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July 16, 2024
I am bernard shaw of cnn. Cable news network. My colleagues are ann compton, of abc news. Margaret warner of newsweek magazine. And andrew mitchell, of nbc news. The candidates are Vice President george bush, republican nominee and governor michael dukakis. For the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates by representatives of the two campaigns, however there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleague and i can ask this evening and the candidates have no prior knowledge ...
July 16, 2024
[ cheers and applause ] for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions in the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to governor dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, woul...
July 16, 2024
Michael dukakis. Candidates took questions on taxes, the budget deficit, defense spending, and each candidates choice of running mate. Good evening, on behalf of the commission on president ial debates, i am pleased to welcome you to the second president ial debate. Im bernard shaw of cnn, cable news network. My colleagues on the panel are and cotton of abc news. Margaret warner of newsweek magazine. And Andrea Mitchell of nbc news. The candidates are Vice President george bush, the republican n...
July 16, 2024
Nominee. applause for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to gov. Dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favo...
July 16, 2024
History tv, every weekend on cspan three explore our nations past. Cspan 3. Created by americas Television Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Up next Alaska Governor sarah palin accepts the nomination for Vice President at the Republican National convention in st. Paul, minnesota, her and president ial nominee senator mccain would lose the general election to democrats brock obama and joe biden. noise noise thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank y...
July 16, 2024
Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, thank you for giving us another day. Throughout the country people mourn those whom they have lost. People lament the loss of businesses of normalcy. 100,000 have now died of covid19. They were democrats and republicans, they lived in urban areas and now more and more in rural areas. They were the desendents of men and women who were colonists or founding fathers, and immigrants who had recently become citizens. They were disproportionately peopl...
July 16, 2024
Legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Neal madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Neal first, thank you. We are here today in these very trying and unprecedented times to act on an emergency interim funding package that i am pleased has strong bipartisan support. But we did not arrive here without...
July 16, 2024
Whose career has been marked by steadfast determination to expand Health Care Coverage for all members of the american continues to be a champion for the least, the last, and the lost who are part of the grip of this pandemic, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the honorable speaker of the house is recognized for one minute. The speaker i thank the entleman for yielding and i thank him for managing this important legislation on the floor of the house. Also commend him for the work that he di...
July 16, 2024
Thoroughly. Ive listened to the other side. When you look at what we accomplished in those 14 days of loans, we saved 30 million jobs. We all could have put a tweet out today, not having to have been here, and said we saved 34 million jobs. But no. Four million more lost because somehow people felt good with politics. I listen to debate on the other side. Some said they didnt want to be here today. Have folded and come together. Leverage, ave used political leverage to hold people up. ve even so...
July 16, 2024
And state and local government funding. Every minute, madam speaker, is a death, aognized for one minut. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman for yielding. People, d a number of including my friend, the majority leader, stand up and to act in a bipartisan fashion. Partisanstatement is a attack on one of our members. Schizophrenia or a lack of understanding of what this congress has been doing the last few weeks. Dont know about you, madam speaker, but i have been working the ours, seven hours on phon...