Precountry new narkal limitation for employmentbased immigrants to increase the per country numerical limitation for familysponsored immigrants, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from california,s. Colorado, mr. Buck, will each control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. Mrs. Love gren i ask unanimous consent that address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Lofgren i yield myself such time as i may consume. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of h. R. 1044, the fairness for high schooled immigrants act, a bipartisan bill that would make a modest but important change to our immigration laws to alleviate hardships associated with lengthy visa backlogs. Let me begin by explaining what this bill does do and does not do. H. R. 1044 does not increase the overall number of immigrant visas that are available each year. Although raising the ceiling on visas is the only viable
All seems beautiful to me. Good morning bay area. Lets get up and get going. This is abc 7 mornings. Fireworks explode along San Francisco ringing in 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the street for the event and it seemed like everyone decided to leave at once. Huge traffic jams lasted into the Early Morning hours. But this morning the streets are quiet as the new year begins. Good morning. Its sunday, january 1st. Happy new year. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with lisa. Lisa, happy new year. Thank you. Same to you. It looks nice with the sunshine but we have fog in the north bay and clouds around the bay around. Youll notice the precip to the north. Thats a cold weather system headed our way and a Winter Weather advisory for lake county. Sano ma in the 30s. Sunshine throughout the day. Cool, breezy. Showers towards evening and overnight with the cold air in place and snow levels down to 1,000 feet. Well talk about a wet week ahead. Breaking news out of los ang
Surprise whether it be the president ial race, the cubs world series win, or the numerous celebrity deaths. Ktvus Leigh Martinez his life from the embarcadero with a fireworks display. I see you have got the crown on your head. Looking good. Reporter you know i wasnt going to pass this up. For those who dont know, we are from the same county in new jersey. We are automatically attracted to bright shiny sometimes gaudy things. I had to have it. But yes. Not the only one. Several people have them too so theres the huge crowd out here now. Much bigger than it was before. We are still two hours out from the festivities. You can see the people milling about. Shes been waiting. She wanted to get on tv so bad. But you can see a lot of people here just about ready to have a good time. Everyone is wishing each other happy new year. It has been a roller coaster up and down year. Weve had some highs and lows. Some people really are just ready to start celebrating. With 2017 has to offer. Reporter
Major problems. [cheering] this is what it looked like down in las vegas last night. This is from the mgm grand. Several casinos along the vegas strip set off fireworks to ring in 2017. An estimated 300,000 people were there to watch. And the niners and the seahawks today. Its whats it is what can happen after the game thats the story. Chip kelly could be let go right after the game. If not, perhaps tomorrow. The team is finishing up the worst season in franchise history. Attendance has been awful this year. If that happens, the new coach will become the fourth new coach in the last four years since jim harbaugh left. Also in the news, the chilly weather. Were getting ready for more of it. Temperatures in the bay area are dropping for the next couple of days. We can blame this gal behind me, the weather gal extract we are starting off 2017 on a very cold note and a wet one. Wintry weather as we move through the first week of your 2017. Were getting a look at the temperatures. It cooled