Gavel in for a brief pro forma session. No votes are expected tapered live to the floor of the u. S. House, here on cspan. 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 rooms, washington, d. C. September 4, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable david j. Trone to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, god, father of us all, we thank you for giving us another day. As the nation enters into the labor day weekend, we give you thanks for those whose labor has been in the addressing of the coronavirus plague. Bless and keep safe those who are on the frontline of caring for the sick. Bless and inspire those who seek treatments and cure. Lord, have mercy. Keep all americans safe this weekend. May we all do our part to be mindful of our neighbors. May we be kind and respectful to all whom we encounter. Give us the vision to see in them the presence of your spirit. Lord have mercy. And bless the members of the peoples house, keep them safe and healthy and empower them to seek and find the paths to addressing our nations most pressing needs. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The chair will now lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pursuant to section 4b of House Resolution 967, the house stands adjourned until 9 30 a. M. On tuesday, september live house coverage here on cspan. On q a. Y night chiefshington post bureau talks about her experiences covering the region. Sometimes people will say things that are critical of the United States, or of the west. That is more common than somebody saying something offensive about being a woman or causing problems. People tend to be, generally speaking, very broadly, more helpful to a woman than a man. They can also try to take advantage of you in various ways. Generally, my experience has been if they are not going to like something about you, or mistrust something about you, it will not be because you are woman, it will be because you are american. Watch sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. President Richard Trumka spoke to reporters about the economy, the Labor Movement and the president ial campaign. This event held by videoconference was hosted by the Christian Science monitor. All right. Hello, everybody. I am the Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is Richard Trumka, president of the aflcio, which is the nations largest federation of labor unions. This is his 12th appearance at the monitor breakfast and our annual prelabor day tradition. This is also our first zoom breakfast. Be kind and gentle. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, rich trumka. First, a programming note. You should know that we are being recorded and that cspan