with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 6, 2015, at 9:38 a.m. that the senate agreed to senate concurrent resolution 24. that the senate agreed to relative to the death of fred thompson senate resolution 309. that the senate agreed to without objection amendment house concurrent resolution 92. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 10, 2015, at 11:20 a.m. that the senate passed senate 1004. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen lst haas. -- l. haas. the hop yorble the speaker, house of representati

signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable he speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on october 30, 2015, at 11:57 a.m. that the senate concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment h.r. 1314. signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12 of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. today. some forms of criticism of the government were a federal offense. charlotte shank handed out and mailed leaflets against the draft. >> this is a flyer that was produced by charles shank in 1917. 15,000 copies were produced and that is to encourage men who are liable for the draft not to register. the language is particularly fiery. it constraights a description of slavery and calls on every citizen of

signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will read the message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. in accordance with section 506-a-3-b of the african growth and opportunity act as amended, a-3 -b, .s.c., 2466-a, showing my intent. i am taking this step because i have determined that the government of burundi has not established or is not taking continual progress toward establishing the rule of law and political plural itch -- pluralism as required by the agoa eligibility requirements outlined in section 104 of the agoa 19 u.s.c. 3703. in particular, the continuing crackdown on opposition members has -- which has included assassinations, extra judicial killings, arbitrary arrests and torture, have worsened significantly during the election campaign that returned the president to power earlier this year. in addition, the government of burundi has blocked opposing parties from holding organizational meetings and campaigning throughout the electoral process. police and armed militias, which -- with links to the ruling party have intimi

with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant 2-hhe permission granted in of rule 2 of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received a message from the secretary of the senate on and-a-half 18, 2015 at 11:58 a.m. that the senate disagrees to the amendment of the house senate 1177 and agrees to conference requested by the house. senate appoints conferees. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? s sdiverssdivers by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 529 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 574, house resolution 529. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 1210, to amend the tru

signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bill was signed by speaker pro tempore messer on monday, november 23, 015. the clerk: senate 599, an act to extend and expand the medicaid emergency psychiatric demonstration project. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:00 p.m. today. >> and the house has recessed to give members more time to return from their home districts after the thanksgiving holiday. when they gavel back in at 4:00 eastern, debate will get under way on nine bills, including one dealing with cybersecurity and another to continue an e.p.a. public water assistance program. later this week you'll see debate setting u.s. energy policy and work continues on the house-senate compromise over highway funding. we'll have live coverage when members return at 4:00 p.m. eastern. while congress debates cybersecurity on this cybermonday, some of the presidential ca