Without freedom or liberty. May they be instruments of justice for all americans. May your spirit live with them and with each of us and may your grace around us and those we love that in all things we may be the people you would have us be in service to this great nation. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. P senator santorum 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 california mr. Mcnerney. Mr. Mcnerney i ask everyone to join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Senator santorum the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the g
County to the Eastern Shore of the bay. There were heavier showers there earlier. They will move out. Farther west we are tracking an area of showers across western maryland that will move east as well. The larger area is farther northwest. Look at this. A huge area of intense thunderstorms. For us it will miss us and it will head south southeast. But the same time we have to deal with a cold front. Rain totals today are well over an inch in many areas. In washington we have had 15 inches of rain just since the first day of june. Guess what else . We have the third Tropical Storm of the season. A few hundred miles off the coast of ocean city. A busy day. Kellye thank you doug. The heavy rain caused nodding in part of Shenandoah County in virginia leading to evacuations. We continue with the Northern Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg in woodstock. Jeff . Jeff well you can take a look. The flooding is bad. While it is bad its not as significant as it was a few hours ago. The water has really re
Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists commit smithed by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez mr. Speaker a few weeks ago i was on the h. B. O. Show real time with mill maher on friday night and had a chance to talk with ann cowl ter. As you might have guest guessed i dont have my speed dial. It was several days after donald trump was running for president. When it was my turn i told mrs. Colter what they were saying about mexican immigrants would serve as a vote rergestration machine to turn g
Build with a lane of traffic blocked and a new accident reported coming off of the Richmond San Rafael bridge westbound 580 two lanes are blocked there and you can see the slow Traffic Building causing some delays as you make your way from richmond to san quentin. We can check on two stents in the Santa Cruz Mountains. People in the bay area will fight for rent control changes. San jose just lowered rent increases last year and some renters say it didnt go far enough. Matt keller live in san jose this morning. Er in. Reporter the City Clerks Office reports theyve received more than 1,000 letters against new rent control rules. There are a lot of people on the ore side of this issue as well. They were out in front of city hall protesting, they were in support of proposals in favor of renters, they want stricter limits on annual rent increases. Folks are already struggling to pay the rent where it is right now, piling into homes, ending up on the street. We got a text about somebody whos
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