[applause] >> on february 8, 2018, at 11:17 p.m., agreed to without amendment resolution 102. speaker, the, the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the following message. senate agrees to, without an amendment, resolution 104. that the senate passed with an 1892.ent, hr 1301 and hr

signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. mr. sessions: i send a report to the rule. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 7 346789 resolution providing for consideration of the senate amendment to the house is a amendment to the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 1892. to amend title 4, united states cold, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and order printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. sessions: i kale up -- i call up house resolution 734 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 125. house resolution 734. resolved that upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to take from the speaker's table the bill, h.r. 1892, to amend title 4, united states code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty, with the

senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment thereto and to consider in the house, without intervention of any point of order, a motion offered by the chair of the committee on appropriations or his designee, that house concur in the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment. the senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to adoption without intervening motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one hour. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, during consideration of this resolution, all time is yielded 2018.e purpose of debate only.

mr. speaker, this two-year budget agreement begins to repair our military and freeze our armed services from the harmful spending caps, the devastating practice of funding our troops and stop gap funding bills. it raises discretionary funding levels by $80 billion and nondefense by $63 billion while raising fiscal year 2019 levels by $85 billion and $63 billion respectively. i've been told. thank this will move spending levels from 2009 spending levels to 2011 spending levels, consistent with what we had done during those periods of time. mr. speaker, i reserve my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. and, mr. speaker, i thank my colleague for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. slaughter: we saw a shutdown just over two weeks ago. and here we are again. i believe this is the fifth one since september. and since the republicans control every branch of the government, we have to wonder what's going on here. i stood in this same spot after midnight in 2013 and announced that the great government of the united states was closed for business. at that point they would close for business for 16 days. which means all the federal buildings and parks were closed. vendors who had little mom and pop stores, newspaper kiosks, and things with federal business lost all the minute, a

lot of it. people with lunch rooms. the estimate was $24 billion was lost to the federal government. as i recall, that particular one, that was because senator cruz, republican of texas, didn't like the affordable care act. and apparently was not in favor of giving health care to the american people. the first shutdown that occurred when i first came here was in the clinton administration, when speaker gingrich shut down the government of the united states ecause he was unhappy with a plane seat in air force one that had been assigned to him. and two weeks ago, it was blamed on the democrats, which is very strange. since the departments do not have the vote -- democrats do not have the vote to shut down the house. only the majority has those votes. and this is the first shutdown in history as far as we can

find that the group of persons who control the house, the senate and the white house have given themselves a shutdown. it is a pretty sad day for us. here we are, 3:30 a.m. 3 1/2 hours after the government shutdown, once again. we've really got to stop this. fellow americans are in a state of nervous anxiety. the stock market dropped 1,000 points on a single day twice this week. we have perplexed the entire united states of america, as well as large parts of the world. and i would think that a reasonable person looking at all of this would be understood to believe that perhaps republicans are incapable of running the government.

because it's purely, purely crisis. t, nothing but so i yield back the balance of my time. sorry, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. i appreciate the distinguished gentlewoman for her help making sure the rules committee effectively and carefully got their work done this evening and i want to thank the gentlewoman. i do know it's 3:30 in the morning. the entire committee, the entire rules committee, was prepared on both sides and i thank the gentlewoman and the staffs that were included. mr. speaker, members of congress that were elected by their respective districts come to washington to represent their districts. but perhaps more importantly, some bit of those people also the nto account not just

representation of their district, but the pride and authorship they have in particular about america. about being a part of america and a standing -- us standing together. tonight we are going to have a chance to say, back to one of our members, who has come to washington -- washington, d.c., representing her home of puerto rico, home territory of puerto co, and to say back to her that this body offered its condolences for the storms that happened last year. she stood up representing puerto rico. she's a former speaker of the house of puerto rico. she stands with people of puerto rico. she has come and vivided member after member after member -- visited member after member after member to sell to them not only atry beauts of how to

fix puerto rico, but came and did the things legislatively it is with extreme fight that i yelled five minutes to the gentleman. former speaker of the house of to rico.

>> recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. speaker and thank you mr. chairman for allowing me to support this bill. i think it is important to acknowledge that five months storms, 30% of to reagan's are still without power. that is something that you will never expect in a u.s. territory. that is one of the biggest i stand here at 3:30 in the morning. to support a bill that will have the money to restore the power grid in puerto rico, to help the island to recover from the last

hurricanes. were facing a medical cliff this year. to the that will and insurance of 680,000 patients on the island. that is the reason this bill is so important to puerto rico. for two months this bill has been stalled in the senate. happy to see the agreement between republicans and democrats on the senate side to have this bill here tonight. thank you mr. speaker and members. today congress will make a critical vote so we may finally have a budget deal. book,time to vote for the for american citizens all over the state. for the states and territories that were struck by disaster in the last year, this bill will

provide billions of dollars including improvement to puerto rico's power network. it also take steps to secure the islands medicaid problem. year, i have been fighting to ensure puerto rico receives the money necessary to avoid that medical cliff. this funding will give puerto rico and congress the time to andt a long-term solution help the medical problems that we all face. i want to thank especially, the speaker of the house, and the members that have been supporting me. chairman walden, chairman burgess, need to

do for our people. on the senate side i thank senator marco rubio who has been supporting this since day one and thank all members of both chambers willing to save puerto rico and help their fellow citizens. i urge my democratic colleagues, if we wan to help puerto rico, now is the time to do it. it's not just talking, it's time to act, and it's time to vote for this kind of bill. we can be hostage of another bill and when i do support having immigration bills to happen, this is a bill that has been included in this budget.

and we must take action today. and that's the reason. it's the time to show it. not by word, by acts. i ask my colleagues to vote for this, not just say i want to help puerto rico. this is the time to help the island. i understand that the senate did a few minutes ago, we can come together and support what we are willing to do. puerto rico, there are a lot of things that need to be done. there are so many needs to be met. but let's continue to work together as the senate did today and i hope the house can do the same thing. and i yield pack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: if we defeat the previous question i will offer

to bring h.r. 3440, the dream act. this bipartisan, bicameral legislation must pass before the time runs out on hundreds of thousands of young people who were promised by a previous administration that if they registered and paid $500 they could stay in the only count dry they know. the new president invalidated the program and their lives. and those young people are part of our lives who are living in fear. i hope we can do something about that. it's past time. what happened to them is most un-american. i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the the gentlewoman from from new mexico . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. risch risch i stand here for ick ol, mir a.m., antonio, and hundreds of thousands of other young americans who dream and pray for only one thing, that this esteemed body of elected representatives endowed with the solemn responsibility will see a piece of themselves in them. that they will see beyond the circumstances by which they call america home and see the american values that they hold deep in their heart of hearts. i would surmise there isn't one congressional district that isn't home to a dreamer and we are lucky for it because to our

kids, dreamers are their friends d seniors and they are caretakers. they are entrepreneurs with the deprit and determination to do something with nothing, following in the footsteps who forged new paths that led us to amazing discoveries. eamers are a well-oiled of doctors, software engineers and technicians hoping to depiff back, their imagination is a driving force in the offices of fortune 500 companies and every year for the next decade dreamer ingenuity antennasity will pump billions into our economy. their efforts help america grow

faster and stronger and represent our future and reflection of our values. american ide-wide i'd optism im. they overcome just as americans ways have and in the face of unbelievable adverse it, they give meaning to the american promise. our democracy wasn't perfect but as lawmakers and representatives, we would work every day to the very ideals and we have the opportunity to do just that. we have to enshrine the promise that unlocks the potential of these young americans bypassing the dream act now by one vote. we have the chance to unite our country that hard work pays off. i ask my colleagues to vote

against the previous question so we can bring the dream act to the floor and provide certainty who want to ntonio contribute to the country they love, the only country they have ever known. we can't afford to yield another day. >> i yield a member of the republican leadership team, mimpell. michigan, mr. mr. mitchell: at 3:40 i'm surprised that some of our colleagues wish to talk about history, but so be it. we passed all 12 appropriation bills in september. to no avail. they sit in the senate requiring

60 votes. we talked about math with my colleagues and republicans have 51 votes in the senate. democracy requires people to work together. the senate decided not to do continuingended with resolutions and we have to fund the government in pieces. seemed like there was an a rangement. but our stress, some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle and the other chamber cided to throw the kitchen sink at it. daca, which we are hearing tonight and came up with pensions. one thing after the other using funding our military and keeping the lights on for their political adependa.

we have a basic function on, keep the lights on. which means we have to fund our military which some have felt isn't a priority of theirs. we now have a bipartisan depreement that the senate has sent over, but it's far from perfect. i don't think we will ever see perfect. in 35 years in business, but you take progress and move on. what does it for us. it funds defense so we can defend our nation and take care of our military men and women. and it provides funding for chip. provides a downpayment on infrastructure that is badly needed in this country and

funding for opioids funding a crisis that we face. i'm left to wonder why it is you want to defeat the rule to turn down this bipartisan agreement to add another thing in there. why would my colleagues want to do that? we take progress. the speaker says we will deal with daca and dealing with infrastructure and work force development and the priority that we have at this moment in time. there is cleared the senate and now 3:4 . i suggest we pass the rule and pass it and go on with policy next week. a and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i am pleased to yield four minutes to the ntleman from colorado, mr.

polis. mr. polis: i'm saddened that is body is descending down a fiscally irresponsible path, a path that trillion dollar deficits and path to mortgaging the future of my children and yours. what this massive spending includes is 14.6 percent increst 15.1% ding and next year increase in defense spending, 12.9% in nondefense spending. the "new york times" says as deficit soars, congress solution and keeps spending. i also want to quote from the "los angeles times" means the united states will be returning

to trillion ziferts. e budget was running between $500 billion now with lower tax revenues, the deficit i will blow pass $1 trillion. now look, to be fair, i have argued $500 billion deficits are too large. i supported spending cuts and i oppose the massive give-away to special interests to the tax reform bill. it would be easy to say, republicans own this debt. the debt is too easy. you know who owns this debt? my family and yours. it is in the form of future taxation and future reduction in services and future threat to social security and medicare.

this irresponsible path has got to end. i will be opposing this bill and i urge my colleagues who care to join me in opposing this irresponsible spending bill. this bill fails to include comprehensive immigration reform or the dream act. comprehensive immigration refor it would reduce our budget deficit by over $200 billion. increased tax revenue and increased productivity. while the dream act in similar measures haven't been formally scored, they also would contribute to reducing our budget deficit because hardworking americans would be able to get jobs, pay taxes and participate in the american dream. if this massive republican spending bill passes, it will only dig our nation deeper into

a debt that will become harder and harder to ever emerge from. i urge my colleagues to reject this massive republican spending bill and get to work on fiscally responsible measures like comprehensive immigration reform and the dream act, to reduce our budget deficit and hopefully eliminate it, rather than bloat it further and further. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to enter into the record a statement of administrative policy, which is referred to as a s.a. . it comes from the executive office of the president -- s.a.p. it comes from the executive office of the president. mr. speaker, if i could read the last paragraph. if the bipartisan budget act of 2018 were presented to the president in its current form, his advisors would recommend that he sign it into law. make no question about that,

that the president of the united states is asking not only members of congress but the american people to understand how important it is to make sure that this government is up and running. to make sure that our military is funded. and that the men and women who protect this great nation deserve a right to not only those volunteer -- those volunteers to our military deserve a right to have us fully fund our military fat the rest of the year -- for the rest of the year. i know and you know, mr. speaker, that this deal is only until march 23. but we should not ever allow our military to be put in harm's way. they are the ones who protect us. and for us putting them in harm's way, without the money to protect themselves, i think is bad timing and a bad way for us to extend our support to the military. so, i'm pleased today at 10 minutes until 4:00 a.m. eastern time that we can say we're going to move forward with this

bill that fully funds the military for the rest of the year. and i will ask our members at the very end, accordingly, to please support this underlying legislation. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield two minutes or three minutes rather to the gentleman from massachusetts, a distinguished member of the committee on rules, mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: thank you. i want to thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise because i believe we ought to help the dreamers. and my republican colleagues have said they want to help the dreamers as well. but yet they've done nothing. and i rise today, i'm deeply frustrated. i'm angry. i'm disappointed that in the greatest deliberative body in the world, that we are constantly prevented from deliberating. i want -- i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to defeat the previous question so

we can bring up the dream act. so we can help nearly a million people in this country. mostly young people who came here when they were very, very young. and who know no other country but this country as their own. we ought to find a way to protect them. to give them peace of mind. that shouldn't be a radical idea. and yet we can't seem to ever bring to the floor a remedy, a solution to help these people. you know, speaker ryan, when he took the gavel in 2015, promised a return to regular order. he said, and i quote we need to let every member contribute. he also said, and i quote, we ought to open up the process and let people participate. well, there's a bipartisan group here who believe we ought to protect the dreamers. who have a solution. the dream act. let us bring it to the floor, have a debate and vote on it. if my republican colleagues

don't want to vote for it, they can vote no. but we ought to have a debate on this. this is a big enough deal, this is an important enough issue, where we ought to have this debate. and it really is frustrating that at this late hour we can't even get a commitment from the speaker of the house to bring this issue to the floor. you know, this spending bill that we're talking about, this budget deal, would pass overwhelmingly, aum democrats i'm sure would support -- all democrats i'm sure would support it if the speaker would just make one promise. and that is that we can bring a bill to the floor, a bill that we think is appropriate to help the dreamers. that's it. if my republican friends don't want to support it, they can vote no. but to not let an issue like this be debated on the floor, to not think it's important enough to bring before the full house, is unconscionable.

i mean, i don't know whether my friends on the other side of the aisle have met dreamers or not but they've been here. they've been knocking on your door. these are incredible people. they contribute to this country in so many ways. they have led efforts to help protect people who have been victims of hurricanes all throughout this country. they've saved lives. they serve in our military. all we want is a vote. that's it. you know, and i just -- for the life of me can't quite understand why this is such a heavy lift. can i get another 30 seconds? ms. slaughter: i yield another 30 seconds to the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional half minute. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote no on the previous question so we can have this debate. and i'm tired of all the excuses. i'm tired of all the reasons that we're being given why we

can't debate this issue. this is important. these are real people. these are members of our community. they're our neighbors. the time has come for us to act. so vote no on the previous question. let's have this debate. let's protect the dreamers. let's do the right thing. but enough of the excuses. enough of the excuses. it's time to vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. mr. speaker, this past year 80 members of our armed services lost their lives in training in noncombat-related fatalities. we are going to attempt tonight , not wait, we're going to attempt to pass a bill which will offer funding for our military. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, the democratic leader, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute.

ms. pelosi: do i get eight hours to sleep? i thank the gentlelady for yielding. and i thank the members of the rules committee, all of you, for the great service you provide to our house -- the house of representatives. this great house of the people. and i wish that the speaker would treat the house of the speaker with the dignity that it deserves. by giving us an opportunity, just an opportunity, for him to say that he would bring . gislation to the floor the hurd-ing ary bar bill, for one, -- hurd-aguilar bill, for one, and other pieces of legislation regarding daca so the house can work its will under the queen of the hill, the rule. last night mr. clyburn, the assistant leader, and mr. hoyer, the democratic whip, and i is sent a letter to the speaker -- and i sent a letter to the speaker. it said, dear, mr. speaker in the spirit of bipartisanship,

we write again to our sincere desire that the government remains open and that the priorities of the american people are properly addressed. as you know, democrats have been clear that we support a budget agreement that ensures that our men and women in uniform have the resources they need to protect our country and that america's middle class and working families have the tools they need to succeed. as part of this agreement, we have always expected that the house and the senate would address the issue of daca and the dreamers. most of our members believe that this budget agreement is a reasonable compromise to address america's military strength and critical domestic priorities. likifying the opioid crisis, -- like fighting the opioid crisis, boosting the national institutes of health, moving forward to resolving the pension crisis, caring for our veterans, making college more affordable, and investing in child care for working families.

the agenda that i read was what we fought for and obtained in the budget agreement. we had -- we did not object to the large defense amount that was in the bill. >> the house is not in order. ms. pelosi: we did not object to the large amount of money that was in for defense. although some had said, what is the purpose, what is the mission? we said, let's go forward with that. but in -- to keep faith with the budget agreement, we insisted that the increases in defense would be met by increases on the domestic side. so we have fought this fight. this is a success for us. to get, as i said, the opioid crisis, boosting the n.i.h., pension cry circumstances caring for our veterans -- crisis, caring for our veterans, making college more affordable and investing in child care for our working

families. this is the fight we had with the republicans because they have a reluctant support to support domestic spending. >> the house is not in order. ms. pelosi: so the fact that this came to agreement after months of going back and forth on the caps, i think is very important to recognize. but, again, writing to the speaker, we're writing again to reiterate our request that you make a public statement regarding the scheduling of vote on the daca bill. i request -- our request is that you publicly state that you will schedule a vote to consider the bipartisan hurd-ing ary bar -- hurd-aguilar bills and any other daca bills you wish to consider under queen of the hill rule as i mentioned earlier. we strongly believe that members of the house and their constituents deserve the same dignity that leader mcconnell had extended to members of the

senate by allowing a vote on this issue. thank you for your immediate attention to this letter. and so we haven't heard back from the speaker on this. the defeating the previous question. the gentleman on the other side said, why would anybody vote against this bill? why would anybody vote against this rule? well, because we have an opportunity right here to take matters into our own hands, defeat the previous question, so that we can take up the dream act. so we can take up the dream act. that would be the house working its will. because we do know that the dream act has support on both sides of the aisle. and we thank our republican colleagues, those who have spoken out publicly, for their courage in supporting this protection. if another country said that

they were going to deport 800,000 people or place in jeopardy their protections under the law, we would be appalled. we would criticize them. how can we, the united states of america, give me your poor -- you know, i don't enough to go into it right now. but i do, we all carry it in our hearts. and so i urge a no on the previous question. because a yes would have allowed us to bring up the dream act. i really want to disabuse anyone in this body of any idea that we are not there to support our men and women in uniform. to give them the resources they need to keep themselves and our nation safe. but i do recognize also that

what our military are protecting are the greatest country -- is the greatest country that ever existed in the history of the world. the united states of america. what is the united states it's a country that is a beacon to the world, a country populated by the beautiful diversity of america and and given to us by god, our natural beauty and fighting for those values of what we try to do in this bill, why can't we extend the hand of protection and i urge a no vote on the previous question and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: we reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: may i inquire if he has any further speakers?

mr. sessions: i will be closing as soon as she does. ms. slaughter: i'm prepared top close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized. a ms. slaughter: if the majority tried bipartisan from the very beginning, our nation had to go through four short-term funding fights and two government shutdowns to arrive of where we are this morning. all of that was entirely preventable that was by the inability to get the work. president trump stood in this chamber and gave his state of the union of address and he said i call upon ourselves to seek out common ground and to summon the unity we need to deliver for

the people, end quote. that was tuesday. but the following tuesday, the president said that he would love to see a shutdown. he keeps injenting uncertainty as to what he would would be willing to sign into law and i'm ware that mr. sessions assured us that he wants to sign this bill. mr. speaker, it has been an awful long night and didn't need to be. we don't need to take up every crisis to the every brink. since you control every level of government you failed to run this government in a sensible and intelligent way and everybody and whether we want to admit it or not, this is no way to run a government and not a government that is as important

that we are sent here to represent. and i urge a no vote on the previous question so the house can take up the dream act because time is running out on those young people. t would be a bright on our conscience if we did nothing to help. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i thank the gentlewoman my friend and colleague, the ranking member of the rules committee and the entire rules committee, republicans and democrats for their work tonight. there was a question about the president of the united states and his advice that he has provided to this body, the president of the united states has indicated through a statement of administrative policy that there would be an

expectation that the president would sign this bill. what does this mean? this means as quickly as we can accomplish this rule and the underlying legislation, the vote perhaps as early as 7:00 this morning, the president may sign it meaning that the american people can wake up today with confidence that the united states senate, the united states house of representatives has averted a further problem through the leadership of making sure that we move forward to fund the government. make no mistake about it, there will be people who will vote yes and will vote no. but mr. speaker, i would ask every member of this body for thata vote to do the right thing to fund the government and thus i urge my colleagues to support this rule and the underlying bill and i yield back and i move the previous question on the

resolution. ifflet 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. the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote will rise. the a sufficient number having arisen. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9, this 15 minute on ordering the previous question will be followed on adoption of the resolution if ordered and suspending the rules and passing senate 96 if ordered. this is a 15-minute vote.

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>> i just want to know one thing, why do we continuously

overthe government hostage continuations when these things are set forth in the constitution. can we get back to what we need to do and get back to the ground rules and hold these folks accountable. rob.ank you for the call, appreciate it. off to zach on the democrats line, hello. what are your thoughts? don'tm wondering how we hold each parties leadership accountable. they keep blaming each other than actually holding each other's party accountable. now, in the house under way a vote. the senate having made its kentucky senator

rand paul was hoping things out. again, the don't government in a shutdown, four hours ago, midnight eastern time when the current spending authority ran out. the senate was able to make its vote, or take its vote in order to move forward with this legislation. through marchding through march 23 and working on a two-year budget agreement. an outcome of the house is working on this legislation. this is a previous question. we will see a vote next on the rules. that will govern how the house will deal with the legislation as a move toward a final vote.

and we could see a final voteann monday. and a little debate of the house leaders telling voters

what is your plan if the house does not manage to pass this in the government continues to stay in shut down? >> so, i believe -- i am a military member and personally, i am offended by the democratic trying to make hay of this bill. there is no reason. i think they don't understand that they put millions of -- in jeopardy. chase bank will not pay a military member that midmonth pay.

usaa will grant a loan but i don't think they understand that -- if we do not pass this bill, how many americans will not pay their house payment or car payment. i just don't know what they think they are doing. >> what did you do a few weeks ago? how were you affected then? >> we were fine then because we have a reserve. but if they keep doing this, they are talking about doing this on march 23. they need to pass a for sure budget and does other colors -- callers have said, daca needs to be part of an immigration reform, not part of a budget spending reform. >> on to washington state, a federal worker, tim. hello, tim. am incredibly happy they are staying up so late

trying to get this finished. i am glad they are trying and they are getting something accomplished. enough, they will get votes. it looks good to me if they can just keep it running. of course, the budget should be done long-term

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speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 224 and the nays are 193. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished is suspending the bill suspending senate 96. the lerk: an act to ensure voice communications and prevent discrimination among areas of the united states in the delivery of such communications. the speaker pro tempore: will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the rules are suspended. the bill is passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order.

move rs, clear the well, re re your conversations from the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek

recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to include extraneous material on the further discussion of h.r. 1892. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 34, i call up the bill h.r. 18 the 2 with senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment and i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will designate the senate amendment. the clerk: an act to amend title 4 united states code to provide for the flying of the flag in half staff in the death of a first responder. senate amendment, motion opened by mr. frelinghuysen of new jersey. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 734, the motion shall be debatable for one hour

controlled by the chair and anking member of appropriations. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise this morning to present the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment, a bipartisan -- mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. mr. frelinghuysen: i rise to present a bipartisan bill to outline the funding for the next two fiscal years and providing much needed emergency for disaster recovery and raising the nation's debt ceiling. this legislation will help our nation move forward without the threat of a shutdown or default of its greater budget scrutiny.

this bill will allow us to move past the destructive cycle of continuing resolutions which undermines the resolution process and puts until doubt about this congress' ability to function and meet the needs of those we represent. i'm pleased this legislation includes an agreement by house and senate leaders on spending caps for 2017 and 2019. especially important is the substantial increase in funds for national defense. our nation faces multiple security challengeses and aggressive not to mention well equipped adversaries. we must meet these challenges and take care of our men and women in uniform. after years of reduction in

litary funding, it's time we provide our armed forces to rebuild our nation and keep it safe. it outlines investments in important bipartisan domestic priorities such as fighting opyoids epidemic and rebuilding and renewing our infrastructure around the nature. these spending levels will allow us to get to work on our 12 appropriations bills to wrap up the fiscal year 2018 and quickly turn our attention to fiscal year 2019. this legislation also includes this legislation also continues -- includes a continuing resolution which will fund the government through march 23. this will maintain programs and services that all americans depend on, until all annual appropriations bills can be

enacted. i look forward to working with the senate, our senate counterparts, to negotiate and complete all of these bills ahead of that deadline. in addition, these critical pieces of government funding, this legislation also provides 89.3 billion dollars in emergency disaster funding. funding that has been urgently needed since this house passed its version in december. this funding will provide the residents of texas, florida, puerto rico and the virgin islands and western states with the resources to rebuild their lives after last year's historic and devastating natural disasters. lastly this bill increases the debt limit through march 1, 2019, so we can pay our bills and avoid the economic damage of a default. mr. speaker, the senate has just passed this bill and now it's up to this house to do the same. and to send this legislation to

the president for his signature. i urge a yes vote on the bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for as much time as she may consume. mrs. lowey: it is a basic constitutional responsibility of congress to fund the federal government and republican majorities in the house and the senate are just turning the process into an embarrassing spectacle. running from one crisis directly into the next. it has been clear for nine tonight ins -- months that a bipartisan budget agreement would be needed to enact appropriations law. yet it has taken five continuing resolutions, two lapses in funding, countless

hours of effort to take even this first step toward full-year funding bills. more than four months into the fiscal year. i am pleased with many aspects of the budget agreement. increasing statutory spending caps would allow the appropriation committees to write responsible, bipartisan spending bills that will invest in the nation's families, communities and national security. i'm also pleased the legislation would provide funding for families and communities in texas, florida, california, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands, to rebuild their lives following natural disasters. unfortunately this legislation cannot be considered in a

vacuum. he speaker of the house re-- house's refusal to considering bipartisan legislation to protect teenagers and young adults from deportation is unjustifiable and maddening. dreamers are sons, daughters, parents. they are students and teachers. they serve with distinction in our armed forces. they pay taxes and contribute to their communities. president trump and the republican majority hold the lives and future of these children and young you a dilts in their -- young adults in their hands. yet their only concern seems to be how much they can extract

and exchange for doing what a decent human being should do, simply because it is right. i cannot vote in good conscience to provide immigration and customs enforcement the very funding that could be used to deport the dreamers. i cannot vote to continue the appropriations process while an unthinkably tragic fate hangs ver the heads of 1.6 million young people. i do hope that in the weeks ahead a bipartisan bill for dreamers can pass the senate and enough pressure can be brought to bear on house republicans to act. history, my friends, will condemn these republican majorities if they fail to do

what is right. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins, a member of our appropriations committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. jenkins: thank you, mr. speaker. fellow members, west virginia is literally ground zero in the opioid epidemic. our overdose rate is not just a little bit higher than the national average or the number two state. it is actually 33% higher than the number two state. so when we pass 21st century cures legislation dedicating $1 billion to fight this horrific epidemic, it gave us hope. it gave me hope. and that hope was particularly strong in rural states like west virginia. that finally we might see real resources, where it really counts, in rural communities.

but unfortunately many of the worst-hit states like mine ended up receiving only minimal amounts of funding. let me give you an example. a more populous state received five times more funding than my state, but my state's overdose rate was five times higher than the more populous state. this bill, like every bill, has parts i like and parts i don't like. one of the issues i fought for, aking sure that now $6 billion we are putting toward fighting the opioid crisis, will actually get to the places where it matters most. we must use a formula based on per capita statistics to ensure funds go to the hardest hit states and smaller states where the crisis and the need is the greatest. as a member of the appropriations committee, and having a direct hand on how the

$6 billion will be targeted, i've been reassured that rural states like mine will not be short changed and whether he work to make sure the language in our funding bill makes it abundantly clear to the federal agencies that actually set the allocation formulas, we want resources flowing to where they don't mount -- count most. i want to thank chairman frelinghuysen and his predecessor, chairman rogers, for their commitment and leadership to helping. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair would remind the house to come to order. if you feel the need to have a conversation on the floor, please take it off the floor. now the gentlelady from -- the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i am very pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from new jersey, mrs. watson coleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new jersey is recognized for two minutes.

mrs. watson coleman: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you for yielding to me. mr. speaker, the speaker of the house is supposed to be the speaker of this entire house. and the entire will of this house and the democratic side and the republican side is to pass a daca bill. but we are running out of time. instead of following the bipartisan consensus of the majority in this house, this speaker is yielding to the will of the majority party's anti-immigration fringe unilaterally. and that fringe, that fringe is led by this president. we continue to bend to this fringe, this body, this shining beacon on a hill, this hopefulness in this country will go dark. the senate was able to pass the bipartisan agreement due to the hard promise of leader

mcconnell and the good work of our democratic leadership as well. to allow, simply allow the body to vote on a daca bill. we, however, have no such commitment on this side. 22,000 dreamers in the state of new jersey, they're doctors, they're lawyers, they're connected to their churches, their parents, their -- they're teachers, they're teachers, their business owners. i spent time in a church where tithe-paying immigrant was taken from his family and put in detention. he was not a threat to anyone. my constituents did not send me ere to deport young people who are american and know no other country. i ask you, i beg you, i implore you, do your job.

save these dreamers. and until we do, i urge a no on this vote. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york reserves. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i am very pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, a member of the committee on appropriations, mr. aguilar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is ecognized for two minutes. mr. aguilar: thank you, mr. speaker. ladies and gentlemen, we have a choice today. i want to compliment the work that the committees have done to reach an agreement on these funding levels. i'm not here to quibble with those funding levels. what i'm here to ask for is a chance. if this is the people's house, we deserve an opportunity to address these issues. i've never said this is a bad

deal. i've just said this is an incomplete deal. it isn't complete because we haven't had the commitment that we need. the commitment that we need to address critical issues that are important to our communities. we've addressed some in this, opioids, community health centers. those are important issues in all of our communities. but we haven't addressed issues that are important to everyone. like letty herrera, who was my guest at the state of the union. who lost her sister in december. who is scared, who wants to know when her priorities are going to be our priorities. she wants to know when we're going to bring up these issues. and i can tell her, the senate has a commitment. they're going to talk about these issues.

but the people's house is not -- has not said that we're going to talk about these issues. we're going to say, well, when the president signs off, then we'll have a conversation. he doesn't have a card that votes in these machines. he has a voice. he should be consulted. he doesn't have a voice on the people's house. he doesn't have a vote here with me and you. all we want is a commitment to bring up a bipartisan, bicameral bill that addresses these issues. all we want is a chance. all we want is an opportunity to address these issues that are important to our communities. please, please, please give us that opportunity. to have that conversation. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: reserves. who seeks time? the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i have the ight to close? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves? continue to reserve? mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, the democratic leader, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. pelosi: i could, i could, i could. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. and i thank her for her outstanding statement of values and what our country is about. thank you, congresswoman lowey, for your extraordinary leadership. and i thank all of our colleagues for the unity that we had over the months when we were having this debate about what this bill would look like.

and i want to again read a letter that mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn and i sent to the speaker last night, or i guess this night. and this is what it said. because i think it's very important for people to understand the simplicity of our request. the fairness of our request. to the speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady will the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the request comes from the body. ms. pelosi: i thank the speaker. in the spirit of bipartisan, we write to reiterate our desire to ensure that the government remains open and the priorities of the american people are properly addressed. as you know, democrats have been clear that we supported budget agreement that ensures our men

and women in uniform have the resources they need to protect and untry and themselves this bill will provide the middle class and working families in our country have the tools they need to succeed. as part of this depreement, we have expected that the house and the senate would address the issue of daca and our dreamers. most of our members believe that the budget agreement is a reasonable compromise to address the military strength and critical domestic priorities like fighting the opioid crisis, boosting n.i.h. and caring for our veterans, making college more affordable and investing for college families. that is what the fight has been all along. fight the resistance on the

republican side to invest in the domestic agenda. i was pleased to hear our republican colleagues talk about some of the things in this bill that we insisted upon being there. so, mr. speaker, we are writing again that you make a public statement regarding the scheduling of a vote on the dackave bill. that is our request. that is the request. mr. hoyer and mr. clyburn. our request is that publicly state that you will schedule a vote to consider the hurd-aguilar bill and any another daca bill. we strongly believe the members of the house and the constituents deserve the same dignity that leader mcconnell has stated that he will allow a vote on this issue. and we asked him for his immediate attention to this

issue, but we did not receive that. i said earlier, america is the greatest country that ever existed in the history of the world. aren't we proud to be american? america is a country of beautiful diversity that has changed over time from the days of our founders. they could never imagine how it could be, how many many different people. and yet, they established ar constitution that enabled everyone, everyone as they stated in our declaration of independence, everyone, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. and it is a beautiful thing. our country has become a more diverse country over time. pluribus unum.

we are a nation of immigrants and invigorated with hopes, dreams, courage to make the future better for their families. that's what america is about and what it is based on that every generation would take responsibility. these new comers have made america more american. and americans are a great constitution of the united states, a great constitution which we take an oath to support. and what else? america is this beautiful land that god has given us to be stewards of. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. please take all conversations off the floor. the gentlelady, please continue.

ms. pelosi: and it's important the ow that our country is district of columbia and our territories and our territories. and in respect for that, i'm pleased in this bill we were successful in the negotiations to get more funding for the territories, puerto rico and the virgin islands, an increase over what was the original disaster bill. and there are important things. opioidses, national institutes of health. these were priorities we fought for and this is why it took so long because there was a resistance on the republican side to invest on the domestic side. we wanted a increase.

on the domestic side for us in our budget, appropriators know this better than anyone, functions,curity and homeland security, the state department, veterans affairs. anti-terrorism activities of the justice department. much security on the domestic side and that did happen. that did happen. and i'm able to say in this letter there are many good things in this legislation. for some reason, sometimes i think the speaker of the white house not the speaker of the house of representatives and we should have the opportunity -- we should have the opportunity there, touched a nerve should have the people's house

work its will not be the cipient if it passes as 60 votes in the senate, maybe i'll bring it to the floor. that's not a commitment. let me say again what an honor it is for ourselves of the dreamers in our country. they are so magnificent. patriotism ofs of our country and they wanted the recognition of the speaker of the house. i'm almost finished. i could go longer. in any event -- and i thank the various speakers who were presiding the other day and i thank for the courtesies they were extending.

i was one of the four principles with the white house negotiating on this legislation. nobody wants to shut down. and this is a good bill. doesn't do everything but it's a compromise. but the one thing, the one build to allay fear to confidence, to honor the vows of our founders that we could have done is we, in the united states of america in this people's house want to assure you that we will allow the house of representatives to work its will, let the chips fall where they may, but give us the chance to allay the fear that are in the hearts of these dreamers and remove the tears from the eyes of the statue of liberty observing what is here. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from new york

reserves. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. mrs. lowey: i'm prepared to close. does the gentleman have any urther speakers? mr. frelinghuysen: i yield to the the gentlewoman from to close and i'm going to recognize -- going to close? i'm going to yield my remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey will continue to reserve while the gentlelady from new york closes. mrs. lowey: i yield myself the balance of my time to close. fifth c.r., a fifth c.r., while one party controls all levers of government, shows the republicans' inability to govern. even more upsetting is their

refusal to put a bipartisan .reamer bill on the house floor while there are provisions in the senate amendment democrats support, we implore our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to do what is right and permit a vote on a bipartisan dreamer bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. mr. frelinghuysen: i yield a minute to the speaker of the house, mr. ryan. the speaker pro tempore: speaker f the house is recognized. the speaker: thank you, mr. peaker, i will be brief. a few hours ago, the senate passed this agreement with a very big bipartisan vote. 75% of senate democrats, 68% of

senate republicans and came together on a true compromised measure. and it accomplisheses what we have been fighting for. this agreement accomplisheses getting the resources we need to rebuild our military and this includes disaster funding for the hurricanes and wildfires and fighting opioidses and extension of important health care programs, this agreement will allow us to step off this carousel of short-term funding bills that do nothing but hurt our military and stymie our ability to focus on other important agenda items. ost americans, they aren't awake yet. by the time they catch up with the news, they will see one of two things depending upon what choice we make, either congress

will have done its most basic responsibility funding the government and taking our brave men and women in uniform. that's what the majority wants to see happen, or they will see a second needless shutdown in a matter of weeks, entirely needless. republicans will deliver our share of votes this morning, i urge my friends to stand with us on this bipartisan bill. my commitment to working together on an immigration measure that we can make is a sincere commitment. commitment to working together on an immigration. we will solve this daca problem. once we get this budget agreement done and we will get this done no matter how long it takes for us to stay here, we

will bring that debate to this floor. we cannot do that unless we pass this budget agreement. our military cannot be held hostage. this morning, let's honor our troops and do our most basic job and let's pass this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: all time for debate. pursuant to house resolution 734. the question is ordered. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i with ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor of a recorded vote will rise. those in favor say aye. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, is is 15-minute on motion to concur. and concur. his is a 15-minute vote.

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the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 240 and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the unfinished is suspending the rules on h.r. 582. h.r. 582 an act to amend the communications act to require multi line telephone systems to have a configuration that have users initiate a call to 911 without a prefix and for other purposes. enate amendment.

enate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend concur and so many as in favor aye. those opposed, no. the rules are suspended and the senate amendments are agreed to and without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: i ask unanimous consent when the house adjourn today it adjourn to meet noonesday, february 13, at for morning hour debate and legislative business. i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table h.r. 1301 with the senate amendment there toe and ask for its

immediate consideration. the clerk: h.r. 1301, an act making appropriations for the department of defense ending september 30, 2017. senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: senate amendment, strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following, the continuing appropriations act 2018 public law 115-56 further amended inserted by -- mr. frelinghuysen: i ask ask unanimous consent to dispense the. the speaker pro tempore: the bill is engrossed. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. speaker thrks i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table house concurrent resolution 104 with a senate amendment thereto.

the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: house concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of h.r. 1892, senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to consideration of the concurrent resolution? the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: strike all after the resolving clause -- mr. frelinghuysen: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. woism. the amendment is agreed to. and the the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. mr. frelinghuysen: i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the motion is adopted. the house is adjourned until noon, tuesday, february 13,

the federal government and pass a $400 billion budget deal. the administration ordered the federal shutdown when government funding ended at midnight.

the senate passed the measure at 71-20 eight. and the house approved it about 5:30 a.m. eastern. rand paul repeatedly blocking a thursday vote and provoking colleague frustration. earlier this morning, the senate approved government funding through the march 23 and a two-year budget deal. >> cad $1 trillion to the dead in the next 10 years. this is a large amount of money