bipartisan compromise. i will remind my friends, we're not going to agree on every part of this bill, and there will be elements, so-called riders that are in them that probably some of my friends don't like. there will be democratic riders in this bill, not just republican riders. that's just the process of normal legislation, and congress has every right to use the power of the purse. you know, i don't know any executive branch, be it republican or democrat, that ever likes congress, you know, getting down to the details of this. they just expect us to write a check for whatever they ask for. well, that's not the way our constitution is set up, and while the executive power -- executive branch has a range of powers and authorities that are unique to itself, at the end of the day we do fund every single activity that they engage in and at the end of the day we have the right to say, well, we agree with you hear, hear and here but we disagree here and we're not writing -- we're not funding that activity. .

in this case wherever we end up is going to be by necessity compromise. my friends don't dont have the congressional strength neither the house or senate to dictate to us, but we don't have it to dictate to them, either. obviously the president of the united states is of my friend's political party. and he's got to sign this legislation. anything that gets done is going to involve a lot of compromises. and anything that comes to this floor, whether you like or dislike it, will have been approved at some level, or at least accepted at some level, by members of both parties. this is what we had to agree to. i'm optimistic about that. and i'm very pleased, frankly, that this process is largely driven by the chairman of appropriations, mr. rogers, by mrs. lowey from new york. i know them to be exceptional legislators. and i know that all parties

concerned here are -- and their senate counterparts and administration counterparts are involved in good faith effort to give us a good funding bill for next year. and to set the stage for what we hope is a normal appropriations process. if we have that process next year, my friends on both sides of the aisle will have the opportunity to see every bill on the floor. the opportunity to offer any amendment they want. the opportunity to literally educate the committee about some concern that may be unique to their district or something that they understand, frankly, better than the members of the appropriations committee. that's the process that we are trying to get back to. i know it will serve the country well if we can actually reach this. what we have done in the last few months of this year actually set that up. the budget agreement. proceeded by a temporary c.r., the budget agreement that came out of that. the omnibus we are working on

now. the legislation that's passed in the last few weeks in a very bipartisan fashion on education and highways, all those things create a foundation for what can be an exceptionally productive year next year. one where we move through regular order. with that again i want to thank my friend from texas for bringing their concerns to the floor. i look forward to working with her on the underlying legislation which i hope has enough items in to attract significant bipartisan support. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time is reserve. gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: i would like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, a member of the ways and means committee, mr. kind. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for three minutes. mr. kind: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from colorado for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, as a member of the ways and means committeings and someone who has been involved in negotiations in regards to the customs bill before us today, i rise in strong support of that bill. i encourage my colleagues to do the same. the customs bill before us today is not the customs bill that was reported out of the house in june of this year.

a bill, quite frankly, that i couldn't support because of extraneous provisions, controversial provisions that got included in it. but through the product of the give and take of negotiations, i think we reached a good bipartisan compromise. this is what bipartisanship looks like. the cooperation, the give and take. not a perfect bill. i know there are still some objections to it. at its crux this bill provides us important tools and resources to enhance enforcement mechanisms so we can enforce trade agreements and the standards that we are trying to elevate in these trade agreements. for instance, this bill with language that i worked on very hard with my colleagues, mr. levin, mr. lewis, on the ways and means committee, will finally end the importation of goods and products based on the exploitation of child enforced and slave labor. that's in this bill. this bill also includes the full enforce act on the senate side, the promise act on the house side that, again, gives us additional tools to enforce elevated standards in the trade

agreementses that we looked previously. it also establishes for the first time an interagency trade enforcement center to require great coordination from our agencies when it comes to the implementation and enforcement of trade provisions that matter. the leveling the playing field for our businesses, our workers, our farmers. with the help of my friend from oregon we were able to get included a trade enforcement trust fund so that resources are dedicated for the enforcement of trade agreements. i hear that a lot from our colleagues they are not so much concerned with what goes into the trade agreements, they are more concerned about the lack of follow up and enforcement of the trade agreements. again because the progress we made, the creation of this trust fund, there will be resources in the future that will enable us to better enforce the trade agreements that are in front of us. this also, again, through the credit of my friend from oregon, mr. blumenauer, establishes a super 301 section. enhanced trade enforcement on key priorities such as labor and environmental and human rights standards that are now

being negotiated in the body of these trade agreements, fully enforceable like any other provision. the super 301 gives us tools to be able to follow that up and enforce it. this also establishes a state trade and export promotion program to help our smaller businesses, manufacturers, and our respective states to get in the game. be able to offer more export opportunities to them because we know that with exporting companies their works are paid roughly 18%, 19% more than other workers in our economy. this is a good thing to help promote exports in our own country. this also provides our treasury enhanced tools when it comes to fighting against the manipulation of currency in the foreign markets. the bennett language that was agreed to in this language is a step in the right direction when it comes to the enforcement of currency manipulation. a source of concern that many -- additional 30 seconds? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. mr. kind: many of our colleagues have expressed concern about.

i think legitimately so. again progress was made in this customs bill when it comes to currency manipulation. for all these reasons i think it's important we move forward on this customs bill. give this administration, future administration the tools they need in order to enforce trade agreements so we can elevate standards and begin the to level the playing field for our workers, our businesses, our farmers so they can be as successful as they can be in the 21st century global economy. with that i encourage my colleagues to support it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: then i want to yield three minutes to my good friend from ohio. i want to quickly respond to my friend's point. number one, thank him for his hard work in getting us to this position on this very important customs legislation. i appreciate the bipartisan manner in which the work product was clearly achieved. i take a lot of hope from the

fact that our current speaker was actually the chairman of the committee and much of that process, and obviously mr. brady from texas continues in that tradition. i'm pretty hopeful we are seeing a good, open process that is producing products that members on both sides of this chamber are happy to support and participate in. this is a good and hopeful thing. again, i thank my friend for coming back and educating us about an area he knows a great deal more about than i do. with that, mr. speaker, i'd like to yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from ohio, my good friend, mr. chabot. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. chabot: i thank the gentleman for yielding very much. mr. cole has been a leader in this area for many years now. we appreciate that leadership. and i rise today in strong support of h.r. 644. as chairman of the house small business committee, the trade

facilitation and trade enforcement act of 2015. the importance of robust international trade for america's small business can not be overstated. small businesses represent 98% of all goods exporting firms in the united states, 98% are small businesses. establishing our nation's role as the world's leader in international trade. seven out of every 10 new jobs in this country, seven out of 10 new jobs are created by small businesses. so if we want to improve the economy and trade, small businesses are an integral part of doing that. in my home state of ohio alone, more than 1.5 million jobs are tied to international trade, many of them with the small firms. the bipartisan customs re-authorization bill before us today will give small businesses the confidence and security they need to compete in a global marketplace. specifically it accomplishes this important goal by making

sure international trade agreements are working to benefit america's small businesses and the employees of those small businesses. that's why i'm pleased that this finished bill incorporates language that our committee helped to craft to ensure we are doing everything we can to keep the doors of trade open to small businesses. we have done this in that committee in general in a bipartisan fashion. by modernizing the procedures and systems used by customs and border protection, this bill also improves trade facilitation and makes sure that safeguards are working as intended. by giving a treasury new tools to crack down on currency manipulation, this bill ensures that foreign competitors like china aren't tablinging -- take advantage of our workers and small businesses. that's been a top issue in those of us that have dealt with trade is the concept that chinese have been manipulating their currency to give them an unfair advantage over america's businesses. this bill helps to deal with that.

by empowering the cpb and department of commerce, this bill will make it easier to hold bad actors accountable when they engage in unfair or evasive trade practices. mr. speaker, this is truly commonsense legislation that will help america's small businesses at a time when they need our help to compete in the era of globalization. i also want to thank my friend and colleague from texas, the chairman of the ways and means committee, mr. brady, for his leadership on this issue. he's worked on this since he introduced a customs re-authorization bill back in 2011. i know that's the basis for today's legislation. i again want to thank chairman cole for his hard work in this area because trade is important to jobs. yes, it's important to large corporations, but it's especially important to those small businesses all across america who engage in international trade and in the small business committee we are encouraging them more and more to do that. that means more jobs for more

families all over this contry. i urge my colleagues to support this. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the chair advises both sides that we have five minutes remaining in the majority side. 3 1/4 minutes remaining on the minority side. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: i'd like to inquire if the gentleman has remaining speakers? mr. cole: i'm prepared to close. mr. polis: i yield myself the rest of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for the remainder of his time. 3 1/4 minutes. mr. polis: mr. speaker, even after we pass this continuing resolution today, we'll still be five days away from a government shutdown. that's no way to run the greatest, freest, most prosperous country on the face of the earth. we agree on so many of the issues, mr. speaker. i urge my colleagues stop the partisan games. we have shown in recent weeks we can produce good bipartisan legislation when we just put the controversial, divisive, poison pills on the side. look at what we accomplished in transportation and education.

let's continue that trend. let's drop the ideological wish list for another time and pass the spending bill without the last-minute hysterics and partisan riders. in recent weeks americans have witnessed two senseless horrific mass shootings, one very near to my district in colorado that took three lives. and another in san bernardino, colorado that took 14 lives. ese slains are heartbreaking and tragic. sadly no one can no longer use the adjective to describe them -- shocking. there's been 355 mass shootings in 2015, which themselves are a small portion of the 48,000 incidents of gun violence so far this year. while i strongly support the rights given to americans in our second amendment, i believe there are commonplace pressures we must take to curtail gun violence. commonsense improvement we can make is passing legislation to keep individuals who are suspected of terrorist activity from purchasing firearms.

if we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule that would allow the house to consider h.r. 1076, the denying firearms and explosives to dangerous terrorists act of 2015. h.r. 1076 would amend the criminal code to stopt issuance of firearm licenses to email people on the terrorism watch list. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mr. polis: enough is enough. it's time to afpblgt let's make it hearder -- it's time to act. let's make it harder for criminals to assemble arsenals to kill innocent americans. we can do that. we can protect the second amendment. we can implement commonsense reforms that keep america safe. there's nothing congress can do to end gun violence, but we can and must take action to reduce gun violence. if we defeat the previous question, we will do that and

it will pass and it will become law and the american people will be safer. stop standing in the way, mr. speaker. i urge my colleagues to vote no to defeat the previous question and i yield back the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma with five minutes remaining. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you. first, before i close, i want to thank my friend for the debate and for his thoughtful remarks. i'm not surprised there will be a couple areas in my close where i'll disagree with my good friend. one is the process itself. i share his frustration and the need for us to move under regular order and i share the frustration, i think, both sides share that we are doing an omnibus, but i remind my friends we move six bills across the floor here. all of them moved through the full appropriations committee, and frankly, our friends on the other side of the rotunda need

to take considering responsibility for the delay in the appropriations since they prevented the senate from actually picking up and acting on individual bills. i think, frankly, had they done so we would have had a more orderly process and been out of here in an easier way. my hope is next year they'll do that, because i think in the bipartisan budget compromise we set a framework up by deciding early on what the top line numbers are for next year, where that process can and indeed occur. i promise to work with my friends on the other side of the aisle to see we restore regular order, bring each appropriations bill down here. i'm going to disagree with my friend, too, on this terrorist watch list idea. this is a very interesting point. i think members on both sides are equally committed to making sure all of our citizens are safe. but the terrorist watch list that my friend has talked about is one of the more mysterious

lists in the united states. as i read the press, i find one article that tells me, well, there's 47,000 people on it. another one that tells me, no, there's 470,000 people on it. yet another that tells me there's a million people on it or more. i do know the american conservative -- excuse me. the american civil liberties union has called the terrorist watch list a, quote, massive, virtually standardless watch list scheme that snares people and racial profiling. that's the american civil liberties union. in this chair we have mr. mcclintock from california when he was a state senator he found out accidentally going to the airport he was on the terrorist watch list. he found out another colleague, a democratic colleague, another

state senator, you know, was also on the terrorist watch list. they inquired as to why and they said, well, we can't tell you. eventually working with the sergeant at arms of the california senate they were able to determine, mr. mcclintock had been confused with an i.r.a., irish republican army, terrorist, and the other gentleman had been confused with somebody else. we know former -- the late senator kennedy was at one time on the terrorist watch list. so i think this is a very imperfect tool that will -- ensnare lots of innocent americans in it. it is also worth noting -- and this was a fact that was made to me from our good friend, mr. russell from oklahoma, along with his distinguished record of service for over 21 years in the united states army, is an arms manufacturer and an arms seller and he pointed out,

actually, the terrorist watch list is one of the lists that tobacco y the alcohol, and firearms, you know, group to decide whether or not to issue a permit. so it is a factor in. it isn't exclusive. you wouldn't exclude somebody because they're there. it's a factor taken into consideration. i say this just to suggest perhaps we wouldn't seize this as a about-all and a political talking point. this is worth a real serious look as to whether or not this particular list, how it's compiled, who's on it, what's the appropriate way to use it. i think this -- i think the do is ng we should attach it to legislation without the appropriate hearing and discussion of it which i think my friend on the other side would generally be in favor of. but there are plenty of reasons, anecdotal, and serious studies when, again, groups like the american civil

liberties union, sees this as an imperfect tool that will violate the civil liberties of the average american. again, i caution my friends on the other side. it's a great political talking point, but i think it's a pretty imperfect tool and i think they would find themselves embarrassed, frankly, were it used in the manner they suggest here. with that, mr. speaker, let me move to my close. passage of the continuing resolution, as we both agree, is critical to prevent a government shutdown and, frankly, to allow both sides and the administration to continue to negotiate. a c.r. passed the senate yesterday by voice vote. we should pass this rule. we should support the underlying legislation. yield back the balance of my time. and i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. polis: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the chair will reduce to five-minute for the question on adoption of the resolution. this is a 15-minute vote. -- reduce to five minutes on the question of adoption of the resolution. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

>> they will vote on the rule next. the rule provides for an hour consideration for those measures. that is when we expect to happen if and when the roll is approved in the next hour of debate of the short-term spending measure, which the senate late yesterday voted approval of that short-term spending measure. there will be no congressional action over the weekend. negotiators will continue working over the weekend to final out the final details in the omnibus spending measure. for more about that -- we talked about that this morning on "washington journal." now to talkg us about the omnibus spending bill, -- ave a staff writer at let's take a look at what house

speaker paul ryan said yesterday to reporters about the omnibus. [video clip] >> we do not want to rush legislation. this is something i inherited from the last regime. i do not want to rush things. i want to get it right to we always have the third week of december as a weekly -- as a week we would potentially be in session. we would not want to rush something. we are negotiating. we realized we did not have to keep our members here saturday and sunday. there was not a trip wire, it was i did not want december 11 to be an arbitrary deadline. host: talk about that deadline. deadline, if the house does clear the next stopgap spending bill, which is

a five day continuing resolution -- we are essentially running the government from day to day, that will put the new deadline on december 16. necessarily a deadline to meet the way this is shaping up. we heard there is a lot of work to be done to even have text of a catch all omnibus spending bill that would fund the entire government through the end of next september. that needs to be written by the beginning of next week. rogers is not even sure that can be done pay the goal is to get it monday. host: who is doing the negotiating of this bill? guest: there are two separate pieces. there is -- actually three. there is the funding levels themselves -- how much money

being spent on various departments and agencies. straightforward to the appropriations committee did much of that. there are a separate set of issues called policy riders, which are provisions designed to be attached. the republicans want to hamstring the obama administration. obamaant to stop the administration for doing all sorts of things. that is the second basket. the way negotiations have developed, there is actually a third basket we do not always see, which is the expired tax provisions that need to be revived. these are tax credits viewers probably familiar with. those provisions have lapsed. that seems like it is getting bundled in with the same package. of ouret's go to one callers.

we have middleton from west virginia, one of our democratic callers. do we have the caller there? caller: hello. host: go on. morning.ood i want to ask you a question. here to talk about what you are going to do now with the appropriations. why does not all the media condemn

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 236. the nays are 177. the previous question is ordered.

he house will be in order. the house will be in order. would members remove their conversations from the floor, clear the well, clear the ?isles, find a seat for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. mcclintock: i ask to speak out of order for the purpose of an announcement. looking ahead to next week, members are advised that no votes are expected in the house on monday. are mccarthy: members advised that first votes of the

week is expected at 6:30 p.m. on tuesday until our work is done. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: on that i request a vote.ed the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 236. the nays are 174678 the resolution is dopped. without objection a the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. -- is adopted. without objection a the motion to reconsider to is table. the chair will receive message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house the senate has passed s. 993 cited as the comprehensive justice and mental health act of 2015, in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: