mr. thompson. >> state position is mr. kohberger is not entitled to bond in this case, charges as is noted on the arrest warrant itself. 19-1816-192903, defendant was arrested 3,000 miles across the country, where his family is, and we ask that he remain in custody, no bail. >> at this point in time to 46b and 18 -- 19.816 and 2903, i am going to leave the bail set as no bail at this point in time until i have additional and further information at a later date and time. so with that, then mr. kohberger, you will be remanded in custody, remain in custody on no bail pending further proceedings in this matter. anything further today, mr. thompson? >> yes, your honor. the state is asking for no contact orders for various family members of the deceased and also surviving roommates. [inaudible] there is no objection. >> is that correct? >> that is correct, your honor. >> so i will go ahead and issue both no contact orders so i do have a no contact order then for the named individual of dylan mortenson, bethany funk, as well as t

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize national religious freedom day which was celebrated last week on january 16. it commemorates the via's general assembly of jefferson landmark legislation. the statue became the basis of the first amendment of the u.s. constitution and led the freedom of religion and blessed to live in a country where a person is able to practice without fear of persecution. the first amendment protects freedom of religion and freedom of speech and freedom of press. this gives us the opportunity to openly practice and speak our beliefs to allow -- allows me to speak on the house floor right now. the united states is where all faiths can be practiced. the very foundation of our government. mr. speaker, the united states of america will be a beacon of light in the world and protect our unified commitment of religious freedom. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address t

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker: thank you. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise to encourage my colleagues to join the bipartisan career and technical education caucus. the congressional service caucus. the german american caucus. and the congressional scouting caucus. as a proud co-chair of all four of these bipartisan caucuses, these organizations are a great way for members to get involved and share interests. as a senior member of the committee on education and workforce, i've always supported and will continue to support career and technical education programs that provide learners of all ages with career-ready skills, restoring runnings on the ladders of opportunity. along with my co-chair, congresswoman suzanne bonamici of oregon, the bipartisan c.t.e. caucus highlights the importance of preparing a well-educated and skilled workforce. through this caucus, we have made tremendous strides in providing learners of all ages the skills necessary to obtain high-quality, family-sustaining jobs. one of the most -- one of those success

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to discuss our national debt. in 2022, speaker mccarthy unveiled the commitment to america which outlines the republican platform for governing as we took control of the house in the 118th congress. through our plan it is critical we support policies that lead to a strong, healthy economy, fight inflation, and lower the cost of living. we must rein in reckless spending in washington, route out waste, fraud, and abuse in government. for the last two years the biden administration has been left unchecked. because of their policies we have seen record breaking inflation, skyrocketing gas and grocery prices, and increases to daily expenses. hardworking families are forced to decide between feeding their families or paying the heat in elk trick bills -- electric bills. these economic hardships are brought on by unrestricted reckless spending. that irresponsible spending stops now. $34.4 trillion in national debt, house republicans are committed to finding a reasonable

mr. thompson. mr. schiff. ms. sanchez. mr. issa. mr. costa. ms. matsui. mr. mcclintock. ms. chu. mr. garamendi. mr. behra. ms. brownley. mr. cardenas. mr. hoffman. mr. lamalfa. mr. peters. mr. ruiz. mr. swalwell. mr. takano. mr. vargas. mr. desaulnier. mr. tore -- mrs. torres. mr. valadao. ms. barragan. mr. carbajal. mr. correa. mr. kaw navment mr. panetta. mr. gomez. mr. harder. mr. levin. ms. porter. mr. mike garcia. mrs. kim. mr. obernolte. mrs. steel. mr. dewar. mr. robert garcia. mr. mullin. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> the speaker-elect, the honorable kevin mccarthy from california. >> madam clerk. mr. jeffries: distinguished members of the house democratic caucus and the house republican caucus, it's my high honor and distinct privilege to finally welcome all of you to the 118th congress. let me just begin by thanking my good friend, pete aguilar, for his very generous words of introduction and for placing my name into nomination, a total of nine times. and i also want to thank my other colleagues from the democratic c

mr. thompson. mr. thompson: i rise in opposition to this misguided and unpaid for legislation. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have done everything to demonize the i.r.s. when it doesn't have the funding, two bad things happen, the very wealthy tax cheats avoid paying their fair share and two, our constituents who need help from the i.r.s. face unnecessary delays in getting that help. you can't criticize the i.r.s. for its performance while at the same time cutting the i.r.s. budget and despite what my colleagues would lead you to believe, there aren't 87,000 storm troopers funded in this bill that are going to bang down your door. taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society and part of our civic responsibility to one another. this bill is a bad idea and i encourage my colleagues to vote no. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from nebraska. mr.smith: i yield one minute to the gentleman from kansas. >> mr. speaker, i rise in support of commonsense legislation that puts the american peopl

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate dot monahan of oil city and ryan of clairian for their people's choice awards in the pennsylvania parks and forest foundation's 2022 photo contest. dot won her award in the cotton category with a foughto of a soaked balanced eagle -- bald eagle. and ryan had the raindrop to river category while visiting clear creek state park. it had stiff competition with nearly 600 entries. it allows boast professional and amateurs to compete in a variety of categories. the other winning photos and all the 2022 photo contest can be found on the facebook page. it supports 124 state parks and 2.2

mr. thompson. mr. thompson: i rise in opposition to this misguided and unpaid for legislation. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have done everything to demonize the i.r.s. when it doesn't have the funding, two bad things happen, the very wealthy tax cheats avoid paying their fair share and two, our constituents who need help from the i.r.s. face unnecessary delays in getting that help. you can't criticize the i.r.s. for its performance while at the same time cutting the i.r.s. budget and despite what my colleagues would lead you to believe, there aren't 87,000 storm troopers funded in this bill that are going to bang down your door. taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society and part of our civic responsibility to one another. this bill is a bad idea and i encourage my colleagues to vote no. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from nebraska. mr.smith: i yield one minute to the gentleman from kansas. >> mr. speaker, i rise in support of commonsense legislation that puts the american peopl

mr. thompson, mr. schiff, ms. sanchez. miss acosta. mr. mcclintock. miss zledin. mr. bearra. mr. hoffman. >> that the list of california lawmakers and they will go on for a while. what is going on. what is the significance of these house members being in th chamber. >> this is the escort committee. they bring the house speaker back into the chamber right dow the center aisle and it looks a lot like the state of the union. yet the entire california delegation including the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi and they do not necessarily got along and they do not ci i and their fellow californians and then they have a bipartisan group and republican leadership says well. they will escort mr. mccarthy into the chamber when he has announced a speaker up the house . he will be sworn and and constantine in the house. when they have this narrow a vote majority and that don't have proxy voting, that is something that has assisted because of the pandemic. is going to be a real challenge to get everybody there maybe democrats will be able to win some ballots and they don't hav everybo

mr. thompson, mr. schiff, miss sanchez, mr. isa, mr. costa, miss matsui, mr. mcclintock, miss chew, mr. garmindy, mr. barra, miss bromley, mr. cardenas, mr. hoffman, mr. lamont, mr. pierce, mr. ruiz, mrs. swalwell, mr. takano, mr. vargas, mr. sedanye, mrs. torrez, mr. valuedago, miss barrigan, mr. cashahol, mr. panetta, mr. goldman, mr. harder, mr. eleven, miss porter, mr. mike garcia, mrs. kim, mrs. steele, mr. doer, mr. robert garcia, mr. keely, mr. mullin. the mitt tee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. >> so we're -- the clerk just listed the names of the california delegation. kevin mccarthy is from the delegation. and we are now expecting some of the formal procedures to go on. i saw one of the members of the california delegation, congresswoman katie porter, sitting in the audience reading a book called the subtle art of not giving an f. >> another member of the california delegation by the name of nancy pelosi was walking by. that's going to be interesting. you know, traditionally, we have seen this moment, the leader of the opposition party g

mr. thompson or mr. katko. the chair now recognizes mr. wainstein for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairwoman slotkin, ranking member pfluger, very much appreciate the opportunity to discuss dhs's office of intelligence and analysis or i&a. it's an honor to be, here it's really an honor to be here representing the dedicated and high caliber intelligence professionals at i&a. oh my statement for the record includes a very comprehensive overview of what we are doing at i&a right now, over the next few minutes, i'd like to run through some of the key points. describing i&a mission, it's management and oversight. in terms of mission, first, very fundamentally, as an intelligence agency i&a's primary function is to carry at each stage of the intelligence cycle on behalf of its customers. setting requirements, protecting against those requirements, reporting on that collection and then disseminating those products to our partners. in terms of dissemination, i&a it's currently modernizing how we deliver intelligence to our partners. this,

mr. thompson. mister schiff. miss sanchez. mr. issa. mr. costa. miss max louis. mr. mcclintock.miss shoe. mr. garamendi. mr. bera. miss brownley. mr. cardenas. mr. hoffman. mr. -- . mr. peters. mr. wylie. mr. swalwell. mr. to cano. mr. vargas. mr. dishonor. mrs. torres. mr. valadao. miss barragan. mr. carbajal. mr. korea. mr. connolly. mr. panetta. mr. gomez. mr. harder. mr. levin. miss porter. mr. my garcia. mrs. kim. mr. open lte. mrs. feel. mr. doula. mister robert garcia. mr. calm like a dove. mr. keighley. mr. mullin. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. [inaudible] >> let's bring simone sanders back into this conversation. some of, what will happen next? >> so staff, what is going to happen next. as peter-elect, mccarthy, will come in. he will be part of the speaker -- he will likely speak for a time. previously we were told that people in our and are standing that congress would follow the rules package, and adopt the rules. because right now there are no rules governing congress. and frankly, there's no member of congress u

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today on international holocaust remembrance day to honor the memory of those who were murdered during the holocaust. the holocaust was a systematic government-sponsored persecution and murder of six millions by the nazi regime and collaborators. we honor the resilience of survivors and we rededicate ourselves to uphold the sacred promise of never again. the events and results of the holocaust were so devastating and extreme that we can barely imagine how such a horrendous event could even take place. we remember because it is an unthinkable scar on humanity. we not only remember, but more importantly we say, never again. today we mourn the lives of those we lost, and we celebrate those who saved them, and we honor those who survived. we must eradicate hatred and never become indifferent to the suffering of others. on the day of remembrance, the most important thing to remember is the humanity that exists in all of us. may we always remember and always pledge never aga

mr. thompson. mr. schiff. ms. sanchez. mr. issa. mr. costa. ms. matsui. mr. mcclintock. ms. chu. mr.amendi. mr. behra. ms. brownley. mr. cardenas. mr. hoffman. mr. lamalfa. mr. peters. mr. ruiz. mr. swalwell. mr. takano. mr. vargas. mr. desaulnier. mr. tore -- mrs. torres. mr. valadao. ms. barragan. mr. carbajal. mr. correa. mr. kaw navment mr. panetta. mr. gomez. mr. harder. mr. levin. ms. porter. mr. mike garcia. mrs. kim. mr. obernolte. mrs. steel. mr. dewar. mr. robert garcia. mr. mullin. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> the speaker-elect, the honorable kevin mccarthy from california. >> madam clerk. mr. jeffries: distinguished members of the house democratic caucus and the house republican caucus, it's my high honor and distinct privilege to finally welcome all of you to the 118th congress. let me just begin by thanking my good friend, pete aguilar, for his very generous words of introduction and for placing my name into nomination, a total of nine times. and i also want to thank my other colleagues from the democratic caucu

mr. thompson: the 15th congressional district encompasses 18th counties in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, nearly a third of the landmass. inincludes, cameron, center, including my hometown of howard, elk force, jefferson, porter, snyder, warren and union counties and also includes parts of indiana and other county. i take great pride in my service to the people of the 15th congressional district and work hard to earn their trust and be a diligent representative. when i'm not here in washington i spend my dines the road in the district traveling to meetings and events and work to connect with my constituents and truly be a voice for each community i serve. madam speaker, i appreciate the opportunity to speak here as i gave 144 one-minute speeches in the 117th congress. to be a strong voice for the citizens of the 15th district. the challenges before us remain great, it is my hope we'll tackle these challenges head on. it's the american way. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentleman from new je

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, over the weekend the commonwealth of pennsylvania kicked off one of my favorite events. the pennsylvania farm show. for more than a century 170 years, farmers have gathered each january at the pennsylvania farm show in harrisburg, pennsylvania. this weekend the event is the largest indoor agricultural exposition in the nation. showcasing more than 6,000 animals. nearly 12,000 exhibits. and more than half a million visitors. each year i host a listening session at the farm show and we cover a range of topics during the public forum. from rising awareness about agriculture education, to hearing very real concerns from our farmers, ranchers, producers, processors, and many more key rural stakeholders. this year the listening session will take place on friday, january 13. the pennsylvania farm show brings together so many different agriculture advocates from all different corners of the industry. it is an event like none other. i'm very proud this takes place in the commonwealth

mr. thompson of california. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek reckings in? mr. wall green: i reserve a point of order. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment. mr. thompson: my amendment would ensewer that any plan to respond to high prices with the strategic petroleum reserve include oil conservation measures which will save our constituents money and strengthen our national security. reducing our couldn't rib's reliance on the oil reduce our economic and security exposure to hostile foreign governments. the biden administration has successfully used the strategic petroleum reserve to lower prices for consumers following russia's despicable invasion of ukraine and in response to opec's punitive oil production cuts. in both cases, prices fell. and fell significantly. following the administration's actions. my amendment would give the administration another tool to reduce prices and save money for our constituents. policies that reduc

mr. thompson: madam speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to celebrate national milk day. today is a great day to raise a glass of milk in honor of our dairy farmers who work 24/7 to bring fresh, nutritious, and delicious milk to our tables every single day. we celebrate national milk day on january 11 because on this day in 1878, milk was delivered in sterilized glass bottles for the first time. i'm proud to come from a long line of dairy farmers. according to pennsylvania department of agriculture, pennsylvania has 500,000 cows, producing more than 10.2 billion pounds of milk annually. the keystone state ranks seventh in milk production in the country, pennsylvania's also second nationally in the number of dairy farms with 6200 farms across the commonwealth. agriculture's number one industry in pennsylvania and with the pennsylvania dairy industry providing 52,000 jobs an

mr. thompson. mister schiff. miss sanchez. mr. issa. mr. costa. miss max louis. mr. mcclintock.miss shoe. mr. garamendi. mr. bera. miss brownley. mr. cardenas. mr. hoffman. mr. -- . mr. peters. mr. wylie. mr. swalwell. mr. to cano. mr. vargas. mr. dishone. mrs. torres. mr. valadao. miss barragan. mr. carbajal. mr. korea. mr. connolly. mr. panetta. mr. gomez. mr. harder. mr. levin. miss porter. mr. my garcia. mrs. kim. mr. open lte. mrs. feel. mr. doula. mister robert garcia. mr. calm like a dove. mr. keighley. mr. mullin. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> let's bring simone sanders back into this conversation. simone, what will happen next? >> so steff, what is going to happen next. as peter-elect, mccarthy, will come in. he will be part of the speaker then he will likely he will likely speak for a time. previously we were told that people in our and are standing that congress would follow the rules package, and adopt the rules. because right now there are no rules governing congress. and frankly, ther

mr. jason thompson, the chief financial officer of red wood materials. ms. ry the vice president of human resources of bmw, mr. jeff dee ton manager director for new york of aesc. the chief executive officer of control magnet mega, mr. mike sweaty, the president of bosch north america the vice president and general manager of new core steel. ms. kristy senior vice president of human resources for ea sween. mr. chris garcia chief executive officer of help supply u.s. mr. jonathon that'llly president and chief executive office, officer of keyon and work around clock to produce these successes and they're hering to here tonis and gentlemen we thank you all for making 2022 a record-breaking year in south carolina. and this year let's do it again! [cheering and applause] >> thank you. thank you last year presented numerous dmarnlings the people of south carolina including those resulting from the misguided and unconstitutional policies in the biden administration such as dramatic inflation and sharp interest rate hikes. left unchecked, run away federal spending ha

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate the shingle house american legion post 530 in potter county on its 100th anniversary. this friday, january 13, will be 100 years since its charter was enacted. in celebration of this monumental anniversary, shingle house is hosting a week long open house for the public. events include special meals, activities for all ages, and lots of prizes. in early years they gathered they dry cleaning shop of shorty. as time went on and membership grew, the post reached its top membership in 1999 when it had 284 members and 271 social members. today it remains a traditional style legion. with community engagement and a focus on projects to support the legion's four pillars. veterans' affairs and rehabilitation, national security, americanism, and children and youth. the post tirchs to support community projects like adopt a highway, local boy scout and girl scout troops, and wounded warriors. mr. speaker, the shingle house american legion post 530 continues to serve a

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. huffman, for doing this amendment, and for yielding me time. the northern california coastline includes some of the most scenic and biodiverse waters in the world. as one of the five most significant updwellings in the world, california's north coast is home to nutrient-rich surface waters critical to maintaining vast biodiversity. this coastline is home to dozens of marine mammals, over 100 species of sea birds and shorebirds, and a tremendousment in of fish species -- tremendous number of fish species including salmon, striped bass and many more. an oil spill off this coast would devastate both the marine life and the local economy. it would crush the fishing community and local tourism. this amendment deserves to be passed and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. the gentleman from california yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. chair, i withdraw my point of order. the chair: the reservation is withd

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thompson started talking about i am. >> i want to say apply condolences to mr. hamlin of the buffalo bills, his family, list teammates and the city of buffaloful as athletes, sometime the game can overshadow us as individuals or people. on behalf of the warriors organization, we want to wish him the best, keeping him in our prayers and hoping for the best possible outcome. just a tremendous person and it's bigger than the sport. >> klay isn't the only one reacting. a lot of people are reaching out on twitter. let's take a look. it looks like oakland a's, san francisco 49ers, the raiders. this is a football player that, he actually tried tackling. he tweeted out today as well. my prayers and thoughts go out to hamlin, the family family. i'm praying that you pull through, bro, love. it looks like san francisco 49ers, prayers. and the las vegas raiders saying sending our prayers to damar hamlin and his family. hi, what stories are catching your attention? >> a big one coming out of capitol hill. we've seen it all day. ken mccarthy bidding for house speakerful there

when the game ended , klay thompson started his press conference with a message for hamlin. >> i just want to send my condolences to mr. hamlin of the buffalo bills, his family, his teammates, the city of buffalo. as athletes, the game can sometimes overshadow us as individuals and people. on behalf of the organization, we wish him the best , keeping him in our prayers. >> moments ago, nfl network reported that he remains on a ventilator but has improved to 50% oxygen needed after being at 100% last night. we are all just waiting for good news, hoping, praying for anything good surrounding damar hamlin right now. >> it's so good to see our community unite for one good cause. >> and the worst tragedy, people cannot ensure goodness. >> thank you. >> to show support for damar hamlin, the 49ers along with the rest of the nfl teams change their twitter avatar photos to a jersey graphic with hamlin's number 3 and the caption, pray for damar. >>> still ahead on kpix 5, what a story in washington. the deadlock on capitol hill that has not been seen in a century. the gop drama for house speaker. >>> the snowplow incident that

mr. trump and at this time it could be targeted from using the course for future political gains. i am simone sanders thompson, and i have something to say. extraordinary measures and that is what treasury secretary janet yellen says is necessary to keep america afloat until june. this is after the u.s. government hit its debt limit this past thursday. in a letter to congressional leadership, yellin more inch, that period of time that extraordinary measures may last it's subject to considerable uncertainty. including the challenges of forecasting the payments and receipts of the u.s. government munson to the future. respectfully urge congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the united states. that is the treasury secretary basically begging congress to give further tools to pay our bills. so let me just give you all a refresher out, they're the debt limit is not about new spending. the debt limit dictates how much the government can borrow to pay its bills that are already do. the united states has never intentionally failed to pay its debts before but house republicans say they are th

thompson took a moment to send his thoughts to do mar hamlin last night after the warriors game. i just wanted to send my condolences to mr hamlin of the buffalo bills, his family, his teammates in the city of buffalo. um as athletes , sometimes the game can overshadow us as individuals or people and ah, just on behalf of organ organization. we wish him the best keeping him in our prayers and hoping for the best possible outcome and um, just tremendous person and it's bigger than sports. thompson made it clear that the warriors and the entire sports world is joining together hoping for demar hamlin's recovery and there has been an outpouring of support for hamlin from fans and other nfl players. a go fund me page is now raised more than $5.3 million. hamlin started the fundraiser back in 2022 supported toyed drive in his hometown. when it first started, the goal was to raise $2500 professional rally driver and stuntman ken block has died. block was known as one of the founders of hooligan racing. the racing league confirmed he died in a snowmobile crash near his home in utah yesterday. block also co founded the skateboard

stephen golan, fox news and clay thompson took a moment to send his thoughts to denmark hamlet last night after the warriors game. i just wanted to send my condolences to mr hamlin of the buffalo bills, his family, his teammates in the city of buffalo. um as athletes sometimes. the game can overshadow us as individuals or people and just on behalf of organ organization. we wish him the best keeping him in our prayers and hoping for the best possible outcome and um, just tremendous person and it's bigger than sports. thompson made it clear the warriors and the entire sports world are joining together, hoping for demar hamlin's recovery and as stephen was just talking about there has been a tremendous outpouring of support for hamlin from fans and other nfl players and those who aren't even fans. but i want the best for the player that go fund being pages now raised more than $5 million. the bills. players started the fundraiser back in 2020 to support a toy drive in his hometown when it first started, by the way the goal was to raise $2500. so he is well past that clearly great to see, um, continuing coverage of the drama on capitol hill as congress tries

thompson biddle who was an american heiress living in paris and who entertained the eisenhower's when they lived in paris when general eisenhower was serving as the commander of nato and then finally mrs. eisenhower the first period room in the white house was introduced under mrs. eisenhower. it wasn't her idea. it was proposed to her by michael greer of the national society of interior designers, but she agreed to it and honest, you know, if she hadn't agreed it wouldn't have happened and they proposed for the first time. furnishing a room in the white house with all antiques of the same period and so the room that was selected was the diplomatic reception room on the ground floor the oval room there and their members donated everything from the idea was to create a federal style parlor of about 1800 and so american antiques and furnishings that would have been available to wealthy americans at the time. we're all donated to the house. you see mrs. eisenhower president eisenhower accepting the donation there in the top photo. so a lot of the a lot of the stage was set for mrs. kennedy. that's a perfect transition in elaine into a question for you you of course are the co-author of t

thompson biddle who was an american heiress living in paris and who entertained the eisenhower's when they lived in paris when general eisenhower was serving as the commander of nato and then finally mrs. eisenhower the first period room in the white house was introduced under mrs. eisenhower. it wasn't her idea. it was proposed to her by michael greer of the national society of interior designers, but she agreed to it and honest, you know, if she hadn't agreed it wouldn't have happened and they proposed for the first time. furnishing a room in the white house with all antiques of the same period and so the room that was selected was the diplomatic reception room on the ground floor the oval room there and their members donated everything from the idea was to create a federal style parlor of about 1800 and so american antiques and furnishings that would have been available to wealthy americans at the time. we're all donated to the house. you see mrs. eisenhower president eisenhower accepting the donation there in the top photo. so a lot of the a lot of the stage was set for mrs. kennedy. that's a perfect transition in elaine into a question for you you of course are the co-author of t

thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: renewed questions over the links between boris johnson and bbc chairman richard sharp, following a report that the then—prime minister was told to stop asking mrn today, particularly into parts of scotland. more on that later. it's sunday the 29th of january. our main story. links between borisjohnson and bbc chairman richard sharp are under fresh scrutiny this morning, following a report that the then—prime minister was told to stop asking mr sharp forfinancial advice. mr sharp's appointment is under review following claims in the sunday times that he helped mrjohnson secure a loan before getting hisjob. both men deny any wrongdoing. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. this is sam blyth, the wealthy canadian businessmen and distant cousin of boris johnson. back in 2020, he said he wanted to help out the then prime minister financially. he asked his friend richard sharp had to go about it. mr sharp at the time was advising the government and put mr blyth in touch with the most senior civil servant in the country to discuss the matter. but richard sharp was also running for the job of bbc chairman. it is an appointment given by the

mr. thompson of pennsylvania, chair. committee on appropriations, ms. granger, chair. committee on armed services, mr. rogers of alabama, chair. committee on the budget, mr. arrington, chair. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> by direction of the democratic caucus i ask for -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will suspend. the house will come to order. >> by direction of the democratic caucus, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for immediate consideration. the clerk: house resolution 15, resolved that the following -- >> i ask that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. without objection. the the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. the house will be in order. members take your conversations off the floor. members take your conversation off the floor. f

mr. thompson: i rise to recognize an individual who serves as a voice for pennsylvania agriculture, dave will quams has been a key voice in agriculture for more than 20 years. a farmer himself, he never expected to air on three networks. this week, dave will kick off his 25th year broadcasting in the pennsylvania farm show, the largest agriculture expo in the country. he reached 10,000 listeners. today, he reaches 6 million people a week. dave continues to be an important voice for pennsylvania's number one industry and uses his platform to advocate for agriculture and he highlights the important works of our ranchers and farmers. and thank you, dave, for being the voice of pennsylvania agriculture. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chamber will come to order. please take your conversations off the floor. the chamber will come to order. please take your conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker. i rise today to commend

mr. thompson: i rise today to recognize the alpha fire company in state college and the logan fire company in bell font as well as their volunteers who collected community donations for the ymca of center county's anti-hunger program. mr. speaker, these volunteers collected community donations of shelf stable food totaling more than 24,000 pounds during a four-year canuary food drive on saturday at four center county wise market locations. neighbors helping neighbors strengthens our community. as we continue to see rising food kansass -- costs and record inflation, more and more families are turning to local food banks for assistance. the idea of the canuary started at a school but became a large-scale effort as volunteers started offering to help. as one who served for decades as a volunteer firefighter i'm happy to see the support they continue to provide to the community. the canuary food drive will aid in the effort and continues through the end of the month with many churches, businesses, schools, offices and groups participating. congratulations on a successful weekend food drive. th