the state of illinois will host community distribution events in every county across illinois to get these upgraded devices to eligible families. and i want to be clear, these are more than just handoff events. in addition to closing the gap on devices, these events will provide onsite support to help families access low cost internet service and digital literacy courses, ensuring that we don't just give people computers, but also an understanding of how to make the most of them. casey from pcs for people will describe this process in just a few minutes, but because we know that sourcing hardware is a limiting factor in this work, we are here today to call an illinois companies to help us meet this challenge. just like our broadband infrastructure program, which asks for matching, the computer equity network relies on corporate partnership to accelerate this urgent work. so, if you take anything away from our announcement today, it's our message to illinois businesses. we are counting on you to maximize the impact of this initiative. your donation is essential as we work to close the

should illinois revise? governor pritzker: if we should open up bars and restaurants where we are losing 3,000 people per day in this country and ther states are closing bars and restaurants and there is a tremendous spread, i would ggest to him that he is just wrong and the numbers get better, before this second surge that has occurred in illinois, that we could pull back to a place where we are allowing indoor bar and restaurant service. i want to be clear with everybody, bars and restaurants have suffered because this virus takes hold in places where people are not wearing masks and together indoors for a long period of time. and i'm deeply concerned to save as many lives as we can and keep people getting sick now that we have a vaccine and get beyond this pandemic without moss of life. >> governor, looking back, how important was it important to pose restrictions on bars, which is a very big one for drinking establishments? governor pritzker: how important was it? did you sigh where the peaks went to in

one of the persons with part of the meeting this morning with skip lee, he is in sterling illinois and he said you provide any health of covid relief for towns like sterling illinois and iow said skip there will be some help i think but it will not be the help that i wanted, i do believe we should help state and local governments, i've been relying about a presiding officer in others that every state is not the same in every locality is not the same some have suffered real losses indirectly related to covid-19 and some have prospered it just depends on your circumstances in my circumstance of the state of illinois paid a heavy price in localities as well, we do not include the direct relief from state and local governments which i hope would be part of this agreement, i hope we cann return tosu the issue very quicy after the first of the year end perhaps we can find a way to provide this relief, the alternative is awful, i know it's going to happen to a l lotf the local budgets, police officers are going to be furloughed, firefighters, teachers, healthcare workers, just had a moment of

obama is from illinois so they put the illinois delegation down front. they organize the floor a certain way and judd organizes the floor and he does it in a very interesting way. he puts illinois on one side surrounded by the states that lincoln needs to win. new york, they're on the other side of the hall surrounded by their own people. if weed wants to go talk to the epidemic end delegation he has to get from here down to here and, meanwhile, before he can get there, davis has them next to him. it matters. it's going to have a big impact that they can be leaning over to each other saying hey, have you noticed so and so is not doing well? davis' master plan is lincoln must establish himself as the challenger to seward. seward, everybody knows, is the frontrunner. they don't think he las the votes to win it on the first ballot and he doesn't. make lincoln the obvious alt turntive. they sale the idea, lincoln is from the west and seward is from the east. which states do you need to win? illinois out west, indiana out west. the indiana delegation includes

any state of illinois, the state has paid a heavy price as a state and localities. we do not include direct relief for state and local governments. i hope we can return to that issue soon, very quickly, after the first of the year, and perhaps with a new president and find a way to provide this relief. the alternative is awful. i know what's going to happen to a lot of the local budgets. police officers are going to be furloughed, firefighters, teachers, health care workers, just at a moment in time when we need them the most, many of these communities will be unable to continue providing those very fundamental services to keep us safe. so i hope we can get back to that as quickly as possible. finally, mr. president, let me say that we're all anxious to fund this government at midnight tonight the continuing resolution which we passed several months ago expires. it would be a real tragedy if we saw this government come to a close for any reason at any time and certainty at -- certainly at this moment when our economy is so tenuous and our worries are so large over t

obama is from illinois, they put the illinois delegation down front. riding this from delaware, they put the jill wheeler did delegation down front. turns out 2016 clinton this from your, they are from, trump's trumpets from your, mike pence from indiana down front. they organize the floor certainly. judge organize the floor and he does it in a very interesting way. he puts illinois on one side, surrounded by all the states lincoln needs to win and had a chance to win. indiana doesn't have a favorite son. pennsylvania is up in the air. meanwhile, new york is in the other side of the hall surrounded by their own people. if there low we'd wants to talk to the indiana delegation i don't know where they are in relation to this but basically he has to get from here down here. and meanwhile, before he can get there davis has them next to him. it matters it's going to have a big impact they can be leaning over to each other, have you noticed so- and-so isn't doing -- think about it. davis' master plan was lincoln must establish himself as the challenger to se

and the republican party in illinois did something that traditionally parties in illinois didn't do. at the state convention, they endorsed their own candidate for the u.s. senate and it was lincoln. douglas knew from 20 years experience how tough it was going to be to take on lincoln. and the debates result when lincoln just starts following him around illinois talking whenever douglas finishes speaking and finally they agree to a set of seven debates, and in the course of the debates lincoln is already getting some traction nationally. there are people who know him. he's gotten some votes in the 1856 republican convention for vice president. but in 1858 suddenly he's rocketed to stardom. he's taking on douglas. douglas, for his part, wins reelection, thanks to something we've all heard plenty about. gerrymandering. the 1850 legislative districts were still in effect in 1858, despite a lot of growth in illinois. and lincoln had to win far more seats than he technically should have to get elected. it turns out lincoln won more legislative seats than douglas in 1858, remember u.s. sen

obama's from illinois. they put the illinois delegation down front. biden's from delaware, they put the delaware delegation down front. turns out, 2016, clinton's from new york, cain from virginia, trump's from new york, they're down front. they organize the floor in a certain way and jud organizes the floor in a very interesting way. illinois on one side surrounded by all the states lincoln needs to win and has a chance to win. indiana, doesn't have a favorite son, really. pennsylvania is up in the air. meanwhile, new york, is weed and seward, they're on the other side of the hall surrounded by their own people. if thurlow weed wants to talk to the indiana delegation, i don't know where they are in relation to this. but basically he's got to get from here down to here and meanwhile, before he can get there, davis has them. next to him. it matters. it's going to have a big impact that they can be leaning over to each other during this, hey, have you noticed so and so isn't doing too well, you thought to think about -- well, davis's master plan was, li

there were 191,000 vietnam-era veterans in my state of illinois. many of them were exposed to toxins such as agent orange during their service and now are paying the price. it makes it easier for victims of military sexual trauma to report instances of touch crime and expand support for survivors. the most recent horrible incident at fort hood was a reminder of what we need to do to bring the military into the 21st century when it comes to respecting the rights of all people, men and women. it strengthens safeguards against foreign cyber attacks. we know how important that is after the recent revelation confirmed by secretary of state pompeo that russia is at work again attempting to compromise our federal agencies, their data, their information, and the security secrets that they keep for our protection. it authorizes funding for p-fas-related research. if you have never heard the phrase pfas before, you are bound to hear it in the future. this was used as a flame retardant in some other capacities on many air force bases and military bases around

in illinois, we lost 16000 lives to covid. tragic, historic. i extend my deepest condolences, the friends and families of those who have died or fighting virus. many are my friends. 121,000 americans spent last night in the n hospital, a group record of hospitalizations as our heroic nurses and doctors face unrelenting stress from this crisis. as i reflect on the interviews of these men and women on the front lines of healthcare, how controlled they usually are andt how they are losing it now. overwhelming numbers they are facing. terrible prospect of someone dying, a member of the family, unable to be in the room in the last moments of their life. it's got to be heartbreaking on a scale none of us can imagine but think of doing that every single day. we will never be able to repay them with our gratitude. they are true american heroes. many of us returned to washington this week. as i said, celebrating holidays in fashion like never before. social distancing, zoom, face time, calls to families and loved ones. no substitute for kids being their

so yes it will take time to get the population of illinois vaccinated. this isn't a one or two month process but i am looking for something to hold onto and give people hope and i want to remind people while we are getting everybody vaccinated, we still can control the virus and wearing our mask and not transmitting the virus in the circles that we are already in so there's a lot of work to be done by everyone. i am hopeful and i think we should be looking at the glass as half full rather than half-empty. do you attribute the jump in daily cases from the past several days to the testing lab over the holiday weekend or something else driving the case? >> let's start with certainly you can look at the testing numbers and to say a lot more got tested almost twice as many people got tested ma maybe 80% e over the last 24 hours than did over the weekend. so you certainly have to take that into account when you look at the positivity rate on a one-day basis it isn't a good way to look at the numbers but i wanted to point out its 10.8% just only one day basis a

the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: jarninged. mr. davis: senate bill 979, federal advanced contracts enhancement act will improve disaster preparedness and ensure state and local governments receive guidance from the federal emergency management agency. following hurricane katrina, congress directed fema to establish advanced contracts ahead of disasters to rapidly provide goods and services following a disaster. following the 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, the government accountability office reviewed the use of advanced contracts d identified a fume of shortcomings including inconsistent information from fema on using these advanced contracts. g.a.o. issued nine recommendations and fema has concurred with every single one of them. this bill would require fema to provide an updated report, improve its guidance for fema personnel and regularly report to congress on congress in addressing g.a.o. recommendations. these reforms will improve our dis

approximately 850 million in illinois to helpp keep the families in their homes during this pandemic, the 15% increase is certainly needed it goes through the snap program which is known as food stamps to make sure families do have something onca the table, i woke up this morning and sprinkled illinois to look at front page newspaper to learn that an anonymous donor had given our local food bank $500,000 and the people of the food bank were of course appreciative and said they desperately needed in my hometown and towns all across america. this increase in food stamp assistance is long overdue and i'm glad it's included. the bill included a number of important measures that we have to go to work to make sure that we deal with the sharp turn emergency response bill but do more. we address the needs to meet the needs of the pandemic immediately but more will follow. it was a tough negotiation but i was happy to be part of the bipartisan group of senators that gotng ball rolling and hand leaders to finish the job. to finish i think what we achieved on a bipartisan basis was largely inclu

." >> illinois governor j.b. health a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic from chicago. the governor suggested that residential who gathered with family and friends during thanksgiving quarantine for at least 10 days. during the 45-minute briefing he also spoke about a potential vaccine and the need for federal assistance. assistance. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the covid-19 update for tuesday, governor pritzker: my administration is monitoring the situation at the 11 illinois long-term care facilities owned by infinity health care to ensure that services for our vue >> it's important that workers see that funding reflected in their -- excuse me that they see that funding reflected in their workplace, in their safety and their pay. it's very important to me that the owner of the union -- owner and the unions are able to sit down and negotiate quickly and in good faith so that they can get back to work and to the work that matters the most. which is getting our residence safely

in illinois, we have lost 16,000 lives to covid-19. tragic. historic. i extend my deepest condolences to the friends and families of those who died or who are fighting this virus. many are my friends. americans121,000 spent last night in the hospital , a grim new record of hospitalizations. our heroic nurses and doctors face unrelenting stress from this crisis. i just think as i reflect on the interviews with these men and women who are on the front line of health care how stoic they usually are, how controlled the usually are and how they are losing it now. the overwhelming numbers they are facing, the terrible prospect of someone dying with a member of their family not able to enter the room in the last minutes of their life has to be heartbreaking on a scale none of us can imagine. think about doing that every single day. i tell you, we will never be able to repay them with our gratitude. they are true american heroes. many of us returned to washington this week. as i said, celebrating the holidays in a fashion like never before. social distancing, z

kelly of illinois, pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that ms. kelly will vote yes on h.j.res. 110. >> as the member designated by by mr. gianforte pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house will vote yesorte on h.j.res. 110. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe neguse of colorado, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. neguse will vote aye on h.y.res. 110. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.j.res. 110. as the member designated by ms. finkenauer, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. finkenauer will vote yes on h.j.res. 110. as the member designated by ms. schakowsky, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. schakowsky will vote yes on h.j.res. 110. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose

>> the gentleman from illinois rises as the member designated by mr. schneider of illinois, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. schneider will vote yes on h.j.res. 107. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlemanperson from virginia stand? >> as the member designated by there schrier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that dr. schrier will ote yes on h.j.res. 107. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote es on h.r. resolution 107. as the member designated by ms. castor, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. castor will vote yes on resolution 107. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> as the member designated by ms. jayapal, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. jayapal will ote aye on h.j.res. 107. as the member designated by mr. pocan, pur

but it also appears to be different in your state of illinois. you said that your state avoided a post-thanksgiving surge and if you look at the cases as well as the hospitalizations as well as the daily deaths, the numbers, they're trending in the right direction in illinois. what did you do right in illinois that a state like california can maybe learn from? >> i think thanks to the great leadership -- again, good morning and happy holidays to you. under the great leadership of governor pritzker, we have intensified mitigations already right now for five weeks. those measures absolutely helped illinoisans to make the better decisions, the safer decisions to avoid the congregating and i have to give big thanks to the people of illinois who have been trying to mask up and defer some of these larger gatherings in their privacy homes so that we could avoid yet another surge and keep going on our downward trend in terms of fewer hospitalizations and fewer cases. >> and what about holiday travel. the tsa say there's more than 7 million people traveli

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. >> senator from illinois spent madam president, how bad is covid-19 pandemic? i'm sure we each look at it in personal and family terms and we had just gotten through a thanksgiving like no other for my family and many others. we decided that safety was more important than being physically in the same room with the family members that we love. we turned to face time and zoom in every other contrivance we can find to maintain a connection with children, grandchildren and other people we love. the situation is dire and the infection and death rate in my home state has been heartbreaking and in terms of the number of people who had their lives changed have had their lives ended because of it. i can use one example of how bad it isn and it won't mean much to those listening but the city of st. louis is a large metropolitan area with millions of people and i grew up nearby on the other side of the river and one day last week the st. louis hospitals were unable to take a covid-19 patient and as a result that patient was transported almost 100 miles away in quincy, ill

blumenthal: the senator from illinois is absolutely right. and i was just going to, as a matter of fact, make that point because i think it is central to the objection that's been raised. in fact, the people who are danger here are already here, they are in danger if they were sent back without that temporary protective status. so i think that points refutes the argument that's just been made by our colleague from texas. mr. durbin: if the senator would further yield for a question. if this notion that the chinese in the united states are all suspect spies, is that the point you want to make? is that really the point you want to make? do we have background checks involved here? do we have screening involved here? we're all intent on keeping america safe, but to categorize a group of people as all potential spies and therefore they are going to all be fed to the lions of beijing if they are are returned seems to me to be fundamentally unfair and not consistent with what america learned about immigration. there was suspicion in world war ii abo

schneider of illinois, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the that mr. schneider will vote yes on s. 906. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? speaker, aseld: mr. the member designated by mr. price of north carolina, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform mr. price will vote yes, he will vote yes on 906.e as the member designated by mr. pursuant f louisiana, to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. richmond will he will vote yes on senate 906. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress pursuant to tano, house resolution 965, i inform congress member apolitano will vote yes on s. 906. and mr. speaker, as the member congress member vargas, pursuant to h.res. 965, the house that congress member vargas will vote 906.n s. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? as the member designated by dr. ruiz of california, pursuant to h.res. that

during my time representing the people in the third district of illinois, i have always said my goal every day was to make life a little better for my constituents and our country. and i knew the whole team of staffers there to help. recently, as i was driving out to washington, i was listening to former senator al franken's book "giant in the senate." as a big "saturday night live" watcher, i enjoyed the book very much. senator franken was very candid on a lot of things. one of the most important truths franken mentioned which is rarely spoken here, members of congress are never supposed to admit their staff was responsible for an idea or been indispensable for getting something done. he says that he once publicly gave credit to a staffer for an idea and he was told by a colleague not to do that. it's always the senator who has the idea and does the work, he was told. franken thought that was wrong and i agree. maybe because i was a staffer before i was elected. as i look back on everything that i have done over 16 years, i want to thank all the staff that worked for me over the yea

somewhere i know in illinois there has got to be a copy. in case any of you have relatives, have them have a look. it would be a valuable relic. let's talk about douglass's series of newspapers that had such consequence. edna: he has three before the war is over. david: three different names. edna: the first one is the northstar. the paper is very important. people read in those days, believe it or not given it was very important that it was a way to get word out to the public. he had significant support from white readers. they were supporting him quite well. his editorials, if you look at the papers now, they are absolutely extraordinary. you know exactly what is happening at any given moment in the history of the country, especially during the early war years. i love to look at those primary sources, whenever i am writing about douglass, i use his exact words as much as possible. he was an exceptional writer. those newspapers chronicle what is happening. they are a representation of what douglass is feeling at the time. i do not know tha

i grew up nearby on the illinois side of the river. one day last week the st. louis hospitals were unable to take a covid-19 patient, and as result that patient was transported almost 100 miles away to quincy illinois to hospital. so the patient to receive the care that they need. think of that. not an available space in the city of st. louis. last month, a dear friend of mine feeling ill who lived in illinois, with over to the st. louis area in which one of the most outstanding hospitals in the city. sheas was told she couldn't be admitted because there was no room for her. she went to the second most reputable hospital in the city with the same report. finally, with a third try she was admitted to another hospital. three days later she passed away. in desperate situations she was turned away from two major hospitals because they didn't have been. so we can argue long and hard about the danger of this covid-19, whether it is something to take seriously or not. there are still those whoit inst it is not. what we can't escape the reality that 13 million american

lipinski of illinois, pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that mr. lipinski will vote yes on h.r. 3250. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition? ms. davids: as the member designated by ms. axne, pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house ms. axne will vote aye on h.r. 3250. as the member designated by mr. kim, pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that mr. kim will vote aye. as the member designated by mr. cleaver, pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that mr. cleaver will vote aye on h.r. 3250. as the member designated by mr. defazio pursuant to h. res. 965, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote aye on h.r. 3250. as the member designated by by ms. hail and, puncht to h. res. 965, i inform the house that ms. haaland will vote aye on h.r. 3250. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? as the member designated by mr. deutch of florida, pursuant to h.res. 965, inform the house that mr. deutch will vote yes on h.r. 3250. the spe

during my time representing the people in the third district of illinois, i have always said my goal every day was to make life a little better for my constituents and our country. and i knew the whole team of staffers there to help. recently, as i was driving out to washington, i was listening to former senator al franken's book "giant in the senate." as a big "saturday night live" watcher, i enjoyed the book very much. senator franken was very candid on a lot of things. one of the most important truths franken mentioned which is rarely spoken here, members of congress are never supposed to admit their staff was responsible for an idea or been indispensable for getting something done. he says that he once publicly gave credit to a staffer for an idea and he was told by a colleague not to do that. it's always the senator who has the idea and does the work, he was told. franken thought that was wrong and i agree. maybe because i was a staffer before i was elected. as i look back on everything that i have done over 16 years, i want to thank all the staff that worked for me over the yea

lipinski from illinois will vote yes on s. 2981. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. sanchez: as the member designated by brian higgins of new york, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. higgins will vote aye on s. 2981. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: as the member designated by mr. welch of vermont, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. welch will vote es on s. 2981. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: good morning, mr. speaker. as the member designated by the honorable mr. james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on s. 2981, the national oceanic, spheric administration commissioned officer corps amendments act. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from califor

lincoln was aware of this, but illinois didn't have any big slave markets. and as a teenager, abraham lincoln was hired to float a flatboat and the mississippi river to new orleans. see the world, make a lot of money. he went to new orleans and for the first time he saw a slave auction in full force. the idea of his property in the sale of human flesh and these slaves were being sold just like one would sell horses or cattle. and lincoln remembered that as the moment when he realized, this just isn't right. so he returned. he still had to make a living and so, as a questioner said, he took his cases come to represent a railroads. he would represent slaveowners and again, , that's, this is wht lawyers do. by the increasingly became convinced that this had the united states on the wrong track. for a lot of people there always been a fun and no contradiction between the promise of equality in the declaration of independence and the guarantee of a future flavor in the constitution. and swearing in that fashion square in that circle the something a project for a

the senator for illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i have listened carefully and watched three occasions on the floor of the senate this afternoon where senator schumer, senator sanders, and senator markey have tried to create an opportunity where the senate would actually come together and vote, where the senate might make a decision based on the merits of this issue rather than to keep talking around the issue. what is at stake is a substantial sum of money for families which are in the midst of a struggle of their lives. $2,000 characterized a few moments ago by my friend from texas as speaker pelosi's idea. well, i might remind him it was also donald trump's idea and still is. and the president has told us this morning that we should move on this as quickly as possible and though i don't often come to the floor to agree with the president, he's right. in this instance he's clearly right. and what will we do now? we are calling senators back together in washington from far reaches across the united states. this morning i

he served as the illinois state historian. it will be recognized with a number of professional awards and he will take a step back in time, not all the way back to lincoln.

lincoln was aware but illinois didn't have any big slave market. as a market and a teenager gabriel lincoln was hired to float a flat vote down the mississippi to new orleans to make money so he went to new orleans and for the first time saw a slave auction in full force. the idea of this property and the sale of human and these slaves were being sold just like one would sell horses or cattle in lincoln remembered that as the moment when he realized this just is not right. but he still had to make a living. as a questioner said he took his lawyer in cases where they came from and represented railroads and occasionally represented slave owners and again this is what lawyers do but he increasingly became convinced that this had the united states on the wrong track. for a lot of people there have always been a fun mental connection between the thomas of equality and the declaration of independence and the guarantee of future slavery in the constitution. squaring that circle was something was a product for whole generation of america and lincoln pope,

he came from illinois and the adult children have moved to join him from illinois because of its more business friendly,better schools, more governing environment in indiana . i want to stick with you just a minute more and ask about china. here's an area where president trumps approach seems to have mixed the country as a whole.we need to be less just say tougher on china in a variety of ways whether it's tariffs or protecting taiwan and hong kong. where do you feel is the space you would like to see the country go in continuing the application of pressure on china in the coming years? >> i would continue contend that the country is already there. it's washington matching up with the rest of the country and that's what trump taught us and for those of us who are longtime ideological conservatives, it's hard for us to wrap our minds around the free-trade ideals with holding china accountable for unfair trade practices. that's what, that's what is at the top of the list, one of the areas i appreciate most aboutpresident trumps leadership over the last four years . that's catching up wi

for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> madam speaker, as the member esignated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote aye on h.r. 051. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> madam speaker, as the member ms. sherrill, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. sherrill will vote yes on h.r. 051. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. doyle of pennsylvania, pursuant to house resolution 965, i doyle the house that mr. 9051. te yes on h.r. as the member designated by mr. case of hawaii, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform mr. case will vote yes on h.r. 9051. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> as the member designated by representative gonzalez, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative gonzalez will vote aye on h

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we are hurting in illinois and i'm not the only one that staying open. most of the restaurants in our area are open for business. we can't afford to shut down. we have families with children, single moms. what are they going to do to survive? so we are staying open as long as we can. we all are out together out here, laura, we have counsel and will listen to counsel. >> laura: here is what your governor said about next dates fo steps for the state.

as we are watching this process, you see springfield, illinois the capitol of illinois. there are several states dealing with security concerns because of the open wound that david is talking about. let's start in michigan, diane gallagher is there. tell us what you're seeing, diane. >> reporter: erin, at 2:00 p.m., start time, will likely begin with the electors being escorted by police into the capitol, which is closed to the public, in part due to covid but also because of planned protests and then last night an email went out to house and senate staff and members letting them know that both house and senate buildings are being closed because of a, quote, credible, violent threat. and that is from the press secretary of the senate. saying that they didn't close the buildings due to the impending protests that we are expecting here today for the electoral college, it was because of a threat of violence they had been briefed on by minnesota state police they made that decision. we have seen protests really for the past month or so, even before the election here in michi

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. sflider, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. schneider will ote yes on h.r. 7995. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. welch of vermont, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. welch will vote yes on h.r. 7995. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by representative lowey, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative lowey will vote aye on h.r. 7995. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes on h.r. 995. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition?

davis from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. davis: thank you, madam chairwoman. i want to thank the gentleman for yielding. as a co-sponsor of the a.l.s. disability insurance access act, i rise in strong support of this bill that removes the harmful five-month wait-out period for earned social security disability insurance benefits. for years representatives from the greater chicago chapter of the a.l.s. association have raised the financial hardships caused by this waiting period. disability insurance is an earned benefit. federal law should ease suffering and promote the well-being of persons eligible for ssdi. this bill would help alleviate the financial burden of peams -- families struggling with a.l.s., making it a little easier as they battle the tremendous loss of social -- loss associated with this bill. enacting this bill is an important step forward to removing barriers to disability benefits. i look forward to advancing dditional

he grew up in indiana and illinois. he was aware of slavery, if you lived near the border with slavery, in this case kentucky would encounter slaves, slaveholders would travel across the ohio river into illinois, some had property in both state and they could bring their slaves over for a limited time and the slaves would work. lincoln was aware of this so illinois didn't have any big slave markets. as a teenager abraham lincoln was hired to float a platform down the mississippi river to new orleans. he went to new orleans and for the first time he saw a slave auction in full force. the idea of this property and sale of human flesh and slaves were being sold just like one would sell horses or cattle and lincoln remembered that as the moments when he realized this just isn't right and so he returned. he still had to make a living and the questioner said he took his lawyer, took his case to the railroad, occasionally would represent slaveowners and again this is what lawyers do. he increasingly became convinced that this

rick and oblong, illinois, democrats line. caller: the image that i can't get out of my head is of matt gaetz wearing a mask, a gas mask on the floor to mock the fear of the entire country, and i understand the theory of government continuity, but the only thing that seems to be continuous is chaos and dysfunction. so i'm not sure what continuity means at this point. host: so as far as politicians being prioritized, what do you think about that? caller: all frontline workers absolutely first. then our senior citizens. maybe they can prioritize the politicians by their age. least init wrong, at your mind, as a politician -- i know that frontline workers are certain category, but they don't fall into that category as people who need to have this vaccine so the business of government can keep going? caller: i know we need the government to keep going. the problem is right now is that they are so dysfunctional as far as trying to get a stimulus package passed when it looks like they have a deal. somebody throws in a last-minute sn

the final irony the governor of illinois is a billionaire. he inherited most of that money if not all of it, that probably shows why he doesn't understand the heart blood of america, businesses like yours. it is just ironic and sad he cares so little about the people whose lives are being ruined by his decisions but hopefully yours will not. hopefully you will survive. you sound like you got the right spirit of it. spiro, thank you very much. ki's stake and seafood. anywhere in the chicago area look it up and patronize that restaurant. good to see you, spiro. >> thank you very much. david: meanwhile as i mentioned here in new york city a bar owner on staten island was arrested by a small army of new york sheriffs that also blocked off that restaurant that had been defying covid lockdown orders in what has been designated by the governor as an orange zone because of spiking covid cases so he says. hundreds of peaceful protesters showing up to defend the coener of mac's public house claiming public overreach. joining me fox news contributor den

. >> reporter: good evening, here in illinois, four out here in illinois, four out of every five i.c.u. beds is full. so this vaccine really can't come soon enough. if approved, the vaccine will arrive across the country the week after next, but some states are concerned there may not be enough in those first shipments. this as the c.d.c. is being more specific about where and when you should wear a mask. tonight, the c.d.c. says if tonight, the c.d.c. says if you've been exposed to covid-19, such as during travel or in a crowded setting, you should wear a mask inside your home to protect your family. this as cases and deaths continue to surge. here in illinois, the seven-day average death toll is higher than any other state, up nearly 14% over two weeks ago. and at least 11 states shattered their daily case records with more than 217,000 new covid cases nationwide added thursday. that amount could fill the university of michigan's football stadium, the nation's largest, twice. >> soon, if it keeps going, we're not going to have anywhere to put these people. we're just not. >> reporter