Minutes to record their resence. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, 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 on this roll call, 375 members have recorded their presence. A quorum is present. The chair the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from llinois, mr. Rodney davis. Mr. Davis please join us in the gallery. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it ands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker the house will be in order. For what purpose does the gentleman from califor
Here today, in the city of many of my predecessors, our theme tonight is the history of the cbc and the legacy of Martin Luther king. Week, we begin a celebration. A great man and patriot who loved america and the ideas of our democracy. Up with dr. King comics that i cap comments that capture our political comment climate and what is at stake. Of all forms and inequality and justice and health care, the most shocking and inhumane greate think about the leaders in our nation before us who came about to lay a great framework for equal pay, equality and housing, we are reminded of what is at stake and how much we have to lose in this current political climate. We have a lot to lose under the current administrations destructive policies. Dr. King would be greatly disappointed at many things going on in this country right now that affect all of our communities. We are in the business of doing no harm but we must continue to , fight to show results and solutions that help move our neighborh
Ending after december 31, 2013. Pretty clear, shall apply. Straightforward. The Effective Date for the employer mandate section 1514 of the law, Effective Date, the amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after december 31, 2013. It really does seem straightforward. There is no ambiguity there. I would just ask the question, is there a list of laws that must be followed and those that may or may not be followed depending upon whatever the will of the president is that day. I would remind my colleagues, the words of Abraham Lincoln the best way to end a bad law is to enforce it strictly. We should do the same. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. The gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter may i inquire how much time i have . The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady has 3 1 2 minutes remaining. 1 2 minutes to mr. Clyburn. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Clyburn i thank the gentlelady for yielding me t
Wed be doing great. Is if congressme had the same priorities that or did, that if they felt the same sense of urgency about the cost of college for increases in the minimum wage or how to make child care more affordable, if were thinkingey could have a lot more families. A lot more people would be getting ahead the economy would be doing better. We could help a lot more families and we should. We should be relentlessly focused on what i call an opportunity agenda. Of the great jobs, whats always made our economy strong. Sure that were on the cutting end when it comes to clean energy. Making sure that were rebuilding our infrastructure, our roads, bridges, our ports, our airports. That advance manufacturing is happening here in the United States so we can jobs back. Acturing research and science. That leads to new american industries. Training our workers. Trainingking a job program and using our Community Colleges in ways that allow to constantly retrain for the new opportunity that ar
King iii about all this thats coming up. Welcome everyone im david asman, in for neil cavuto. You are watching cavuto live, we begin with the chaos overnight in portland, and the city of seattle, now bracing for another night of protest. Foxs david spunt has more from bridgewater, new jersey where the president is watching all of this very closely. David . Reporter david, good morning to you. President trump and other white house officials certainly watching this closely. President trump pitching himself to the American People some in decided voters hopefully he wants to switch as the law and order president thats the sales pitch hes making to the American People as cities like portland are seeing almost 60 nights of unrest in a row. Now, we are talking specifically , david, of three officers who may lose their sight. Federal officers permanently after protesters pointed lasers in the eyes of those officers and the white house says another agent was impaled his hand by nails on wednesd