estimated 15,000 people have lost their daca status already, leaving dreamers with tremendous uncertainty. can you give assurances that the administration is not pursuing actions against young people whose daca status has expired while the current court order is in effect? sec. nielsen: if you are a current daca register, you still have status. .o one has lost their status no one will lose their status until march 5 or later, depending on what happens with the court. sen. klobuchar: are there any circumstances under which the court would remove a daca beneficiary from the u.s. at this time? sec. nielsen: no, unless they commit a crime and we have 2100 who have. they lost their status and would be targeted for deportation. sen. klobuchar: where their circumstances under the organization that they would remove the dock a beneficiary before the recent court? >> this hearing with kirstjen

nielsen continues on our website, c-span.org. we are going to leave it to go live to the u.s. house. we are expecting a brief session and wand will return to the heag when the house goes into recess. live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. january 16, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable act as arrington to speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the

chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties. and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to thank and recognize the leaders of the dolphins tennesseeship community in my district for their hard work, again rossity, and support for the community as -- again rossity -- generosity and support for the community. 200 years of history and i'm proud to be a

part of. i would like to recognize the dolphinstown -- doylestown township i'm proud to be a part, and the bicentennial , and i would also like to recognize the community sponsors whose generosity made this celebration possible. my friend, senator chuck mcle haten, and state representative, pine retirement community certainty, delaware valley university, bucks county water and sewer authority, gilmore and associates, pennsylvania soup and seafood house, pickering courts, frank environmental, doylestown hospital, green street

educational foundation, monumental bank, and doylestown health for sponsoring the opening guolla i was privileged to attend. i ask the house of representatives to join me in saying thank you for their commitment to our community. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a school in my district. n november 30, 2017, soudertown high school was recognized as a unified champion school by the special olympics international headquarters. through the diligence and compassion of athletic director dennis stanton, and supervisor of special education, the introduction of unified sports into the school has greatly enhanced the curriculum of special needs students and allowed them to compete with other students in interscholastic competition.

one of overwhelm four schools in the nation and first in pennsylvania to have been this respect, i am proud of the work done at the high school to support and enhance the education and recreational development of all students. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentlelady from oregon, ms. bonamici, for five minutes. ms. bonamici: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm a member of congress, but i'm also a mom. and as a mom i am puzzled and frankly dismayed because congress has not found a bipartisan way to provide long-term funding for the children's health insurance program. more than nine million children and pregnant mothers, including thousands in oregon, receive basic health care through chip. in the past, this popular program has always had broad bipartisan support. we must do better than the

stopgap band-aid that's forcing states to rely on short-term funding, and importantly leaving vulnerable families with uncertainty and with distressed. recently i met a wonderful family in oregon that relies on chip for the health of their two kids. their story pulled at my heart. this is david. david is 5 and his brother is 20 months old. both children have neurological conditions. both require long-term medical care. david battles a life threatening form of epilepsy that requires expensive medications as well as regular physical and occupation at therapy. their mom fears the worst. i spoke with her and their pediatrician and she told me without long-term funding to support medicaid and chip, she said david could die. it's that simple. mr. speaker, this is about real people. and their lives are on the

line. funding chip is a good investment. in fact, the congressional budget office recently predicted that a 10-year re-authorization of chip would actually save the federal government $6 billion. it turns out preventing illness not only saves lives, it saves money. there is no excuse for leaving chip unfunded. working families like david and jacob's family need to know they will have health care when their kids need it. david and jacob are children whose lives are at stake. but there are millions more like them in oregon and across the country. mr. speaker, david and jacob deserve better. all of our nation's children deserve better. it's that simple. we must not let them down. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. arrington, for five minutes. mr. arrington: mr. speaker, on friday, thousands of people

from all across america will come to washington to march in support of the dignity and equal protection of every god-given human life in this great land. it is in that spirit that i rise to join my colleagues in supporting h.r. 4712, the born alive abortion survivors protection act. this bill ensures that if a baby survives a failed abortion, that baby must be given the same medical care as the baby born under any circumstances. in a moral society, the strong have a responsibility to protect the weak. it is a stain on the moral fabric of our nation that some lives are deemed less worthy than others with respect to protection. america is a city on a hill whose light shines bright for all the world to see. that light is dimmed, however, as long as the dark practice of leaving a baby to die

continues. it is my hope that even those who believe in abortion can recognize that baby that survives a botched abortion should be afforded the same protections that you and i are. this week we celebrate not only the march for life, we also elebrate the life of blk jr. in his day martin luther king worked tirelessly in the face of eformous adversity and personal risk to himself and his family to help all of us as americans live up to the highest of our american ideals. the self-evident truth that all equal. created through his work, king helped our equal. through his work, king helped our nation better realize its charter, for forming a more perfect union. mr. speaker, the born alive abortion survivors protection act builds on king's legacy, by ensuring the unalienable right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are protected for everyone, especially for those whose voices have been

silenced. passing this legislation would restore some of our nation's light that has been lost. and make our nation a more perfect union than it was yesterday. that, after all, is our job. in the words of the great american hero, martin luther king jr., it is always the right time to do the right thing. let's do the right thing. and let's protect these helpless little babies. mr. speaker, i have the privilege of representing one of the most courageous little girls in all the world, sofia peters. she may be a little birl, little in stature, but she is -- a little girl, little in stature, but there's nothing small about sofia's heart and her courage. she has suffered for the last three years with a rare disease that has caused her to have multiple strokes. she's now facing the biggest challenge in her journey, major brain surgery. in her child like fate, god

says come to me as little hildren. sofia represents the faith of a child like nobody i have encountered since i have been in this office. she requested that i help her rally the world to pray on january 24, that while she's having that surgery, at boston children's hospital, that we would encourage people and implore people to pray for her. i was delighted and honored to join her and many others in asking folks it take the knee and appeal to the great physician to protect her, heal her, and make provision for her to have a strong, happy, and healthy life for many years to come. what a testament, what a testament to her faith in god and the power of prayer. what a testament of someone who in the face of trial and tribulation would choose hope, would choose to believe, would choose to dream that her best days are ahead ofer her.

-- of her. thanks for your faith, your testimony, thank you for your courage, most of all thank you for teaching us that every day is an opportunity. every day is a gift from god. sofia, we're rallying the world for you. we will pray for you. and we will appeal to almighty god on your behalf. god bless her, god her family bless her family. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. today. u.s. territories. another bill will change the way the securities and exchange commission regulates certain kinds of investment funds.

later in the week, legislation to keep the government from shutting down this coming friday night. live coverage of the house continues again at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. we will go back to the senate judiciary committee hearing ith secretary kristen nielsen. secretary nielsen: electricity will be restored. >> last week i wrote to fema, specifically the administrator brock long, because of reports and we verified them with people in connecticut that they have been told that the transitional shelter assistance program will be ended for them because their homes are now tatterable in puerto rico despite the absence of water, electricity and reliable structures. would you agr