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Devoted to 56164 to approve the legislation. The Current Authority expires january 19. The debate is just under an hour. Section 702 is one of the most, if not the most Critical National security tool used by our Intelligence Committee to overseas. Elligent some claim 702 packages all information. This assertion is simply false. 702 is a targeted program was roughly 106,000 foreign targets worldwide. It given that the worldwide population is about 7. 5 billion, this program can hardly be describ...

A newsweek piece regarding President Trump and a limited strike consideration against north korea. And andrew steer will be here to discuss environmental and International Development stories for 2018. That is all for todays washington journal. Have a good saturday. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] here is a look at our schedule. Coming...

, weof today, mr. President have endeavored to Reach Agreement with President Trump and the republicans that would have not only spared Government Shutdown, but cemented an agreement on spending caps, including those for military, disaster care issues relief, and immigration issues. President trump reached out to me today, this morning. To invite me to the white house to talk all of these issues over. And i accepted. We had a lengthy and substantive discussion. During the meeting, in exchange fo...

Why this is happening. , the rsday, mr. Speaker house is not in order. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Members, remove your conversations from the floor. The speaker mr. Speaker, let me understand why this happened. On thursday, this house response apply passed the bill to keep the government open and to extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program which covers nearly 9 million children from lowincome families. No games. No strings attached. A straightforward bill. We did ou...

Mr. Durbin mr. President. The presiding officer the minority whip. Mr. Durbin i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin mr. President , every day in america, we face the devastating reminder of the toll of gun violence. Today we watched the scene at the high school in parkland, florida, where yet another School Shooting has taken place. It is gut wrenching. We know that so many families have just had their worlds and lives changed f...

Through the karl rove front group. What does the chamber do with all this money . It lobbies, it litigates, and it runs political attack ads on television, radio, and the internet. Lets start with the lobbying. The chamber exendz far more than anyone else lobbying the federal government. It spent more than 80 million last year aloan, far more than any individual company. Over the last 20 years, the chamber has spent more than 1. 4 billion, 1. 4 billion. Thats billion with a b, and the nine zeros...

U. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, the fountain of wisdom, we thank you for this season of penance and personal reflection. Lord, as we remember that the last time Ash Wednesday and valentines day fell on the same day, it was 1945, we thank you for the many challenging seasons through which you have brought this nation and world. As we continue to depend upon the po...

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 limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. One of the most difficult and challenging situation any family faces is dealing with circumstances surr...

Equally shall be allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders e allocated between the parties nd in no event and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize and say farewell to a member of the House Committee on education and the work force aff...

Remember that your purposes will prevail and that your justice cannot be thwarted. Answer the prayers of our senators as they daily seek your wisdom, guidance, and protection. Lord, sustain them with your unfailing love, rescuing them from the Destructive Forces that go contrary to your will. Instruct our legislators even in the night seasons, so that your will may be done on earth even as it is done in heaven. We pray in your great name. Do for them exceedingly, abundantly above all that they c...