senate. no legislative work is scheduled. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., september 20, 2018. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mitch mcconnell, a senator from the commonwealth of kentucky, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m, stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m,

>> congress returns from recess next week facing a september 30 government funding deadline. the house reconvenes on tuesday and will vote later in the week on short-term funding for the federal government through december 7 to avoid a shotgun. it's part of $855 billion spending package that funds the defense, labor and health and human services and education departments for next year. the senate returns on monday at 3 p.m. eastern wow will vote at 5:30 p.m. on executive nominations including president trump's nominee for u.s. representative to the international atomic energy agency and commissioners for the consumer product safety commission. you can see live coverage of house on c-span and watch the senate on c-span2. >> like many things and in poly the solutions are divisive and

in our system it's an easy, i know she is like overwhelming when the solutions are divisive. but the system as it works today, it doesn'tt work. it's a manageable problem. it's not the optimal solution to be better to transition some point in the future to a housing system with a cup is playing such, not play such a large will put the government will have to play a meaningful role in the housing market in any recession. whatever you think about the long-term future, whatever you think about the design structure before the crisis, they are less fragile today than come and join the them inn the future to mitigate the risks of a future recession. >> you talk about things that are divisive and as a set their contents to be a conversation about rescuing banks and t.a.r.p. and what that looks like.ab one of the things we didn't talk but when you were talking about t.a.r.p. before is the accountability e