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. August 22, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable brenda l. Lawrence to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of us all, thank you for giving us another day. Bless the members of the peoples house gathered here at the capitol for an extraordinary session in extraordinary times. Inspire them with wisdom as they hope to address the needs of our nation in such a difficult period of our shared history. Continue to bless those who labor to attend to the sick among our citizens and those also who strive to find effective treatments and vaccines. Keep us all safe in your divine mercy. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Ame
[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
Funds for the military budget and raising taxes to awe bollish private abolish private health insurance. The Trump Campaign responding just moments ago to bidens choice writing in a statement that not long ago Kamala Harris called joe biden a racist and is asked for an apology she never received. Clearly, phony kamala will abandon her own morals as well as try to bury her record as a prosecutor in order to appease the antipolice extremists controlling the democrat party. In her failed attempt at running for president , Kamala Harris gleefully embraced the lefts radical manifesto calling for trillions of dollars in new taxes and backing Bernie Sanders government takeover of health care. She is proof that joe biden is an empty shell being filled with the extreme agenda of the radicals on the left. President trump is scheduled to hold a News Conference later this hour where we expect he will be asked about todays announcement. And turning to the days developments, over the past couple of
Illegal immigrants, slashing funds for the military budget and raising taxes to awe bollish private abolish private health insurance. The Trump Campaign responding just moments ago to bidens choice writing in a statement that not long ago Kamala Harris called joe biden a racist and is asked for an apology she never received. Clearly, phony kamala will abandon her own morals as well as try to bury her record as a prosecutor in order to appease the antipolice extremists controlling the democrat party. In her failed attempt at running for president , Kamala Harris gleefully embraced the lefts radical manifesto calling for trillions of dollars in new taxes and backing Bernie Sanders government takeover of health care. She is proof that joe biden is an empty shell being filled with the extreme agenda of the radicals on the left. President trump is scheduled to hold a News Conference later this hour where we expect he will be asked about todays announcement. And turning to the days developme
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