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Ways to achieve these goals going forward. If the Congress Returns the bill having appropriately address these concerns, i will sign it. For now i must veto the bill. Signed, barack obama, the white house. July 22, 2016. The speaker pro tempore without objection, further consideration of the is righto message and the bill veto message and the bill h. R. 1777 is postponed until the legislative day of september 3, 2016. The chair announces the speakers appointment pursuant to section 409b of the puerto rico oversight management and economic stability act and the order of the house of january 6, 2015, of the following members to the Congressional Task force on Economic Growth in puerto rico. The clerk mr. Duffy of wisconsin. Mr. Mcarthur, new jersey. The speaker pro tempore the chair announces the speakers designation pursuant to section 409d of the puerto rico oversight and management and economic stability act and the order of the house of january 6, 2015, of the following member of the Congressional Task force on Economic Growth in puerto rico as its chair. The clerk mr. Hatch, utah. The speaker pro tempore without objection, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 50 , 114th congress, the house stands adjourned until 2 00 on your desk top, phone or tablet where youll find all of our Convention Coverage and the full convention schedule. Follow us on cspan on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of news worthy moments. The Democratic National Convention Live from philadelphia all this week on cspan, the cspan radio app and cspan. Org. Well, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman schultz will not have a key speaking spot but she will open and close. She will resign and Al Gore Campaign manager donna is taking over. They will block the congresswoman from the d. N. C. Stage altogether. This morning she was booed when leaving the florida delegation breakfast. Heres a look. [cheers and applause] [inaudible] again, Debbie Wasserman schultz resigning as d. N. C. Chair after the Democratic Convention due to leaked emails. The f. B. I. Today saying its investigating how thousands of Democratic National committee email were hacked. A statement from the f. B. I. Confirmed that it is investigating a cyberintrusion involving the d. N. C. Adding that a compromise of this nature is something that we take very seriously. While Virginia Governor Terry Mcauliffe was the featured speaker this morning to the virginia delegation attending the 2016 Democratic National convention in philadelphia, he spoke about his policy achievements thus far as governor. He said hes looking forward to a good week for the convention. Good morning, everybody. Everybody could take a seat or stand back behind the wall, sit on the floor. We got an overflow of great virginia democrats here this morning. [applause] did everybody have a good time last night . [applause] , well, look, before i begin let me remind everybody that as we enjoy ourselves this week, there are thousands of people we novak in virginia who are full of despair, down and out facing a future without hope. But enough about republicans. [laughter] [applause] im thrilled to kick off our first day here at the Democratic National convention here in a city of brotherly love and strl afiction. Susan you know, mike pence thinks brotherly love is against gods law, but its great to be here today with the best state party in the country from the best commonwealth in the country. [cheers and applause] susan and the best governor, senators and congressmen that we could ask for. [cheers and applause] usan and virginias own tim cain. [cheers and applause] susan i knew something was up but tim the other day when i asked him his favorite tv show know, said veep, you tim has 99 senators who liked him which is 99 more than ted cruz. Just for fun, i sent an email to mike pence saying tim wants to debate him in spanish. Dont you think that would be great . And you know, i found out from my sources the secret service has already given out their code name. This year theyre using disney movies. That explains why donald trump is old yeller. But, you know, the truth is its easy to make fun of the g. O. P. But this week were going to be about celebrating democrats, showcasing our people, our rich diversity and tapestry of real america and our folks that speak out and policies that speak out for all americans. But more importantly, its about nominating a candidate who will win the white house in november and youre going to notice a lot of differences between our week here in philly and their week in cleveland. I want to thank our amazing delegation for taking a week away from their jobs and their families because it is quite a commitment to come up here. And by the way, i see more than del combates in this room. I see delegates in this room. I see 200 people who all think they should be appointed senator after tim cane wins vicepresidency. Think about it, our next Vice President is going to be a virginian. I did warn you yesterday, i wasnt going to stop talking bout it. Our chapter is the best chapter that Hillary Clinton and tim kaine will continue the progress of president obama. Thank you all for being here and lets go out and have one hell of a week. Now, our next speaker is brandon davis. We have several speakers today. We have just a great lineup all week. So but our next speaker is brandon davis. He is someone who, if you dont know him youre going to get to know him. Hes chief of staff of the Democratic National committee who has joined us this morning. Brandon. [applause] brandon thanks so much. Hello, virginia democrats. How you doing . Good to be first and everybodys full. Its exciting for me so i am the chief of staff at the d. N. C. I am here to drive the work around the general election and to think about the work looking forward and i have to tell you this is one of my Favorite Places to be. I was really excited to be able to be invited to virginia because i spent the last six years as the Service Employees International Unions National Political director. And that means two things. That means that i live just over the border in washington, d. C. , and it means that ive watched as this state has gone from one that people didnt think we could win as democrats to one that democrats dominate and being on the cutting edge of progressive politics and progressive policy so thank you all for the incredible work that youve done on that. And it is all due to the hard work that democrats in the state have done and your tremendous governor mcauliffe. Its amazing to me what has been possible with his leadership and the kind of policies that we all have been able to move in the state. Governor warren and all know that i have to say the clintonkaine ticket and that gets a big applause in the room. We are all excited [applause] brandon about whats possible here. I stopped by today because i know we will see a tremendous convention. We will see a big difference than what we saw last week in cleveland. A convention where we talk about whats possible in america, about what happens when were stronger together and we demonstrated that. We just come out a long primary and one that for all produced an incredible debate, an incredible debate that produced our most progressive platform ever and we are ready to go into this convention and deliver on that platform and deliver on it in the fall. So were incredibly excited about that. What i wanted to share with you is what were doing at the d. N. C. The work that we have to do when i took this job there were three things we were very clear about. One is that we have to win a president ial election. We have got to continue [applause] brandon to lead as democrats in this country and continue president obamas momentum. The second thing were clear about is we have to win at every level of the ticket and we got some tremendous opportunities congressionally in the state of virginia and were excited about those. Its not just the president ial, its not just the statewide elections, its all the way down to the state legislative elections and thats another place where you all have made tremendous gains in virginia. So all of that work has to happen, but what also has to happen is this Huge Investment thats going to happen in 2016. It cant just be about 2016. We have to build longterm infrastructure in the state. This has been a state he has been moving the right direction, the correct direction, i should say, for a long, long time now, for many years. We want to continue that momentum. And thats going to happen because of the work that we do in 2016 and how it extends beyond 2016. When we go out and when you all change the laws around voting, when you expand voting to make it possible for people to register online and to vote online absentee, when we lead into those things, thats how were going to create a permanent advantage in virginia and create a permanent advantage in the country. And so we are going to do those three things. We are going to get to 270 electoral votes and virginia is going to be key to that. We are going to win at every level of the ticket all the way down and we are going to set ourselves up for important races, including the ones that you all are going to have next year in o2017 in virginia. In 2017 in virginia. [applause] brandon so i stopped by to say thank you on behalf of the entire d. N. C. Staff. I stopped by to say thank you on behalf of all of us for the incredible unity that exists in this room and that were going to see at the convention. And i stop by to tell you that things are looking pretty good. We are in a really good place in this country right now to not only win a president ial election, to make huge gains in congress, take back a senate, make huge gains in the house and win at every level and thats how were going to create a permanent advantage. Thats how were going to permanently govern. Thats how well put progressive policy in play like you have in virginia all across the country. So thank you all. Ill see you on the Convention Floor and i cant wait to ride with you all throughout november. Thank you very much. [applause] susan thank you so much, brandon, for stopping by and we look forward to working with you. So anyway, our breakfast every morning are sponsored by different folks and this morning it is sponsored by altria. We have david silva who will say a few words. Everyone, give us a round of applause for helping us out. [applause] david thank you very much, for having me today. Were very excited to be here. As some of you may know, altria has had a long history in the state of virginia. Were very proud to be here this morning. I want to point out and thank representative scott for coming ere today. Id be remiss to point out to hear that senator kaine has been selected to be Hillary Clintons nominee. [applause] so i have been with the company a little over 17 years. Spent a little bit up in new york and previously the past 10 years down in richmond which was an eye opener for a connecticut yankee to move down to richmond, virginia. Ill tell you, over the last 12 years as me and my family have lived in virginia, it has been very welcoming to us and weve had a great time. We really enjoy it. [applause] our company has really evolved over the last few years. When i joined 17 years ago we were not only the Worlds Largest Tobacco Company but we own the Largest Food Company in kraft foods and the second largest brewer in miller beer. Things have evolved. What you will find in the state of virginia we have approximately 3,900 employees. A large number of those employees are hourly Union Workers in virginia. [cheers and applause] david whose average tenure is a little over 15 years. Its one of the things i am very proud about with our company is our willingness to develop and have a long career at the company. Today our company is made up of the leading tobacco companies, philip morris, u. S. A. , u. S. Smokeless tobacco can we also own a cigar company, john middleton. What people dont know is we own the u. S. s largest wine company in st. Michelle wine estates which has some of the best wines in washington state, oregon and california. Were especially proud of our wine seller. And were also the largest investor in s. A. B. Miller which is undergoing a merger. Were excited how our company has evolved and most importantly that virginia is home to us. Like i said, weve been in virginia since 1929 and we dont plan on going anywhere anytime soon. You know, a lot of people will ask me, hey, is the Tobacco Industry really a viable industry in this country today . So i just want to give you a couple of factoids about the impact it has on our state of virginia. Each year more than 2 billion related to our companies and the Tobacco Industry flow through the state through the form of taxes, Small Business revenue, charitable donations and salaries and incomes to all of those altria employees who are very proud to call virginia home. Were very proud, as i said, not only have virginia to be our home but to work with the delegation of elected officials throughout the state. I know oftentimes working with the Tobacco Company can be difficult. Were very excited about how all the delegation has worked with us throughout the year to solve not only key issues facing the company but the country also. So with that i just want to thank you, again, for coming this morning and welcoming me here and look forward to a great week in philadelphia. Thank you. [applause] susan thanks, again, david. We appreciate your sponsorship. Ok, everybody. We have a real treat with us this morning. Our next speaker listen up, everyone. Our next speaker is the youngest female secretary of state in the nation. And shes proof that a democratic woman can get elected in the south. And a real role model for women here in virginia because, remember, we have never elected ince Mary Sue Terry in 20, 30almost years ago, we have not elected a woman to statewide office. So please welcome Allison Grimes from kentucky. Cheers and applause] come over here. I just want to say shes a new generation of Democratic Leaders and if you believe my website, were the exact same age. Thanks so much for coming. Alison well, good morning. Thanks very much, virginia democrats. Getting up to the stage is the same trouble that youre going to see trump and pence having to get to the white house, folks. Are we ready to elect and send to the white house the clintonkaine ticket . [cheers and applause] alison its my privilege to join you all here this morning. I wanted to come be with the fellow commonwealth. One of four in the country. As i had a chance to mingle with some folks here this morning, a great friend said, alison, i just want you to know that you are the second largest check i have ever written in politics. I said, well, i hope the first was to a virginia democrat. She said, it sure as heck was. Im here this morning because my roots with your commonwealth run deep. Nearly 10,000 folks all across the commonwealth of virginia stepped up to help us raise over half a Million Dollars in that 100 million battle we faced against Mitch Mcconnell. Now, i dont know about you but i told senator kaine and senator warren that we may not have succeeded in 2014 but we did send your senator warner back to washington, d. C. Doing some great things. [applause] alison i told him. I said, Mitch Mcconnell, the doctors told him he had a kidney stone. He refused to pass it, folks. We elect the clintonkaine ticket. We will not only send the first female to be president of the United States but Mitch Mcconnell will no longer be majority leader. We will take back that senate. He will be limited to a twoyear term. Virginia gives the state of kentucky, the entire south hope that democrats can get elected. As you heard susan mention, im just one of a handful of remaining statewide elected women in the south. The youngest female secretary of state in the nation, but virginia, you have a history, governor after governor of electing great democratic governor. Kaine, warrener, mcauliffe. Warner, mcauliffe. And my question before you this morning, are your 12 electoral votes going to go to sending clintonkaine to the white house . Let me hear you say yes. [applause] the nation is watching. The nation is watching what will happen in virginia because they watch with baited breath what happened in 2014. Your governor is someone who i hold dear as a friend. I saw the first lady as we were coming in this morning. Im so proud, especially as the chief election official from the commonwealth of kentucky, of the work that he has done to stand up for Voting Rights for all americans. I told him i was going to bring him some pens that he could sign in blue each and every one of those 200,000 restoration of civil rights voting orders. [applause] and listen, he has grown the economy, the infrastructure in the commonwealth of virginia like never before. Were here this morning, though, because virginias has a vested interest in this election. You know senator tim kaine. I spoke with him this morning and i told susan. He is remarkably calm,