mr. goldman? mr. goldman votes no. mr. garcia? mr. garcia about snow. mr. ramirez? mrs.ramirez about snow. mr. menendez? mr. menendez about snow. ms. clark? ms. clark votes no. mr. titus? >> i guess you know who your real friends are and who cares about fentanyl. i vote no. >> missed titus votes no progress is anyone else in the room cared to have the route recorded? how am i recorded? what you are not report recorded regards to chairde votes aye. german green votes aye. you may record or report the tablets that votes their 17 and one present. the aye has at the tabling motion prevails mr. guest whatever it does it's not admitted to the record. are there any other uc requests? >> there being no further amendments? what's mr. chairman, mr. chairman. >> agenda must recognize. the question unanimous consent to enter into the rec a letter to this committee dated january 11, 2021 authored and signed by benny g thompson and john cap company directed to the honorable david administrator ae transportation security administration. encouraging tsa administrator to disrupt the trav

mr. garcia? mr. garcia votes no. mrs. ramirez? mrs. ramirez votes no. mr. menendez? mr. menendez votes no. ms. clark? ms. clark votes no. missed titus? missed titus votes no. >> how is the chair recorded? >> the chair is not recorded. >> the chair votes aye. >> report the tally? >> there were 18 ayes and 14 nos. >> the tabling motion stands and that motion is moved to the table. without objection, click report that amendment and nature of the substitute personal .a amendment in the nature of a substitute for 863 offered by mr. green of tennessee. without objection, the reading is dispensed with. i now recognize myself to explain the amendment and nature of the substitute. this is in the nature of a substitute and expansive the underlying resolution by 22 articles of impeachment. article one relates to secretary mayorkas's systemic refusal to apply the law and number two is for public trust. the amendment and the nature of the substitute also includes updated figures regarding illegal border crossings and other statistics. with that, i yield. there any other further discu

mr. garcia? mr. garcia votes nay. mrs. ramirez? mrs. ramirez votes aye. mr. menendez? mr.endez votes country nine. ms. clark? ms. clark notes nine. missed titus? ms. titus votes aye . and ira carter? >> the chair votes no. >> chairman green votes no. >> house mr. garcia recorded? >> mr. garcia is recorded as having voted no. mr. garcia votes aye. >> the clerk will report the tally. >> chairman green, on that vote there were 14 ayes and 18 nos. that nos has it. that motion is not agreed to. you made that notion in the midst of your opening remarks. ranking member, i.e. done with your opening remarks? the gentleman yields. i think the ranking member. other members are reminded that opening statements may be submitted for the record. pursuant to notice, i now call up house resolution 863. the resolution was circulated in advance and printed copies are available. the clerk shall circulate the resolution. 863, impeaching alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security for high crimes and misdemeanors. without objection, the first reading is dispensed with. ranking member

mr. ramirez, for what purpose do you seek recognition again? >> pursuant to clause 1 a, i knew that the committee recess until 1:30 p.m. and if you have a motion on the desk. >> mr. chairman? >> motion made to table the motion. >> mr. chair, i request we put it to a vote. >> all those in favor of tabling the motion will say aye. all those opposed , no. the opinion of the chair, aye has it . >> i do request a recorded vote. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> [ roll being called ] >> unanimous consent? >> let's get the vote done on this motion to table and then i will recognize you for that purpose or whatever purpose. >> clerk, please report the tally. >> mr. chairman, there were 16 aye and 14 no. >> motion is tabled and i recognize for what purpose? >> insert the article. >> washington post data today titled house republicans keep fumbling on immigration. these articles complained about measures taken by a completely different agency, the state department, which mayorkas does not control. >> i now recognize the gentle lady from texas for five

ramirez. mrs. ramirez: on our first homeland security committee hearing, professor bowman made it clear that policy differences are not a legitimate basis for impeachment. there is no legitimate basis for impeachment, yet here we are. why? republicans believe persecution is a substitute for policy making. when you can't legislate, you punish, right? persecution has been a go-to, and omar, tlaib and mccarthy, government employees and immigrants and now secretary mayorkas. persecution and punishment does not solve problems. republicans are not interested in policy. they shut us down and killed a supplemental they have negotiated for months. they are deflecting attention from their failure to govern to secure their own re-election. if you are serious, the root cause of migration and ep fentanyl. clearly we are not. mr. thompson: yield 15g seconds. mrs. ramirez: we are not serious about solutions, just chaos. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. m

. >> mr. chairman. >> does anyone else -- ms. ramirez. >> like you to mr.. >> thank you to representative ramirez. jessica for those keeping score at home, two propose articles of of impeachment. the first one claims that the secretary willfully ignored the law by failing to detain all migrants when, in fact, we know that the migrant detention centers center are at capacity. 34,000 beds funded by congress, 37,000 annual daily counts. we know that the secretary has released people from detention at about the same rate as a trump administration in the last two years and also that it apprehended people at the southern border at the same rate, 78% exactly the exactly the same rate as the trump doins exercising the same discretion of his predecessors have. article ii, we spoke about this earlier, that my republican colleagues claim the secretary lied to congress i saying things like the board is more secure than my predecessor. clearly an opinion, not a statement of empirical fact when we or the other. and using terms like secure, close, et cetera, which are ope

ramirez. >> mr.hair, request a recorded vote. >> all those in favor of tabling the motion will say aye. those opposed no and in the opinion of chairs the ayes have it and the motion motion to table-- >> i request a recorded vote. >> a recorded vote has been requested, the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> how is the chair recorded? >> the chair is not recorded. >> the chair votes aye. >> chairman green votes aye. >> unanimous consent? >> let's get the vote done on this motion to table and then i'll recognize you for that purpose or whatever purpose. the clerk please report the tally. >> on that vote mr. chairman there were 16 ayes and 14 nos. >> so the motion is tabled and i recognize for what purpose, mr. correia. >> unanimous consent to insert an article. >> can you tell us what it is. >> washington post today, house republicans keep fumbling on immigration, unfortunately these articles measures taken by a completely different agency, the state

ramirez, for five minutes. mrs. ramirez: i rise today to recognize van coley mean is a public servant who always shows up for her neighbors in illinois 3. yes mean is a resident of hanover park and at the age of 27, her commitment to a community pushed her to serve as a village trustee of hanover park becoming the first and only nigerian-american elected official in illinois. as a founding mom who lead, she supports illinois' black woman to succeed in elected leadership roles and serves in illinois 3 in illinois as regional director for u.s. senator dick durbin and economic development chair of the naccp through page county. mean in every room she walks into and inspires others. today on behalf of illinois 3, i present your commendation to your contributions to our community to your commitment to public service, equity and justice. congratulations. i also rise in commendation of michael childriss. a long time resident of due page county. first ever black member of the due page county board where he serves as vice ch

i now recognize mr. ramirez and i will yield to him if he likes. >> i will yield.w already that there's no evidence to the impeachment but here's where i want to go actually. we haven't talked about this piece. why did you select this committee of all the other committees? and why did you come to congress? if i came to congress to pass legislation that makes life better for my constituents, that is policy. so you know i heard the gentlelady from georgia talk about wanting to stop the human traffickers. i do too. i absolutely do. the concerns that we have with illegal crossings i am also concerned about illegal crossings. so, my question is, let's be honest. let's say that somehow the senate votes that you get this out of the committee at 5:00 in the morning or whenever we get out of here. you bring it to the floor and then you get enough votes, right, to impeach and let's say this happens. the president has too appoint someone else. what solution have you created because here's my thing. none of you ever ask yourselves, what is the root cause of my creation? how co

ramirez. mrs.e basis for impeachment, yet here we are. why? republicans believe persecution is a substitute for policy making. when you can't legislate, you punish, right? persecution has been a go-to, and omar, tlaib and mccarthy, government employees and immigrants and now secretary mayorkas. persecution and punishment does not solve problems. republicans are not interested in policy. they shut us down and killed a supplemental they have negotiated for months. they are deflecting attention from their failure to govern to secure their own re-election. if you are serious, the root cause of migration and ep fentanyl. clearly we are not. mr. thompson: yield 15g seconds. mrs. ramirez: we are not serious about solutions, just chaos. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. green: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. bishop. mr. bishop: many have said what the issue is, many have mischaracterized it. the issue in the articl

. >> mr. ivey? >> no. >> stor goldman? >> no. >> mr. garcia? no. >> misses ramirez? >> no. >> mr.enendez? >> no. >> misses clark? >> no. >> misses titus? >> no. >> may i ask what the tally is? >> mr. chairman, would you like to vote? >> what is lly? just hold on, i can ask the tally. >> we had for teen aye's and 14 no. the chairman is not recorded. >> the chair votes aye. >> the chair votes aye. >> he is not recorded. he votes aye. what is the tally now? how is mr. luttrell recorded? mr. luttrell is not recorded. >> aye. anything else? what is the tally? on that about there were 17 aye's and 14 no. >> the clerk will distribute the amendment. >> mr. chairman, question on procedure. if the minority is going to require that every amendment they offer be read, not dispensed with the reading, i we can be here all night, that is fine with me. >> we look forward to your vote. the clerk will report to the amendment. >> an amendment to the amendment in the nature of the substitute 4863 offered ■l■uby miss jackso- lee of texas, number 117. the gentle lady is recognized to speak on her amend