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RISK FOR HAVING SUB-PAR GROWTH
AND SLUGGISH JOB GROWTH.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
HERE THIS MORNING.
YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
[CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE]
[CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL
CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2011]
CLASSROOMS AND WE ASK YOU TO
BLESS THOSE WHO ENJOY THE
FREEDOM OF THIS GREAT NATION
AND THOSE WHO ARE DAILY IN
HARM'S WAY FIGHTING WARS
OVERSEAS.
WE ASK YOU TO INSPIRE OUR
LEADERS, GIVE THEM DISCERNING
HEARTS AND AGILE MINDS SO
TOGETHER THEY CAN SHAPE LAWS
THAT ARE FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
EQUIP THEM FOR THE CHALLENGING
DUTIES YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM TO
DO AND HELP THOSE TO LEAD WITH
COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, WHOM I KNOW
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.
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 LEAD THE HOUSE
IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER
GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE
A COMMUNICATION.
SPEAKER, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, SIR, THIS IS
TO NOTIFY YOU FORMALLY PURSUANT
TO RULE 8 OF THE RULES OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT I
HAVE BEEN SERVED WITH A
SUBPOENA ISSUED BY THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
FOR DOCUMENTS IN A CIVIL CASE.
AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL THE
SUBPOENA IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS OF THE
SIGNED SINCERELY, AARON SCHOCK,
MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
THE
CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE A
COMMUNICATION.
THE HONORABLE THE
SPEAKER, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, SIR, PURSUANT
TO THE PERMISSION GRANTED IN
CLAUSE TWAFE OF RULE 2 OF THE
-- 20-H OF RULE 2 OF THE RULES
OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES I HAVE A LETTER
RECEIVED FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
ON OCTOBER 19, 2011, AT 11:56
A.M. AND SAID TO CONTAIN A
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
WHEREBY HE TRANSMITS A NOTICE
CONCERNING THE NATIONAL
EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO
SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKERS CENTRALED IN
COLOMBIA.
WITH BEST WISHES I AM, SIGNED
SINCERELY, KAREN L. HAAS, CLERK
OF THE HOUSE.
THE
CLERK WILL READ THE MESSAGE.
TO THE CONGRESS OF
THE UNITED STATES, SECTION
202-D OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
ACT, 50 U.S.C. PROVIDES FOR THE
AUTOMATIC TERMINATION OF A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY UNLESS PRIOR
TO THE ANNIVERSARY DATE OF ITS
DECLARATION THE PRESIDENT
PUBLISHES IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER AND TRANSMITS TO THE
CONGRESS STATING THAT THE
EMERGENCY IS TO CONTINUE IN
EFFECT BEYOND THE ANNIVERSARY
DATE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
PROVISION, I HAVE SENT TO THE
FEDERAL REGISTER FOR
PUBLICATION THE ENCLOSED NOTICE
STATING THAT THE EMERGENCY
DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO
SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN
COLOMBIA IS TO CONTINUE BEYOND
OCTOBER 21, 2011.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO
THE DECLARATION IN 1995 OF THE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY HAVE NOT
BEEN RESOLVED.
THE ACTIONS OF SIGNIFICANT
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTRALED
IN COLOMBIA PROVIDES AN USUAL
AND EXTRAORDINARY THREAT FOR
THE UNITED STATES, FOREIGN
POLICY AND ECONOMY OF THE
UNITED STATES AND CALLS AND
EXTREME LEVEL OF VIOLENCE AND
CORRUPTION IN THE UNITED STATES
AND ABROAD.
FOR THESE REASONS I HAVE
DETERMINED THAT IT IS NECESSARY
TO MAINTAIN ECONOMIC PRESSURE
ON SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN
COLOMBIA BY BLOCKING THEIR
PROPERTY AND INTEREST IN
PROPERTY THAT ARE IN THE UNITED
STATES OR WITHIN THEIR
POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF THE
UNITED STATES PERSONS AND BY
DEPRIVING THEM OF ACCESS TO THE
U.S. MARKET AND FINANCIAL
SYSTEM.
SIGNED BARACK OBAMA, THE WHITE
HOUSE, OCTOBER 19, 2011.
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ORDERED
PRINTED.
THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE
THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS.
THE HONORABLE THE
SPEAKER, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, SIR, PURSUANT
TO THE PERMISSION GRANTED IN
CLAUSE 2-H OF RULE 2 OF THE
RULES OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, THE CLERK
RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE
FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE
SENATE ON OCTOBER 18, 2011 AT
11:23 A.M. THAT THE SENATE
PASSED SENATE 1721, SENATE 275.
WITH BEST WISHED I AM.
SIGNED SINCERELY, KAREN L.
HAAS.
THE HONORABLE THE SPEAKER,
PURSUANT TO THE PERMISSION
GRANTED IN CLAUSE 2-H OF RULE 2
OF THE RULES OF THE U.S. HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE CLERK
RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE
FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE
SENATE ON OCTOBER 19, 2011, AT
10:15 A.M. THAT THE SENATE
PASSED SENATE 925, THAT THE
SENATE AGREED TO SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 32, THAT
THE SENATE PASSED SENATE 270,
SENATE 292, SENATE 333, SENATE
334, SENATE 404.
THAT THE SENATE PASSED WITHOUT
AMENDMENT H.R. 489, H.R. 765.
WITH BEST WISHES I AM.
SIGNED SINCERELY, KAREN L.
HAAS.
THE HONORABLE THE SPEAKER,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR,
PURSUANT TO THE PERMISSION
GRANTED IN CLAUSE 2-H OF RULE 2
OF THE RULES OF THE U.S. HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE CLERK
RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE
FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE
20, 2011, AT
10:50 A.M., THAT THE SENATE
PASSED SENATE 894.
WITH BEST WISHES I AM.
SIGNED SINCERELY, KAREN L.
HAAS.
THE HONORABLE THE SPEAKER,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR,
PURSUANT TO THE PERMISSION
GRANTED IN CLAUSE 2-H OF RULE 2
OF THE RULES OF THE U.S. HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE CLERK
RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE
FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE
SENATE ON OCTOBER 20, 2011, AT
5:42 P.M.
THAT THE SENATE PASSED SENATE
1412.
THAT THE SENATE PASSED WITHOUT
AMENDMENT H.R. 1843, H.R. 1975,
H.R. 2062, H.R. 2149.
WITH BEST WISHES I AM, SIGNED
SINCERELY, KAREN L. HAAS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE HOUSE
STANDS ADJOURNED UNTIL 2:00
P.M. ON MONDAY NEXT.
HOUSE RETURNS ON
MONDAY FOR LEGISLATIVE WORK.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SIGNED A
TREATY -- A FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT
BILL AND THE TRADE ADJUSTMENT
THIS MORNING.
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