidly over the last week. Theres one crowd source document that a scholar has put together that has identified more than 200 colleges around the country that have posed or a move to virtual instruction. We are seeing it all over the place, all types of colleges. Some of the nations most elite colleges have moved to virtual instruction for the remainder of the semester, places like harvard, princeton, cornell. Also, we see a number of public universities doing this. Collegesee community doing this. In seattle, virtually all of them have moved to virtual instruction. Host what are we losing by these colleges and universities going to online classes . We know online instruction is becoming more and more popular in the higher ed community anyway, but what are we losing by these campuses closing, and specifically, what are students losing by these campuses
Universities in the washington, d. C. Area, in the capital region, have basically closed their campuses and are going to virtual and online classes. Is that something only happening here or are we seeing it all over the United States . Guest its happening nationwide. It has been hard to keep track of the number of colleges switching to virtual instruction because the changes have come so rapidly over the last week. Theres one crowd source document that a scholar has put together that has identified more than 200 colleges around the country that have posed or a move to virtual instruction. We are seeing it all over the place, all types of colleges. Some of the nations most elite colleges have moved to virtual instruction for the remainder of the semester, places like harvard, princeton, cornell. Also, we see a number of public universities doing this. Collegesee community doing this. In seattle, virtually all of them have moved to virtual instruction. Host what are we losing by these co