ms. pelosi. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. sessions: i send to the desk a privileged resolution. the clerk: resolution 451, resolution, resolved that the clerk of the house inform the senate that the house is ready to proceed with business. the speaker: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. sessions: i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: house resolution 452, resolution, resolved that unless otherwise ordered, the daily meeting of the house shall be 2 proximate cause on mondays or 2 p.m. on tuesdays and noon on wednesdays and thursdays and 9:00 a.m. on all other days of the week. the speaker: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. sessions: i ask unanimous consent that the order of the house of january 3, 2013, providing for morni

ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i commend her for her long-standing and strong support and respect for women for their judgment, for the size and timing of their families, for women, when women succeed, america succeeds and congresswoman, ranking member slaughter has been a great proponent of that. today the president will stand at the rostrum of the house and report on the state of the union. on a day when we should join him in laying out a vision of opportunity and optimism for our country, republicans are voting to limit women's health care decisions. they are hiding the provisions of this legislation by what they have described as long-standing tradition and accepted policy that there will be no federal funding for abortion. and indeed there isn't. it's spelled out every time we have a bill that addresses this in appropriation which they have stated very clearly and they have said in a bipartisan way we have supported. so why are we wasting ti

ms. pelosi, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from california, mr. becerra, the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley, the gentleman from new york, mr. 's reel, and the -- israel, and the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delahr row. >> the president appoints the following senators as members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort the president to have united states into the house chamber. the senator from nevada, mr. reid. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the senator from new york, mr. schumer. the senator from washington, ms. murray. the senator from colorado, mr. bennett. the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow. the senator from alaska, mr. begich. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the senator from south dakota, mr. thune. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. and the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. >> the members of the escort committee are exit through the chamber doors through the lobby. [inaudible conversations] .. brt [ inaudible con

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ready to celebrate it's one hundred and 40th nancy pelosi so to quickly summarize those names that were provided to our office by a lot of feedback first ms. cameron devoted her life since she joined the partnering home and later another home for orphaned children. i'm proposing we add cameron alley we're not replacing the name only adding the designation for a street known as cameron alley because cameron spent time doing outreach to girls and helped during the course of her life. the second resolution is a woman ms. limb was an activist in china town that devoted her life for housing and streets in china town. she was with the staff in the community development center unsuccessful advocating for the southern subway and on montgomery street as an affordable housing. sf tomorrow and the sf board of supervisors she approved the transit accessibility. i'm proposing we add the designation to battery street while serving open the china town association she she continuing added to the streets importance and to the senior homes. finally the last resolution is to add the designation to merchant street. bud moose and willing i can't think memos s

ms. hahn: good. good for them. i think, as jan talked about, nancy pelosi and rosa delauro, we've had this incredible campaign called, when women succeed, america succeeds. and the point is it's good to help women in this country because this will really help america to succeed. and we no longer have the kind of families that many of us watched on television in the 1950's. in fact, the american family has permanently changed. and women head up more families on their own, more than half of the babies born to women ages 30 and younger are born to unmarried women. by the way, most of them white. so we've got women who are heading their families. we've got women who are trying to take care of their families. and they are now the sole bread winners in their family. they're not necessarily the second income or the income that helps out. with the man having the major income. and the statistic i think that, out of the shriver report that was really eye-opening for me, when we talk about the minimum wage, is that 2/3 of the workers who earn a minimum wage in this country are women. and if we could raise this minimum wage to

ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. to cite what the gentlelady from tennessee said, president obama and his administration as well as leader pelosi strongly oppose h.r. 7. but i rise today in strong opposition to h.r. 7, the no taxpayer funding for abortion act. despite the misleading title, this bill is not about federal funding for abortions. it's about intervening in women's personal health care decision. 41 years ago, the supreme court confirmed in roe v. wade, the constitutional right for women to keep our decisions about our bodies to us and to our doctors. yet here we are four decades later confronted by another draconian bill that encroaches on that right. since 1976, the hyde amendment has prohibited the use of federal dollars for abortion. the affordable care act is compliant with the hyde amendment. the affordable care act is law. the bill before us is nothing more than a deceitful attempt to place further restrictions on women's access to health care services. unfortunately, these kind of baseless attacks on women's reproductive rights continue to be led by republican men. it is clear that the all-male republican memb