of the controversial riders. once that happens, mr. chairman, i'm confident that we will be able to reach an agreement that this house and the majority and minority can live with. again i want to thank chairman price for his leadership, for his friendship, openness. i would be remiss if i didn't thank the chairwoman and ranking member of the full committee. i hope we have a bipartisan bill but until then i have to oppose the bill. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield four minutes to the gentleman from georgia, the chairman of the agriculture and rural development subcommittee, mr. bishop. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. bishop: i thank you. i rise in support of h.r. 8294. as chairman of the agriculture, rural development, food and drug and related agencies subcommittee, i'm pleased to highlight the national parties

that have under inned in our division the impact of his agriculture division is far-reaching and touches the lives of every single american. wal eat the food, rely on the medicine and medical devices, and products made from fibers such as cotton made possible by this bill. f.y.23 allocation is $27.2 billion, $2 billion over fiscal year 22 bill. the bill provides $4.2 billion for rural development initiatives, including more than $560 million for broadband expansion. to provide economic development opportunities and improve education and health care services. the bill continues important funding for the community facilities program that supports everything from libraries and fire stations to childcare septemberers and nursing homes -- centers and nursing homes. fully funds the snap, w.i.c., and child nutrition programs. and continues to enhance fruit and vegetable benefits for women and children and provides additional protections for snap

recipients. we have record high funding for the food for peace program, $1.8 billion. $265 million for the dole program. critically needed in light of the global food crisis that has worsened following the russian invasion of ukraine. the bill provides $3.8 billion for agriculture research which helps the united states produce the most abundant and most affordable food in the world and provides $3.1 billion in farm and conservation programs which includes funding to address the impacts of climate change. the f.d.a. is funded at $3.6 billion in discretionary funding. important increases to help combat the opioid crisis, support inspections of foreign drug manufacturing facilities, and ensure the safety of infant formula. finally, the bill provides funding for 134 community proproject funding requests for members totaling over $191

million. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i want to thank ranking member dr. harris and his staff for helping produce this bill. i want to thank my personal staff and subcommittee staff for their extraordinary work on the bill. and of course i thank chair delauro and ranking member franker -- granger as well. the majority and minority staffs of the full committee. thank you very much. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from ohio, the ranking member of the interior and environmental committee, subcommittee, mr. joyce, for six minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for six minutes. mr. joyce: thank you for yielding. i rise today in opposition to h.r. 8294. before i get into the details of the interior environment section of the bill, i want to thank chairwoman delauro and ranking member granger for their leadership on the appropriations committee.

i also extend my sincere thanks to shelly pingree, the chair of the interior environment subcommittee. chair pingree has been a fair leader. i appreciate the work she has done on the many bipartisan priorities in the interior bill and to her staff for their tireless efforts. the interior bill provides funding for many important and critical programs that help conserve and protect our nation's most critical natural, cultural, and environmental resources. more than that, it makes investments that matter to communities, businesses, and industries across the country. the bill provides strong support for our national parks, helps fight catastrophic wildfires, addresses our aging infrastructure, and fully funds the payment in lieu of taxes, or pit program. i am -- pilt program. i'm grateful for my home district in ohio it provides funding for the great lakes initiative. it is critical in our work to restore and protect the lakes for future generations. finally, i'm pleased the bill advances long-standing efforts

to increase the federal commitment to honor our treaties and trust responsibilities with the american indians and alaska natives by providing a $12.6 billion investment in indian country. a new provision which will help with sovereignty of tribal laws. unfortunately, i'm supportive of many of the bipartisan components of the bill, i'm unable to support it today given serious spending policy concerns. first and foremost the bill fails to recognize situation the country is now in and reverse this administration's assault on conventional energy production. it eliminates long-standing bipartisan provisions and adds new controversial policy riders that would weaken u.s. energy and mineral security by limiting domestic development of these own other natural resources. given the rising energy costs and unprecedented prices we are seeing at the gas pump, it is now more important than ever we continue to support our all of the above energy strategy. new provisions would prevent and disincentivize domestic production only making us more

defendant on our adversaries. simply put, these provisions undermine the american energy sector and fail to put american industries and the american people first. similar riders were dropped from the final conference agreement last year and the same must be done again before this bill can be signed into law. we must also address the spending in this bill that before we can reach a final agreement. with the top line increase of nearly $7 billion in double-digit increases across many of the agencies, the spending is simply irresponsible in the absence after broader fiscally responsible federal budget. with record high inflation under this administration, now is the time to limit spending. the federal government must make the tough choices to live within its means and to work -- rein in federal spending and protect families from inflationary pressures. it is the combination of these funding and policy reasons can i not support the bill at this time. i look forward to supporting amendments to improve h.r. 8294, including one to remove a harmful rider on trophy permits.

and my amendment to add limits on the burdensome s.e.c. climate rule. the s.e.c. which has no mandate to regulate carbon emissions, wants public companies to disclose new climate related information, including reason house gas emissions. these requirements have already lessened investor enthusiasm for domestic drilling and oil production. at the same time, my friends on the other side of the aisle ask our energy producers to expand capacity which of course requires investment. make no mistake, this rule will impact businesses of all kinds. small and large. public and private. energy and nonenergy. under this rule many public companies will be required to disclose not only their greenhouse gas emissions, but also the emissions of businesses up stream and down stream in their value chain. congress created the s.e.c. to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital organization. not climate policy. the agency has lost its focus. i look forward to the debate on

these key issues and committed to work with chair pingree and our colleagues as the fiscal year 23 proses is moves forward to pass legislation that can receive bipartisan support. i strongly urge my colleagues to vote no on this package. i thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, the distinguished speaker of the house of representatives, ms. pelosi. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. the speaker: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman for yielding yeelg. i thank her for her unsurpassed leadership as chair of the appropriations committee. for reflecting the values of our country based on her leadership in terms of listening to the american people, meeting their kitchen table needs. and again advancing us into the future. we said about many of these initiatives when we pass this we will be making history. not only that, we will be making

progress. thanks to the leadership of madam chair, rosa delauro, chair of the committee. it's a sort of -- source of great joy to me because i served on the committee with her. saw her leadership then and now as chair. with these bills -- let me just describe, people have said what's a mini bus? a minibus is a mini bus. it's not an omnibus. sometimes we would have a bill that contained all of the appropriations bills. overwhelm mi -- omni, all. this is a mini bus which contains six of the bills. six very important pieces of legislation and hopefully we will move soon to pass the others. with these bills our democratic majority advances many of our nation's cherished principles and priorities, including job creation, expanding opportunity, and protecting health and well-being. let us salute the masterful,

madam chair, rosa delauro, maestro of the appropriations process. who is a constant source of inspiration, leadership, and strategic thinking for all of us. and also want to thank our cardinals for their hard work in carefully crafting each of these six very important bills. contained in this mini bus. you are called a cardinal if you rise to be a chair of one of the subcommittees of appropriations. it's a great honor. so i do want to acknowledge the work of chairman bishop, we just heard from him about food, agriculture, rural development, etc. then madam chair, marcy cap turks energy and water development. chair quigley, financial services and general government. chair pingree, interior and the environment. chair wasserman schultz, military construction and veterans' affairs. and chair price, transportation,

housing, urban development. mr. price will be leaving us at the end of this term. but his legacy will be with our country for a long time to come. i thank our colleague on the other side of the aisle, for acknowledging mr. price's work and naming a portion of the transportation, house urban and development bill in his name. mr. diaz-balart. thank you for that beautiful recognition of chairman price. he certainly is revered on our side of the aisle and we appreciate the bipartisan recognition of his leadership. so the house appropriations minibus will have an immediate impact on people's lives. because it is -- it puts working families first, mr. speaker. this package defends health and well-being, improving the safety and security of our nation's food supply. a vote for this bill is a vote for the safety of our nation's

food supply. a vote against it is a vote against the safety of our nation's food supply. while supporting the bill supports the w.i.c. program, women, infant, and children, food stamps, and other initiatives that keep our families fed. and this package strengthens economic security with strong investments to expand access to safe, affordable housing. thank you, mr. price. supports small business growth and protect the interest of american consumers. in doing so, these bills advance the president's -- president biden's commitment to putting justice and equity front and center, moving to close economic disparities weighing heaviest on communities of color and low-income families. in addition, and at the same time this package will further power democrats' mission to

rebuild our nation while reinvigorating the middle class. our bipartisan infrastructure law that was bipartisan passed last year was a monumental step forward and now this legislation builds on that bipartisan progress. creating good-paying american jobs, rehabilitating our crumbling infrastructure, securing critical funding for roads, bridges, ports, and rail, transit, and aviation, and more. and improving the strength and resilience of our water systems. this is a health issue in addition to a commerce issue. these investments lay a crucial economic foundation better equipping our nation to compete and win in the 21st century economy. this package is also about protecting and preserving our planet. a responsibility we owe our children and grandchildren. and future generations. the investments in this

legislation, mr. speaker, another strong step forward toward independent, affordable, clean energy jobs for the future. whether spurring innovation and new sustainable technologies, strengthening community resillins, or mitigate climate disaster, conserving our cherished public lands. . anyone that watches the news these days sees the impact of the climate crisis on our planet. throughout europe there's fires and record heat waves. in our own country, we had scores of the hottest record days. scores of them in our own country. the climate crisis is a real one. there's a short fuse on it. we must act. we cannot ignore the science or the gofvernance, the protection that go with it. it is a public health issue,

preserving clean air, clean water for our children, the air they breathe, the water they drink. it's an immediate health issue. it's an economic necessity creating good-paying jobs in industries of the future while staving off catastrophic costs of inaction. it is a matter of national security, preventing violent conflicts over resources and habitat. you have droughts. you have rising sea levels. you have encroachment of deserts. you have change in the thermal management of the planet. all of this contributes to a competition for habitat and resources and our national security advisors tell us that that can be a cause of conflict, in addition to the toll it takes on people. and for many of us, a moral issue. if you believe, as i, that this is god's creation, then we have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of it. that's one purpose.

if you don't share that view, you do understand that we have a moral responsibility to our children, to pass on the planet in a responsible way for future generations. this is one of our democratic majority's top priorities, and we'll never stop fighting until we -- for the climate action that we need. finally, and importantly, one of my favorite subjects. this package honor's our nation's sacred duty to our veterans, their families, and their caregivers. a vote for this bill is a vote for our veterans, their families, and their caregivers. with robust support for veterans' health care, which covers more than seven million patients, more resources to build essential v.a. infrastructure, with increased funding to address mental health, substance abuse disorder, and the scourge of veterans' homelessness, and

much, much more. and we do so, we honor the truth that the military says, on the battlefield we leave no soldier behind. and when they come home, we leave no veteran behind. mr. speaker, democrats believe that governance is a powerful force for good, and we invest in what we value most as a nation. protections of our people, of their health, their safety, the planet, the air they breathe, water they drink, security for our country. today, our democratic majority advances appropriations legislation that furthers that mission with funding that will meet the needs of the american families in every corner of our country. and we take an important step to advance president biden's inspiring vision, building a better america for all. with liberty and equity for all.

with that, i urge a strong bipartisan vote for this minibus package. i salute our cardinals for their great leadership, and i, again, pay homage to the chair of the committee, madam chair, rosa delauro, for her extraordinary leadership, and yield back the balance of my time. thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from maryland, the acting ranking member of the agriculture subcommittee, dr. harris, for four minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. harris: i thank ranking member granger for yielding. i rise in opposition to this bill which includes the f.y. 2023 appropriations bill. first, i want to thank chair delauro and ranking member granger for their leadership in moving these bills through the appropriations process. i also want to thank the agriculture subcommittee chairman, mr. bishop, for his leadership in crafting a bill that funds a number of programs

with broad bipartisan support. such as rural broadband programs, critical ag research programs, and protections to ensure we have safe food, drugs, and medical devices. while there are many things to like about this bill, the total discretionary spending level of $27.2 billion, or an 8% increase over the previous year's funding, does not acknowledge the economic reality that our nation faces. a stunning 88% of americans believe our country is on the wrong track, according to a recent poll by the monmouth university polling institute. that's what americans are talking about around their kitchen tables. just last week, inflation jumped again to a 40-year high of 9.1%. we can't keep ignoring this situation. americans have figured out that more government spending only ends in higher prices for the american people and adds to the inflation problem created by this congress and the biden administration's reckless and immoral spending included in this minibus.

in this vain, this division of the minibus provides us unsustainable funding increases across the board. most notably for the food and drug administration, which will receive an overwhelming and unnecessary 10% increase. a lot of american families wish they were getting a 10% increase in their paychecks. based on how the f.d.a. has handled the infant formula crisis, it's clear strong leadership is needed at f.d.a., not this unnecessary increase in funding. the bill also includes the increased benefits for the w.i.c. program, a great program. those increased benefits were intended to be a one-time increase included in the american rescue plan. i understand the importance of w.i.c. participates having access to fruits and vegetables. it's taking a temporary increase in response to covid and include it in the regular ongoing program as if to make these increased benefits permanent without regard to inflationary pressures of out-of-control

government spending that's already squeezing taxpayers. i'm also extremely concerned providing the government for unlimited authority for the snap program. the administration claims this authority is needed for an unexpected increase in snap participation, but the president touts record low unemployment rates which should decrease snap participation. it has a reserve fund totaling $9 billion already to address unexpected participation increases, should they unexpectedly occur. so providing usda with a blank check is just simply irresponsible. in times like these, stewards of taxpayer dollars, congress must make tough decisions in the interest of the greater american people. while i support a number of programs in the bill, i cannot support this bill at this unsustainable spending level. this bill touches the lives of every american, and i hope we can find common ground to support america's farmers,

ranchers, rural communities. as this process moves forward, i'm committed to working with chairman bishop, chair delauro, ranking member granger, and the rest of our colleagues to resolve these differences. i urge my colleagues to oppose this bill, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chairman, i yield four minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, the chair of the military construction and veterans' affairs subcommittee, ms. wasserman schultz. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for four minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise in strong support of h.r. 8294, the appropriations minibus for fiscal year 2023. i really want to start out my remarks, mr. chairman, by saying what a joy it is to work with my counterpart, judge carter, as our ranking member. he and i work hand in glove. we were personal friends and we work very closely together along with the ranking member, ms.

granger, and ms. delauro. in a very divisive process, it's just really nice to have met and befriended someone like judge carter and i wish him the best. by all we know that president biden's wise words, don't tell me what you value, show me your budget and i will tell you what you value. this minibus truly reflects our values. the values of promoting progress, opportunity, and protecting those who most need it. that is why i take tremendous pride in this bill as the military construction and veterans' affairs chair, which is a statement of principled values, especially with its strong support for veterans, service members, and their families. we steer $15.1 million to critical military infrastructure like new barracks and child development centers and focus on ensuring that family housing is clear of mold, lead, and contaminants. we invest in climate and energy resilience projects and devote $200 million to pfas cleanup at closed military facilities. we support the infrastructure

for both wartime, peace, bolstering training requirements to confront russian aggression and protect our european allies. it improves the quality of life on military installations and honors service members and their families once they leave these facilities by ensuring veterans receive the care and support they earned. we do it by providing the department of veterans affairs $135 billion to boost medical research and fully fund medical care. we make major investments in women's health, mental health, suicide prevention, and homelessness programs, and we tackle the disability claims b backlog. the bill tackles two issues close to mine and many members' hearts. it includes a prohibition on the painful scientific testing on dogs and cats and also makes permanent v.a.'s authority to offer a full range of fertility treatment. that means expanding eligibility to include partners in addition to spouses, removing the discrimination against same-seasons cup -- same-sex couples and the energy and water bill appropriates a record $407

million foreverglades restoration, the river of grass is the lifeblood of south florida and the chance to make this level of historic progress is hugely significant toward our restoration efforts. i'm proud that this bill makes it a priority to reduce the number of injuries and deaths associated with pools and spas. we'll save lives by increasing pool safety grants to $2.5 million. drowning poses a significant health risk to america's children remaining the number one cause of accidental death for children. it protects our coastlines by prohibiting the department of interior from conducting offshore oil and gas leasing activities along florida's coasts. and critical infrastructure, clean transit, and improve water in hollywood, sunrise. our values are reflected how congress confronts highway fatalities. we lost ground in our fight to

end drunk driving, the leading cause of highway deaths. it directs the d.o.t. to require the national highway traffic safety administration to issue a rule requiring all new passenger vehicles be equipped with advanced alcohol monitoring technology. this technology will save an estimated 9,400 lives a year. for reference, air bags saves 3,000 lives annually. according to mothers against drunk driving this may be the most krit cycle -- critical rulemaking. we have a chance to enhance, improve, save millions of lives by passing this minibus and i respectfully urge my colleagues to support this cherished american values. lastly, mr. speaker, i really want to thank my incredible staff for all the work that they did to bring this remarkable piece of legislation to the floor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, a member of the appropriations committee, mr. kline, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized -- the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. kline: thank you, mr.

speaker. it's with sadness that i come to the floor to speak against this measure. we had opportunities in the appropriations committee to work across the aisle to address the concerns of the minority and to fund the priorities of this country and its people. but unfortunately, with a 40-year high in inflation, c.p.i. rising to 9.1% in june, $30 trillion in debt, and the c.b.o. recently predicting $1.6 trillion in deficits over the next decade, business as usual can no longer be contemplated. we must take action to secure the financial stability of this country for the future and for our children, for their children, and for future generations. we have to return to fiscal sanity through these appropriations bills to rein in inflation and rescue this

economy. transportation, housing and urban department is an increase of more than 12%. agriculture an increase of 8%. financial services and general government, an increase of 17% over f.y. 2022. interior, 18% increase. milcon, more than 10% above 2022. these -- all of these bills contain important priorities, but they also contain excessive amounts of waste and liberal priorities that are not in keeping with the priorities of the american people. so i would urge their defeat. i thank the gentlelady from texas for her hard work and trying to get our priorities considered. and i look forward to continuing the work to ensure that fiscal responsibility is the watch word of the day and that the american people have their tax dollars looked after by the appropriations committee. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady

reserves, and the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chairman, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from illinois, the chairman of the financial services and general government subcommittee, mr. quigley. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as the chairman of the financial services and general government subcommittee, i rise today in strong support of the f.y. 2023 financial services and general government appropriations bill. first, i'd like to thank staff on both sides for their efforts in drafting this bill and preparing it to come to the house floor. i also want to thank my colleague, the ranking member, mr. womack, for his hard work and collaboration on this bill. . the fsgg bill includes $29.8 billion in funding an increase of $4.3 billion over last year. for treasury, the bill includes $15.6 billion, $1.3 billion above last year. within that level, there is $336

million for cdfi's an increase of $41m the i.r.s. gets $13.6 billion, an increase of $1 bill over the 2022 level. for ondcp, $462 million, including $300 million for the high intensity drug trafficking area program and $110 million for drug free communities program. for the judiciary, $8.6 billion within this amount, $128 million is targeted for judiciary security, cybersecurity, and information technology modernization. for the supreme court $143 million, $30 million above last year included in this increase is funding to provide for enhanced security services. the consumer product safety commission, $166.3 million, $27.3 million above last year, including $2.5 million for pool safety grants. $400 million for election security grants, an increase of

$325 million above last year. these grants will help state and local governments protect our democracy through fair and secure elections. the g.s.a., $1.1 billion over last year, including $500 million for a new f.b.i. headquarters. also included, $100 million for both the electric vehicle fund and the technology modernization fund. for s.b.a., $1.1 billion, $# 7 million above last year. this fund includes $326 million for the entrepreneurial development program. we have solid increases for the federal communications commissions, the archives, and federal trade commission. the bill is silent on civilian pay increase allowing the proposed 4.6% increase to take effect. we removed harmful riders to the bill including the hyde restrictions, and the d.c. canny bass rider. making dreamers eligible for

federal employment. and we include 98% of members' community project funding requests, including from democrats and republicans. this funding will go directly to important projects in member districts connected with the s.b.a., g.s.a., and the national archives. i urge you to support the bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. mims. granger:00 mr. chairman, s i said before the bills before us do not reflect the economic realities we face. at a time of record high inflation, the federal government should be reducing not increasing spending. the priorities included in this -- these bills are simply out of touch with what the american people need. i urge my colleagues to vote no. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized -- the chair: the gentlelady yields. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: thank you, mr. chairman. first let me say i want to thank

the ranking member, ms. granger, for her commitment and her dedication to the appropriations committee and the process and place where she spent a number of years in the various subcommittees and an honor to work with her in this effort. i applaud the funding bills that help the middle class, working families, small businesses, and what are desperate times. that's why these bills do is to provide that kind of assistance to these families. and i'm proud to support these bills. i listen to my colleagues about the -- about inflation. and what they fail to mention, which has been really demonstrated, is that we are looking at oil companies who have consolidated and what they are doing is to buy back their

stock instead of lowering the price of gas. they now have 26 million acres of federal land in which they could deal with extraction. they have the permits but they refuse to do t they are in the business of buying -- do it. they are in the business of buying back their stock thereby increasing inflation by keeping the gas -- gas prices high. we have the same situation in the meat industry with meat, poultry, pork, and which is continuing to raise the price because of the consolidation. i just mention one other thing. the recommendations to vote no on this package, just interesting to look at what my colleagues' view as not wanting to do. that's to provide an increase for the internal revenue service because why is that money provided to the i.r.s., which is really to look at those corporations who are not paying

their fair share of taxes. so they are not much interested in seeing them pay their fair share of pa taxes. or the wealthiest individuals. they do not want to provide money for women, infants, and children and food. they don't want to provide money for food security for people who are on the food stamp program. they don't want to do anything for domestic manufacturing on clean energy which could lower the cost of energy. so a bit of disengine -- disingenuousness what we are doing with the cost. i support and proud to support these bills. i urge my colleagues to support the six bill appropriations package. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. all time for general debate has now expired. pursuant to the rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 117-55 is adopted and the bill as amended is considered as

read. no further amendment to the bill shall be in order except for those printed in part a of house report 117-420. amendments en bloc described in section three of house resolution 1232, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of that resolution. each further amendment printed in part a of house report number 117-420 not earlier considered as part of amendment en bloc pursuant to section three of house resolution 1232 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read. shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon. shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of house resolution 1232. and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. it shall be in order at any time for the chair of the committee on appropriations or designee to offer amendments en bloc

consisting of amendments printed in part a69 report not earlier disposed of. amounts en bloc shall be considered as read. shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their designees. shall be not -- shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of house resolution 432, and shall not be subject for demand of the division of the question. during consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to five pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: mr. chair, morph to strike the last word and i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, the chairwoman of the state and foreign operations subcommittee, ms. lee. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes.

ms. lee: thank you very much. first of all i want to thank our chair for the time and rise in support of h.r. 8294, which provides funding for numerous critical federal programs for fiscal year 2023. let me just take a moment to thank our chairwoman, rosa delauro, for leading this appropriations process, what a job. but it was amazing. very inclusive, very democratic. and i want to thank you for including so much for not only

democrats in the bill, but also for our republican colleagues. thank you very much. also to leader hoyer and to our speaker and whip clyburn for working to get this bill to the floor. now i want to thank chair bishop, pingree, price, quigley, wasserman schultz for their leadership in crafting each of these individual bills included in this package. i tell you systemic racism, you know i'm going to talk about that, madam chair, it's at the heart of the very crisis we face today. this bill responds with critical investments to fight poverty, hunger, homelessness, housing insecurity, the climate crisis, and also includes so many provisions for equity and justice. i represent a district in the bay area that has some of the biggest challenges with transportation and housing affordability in the country. this bill fully funds president biden's plan to fight for fair housing and it includes important investments in housing and transportation equity to

help reverse decades of systemic racism. the climate crisis threatens the health, safety, air quality, and livelihoods of neighborhoods, especially poor and low-income neighborhoods. which primarily are communities of color. this bill would advance energy independence, lower energy costs, invest in renewable energy and scientific innovation, and address fundamental environmental injustices. finally, as the co-chair of the congressional cannabis caucus, i'm pleased this bill further the effort to stop unfairly targeting people and businesses in states and localities where voters have chosen to make cannabis legal. i urge my colleagues to vote for h.r. 8294. i yield back the balance of my time. i once again i want to thank our chairwoman for such a great job. ms. delauro: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields. for what purpose does gentlelady from texas seek recognition? ms. granger: mr. chair, i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlelady is

recognized for five minutes. police granger: -- ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from arkansas, the ranking member of the financial services and general government subcommittee, mr. womack, for five minutes. mr. womack: i thank the ranking member for the time. i would have been here earlier but previous commitments kept me from speaking during general debate. i rise in opposition to this package of appropriation bills. i am the ranking member of the financial services and general government subcommittee, and i have a great deal of respect for my chairman, mike quigley. we work well together. and i appreciate the hard work that mike and his team put in in trying to get a bill that we can come to agreement on. however, the bill we are debating is packed with unjustifiable spending that ignores the government's unsustainable fiscal trajectory

and historic level of inflation burdening all americans. we should be fixing that. not making it worse. as the pandemic wanes and inflation soars, i was hoping that we could begin reducing spending. instead the financial services division of this bill increases discretionary spending by over 17%. many programs in the bill get double-digit percentage increases. some get triple. 433% for election grants. 20% for the white house. 30% for the federal trade commission. a billion i crease for the i.r.s. a $1.6 billion increase for g.s.a. these increases are unconscionable when considering the u.s.' historically high debt excess of $30 trillion. inflation over $9%. the combination of debt and inflation place as heavy burden on future generations of americans. we should be fixing that.

there are also several controversial policy changes included in the fsgg division such as allowing d.c. tax dollars to fund abortions, and removing the prohibitions on federal employee health benefits funding for abortions. these policy changes are no-goes. they make this bill and minibus as a whole dead in the water. they'll have to be fixed in if we are going to come to some agreement. we need to continue the long-standing legacy riders and drop the poison pills. we need topline spending agreement that reduces nondefense and funds national security at an appropriate level. but maybe the larger question about this bill has more to do with how we came up with these top line numbers. we allowed the four corners of leadership to dictate these top line numbers. they didn't come out of a budget process. we have a budget committee over

here whose purpose is in part to do that very thing. but that didn't happen. so we kick out numbers that we won't agree to, wasn't through a budget process where we could define our priorities, the emerging needs of our country, and come to come agreement through a legitimate budget process, but that's not what happened here. . it's long since time we stop this process of doing deeming resolutions or bury in topline numbers in rule bills and get back to the process that's laid out to us and that's to do a budget resolution, house and senate, to get to some kind of agreement, and then establish an appropriate appropriation process where we can do these bills individually. there are 12. and we're going to do six today and we're going to do six later.

but we ought to be doing them individually. and we ought to give the members of congress an opportunity because it's our article 1 responsibility. we need to be giving the members of congress the ability to input on these bills and not just let the four corners of leadership decide what we're going to do or what we're not going to do. while i oppose this package in its current form, i do look forward to working with my friend, mike quigley, on a bipartisan compromise, at least on the ffgg side and perhaps we can do that for the 12 bills completely and then get about the business of funding the government which is part of our fundamental responsibility. i do appreciate the time, madam ranking member, and i yield back my time. thank you. ms. granger: i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields. for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: pursuant to house resolution 1232 i offer amendments en bloc. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendments en

bloc. the clerk: en bloc number 1 consisting of amendments numbered 1, 18, 31, 44, 53, 79, 83, 97, 118, 128, 139, 151, 160, printed in house report 117-420 offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1232, the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. granger, each will control 15 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. hern, for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. hern: mr. speaker, i rise today with a deep concern with the rampant spending that's come out of this chamber over the last two years. while our constituents suffer

from 40-year high inflation, this chamber has done nothing to help them. instead, my colleagues across the aisle have doubled down on their reckless spending and continue to make each bill bigger than the last. the spending has got to stop. we know that the american rescue plan was the catalyst for inflation problems. we know that biden's agenda has worsened those inflationary pressures, and yesterday today we're looking at even more exorbitant spending. we've been here before. many of my colleagues remember the 1970's and the 1980's when inflation is even worse than it is today. inflation isn't new. we know how to reverse it. we have to stop the spending. that's what my amendments do, cuts our spending. i urge every member of this chamber to support my amendments, which will cut wasteful spending from government programs. the status quo is not serving our constituents. for 20 years, we've operated without the appropriate appropriations process in this country. for the last four years since

i've been in congress, i've never seen a budget that's been provided and worked out as my colleague just mentioned prior to me. the spending has continued to rise unchallenged. when will it end? to maintain what we've done for the last 20 years is a disservice to the people counting on us. when i'm home in oklahoma, the only thing my constituents ask me is, how are you going to stop inflation? i know it's the same for all of my colleagues. here's how we can answer them. cut the spending. i urge adoption of my amendments from both sides of the aisle and i yield the balance of my time. thank you. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield myself such time as i may consume. while i have offered this en bloc amendment for the purposes of legislative efficiency, i strongly oppose it. this en bloc amendment makes severe and harmful cuts to the minibus. the draconian cuts are indiscriminate, they're harmful,

and they seek to overturn long overdue investments. and i urge all members to oppose this en bloc amendment and reserve the balance of my time. and i yield three minutes to the gentleman from illinois, the chair of the financial services and general government subcommittee, mr. quigley. the chair: is the gentlelady reserving or yielding? ms. delauro: i yield three minutes to mr. quigley. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. quigley: thank, again, ms. chairman. i rise in opposition to these amendments. they would have 5% and 22% cuts across the board. these cuts are frankly a clumsy way with no thought or consideration to their impact. it would slash funding for the small business administration by more than $200 million. severely undercutting much-needed support for small businesses and brewers. -- and entrepreneurs. the reduction to the i.r.s. in the amendment would reduce

staffing across the entire agency, resulting in lower customer service, reduced enforcement efforts, increasing the debt -- tax gap, placing u.s. taxpayers at increased risk of identification threat. a 22% cut to the district of columbia public safety funding would result in layoffs and reduce service for the d.c. courts, d.c. public defenders office, and the court services and offenders supervision agency. the ability to monitor defendants pending trial, returning citizens would be severely hampered. a cut of this magnitude would also cripple many small but important agencies. it would prevent the federal frayed commission to investigate privacy and cybersecurity issues or blocking anti-competitive mergers. it would harm the ability to monitor and block dangerous

products. additionally, it would cripple the office of personnel management's distribution of monthly annuity payments as well as undermine other critical agencies that support millions of federal workers across the country. i, therefore, urge my colleagues to vote no on this ill-conceived and irresponsible amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from georgia, mr. allen, for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. allen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of my amendments on this en bloc blackage -- pack ang. let's -- package. let's review our fiscal trajectory here. we're over $30 trillion in debt. families are dealing with record inflation due to unprecedented federal spending. what does the other side want to do? spend more money. which will make inflation worse. this time last year, the president told us inflation was temporary when the rate was just over 5%.

fast forward 12 months, inflation in this country has skyrocketed to 9%. this bill spends almost 14% over last year's spending levels. if adopted, my three amendments would reduce spending by a modest 5% in the transportation, housing and urban development, financial services, and general government and department of interior, environmental divisions of this spending package. this amendment should be an easy one for everyone to support. look at the american people. don't you think they've cut their expenses? much more than 5% because of inflation. and we can't respond to them? and we're going to respond to them like this? and yet, democrats oppose these moderate cuts. every time i'm in the district i hear about the cost of food, the price of gas, and how the other side's failed fiscal policies are hurting american families. milk up 16%. butter 21%. eggs up 33%. the american people are not happy, and it is showing up in

the president's approval ratings. instead of continuing down this reckless path, let's change course. americans shouldn't have to watch their hard-earned money continue to be devalued due to radical democratic policies. if we are serious about stopping inflation, congress must rein in wasteful spending and enact policies that will enable us to reclaim our energy independence. i urge all members to vote in favor of my amendments in this en bloc package, and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, the chairman of the transportation, housing and urban development subcommittee, mr. price. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. price: thank you, mr. chairman. i urge my colleagues to sit up and take notice of this. this is quite an amendment. quite a radical amendment. it indiscriminately would cut a total of 36% from programs that transportation and housing and

these -- in these areas without merit to the programs. just indiscriminate, whacking away. this is only in the t-hud section of the bill. i'll limit myself to that. can't imagine members would dream of supporting this amendment. investments in our transportation and housing infrastructure will stall, jobs will be lost, some of the most vulnerable people, including veterans, children will be harmed. this amendment will result in a reduction. i want to stress with the very programs that republicans profess to support. let me give you some good examples. the f.a.a.'s contract towers program. that's -- that enjoys strong bipartisan support. whacked away. neighbor works, which supports local solutions to expand affordable housing, increased housing counseling assistance, strengthen economic development.

we increased neighbor works under bipartisan urging, slashed. community project funding. republicans and democrats alike have requested these appropriations to address transportation and housing challenges in their local communities. and believe me, if we don't do it, no one will. those would be drastically cut. port infrastructure, another republican emphasis -- cut. the amendment would even cut the small amount of defense spending included in the t-hud section of the bill. that would help maritime services. the eviction of tens of thousands of low-income households, half of which are elderly our disabled, a growing backlog of roof, elevator, other critical health and safety repairs to public housing, thousands of homeless veterans,

survivors of domestic violence, youth out on the street, and a halt in the production of affordable housing, which already is in short supply, and roads, bridges, aviation, transit, rail, port systems across rural and urban communities having their repair and upkeep halted or slowed, becoming less safe. the bill before us helps us make progress in rebuilding and restoring our infrastructure. this amendment would take us backwards. it's strange, isn't it, that deficits only seem to matter when it comes to helping people, keep us safe, roof over our heads, and keep a more resilient infrastructure that can withstand the next tornado or earthquake or flood? something every one of our districts benefits from. so this isn't just a run-of-the-mill amendment. i suggest that members look

carefully at what's in this and what it would do and what kind of totally justified criticism that they will be subject to if this amendment even comes close to passing. i urge its defeat. the chair: the gentlelady reserves, and the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves -- the chair: the gentlelady from reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia, the chairman of the agriculture and rural development subcommittee, mr. bishop. mr. bishop is recognized for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. bishop: thank you.

i rise in opposition to the en bloc. mr. hern's amendment in this en bloc would cut discretionary programs in the agriculture bill by 22%. mr. norman's would cut them by 5%. either level will have devastating and counterp counterproductive consequences across numerous programs. this would mean cutting rural development initiatives. the 22% cut would reduce much-needed investments in rural broadband, electricity, water and waste systems, and housing at a time when we really, really want to lift our rural communities. it will mean cutting our investment in farm and conservation programs, agriculture research, food for peace grants, and the mcgovern-dole program. the food and drug administration budget would be cut by over $800

million under mr. hern's proposal, lessening our ability to address the opioid crisis, medical supply chain issues, infant formula, and food safety. i ask my colleagues to join me in opposition to these amendments, and i yield back the balance of my time. . ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. hern, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. hern: mr. speaker, thank you so much. i appreciate the comments from my colleagues across the aisle what the american people have heard is that the home way to move forward is to spend more. obama's own treasury secretary said this is what caused the inflation that's running rampant across america. the spending is crushing the future of our american kids and our grandkids and future

generations, with over $30 trillion in debt. the same inflation that the feds right now are raising interest rates, they're going to drive up our mandatory spending on the interest on our debt. the answer is not to continue spending ourselves into bankruptcy. there's been no offer, no offer from my colleagues across the aisle where there's any way to quit spending the amount of money we're seeing today. moody's just said that the american people have $5 trillion more in their bank accounts today than they had just a little over a year ago. money that was sent to them by the federal government that we borrow from places like china. friends, we have got to be more fiscally responsible. i spent the last two years, 5 1/2 month, the last year and 5 1/2 months this year as the budget chairman for the republican study committee actually working on the budget. actually seeing where our spending goes. we cannot keep having

double-digit increases in our spending and expect to be ever responsible to the american people for the future of this country. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i tell you, if my colleagues on the other side were so interested in really reducing inflation, i would hope that they would be supportive and support the child tax credit, which none of them have supported, which in fact, the majority of the people using a child tax credit are dealing with food, with clothing, with school supplies, with rent, but all of these expenses have gone up and the money has run out. they can't find tear way clear to support -- their way -- find their way clear to support the tax credit. it's big trouble for these families, especially as the

costs of life continue to swell due to inflation. and let's look at the cost of inflation and why we have inflation. and take a look at what the oil companies are doing with price gouging, what we ought to do with windfall profits tax on people who are making money hand over fist and refuse to lower the price of gasoline at the pump because they are buying back stocks to take care of themselves and their stakeholders. that's a portion of what is dealing with cost of living and with inflation. if you were genuine about that, you'd look at these matters as well as just talking about inflation and not looking at the root causes of it today. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields the gentleladyreserves the balar time. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from california, the republican leader, mr. mccarthy, for one minute. the chair: did the gentlelady from connecticut yield back her time or reserve?

she yields. ok. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from california, the republican leader, mr. mccarthy. the chair: the gentleman is re-recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: thank you, mr. chairman. i do want to thank the gentlelady from texas for yielding to me twice. i appreciate that. i rise today in support of my amendment. which is in part of the en bloc package of amendments number 7. that is designed to help to protect our giant sequoyahs which are native to my home state of california from catastrophic wildfires. giant sequoias only grow one place in the world, in california. they live to 2,000, 3,000 years. historically they only die when they tumble over after living through so many thousands of

years. but right now, as i stand here, there are currently 1,500 firefighters on the ground working to contain the washburn fire in the yosemite national park. the fire is threatening more than 500 giant sequoias, including the world's largest and oldest, the grizzly giant. you know, on record prior, the only time in history that we had giant is a i could quas -- sequoias dieing from fire was in 1297. but in the last two years, we have lost 20% of all the giant sequoias from fire. think about that. in just two years we have now lost 20%. and as we speak and talk right now, 1,5 hub firefighters are -- 1,500 firefighters are trying to defend 500 giant sequoias, even the oldest one on record.

i led a bipartisan congressional delegation to see the giant is a i couldsia -- sequoias impacted by fires in my district earlier this year. the devastation was shocking. these losses are a clarion call for not only the national park service and the u.s. forest service to act to remove hazardous fuel buildup, so we can reduce the risk of high-intensity fires in these groves, but for congress to make the critical management reforms and provide the resources necessary to protect these iconic trees. it's interesting, when we were there together in a bipartisan group to study it, there were people from other countries just to come see these majestic beauties. when you talk to the forest service that led us throughout, you'd look at their badges. i don't know if anyone's ever taken the time, these trees are so iconic, they're on the badge

of our u.s. forest service. but again, in the last two years, 20% of them have been wiped out by fire. if we do nothing, they can all be taken away. in a congress as divided as ours today, these giant sequoias have actually united a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are committed to protecting these natural wonders. i have been proud to introduce the save our sequoias act with fellow californian congressman scott expediters -- peters, as well as bruce westerman, congressman panetta, congressman mcclintock, congressman costa, congressman valadao and congressman garamendi. they've all taken the time to study what is before us right now. the s.o.s. act will help save giant sequoias because it was declared an emergency so we can immediately reduce the risk of catastrophic fires in their

groves. by removing the hazardous fuel buildup, remove the barriers that prevent the forest service and local experts from taking action and advance to save these resources. provide funding for the comprehensive reforestation study. we're able to come together on this bill because we have all deep understandings that our giant sequoias are in a crisis. that knowledge also brought us together to offer this amendment today. this amendment would prioritize $5 million for the national park service and $5 million in the u.s. forest service to support efforts to reduce the risk of catastrophic fires killing giant sequoias in the sierra nevada. including environmental responsible rescribed burns and mechanical thinning, among other things. but this would only be for the groves. it would also help prioritize funds for the development of a strategy by the secretaries of

the interior and the agriculture to better protect the giant sequoia groves are from catastrophic fires. a requirement included in the fiscal year 2023 interior appropriations committee report. we are racing against the clock. fires are burning right now in the sierra national forest, threatening these trees. some of them are more than 2,000 years old. we can not -- we cannot be the generation that allows these massive and ancient natural wonders to perish on our watch. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and vote for the en bloc package number 7. i thank the chairman and the thank our ranking member for yielding the time and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlelady from connecticut.

those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the gentleman from oklahoma. >> we ask for a recorded vote, mr. speaker. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlelady from connecticut will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: pursuant to house resolution 1232, i offer amendments en bloc. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: en bloc number 2 consisting of amendments numbered 2, 4, 5, 8, 26, 33, 34, 36, 37, 40, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 69, 74, 75, 76, 77, 81 and

96 printed in part b of house report 117-420 offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1232, the gentlewoman from connecticut and the gentlewoman from texas each will control 15 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield myself 45 seconds. the en bloc amendment includes a number of proposals offered by my democratic and republican colleagues. i urge my colleagues to support the important proposals contained in this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from utah, mr. moore, for one minute. mr. moore: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of amendment number 81, which will provide funding for the modernization access of our public land act, opcw otherwise known as the mapland act, which was enacted last april.

i was proud to work with a strong bipartisan coalition of members in the house and the senate to get this bill signed into law and appreciate congresswoman dingell for working with me on this amendment before us today. making public land information more detailed and accessible in the digital age is one of the many reasons why this bill enjoyed so much broad support as it soared through the legislative process. adoption of this amendment today will provide the funding needed to modernize and improve the quality of this data so that americans can more easily recreate on our federal lands. which will also improve our ability to fund important conservation programs that enhance and protect habitats across this nation. this amendment is about helping families spend more time together outside, about improving the way our government works, and about fostering and sharing the joy of the great outdoors. i urge my colleagues to support amendment number 81 and i yield back. thank you. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from washington, ms. schrier.

the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. schrier: thank you, madam chair, and thank you, mr. speaker. i am so glad that my amendment to fund the research facilities act was included in this government spending package. we need to address our deferred research maintenance backlog and increase investments in next generation agricultural research. this research is critical as farmers in my district face daunting challenges. for example, the ability for researchers to conduct experiments on plants under various environmental stressors is critical for understanding how crops respond to new climate conditions. modern facilities can also help researchers screen new crop varieties and understand the impacts of changing climate on things like nutrition density and susceptible to pest lens. many farmers in washington state rely on the tremendous research done at institutions like washington state university. ensuring that they have modern facilities, cutting edge

facilities, will make it easier for them to attract and keep world class research. these investments will reposition the united states for leadership, for long-term success, for competitiveness around the world, and make sure we are leading in agricultural research and food research. thank you and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. stauber, for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. stauber: thank you very much. i rise today in support of my amendment. i introduced -- amendment i introduced which increases the circuit rider program. the modest increase offset entirely means cleaner water for rural america. circuit riders travel from facility to facility across our small towns, lending expertise and technical assistance because each individual locality does not have the money to pay for their own.

many treatment facilities in rural america have a dozen or less employees and these circuit riders save money for local budgets and taxpayers. according to the national rural water association, this minor increase allows for about 90 more circuit riders. that's 90 more experts traveling across rural america and rural minnesota, lending their that's 90 more people lending their invaluable knowledge to our industry. and in an industry losing expertise tory tiermt or other jobs this can be used to keep mission critical positions competitive. finally this amendment brings funding for the circuit rider program in line with a request i led along with 50 other bipartisan members of congress. let's allow rural america to have clean, sanitary water, free up local budgets and ensure our

rural operators get the technical assistance they so desperately need. i urge adoption of my amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield three minutes to the gentleman, mr. bishop. the chair: the gentleman is recognize. mr. bishop: i rise in support of this bipartisan en bloc amendment. these amendments addressing the agriculture division of the package were made in order by the rule and they've been agreed to by both sides. this was truly a collaborative process between both sides of the aisle and i believe that this bipartisan effort will definitely improve the bill. i'd like to thank the sponsors for their efforts and highlight a few issues that are covered by these amendments. encouraging innovation and usga research programs. protecting victims of trafficking. increasing funding for the farm to school program and the circuit rider program.

i support the amendment. i urge its adoption. it improves the bill. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: i reserve. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. carter. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. carter: madam chair, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak. last year, hurricane ida swept through my state leaving it in its wake a shaking, shocking, terrible path of destruction. this body saw the devastation of this storm and saw fit to make immediate down payments so that recovery could begin in louisiana as we assessed the incredible damage. implied in that down payment was a commitment to come back and to do more when louisiana determined its actual need.

my state, and many people, are here asking this body to keep its commitment. disaster knows no boundary. it can and will hit all of our districts unexpectedly. i promise to be with you when it does. today, i need this body to stand with me and pass additional hurricane relief funding so that the people of louisiana can fully recoverer. i urge the passage of en bloc 2 and thank you for the opportunity. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: i reserve. the chair: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields. the question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlelady from connecticut. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the en bloc amendments are agreed to.

for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman asks for a recorded vote. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment en bloc offered by the gentlelady from connecticut will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: mr. chair, pursuant to house resolution 1232, i offer amendments en bloc. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: en bloc number 3, consisting of amendments 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 35, 39, 41, 43, 45, 51, 54,

55, 58, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 89, 93, 94, and 95, printed in part eight of house report 117-420, offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1232, the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. granger, each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield myself 45 seconds. the en bloc amendment includes a number of proposals offered by my democratic colleagues. it reflects our shared values of investing in the american people to create good-paying jobs, grow opportunity and provide a lifeline to the vulnerable. i urge my colleagues to support the important proposals contained in this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is

recognized. ms. granger: i reserve. the chair: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. bishop. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wish tip: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. this en bloc amendment addresses the agriculture division of this package. they were made in order by the rules committee and i believe it will improve the bill also. in particular amendments will increase funding for the school breakfast expansion program and further advance the needs of puerto rico and the other territories, all of which participate in the microgrants with food security program. representative velazquez amendment draws attention to puerto rico's nutrition need where about 1.5 million residents receive nutrition assistance. the amendments highlight other important issues such as rural energy efficiency and the needs to -- and the need to build our infant formula mfg base in this

country. i support the amendmentened i urge its adoption. with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in opposition to the en bloc package of amendments. these 46 amendments do nothing to reduce inflation, fix the supply chain, lower gas prices or bolster our national security. instead, these amendments continue the majority's trend of inflationary spending increases, including a proposal to increase mandatory spending by another $1 billion. just what example -- just one example of excess spend, the energy efficiency and renewable energy office receive and enormous 25% increase in this bill and the en bloc package would increase it even more. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle must understand,

americans will not stand for bloated bureaucracy and runaway spending. i urge members to vote no to this en bloc package and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields. the question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlelady from connecticut. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the en bloc amendments -- the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlelady from connecticut will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition?

ms. delauro: mr. chairman, pursuant to house resolution 1232 i offer amendments en bloc. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendments. the clerk: een bloc number 4, consisting of amendments 13 and 179, prinked in part a of house report 117-139. the chair: the gentlelady from connecticut, ms. delauro and the gentlelady from texas, ms. granger, each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i oppose this en bloc amendment. davis-bacon is a pretty simple concept and a fair one. what does davis-bacon act do? it protects the government as well as workers in carrying out policy, the policy of paying a decent wage on government contracts. the davis-bacon act requires that workers enfederally funded construction projects be paid no less than the wages paid in the community for similar work.

it requires that every contract for construction to which the federal government is a party in excess of $2,000 contain a provision defining the minimum wages paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics. the house has taken numerous votes on this issue and on every vote, this body has voted to maintain davis-bacon requirements. we should not attack working class, working people. men and women. who work every single day for a decent paycheck and their wages haven't been increased with the cost of inflation and we should defeat the amendment before us today and we should move on to more important matters. i urge all members to vote no. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from california, a member of the appropriations committee, mr. valadao, for 10 minutes.

the chair: the gentlelady is -- the gentleman is recognized for 10 minutes. mr. valadao: thank you, madam chair. i request support for my colleagues on a very simple amendment. this amendment would prohibit the department of energy from sending america's strategic petroleum reserves to china. supporting this language is common sense especially since we need to focus our -- focus on increasing energy production, while americans are still suffering from outrageous fuel prices at home. these reserves are meant to be used for emergencies only. they are not meant to be used when our leadership failed us by unnecessarily restricting domestic energy production. what's even more concerning is that under the biden administration, our strategic petroleum reserve supplies have been severely diminished and it does not make sense that we are using our already depleted energy supplies to help china build up their own strategic reserves. it is irresponsible and dangerous for the united states to provide our foreign adversary with fuel we desperately need to

keep here in the united states in case of an emergency. it seems the biden administration -- administration is helping to support china's national security at the expense of our own. it has been suggesting that sell regular sources from tremendous the strategic petroleum reserve would help lower fuel prices at home. that's not true. what we should be doing is supporting energy producers in the united states. we have abundant resources that can and should be used. we are deliberately holding our country back by overregulating and stifling our domestic energy producers. the very last thing we should be doing is sending our precious resources from the strategic petroleum reserve to china. i urge all my colleagues to support the united states national security by supporting this amendment. madam chair, mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent that the text of this amendment be inserted into the record. the chair: the gentleman's request is covered by general leave.

mr. valadao: thank you for allowing me this time to talk about the three amendments i submitted in this bill that unfortunately we won't be voting on today. the severe drought through the american west has been negatively impacting my it stitts and local community for years. in the central valley, our local farmers have had to turn to pumping groundwater to protect high value crops. as a result these communities have experienced land subsidence at the ex-tense of critical infrastructure. in worst cases, farmers are forced to fallow their fields and let orchards dry out due to little or no water. my constituents are farmer who feed the world and the inability for farmers to grow domestic food is going to impact the entire country. the situation is direned a only getting worse. we can't produce more water but we can work with the water we already have and apply commonsense solutions to make

this water available to our agriculture communities. my first amendment would have addressed water storage capacity issues by extending the storage provision of subtitle j of the win act. it would have created a program to assist in funding the repairs of damage canal fall facilities. unless these canals are completely restored the issue of subsidence and resulting unnecessary water loss will continue and conditions will worsen. my second amendment would codify the 2019 biological opinions independently reviewed and reformed by the best science. the biden administration has ignored science and reinitiated consultation with no explanation. codifying the 2019 buyoffs would put an end to senseless lit dpaition and provision operational certainty for valley farmers my third amendment focused on transparency and would direct the bureau of reclamation to provide

justification on their decision to reinitiate consultation of the 2019 biological opinions. we need to stop playing politics with a resource the central valley is so reliant on. it is disappointing the majority rejected each of these amendments that would bring more waters to the communities throughout the central valley who are doing everything they can to survive these conditions. and provide food for our nation. thank you and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. norcross. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. norcross: thank you. mr. chairman, appreciate it. so, here we are, once again, having a discussion about the davis-bacon prevailing wages. dozens of studies over decades showing prevailing wages increases productivity, raises wages, helps local contractors promote high-quality programs, the very thing that we talk

about here, about doing for our districts. they increase productivity by tracking higher quality general contractors, subcontractors to bid on public works. levels the playing field. as a result, public projects cut down on change orders, finish probablies with greater efficiency -- projects with greater efficiency. in 2015 west virginia repealed its state prevailing wage law, arguing it would allow states to build five schools instead of four. but after a study, it showed the repeal, that there was no cost savings in the repeal of the law. but increases in wages, out of town contractors and apprenticeships, not only preventing wage laws, they're good for business, they're good for contractors associations, they're good for people. i find it absolutely unbelievable that we come down and have these discussions each and every time saying, i'm

funding the lower wages in my district. this is what my people want. they want to be paid less. not a word on what the contractor owners can make, but the workers, the ones who build things, we're fighting to lower those wages. this is insane. i would call it dumb but i want to be kinder. we're in a great institution. let's just call it wrong. hateful. misappropriated. but the fact of the matter, we're here to raise the level of quality and certainly of helping those who need it most, the ones who build america. i urge to defeat this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentlelady from virginia, mr. good, for three minutes. mr. good: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of two amendments that would prohibit federal funding for davis-bacon under vision a -- dwiks a and division -- division a and division f of this minutes but. davis-bacon was a con glom

ration of many jim crow era policies intended to inflate the wages of government contractors and eliminate competition for labor in favor of white union workers. nearly every day on this house floor we hear from democrats about how anyone who disagrees with them must obviously be a racist. that's their default response to virtually all opposition to their disastrous policies. climate, racist. health care, racist. covid, racist. infrastructure, racist. police, racist. school choice, racist. border security, racist. voting republican, obviously racist. being a patriot in the military, racist. election integrity, super racist. in fact, the president of the united states called pro poanlts of voter -- proponents of voter i.d. worse than jim crow, they were jim eagle. but will any democrat join me today in this effort to oppose davis-bacon? a hateful legal artifact from

the jim crow era. beyond its history, the davis-bacon act artificially drives up the cost of federally funded construction projects by requiring the payment of the prevailing wage, an arbitrary wage determined by the department of labor rather than the wage determined by the marketplace. that is never good and certainly not in the interest of the taxpayer. in fact, davis-bacon drives up federal construction costs by about 10% every year and costs taxpayers about $11 billion a year. i know, we waste trillions, we don't care about billions. but why should american taxpayers subsidize unions when only 14% of construction workers are unionized? billions of dollars are being funneled. by inflating wages far above the market rate, we're not helping american workers, we're robbing

taxpayers of $11 billion a year. nonunion workers are paying more subsidize higher union wages for davis-bachon workers. with -- davis-bacon workers. with the biden price hike, driving inflation to 9%, we should be looking for ways to save taxpayer money and make government more efficient. the biden price hike has the impact of making every american work one month for free this year. that is how much less purchasing power they have. now my legislation to repeal the davis-bacon act has the support for citizens against government waste, freedom works, heritage action for america, and national right to work. i urge all my colleagues to support my commonsense amendments to prohibit funding for davis-bacon and save taxpayers $11 billion per year. and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, the chairman of the transportation,

housing and urban development subcommittee of appropriations, mr. price. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. price: thank you, madam chair. mr. chair, i strongly oppose this amendment. it seeks to waive long standing prevailing wage requirements that are contained in the davis-bacon act. this act ensures workers are paid decent wages -- by offering wages or setting wages beyond -- below prevailing levels. so davis-bacon helps protect workers. it helps protect the government. davis-bacon applies governmentwide but it does particularly applied to the t-had you had sections of the bill. hence, why i strongly oppose it. i noted modestly over these last years when everybody was talking infrastructure and infrastructure week almost became a punch line, i often said while everybody else was talking about we were doing it,

we were doing it on the t-had you had subcommittee -- t-hud subcommittee. we made investments in the annual t-hud bill and it's practically synonymous is about, construction, construction workers. there are countless transportation formula and competitive grant programs as well as affordable housing programs in the bill, but following davis-bacon, at the would suddenly face new standards. davis-bacon has helped construction workers in all trades, all throughout the nation since 1931. and there's no need to abandon now although republicans have been trying to abandon it for a good number of years. instead of actively trying to reduce wages, we should be working to uplift workers and increase wages. congress has rejected similar

amendments in the past because there's a strong bipartisan support of this body for fair labor standards and constructive contracts. it's my hope that we stop disrespecting working people. stop disrespecting working people. stand up for working people. defeat this amendment before us today. i ask members to owe m-- oppose the en bloc amendment. the chair: the gentlelady graining graik i reserve -- ms. granger: i reserve. ms. delauro: mr. chair, he yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from virginia. the chair: the gentlelady is recognize the forked minutes. ms. spanberger: mr. speaker, i rise in support of my amendment to protect seniors and crack down on drug companies obscuring the side effects of their prescription drugs in their television ads. the united states is one of only two countries that allow direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising and there are serious consumer safety concerns

about these ads. these ads use distracting imagery such as butterflies, happy puppies, cheesy music and beautiful sunrises to distract consumers from a drug's dangerous side effects. congress instructed f.d.a. to crack down on these deceptive techniques more than a decade ago. however f.d.a. has misused that statutory deadline by more than a decade. my amendment simply instructs the agency to finalize the rulemaking as soon as possible. medical decisions should always be made between a patient and their doctor, not between a patient and their tv screen. i urge my colleagues to support my commonsense consumer protection amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: in closing, i just want to remind my colleagues, this body has rejected this

amendment on a bipartisan basis time and time again. speaking about inflation, we know that wages have not kept up with inflation. and working people are struggling, living paycheck to paycheck. why are we dealing with an amendment that would try to curtail wages and prevailing wages for workers every day who go on a job and put it forth -- put forth all of their efforts to be able to get a decent wage, to take care of their children, to be able to deal with inflation? it speaks loudly of my colleagues who refuse to believe that we need to have wages increase to help people fight inflation. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the question is on the amendment en bloc offered by the gentlelady from connecticut. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the

noes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlelady from connecticut will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: mr. chair, pursuant to resolution 1232, i offer amendments en bloc. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: en bloc number 5 consisting of amendments numbered 14, 15, 16, 17, 38, 78, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 100, 103, 105, 109, 1 10rbgs 111, 112, 117, 120, 122, 131, 133, 134, 135, 143, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 157, 163, 167, 168 and 175,

pursuant to part a of house report 117-420 offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1232, the gentlelady from connecticut and the gentlewoman from texas each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman, for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. grothman: i have seven amendments in the en bloc and i'll talk to two issues in general that cover i think all of the amendments. the first thing is an overall concern of spending. it's a lot easier to break an economy than to fix an economy. and the american rescue plan and the very high-spending infrastructure bill, between

them, spending over $3 trillion i think is the primary reason for the huge inflation we're having to deal with today. you look at these underlying bills, the t-hud bill, up 12%, financial services and general government up 17%. these programs have to be held at an even or slight decrease level for years to make up for the damage that was done with those two big bills. i'm not going to say there wasn't damage done before that. i think a little bit of the covid bills that were originally signed by the prior president were not exactly the most prudent things either. but everybody knew at this time this was a problem and my amendments are all on the line of not destroying programs, not taking out programs altogether, but going back to the amount that was spent last year or the amount that was spent in president biden's -- president obama's final year.

and i sometimes use president obama's final year to show i'm not being reckless here. what i am saying is there ought to be a little bit of restraint in the appropriations committee and a little bit of restraint of the new bills coming out. a couple of my amendments also address this obsession with hiring bureaucrats to enforce diversity. america is supposed to be a country in which we view ourselves as individuals. there are people who i think want to destroy america and try to set one group against the other group. when i look at my district, i know a lot of people who are hmong. i recently got to know a lot of people from india. they have had no problems succeeding in america, i know people from russia. and what they alltel me is the -- all tell me is the same thing. the easiest place in the world to succeed is america. but there are people who try to divide us and set up programs in which you say, i'm not going to

succeed because of who i am. i want to succeed as a group of people determined by where my ancestors were born three or five or 10 generations ago. not only are these programs, first of all, a waste of money. we have to have some people administer the programs, we have nowhere near enough people to work in american business as it is, but secondly, they are designed to train people that what goes on in washington is a fight or a contest between ethnic groups. that is a cancerous way to think. that's a cancerous way to think. the fact that so many people come here unable to even speak english and succeed show that's a lie. i'm trying to reduce funding or get rid of funding altogether for some of these programs. thank you. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized.

ms. delauro: i reserve. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield the gentleman from georgia, mr. cleveland, for 15 minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized -- the gentlewoman only has 12 minutes remaining. the jell is recognized for two -- the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cleveland: i rise in support of my amendment -- mr. cline: i rise in support of my amendment number five, that no funds be used to promulgate or enforce president biden's radical abortion order. in this executive order the biden administration chose to focus its attention on protecting the abortion industry at the expense of women and

their unborn children. this is totally unacceptable. this executive order is also ruled by executive fiat and my amendment rightfully defunds it. the executived orer is also a great example of disinformation. you know the biden administration tried to create the disinformation governance board and it didn't do so well. so now we have it in an executive order. disinformation. so let me be very clear. miscarriage management and the treatment of ectopic pregnancies are not abortions. the biden administration's executive order simply creates fear and confusion by spreading this misinformation. finally, nothing in the constitution grants the federal government the authority to expand access to abortion. this is a states rights issue and must be resolved at the state level. so i urge all my colleagues to support this amendment to defund this biden executive order

promoting abortion and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. good: i offer two amendments to this appropriations package that would save a total of $86 million in taxpayer dollars. one amendment strikes funding to buy electric vehicles for the federal fleet and the other removes woke federal funding to make public housing climate resilient, whatever the thack is. the american people cannot afford biden's climate agenda. they also don't want it, as i'm confident they'll demonstrate 112 days from today. americans are suffering from 9% inflation, the highest in 40 years. call it the biden price hike if you will, with an average

national gas price of nearly $5 per gallon. and yet this democrat majority wants to make the american people pay for unelected bureaucrats to drive around in expensive electric vehicles and make them fund climate welfare programs. washington is pumping $91 billion in funding toward a ridiculous transportation and housing bill. this is an increase of 12% year over year. voting for an absurd spending increase is simply a vote for more inflation and economic pain for all americans. so i urge my colleagues to support my amendments, vote to eliminate wasteful spending, and oppose the underlying bill and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: i yield back.

the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield myself such time as i may consume for closing. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: while i have offered this en bloc amendment for purposes of legislative efficiency, i strongly oppose it. the en bloc amendment makes severe, harmful changes to the bills under consideration. included in the en bloc amendments, there's a limitation on the environmental protection agency to be able to hire new employees. detrimental efforts to the environment. it limits access to voting. and in particular inflynn js on a woman's access to health care. these amendments do not move our country forward. they really are harmful to all americans and i urge all members to oppose this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. the question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from connecticut. those in favor say aye.

those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the en bloc amendments are not agreed to. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms. granger: i ask for a recorded vote. the clerk: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from texas will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut rise? ms. delauro: i offer amendments en bloc. the clerk: the clerk will -- the chair: the clerk will designate the amendments. the clerk: amendments en bloc including amendments 124, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 138, 140, 144, 146, 154, 162, 165, 166,

169, 170, 171, 173, 176, 177, 178, 185 printed in part a of house report 117-420, offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1232, the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. granger each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield myself 45 seconds. the en bloc includes a number of proposals offered by my democratic colleagues, it reflects our shared values of investing in the american people to create good-paying jobs and provide a lifeline to the vulnerable. i urge my colleagues to support the proposals in this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is regular nidessed. ms. tbrainger: i yield the

gentleman from tennessee, mr. rose, for 10 minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rose: i thank the gentlelady for yielding me time. mr. chairman, i'd like to urge my colleagues to support my amendment, amendment number 133 of division d, a part of en bloc number 5. this amendment would prohibit the s.e.c. from implementing provisions of its proposal entitled enhancement and standardization of climate related disclosures for investors. that mandate disclosure of scope 3 emissions. scope 3 emissions include emissions from activities in an organization's supply chain. public companies have no ownership and little to no control of these emissions. recently, i led a bipartisan letter with 118 members of congress expressing concern about the proposed rules -- rule's impact on farmers. mr. chairman, i ask unanimous

consent to insert this letter into the record. the chair: that request is covered under general leave. mr. rose: mr. chairman, the proposal would drive capital away from smaller suppliers that may not have resources to measure their greenhouse gas emissions. s.e.c. chair gins leer points to significant -- ginzler points to significant gains. but it's climate activists not retail investors. i, my colleagues to support my amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the gentleman from maryland, the distinguished majority leader, mr. hoyer. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the chair for yielding. mr. speaker, this is a bill that

has to pass if we're going to keep government operating. and the chair of this committee has worked very hard to get that done. she's been successful as chair of moving most of our bills through this house. the senate has not yet moved any of its bills as it did not last year. but this is an important, critical part of our possess to fund the government, keep it operating and invest in the priorities of the american people. that's what we're doing today in these appropriations bills. i want to thank chairwoman rosa delauro and members of the staff for their hard work on this package. once again, our majority is passing appropriation bills in a timely manner. sadly, as i said, the senate has yet to bring any appropriation bills to the senate floor. today's package funds about a quarter of the total expected discretionary funding for next year. it reflects the budget request

from the biden administration and in some cases funds programs at levels we have determined should be increased. it also includes community project funding for investments in our communities to help improve public safety, encourage economic growth and fight poverty. bringing back community project funding was an essential tool in helping to restore congress' power of the purse. i add that it was done in a bipartisan way. and it was done thanks to the chair in a very transparent way. we wanted to make sure that more funding decisions are being made by the members who know their districts best. there is much to celebrate in this package. which is why i rise in support of this package. many important and worthwhile investments in the american people, in our communities, in economic opportunity in so many areas. i'm not going to go into all of them that will be discussed. but i do want to highlight just a few of the important victories

in this bill particularly for the constituents in communities i represent in maryland's fifth district. first, mr. speaker, mr. chairman this bill moves us a major step closer to realizing a new badly needed consolidated f.b.i. headquarters. a critical national security project that many of us have worked on for more than a decade. in fact, i started working on this in 2009. when the then-acting -- not acting, director of the f.b.i. said this building is very out of date, does not accommodate the work we need to do and we must have a new building. and requested that there be a campus-like setting from all of the f.b.i. could be consolidated from the some through 78 different locations they were located in in the city. this legislation will ensure that we can build a fully

consolidated f.b.i. headquarters that meets the needs of the bureau with a substantial payment of $500 million toward that project. it limits the g.s.a. to committing any of those funds only to one of two sites in maryland and one in virginia. the g.s.a. just recently judged all three of those sites to be eligible sites. this project first requested, as i said, by the f.b.i. in 2009, is now ready for final site selection. this building which has been delayed at a cost of giving the bureau the tools and facilities necessary to fulfill its missions can now be advanced in the time frame i have understood from the administration which is before the end of the fiscal year. may of last year, the four senators from maryland and virginia wrote to president biden and urged its ad-- urged his administration to move forward expeditiously. that was some 15 months ago.

it's long past expeditiously and i look forward to seeing this project realized and i thank the chair and the chair of the subcommittee, mr. quigley, for his help on this effort. it's an important one for our country and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in strong opposition to this en bloc package of amendments. these 29 amendments include excess funding and policies that expand the scope and reach of the federal government. they do this while also limiting our country's energy options and allowing funding for president biden's executive order on abortion. again i urge a no vote on this en bloc package and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized.

ms. delauro: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from illinois, the chairman of the financial services and general government services committee, mr. quigley. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. last month as the committee considered the funding bill the supreme court took the unprecedented step of stripping american women of the right to decide their own reproductive destiny. extremist justices inventing flimsy arguments against a right americans have enjoyed for nearly 50 years those opposed, no door for radical legislators to ban abortion. let me be clear, this is a crisis. crisis means all hands are on deck. with my friends, representative lee, degette and frankel, i'm offering an amendment to ensure that the fsgg bill is in the fight. this amendment prohibits any federal funds from my bill from being used in contravention to president biden's executive order on protecting access to reproductive health care.

this is not just about the executive order itself. it is about the policies and recommendations that will result from it. the interagency policymaking effort to address barriers to abortion access must include fsgg jurisdiction and federal agencies must all work swiftly and to fully implement solutions to these barriers. in addition, fsgg has jurisdiction over the district of columbia. anti-abortion extremists go so far as to try to tell d.c. taxpayers that they cannot make their own decisions about whether they support access to reproductive care. i'm here to say that d.c. citizens shouldn't be bullied by extremists pushing an ideological agenda. the federal government's place must only be to improve access to care in d.c., the never to tell the citizens of any other nation's capital that members of a body to which they're not even permitted to send a voting representative, that they can't look after their own

reproductive destinies. president biden called for a whole of government effort to safeguard abortion access. as the branch of government charged with the purse strings of the united states, it is our duty to join the effort. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time -- the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. off encloses -- mr. offen encloses -- mr. auchincloss. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. auchincloss: i rise in support of the en bloc amendment which includes my amendment. one of the most consistent case work requests i receive are from veterans who are unable to receive care due to the department's record request backlog. i've raised with the department individual cases and i've also

been working with local veteran service organizations to advocate on behalf of their members. yet it still takes anywhere from six to eight months to get anything back from the archives. that's not acceptable. dithizeing veterans' -- dithizing veterans -- digitizign veterans' records will improve their experience. it's our responsibility to ensure that they have access to the high quality care and services promised to them when they swore an oath to protect and serve our country. i urge support for my amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. chair, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady for her leadership and the ranking member as well. let me say that america is going to get not a payday, but an investment. unlike what my colleagues like

to characterize, the hard work of the appropriators and our chairwoman, this is about good paying jobs. $90 billion in transportation. this is about tackling hunger in agriculture, some $27 million. this is about helping houston and its horrible and yearly confrontation with flooding. and, yes, this is about the issues of energy and resources or energy and as well with financial services, this is about helping our consumers and of course in the interior i want to say that this is about helping the work i'm doing on emancipation trail. i'm delighted that i also rise to support all of the en blocs. i have amendments in all of them and particularly i want to emphasize the work that is being done through my amendments on oversight over the general land office that has tackled houston and harris county and the region after hurricane harvey, like they are at odds. our federal money, $4 billion, was supposed to go to harris

county and houston. houston ultimately got zero amount at a certain stage and they only gave harris county $800,000. when we are suffering with the loss of housing, with major flooding and so my amendment will talk about major oversight over the g.l.o. and their treatment of local jurisdictions and this plagues across america when states get money and they don't believe it should go to local communities. let me also indicate i am glad that my human trafficking victims, trafficking bill is in that provides for snap resources. and to clarify that if you are educating a human trafficking victim that is not documented, you can clarify for them without looking like you're recruiting or selling snap to let them know that they're eligible for it, which is extremely important. also, i-45 of the president of the united states issued an equity policy, that whenever you do major infrastructure projects, you should look at how it impacts the historic neighborhoods, how it impacts the minority neighborhoods and

urban neighborhoods. and i-45, a major federal project, has not even perceived that to be important. so my amendment indicates that that should be the case. ms. delauro: i yield the gentlelady another minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the chairwoman for her graciousness. that is an ongoing issue that we have in our community where the community are not taken into consideration, when the houses are leveled when the flooding is increased, by infrastructure an -- an infrastructure project that we now have a title 6 proceeding under that's funded by federal dollars. let me also express my appreciation for amendments dealing with the federal rail administration. everyone that knows it has trains. it's part of the supply chain. in our communities there's the crossings, there's the sound, there's the horns. all we want to do is work harmoniously and the oversight of the federal rail administration to deal with safety and operations in our communities are particularly

important. i also want to express appreciation for the work my amendments will do and that they've been accepted dealing with the issue of historic preservation, which will include places like friedmans town -- freedmanstown. the underlying bill is a bill that would invest in america. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: i ask everyone to support that and my amendment -- and the amendments included in the en bloc. i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from connecticut. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the en bloc amendments are agreed to.

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas -- ms. granger: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the gentlewoman asks for a recorded vote. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from connecticut will be postponed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part a of house report 117-420 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendments en bloc number 1 by congresswoman delauro of connecticut. amendments en bloc number 2 by ms. delauro of connecticut. amendments en bloc number 3 by ms. delauro of connecticut. amendments en bloc number 4 by

ms. delauro of connecticut. amendments en bloc number 5 by ms. delauro of connecticut. amendments en bloc number 6 by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair will reduce to five minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendments en bloc 1 printed in part a of house report 117-420 by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc, a recorded vote -- the clerk: amendments numbered 1, 18, 31, 44, 53, 79, 83, 97, 118, 128, 139, 151 and 160 printed in part a of house report 117-420 offered by

ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been 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. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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.]

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. -- as the member designated by mr. bennie thompson of mississippi, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote no on en bloc 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that ms. escobar will vote no on amendments en bloc 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote aye on en bloc 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, mr. bran of maryland, wilson of florida and mr. mfume of maryland, they vote no on en bloc 1 h.r. 9294.

>> mr. gohmert of texas, i inform the house that they will vote nay on en bloc number 1. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree of and ms. meng, i inform the house that these members will vote no

on amendments en bloc number 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote yea on en bloc number 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote yea on en bloc number 1. thank you.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress members barragan, kahele, leger fernandez, castro and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote no on amendments en bloc 1. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler and mr. smucker of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler and mr. smucker will vote yes on en bloc number 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote nay on amendments in en bloc 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote yea on the en bloc number 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. porter, ms. williams and mr. bowman, i inform the house that those three members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? -- the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. connolly,

mr. boyle of pennsylvania, ms. moore and ms. newman, i inform the house that these four members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on en bloc 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. albio sires -- sires, ms. ann kirkpatrick, mr. peter defazio, ms. mikeie

sherrill, i inform the house that these members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 1. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote yea on

en bloc number 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. demings, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote no on amendments en bloc number 1.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, happy birthday. as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote nay on the amendments en bloc number 1. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representatives chuy garcia and michael san nicolas, i inform the house that these members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 1.

the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 199, the nays are 229. the amendments en bloc are not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendments en bloc 2 printed in part a of house report 117-420,

by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, on which further proceedings were postpostponed and on which the s prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: en bloc number 2, consisting of amendments 2, 4, 5, 8, 26, 33, 34, 36, 37, 40, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 69, 74, 75, 76, 77, 81, and 96, printed in part a of house report 117-420, offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted.

a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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 chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. connolly, mr. boyle, ms. newman and ms. moore, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote yea on en bloc number 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

mr. thompson, i inform the house that the member will vote yes on en bloc 2 offered by representative delauro. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay on en bloc number 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. demmings of florida, i inform the house that ms. demmings will vote yes on en bloc number 2. the chair: for for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

mr. smucker and mr. reschenthaler, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on amendment en bloc number 2. >> as the member designated by misses khobar, i inform the house that misescobar will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. joe wilson of south south wilson, i inform the house that he will vote nay. mr. pallone: the member designated by ms. sherrill, mr. pascrell, mrs. kirkpatrick and mr. sires, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

mr. paul gosar of arizona and mr. gohmert of texas, they will vote no. the chair: for what purpose does gentlelady from new hampshire seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. pingree, she will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 2. the chair: the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr.carson: as the member designated by bar began, kahele, leger fernandez, castro, they will vote yes on amendments en bloc 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mast and cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yes on en bloc number 2.

the chair: the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by ms. porter, mr. bowman and ms. williams, these three members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yes on amendments en bloc number two. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representatives san nicholas and garcia, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number

2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, mr. brown of maryland, ms. wilson of florida and mr. mfume of maryland, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc 2. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, mr. taylor will vote no on en bloc number

2.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, ms. salazar will vote no on en bloc number 2.

the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 336, the nays are 90. the amendments en bloc are adopted. the unfinished business is

request for a recorded vote on amendments en bloc number 3 printed in part a of house report 117-420 by the gentlewoman from connecticut, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendments. the clerk: en bloc number 3 consisting of amendments 3, 36, 7, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, # 2, 35, 39, 41, 4 #, 45, 51, 54, 55, 58, 62, 63, 56, 67, 7870, 73, 82, 84, 85, 86, 8 #, 94 and 95 printed in part a of house report of

117-420 offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. 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.] for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. houlahan and mr. foster, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay on en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr.carson: as the member designated by congress members barragan, kaheleo, castro, these

members will vote yes on amendments en bloc 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. smucker and mr. reschenthaler, both of pennsylvania, i inform the house that both will vote no on amendment number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. bennie thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote on agreeing to en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that

mrs. walorski will vote no on en bloc three. ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote nay. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, mr. bowman and ms. williams, i inform the house that these three members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. joe wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that mr.~wilson will vote no on amendment en bloc number 3.

>> as the member designated by ms. demmings of florida, i inform the house that ms. demmings will vote yes. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote no on en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. pingree and ms. meng, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. sires, mrs. kirkpatrick, mr. pascrell, mr. defazio and ms. sherrill, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 3.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representatives garcia and san nicholas, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. connolly, mr. boyle of pennsylvania and ms. moore, these amendments will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: as the member designated by mrs. escobar, i inform the house that ms. escobar will vote yes on amendments en bloc number #.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson of, mr. brown of maryland, mr. mfu mmp e will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 3. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. mchenry: as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote no on en bloc number 3.

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 225. the nays are 201. the amendments en bloc are adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendments en bloc 4 printed in part a of house report 117-420 by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: amendments en bloc

number 4 consisting of amendments numbered 13 and 179 printed in part a of house report 117-420 offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been 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. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> madam speaker -- mr. bishop: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote no on en bloc 4.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. meijer: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. rice, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote yea on en bloc 4. mr. correa: madam speaker, as the member designated by bargain, kahele, leger fernandez, castro and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam chairman, as the member designated by mr. paul gosar of arizona, mr. john carter of texas, and mr. louie gohmert of texas, i inform the house that they will vote yea on en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that she will -- that this member will vote no on the amendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does -- the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition?

mr. keller: madam chairman, as the member designated by mr. smucker and mr. mr. reschenthaler: of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. smucker will vote yes and mr. reschenthaler will vote no on en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. kelly madam chair, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote no on amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. greene: madam chairman, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn from north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: madam chair, as the member designated by ms. pingree and ms. meng, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam chairman, as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote nay on

amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam chair, as the member designated by mr. albio sires, mrs. ann kirkpatrick, ms. sherrill, mr. peter defazio, mr. bill pascrell, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. mchenry: madam chair,men meb -- as the member designated by mr. taylor of connecticut, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote yea on en bloc 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. san nicolas and mr. chuey garcia, i inform the house that they will vote no on amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> madam chairman, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote yea on en bloc number 4.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: madam chair, as the member designated by ms. porter, mr. bowman, and ms. williams, i inform the house that these three members will vote yes on -- excuse me -- no, they'll vote no on amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? mrs. fischbach: madam chairman, as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote yea on en bloc number 4. thank you. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote no on amendments en bloc 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition?

ms. wasserman schultz: madam chair, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote nay on amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: madam chair, as the member designated by mr. connolly, mr. boyle of pennsylvania, ms. newman, ms. moore, i inform the house that these four members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 4. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam chair, as the member designated by mr. lawson, mr. brown, mr. mfume, ms. wilson, i inform the house that they will vote no.

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 165. the nays are 264. the amendments en bloc are not adopted. the unfinished business is the

request for a recorded vote on amendments en bloc 5 printed in part a of house report 117-420 by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: en bloc number 5 consisting of amendments numbered 4, 15, 16, 17, 38, 78, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 100, 103, 105, 109, 110, 111, 112, 117, 120, 122, 131, 133, 134, 135, 143, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 157, 163, 167, 168, and 175 printed in part a of house report 117-420 offered by

ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been 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. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: for what purpose does the woman -- does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? mr. spano: madam -- ms. spanberger: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. huoulahan, i inform the house that these members will vote no on amendments en bloc 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam chair, as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote nay on amendmen bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition?

mr. correa: madam speaker, as the member designated by congress members barragan, kahele, leger fernandez, castro, and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? mrs. fischbach: madam chair, as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote yea on en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that ms. escobar will vote no on the amendments en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. smucker and mr. reschenthaler, i inform the house they will vote yes on en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote no on en bloc 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. greene: as the member designated by mr. cawthorn, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yes. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> comegd ms. pingree and ms. meng, these members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. john carter of texas and mrd mr. gosar of arizona, they will vote yes. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by ms. new man,

mr. boyle, these members able vote nay. >> as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote yes on amendment en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. demmings of florida, i inform the house that ms. demmings will vote no on amendment number 5689 >> as the member designated by mr. joe wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that mr.~wilson will vote yes on en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: the member designated by mr. sires, mrs. kirkpatrick and mr. pascrell and mr. defazio and ms. sherrill, these members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 5.

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, ms. williams and mre that those three members will vote no, no on the amendments en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: as the member designated by representatives garcia and san nicholas, these members will vote no on amendments en bloc number 5. the chair: for what purpose does

the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. crist, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote nay. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote yes. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek reek thinkings? >> as the member designated by by the following members, mfume, wilson, brown and lawson, they vote no.

the chair: on this vote, the nays are 197 and the nays are 230. the amendments en bloc are not adopted. unfinished is request for recorded vote on amendments en bloc number 6 printed in part a of house report 117-420 by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendments. the clerk: amendments environs clock 98, 99, 102, 108, 121,

124, 126, 127, 129, 10, 132, 140, 144, 146, 165, 169, 170, 171, 173, 176, 177, 178 and 185, printed in part a of house report 117-420 offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested, those in fair of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. for what purpose does the

gentleman from [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.] >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, mr. brown, ms. wilson and mr. mfume, they will vote yes. >> as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler and mr. smucker, i inform the house that both will vote no on en bloc number 6. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: as the member designated by misses khobar of texas she will vote yes on amendment en bloc 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. mchenry: as the member designated by mr. taylor, i inform the house that they will vote no. >> as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, mr. pascrell

and miss sherrill they will vote yes. the chair: the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. greene: as the member designated by mr. cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote nay on en bloc number 6. the chair: the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. cardenas: as the member designated by castro and grijalva, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that mr.~wilson will vote nay on en bloc number 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. kelly: as the member designated by ms. demmings of

florida, she will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 6. the chair: the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote no on en bloc number 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on en bloc 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam chairperson, as the member designated by by john carter of texas and louie gohmert of texas and paul gosar of arizona, i inform the house

that they will vote no on en bloc number 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house they will vote yes on en bloc 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote nay on en bloc 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. pingree and ms. meng, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: as the member

designated by mr. garcia and mre yes on amendments en bloc number 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by ms. moore, ms. newman, mr. boyle and mr. connolly, these four members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, mr. bowman and ms. williams, i inform the house and the distinguished

parliamentarian, mr. smith, that these three members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 6.

the chair: the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote no on en bloc 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. thompson, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on en bloc 6.

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 224. the nays are 204. the amendments en bloc are adopted. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: madam chair, i move

that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. mr. neguse: madam chair. the speaker pro tempore: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 8294 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee

has under consideration h.r. 8294 and has come to no resolution thereon. proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. passage of h.r. 8404 and motions to suspend the rules with respect to the following -- consideration of h.r. 1286, h.r. 2024, h.r. 3222, h.r. 6337, and h.r. 7002 to be followed by s. 144, h.r. 4404, h.r. 7025, h.r. 7693. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, will be conducted as a five-minute vote.

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of h.r. 8404 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 8404, a bill to repeal the defense of marriage act and ensure respect for state regulation of marriage and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the passage of the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. if y -- inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that ms. escobar will vote yes on

h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by ms. mikie sherrill, mr. peter defazio, mr. bill pascrell, mrs. ann kirkpatrick, mr. albio sires, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. keller: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. smucker and mr. reschenthaler, both of pennsylvania, i inform the house that these members will vote no on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following members -- mr. lawson, mr. brown, ms. wilson, and

mr. mfume of maryland, they all vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? mrs. fischbach: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. walorski from indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote no on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress members barragan, kahele, leger fernandez, castro, and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. meijer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote yea on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. bishop: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on h.r. 8404.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. norman: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote nay on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by chuey garcia, representative chuey garcia, i inform the house that mr. garcia will vote yes on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. williams: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. john carter and mr. louie gohmert of texas, mr. paul gosar of arizona, i inform the house that they will vote nay on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. chairman, as the member designated by -- mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. waltz: mr. speaker, as the

member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote yea on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. kelly: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yes on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> ms. herrera beutler: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. kinzinger, i inform the house that mr. kinzinger will vote yes on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. porter, mr. bowman, i inform the house that those members will vote yes on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. greene: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote nay on

h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: mr. chairman -- mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree, ms. meng, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. mchenry: mr. chairman, as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote no on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. moore, ms. newman, mr. boyle, mr. connolly, i inform the house that these four members will vote yes on h.r. 8404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. spanberger: as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes

on h.r. 8404.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 267. and the nays are 157. the bill is passed.

without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, to suspend the rules and pass the following bills -- h.r. 1286, h.r. 2024, h.r. 3222, h.r. 6337, and h.r. 7002 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the titles of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1286, a bill to establish in the states of north

carolina and south carolina the southern campaign of the revolution national heritage corridor and for other purposes. union calendar number 316, h.r. 2024 a bill to establish the southern maryland national heritage area, and for other purposes. union calendar number 318, h.r. h.r. 3222, a bill to establish the alabama black belt national heritage area and for other purposes. union calendar number 322, h.r. 6337, a bill to require the secretary of the interior and the secretary of agriculture to develop long-distance bike trails on federal land, and for other purposes. union calendar number 323, h.r. 7002, a bill to authorize the gateway arch in st. louis, missouri, to be illuminated by blue and yellow lights in support of ukraine. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion. members will record their votes by electronic device.

this is a five-minute vote. inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. peter defazio, mr. bill pascrell, mrs. ann kirkpatrick, mr. albio sires and ms. mikie sherrill, as the member designated by i inform the house that the members will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler and mr. smucker, both of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. smucker and m mr. reschenthaler will vote yes on suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that ms. escobar is a yes on the suspensions en bloc. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from florida seek recognition? mr. waltz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote yes on suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress members barragan, kahele, leger fernandez, castro, and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on suspensions en bloc. . spokesperson for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? mrs. fischbach: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote yea on suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on the suspension of the rules en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote yea on

suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that joe wilson will vote yea on suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative chuy garcia, i inform the house that mr. garcia will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker -- mrs. greene: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek