We will hear from current House Speaker nancy pelosi and other congressional leaders. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. Good afternoon, u everyone. As speaker of the house it is my official and personal honor to welcome friends House Speaker john boehner to the u. S. Capitoh on this historic day. The presence of members from both sides ofap the aisle come from both sides of the capital is a testament to the respectes that all have or john, mr. Speaker. We are pleased to welcome two former speakers and we anticipate speaker gingrich was with us and speaker ryan. Both of them are here. [applause] and we warmly welcome and extend our gratitude to debbie, the lindsey and tricia, and the entire banner family for sharing john with this congress and with our country. Now it is my privilege to invite father conroy to deliver the invocation. Im surrounded by quadraphonic speakers. [laughing] dear god [laughing] we
Watch online at cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. On tuesday, how Speaker Pelosi led a portrait unveiling honoring former Speaker John Boehner who announced he would step down in september 2015. His resignation took place the following month, day after pope francis addressed congress. This is 40 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi ladies and gentlemen, speaker nancy pelosi. It is my official and personal honor to welcome friends of Speaker John Boehner to the u. S. Capitol on this historic day. The presence of members from both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capital is a testament to the respect that all have for john, mr. Speaker. We are pleased to welcome to former speakers. Went to sip eight speaker gingrich, who is with us, and speaker ryan. Both of them are here. And we warmly welcome and extend our gratitude to debbie, to lindsay, and tricia and the entire boehner family for sharing john with this congress and with our coun
Continue beyd 110 a. M. Eacmember other than the majority anminority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman fromennsylvania, mr. Thomon, for five minutes mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this coming sunday of s the 26th anniversary the house of representatives passing the northern American Free trade agreement, nafta. This agreement with our two closest trading partners, canada outdated , has become as time has passed. Economies have flourished. Now, we are in desperate need of updating nafta to meet modern day economic demands. Many of us have staff who are younger than nafta, and we world hasree that the changed an awful lot in the last three decades. Needs to bring the United Statesmexciocanada or usmca, to a vote immediately to keep trade fair. Nd a vote on usmca is long overdue. 400 days more than since President Trump announced this historic agreement, and have often anada given usmca the green light
Hostages and diplomats to often using video recorded inside the mc compound by iranians. It is narrated by actor William Shatner and is available and is about 90 minutes. Narrator november 4, 1979, iranian students storm the embassy of the United States of america in tehran. Everybody thinks it will be an overnight affair, but it will not. Narrator this is the story of a traumatic crisis that lasted 444 days and ended in january 1981, a personal drama about 51 american men and two american women. We look forward to being with you hopefully, as soon as we , can. Narrator their crime was being associated with the u. S. Embassy in tehran, the punishment was total incarceration. We are happy to see someone from the outside world. Narrator this will be an inside view, with exclusive iranian shot footage never seen before. When did you arrive in iran . I arrived on september 19, 1979. I am a planner for the u. S. Navy. I think today is the 19th of january. Your name and your job. I was the a
Iranian students storm the American Embassy in tehran. Everybody thinks it will be an overnight affair, but it will not. Narrator this is the story of a traumatic crisis that lasted 444 days and ended in january 1981, a personal drama about 51 american men and two american women. We will be with you, hopefully, as soon as we can. Narrator their crime was being associated with the u. S. Embassy in tehran, the punishment was total incarceration. This will be an inside view, with exclusive iranian shot footage never seen before. When did you arrive in iran . September 19, 1979. I think today is the 19th of january. Your name and your job. Narrator this is what really happened as told by fugitive and captive americans, including the head of the u. S. Embassy. Our story starts at the white house on october 22, 1979. Day minus 14, u. S. President jimmy carter believing the shaw of iran needed medical tests and treatment, allowed him to enter the United States. It was the right thing to do, a