Mr. Brown madam president. The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Brown thank you, madam president. Madam president , i join we joined last year to do this reading. Im glad shes presiding today. Its an honor to jape my join my colleagues on the floor to read dr. Kings letter from the birmingham jail. Thanks to senator cassidy first, casey, lankford, britt, butler who will wrap it up for joining for this annual bipartisan tradition. Every year, we bring together three republicans and three democrats to read one of the greatest pieces of writing of the 20th century and reflect on the mission and powerful words ever dr. King. This year, a reading falls right after workers memorial day, which we marked on sunday, a day when we honor all the workers killed on the job over the past year, workers past year, workers injured and killed throughout our history. Every year on that date im reminded of dr. Kings final trip, second trip of the year, his final trip to memphis. He went to sta
Now to the main event. It is my pleasure to introduce todays keynote speaker, americas most listen to woman and talk greater, laura ingram. She can be heard on a. M. 850. Laura is a former whitecollar defense attorney and Supreme Court law clerk. Her nationally syndicated talkshow, the laura ingram show is ranked in the top ten rated shows in heard coasttocoast or 250 markets. Shes the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including the obama diaries, power to the people, shut up and sing, and the hillary trap. Where has been a guest house on many fox news programs and contributor to abcs, this week. As recently announced should be headlining fox news primetime tv show, the ingram angle which will debut in the 10 00 oclock hour one week from today. [applause] proxies said were aims to cut through the washington chatter speak directly with unexpected voices and people impacted by the news of the day. During todays speech we look forward to her bring in the same candor as she det
Thanksgiving holiday. Monday they will be returning. The house will be working on 2018 federal spending which you can watch live on cspan. The senates continuing work on judicial nominations. Later in the week senators are expected to vote on the Senate Tax Reform plan. [applause] now to the main event. Its now my pleasure to introduce todays key note speaker, americas most listened to woman in political talk radio, laura ingram. She can be heard between 10 and 12 on am 850. Laura is a former white floor is the former whitecollar defense attorney and Supreme Court law clerk. For nationally syndicated talk show, the lord ingram show, is ranked in the nations top ten n rated shows and heard coasttocoast in nearly 250 250 markets. She is the editor in chief and cofounder and author of several New York Times bestsellers including the obama diaries, power to the people, shut up and saying, and the hillary trap. Lore has been a guest host on many of Fox News Channel programs as well as a con
Floor. A recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 3559 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3359, a bill to amend the Homeland Security act of 2002 to authorize the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the department of Homeland Security and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. Mccaul, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. Barragan, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. Mr. Mccaul i thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include any extraneous materials on the bill under co
Home builder shares slide as Taylor Wimpey expects 2017 results to be in line with expectations some of the worlds biggest Bond Investors sound the alarm bill gross and Jeffrey Gundlach say levels on u. S. Treasury yields indicate the start of a bear market. And emmbeijing will order 14 airbus aircraft. Good morning were about an hour into the trading session. The handover from asia was mixed. Most of the indices traded softer some people say thats on the back of the rise in yields in the u. S. Maybe this is the beginning of a bond bear market and that could have implication for equities from here. The picture for europe is gloomy this morning stoxx 600 trading about 0. 2 weaker on the first hour of trading. The ftse is inching into the green. Ftse 10 0, a slew of earnings out of retailers this morning. We did have strong results out of ted baker and decent results out of sainsburys banks are up almost 1 Deutsche Bank having a very good day today. Up more than the 20. 2 travel and leis