Wisconsin, the house is coming in. Thank you so much. 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. January 16, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar 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. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious and merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The house prepares to recess for a week of constituent visitation and in home districts. As the nation anticipates the Martin Luther king long weekend. As we remember the heroic struggle of the civil rights movement, the badges and incidents of slavery from continued through policies still operative today, though recently being addressed through efforts at criminal Justice Reform and sentencing reform. The pains of racism,