the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. at the beginning of the new workweek, we ask your blessing on the members of this people's house. may they be led by your spirit in the discernment that they undertake amid the pressures of contentious deliberations. all through the week, may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. please hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will now be led by the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. dave cowens -- mr. cohen: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one n

chaplain conroy: let us pray.

the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god our father, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as the house comes to the end of an emotional week, we ask that you give all members your calming and comforting spirit. we mourn the loss of a colleague and implore your healing presence in this chamber, in the cummings family, and in the hearts of all who have labored in these halls, especially in the oversight committee in these most recent years. we continue to rely upon your wisdom and understanding and ask your favor for us and for our nation. may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from indiana, miss with a lore skifment miss-mrs. walorski. mrs. walorski: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of ame

and remember colleagues today chris conroy and alan thank you and today we represent the a paly the district attorney and your county. i like to pick up where think the court started this morning and that is to put it bluntly the claims do come down to his tax returns i believe. we would not be here if we had ignored the obvious conclusion that those returns are relevant to our what our grantor is looking at. the councilil told us flatly tht he would never ever agree to produce the tax returns. so we decided an obligation to look at the facts that we would not forbear for several reasons. in these reasons to get to yourn question about irreparable harm. first,r obviously there's no suh thing as a presidential immunity for tax returns. this is not about executive communications concerning matts of state diplomacy which was the concern central to the u.s. nixon -- >> i take it that a concern on adversary is not just with respect to the tax returns but that the subpoena copies -- the congressional subpoena which relates to things like the washington d.c. hotel where there is at least some quest

the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving and gracious god, we give you thanks forgiving us another day. -- for giving us another day. help us this day to draw closer to you, so that with your spirit and aware of your presence among us we may all face the tasks of this day. bless the members of the people's house. help them to think clearly, speak confidently, and act courageously in the belief that all noble service is based upon patience, truth and love. may these decisive days through which we are living make them genuine enough to maintain their integrity, great enough to be humble, and good enough to keep their faith always regarding public office as a sake -- faith, always regarding public office as a sacred trust. give them the wisdom and currently to not fail their fellow citizens nor you. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to c

it's also starring robert de niro and francis conroy. rotten tomatoes. not every critic is impressed. "joker" will cling to you like the aftermath of an unfortunately realistic nightmare. resoundingly one note and punishingly dull. >> it felt creepy to me, and i'm not surprised at all. all right. and to the second movie that we're talking about. a biographical comedy starring eddie murphy, "dolomite is my name" pays tribute to filmmaker rudy ray moore best known for portraying the character of dolomite in both his standup routine and a series of black exploitation films in the '70s. >> all my life people have been telling me no. >> really? >> sometimes our dreams just don't come true. a man slam a door in my face, i just find another door. i want the world to know i exist. >> this ain't funny and it ain't no brothers in it either. >> if i get up in that light with my own movie, i'll be everywhere all at once. let's bring dolomite to the screen. >> the actors we hire, you're a bit doughier than them. >> doughier? >> also starring wesley s

i'm carey dunne and i'm joined by colleagues today chris conroy and together we represent the district attorney of new york county. i'd like to pick up where the court started this morning and, that is, to put it bluntly the appellant's claims all do come down to his tax returns i believe. we wouldn't be here if we had ignored the obvious conclusion that those returns are relevant to what our grand jury is looking at. the appellant's counsel told us flatly that he would never, ever agree to produce the tax returns. so we decided, given our obligation to look at all the facts, that we would not forbear for several reasons. and these reasons really do all get to your honor's question about irreparable harm. first, obviously, there's no such thing as a presidential immunity for tax returns. this isn't about executive communications concerning matters of state or diplomacy, which was the concern central to the u.s. v. nixon case. >> isn't -- as i take it, a concern of your adversary is not just with respect to the tax returns but that the subpoena copies the congressional subpoena, which r

the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. haplain conroy: let us pray. dear god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we ask your special blessing upon the members of this people's house. they face difficult decisions in difficult times with many forces and interests demanding their attention. give them again rossity to enter into their work -- generosity to enter into their work. may they serve you in the work they do as you deserve. give of themselves and not count the cost, fight for what is best for our nation and not count the political wounds. toil until their work is done d not seek to rest and labor without seeking any reward other than knowing they are doing your will and serving the people of this great nation. bless them, o o god, and be with them and with us all this day and every day to come. may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. pursuant to c

the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. you endow all your people with gifts of various designs meant to be used in service to others. may the pressures that come to bear upon the members of congress not obscure honest self-reflection and evaluation of the gifts each has to bring to the needs of this time in the people's house. bless all members with the sense of their collective responsibility to our nation and to this assembly so that the american people might have a renewed respect and trust in those whom they have elected. as the house attends to the farewell of a beloved colleague, may we be truly grateful for the service of elijah cummings. that of all who have served since our nation's inception, and the service and sacrifices of those who serve now in the 116th congress. may all that is done today and in the days to come be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to t

the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our conroy., father pray.in conroy: let us god, our father, we give you thanks forgiving us another day. during these days of constituent isits, send your spirit of wisdom, patience and clarity and members and th their voters back in their home districts. forever grateful that our nation was founded by founders whocians, gave the world a great gift of epresentative government, having rights guaranteed by a inspired.on truly may the issues dominating our days be attention these considered with the assistance f your spirit, by a faithfulness to that constitution rather than interests. may all that is done be for your amen.r honor and glory, the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 5-a of house resolution 577, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. lead the will now noise in the pledge of allegiance. -- 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 god, , one nation under indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. of

the speaker pro tempore: the chair today will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. almighty god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as members return to the capitol after two weeks of gatheringings and work in their home districts, may they be renewed in energy to address the issues of these historic days. may a sincere love for and dedication to our form of government prevail over partisan interests, that our experiment in republican democracy might turn into a hopeful future. may we all be forever grateful that our nation was founded by gifted politicians. founders who gave the world the great gift of representative government having rights guaranteed by a constitution truly inspired. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from washington, mr