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With you today to talk about your new book and i feel like we should start at the very beginning, which is the title. Plenty ladylike, which i want to ask you where you came up with that . Seems like it has a little irony embedded in it. It has a little of your trademark attitude. What were you thinking with that title . Guest and a little humor. I want people to know that this is a book that will make them laugh or at least smile hard in several different places. Its an interesting thing that happened in my life, and about the eighth grade i had a teacher i love. She took me aside and told me...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 228. The nays are 195. The bill is passed. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. The question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, pursuant to...

Mr. Mcgovern mr. Speaker, i urge all of my colleagues to vote no on this terrible martial law rule. We have no idea what the hell we are going to be voting on. This is a rule that allows them to bring up anything between now and september 5. Ill ask my colleagues to vote no on the previous question and if we defeat the previous question ill bring up h. R. 15, which is a bipartisan senatepassed comprehensive Immigration Reform bill. And mr. Speaker, mr. Speaker, were talking about kids, poor kids, most of them fleeing terrible violence. Im ashamed at the insensitivity and the lack of compassion...

The president and thank him for what hes doing and a i pray we get a fair hearing on h. R. 5407. God bless you, brother, and i hope you continue to do what youre doing on the floor of the house. Mr. Jeffries thank you. Its now my honor and privilege to yield time, mr. Chair, how much time do we have remaining . The speaker pro tempore approximately 14 minutes are remaining. Mr. Jeffries let me now yield to my good friend, the distinguished congresswoman who represents the neighboring district at home in brooklyn, shes a fighter for justice, a voice for the voiceless, and its now my privilege t...

Their own. And i have to say the majority over there tried. The democrats in the senate stopped consideration of that spending bill four different times over six weeks. In the meantime, the house had to sit here waiting for the senate, and we have been waiting six weeks until just now. Finally, this more the senate has passed a bill funding the department for the balance of the year. Which differs from the house passed version of that bill so we got to go to conference. Thats the way the framers set things up when the house does something, and the senate does Something Different on the same su...