mr. nolan: i want to thank them for the tireless work that both of you and your staffs and your subcommittee chair's put into writing this legislation. it's the product of many years. a wealth of experience that has brought consumers and producers together, that's brought urban and rural people together and has produced an abundance supply of food for people here in this country and all over the world. american agriculture is just absolutely one of the wonders of the world, and i believe that this motion helps to keep that great success and progress moving forward. and then last but not least, i want to say how refreshing it was to be a part of that committee markup. as you know, i was on a 30-year -- 32-year hiatus, the longest in history. i have been asked time and time again how things are different from the way they were then. and believe me, there are a lot of differences, big and small. one of the best thing was to be part of that ag committee, bipartisan, free-wheeling markup where every

but yeah absolutely i love i love those people a lot and that experience is a special experience mrs nolan the ross six tweets what attracted you to. i love how flawed she was and i love the concept of a really good person who makes a bad decision and. the person that seemingly has everything together and then you know with her career her ambitions but her personal life is unraveling a jersey girl of fifteen to a show all these monikers if you could do any project or play what would be who west side story maria i don't know i'm too old at this point but. i don't i don't know that that to me is is one of the most it made me want to be an actress steven burrill from facebook wants to know what were your intentions on the gag state that featured news of the syrian war. my intentions were to make a social statement. of where we are and and where you may do serious levels situation. i mean you know i think this i hope might resolve it i hope this u.n. . yeah i hope it will resolve it i feel that you know nobody is for war or pro war i don't that's insane for war i would be insane to be pro-war

mr. nolan: i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to house resolution 59 the clean c.r. so that we can go to conference on a budget so we can end this republican government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield one minute to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. butterfield: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i support the idea of the house and senate reconciling their differences on the farm bill and going to conference. it is certainly long overdue. i caution, however, that i will not vote for deep cuts in the snap program or the food stamp program, nor do i believe that democrats will vote to take food away from those americans who suffer from food insecurity. they have shut down the government and now they w

mr. nolan: mr. speaker, members of the house, i'm proud to say rod was a constituent of mine, last years of his life, running a small town radio station where he did a wonderfully good job. he was always so thoughtful and so dedicated to public service and so highly regarded by all who knew him, he was a wonderful public servant. he he contributed much to the well-being of minnesota and to this nation and to the civility and -- of this chamber in itself. and his contributions are enormous, and his presence will be forever apparent here and we will miss him greatly. we, tend our deepest heartfelt sympathies to the families and all those who had the good fortune to know and work with rod grams. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? mr. ellison: i ask unanimous consent for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i join my colleagues here to simply pay great tribu

mr. nolan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to house resolution 59, to open the government and to go to conference on a budget so that we can end this republican government shutdown so hurtful and harmful to the american people. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. pursuant to clause 1-c of rule 19, further consideration of house joint resolution 80 is postponed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on the question previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. house resolution 378, the motion to instruct on h.r. 2642. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 15-minute votes. >> parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the unfinished business is the vote on -- mr. connolly: mr. speaker, parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: on which the yeas

mr. nolan. without objection. >> mr.speaker, the simple truth is and everyone in this free world for this matter knows it. are intendednts for the sole purpose of shutting down the government. they are not going anywhere. everybody knows it. to deny that house of representatives an opportunity for an up our down vote is an affront to the american people, to this institution, to democracy, and every member of this house. reject this role so would have a vote on the clean a resolution to fund our government going forward. thank you. >> adjustment from texas reserves -- gentleman from texas reserves. >> continue to reserve. >> i yield one minute to gentlelady from new york. >> gentlelady from new york is recognized. >> mr. speaker, this a sad day for our congress. ar colleagues have or soon pointless path of petty politics that will shut down the government of the most powerful nation on our and damage the world's largest economy. it is the height of irony that the extremist have taken control of the republican agenda speak

mr. nolan: mr. speaker, members of the house, distinguished member from florida. i rise in support of the water resource reform and development act. i'm a proud co-sponsor of this legislation. it's a good example of bipartisanship and cooperation and common sense as opposed to some of the politics that have dominated this chamber. as a member of the subcommittee on water resource, i was pleased to have had a part in several bipartisan provisions beneficial to the economy, to the environment, and to conservation. we are creating jobs and stimulating business income with this legislation. we are putting a stop to raids on the harbor maintenance fund. we are expanding the definition of invasive species now limited to plant life to include animal life species like zebra mussels and asian carp. we are closing the lock and dam at saint anthony falls to prevent the spread of asian carp through the lakes and rivers of northern minnesota. mr. speaker, by passing this bill the congress demonstrates that we are still capable of achieving reasonable, bipartisan solutions that

he had given her a cake, and mrs. nolan had cleaned the cake plate and was asking if anyone would bring it back over, and my grandfather moved with something -- grandmother described as the speed of light in the hopes that my grandmother would invite him in, and she did. and that is the beginning of their formal courtship. live on monday on c-span and c-span3. >> next a decision of u.s. ussians relations. hosted by the center on global interests. this is about two hours. >> a discussion now on how serious is affecting u.s.-russia relations. >> hi. welcome to the brookings institution. thank you for coming out on a rainy august day to talk about u.s. russia relations. we have a really great panel today. i will give a brief introduction of them. they have more accomplishments in your biography panel. it is an all brookings panel more or less that we are proud f. we have extremely well known, extremely distinguished russian and american diplomats, which is, i think, in a way a rare situation. usually in washington i hear in --

brought in a cake plate that my great-grandmother madge gates wallace had given her a cake and mrs. nolan had claimed the cake plate and was asking if anybody would take it back over. my grandfather moved with what my mother once described as approaching the speed of light and grabbed the cake plate and ran over there and rang the bell on the front door in the hope of course that my grandmother would answer the door and she did. she invited him in and that's the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. secretary of state john kerry said that government shutdown dysfunction watching jen has hurt america's standing in the world paid his remarks came during the center for american progress tenth anniversary conference. it's 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> the ladies and gentlemen please welcome the center for american progress president neera tanden. [applause] >> thank you very much. we have had a great afternoon. it is my great honor to introduce secretary kerry who i have to say just came from the plane literally just drove over from the plane because he has been in europe. o

aunt brought in a cake plate that my great-grandmother madge gates had given the hurricane and mrs. nolan had cleaned the cake plate and was asking if anyone would take it back over. my grandfather moved with what once called something approaching the speed of light, grabbed the cake plate and ran over your and rang the bell on the front or in the hope that my grandmother would answer the door and she did. that'sited him in, and the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. >> bess truman, as we consider -- as we continue our series on first ladies, tonight on c-span, c-span3 and on c-span radio and www.c-span.org. >> national economic council director, gene sperling, spoke about a deal emerging from a bicameral commission set up as part of the deal to in the government shutdown. craftd lawmakers should an agreement that close a tab loopholes and reduces government spending. he spoke at an event hosted by the group visits forward. we will show you as much as much as we can until the house gavels and four morning hour at noon eastern. >> i'm jim doyle and i'm the president of business f

mr. nolan: and the tremendously harmful effects it's had on the people in our great nation. we need to get behind the senate , reasonable, bipartisan plan that has been put together to open up our government, pay our bills, and put an end to this shutdown. failure, by the way, means that five million disabled veterans won't receive their benefits in november. failure means that 10 million americans won't receive their social security check. as of october 23. and 26 million more people would not get their social security checks on november 1. failure means $36,000 in additional interest on an average home loan. an additional $1,000 on an average student loan. failure means hundreds of thousands of public employees won't get paid with the businesses and the jobs and the people they serve being at enormous risk. mr. speaker, the simple truth is that we need to end this government shutdown and stop the harm and damage it's causing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: to address th

brought in a cake plate that my great grandmother, madge gates wallace, had given her a cake, and mrs. nolan had cleaned the cake plate and was asking if anybody would take it back over. and my grandfather moved with what my mother once described as something approaching the speed of light and grabbed the cake plate and ran over here and rang the bell on the front bell in the hope, of course, that my grandmother would answer the door, and she did. and she invited him in, and that's the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. >> bess truman as we continue our series on first ladies, tonight live at 9 eastern on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> i'm a firm believer in what they call the unauthorized biography. now, unauthorized does not mean untrue. it means that you're doing it without the cooperation and blessing of your subject, and i do believe it's a legitimate, wonderful way to cover history. especially public figures that have spent many, many years and millions of dollars creating their own image. and so i think it's valuable sometimes to go behind that.

plate that my great-grandmother, imagine wallace, imagine gates wallace, had given her a cake and mrs. nolancleaned the cake plate and asking if anybody would take it over. my grandfather moved with what my mother once described as something approaching the speed of light and grabbed the cake plate and ran over here and rang the bell on the front door in the hope of course that my grandmother would answer the door and she did. and she invited him in. that's the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. >> best truman as we continue our series on first ladies, live at 9:00 eastern on c-span and c-span3 and c-span radio -- radio and c-span.org. >> as part of c-span's american profiles we sat down recently with two lawmakers, senator joe manchin of west begin and republican congresswoman cathy mcmorris rogers. we'll look at our interview with senator manchin. talks about growing up in farmington, west virginia, his political career and his predecessor, the late robert bid and growing up in farmington. >> senator joe manchin, democrat of west begin, you are a true west virginia native. >> oh,

family, and his aunt brought in a cake plate that my great- wallace hadmadge given her a cake and mrs. nolan cleaned the cake plate and was asking if anybody would take it back over. and my grandfather, moved with what my mother once described as something approaching the speed of light, grabbed the cake plate and ran over here and rang the bell on the front door in the hope, of course, that my grandmother would answer the door, and she did. and she invited him in. and that is the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. as we continue our series on first ladies. tonight at 9:00 eastern on c- span and c-span3 and also c-span radio and www.c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: every monday at this time is our weekly "your money" segment and we will focus on a program that offers a tax credit to low-income working families. call the earned income tax credit. the segment, you should know, was prompted in a sense by a report that came from the inspector general office of the treasury department, specifically looking at the program. to talk about the report and findings, joinin

the family, and his and brought in a cake plate that i great- cakemother had given her a , and mrs. nolan had claimed the e and asked if anybody wanted to take it back over. my grandfather ran over here and rang the bell on the front door, in the hope that my grandmother would answer the door, and she did. and she invited him in, and that is the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. as we continue -- series on first lady ares first ladies, at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> fortis the most important issue congress should consider in 2014 -- what is the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? for yourcumentary chance to win the grand plies of $5,000. this year we have doubled the number of winners. entries must be in by january 20, 2014. go to studentcam.org. washington, the mortgage bankers association today held its 100 annual convention with a focus on the future of the housing finance market. one of the discussions could andrks by richard cordray the acting director of the federal housing and finance agency, edward demarco. this is about 40 minutes. ♪ thank you. good mornin

wallace, had given her a cake and mrs. nolan had cleaned the cake plate and was asking if anybody would take it back over and my grandfather moved with what my grandmother once described as the speed of light and ran over here and bring the doorbell on the front order in the hope that my grandmother would answer the door, and she did. she invited him in and that was the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. >> bess truman as we continue our series on first ladies live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span2 and c-span radio and c-span.org. >> tomorrow, the administrator for medicaid and medicare services testified on implementing the health care law and the problems associated with the website. she will speak before the house ways and means committee, and you can see that hearing live on tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. also this week, more about the issue with health secretary kathleen sebelius in front of the health commerce committee and she will speak about the ongoing problem concerning health care.gov we