A pig like a pig in a small hole. More than 700 people are living behind these fences a forced a lockdown that has struck to the sick and the healthy together. And you get banned from twitter for posting u. S. President trump thats what one user set out to find. And the results may surprise you. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with breaking news look tons of shareholders have voted in favor of the German Governments 9000000000 euro rescue package for the airline the government bailout will make the german taxpayer the biggest shareholder of the countrys largest carrier with a 20 percent stake now lufthansa has struggled to stay alive as the Coronavirus Crisis disrupts air travel across the globe. The shareholders werent exactly happy about it but you turned it it was bankruptcy for the company and its 138000 employees the reason was clear. We have run out of money were living from the reserves we set aside in good years without support bankruptcy is looming earlier in th
Members of congress, distinguished guests colleagues from the department of defense, past and present. Members of the Vietnam Commemoration Advisory Committee the, thank you for being here today. Thank you to the organizers an commemorative partners of this important event and thousands like it across the country and the entire vietnam commemoration effort. Most importantly, thank you to the vietnam era veterans and their families who join us. You honor us with your presence. In a year of anniversaries for this years marks the 150th anniversary of the end of our civil war, the 70th anniversary of the end ever world war ii, the 65th anniversary of the start of korean war, today we gather to remember the vietnam war and to honor those who served in it. We remember the 50th anniversary of president johnsons executive order establishing the Vietnam Service ribbon and we honor our 7. 2 million living vietnam era veterans. Fair fallen comrades in arms including those still unaccounted for an
Please welcome the speaker of the house of representatives. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] john boehner ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, welcome to the United States capitol. In a few weeks americans will mark 70 years since the end of world war ii. When that war concluded on the deck of the battleship missouri, General Macarthur spoke of his great hope that the carnage of that war would be a foundation for a future based in his words on the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom tolerance, and justice. We know that world failed to emerge, especially in asia. And within a few years america was called upon to lead the free world against communist tyranny. President kennedy would later call this the long, twilight struggle. This struggle led us, first, to korea in the early 50s. Later it led us to vietnam, a country few americans at that time had ever heard of. Today, we g
Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] john boehner thank you. Ladies and gentlemen distinguished guests, welcome to the United States capitol. In a few weeks americans will mark 70 years since the end of world war ii. When that war concluded on the deck of the battleship missouri, General Macarthur spoke of his great hope that the carnage of that war would be a foundation for a future based in his words on the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom tolerance, and justice. We know that world failed to emerge, especially in asia. And within a few years america was called upon to lead the free world against communist tyranny. President kennedy would later call this the long, twilight struggle. This struggle led us, first, to korea in the early 50s. Later it led us to vietnam, a country few americans at that time had ever heard of. Today, we gather to celebrate the vietnam commemoration and t
Pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of he house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally 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 and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. An interesting column in the morning post about the congressional response to the Opioid Crisis. Both the administration and congress have been good at hyping the crisis when it comes time to actually crisis. When it comes to actually taking action, nothing happens. This is appalling since most of the Opioid Crisis is the