We are thrilled to be here. Im thrilled to be here. And i thought that i havent done this elsewhere, but i wanted to just because i realize that for many people this all comes like, maybe not you guys so much, but this is all a big, you know, new thing. So but i thought i would just read just very beginning opening of one of the chapters. And this is set in eastern tennessee. I specifically did not do the central bucks one because you guys can do that yourself. So this chapter is chapter four. Its about how weaponizing crt disrupts learning and let me just read this a little bit. Matthew horn was the teacher who, between classes at Sullivan Central High School in Sullivan County, tennessee, would be in the hallway bantering with fellow teachers and with students about tv music. He wore a pearl jam t shirt when we first met and nonsense such as what exactly . Qualified as soup. He coached baseball and taught courses on personal finance and for juniors, seniors, two sections of a class t
[captioning made possible by th, 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 rooms. Washington, d. C. May 1, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable erin h houchin 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 nye mortgage whip minorit
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order, the prayer will be offered by guest chaplain head Granthi Giani Jaswinder Singh from pine hill new jersey. The chaplain good morning. Let us pray. Al mighty god we call you by many names but you are one. Keep your hand over the members of this house as they help steer the future of our great nation. Keep love in our hearts and sound judgment and in our minds. Remind us of our purpose to love and serve another and create a more peaceful world. We ask blessings on to us as they work for the common good. Give all this land humility, integrity and compassion. Lead us from evil so we may selflessly help us remember that we belong to one family. Recognize the entire human race as one. We ask of theal mighty almighty, keep watch over our nations protect us who work tirelessly day and night to ensure our safety and our freedom. You are whatever is seen, my lord, you are one in the name everlasting, almighty god grace for the entire humanity.
Public policy and law practice at dixon and schapiro. Former congressman chris shays who represented the Fourth District in connecticut for 20 years was the last republican standing when new englands entire congressional delegation finally went all democrat. He is someone who during his time worked closely with members of the other aisle on domestic and foreignpolicy funds, former things, he is a former peace corps volunteer, chairman of wartime contracting. Every democrats favorite republican, which is maybe why he is here as an excongressman. Bob woodward, what can you say about the nations most prolific and celebrated investigative journalists, other than now at his age, he is better looking than Robert Redford at his age, Robert Redford who was impersonated him you have no idea how many women i have disappointed. [laughter] not a subject i want to go near. [laughter] i wanted to get that out in the open. For a generation of people like me who wanted to grow up to be journalists, wh
Immigrants. [applause] you must have the right you pay into Social Security. Millionaires this morning that power ball jackpot just hit a new record. Swelling to 625 million. This is my town na na na na na this is my town brian if you live here its your town. Steve headliner right there iv i say they cant afford to live in my town. Jedediah we senator rick scott coming up to talk about just that. Steve indeed, he has written an oped for the wall street journal talking about how when he was the governor he would go to these high tax states like new york and california and say hey, you know, if you dont pay state tax in florida. Lickety split a bunch of companies moved down there. Brian a lot of these democratic run legislations mayors and governors jack up the tanks the people leave so the democrats leave the blue states and go to the red states and then start flipping those states. Until they start jacking up those taxes and we run out of country. Meanwhile rick scott on a little bit l