representative. and so regardless of its size it has one representative. california is capped because there is a fixed number of seats in the house of representatives, 435, which has been the same for the last 80 years so the idea today is perhaps increase the number of members in the house of representatives. and again, many countries have much larger bodies than our house of representatives, even though our country has third, fourth, fifth largest population. so the numbers could go up and that would lead to a more fair representation. the fourth, and this is one that the organization we founded focused on because we found this to be strange, which is that in the united states the chief election official in the state, which runs the election, the person who is responsible for administering the election, is elected through a partisan vote. not true in every statement about 40 states fall into this category. so in many places, the person responsible is the secretary of state. and they run for office on a party ticket with the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and is elected. no other country has the chief election

representative. regardless of the size it has one representative for california is cast because there's a fixed number of seats in the houserepresentatives, 435 which is in the same for the last 75 or 80 or so the has thih largest population. the numbers could go up and that would lead to a more fair representation. the 4th and this is one the organization we founded the chief election official responsible for administering the election is selected through a partisan vote. this is not join every state. 40 states caught -- fall into this category so many places the person responsible is the secretary of state and sheer he runs for office on the party it may be through some type of independent committee that that's the candidates.

representative. and so regardless of its size it does one representative where california is capped because there was a fixed number of seats in the house of representatives, 435 which is been the same for the last 75, 80 years. so the idea today is to perhaps increase the number of members in the house of representatives. and again many countries have much larger bodies than our house of representatives even though our country has third, fourth, fifth largest population. so the numbers would go up and that would lead to a more fair representation. the fourth, and this is one that the organization we founded focus on because we would've red this to be strange, which is in the united united statesf election official in the state which runs the election, person who's responsible for administering the election, , is elected through a partisan vote. this is not true in every state but about 40 states fall into this category. so when you elect, in many places the person responsible is secretary of state, and she or he runs for office on a party ticket with the governor, with the lieutenant governor, with the attorney general and is elected.

members of the house of representatives and the population and for me it was republican white males. and the list goes on. when i one, i one by 984 votes. i was a latina, i was young, one of the youngest woman to ever go to congress. there is a democrat and a woman, all the things you wouldn't imagine so when i got to the house, they refused to accept my election and they investigated me for 15 months in congress. many said of my election, it is the worst in the house of representatives. >> so you all think you win -- it's a club. he come over, knock on the door, they opened the and you show your paperwork. on the day -- okay. >> if you win, you get is. >> january 3 was the day i remember, it's my birthday. he will stand up. 435 of us stand up and we are all sorting together except the last day, republican close to the microphone the second boat was whether i get to stay in congress are not so you ask, how does of presidential election affect you? and that way it affected me well because i was able to convince hillary's brother, i wasn't on the radar screen and i told you the reasons

the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] snow. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., october 11, 2024. i hereby appoint the honorable larry buschon to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, dr. edrees bridges, chaplain, united states capitol police, washington, d.c. chaplain bridges: let us pray and reflect. oh, merciful benefactor and omnipotent source that redeems. as we open the chamber of democracy, fill our hearts, protect, enlighten and inspire our congressional leaders as they fulfilled their role of representing the people and fostering districts near and far to produce prosperity for all. g

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson, speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives. >> well, welcome to you all on this beautiful day. we are so grateful to have you here. the people's house. to my colleagues in congress, friends, family, and of course, our rosies, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the capital -- capitol. fewer than 200 gold medals have been issued in our countries 250 year history, but today, pursuant to hr 1773, i have the distinct honor of presenting this metal to rosie the riveter , the women who supported the war efforts during world war ii. and plants where ships and tanks and planes were being built. and during one of those visits, there's a story goes. the president obse it was during the first year of the war that president roosevelt went on a tour of factories where ships and tanks and planes were being built. during the visit, the president observed that while he would walk down the middle aisle of the factory, it would be the men who looked up from their workstations. the men would debate whether the man was the president. the women ke

host: jack, what about your member of the house of representatives? your congressman? caller: my congressman? i don't know who my congressman is. there has been a state representative, two of them, and i live in tallahassee, but every 30 minutes after the program has ended they are calling each other liars, and that is what is dominant in tallahassee, at the present time. but, anyway. host: tom in illinois calling on the republican line. good morning, tom. caller: i would like a little time, maybe 30 seconds. i'm not long-winded. before you cut me off. i'm voting republican in illinois, and that is like the guy in california. almost doesn't matter. the republican people here make deal with the democratic people and sell their properties and stuff. what i would like to talk about you, c-span, and you in particular, why don't you just put time up like in congress so we have the same amount of time? you cut off the republican people and then you let the lady go 1, 2, 3, she makes all these points and you let her talk? the reason the fema bill did not pass is because they w

speaker of the united states house of representatives thank you all for h >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson, speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> thank you all for being here. my colleagues in congress administrator nelson, ambassador greenfield ms. shetterly, our distinguished guests and to dr. christine darden, who's watching at her home in connecticut as speaker of the house, i have the great privilege of welcoming you to the capitol today. the congressional gold medal is the highest honor that congress can bestow upon any group or individual. and we give it to show our national appreciation for the achievements and contributions of great americans. today, pursuant to hr 1396 we have the great pleasure of finally awarding this medal to the hidden figures. [ applause ] as you all know, this has been a long time coming. it was now many decades after these women began working for our nation space agencies that we finally get to do appropriate honor for their work, you know these names. well, catherine johnson, dorothy vaughan, mary jackson and dr.

speaker of the united states house of >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson. speaker of the house of representatives. >> thank you all for being here. my colleagues in congress. as speaker of the house i have the privilege of welcoming you to the capital today. the congressional gold medal is the highest honor congress can bestow upon any group or individual will. we give it to show our national appreciation for the achievements and contributions of great americans. today pursuant to hr 1396 we have the great pleasure of finally awarding this metal to the hidden figures. this has been a long time coming. now many decades after these women began working for our nation's space agencies that we finally get to do appropriate honor for their work. you know these names well. in the history of congress if you only had a few occasions we have been able to recognize those who have helped us explore what is the final frontier. in 59 the award at this very medal to dr. gropper goddard for his research on space rockets, missiles, and jet propulsion. buzz aldrin, neil armstrong, michael collins addressed a joint

speaker of the united states house of representatives. i. welcome and welcome to you all on this beautiful day. we're so grateful to have you here. the people's house. to my colleagues in congress, friends, family and of course, our rosies. it's my honor to welcome you here to the capitol for today's historic occasion. the congressional gold medal is the highest award this body can award to any group or any individual. and you may not know this, but fewer than 200 gold medals have been issued in our country's nearly 250 year history. but today, pursuant to h.r. 1773, i have the distinct honor of presenting this medal to rosie the riveter. the women who worked or volunteered in support of the war efforts during world war two. that's an applause line. from. it was during the first year of the war that president roosevelt went on a tour visiting factories and plants where ships and tanks and planes were being built. and during one of those visits, there's a story goes. the president observed that as he would walk down the middle aisle of the fac

first the house of representatives members of the house are elected on the basis of population. the entire country is divided up into congressional districts of about 300,000 people each members of the house are elected for short terms two years since they have to come up for re-election so often they must constantly be responsive to the wishes of the voters. it is here also that delegates from our territories sit as non-voting members. for the house does only half the job of making the laws the other half is done by the senate which meets in the other wing of the capital. senators are elected on the basis of state representation two senators from each state regardless of his population. they hold office for long term six years. their terms of office are staggered so that some expire every two years thus guaranteeing that there will always be experienced men in the senate. all our federal laws have to go through both the house and the senate. this is the way it works bill. first a proposed law is introduced into one branch of the legislature as a bill. it has always been a numbe

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what happens during electoral college tie is that it goes to the house of representatives and the memberse house of representatives delegate or congregate as states. and each state has one vote. that means that when you have states that have representatives or democrats and republicans, they have to come to an agreement or no agreement and decide whether to select one candidate or the other. in this case or none of the two. and then it can it will only become president wouldn't have the majority of the states that his 26 states in the house of representatives voting for them to become president. it's a very convoluted process. it will not go smoothly, it would be a disaster in fact. arthel: yes, yes it would be that new congress that would decide is my understanding. correct this event generally six that yes it will start on january 6. but if it is like 1800 where they went through 36 votes it could go on for weeks. arthel: okay, walk me through this now. donald trump and kamala harris tide, how would a contingent election work is that we just talked about the contingent election? >> proc

the first was as this determination was made in the house of representative adams had to decide how he was going to respond. was he going to say anything. was he going to support some of the federalists more radical plans to either delay the decision and try and, you know, come up with a new election in which they might a better choice or, a better chance of winning? would they try and install a temporary president. you know what? what sort of constitution all wrongdoing could they actually get up to? and adams decided that he would play no role. he would not support any those plans. he would not say anything in support of it. and that restraint was essential because it allowed the constitution to work as it was intended to, and it didn't necessarily match up with his past political interests or his party's best political interests. so it was a moment of real civic virtue. the second piece that is really important is, once jefferson was actually elected, you had to have this first transition. and it had never before. and so. adams set the tone for what that should look like. he invited

the house of representatives. the house of representatives has been funded that since the 1920s. he population has grown enormously the last century, increasing the size of the house of representatives would make it more democratic. the fewer people someone represents, more that they feel that they're being heard. it would also help solve the problems in the electoral college because remember, the number of in a state is the sum of its representatives plus senators. so if we gave california more represented, given its population, but didn't do that for we'd help solve that problem. this can be done by congress by statute doesn't take a constitutional amendment doesn't take a new constitution. number in the house of representatives is not a magical number. i don't know what's the ideal and we can argue over it. that will over find an ideal number. but we could significantly increase the house and decrease some of the problems that i've described. we are at end of our time, unfortunately our great thanks to dean chemerinsky, author of no democracy forever how the constitution threat

members of the house of representatives and the population and for me it was republican white males. and the list goes on. when i one, i one by 984 votes. i was a latina, i was young, one of the youngest woman to ever go to congress. there is a democrat and a woman, all the things you wouldn't imagine so when i got to the house, they refused to accept my election and they investigated me for 15 months in congress. many said of my election, it is the worst in the house of representatives. >> so you all think you win -- it's a club. he come over, knock on the door, they opened the and you show your paperwork. on the day -- okay. >> if you win, you get is. >> january 3 was the day i remember, it's my birthday. he will stand up. 435 of us stand up and we are all sorting together except the last day, republican close to the microphone the second boat was whether i get to stay in congress are not so you ask, how does of presidential election affect you? and that way it affected me well because i was able to convince hillary's brother, i wasn't on the radar screen and i told you the reasons

who are interested in this cause of appreciated the leadership you've given to this in the house of representatives, where, of course, the bill was passed in the last session. i think first you will agree with me that the civil rights proposals of the president will again pass the congress. and this session. and i think that now in senate, the climate is much better. it was two years ago and even a year ago or passage of a substantial portion of that program this year. i think the chances are good. it's difficult to say that they are short. this past week, we've the president's budget message and when that was read to us, the house, the chairman of the appropriations committee who is of course a democrat, got up immediately afterwards and made a speech about cutting down the spending and saying that the budget figures were too high and that we should reduce. do have any comment on that, on the budget or are they attack on it as being too large on the part of the democratic side? well, i may say that we all interested in having our budget as low as is consistent our national security and with our na

our guest was elected to the house of representatives four years later, to the senate. and two years after that, vice president of the united states. he has had a

chairman of the standing committee on international affairs of the house of representatives of the national assembly of the republic of belarus. hello, sergei anatolyevich. good afternoon. and let's start, you probably know where? after all, with the situation in the middle east. here is the latest event of the day, simply astounding. and alarming, extremely alarming. iran fired about 500 missiles at israel. many hit their targets. although the relationship is not very simple and we also perceive syria and the palestinians as our partners with whom we can work, cooperate and even be friends, what should we expect, this situation concerns each of us, flights are cancelled or go to the whole territory. attention that the escalation of the situation has been going on for over a year, since october 7, 2023 , and the escalation is not decreasing, on the contrary, it is constantly growing, all attention today is already focused on the middle east, because you are right... noted that the situation in this part of the world, it affects, affects almost all states, in europe, in america, in latin ame

applause ] ladies and gente honorable hakeem jeffries, democratic leader of the united states house of representativess and gentlemen, the honorable hakeem jeffries democratic leader of the united states house of representatives. >> [ applause ] >> speaker johnson, madam governor, members of the arkansas congressional delegation, all of my colleagues in government, to all those in attendance, thank you so much for your presence here today during this momentous occasion. it is a high honor and distinct privilege for me to be able to deliver remarks as we celebrate the life and legacy of ms. daisy lee gatson bates. daisy bates represents the best of america. >> [ applause ] >> the best of america. in the face of violence and adversity, she never wavered and remained steadfast as a field general for equality, freedom and justice. dr. martin luther king jr. once noted that mrs. bates was in the thick of the battle from the very beginning. never faltering, never tiring. born in a small town in the great state of arkansas in 1914, daisy experienced a turbulent childhood. shortly after birth, her mother was

a reflection of the people every two years in the house. representatives. the job title, and the job description. one of the same. representing the people of your district. one of the reasons i think it was successful, and rising into the heights of the congress, we never had any interest in running for any office, or being appointed to any other thing. i just loved being in the people's house. the house of representatives. >> [ applause ]. >> in your chapter, know your wife -- why, you talk about -- people ask you about the most important issues facing congress. you always say the same thing. our children, our children, our children. can you talk about the work that you did with the legislation? affordable care act, affordable rescue plan. part of that was making sure that our children were going to be protected and cared for. >> and q for that question. i would say to people, know your why. you become nonetheless apolitical target. you have to know why. i grew up in a political family, my brother tommy, we always thought that he would. i never even thought

he died of a cerebral hemorrhage on the house of the on the house of representatives. and you can see the expanse of his life when he was 11. and the theater with his father he set right time behind voltaire when he died, abraham lincoln was at his deathbed. so you see the expanse of his life. but let me stop and see if you have any questions or comments. if you have if you have questions, please come up here so that everybody hear them. our accusation or denunciations. thank you so much. could you expand a little bit on how you felt about jackson. yes yes. great question. he thought he was a barbarian. he thought he was a barbarian. he went in. their feud began when quincy adams was in the senate. and and and andrew jackson was military chief, military militia commander in tennessee. and he sent a report to congress, which every other word was misspelled usage was horrible. and quincy adams read the entire thing in front from congress. so that but but one thing you got to remember about mr. adams is nobody was more ambitious than he was. i mean, he. all the time he wa

house of representatives also recognized the benefits of mutual cooperation by including a language in the 2025 ndaa, mutual enhanced defense cooperation between korea and the united states. similarly, our u.s. and european partners bring their own strength and expertise to the table. for example, they are both leaders in aerospace, cyber defense, and advanced autonomous weapons systems technology. today's forum is an excellent opportunity to identify how we can each leverage our effective strength to deepen our collaboration. by working together, we can create more resilient and improve and level of success out of reach for any of us on our own. working together, will also let us better purse a research and development project, emerging technologies like ai integrated weapons systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and undersea capabilities. collaboration ensures that we stay-- we stay ahead of the competition and enhance our readiness with the challenges that we have. let me close with a brief reflection of the launch we saw over the weekend. once it was thought that saving the booster fro

speaker of the united states house of representatives thank you all for here. my colleagues in congress, administrator nelson ambassador greenfield, ms. shetterly, our distinguished guests, and to dr. christine darden, watching at her home in connecticut as speaker of the house. i have the great privilege of welcoming you to the capitol, the congressional gold medal is the highest honor. the congress bestow upon any group or and we give it to show our national appreciation for the achievements and contributions of great americans. today, pursuant to h.r. 1396, we have the great pleasure of finally awarding medal to the hidden figures figures. as you all know, this has been a long time coming. it was now, many decades after these began working for our nation's space agencies, that we finally to do appropriate honor for their work. you know, these names. well, katherine johnson, dorothy vaughan, mary and dr. christine in the history of congress we only had a few occasions we've been able to recognize those helped us explore what is the final frontier. in 1959, we

speaker of the united states house of representatives thank you all for here. my colleagues in congress, administrator nelson ambassador greenfield, ms. shetterly, our distinguished guests, and to dr. christine darden, watching at her home in connecticut as speaker of the house. i have the great privilege of welcoming you to the capitol, the congressional gold medal is the highest honor. the congress bestow upon any group or and we give it to show our national appreciation for the achievements and contributions of great americans. today, pursuant to h.r. 1396, we have the great pleasure of finally awarding medal to the hidden figures figures. as you all know, this has been a long time coming. it was now, many decades after these began working for our nation's space agencies, that we finally to do appropriate honor for their work. you know, these names. well, katherine johnson, dorothy vaughan, mary and dr. christine in the history of congress we only had a few occasions we've been able to recognize those helped us explore what is the final frontier. in 1959, we

the election was not resolved until after 36 votes in the house of representatives which is where an on goes when no candidates the majority electoral college i. so, they realized after this afe selection of the tie vote that was going to continue to keep happening if candidates ran as a party ticket they keep tying like that. so just in time for the next election 1804 the 12th of memo to the constitution was ratified and tweak the voting a little bit in the electoral college so that each had to specify which of theirsi votes was for presidt which of the roads was for vice president doing so they ensured there would not be a tie vote again and this would not happen and that has worked. >> host: from the c-span archives a tour of the national archives looking at the 12th amendment. historian lindsay chervinsky can you draw any parallels between 1800 and contemporary times? >> 1800 would have felt very familiar to a lot of americans minus the electricity and the lack of running water. the parties were tense or hostile intentions were extreme the parties were weak so there is a lot of in

education will be strengthened and support for veterans, meetings of the second session of the house of representatives. tel aviv is preparing a retaliatory strike against iran in response to missile attacks explosions. for the israeli embassies in denmark and sweden. cancel the pension reform increase salaries wave of protests swept france. stylish, beautiful and tasteful. an international exhibition of fashionable goods of the light industry starts in minsk. support veterans will be strengthened. deputies today adopted the corresponding bill in the second reading. so additional ones are provided. before the meeting, we journalists were immediately told: the current education code works very well, no quote revolutions are needed here, but there are some technical changes that need to be made, this is normal, after 2 years of work. they concern a variety of areas, for example, transportation, who has the right to use it, only schoolchildren or also teachers, and whether this transport can be used for transportation, so that, for example, everyone together on a day off can go on an excursion to a distri

house of representatives. i am the one who has upheld my pledge not to take corporate tax money. he reneged on that. this idea of corporate paymasters is not based in reality. look at my voting record you can go to the federal website to see how i voted in line with our values. not the values of a political party. joe moved here to run for congress and purge the republican party of people like my parents, who i love and respect. that's his idea of how politics will work, not standing up for our fight to get sea lions out of the columbia river, not our fight to make sure we have sustainable timber harvest, not our fight to stop wildfires or get shop class back in junior high. i'm proud to have brought a million dollars back to the technical problem right here at lowe columbia college because respect people who work for a living. >> american industry has been reassuring or returning to the united states rather impressively, which we hasn't seen in decades and it raises two questions, addressed to both of you. first, what effects with a tariff proposed by former president trump have

use fermions and file litigation and potentially violence and potential the scheme of the house of representativesfeat the vote of the american people that harris, harry out and says this and nbc news he is in a better place right now to win the popular vote than he has ever been. >> and so i would not go that far yet again, this is you are saying i am hearing from all sides of the aisle, donald trump is in this better position that he's been saying up for ten days? we were talking with him for a no, we don't there's nothing new, so we're just trying to you're trying to discern the best. >> all right. >> well, straight ahead here on cnn this morning, politics and pigskin, why you're seeing more kamala harris and donald trump this week, if you were an eagles or a steelers fan plus vice presidential hopeful jd vance is trying to clarify trump's enemy within remarks donald trump never said americans writ large keep on putting words in his mouth. >> and are they are they not americans far left, people who commit acts of violence, who ride an hour. you're in doing a very narrow definition of what you s

is interesting about it, they have to pinpoint these states, there are 435 seats in the house of representatives90% of them are not competitive. people get upset when they think presidential election will be decided by seven swing states. control of the house of representatives is going to be determined by 30 house races around the country. in california or new york look at the election map, the blue in california, san francisco and los angeles. further in the did gets pink or red. and what that suggests is pockets. republicans have support, and there are several election cycles, those are the areas they have to hold. and they hold the majority. paul: some could be held by, in working-class hispanic voters, and california and elsewhere. >> and they put those texas border in play, and they are also seeing some places where there's a couple big pickup opportunities. the democrats sort of became the democratic representative after alaska, and they are getting it right. and that the republican district, and they are spread across the country. and whether democrats can successfully use abortion. paul

of the president. i was as the representative of, the democrats in the house of representatives. so it was a different, shall we say dynamic. i mean respectful as i was and he started it very gracious man george h.w. book he started welcoming and saying oh how wonderful it was we had a woman at last and perhaps you'll have different things to say here. you know he's, going on like that. and all of a sudden i felt very closed in on my chair. i never had this session. that sensation or since. and it was as you said it was susan, the pantheon, elizabeth cady stanton, lucretia mudd, norwich, sojourner, alice, paul. they were all on the table at the table with me and i could barely hear what he was saying because i could hear them say, at last, we have a seat at the table. and. then they were gone. and my first thought was, we want more men, more women, more diversity at that table. not that women are better than men or. diversity is better than not, but the diversity, the the differences of opinion are so important to. hear and the product, the policy comes a bit more relevant becaus

but he died an oldld man's death died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the house of representatives. ou can see the expanse of his life. when he was 11 and attended the theater with his father he sat right behind voltaire. when he died abraham lincoln he was at his deathbed so you can see the expanse of his life. let me stop and see if you have any questions or comments. [applause] and not to ask a question please come up here so that everyone can hear you. >> her accusations or denunciations. >> can you talk about how he felt about jackson? >> yes, a great question. he thought he was a barbarian. and when quincy adams was in the senate and andrew jackson was the chief military militia commander and tennessee and he sent a reporter: congress which every other word was misspelled and usage was and quincy adams led the r entire thing in congress o that one of the things you had to remember aboutda mr. adams kw but he was more ambitious than hehe was. all the time he was in congress to campaign for governor of massachusetts and ran for the presidency, so politics being what was when quin