Daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. 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 the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. Wolf, for five minutes. Wolf mr. Speaker, today ive come to the floor to raise the seventh in a series of critical but Unanswered Questions about the terrorist attacks on the consulate in benghazi last september 11, 2011. The American People still do september 11, 2012. The American People still do have w if the answers been questioned. Im increasingly concerned that
Have a good day. 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 room, washington, d. C. , july 31, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable joseph heck to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. 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 the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, for five minutes. Ms. Roslehtinen i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objec
Mr. Enzi mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Enzi mr. President , id ask that the quorum call be set aside. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Enzi id also ask unanimous consent the pending amendment be set aside and i be allowed to call up adam 2812. The presiding officer is there objection. The presiding officer without objection. The clerk will report. The clerk the senator from wyoming proposes amendment numbered 2812. Mr. Enzi i ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Enzi thank you, mr. President. When the childcare and Development Block Grant Program was first created back in the 1990s it was seen primarily as a way to help parents enter the work force or get job training. The program which is administered by the u. S. Department of health and Human Services gets about 5. 2 billion a year in federal funding, plus state matching funds, although fy 2014 appropriatio
That can have a lasting negative impact on familys finances and womens future earnings. As senate chair of the joint Economic Committee i released a report last year that looked at the Critical Role mothers play in the Financial Wellbeing of their families. My report found that lowerincome families are especially dment on mother earned by mothers out the home. Mothers account for over half of family income. And with the high price of childcare these days, it averages over 14,000 each year for two children, this means that the childcare and Development Block grant makes a big difference between families rising into the middle class or falling further behind. Working families across the country are counting on us to get this done. Since the childcare and Development Block grant was last reauthorized in 1996, families have seen the cost of childcare increase while access to quality care has become more difficult to find. This Bipartisan Legislation would provide the opportunity for congre
In 2006 president bush signed the bill on the lawn of the white house with members of congress from both parties there in large numbers. We reaffirm our commitment to build that same type of coalition for the necessary legislative response to the Supreme Courts action. And we reaffirm our commitment o do that today. Hi, im Wade Henderson with the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights. I just want to acknowledge some of the leaders who are here today who joined in this really important and constructive meeting with the president. Theres cheryl, the president director council of the naacp, Legal Defense and educational fund. Barbara who is executive director and president of the Lawyers Committee, the civil rights under law. Which by the way is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year having been founded by president kennedy in response to violence against those who sought to register voters in the past. Tom, who is president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and educatio