whereas this resignation was forced by paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the house republican conference. whereas, the speaker's team said, quote, the decision to remove the chaplain was his, speaker ryan's, end quote. whereas the lack of notification of his forced resignation or adequate resignation provide bide speaker paul d. ryan is not reflected of the integrity of the house of representatives. whereas on november 6, 2017, during debate on the g.o.p. tax scam, the chaplain led in opening prayer asking god to bless congress can and for congress to quote, guarantee that there are not winners and losers under the new tax laws, but benefits balanced and shared by all americans, end quote. whereas this prayer reflects the core values of many americans, in particular people of the catholic faith, including care and concern for the poor and the marginalized. whereas on april 9, 2018, pope francis published his third apoe stolic exhortation entitled, rejoice and be heard, which states that christians mu

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have blesseds

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. ll time shall be equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. abraham, for five minutes. thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to highlight the louisiana national guard youth challenge program, a wonderful program that is changing young people's lives and making louisiana a better place. youth challenge accepts high-risk students 16 to 18 years of age and offers them the education, training, and emotional support they need to finish their high school equivalency requirements and gives them the life skills they need to be productive adults. these students faced challeng

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue past 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: mr. speaker, the president said to reporters at the white house on monday, quote, it's a disgrace, it's frankly a real disgrace, it's an attack on our country, a true sense of attack for all we stand for, end quote. i think this is a real disgrace but not the investigation of the president. special at the investigation and those close to him and i don't think lawful warrants for the homes, offices, fellow drifter are

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. today many around the world might harold what they call a transition of power in my native homeland of cuba, but that couldn't be further from the truth. this sham transition is more smoke and mirrors, another ploy out of the castro playbook. the reality is that raul castro will continue to maintain his grip on power. the reality is that the cuban people will be no closer to freedom t

whereas this resignation was forced by paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the house republican conference. whereas, the speaker's team said, quote, the decision to remove the chaplain was his, speaker ryan's, end quote. whereas the lack of notification of his forced resignation or adequate resignation provide bide speaker paul d. ryan is not reflected of the integrity of the house of representatives. whereas on november 6, 2017, during debate on the g.o.p. tax scam, the chaplain led in opening prayer asking god to bless congress can and for congress to quote, guarantee that there are not winners and losers under the new tax laws, but benefits balanced and shared by all americans, end quote. whereas this prayer reflects the core values of many americans, in particular people of the catholic faith, including care and concern for the poor and the marginalized. whereas on april 9, 2018, pope francis published his third apoe stolic exhortation entitled, rejoice and be heard, which states that christians mu

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 2325, an act to incentivize the hiring of united states workers in the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, and for other purposes, which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, i chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the the gentlewoman from gua

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the jorlte and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other shall be than majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes of the the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. speaker, the cbs news program 60 minutes devoted more than half their show on sunday to seaven month investigation into a legion heir, a low budget airline based in las vegas. it was called flying under the radar. it is one of the most profitable airlines in the u.s. and made a healthy profit for 60 straight months. and up until word came out about the expose on cbs, its stock was doing well. to reward invest yost while still sel

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to thed orer of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the minority and majority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the tchare recognizes the gentleman -- the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today on holocaust remembrance day to honor the memory of those murdered in the holocaust. the holocaust was the systematic government sponsored persecution and murder of six million jews by the nazi regime and its collaborator. we honor the resilience of you are -- of survivors and dedicate ourselves to uphold the sacred promise of ne

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as the members of this people's house deliberate these days, give them the wisdom and magnimity to lay aside what might divide us as a people to our a secure future for country. we pray for all people who have special needs. may your presence be known to those who are sick that they might feel our country. the power of your ealing spirit. inspire the men and women who serve in this house to be their bestselves that they may, in turn, be an inspiration to the nation and to the world. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition. mr. thomps

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.er pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january , 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1 --

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 2325, an act to iniv

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.aker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the jorlte and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.er pro tempore: pursuant to thed orer of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between theti

d work. >> narrator: speaker paul ryan headed for the white house. he had devised a way of handling the new president. he would provide an agenda. it began with obamacare. >> paul ryan came to the president ansaid, "look, our goal, our plan, is, we'll get repeal and replace done by easter." okay, easy peasy lemon squeezy, we've done thindred times, right? then we'll get a tax cut done probably by labor day, and you'll have your transportation bill done before the end of your first year, and you'll have the most successful esidency of a first-year president in the history of our country. >> he thought that it would be easy to work with trump. that the president just wanted "wins," righ he just wanted... he just wanted to be able to say he was winning and that he uldn't be particularly combative about the details. it was just about, "get me bills and i'll sign them." >> narrator: with republicans in corol of congress, ryan believed he was on the verge of enacting policies he'd advocated for decades. he had been in washington since he was 22. >> this gu

d acoso sexual por una mujer en su equipo. presentÓ la renuncia al presidente de la cÁmara baja, paul ryan. con un estudio, en estos estados que ahora ve en amarillo es donde las familias se llevan alrededor de 58,000 dÓlares. esto es muy cercano al promedio nacional. no obstante en estados que se ven ahora en rojo el ingreso familiar estÁ por encima del promedio. los estados de maryland, columbia, alaska tienen el promedio de ingreso mÁs alto en todo el paÍs. en el sur de mÉxico, autoridades rescatan a mÁs de 100 inmigrantes centroamericanos que viajaban ocultos en un trÁiler. y deja saldo mortal un motÍn en una prisiÓn. enrique: autoridades mexicanas rescataron a un grupo de indocumentados centroamericanos en tabasco. la tercera parte del grupo estaba compuesta por menores de edad que viajaban en la caja de un trÁiler en condiciones inhumanas, hacinados y deshidratados. alejandro: este es el momento en que 131 inmigrantes descienden uno a uno de la caja de un trÁiler en la que viajaban clandestinamente y amontonados sobre una carretera del estado sureÑo de tabasco. >> con la implementaciÓ

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has set a may 12th deadline to tk-d whether to keep the deal or pull out -- to decide whether to keep the deal or pull out. >>> and many want to know why speaker paul ryan asked reverend conroy to step down. the former speaker of the house says he never requested for the chaplain to retire. >>> we have a story of kindness and generosity and it involves an oakland police officer who found a way to help a family of eight. he heard they needed a car and responded. what happened next brought the officer to tears. >> reporter: a home has forever changed the lives of the oakland family and the police officer. >> the mother took the initiative to pull me over while i was doing something else. can you just spend a few minutes. >> before ira i tell you there were a lot of things they saw negative about police officers. >> reporter: that was nearly a year ago. since then officer ira anderson has adopted the family. including taking them to the beach. but in august they had a set back. >> things have been tough for us because we had to move out of where we lived because of the high rents. >> reporter: the family moved into this camper, a few months later yet anoth

reple the uthorization for the use of military force," or a.u.m.f., d thes back to 2001 and the 9/11 attacks. house speaker paul ryannseled caution, while democratic senator tim kaine argued it's long overdue. >> the goal is to do something bipartisan-- to do sething to update these old authorities, to do something that puts tations on the when, whe and who we are at war against. it's specifically about non- state terror groups, not nation- states. >> there is existing authority, and this was article two in this particular strike, but the current a.u.m.f. doehave the existing authority. and the question going forward on any new a.u.m.f. is, do it give the military the tools they need, or tie their hands behind their back?nw >> woodruff: mle, the state department disputed syria's claim that international inspectors have entered the city of douma. that is where a suspected chemical attack sparked la weekend's air strikes. officials in greece report a new surge of migrants entering the country from turkey. police say they have detained more than 500 people crossing overland, since sunday. the refugees are from northern

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d relieves more. >> lou: it turns out that paul rhine's term as house speaker may end sooner than he's planning. republicans may force the speaker to leave by this summer perhaps sooner. ryan wants to retire in january of 2019. that would be a long- time lame duck leading the house in the midterms. probably not the best prescription and credit to ed rollins, who said here last night on this broadcast, ryan should go home and live well and get out of the way. joining is the great american pack. and ed rollins, a great call and we see the drum beat picking up. >> no offense to ryan and thank you very much for 20 years in service and go back home. we are in a battle like we have not seen in modern times to hold the house of representative. 40 seats are vacant and another ten before the 19 states and in a close registration and could have 50 members of the party not running for reelection and gives opportunities for democrats, all rating books said 50 competitive and vast majority of them is ours. we need a leader to set an agenda. all of it is the trump agenda. and the problem is that ryan has, he's running on the idea of a balanced budget amendment now and passed the extraor

d for you? is this a bad sign?" they almost said today, judy, "election? what election? no, this isn't about paul ryan." but clearly this is a conference that is very nevous about perception. they do think as i charlie dent said in the piece, that president trump might re of an issue. but they want to make sure to keep paul ryan's sconsin seat as well. >> woodruff: lisa, while we're talking about that, you mentioned the race to replace paul ry you mentioned the two other-- his deputies, in effect, mccarthy and scalise. we heard-- i think it was-- one of the people you interviewed said the jockeying is going to start immediaty. i guess oit mark meadows. what kind of jockeying? what are we look at? >> get ready.go we are nog to have an answer who will be the next speaker any time soon. judy, this isn't just a race for the speakership. because the tbhox in line are w,nning against each other, essentially right hat means all five of the top republican leadership spots in the house are up for grabs. so then you could have a five-way, 10-way, 12-way kind of race, many dierent members trying to get involved, m

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d without funding that. by the record deficits by the record debts. and people like paul ryan said for years -- if you put us in charge again, we won't make the same mistakes. but for again, for small government conservatives like myself who believe paul ryan would be different, it's extraordinary to see the record spending and the record deficits. the complete lack of fiscal responsibility that paul ryan and mitch mcconnell and donald trump have shown over the past year and a half. >> an insurgent has taken over the republican party, joe, and paul ryan is the latest victim of that insurgency. and i don't see the party being able to come back together for a good long while. i think the mid term elections are going to be very tough for republicans. >> heidi, the reason that paul ryan gave yesterday was to be with his family and i believe that's true. the more cynical view is that he sees a tidal wave coming this fall and he wants to get out of the way. we've seen right now the most congressional retirements since world war ii, save for 1992. republicans now out to defend 39 ope

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend timothy kesicki, jesuit conference, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. dear lord, we meet during this holy season. we are reminded what the erican writer and theologian biekner said of easter. nothing, no horror can happen that will permanently quench of presencey of holiness that is always there under the ever-lasting arms. we gather to place ourselves in the protection of your ever-lasting arms. we look out at your creation, budding new of life from every window, reminding us that as you have raised your son to new life you will continue to raise up all who turn to you. you can turn fear into promise, despair into hope, defeat into victory, and remind us that new life still flows in spite of everything. this is the joy of easter. this is your gift to us this day. may we live and proclaim this new life in all that we say and do. we pray, amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 2-a

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january , 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1 -- the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-amplets of rule 1, the chair declares the house in >> a brief morning session there in the house. members expected back briefly at 2:00 p.m. eastern time before starting legislative work at 5:00 with several natural resources bills on the docket for the day. one would help establish fallen educators memorial. members are expected to spend most of the week debating bills in recognition of tax day which is tomorrow. they're intended to protect taxpayers and ensure the i.r.s. and other government agencies are more responsive. we may hear speeches on the floor today on the recent air strikes in syria. you can watch live house coverage here on c-span and the senate also back today working on a water rights bill

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our gratitude. you have created us with opportunities to serve other people and their need, to share together a respect and affection and to be faithful in the responsibilities we have been given. in this moment of prayer, please grant to the members of this people's house the gifts of wisdom and discernment that in their words and actions they will do justice, love with mercy, and walk humbly with you. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the -- the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the chair will now lead the house in the pledge of allegiance.

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, the reverend vincent derosa from st. francis xavier catholic church, washington, d.c. the chaplain: as this house seeks to participate in your own loving care for our people, grant its members likewise in your participation of your wisdom, prudence and perseverance in good. rouse in their hearts the humble reverence for those who have gone before us and joyous hope for the future. in particular, excite in their deliberation a lively concern for the most vulnerable among us so that each and every person may be assured of needed comfort when their hour of need inevitably comes. we ask these and all other blessings for these united states of america. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 2-a of the house resolution 796, the chair of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to t