Fort Report: A Recommitment to Civility
July 19, 2019
July 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following column:
If you have ever watched a session of the House of Representatives, or perhaps the State of the Union Address, you most likely noticed the large wooden tiered rostrum that dominates the center of the room. Here is where the Speaker presides over the House, bills are introduced and voted upon, and Members speak to their causes. At the lowest level of the rostrum, carved into the wood, are five word . . .
If you have ever watched a session of the House of Representatives, or perhaps the State of the Union Address, you most likely noticed the large wooden tiered rostrum that dominates the center of the room. Here is where the Speaker presides over the House, bills are introduced and voted upon, and Members speak to their causes. At the lowest level of the rostrum, carved into the wood, are five word . . .