behind us, so does my 22 years of public service in this incredible crucible of democracy, the united states house of representatives. i want to start by thanking my wife of 38 years and our son who is 30, melene and anthony have always supported me -- supported of n my three decades service. i know my colleagues will understand this when i say i'll never fully understand all that they've sacrificed so i could fulfill my duty in office but i do know it was a lot. i also want to thank my terrific staff over the years and especially those who helped me build and lead such successful organizations, including my two personal office chiefs of staff, over 22 years, brian mcdonald and larissa bounds, terrific leaders both my executive directors at the nrcc when i ran the republican campaign organization, liesl hickey and rob symms my staff directors at the energy and commerce committee. you've heard of the late ray bauming, my colleague dating back to the clear -- dating clear back to the 1980's in the oregon legislature until just a couple of years ago when he passed away of cancer. mike blomqust and ry

they made a gain of at least half a dozen seats in the united states house where they were expected to lose seats. they will at least be in a tie or maintaine control after the elections in georgia. they made dramatic gains among hispanics, especially hispanic women. , trumps numbers among african-americans were double or triple what they were in 2016 in certain parts of the country. any women are said to serve 96 congress, or publican women than at any time in history. so against all expectations in the middle of a pandemic, with all the media predicting doom and gloom, the president of the united states just barely apparently lost the selection. yet looking ahead, think about what is ahead. havesentially conservative/republican, we have a good foothold in the united states supreme court, historically the midterm election since world war ii there's been a change of up to -- from the out party to the party which means republicans are in good shape to retake the house in 22 and if they don't hold the majority in the senate, they fall back into a tie if they had bad fortune georgia. they

mother barbara, two of my dear friends, your daughters, laura and laya, from the floor of the united states house of representatives to you in heaven, we love you, we miss you. we'll see you soon. god bless. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate true it evanson of kernsville, georgia, on his retirement after 36 amazing years at georgia power. he began his career at georgia power in 1984 as a distribution engineer and remained faithful to the company's values and operations ever since. he held a variety of leadership roles including recently serving as the southeast region vice president since 2017. he was instrumental at fostering good working relationships with elected state official, other georgia companies, and industries, and georgia power field office managers when he served as their vice president o

ten years ago i sat on the floor of the united states house of representatives as we prepared -- some of my completion here with me -- to be sworn into the 1123th congress. i watched with our daughter allison patiently sitting by my side as the peaceful transition of power took place. the hallmark our republic. as the most powerful constitutionally prescribed member of congress, the speaker of the house gave the gavel to a newly elected speaker. without gunshot or war, peacefully transitioning to a new majority. today i speak on the senate floor with a heart of gratitude that as i leave with a new congress set to begin, i go home not because of or due to the threat of violence or revolution but because of that same constitutional governance that has given this country over two centuries of strength and certainty, a jewel among nations, exceptionally blessed by god. it's been the privilege to serve with you and this country. we owe every man, woman, and child in this country our commitment to them, to not pass on to that next generation a nation in decline or retreat but a nation that

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of repres entives.] house will be e in order. pursuant to the order of january 7, 2020, 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. with time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the missouri, mrs. hartzler. . mrs. hartzler: i rise today to honor the doctors and nurses of the fourth district who have witnessed the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on a daily basis. these frontline health care workers cope with the deaths and illnesses brought on by this virus and witnesses to the heartbreaking losses family members

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. titus of nevada, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. titus will vote yes on h.j.res. 110. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by mr. doggett, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. doggett will vote aye on h.j.res. 110. as the member designated by ms. fletcher, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. fletcher votes aye on h.j.res. 110. as the member designated by mr. mcnerney of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. mcnerney votes aye on h.j. resolution 110. as the m

. >> you never want to read too much into a single vote of the united states house of representatives, or maybe even two votes in the house of representatives, at least this terms of what it means for the broader state of the democratic party, the republican party, but it was tough not to do just that with two votes that happened on monday night. one vote, trying to the demand from president trump, to increase direct payments from $600 to $2,000, the other to sustain the veto of the national defense authorization act, a defense policy bill that had been signed into law with wide bipartisan support for 59 consecutive years. how it broke down, well, it underscored the tight rope that republicans are facing, 130 house republicans voting against the democratic measure to increase those stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000. it passed. it is now heading over to the senate for the 130 noes, kind of underscores from an economic ideological perspective, the republicans willing to split with the president on that issue. on the veto override of the national defense authorization act, some repub

the district of columbia, friday, january 6, 20 21, in a joint session of the united states senate and united states house of representatives for the purpose of determining the foronal electoral vote president and vice president of the united states. everything is distributed? ok. in addition, it must be distributed for the purpose of maintaining the public record and the chair recognizes the honorable harold lawrence of delaware county for the purpose of offering a resolution. thank you, madam president. i offer a resolution in the distribution of remaining documents. resolved that the president send one elector to take charge and make sure that the packages of documents are delivered to the secretary of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, one of which shall be held subject to the president of the united states, the other to be preserved by the secretary for one year and shall be part of the public records of her office. that all legally required documents are delivered to the archivist of the united states and washington, d.c., and to the honorable john jones, chief judge of the united states district cou

the united states house and senate have passed a giant year-end spending package combining $900 billion in pandemic relief with one point $4 trillion in regular government spending. the vote will now go to president trump to sign. hackersd russian targeted senior treasury officials in the recent cyberattack. according to the top democrat on the senate finance committee, the information taken is yet known -- not yet known. it doesn't seem to have hit the irs or taxpayer data. the european union has approved a vaccine from pfizer, paving the way for immunization to start before the year-end. officials at europe's health there is noy evidence a vaccine won't work against the new variant of covid-19. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. coming up, a last-ditch push. ready to givee ground on fishing rights, opening the way for a trade deal with the eu. brexit deal potentially. this is bloomberg. ♪ the usual gifts are just not going to cut it. we have to find something else. good luck! what do

they know no where president trump said he stands for the nano but every member of the united states house of representatives stands. the market people need to know. in the steps springtime we are living through. it was on the side. to give their families the help which they needed. senator sanders right, to be yes or no. we should do this before the end of this year. >> thank you madam president. america has 600 billionaires. no billion dollars to the sound like a lot of money these days. president trump just signed a sign begrudgingly thousand $100 million in it. but trust me, and million dollars and still a whole lot of money. thatactually so much money is really hard to find words to describe what it looks like. but let me m try. if your friends since one of the half-million emergency makes the minimum wage in this nation, and are lucky enough to work 40 hours a week per unit guess how any years you would have to work in order to get a billion dollars. 500 years, 1000 years, 10000 years. no, you're not even close. if you make minimum wage in america today. you needou to work for 75000

they now know where every member of the united states house of representatives stands. and the american people have a right to know in this desperate time that we are living through who was on their side to give their families the help which they needed. senator sanders is right. we should have a vote. it should be yes or no. and we should do this before the end of this year. madam president, i yield back the balance of my time. mr. murphy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. madam president, america has 600 billionaires. now, a billion dollars doesn't sound like a lot of money these days. president trump just signed a bill begrudgingly that has $900 billion in it, but trust me ... a billion dollars is still a whole lot of money. it's actually so much money that it's really hard to find words to describe what it looks like. but let me try. if you're, for instance, one of the half a million americans who makes the minimum wage in this nation and you're lucky enough to work 40 hours week, guess how

they now know were every member of the united states house speaker of representatives stands. and the american people have a right to know. in this desperate time that we are livinggh through, who was on their side to give their families the help which they needed. senator sanders is right, we should have a vote, it should be yes or no. we should do this before the end of thisth year. madam president i yield that the balance of my time. >> that a president price mix senator from >> thank you madam president. madam president, america has fix hundred billionaires. that may not sound like a lot of money these days, president trump just signed a bill begrudgingly that had $900 billion in it. but it's still a whole lot of money. so much money that it's really hard to find words to describe what it looks like. but let me try. he turned around and you're lucky enough to work 40 hours a week, guess how many years you would have to work in order to get a billion dollars. five and her dears? a thousand years? 10,000 years? you're not even close. if you make minimum wage in america today

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. if [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you're watching c-span your unfiltered vaw of government. created by america's cable television companies. as a public service. and brought to you today by your television provider. with a peaceful presidential transition of pow for the question, sunday night on "q&a," 'res rian susan shelton and alk about the most contentious transition -list history between lincoln and -- >> several southern states didn't recognize the election of abraham lincoln as legitimate. they considered him a sectional president for the fact that by and large his support came from nonslave states. no sooner had he been elected than south carolina makes good on its promise to proceed toward seceding from the union. >> he had no choice given the resounding nature of the vote and the way it was r

president's legal efforts to reverse the results of the you know member election but now the united states house of representatives in a supposedly be tope majority passed the over $740000000000.00 national depends authorization act and yet another act of defiance to the now lame duck president you see trump had made it abundantly clear that he would veto the bill a if it did not remove a provision to rename military bases name for confederate generals yeah because apparently we need to keep that and it should also have included a repeal of section 230 liability protection for social media companies naturally the donald is none too plus as the n.d. double a now waits of 0 in the senate where it will more than likely get passed through the democrat out of washington representative adam smith the chairman of the house armed services committee gloriously amounts to throw up on high.

now the united states, house republicans are set to block nancy pelosi's bid to pass a bill for relief. there was a battle between house minority leader mccarthy and g.o.p. members. pelosi is planning to seek pproval in congress today. samuel, i was reading the latest developments around stimulus. how does any of that stick to the dollar? i'm not sure if it does. do you think this debate around the stimulus checks matterses a great deal to the people on the ground waiting for them but in terms of where the dollar trades, how relevant is this news flow? >> so we had a stimulus package not too dissimilar to the one that was unveiled and what we thought had been agreed upon penciled in by the end of q 1 which contributes to our bearish dollar view. i think some people make big argument that if you get stimulus out of the u.s., it will boost growth and support the dollar. as long as global growth is doing well and we see an improving environment in 2021 even if a lot of that growth is from the u.s., particularly with a federal reserve that is not going to be normalizing policy in. they wan

inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. cartwright: as the member esignated by mr. doyle of pennsylvania, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. h.j.res. vote yes on 107. as the member designated by mr. case of pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. case will also vote yes on h.j.res. 107. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on h.j.res. 107. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? >> as the member designated by mr.ly pins kentucky of illinois, inform -- by ms. lipinski of illinois, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inf

of the president's legal efforts to reverse the results of the november election but now the united states house of representatives in a supposedly be topo jordi past the oversight. $140000000000.00 national defense authorization act and yet another act of defiance to the now lame duck president you see trump had made it abundantly clear that he would veto the bill a at the did not remove a provision to rename military bases name for confederate generals yeah because apparently we need to keep that and it should also have included a repeal of section $230.00 liability protection for social media companies. naturally the donald is none too plus there's the n.d. double a mel waits a vote in the senate where it will more than likely get passed through the democrat out of washington representative adam smith the chairman of the house armed services committee gloriously amounts to throw up on high but today the house sent a strong bipartisan message to the american people our service members and our national security are more important than politics. yes far more important than politics they are and

they made a gain of at least half a dozen seats in the united states house where they were expected to lose seats. they will at least be in a tie or maintaine control after the elections in georgia. they made dramatic gains among hispanics, especially hispanic women. among black men

he would was the head of the department of interior, to the state house and eventually to the united states senate. but senator enzi still holds on to the lessons he learned in those early days selling shoes. a few years ago he said legislating is like selling shoes. you have to know your market,

and it was signed by the governor of the tate and was submitted to the united states house of representativesnd i don't know what the republicans are doing on the other side, but they are live engine this alternate reality where they think they can do whatever they want to do in this country and in this state, and we are moving forward. we are looking forward to governings and getting the country back on track, after four years we have finally an adult in the white house willing to look out for the american people. >> over your left shoulder, is that john lewis graphic novel that? >> it is john lewis on one shoulder and then one shelf up is martin luther king. it'ser coloring -- >> i have a graphic novel, there's a coloring book, yeah, and i recognize it. great collection. thank you. and i like the new glasses. she told me during the break she can finally see because she got new glasses. are you going need those. thank you so much, be well. >> thank you, don. >> more republicans coming to turn with the reality of joe biden's win, but they have shown their true colors. is this gop here to stay

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? you, madam hank speaker. as the member designated by rick larsen, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house larson will man vote yes on h.r. 9051. thank you. -- i inform the house that yesressman larsen will vote on h.r. 9051. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new mexico rise? >> as the member designated by philips, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. philips will vote yes on h.r. 9051. as the member designated by mr. malinowski, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. malinowski will vote yes on h.r. 9051. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? thank you, madam speaker. as the member designa

if the vice president can't get to a majority, then it falls to the united states house of representativess you were speaking. now, you would say this -- i would say this, there still needs to be an investigation of what happened because we have admitted -- [inaudible] and that needs to continue occurring through this time period. and if significant evidence is presented, the court has to walk up and the legislatures have to wake up. because right now they're refusing to even look at it, and the evidence is compelling. and that is a failure in the process. and it's a failure of our constitution right now. lou: it's a failure of our government, and it's been a failure of our government for four and a half years. this president has been under assault but the radical denials and the deep state -- dems and the deep state through that entire period. the fbi has acted as an agent, as an agency of the hillary clinton campaign and the democratic national committee. it's a mart of fact. that -- matter of fact. that's a straightforward statement that is empire clue based. so we have a government tha

that you're going to be a member of congress and how you're going to use your voice in the united states houseves. thank you so much for joining me. we have a lot more to talk about, i'm sure we'll be able to do that in weeks and months ahead. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. a programming note, president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris join jake tapper for the first interview since the election. that's tonight at 9:00 p.m. >>> up next, the mayor of los angeles tells residents to hunker down and cancel everything. en an idaho potato as a side dish. but does this look like a side dish to you? ...or this? ...or these? does a side dish have a dog like this? ...or a truck like this? or a good-looking, charismatic, spokesfarmer like me? i think we both know the answer to that. always look for the grown in idaho seal. side dish? we started by making the cloud easier to manage. but we didn't stop there. we made a cloud flexible enough to adapt to any size business. no matter what it does, or how it changes. and we kept going. so you only pay for what you use. because at dell

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> as the member designated by dr. schrier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that dr. schrier will vote yes on h.r. 8900. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house chairwoman johnson will 8900.ea on h.r. as the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren 8900.ote yea on h.r. as the member designated by chairman jerry nadler, pursuant i inform the house that chairman nadler will vote yea on h.r. 8900. as the member designated by congressman jose serrano, i informto h.res. 965, the ho

emory university and emory law school, served in the united states coast guard, came back to georgia, practiced law and served in the georgia house of representatives. then you were elected to the united states house of representatives. then you served for 24 years until you left office in 1996, including eight of those years as chair of the senate armed services committee, and since retiring from the senate, you co-founded, with ted turner and now co-chair the nuclear threat initiative. as i mentioned, we're here to talk about the events of the cold war as you experienced them. let's start with you. when we think about the cold war, the scariest moment of the cold war was the cuban missile crisis in october of 1962. where were you in october of 1962 and talk to us about your experience with the cuban missile crisis. >> stan, i was 24 years old, and i had been a staff lawyer on the armed services committee for about three and a half, four months. my boss was named john j. courtney. he had been there a long time. a great man with terrific legal ability and great judgment, a lot of experience. he came in before he was due to get on

a panel discussed the state of history education in the united states. the white house >> this is a panel on the recovery of the history of our country which is being distorted as an act of policy and we have here several experts who know about the distortion and who know about the history. and we will

after 18 years of service in the united states house of representatives, he's decided that hang up his gloves and embark on his well-deserved retirement. rob bishop has served utah's first congressional district with integrity and tenacity, humility and humor, and it's my high privilege to have worked with him over the last ten years and in the process to have become his friend. born and raised in kaysville, utah, rob has been a lifelong resident of utah's first congressional district with the exception of the two-year mission where he lived in germany while representing the church of jesus christ of ladder day saints. he graduated from high school with high honors and graduated from the university of utah with a degree in political science. the embodiment of public servant, rob began his career as a teacher at ben lomond high school, teaching in german, a.p. history, government, and debate. he had one room in the classroom. i'm never wrong. that might tell you something about rob bishop. an avid lover of musicals, he -- they met on a production of south pacific and later starred toget

that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1100, a resolution reaffirming the importance of the strategic partnership between the united states of america and mongolia, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1100, resolution reaffirming the strategic partnership between the united states and mongolia, and observing the 30th anniversary of democracy in mongolia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin, and the gentleman from florida, mr. yoho, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous material on house resolution 1100, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. raskin: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. raskin: this year marks 30 years since mongolia's democratic transition. mongolia is a true success story, landlo

money on japan and other countries in europe have pledged money for the kovacs program the united states house and joined so where we're standing outside of this general global public good effort which i think is unfortunate but it is true that countries either further down. the line in terms of being able to to have either market based demand or assistance through a foreign aid network they're going to have to wait longer and that's been the case in africa for so many different kinds of health emergencies everybody can thank you very much pleasure. now to some of the other business stories making news south african power company eskom is to receive a $100000000.00 from engineering company a b b it's one of several cash payments on sardi's awarded to as come from suspected of embezzlement the government found the utility group and it as much as $32000000000.00 to contractors during the administration of former president jacob zuma. an unprecedented data link shows how nearly 2000000 chinese communists are infiltrating some of the world's biggest companies reports party members employed at comp

of a package that the vast majority, including more than 125, 130 of the republicans in the united states houseoted for, just kind of lets you know where we're at at this moment. >> yeah, phil, i think your reaction right at the beginning there said everything. just to be clear, no one understands more about how congress works or is supposed to work than you. no one is better sourced than you. so put this all in perspective for us in the sense of how upset are republicans now on capitol hill about the situation the president has put them in? and even more important than the president or them is what's at jeopardy for millions of americans this morning? >> yeah, i'll start with the latter first, because i think this is extremely important. you have two unemployment programs, federal unemployment programs put in during the pandemic that currently help somewhere between 12 and 13 million people, that expire on december 26th. that's two days away. obviously, you have people that are really hurting, that were affected by the lockdowns, affected by the pandemic, particularly service industries, there

money on japan and other countries in europe have pledged money for the kovacs program the united states houseand joined so where we're standing outside of this general global public good effort which i think is unfortunate but it is true that countries other further down. the line in terms of being able to to have either market based demand or assistance through a foreign aid network they're going to have to wait longer and that's been the case in africa for some many different kinds of health emergencies that report you can thank you very much pleasure. now to some of the other business stories making news south african power company eskom is to receive a $100000000.00 from engineering company a b b it's one of several cash payments of sardi's awarded to eskom from suspected of embezzlement the government found the utility group and as much as $32000000000.00 to contractors during the administration of former president jacob zuma. an unprecedented data leak shows how nearly 2000000 chinese communists are infiltrating some of the world's biggest companies reports party members employed a comp

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