filed for chapter nine bankruptcy after failing to reach agreements with bondholders and creditors mr aura told citizens yesterday the city's services for now are unaffected police and fire departments will operate as usual. services. which. work. bankruptcy is a complicated process results depend on location and where proceedings occur so let's dig into the fine print of municipal bankruptcy is and how detroit could be affected here is for the city could take place in detroit kentucky ohio or tennessee the bankruptcy judge will be the one who determines first an automatic stay will be issued on the city's obligations to halt creditors from collecting debts this includes losses lawsuits against the city from pension officials and union members the automatic stay will allow the city time to renegotiate its contracts then the droid's will have to meet eligibility requirements under chapter nine the first one is authority the city was allowed to prove its insolvent and has a desire to adopt a plan to adjust its debt and the court grants detroit the ok to move forward the reorganization plan w

mr. president, for us to recapture that spirit once again. today all too often we live in a time of constant campaigns and politicking, an atmosphere of "win at any cost," an auraideological extremism which makes principled compromise a vice not a virtue. today, mr. president, all too often it is the political uivalent of social darwinism, the survival of the fittest, a world in which the strong do as they will and the weak support what ty must. america deserves better than that. i would like to say to you, mr. president and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and even to this president, that yo two have suffered at our hands. occasionally we have gone too far. occasionally we have behaved in ways that are injudicious. i think particularly about the president's own brother, who was brout to the brink of personal bankruptcy because he was pursued in an investigation by the congress. not because he hadlundered a savings and loan but because he happened to be the president's son. that, too, was wrong. that, too. each of us is to blame, mr. president, and more importantly, each of us has a responsibility for taking us to the better place that the american

mr. speaker, tomorrow we will mark the first anniversary of the mass shooting that place in my hometown of owe aura -- aroara, colorado, in the early morning hours of march 20. we must never forget the names of those who lost their lives in this senseless tragedy. mr. coffman: mat mcquinn, mckayla medic, jessica gaoly, jesse, jonathan, veronica, alex, alexander tevis, rebecca wingo, and a.j. boyt. aurora was devastate the in the aftermath of the shooting -- devastated in the aftermath of the shooting, but we have come together as a community in demonstration of both strength and resilience and tomorrow we will come together again to remember those who were lost last year. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today i rise with my colleagues in remembrance of the one-year anniversary of the aurora, colorado, shooting. over the past year those who lost loves ones have