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time at studentcam. join us as they share their opinions on the issues important to them andffect our world. >> today with a partial government shutdown the house passed $1.2 trillion spending bill including the defense and homeland security departments of the the spending package is being considered by the senate which must pass it before midnight tonight. here's the house debate before the vote. i rise today in support of the appropriations package. i want to start by thanking all the■f and staff who were involved in this process. we looked hard at our needs and developed a package to carry us throh t process. two weeks ago, i talked about the changes house republicans

made regarding how we fund targo wasteful programs and developed a package thathat. we looked at each need and it was clear that the world is becoming a more dangerous placen efforts that include countering china, developing next generation weapons, investing in the quality of life of our service members. i'm proud to say that this bill strengthens our national and ful defense efforts. this package also includes other key priorities. it continues our support of israel. cats the flow of illegal -- combats the flow of illegal drugs and fully funds medic research for cancer and chronic diseases. against all odds, house

republicans focused spending america's most crucial need of home and abroad. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i rer time. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: i thank the speaker. here we are again. the swamp is back. in full force. we have 1,0-pagbill of $1.2 trillion. filled with all manners of spending priorities that are at odds with the american people. that's what we have in of us. this bill is over 1,000 pages long. contains hundreds of pages of report language. 1400 ema hours to review it. that is not the way to do business. and the american people and american families are the ones left holding the b1>ag. this is business as usual in the swamp. here's the deal to my republican colleagues. you will own every single bit of

this. if for this bill, you own it. d.h.s. funding contingent on signing h.r. 2 into law, that's what we didsure our border will. that is punted. you own it. defunding mayorkas, we did that in ourl, this punts that. it's no longer there. you own it. prohibiting mass parole and release of illegal aliens via c.b.p. i-a pp. we did that. this bill gets rid of it. you own t you own the continued mass parole of4c our country. you own that. that's the truth. it was mpa that led to a venezuelan gang member coming into the united states and killing laken riley. you can't go, my republican colleagues cannot go campaign against mass parole and

use the of laken riley because you pass a bill in her name when you fund the very policies that lead to her death .. i hear all this, that we're going to increase beds, i.c.e. beds, we' g the numbers for border patrol. the increased numbers for border patrol will process more illegal aliens. becauseeased number of beds fo■ that's memos in place by mayorkas whom we impeach and whom this bill will fund, those i. kremplet beds wile filled and used and we know it. we set out to prohibit d.h.s. from fast tracking am.ill doesn. we set out to make sure this border would be secure and you could end what happened yesterday in texas, where 100 rr border, rolled over the texas national guard, fled into this country and went to border patrol to get released into the

united states. that is what this bill continues to fund. and any of my republican colleagues who want to spend this year campaigning a borders. because today if you vote for this abomination of a bill, you will be voting to fu will be voe very policies that you will campaign against.n reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: maask unanimous col members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous■ materi on the msuation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. i ask unanimous consent to yield 10 minutes of my timentleman fr, ms. delauro, -- to the gentlewoman from connecticut,

ms. delauro, and that she be alloweo con t time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, i now recognize the gentlewoman from connecticut, delauro, to control the next 10 minutes. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i'm delighted and relieved to be finally closing out fiscal year 2024. and for that, i want to thank chairwoman kay granger, chair patty murray, vice chair susan collins. i am proud to have made historyd appropriators. 2024 marks the first time negotiations on government funding have been led on all four corners by women. i have many others to thank. subcommittee ranking members and chairs, staff on both s o aislee submitting these names for the record. i strongly support the bipartisil funds the majority of the united states government. this bill sides with the hardworking majoritym% of

americans. it helps to lower the cost of living. it protects women's rights and access to reproductive health care. it global leadership and it helps our communities be safe and secure. i am pleased that democrats and republicans again united to make government work for the people of this country. like the funding bill we passeds legislation does not have everything either side may have wanted. but i am sis the extreme cuts and the policies proposed by house republicans were rejected. i'm eno proud that we are providing an increase of $1 billion for childcare, for head start, expanding accesj/s and ae for hardworking families. we increased title 1 education funding, protecting 224,000■

teachers' jobs house republicans tried to eliminate. i'm also pleased that we successfully defeated every one of the riders in the labor-hhs bill. in this package, we prioritized the men and women in our armediy securing pay and allowance increases of over 5%. the highest increase in■u in gld support 12,000 special immigrant visas for afghans that assistedd restrengthen and critically, wer security. i urge swift passage of this package and i look forward to moving on how we can best serve the american people in the fiear 2025. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy:■4 yield 90 seconds to

the gentlelady from florida. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is now recognized. >> i rise in opposition today to speak against the current omnibus that we are seeing hitting the floor today. you know, this administration, many people on both sides talk about h to champion black and brown people in this country and that's a direct quote from a recent press release from the biden administration. fact is that this omnibus, this government being open and allowing for open borders is doing nothing but actually hurtingse communities. what we are seeing right now at the border is a rise in crime. we are seeing these very communities being impacted by the rising gangit's been disgush crony capitalists push the importation of cheap labor. i don't know if anyone's recently witnessed whatáz, but y actually fired americans to hire immigrant workers, a.k.a.

ille, after on september 25 of 2023 they were probinged by the federal -- probed by the federal government over the employment of migrant children who likely warned -- washed the bloody razor-sharp machines. why would anyone want to continue to fund a government that, a, is complicit in this, but, b, is also responsible for losings that we cannot continue down this path. it is hurting all people. i think that if you want to stay and you want to claim to protect minorities, then you n ensure that you're putting americans first and not simply just using that as a way to get elected. meanwhile, stabbing americans in the back and hurting our communities. speaker, i yield the rest of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. mr. roy: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas.■v yielde gentleman from california, the chairman of the defense subcommittee, mr. calvert, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. calvert: madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of a negotiated appropriations package. today is zero hour. 're e.

today's vote may be the most consequential of your lifetime. right now our troops around the world are facing multiple threats.■2 sea, air and space is being challenged. and our allies are under attack. i could go through a long list of vital programs and funding included in this bill. the wins for or treups, the historic -- for our troops, the, the focus on countering china. the time is short and the stakes have never been higher. for the members who are considering voting against the bill due toes and are under the impression that this bill fails will have another chance to vote for a full-year defense bill, i want to be very clear. this is it. every member must understand the impact of not passing this package. the only other option will be a full-yr resolution. which will devastate our national security and put our country at risk. a c.r. will cut defense spending by $27 billion and additional

cuts from sequestration. this is something that has not happened in the history of this country and will cut our military off at the knees in the midst of the most dangerous period we have seen since world war ii. a c.r. maintains policies negotiated by the congress, eliminates all member priorities from the bill, gives the biden administration the freedom to shift appropriations as they see fit. will cede all congressional authority and oversight on spending to the biden administration, a c.r. would be an abdication of our responsibility and to our military and to this body. to no vote is a vote for china -- a no vote is a vote for china, russia, iran, north koren in uniform and for all americans and for our country. i yield back. the speaker yields. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, theish,

mr. jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is now recognized. jennifer jennifer i -- jennifer lovehewitt i thankpç■@ -- mr. jeffries: i thank the distinguished gentlelady from connecticut for yielding, the honorable rosa delauro, and thank her for herleadership thrs process in getting us to this principled result. i think all of the appropriators for -- i thank all of the appropriators for their and on e republican side as part of the effort to complete the fiscal year 2024 hasn't been a perfect process, but we should never let the perfect be the enemy of t good. when it comes to solving problems on behalf of hardworking american taxpayers. and this is people. in terms of standing up for their health, their safety, their education, their natnal security protection and, of

course, above all else, their economic well-being. a biptisan process leading to a bipartisan result. that will hopefully lay a foundation for us to continue to do the work of the american people together. now, we've said from the very golf swing of this congress, as democrats that, we will find bipartisan -- democrats, that we will fin on any issue, whenever and wherever possible, as long as it will make life better forhe amerin people. that's exactly what house democrats continue to do. at the same time we've said we will push back against we will always defend a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health care decisions. we will alwaysef mosaic of the n people. and push back against unnecessary attacks against diversity, equity and inclusion. these are american values, we

will always fight to protect and strengthen social security and e over politics. and we hope that that will continue, no the just on the democratic side, but together. to solve problems for the american people. as soon as we completehi us turr national security priorities and make sure that we don't abandon the people in their hour of greatest need, as they fight for principles like democracy and truth and push back against you a tock are asy -- autocracy, tyranny and propaganda. am sd always stand on the side of these principles like democracy and freedom and truth, and that means standing with the people of ukraine. i thank once again the

appropriators for their leadershipess. i urge everybody to support this legislation and i hope that as we move forward,n our promise to you, but more importantly, to the american people who expect that in this congress we should have more common sense and lessd less dysfunction. and more exceptionalism and less extremism. our promise to you is that we will do our best to put people over politics and we hope that will you do the same. vote yes on this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas is now recognized. the gentlewoman reserves. thank you. mr. roy: the democrat leader talks about the mosaic. mosaic that anyone who votes for this bill

today will be supporting that we're talking about $156,000 fo- gay and lesbian health collective, an organization self-described as champions of lgbtqia equity and provides training in competency and health care for lgbtq youth. or $2 million to an oregon collin take provides hormone■ ther money for gay senior housing in massachusetts. or 4dz00,000 for the briar patch youth services in wisconsin that has gender affirming clothing programs for kids 18 to 13 -- 13 to 18. or $400,000 to the garden state equality education fund, which helpss transition genders, promote biological boys playing girls sports, and using the same restrooms. i could go on and on. how about the million inner citm network which calls for the destruction of israel? that's what we're funding. that's precisely what we're funding in the democratic leader

talks about a mosaic, that's what he's talking about. and my republican colleagues who year, they will, they're voting to fund it today. to be very clear, my republican colleagues are voting to fund that so-called today. unless they choose the right path and vote against it. and my friend from california, when he talked about, oh, oh, the horrors that willjs happen f we have a c.r., well, we shouldn't be here. this is the swamp acting what it does. have government funding expire on the friday before two-week recess heading into easter, precisely to have the pressure of jet fumes so that the american people are the ones left holding the bag, srs of coo off to our codels, can go travel, can go do your fundraisers, can make sure youoe bag are the american people. and we talk about this, the game was given up. when we talk defense. everything that is happening here is being done in the name

of defense. everything that you see, talking about our national security will be uwell, tell me about national security in texas. when you have the national guard getting rolled over in el paso, when you have texans dying from fentanyl poisoning, when cartelg in texas. talk to me about national security then. .... mr. biggs: i thank the gentleman for yielding. thank you. the gentlelady from connecticut said that i able to successfully reject republicans' request for spending reductions and rejected republicans' and yet somehow the republicans are going to vote for that? that's outrageous. she's right, though. she got the spending. she killed the riders. and when i hear that a vote for this is a vote for china. a vote for - against this is a vote for china, what you are really saying is a vote for this

is a vote for chinese terrorism. we have had over 30,00õ from chs the border with this border policy. what you're going to get you are voting to speed up the process of recontribution of -- redistribution of illegal aliens coming in. that's what the funding will go for. you those beds are going to go empty. why? because you are going to ship these people out as soon as they get here. that's what's happening. it's been 24 hours. so the crimes, the fentanyl death, the terrorist initiatives that are coming our way, you vote for this, you are funding it. you own it. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentma florida, the chairman of the state and foreign operations subcommittee, mr. diaz-balart. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman fromow much time are you giving him?

two minutes.í$ mr. diaz-balart: i want to thank the full committee chairwoman. chairwoman granger. also the speaker for bringing us to this point. me tell you i'm e state and foreign operations portion of the bill we are dealing with today. let's talk about what the a bilc and what's in the bill. it includes a 6% reduction from fiscal year 2023. we are at a critical moment in our history. one of the most important allies is in time of its greatest need. and this bl the call. it is the strongest pro-israel state and foreign operations bill that we have ever seen. so about facts. it provides $3.3 billion in foreign military financing for israel. almosthat is not funded in this bill.

the bill prohibits funds to unrwa, which has become, a de fy of hamas. the passage of this bill means not one additional dollar from american taxpayers will go fund this flawed organization. but if we go to a c.r., we are going to continue to fund t the passage of the bill also prohibits fund u.n. commission f inquiry answer israel. the passage of this bill means no funds can be used delist the iranian revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization. or to implement that infamous nu iran. and another top priority, madam speaker, is coug communist china. this bill includes foreign military financing for taiwan. the first time ever in an appropriations bill that we have done that. the passage this bill prohibits the use of foreign aid to repay chinese debt.

also another priority is strengthening our national security and supporting democracy defending human rights and human dignity. this bill increases funding to promote democracy and human rights in cuba guidelines to ene funding supports the democratic opposition.■■@ two more minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two more minutes. mr. diaz-balart: it helps the democratic opposition and the terrorist regimes' chosen businesses. we stand strongly against human trafficking and particularly human trafficking of doctors. this bill also supports those ir hemisphere. the most repressive areas. those anti-american dic dictatorships in venezuela and nicaragua. failure to pass this bill, we lose provisions on the prohibition of funds for encouraging organized -- organizations, facilitating, or

promoting migrant vare cans -- caravans to the united states f■ this bill fails -- united states. if this bill fails and then those funding sources to again organizations that are promoting va illegal folks to the united states will continue. that is factual. that's in this bill f this legislation were not to pass, we lose the protection of free speech by limiting how funds can be used under the pretext of countering disinformation. if this legislation were not to pass, we would go back to current law. we would lose the restrictions that only u.s. flags may be flown or displayed over a■m; facility of the state department. madam speaker, this bill reduces spending. it reprioritizes funding towardy interests. and carries crucial limitations and smart polchanges rein tin the biden administration.

if this?u are giving carte blanche to the biden democracy. it is a dramatic improvement of current law. let me staff for their hard work. this is an important bill at a crucial, critical time when american leadership is sorely needed. we are not getti this bill goes a long way to re-establish american leadership. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from connecticut now is recognized. ms. delauro: thank you. i yield one minute to the gentleman from myl the distinguished ranking member of the financial services and general government subcommittee, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr.inute, too little time. the financial services bill is a good bill. it's the responsible alternative.■e thirdly, it is ironic that the group that has made compromise

the most difficult over the lase compromise. legislative action is about compromise. this a responsible compromise. as so many of the chairs of the subcommittees on the republican side have is the least responsible action that we could take. i urge my colleagues to vote for this bill as the responsible, effective alternative notwithstanding the fact that the ope this point of the appropriations committee have not been what they ought to be. we all understand that. our col, caused, as i said, by a group who does not want compromise.il. america needs this bill.

it is a shame it's not going to be followed by passing aid for ukraine. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: well, the distinguished former majority leader brings up the financial services bill. what he left out was the fact that we are going to give $200 million to the f.b.i. for its new headquarters. even after republicans touted in the last massive omnibus bill wn relied upon getting rid of an earmark in alabama to claim that it was a bigger cut than it really is, now what is happening to the american f.b.i.'s gettinw shiny headquarters despite running ram shod over the american people. spying on them. by the way, weed fisa to continue spying on the american people. we also failed to prohibit the treasury from establishing a central bank digital currency. house republicans passed■r but in this deal that was cut, we don't do that. why?

why? why would it be so abhoro ban a central bank digital currency. i yield 90 seconds to my friend from south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized.up this morning to a text from an elderly lady, we are under attack, congressman. can congresdo anything to protect our borders? the blood of further deaths of americans is on your hands. iy0■m my good friends on the right side. mr. norman: this is anything but a national security bill. look at what's happening at the look at what's happening to the agents that got bum rushed in el paso last night. if you willing, anybody that votes for this bill, you are saying -- all the listeners, are you agreeing to $500 million fjn for border security in jordan?

are you agreeing to -- do you like $125 million tod college in egypt? is this where you want your money? do you want $286 billion for title x family planning, an abortion clinic? folks, the list goes on and on. this is insanity. here's what i call -- here's the fix. i call on our speaker, he's the only one can do after -- to vote this bill down, take that mace down, which has to be in place, it's been in place for■! 182 years, to have session in the house of representatives, cut the lights off, and until the senate accepts a total shut down of tha total h.r. 2, we don't come back. why fund the government that's working against us? it is tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is

recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman ohio, the chairman of the homeland security subcommittee, mr. joyce, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized.madam speaker. i rise today in support of the package of appropriation bills under consideration. as chairman of the homeland securityhe full committee chair, ms. granger, for her leadership in assembling funding package that is reflect strong republican priorities. the crisis at our southwest border has raged under the biden administration. more than two million migrants cross the border each of the last that is not sustainable. so this bill makes key investments to secure the border, expand detention illegal immigration. under this bill we provide $500 million to reach an end strength of 22,000 borderith h.r. 2. to counter fentanyl, this bill provides $305 million for

nonintrusive insctt our nation's of entry. this bill ensures i.c.e. has the capacity it needs to enforce the law by■ 41,500 detention beds. without this funding i.c.e. would release more than 10,000 current detainees who pose a threat to our communities. this bill alsoast guard with twt response cutters to counter chinese aggression in the pacific. addion billie funds the coast guard's military pay raise, keeping our promise of supporting our troops. simply put, this bill ensures that men and women of department of homeland security who work tirelessly on our behalf have the resources and tools they need to protect this great nation.epublican priorities, cuts wasteful spending, and prioritizes securing the border.■we■ó cannos progress for a wasteful government shut dunn.

i urge my colleagues to support. and y bntlewoman from connectics recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the the gentlewoman from minnesota, the distinguished ranking member of the defensee e gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. ms. mccollum: well, it's no secret this appropriations cycle was tough. as ranking member ofe defense appropriations subcommittee, i want to thank, really thank chairman calvert for working in a bipartisan manner to get t bill done. this compromise defense bill is focused on two things. national security and our service this bill provides our service members with the training and the equipment necessarymplete te home soon and safely as possible. it supports military families with the 5.2% pay increase. it a 5.4% increase to basic housing allowance. and the bill restores at least

some funng the ukrainian assistance initiative. the house must pass the senate security supplemental as soon as possible. and that all the partisan riders that were originally in the defense house bill have been removed. madam speaker, mini bus shows us there is only one way to fund the government and that's on a bipartisan basis. full stop. let's follow the example. the re: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. mccollum: i urge members to support the bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. ield 90 pandemics seconds to my friend from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman now is recognized for 90 seconds. >> thank you. to my house and senatee to put your vote where your values are. because you can't claim to be the pro-life champion and then fund abortionve fetal tissue research. mr. clyde: you can't rail against president biden's intentional illegal invasion and fund the policies that are

causing the chaos withouti the e responsibility. just like you can't flaunt your vote to impeach secretary mayorkas and fully fund his salary and duc policies. you can't defend america's second amendment liberties and fund gun control by the c.d.c. and you protect young women andn fund transgender surgeries and fund educational institutions that allow don't call them men e they are not real men. real they don't use their superior strength to steal from women. disinformation governance boards and government by proxy censorship. and you cannot sound the alarm on our dire economic outlook and plooning national debt- ballooning national debt and then rubber stamp spending higher than nancy pelosi's levels for f.y. 2023 and the list goes on and on.

reply cannot righteously denounce democrats' disastrous policies that are destroying our great country and then turn around and fund them. after all, it, you own it. but it's not too late. we promised the american people that we would fix these problems, not fund them. so i urge my no on the swamp's second half omnibus. thank you and i yield back. mr. roy: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, the distinguished ranking member of subcommittee, mr. cuellar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. cuellar: as the ranking t don't go visit thee border. border. so i know the border. this is a strong border security homeland bill that we passed in a bipartisan way, commonsense

way.■3 this bill takes away all the poisonous riders, bipartisan riders. it adds the largest number of bord÷rer■ patrol agents at 22,00 agents. it adds c. bmpt pmpt officers -- c.b.p. officers. it adds support staff so they can support the agents. it adds money to do air marine so they can do the work and counter drones. it adds money for the t.s.a. so they can have the pay equity. eo the food and shelter program which is important for the border community. it■ñn 5> 41,500 beds that are being used right now, even up to 41,700 beds. it adds money for don't have thr rights after they get their rights processed. it fully funds reunification efforts of families that were unjustly funded. it adds money to border patrol and adds money to -- ms. delauro: i yield the

gentlema 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has another 15 seconds. mr. cuellar: it adds money so local law enforcement can do the . members, this is the strongest border security bill that we have. but it's fair. it is fair and i ask folks to t. again, i live at the border, i don't go visit. this is a strong homeland security bill. with that, i yieldpro tempore: k you. the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: i thank my friend from texas for his remarks. but i would jus adding beds that aren't going to be used. all we're doing is adding money for border patrol that won't be allowed to do their job. they'll be processing more pele andres look em-- and releasing them against the law parole policies that damage the country and led to laken riley's death. that's all this bill does with that, i 15 seconds to the gently from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from georgia is recognized. ms. greene: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in extreme opposition to

the second part of the omnibus bill. no republican in the house of representatives in good conscience can vote for this bill. it is a complete departure of all of our principles, especially if you call yourself pro-life. this bill funds abortion. this is not a republican bill. this is a chuck schumer, democrat-controlled bill coming from the house■ supposed to be controlled by republicans, but yet our majority has been completely -- the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to direct their remarks to the please. taylor til taylor madam speaker -- ms. greene: madam speaker, it is the will of our voters and it is the will of republicans across the country that this bilo the floor, that this bill will absolutely destroy our majority and will of our votes that are this majority is a failure -- voters that this majority is a failure this is the bill that the white house cannot wait to sign into law.

th iill that rips our border wide open and tells every single person in over 160 countries around the world they can invade ourntry, they can run over our border patrol, they can run over our texas national guard, they can come in, rape our women,■óe and squat and take over our homes. this is an atrocious attack on the american people. the speaker of the house sul not bring it to the floor. and this bill should not pass. mr. roy: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman resves.lewoman from ts recognized. ms. granger: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewomanwoman from connectict is recognized. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: i would yield one minute to the gentleman from missouri. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is now recognized for one minute., thank

you, mr. speaker. i think that this bill defies any kind of objective understanding ofe situation tha. we're at $34 trillion in debt. mr. burlison: it is the highest debt to g.d.p. that we've experiencein america. higher than we experienced after world war ii. and we just left a war. today we're at the same level of debt to g.d.p. and yet we're the greatestial wars.■v threat to national security that there is. and to add more debt onto only n further. look, our border is the threat to national security and yet we're doing to actually fix it in this bill. no matter how much we talk about some of the things that are in the bill, at the end of the day, you know, i hear expressionsli .

up here, the swamp says, people say, somebody's got to govern. within that statement therein lies the false pretense that government is the solution to our problems, government isn't the problem. thank you. mr roy: reserve.the speaker proe gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. thsp reserves. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves her time. the gentleman from mr. roy: i'd yield one minute to my friend from pennsylvania, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is now mr. perry: thank you, madam speaker. last night when i was looking over the bill, i got a text with a film in it, a of soldiers in uniform being overrun at el paso. being overrun by illegal foreign nationals coming into our

them. i don't know what their orders were, i don't know what their rules of engagement were. i don't know how anybody expected them to stop them. these people coming into our country wholesale. and what was amazing and astounding as well, madam speaker, is those folks all ran to the patrol. to come into our country illegally. border patrol being ordered by president biden and secretary mayorkas to allow these people■s to", come into country. my friends on the other side of the aisle are going to say, well, we got more beds, we got more border patrol agents. those agent a going to process these individuals into our country and those beds are going to go unfilled because these people are coming to your town. madam speaker,his bill makes americans pay for their own sellout and i recommend that we all vote no. i yield. the speaker pr,ao tpore: th geleo tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas reser■c the gentlewoman from connecticut.

ms. delauro: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: i yield one minute to my from kentucky, mr. massie. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. massie: today we're setting a dangerous precedent. we're suspending the three thatr constituents don't have time see what's in this bill. we know what's in it. we know it spend too much money, we know is down to the ages of 12 into being trans. we know it's got funding for facilities that do late-term abortions. why would for that? because it's got a dangerous cocktail that the swamp has always served. and we're drunk on it today. what is thatudget gimmicks. with a chaser of the fumes from d.c.a., the smell of jet fuel at d.c. at. d.c.a. because what are we going to do as soon as we pass this bill? we're all going to the airport and we're going on recess for two weeks. this is■8 not the way we shouldo

the nation's business. we need to preserve the three-day rule. we need to follow our own rules. we need to bring these bills rer order and i urge people to vote against this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. mr. roy: reserve. theaas is recognized. ms. granger: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauserve the balance of m. the speaker pro tempore: reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: may i inquire how much time is replaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has --the gentleman has 3 1/4 minute. 3.25. mr. roy: three minutes, 15 yield from arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. i'm going to be voting no for this, this bill. first, i want to talk to my republican colleagues. it's important that we winrstand that the american

every time. but they sure as hell expect us to fight. and that's not what we're doing. we should not be fighting for this. mr. crane: this is garbage. the next thing i want to address real quick is to the american people, please pay attention to who votes for this and make sure wh■(en■, they come back to your hometown, in your district, and they talk to you at your next lincoln day dinner about fiscal border, if they voted for this, let them hear about it. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. reserve. ms. granger: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauda■2aker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: thgeoment ago talked about the fact that we defund unrwa and we defund some policies that are pernicious. i agree with him. a partut last year when we

set out to change this institution. to return to some sort of regular order, to have 72 hours to rebuild -- read bills, to have single subjectilor, to actually have an appropriations process. we passed seven appropriations bills off of the floor of the house. we passed three out of committee to the we actually had some amount of debate, we were able to move things through. and we got some of our policy priorities and we sent them ove? we walked away and we went back to business as usual in the swamp. where a handful of people that they call four corners a you. not the people in this room as a body, but a handful of so-called cardinals. the same group that■veard guffawing in the back a minute ago. the same block of appropriators that think they're the ones that get to control the entire world and use our men andorm as an exo undermine the national security of this country by spending money we don't have. by racking up debt to the tune of triio while funding all manners of

sins with respect to transgender surgeries, abortion tourism. funding the world heahway our sovereignty, funding open borders with mass parole that led to the death of laken riley. everybody who votes for this bi it. don't go out and campaign this year saying you oppose this stuff when you write the check. because that's what's happening da republican, every single democrat who votes for this omnibus spending bill today, they own it. they own the open borders,hey own■jpv woke military that we cannot recruit people to fight in. they own giving our sovereignty to world health organizations and#2 international bodies. they own more funding for the wuhan lab. yeah, that's all in there. they own it. we should■oin in november? vote no. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. ms. granger: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, 11 had, 388 members -- 11,388 members have servedtes house of representatives. we are blessed and what we are is serving the american people. that is our job. it is not s our individual philosophies, ideologies or whatever it is that we believe. we need to govern on behf peop. and i'm proud to have been working with democrats andans ue government work for the people of this country. it's a bipartisan bill, it sides with hardworking majority of americans, it helps to lower

that cost of living it, protects women's rights -- living, it protects women's right, itershis our communities be safe and secure. .... it is not about what we do, it's not about those of us who serve in thishamber, it is about what we do on behalf of the people of this country outside this bill serves the american people. and it has democrat and republican supporto move forward. we are six months into this 2024 year. we have been unable to work of the people because some people will hold us back. again, our job, why we are elected, is toerican people. that's what we are charged with.

never forget that we are blessed to serve here.■x a duty to perfm and to do what is right. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. it makes senses to do it. and we do it because we represent hardworking families in this country who put t to dos job on their behalf. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. >> the house went on to approve thetrillion spending bill to fund 3/4f the federal government through september. the vote was 286-134. right now the package is being considered by the senate before tonigh midnight deadline to we'll have live coverage of the