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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 major...

Douglas egerton presents a history of america during reconstruction. He reports that during this time close to 1500 africanamericans assumed public office, including the first africanamerican u. S. Senators, hiram revels and joseph hayne rainey, and jasper j. Wright who sat on south carolinas supreme court. This is about 50 minutes. Thank you so much. Its really nice to be here. I went to graduate school in washington in the 1980s and its always nice to be back. Its my second appearance at polit...

I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve. I promise you and im going to keep serving and fighting in the same way that you have seen in the past. Thank you. [applause] and i can tell you that one of the things as i travel across the country, everyone always wants to know how in the world we got the best federal delegation in the country. All i tell them is that South Carolina is blessed. We have a great group of legislators that fight every day, that get what we want and they fight for it. ...

Shakes his head and shows pictures and believes those are facts. My friends, we ought to reject these bills because theyre about all employees. They may affect only a small few at this juncture, but they are about all employees and undermining their rights and the respect we ought to accord to them for the service they give to the people of the United States of america and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from maryland re...

In washington. Congressman darrell issa chairs this House Oversight hearing. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. The Oversight Committee exists to secure two fundamental principles. First americans have a right to know the money washington takes from them as well spent and second americans deserve an efficient and effective government that works for them. Our duty on the oversight and government...

. An than syria inthe weapon of the day world war i. Because of our work and the work of our partners, it has been prohibited in set except in a few incidences. We have to make sure, for the sake of our men and women on the front lines, or that we reinforce the prohibition. Seeing pictures of the children lying there dead is heartbreaking. There is no question. We still have the basic problem of asking the military to do more with less. The other day after the meeting at the white house, the pre...

I rise to oppose the gentlemans amendment but i appreciate his persistence in trying to find an offset. I share the gentlemans support for Smart Investments in our nations Water Resources infrastructure. As i have said on a number of occasions, the corps of engineers was and really one of our primary priorities inputting our bill together. The total Program Level is 50 million above the budget request d 150 million above the postsequester level. The Flood Control and emergencies account specific...

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 ch...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 415. The nays are zero. 2 3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is on the vote of the gentleman from washington, mr. Hastings, to suspend the rules and pass s. 459 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Un...

Will the Vice President ial teller please collect the ballots from the electors hammon . The electoral votes of North Carolina have been passed on this, the 17th day of december, 2012, through the republican electors, and the result is as follows. Votes cast in the name of paul ryan. Thank you. With secretary marshall please bring forth the certificates to vote. Each elector or will have to sign six copies. I believe we are going to sign one copy, and if at the end the electors will remain seate...