mr. clyburn. i think the distinguished whip and distinguished majority leader as well as our chair of the budget committee. other members of leadership are here as intellectual resources to answer questions you may have. we all gather with great pride in the legislation members will be receiving when it comes from the rules committee, where it is still under consideration. we are going to make a giant step forward tonight. reporter: do you agree with some members of the democratic caucus that the senate should either overrule the parliamentarian decision on minimum wage, or break out the filibuster to keep minimum wage part of this act? speaker pelosi: any of my colleagues who want to answer that question can join me. [laughter] as a matter of practice, i don't get involved in the rules of the u.s. senate, but as a matter of values, i can say we will not rest until we passed the $50 minimum weight -- $15 minimum wage. we have been engaged in the fight for the $15 for a long time. this legislation

mr. clyburn, and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, for the way they succinctly captured a great swath of american history over a period of time that followed lincoln's signing of the emancipation proclamation in 1863 all the way up to the beginning of the black codes and the failing of reconstruction, an era that held great hope for this country but did not come to pass. and really was not evidence until many, many decades later, as mr. clyburn pointed out. so i'm happy and honored to bring this measure forward. i want to thank the gentlewoman from south carolina for all of her efforts, and the gentleman, mr. rice -- is he still on the floor? for their work in advancing this. and madam speaker, i will urge strongly the passage of h.r. 2 64 -- 264 and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 264. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative,

mr. clyburn. >> thank you mr. leader and thank you madam speaker and mr. chairman thank you so much for the tremendous work you do give in to this effort. as you have heard over 70% of the american people are in favor of this plan. in fact earlier this week 178 ceos have written a letter to the congress asking that we pass this plan. the vast majority i think 56% of small businesses have asked us to please pass this plan. the american rescue plan builds the foundation for coordinated public-private partnerships and a compassionate response to the needs of families and communities for us to get beyond this pandemic. i feel certain that we will pass this bill tonight in a solid way and i hope that the senate will also respond to this with a solid response so that the american people can begin to feel better about themselves and their future. with that i yield back to you madam speaker. i will gladly entertain your questions and the speaker will answer them. [laughter] >> thank you very much mr. clyburn. and the distinguished majority leader as well as the ch

clyburn: thank you very much, mr. miranda. we will now hear from ms. willard. ms. willard, you are recognized. >> hello, chairman, and other members of the subcommittee. i am the ceo of the south carolina health care association. i've been in the movement for over 33 years. prior to that, i was a state public health office. in south carolina, health care's provide primary care to over 430,000 patients throughout the state. there are over 220 sites which serves the state's 46 counties. all of which are either rural areas in the county. in addition, i have the honor of the board of directors for national associations of healthcare. nationally, we have 1,300 organizations spread out over 14,000 rural communities. and we've served over 30 million people. committees to step up to meet the needs of the communities we serve, providing this information. 115 of the 21,205 we mentioned earlier that are designated and activated as covid-19 sites. despite these efforts, there has been challenges in deploying the vaccine to rural areas and to communities of color. some of these

joining me now is the house majority whip, congressman jim clyburn, democrat of south carolina. thank you for being with us, mr. congressman. >> thank you very much for having me. >> let me ask you this. 45 republican senators have already voted to dismiss the impeachment, claiming the trial is unconstitutional because trump has already left office. do you believe any of those republicans who voted to dismiss might turn around and vote to convict? and if not, what is the point in your opinion of these proceedings? >> well, first of all, i do believe that it's a possibility that some of them will change their minds and vote to convict. now, there question is whether or not we'll get to the number 17. which is what we need. that means we'll need 12 more to change their minds, and i'm not too sure that can occur. but i was not of the belief that 56 of the american people as of today would say that he deserves being convicted. and if that's true, and i think we're going to see a pretty prolific case put on by the managers, and so we may get more to vote that way. but i don't think we'll get to 17. >> is it importa

and it includes james clyburn of south carolina, hank johnson of georgia, mr. mfume of maryland. and led by dr. david marion. delta sigma theta sorority founded in 1913 at howard university. they account as their sisters, the first black congresswoman shirley chisholm. and their membership in the house includes congresswoman marcia fudge, yvette clarke, joyce beatty, lucy mcgrath, and brenda lawrence. honorable president is beverly e. smith. phi delta sorority. they include john lewis, elijah cummings. leader of the brotherhood, sleeping car porters, philip randolph, and record setter jerry rice. and congressman espaillat. and their president is michael crystal. and notable sisters include annie malone, and zora herston. and have julia carson and donna edwards. their honorable president valerie baker. sigma gamma rho sorority, founded 1922 at butler university. congresswoman corrine brown. and the first african-american winner of an academy award, hattie mcdonell. and also mary t. washington. and finally, iota phi theta fraternity founded in 1963, morgan state university. terrenc

mr. clyburn of south carolina, chair. ms. waters of california. miss carolyn b. maloney of new york. ms. velazquez of new york. mr. foster of illinois. mr. raskin of maryland. mr. krishnamoorthi of illinois. mr. scalise of louisiana. mr. jordan of ohio. mr. green of tennessee. miss malo tackas of new york. the speaker: the chair announces her appointment pursuant to section 4-c of house resolution 8, 117th congress, and the order of the house of january 4, 2021, of the following individuals to serve as the governing board of the office of congressional ethics. the clerk: nominated by the speaker after consultation with the minority leader, mr. david scags, colorado, chair. brigadier general retired belinda pinkney of virginia. miss karen english of arizona. mr. mike barnes of maryland, alternate. nominated by the minority leader after consultation with the speaker, mr. paul d. binovich of district of columbia, co-chair. mr. leon westmoreland of georgia. miss karen l. haas of maryland. mr. robert hurt of virginia, alternate. the speaker: the chair asks all members in the chamber as wel