the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 377, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment 79 printed in part f of house report 118-16 by the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes preentrailed voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 79 printed in part f of house report 118-216, offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. these 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 210, the nays are 216. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 83 printed in

part f of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. hageman, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 83 printed in part f of house report 118-216, offered by ms. hageman of wyoming. 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 order. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-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: on this vote the yeas are 97, the nays 336. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment 85 printed in part f of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 85 pointed in part f of house report 118-216, offered by mr. good of virginia. 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 152, the nays are 278. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 89 printed in part f of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert, on which further prod so -- proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes preentrailed voice vote.

the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 89 printed in part f of house report 118-216, offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 217, the nays are 214. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 09 printed in

house report 118-216 by the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 90 printed in part f of house report 118-216 offered by mr. good of virginia. 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 158, the nays are 272. the amendment is not adopted.

the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 91 printed in part f of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 91 printed if part f of house report 118-216 offered by mr. good of virginia. 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 159, the nays are 272. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 92 printed in part f of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 92 printed in part f of house report 118-216 offered by mr. good of virginia. 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 156, the nays are 273. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 93 printed in part f of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by a voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 93 printed in part f of house report 118-216 offered by

mr. good of virginia. 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 two-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.]

on this vote, the yeas are 162, the nays 270. i'm sorry, the yeas are 161, the nays are 270. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment 94 printed in part f

of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 94 printed in part f of house report 118-216 offered by mr. good of virginia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-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: on this vote the yeas are 16, 0 the nays are 271. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 95 printed in part f of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes preentrailed voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 95 printed in part f of house report 118-216, offered by mr. good of virginia. 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas

are 16 3-rbg the nays are 267. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 99 printed in part f of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from minnesota, mr. stauber, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 99, printed in part f of house report 118-216, offered by mr. stauber of minnesota. 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 two-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: on this vote, the yeas are 217. the nays are 216. the amendment passes. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 101 printed in part f of house report 118-216

by the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. miller. the clerk: amendment number 101 printed in part f of house report 118-216. offered by mrs. miller of illinois. 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 reins, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this lab two-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: on this vote, the yeas are 217. the nays are 216. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 102, printed in part f of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from montana, mr. rosendale, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 102, printed in farther p of house report 118-216, offered by mr. rosendale of montana. 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 71, the nays are 362. the amendment is not adopted. there being no further amendments, under the rule the committee rises. mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 4362.

pursuant to house resolution 723, i report the bill, as amended, by that resolution back to the house with sundry further amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill, h.r. 4368, and pursuant to house resolution 723, reports the bill as amended by the resolution back to the house with sundry further amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule, the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not, the chair will put engross the question on the adoption of the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on the

engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration and related programs for the ifs i cal year ending -- if is cal year ending -- fiscal year ending september, 2024. the speaker pro tempore: further consideration of h.r. 4368 is postponed. pursuant to house resolution 723 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4365. will the gentleman from -- will the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. cammack, kindly take the chair.

the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4365, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: the department of defense, for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 180 printed in parent a of -- part a of house report 118-216 offered by mr. rosendale had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings now will resume on those amendments printed in part a of house report 118-216 on which further proceedings were

postponed in the following order. amendment 34 by ms. houlahan of pennsylvania. amendment 149 by mr. biggs of arizona. amendment number 151. number 152. amendment number 153. amendment number 155. amendment 156 by mr. connolly of virginia. amendment 160 of mr. gaetz of florida. amendment 161 by mr. gaetz of florida. amendment 166 of ms. jayapal from washington. amendment number 175 of mr. roy of texas. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for every electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 34 printed in part a of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. houlahan, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redisnate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 34 printed in part a of house report 118-216 offered by

ms. houlahan of pennsylvania. 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 240, the nays are 191. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 149 printed in part a of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. bigs, on which -- biggs, on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redepends ate the amendment. cloim -- will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 149 offered by mr. biggs of arizona. 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 two-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: on this vote the yeas are 104, the nays are 330.

the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 151 printed in part a of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from the virgin islands on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 151 printed in part a of house report 118-216 offered by ms. plaskett of the virgin islands. 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 is a two-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: on this vote, the yeas are 20 # the nays are 23 1-rbgs the amendment is not adopted. the e the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 152 by the

gentlewoman from colorado on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 152 printed in part a of house report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-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: on this vote, the yeas are 150 and nays are 282. the amendment is not adopted.

the unfinished business is recorded vote on amendment 153 by mrs. boebert on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 153 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. thvment is a two-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.]

clairmt on this vote, the yeas are 184 and the nays are 248. the amendment is not adopted. the the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 155 from the gentleman from georgia,

mr. clyde on which the knows prevailed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 155 offered by mr. clyde of georgia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support 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 two-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: the yeas are 172 the nays are 261, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is requested for a vote on amendment by the gentleman from virginia mr. connolly and which the yeas prevailed by voice

vote. the clerk: amendment number 166 printed in part a of house report 118-216 offered by mr. connolly of virginia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-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: on this vote the yeas are 215, the nays are 218, the amendment is not adopted.

the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment number 160 printed in part a of the house report 118-216 from the gentleman from florida, mr. gaetz, and which the nays prevailed on voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: printed in part a of house report 118-216, offered by mr. gates of florida. the chair: a request for a recorded vote has been ordered. a sufficient number having arisen, members will record their votes by electronic device, this is a two-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: on this vote the yeas are 93, the nays are 339. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 161 printed in part a of the house report by

the gentleman from florida, mr. gates, on which 9 vote was postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: printed in part a of report 118-216 offered by mr. gates of florida. the chair: those in support of a recorded vote stand. a sufficient number having arisen. a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-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: on this vote the yeas are 160 and the nays 2 of 9 -- 269. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 166 precipitationed in house report 118-216 by the

gentleman from washington, ms. jayapal on which the nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 166 printed in part a of house report 118-216 offered by mr. jayapal of washington. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in 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 two-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.]

he the chair: on this vote the yeas are 176, nays 258. the amendment is not a"top 10ed." the unfinished business is the request for a report on amendment 175 printed in report

118-216 from the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 175 printed in part a of report 118-216, offered by mr. roy of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in 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 is a two-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: on this vote the yeas are 202, nays 231, the amendment is not adopted.

there being no further amendments, under the rule, the committee rises. >> madam chair?

>> mr. speaker. the committee of the whole on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 4365 and pursuant to house resolution 723, i report the bill back to the house to you, mr. speaker, with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the committee has had under consideration h.r. 4365, reports the bill to the house with amendments. under the rule the previous is ordered. any separate vote. the chair will put them engross. those in favor, say aye. those

opposed, no. the ayes have it the amendment is greed to. third reading of the bill. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it, third reading. the clerk: bill making appropriations for the department of defense for 2024 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: further consideration of h.r. 4365 is postponed.

pursuant to house resolution 723 and the chair declares the committee of the whole house for further consideration of h.r. 4367, will the gentleman from kentucky, mr. guthrie, kindly take the chair. the chair: the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department ofhomeland security for fiscal year september 30, 2024 and for other purposes.

the chair: when the committee rose amendment number 11 printed in house 1118-216 offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. arrington, had been disposed of. it is now in order to consider amendment number 13 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 13 printed in part bmp of house report 118-the 16 offered by mr. correa of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 273, the gentleman from california, and a member opposed each will control five

minutes. mr. correa: i say to you, if you want to reduce fentanyl on our streets, i ask you to vote for this amendment. this amendment number 13 simply allows c.b.p. who hire additional c.b.p. sphergs at our ports of entry in addition to new border patrol agents. our ports of entry are the economic engine of our country and vital gate ways for international commerce and travel and collect more than $112 billion in duties and taxes every year. but our ports of entry are understaffed. c.b.p. told us they need 4,000 more agents at our ports of entry. and as you know, about 90% of the fentanyl seizures and other narcotics actually happen at our ports of entry and only 2% of

the vehicles crossing being inspected. that's with only 17% of cargo coming across those ports of entry being inspected. if you want to stop, if you want to see more fentanyl, you need to hire more agents in our ports of entry. it's very simple. today this bill that i'm amending calls for 2,000 more border agents, but only 150 new officers at our ports of entry. let me repeat. this bill only calls for 150 new agents at our ports of entry. and my amendment simply says give the c.b.p. and our folks at the border the flexibility to determine who they hire. ports of entry or between ports of entry. the experts that are there

protecting our borders should make that decision. again, mr. speaker, 90% of the fentanyl seized coming into this country are seized at our ports of entry. 90% says who? 90% says those officers at our ports of entry. they need our help. let's give them the flexibility and the tools to make sure they keep our country safe from fept nil and continue to increase economic commerce and trade at our border. please support amendment number 13. the chair: the the gentleman yields back the balance of his time for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. joyce: reserve. the chair: gentleman is recognized. joy joy the amendment is well

meaning but ultimately misguided and encountering 10,000. and funding 1800 border patrol agents to relieve the burden of our agents. taking funds dedicated and using it to hire additional customs officers dill lutes it. additional officers may be needed to help with legitimate trade but we have to address the disastrous border policies. you can see the flood of migrants crossing the border in an uncontrolled fashion. it must stop and we need additional men and women in green uniforms to gain operational control of the border. i urge a no vote and i reserve.

the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from cal. mr. correa: this is absolutely correct, we need those forces at our border and i'm saying to you, sir, you know most of the drugs, narcotics, fentanyl comes across the ports of entry. why not give them additional money that we know drugs are killing our young people in our streets. give them the opportunity to hire. give the border patrol and our agents at the ports of entry the ability to stop these poisons from coming into our country. one death is one death too many. let's stop fentanyl from coming into the country. 90% of the fentanyl and narcotics are actually apprehended at our ports of entry. that's not my statistic or i

don't remember statistic, that homeland security data, sir. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. i want to remind members to direct their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. joyce: thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. correa: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from ohio has the right to close. mr. correa: i think all of us recognize the challenges we have at our border, what i'm doing is presenting this amendment, amendment number 13 in response to what i have seen at our ports of entry which is they need more personnel and need it today. let's help them at the border keep our country safe and give them the resources and personnel they need. thank you very much. and i yield.

the chair: jabbed -- the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from ohio. mr. joyce: i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. pursuant to the clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 19 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. grothman: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 19 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by

mr. grothman of wisconsin. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the amendment offered by mr. grothman and a gentleman opposed. mr. grothman: i have been down to the border. my amendment would highlight the need of alternative meth thodz of management during flood season. the border wall faces a challenge when the waters rise. these floods can compromise its effectiveness and putting our border at risk. i held in sierra vista, arizona and i was surprised to discover the way we deal with this issue and we deal with it opening the gates along the wall. border patrol agents are required to open vast sections of the wall. this comes at a time when we are

tasting an unprecedented crisis. last month, they encountered 232,000 agents and they -- immigrants. and during flood season these migrants walked through because we opened up the gates. to address this political concern, we need to snror alternative methods and technologies to protect the border wall. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition of this amendment. again, i understand where the gentleman is coming from, but if you look at it, even the prior administration also understood that the way to address this

issue is to put those gates because of the flooding. congress has been looking at this issue for the last 15 years and while it is not perfect, i do understand that the prior two administrations have come with the same conclusion and that is deal with the monsoons, the flooding and they put those doors to make sure things are not washed off. and spending $36 million a mile for every fence we put up. $36 million a mile. and $5 that can include drones, sensors and the technology to address that. and if you spent $36 million a mile for a fence, you need a $100 a ladder to take care of the problem that you have. even in texas, mr. chairman, i

would ask you, if you look at it, people are concerned about the flooding and that's why the fence is put a quarter mile or half a mile away. all the land owners over here, they lose their property because you are putting the fence on this side. so the ranchers, the property is gone because of the fence. and all you have is the river over here and people walk over to the fence and claim asylum. we have to have repercussions. who should be deported should be deported. we need to expand the perimeter out there. again, i feel, mr. chairman that the wall might be damaged because of the water or flooding. the trump administration, biden administration and the bush

administration all came up with the same conclusion when they got asked to look at this issue and said you have to put doors or gates so the rains or the floods don't wash a way the fence. with that, i understand where my colleague is coming from but i ask the floor to vote no and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. grothman: i would reiterate being at the border and talking to members of the border patrol who are on the border ever day, they feel the current situation is untenable and allowing more people to cross the border. simply climbing over a fence, i have yet to meet anyone on the border. the american law enforcement, be be it people who superland on be the border feel like the wall is not a good thing.

it takes more than a wall and they prefer we describe it as a wall system but all feel we need additional borders at the barrier to prevent over 200,000 people a month streaming in here. i yield my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from wisconsin. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment 23 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. wassermann shultz. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: printed in part b of report 118-216 offered by ms. wassermann shultz of florida.

the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlelady from florida, ms. wassermann shultz and member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from florida. ms. wassermann shultz: my amendment gives a chance to reconsider the rules tacked on to this atrocity of a homeland security bill. the republicans are done pretending they want people to immigrate here illegally and puts their bitter disdain for all immigrants on clear display because when president biden set up legal pathways to reduce oppression at the border the radical right took away the right to work and threatened to harm our communities and jack up inflation and condemn these communities to poverty. it's inflicting vicious harm. instead of registering immigrants and offering a chance to work and pay taxes, this bill

would leave immigrants to languish in private prisons that barely meet minimum standards for convicts all at taxpayers expense. our constituents can't see the horrific treatment and squalor migrants are forced to endure. even that malevolence doesn't satisfy my republican colleagues. listen carefullily, it goes further to mandate every last one of these prisons is filled to the brim, packed full of people who have not been convicted after crime, have not faced a judge and have not seen a lawyer. finally, this bill blocks legally admitted migrants from being reunited with their families, separating children, even toddlers from their family and yet maga republicans will still speak to all of us for family fabs. i know people are marginalizing

from this border, they come from venezuela and haiti and my friends and children's classmates and are friends in my community. none of us are happy with our immigration system. why not work with a bipartisan plan that opens legal pathways with enforcement. the secret is out and republicans don't want a solution but want more chaos and want more people trying their luck against the rio grande or florida straits instead of applying online at home and coming through a port of entry. the pain is the point for these extremists. i wish i could make sense of this bill but it barely strikes the surface. i wish they'd stand up even if facing jeers from the right end and i would like to stop the despair of families who have had

enough of it for one lifetime and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. for what purpose does do you seek recognition? >> i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. joyce: this administration has created a way and some have been called maga and others and i saw a mayor, a democrat from new york saying they can't take anymore. the governor from new york, a democrat saying they can't take anymore. the governor of massachusetts declaring a state state of emergency. the democratic mayor of chicago, same issue. but i guess it's our problem and we're attempting to fix it. and the biden administration continues to subvert the law and implement policies that are detrimental to our border security, our national security and our overall sovereignty.

this bill includes several provisions and misguided policies of the biden administration that have been exploited by transnational criminal negotiations, human smugglers and cartels. for example it prohibits funds to administer the prosecutorial discretion guidance which encourages d.h.s. attorneys to administratively close nonpriority cases to allow aliens to continue living in this country without a legal basis to do so. as i said before -- this bill includes a provision from making asylum officers from making a claim of fear claims instead of actual immigration judges. this bill seeks to reverse the damage done in the past 2 1/2 years and halt the migration crisis in its tracks. to strike these provisions would be to tell our constituents that congress approves of this administration's catastrophe at border. nothing could be farther from the truth. and while they may not admit it,

my colleagues on the other side know what's happening at the border now is nothing short of catastrophe. mayors and governors alike are speaking out on the impact of illegal immigrants and are calling on this administration to acknowledge and fix the problem at the border and this administration makes the disaster worse and i urge defeat of the amendment and reserve my time. the chair: the gentlelady from florida is recognized. ms. wassermann shultz: thank you, i want to give a couple examples of the type of torture the language in this bill supports and endorses. one provision, section 404, prohibits funds for asylum officers to adjudicate fear claims, which is the point of our asylum program. republicans include the perfect provision to demonstrate they value disrupting due process for migrants more than they value speeding up results for their constituents and want to block asylum officers who receive extensive training and face

enough difficulties as it is from assessing whether refugees have a reasonable claim to asylum. while republicans continue to engage in massive hyperbole leaving people with the impression people are storming the border, this bill actually prevents a lawful orderly asylum process from occurring because the republicans defund it in this bill. another section, another eliminates inspection of detention facilities. all i've heard since the maga majority gaveled is oversight, oversight, but yet this comes to our detention services where families are held indefinitely without counsel, the republicans want no oversight at all. these inspections are critical and these inspectors ought to get combat pay for what they walk in to. at one facility, an investigation found severe violations including sexual voyeurism by guards and denial

of menstrual products and refusal of health care and beatings and extended solitary confinement. yet republicans in this homeland security bill actually eliminate funding for inspections for detention facilities and allow this torture to continue. it's outrageous and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from ohio. mr. joyce: i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman has the right to close. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. wassermann shultz: i am against these toxic immigration provisions and i will stand up to counterattacks for legal pathways and condemn cruelty against the vulnerable even when justified by deterrents and never stay silent when tunists try to blind the trauma we're inflicting on refugees. the extreme maga republicans ignore dozens of requests from bipartisanship members regarding detention provisions assuring asylum access and ensuring congress uphold its oversight

ability. i hope my colleagues join me in mitigating the most harmful parts of this bill. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman is recognized. mr. joyce: i yield back my time and urge a no vote. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not -- the gentlewoman from florida? ms. wassermann shultz: i'd ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from florida will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment 24 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. burnett: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk.

the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 24 printed in part b of house report 118-216. offered by mr. burchett of tennessee. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. burchett: thank you, mr. speaker. the key to this amendment is four words, across state lines. i offer this amendment and one of my co-sponsors, mr. donalds, i guess it's like football practice this morning, he's absent. this amendment prohibits federal funds from being used to transfer illegal immigrants over the age 18 across state lines except for the purpose of removing the individuals from the country. takes currently stands, the bill prohibits funds from being used to transport illegal immigrants into the interior of this country but fails to recognize there are already folks here illegally. this amendment will cut wasteful

and unnecessary spending of taxpayer dollars and get the biden administration out of the human trafficking business and focus homeland security operations on removing the people who enter our country illegally. mr. speaker, our border states have been overwhelmed by the pro immigration agenda since biden came to office and would help our border agents do what they're supposed to do and that is protect our border and deport illegal immigrants. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. chair, i oppose this amendment. i trust the work of border patrol agents and trust the work of the men and women in blue at the ports of entry and trust the air marine agents and trust the work of ice agents, i trust the

work of h.s.i., homeland security agents. mr. cuellar: and i trust the work that they do. and what we're looking at, what wants to be changed is section 221 that says none -- this is what the law is right now, none of the funds appropriated otherwise made available by this act may be made available to transport aliens unlawfully on parole into the united states into the interior of the united states into the interior of the united states for purposes other than the enforcement of immigration law. it's already here. and again, i don't think we ought to be legislating on the house floor. i think we need to get the input from the agents i mentioned that i support, border patrol, o.f.o., air marines, a.s.i., and the law is there, it says you

cannot go into the interior of the u.s. itself. so when that i stand in opposition and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of my time. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. joyce: leaving out a key element of this, i, too, trust our border patrol agents. they're underpaid and overworked. i do not trust this white house. this has four words added to it, or across state lines. that's currently what is happening and needs to stop, mr. that's the bottom line. the chair: does the gentleman yield back? the gentleman yields back his time and the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. burchett: i ask for the yeas and nays. the chair: does anyone seek a recorded vote?

pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings offered on the amendment of the gentleman from tennessee will be postponed.. the chair: it is now in order to consider amendment number 25 printed in part b of house report 118-216. ms. escobar: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 25 printed in part b of house report 118-216. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas, ms. escobar and a member opposed each will control five minutes. ms. escobar: my amendment strikes 224 of the bill which mandates i.c.e. prioritize detention before considering any other options. this mandate is absurd and for a

party to champion fiscal responsibility makes no to detention which is the most expensive option available. we know previous alternatives run by d.h.s. that providing case management services for migrant services cost $35 a day and compare that to detaining those same families. the mandate makes no sense even on the most practical level. the united states does not have the capacity to detain every asylum seeker. furthermore, section 244 of the bill hamstrings the operational flexibility to manage their resources depending on the department's needs at a given time. this could cause a ripple effect for several agencies including

i.c.e. and c.b.p. and i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas reserves. for what purpose does ohio seek recognition? mr. joyce: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. joyce: the amendment seeks to strike an amendment in the bill and monitoring for aliens going through the immigration proceedings. as we see migrant encounters and nondetained docket continues to grow, we must use every tool to compel the department to enforce the law. it will give the administration to release migrants and total disregard of the law. we cannot maintain the status quo. i urge defeat of the amendment.

ms. escobar: if my colleagues were truly being honest with each other they would have met the homeland security bill is unworkable and will not challenge the challenges we face. i offer to motion to recommit. it pulse from functions and improvements including and even public safety by defunding c.b.p. recently updated pursuit policy. this bill is filled with unworkable empty that republicans feed their base. i have tremendous respect for my colleague, the gentleman from ohio. and i would implore with him to work with us on a bipartisan solution that is truly workable. i was born and raised in el paso, texas on the u.s.-mexico.

i live there today and i raised my two children there in that beautiful community. no one wants more safety and security and order more than those who live there and invested our lives. but we know relying on borders that my colleague has pointed out, they are not the answer, they don't deter and don't manage and they make mig grants go away. all it does is feed cartels so they can find other routes for migrants. and we want to end that. we can find a solution in a bipartisan pathway. my colleague and i have come together to find compromise to seek true solutions that uphold our values and actually solve the problems at hand and i invite my republican colleagues

to join us. there is no doubt that this is a very broken system that puts significant pressure and strain on communities like mine on n.g.o.'s and local governments, on our federal personnel and of course, the incredible inhumanity that my grants endure to seek an opportunity to work and live in our country. this broken system is a consequence of congress' inaction. and 37 years since congress has reformed and passed comprehensive immigration law. there is no better time than the present to do that together in a bipartisan way. but depending on unworkable solutions, expecting that mexico will accept every migrant and jail every human being that comes to our border, it is unrelate particular and not a true solution. if the house rules permitted, i

would have offered the motion to recommit with an important. it would cut millions of dollars being allocated to the outdated expensive wall and reallocated to the programs necessary to address a deadly and urgent matter. the fentanyl smuggling and intrr discs. the most way to ensure they are caught and send resources to our ports of entry. over 90% of fentanyl is seized at these land ports and checkpoints and smuggled by u.s. sit science crossing the border legally. at the end of the debate, i will insert the text of this amendment and i hope my colleagues will join me. and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from ohio.

mr. joyce: i appreciate my distinguished colleague, always there to work together in a bipartisan fashion to try to fashion something and it is long overdue for congress to address this situation, but unfortunately this is about appropriations and not authorizations and i urge a no vote on this and i yield back. the chair: the question yields his time, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from texas. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. escobar: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from texas will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 26 printed in

part b of the house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. gonzalez: -- mr. gonzales: i have an amendment at the desk. offered by mr. tony gonzales of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. gonzales: i represent a district that is over 42% of the border places that nobody knew very well years ago and places like eagle pass and del rio and el paso. in my communities we are overwhelmed. in el paso alone, there is over 11,000 people here illegal that has saturated the situation.

2,000 people are coming illegally. in eagle pass we are beyond a point of return and we need help and need assistance. every instinct is to go home and help the people in my district that feels as if a category 5 hurricane hit the southern border. this is the absolute worse to it. no bottom to it. my amendment is simple and asks to end catch-and-release in a humane and orderly way. if there is space and capacity, instead of d.h.s. releasing migrants, my amendment asks that they look for other places. it is humane and orderly and end the catch-and-release policies that have turned my communities upside down.

i yield back. the chair: reserve. the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. i rise respectfully in opposition to this amendment. but i will say this, my good friend and i share the border and will continue working. i do believe there is a place for them. i do believe we should best utilize the detention beds for the higher-risk detainees and i believe that we should give i.c.e. flexibility. i will commit to my good friend, mr. gonzales and other good friend from ohio, mr. joyce, that i will work with them when we get in conference committee, that i will work with them on this particular language. again with that, i yield back.

the chair: jabbed -- the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman is recognized. mr. gonzales: please grant the people of my being district, people in eagle pass some relief. we are beyond a breaking point and completely overwhelmed. i am here to urge this body to do something today and ending catch-and-release is what our communities need and i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, and the amendment is agreed to. the chair understands that amendment number 27 will not be offered.

the chair upses that amendment number 28 will not be offered. it is now in order to consider amendment number 29 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. clyde: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 29 printed in part b of house report 118- 216 offered by mr. clyde of georgia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from georgia, mr. clyde and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. mr. clyde: i rise to offer an amendment to cut the funding levels for the department ofhomeland security cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency by 25% which equals about $592.7 million.

on its website the mission reads, he we lead the national effort to reduce risk to our cyber and physical infrastructure. great mission statement. unfortunately, cisa has migrated far from its mission like one of the illegal jailens. it was involved in the disinformation governance board established under the biden administration to regulate and police americans' speech. while this disinformation governance board was rightfully disbanded, a few months later after public outcry, cisa has not stopped monitoring americans' free speech. a draft copy, cisa drafted plans to target inaccurate information

on a wide range of topics including the origins of the covid-19 pandemic, the efficacy of the vaccine, u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan and nature of u.s. support to ukraine. twitter's business that cisa migrated protected the critical infrastructure in controlling what americans can say and what speech is accessible. this is wrong and this is dangerous and a massive violation of our constitutional rights. americans' first amendment freedoms shall not be regulated or controlled by a rogue government agency either directly or indirectly through big tech. this censorship has no place. cisa was created with overwhelming bipartisan support

under the trump administration it focused on counter foreign cyber influence. unfortunately since the current administration took offense, cisa has shifted beyond the organization mandate -- original mandate. officials renamed the influence task force, one of the key bodies countering disinformation founded during the trump administration and renamed it or mdm team and took the word foreign out of the title. . . . this represents a shift in their mission from foreign to domestic. earlier this information, information was reported that shows members of cisa privately characterized those who raised concerns over government --

concerns over government censorship of free speech, bad actors. cisa needs to return to its original mission, not censoring free speech and infringing american's first amendment liberties. as cisa's budget has increased by 44% over the last three fiscal year they have policed fry speech and silenced the individual. there's a clear connection here. given an extraordinary boost in fund, cisa has weaponized tax dollars and targeted the speech they fine disagreeable. it's time to end the injustice in order to protect the american people's inalienable first amendment rights. therefore i offer this amendment to reduce cisa's funding closer to its f.y.2019, f.y.2020 funding level. the agency must be focused on its true mission, not undermierng constitutional rights. there's nothing like a budget

cut to get an agency's attention. i urge all members to support my amendment in order to stop cisa orwellian practices and protect our treasured first amendment freedoms. the chair: the gentleman reserves. does anyone seek time in opposition? for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. joyce: we set out to make cuts in this growth over the last few years. the top line shows a significant pause in budget growth. it's $19 billion above the 2023 enacted level but $130 billion below the president's request. this provides cisa the opportunity to mature its operations commensurate with its budget growth. this would cut their budget by 25% on top of what we've already done. we had a debate on a cut of this

magnitude in full committee consideration and i said then, as i do now, passing this amendment would make our homeland less secure. this mis, dis and mall information language is strong and i want to commend the gentleman from georgia for his valuable edits to that in markup which we addressed in a more holistic way. i urge my colleagues to vote no on the amendment and reserve the plans of my time. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. clyde: the only thing agencies respect in this town is funding. reduced funding is the only way we'll bring them become to their core mission. this agency has had a 44% increase in funding and yet they have taken that money and what they have done to our first amendment civil liberty, to our rights, is they have spied upon us.

and in the cyber security world, they have taken our information and they have misused it. so i think cisa needs a haircut. i think this haircut will get their attention. with that, i yield. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. joyce: it's with the utmost respect i speak to my colleague. we have had lengthy debates on this in full committee. i appreciate the desire he has to defund or at least severely reduce the budget of this agency. however, we're at a time in america where this serves as a clearing-house for those rogue nations and bad actors that prey upon americans on a daily basis and this is something that is not only important for everybody who works in the cyber community, cyber system, but that also for the schools and

the hospitals and the water and sewage facilities, gas pipeline, all those things throughout our country. that don't have a safety net. they have to rely on cisa for their information in the hope and support. unfortunately, the companies that provide software, provide the software, but do nothing when they are hacked by these outside influences and actors. all this agency can do and hopes to do is promote the -- that clearing-house if you will that platform for which we can all come to an understanding. bad actors exist and we must prevent it. i appreciate and will work closely with my colleague to make sure the things he talks about as far as the tax on first amendment right nervous occur in the united states. at this time i must urge a no vote and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the request is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion oof this -- in

the opinion of the chair the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. clyde: recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 38 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. tenney: thank you, mr. speaker. i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: the -- the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 38 printed in part b of house report 118-216, offered by ms. tenney of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlewoman

from new york, ms. tenney, and a member opposed, will control five minuteles. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. ms. tenney: i rise in support of my amendment to reduce department of homeland security secretary mayorkas' salary to $1. wince president biden has taken office we have seen an unprecedented number of immigrants flooding across our border. the district i represent in upstate and central new york contains most of the new york border region. secretary mayorkas has inned numerous successful border policies by the trump administration including the remain in mention toe policy, billing the border wall and ending the catch and release policy. as a result, all of these communities have been transformed into border communities including new york. near my district ine ry county two my -- in erie county were charged, one with rape, one with

assault, and in nearby resselaer county a my grant was charged with murder. these migrants were not vetted in spite of claims by governor hochul who claimed they were vetted. over 100 individuals on the terrorist watch list have successfully crossed the southern border putting all our communities at risk including those in new york. secretary mayorkas is either willfully derelict in his duties or is incompetent. either way he should no longer be paid the hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for failing to perform the basic needs under our constitution to protect our citizens and provide effective border security and control of our bored. i was honored to co-lead this with my colleague from texas, chip roy, and i urge my colleagues to join us in support of this amendment and hold secretary mayorkas accountable. i'm hoping mr. roy will join me and speak on behalf of that. however, until he gets here, i want to say, mr. speaker, just

this past month, we hit a record for migrant crossings in american history of over 304,000. despite repeated pleas and actions by me, my colleagues on this side of the aisle, mayorkas refuses to change course and actually secure our border. secretary mayorkas has failed to do his job and has doubled down on his failed policies. while congress ultimately needs to impeach and remove secretary mayorkas, defunding his sal vie a great first start. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and now i would like to reserve and yield some time to my colleague and co-sponsor of this great amendment, representative chip roy of texas. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady yields. ms. tenney: reserve. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition that amendment. any secretary of homeland plays a critical role in national security. secretary mayor ka -- may cor cays has served as deputy secretary of homeland and now secretary. i know we hear a lot from the other side of the aisle where they say that the secretary has not achieved operational control of the border. operational control of the border was first defined in the secure fence act of 2006 and neither border patrol chief nor the secretary have yet declared operational control since then. if you look at it, two republican presidents, bush and trump, none of them obtained operational control. two democrats or bay ma and biden, also have not obtained operational control. again, i know how important the

constitution is to my colleagues. and i would ask you to say that if you target salaries, by targeting salaries it's simply unconstitutional as pointed out in the united states vs. loving supreme court case in 1946. again if we're going to uphold the constitution the court has said that targeted salaries is not the right way. we all want to secure the border. but targeting somebody's salary does not get to the end that we want to get. to so i urge my colleagues to vote no and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. tenney: thank you, mr. speaker. we're exercising our rights under the constitution and the holman rule. i now yield time, one minute, or two, i don't know what i have remaining to the representative from texas, mr. roy. the chair: the gentlelady has 2 1/2 minutes. ms. tenney: i yield two minutes to mr. roy.

mr. roy: i thank the gentlelady from new york. i have great respect for my colleague on the other side of the aisle from texas on this matter we disagree. the secretary of homeland security has entirely abdicated his response about to follow the laws of the -- his responsibility to follow the law os they have united states. he's done so purposefully. he's done so with complete disregard to his constitutional obligation. to run the department of homeland security. which by definition means he's supposed to secure the homeland. having released some two million people into the united states, having come before the house judiciary committee and literally said, yes, we have operational control of the border while staring directly at a statute defining operational control of the border and the secure fence act and then later going back to committees and saying no, no, no. that's not the definition i was talking about. we all know full well what he's doing. he's trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the american people that he is somehow following the laws.

that he's somehow following asylum laws and parole laws when he's using parole which supposed to be on a case-by-case basis to dump hundreds of thousands of people into the united states and americans are dying. kids are dieing from fentanyl poisoning. the very migrants that my colleagues says this supposed to be helpful for are dying in the rio grande. are dying in south texas ranches are. getting sold into the sex trafficking trade. or dieing or getting abused in stash houses. this is a blatant disregard of his duty. he should be removed from office. and we sure as hell shouldn't be funding his salary. the holman rule exists for us to exercise our article i authority over an abusive article ii executive. it is time for congress to reassert its authority. to reclaim control. to use the pow ore they have purse to stop the abuse of authority by this secretary to endanger the american people, to endanger migrant, undermine our homeland security.

i yield back to the gentlelady from new york. ms. tenney: how much time do i have in. the chair: the gentlelady has 30 seconds. ms. tenney: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, mr. roy. let me be clear. the democrats in new york are against this policy put in place by joe biden and secretary mayorkas. even mayor adam of new york city has blamed joe biden. our governor, kathy hochul, has done a 180 and blames joe biden. even former governor cuomo blames joe biden for this crisis. 82% of new yorkers in a recent poll blame joe biden and secretary mayorkas for the migrant crisis in new york which has devastating consequences for our security. i ask my colleagues to join me in this amendment, congressman roy and i, in reducing secretary mayorkas' salary to $1. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from new york. those in favor say aye.

those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to.. the chair: it is now in order to consider amendment number 39 printed in part bmp of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. biggs: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 39 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. mr. biggs: i rise to speak in support of my amendment which prohibits the use of funds to pay the salary and expenses of cisa director jen easterly.

they are waging war on conservative voices. in the recent case decision of missouri versus biden, the judge specifically pointed out ms. eerily targeting speech for censorship. it was so pervasive that the judge believed that the plaintiffs in the case are likely to succeed in the claims against her and the other biden administration officials and this was affirmed by the fifth circuit. they wrote beyond holding meetings with the platforms they engaged in switch boarding operations acting as intermediary and flagging content. for her part she has worked and coerced social media platforms

to take down posts that don't fit in the truth. she has said that conservative opinions that we the administration are not truth but alternative facts and dangerous to national security implying that terms like truth are for her to define. she ordered the removal about posts of hunter biden's laptop and masks and the vaccine, questions about the security 2020 election and the state of the economy. most of that has been proven objectively to be true but she suppressed it as well as suppressing other posts that are convenient for the biden administration. i'm going to reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek

recognition? mr. joyce: i claim time in opposition. i join in sharing the scandal. no administration, and no government should be in the labeling and first amendment is or is not disinformation. the government is not the arbiter of the truth. that is why we worked diligently to address concerns in this bill. however, this amendment is not targeted to the biden administration that we disagree with but a person who wasn't in office when cisa engaged in disinformation. we might not agree with her policies, cisa has a long career in the military. she is a west point and two-time recipient of the bronze star.

and i cannot support it and urge my colleagues to vote no. i reserve the balancer much my time. mr. biggs: not only is ms. easterlily suppressed conservative voices, she has stated she is preparing to do it in the 2024 election. not somebody in the administration, ms. eerily. this censorship of conservative voices must stop. and as we saw using the hol mmp an helps us do our job. the federal judge gave a memo decision in the case of the state of most versus joseph eve biden. the judge stated that it was likely many platforms will

prevail and conservative voices by the biden administration. the primary means of censorship was colluding and ordering social media companies to ban individuals on their platforms and take down posts. among the defendants listed by joseph dowdy as having directed this policy is jen easterly. i urge my colleagues to join me in this important endeavor of holding someone accountable. i don't know what we need to do but we should hold ms. easterly accountable and with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: i rise in strong

opposition of this amendment. she leads an organization of over 3,000 public servants who play a critical role in our national security. first director easterly is the lead for federal cybersecurity charged with protecting and defending the branch networks that we rely on. cisa is the national coordinator for security and resilience working with partners across government and industry to make sure we protect and denied our nation's critical infrastructure from bad actors. again, when you target somebody by name and reduce their salary, it is unconstitutional. and pointed out by the united states versus lovett, a supreme court case in 1946. i joined mr. joyce and asking

our colleague to vote no on thm amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: i appreciate that. here's the deal, not only is this critical that you hold people accountable, this person, this director lied in response to a question from representative cloud on this particular issue, on these issues we are talking about in testimony in the appropriations oversight hearing earlier this year. if we tail to hold this person accountable, we are being going to see like things happen in the future. when you provide a specific deterrent, you provide a general deterrent. that's the way you hold people accountable. i reserve.

the chair: the gentleman from ohio, reserve. are you reserving? the chair: the gentleman from arizona still has time. mr. biggs: reclaim my time for the last closing. i appreciate my colleagues who don't want to see this done. not unconstitutional to do this. this is a good way to hold people accountable. one of the jobs of the united states congress. you hold people accountable and what dot founders give us? it seems to me this individual should have their salary eliminated. i yield back. mr. joyce: i disagree and i understand and appreciate the concerns of my colleague and certainly feel like they have been addressed in what we could do in the confines of an

appropriations bill and i urge a no vote. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair -- for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 40 printed in house report of part b118-216. the clerk: amendment number 40 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona.

mr. biggs: i rise -- this may seem like groundhog day. i rise in support that prohibits the use of funds to pay cisa of director security jeffrey hal emp, as director hale to censor conservatives. he was singled out by the judge. under protecting election and they suppressed and that went against the view of what they considered the truth to be. they seem to be ordering to ban posts and users that question theirize of the story. listen to what i'm saying, please. that's what was going on in the agency that was supposed to

protect cybersecurity and our elections. the blatant censorship and others by mr. hale has to end. it is the weaponization of government against the american people and it is up to us to stand up against that. i urge my colleagues to join me in passing this amendment. at soint we have to recognize that we need to hold people accountable. now i appreciate those -- my colleagues who oppose this, but i will tell you this. i don't think you can say we can't do this in the appropriations bill, we just passed by voice vote a defunding of the secretary of homeland security. why cannot we hold these people accountable? i think we can. and with that, i reserve.

the chair: the gentlemanreserves the balance of his time. -- for what purpose does. mr. joyce: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. joyce: i understand holding this administration accountable and stand in joining the outrage over the c inch sa disinformation scandal and americans has not a role for any government agency for any democrat. but it targets a career civil servant who didn't create the policy and we work to address the failures associated with this administration and i stand by our language and i reserve. mr. biggs: reserve. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized.

mr. joyce: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar. mr. cuellar: i thank my good friend. i stand in opposition to my friend from arizona about his amendment. what we are looking at here is cisa of election security plays a critical role. director hale has served his role as a career civil servant under republican and democratic administrations. again, targeting salaries is unconstitutional. the supreme court case from 1946. i join my chairman in urging my colleagues to vote no. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized.

mr. biggs: again, i appreciate my colleagues and their position. i fundamental disagree. when this case came before the court and this is -- you have to have a heavy burden when you are going to enjoin people. the cisa director of election security is one of the defendants that was found to be one of the officials of this administration that was gigged in a clear and focused policy of using the department ofhomeland security to stop conservatives from questioning the biden administration on social media even if it meant censoring constitutionally protected speech. i guess we are going to have a fundamental difference and i appreciate my colleagues who oppose this measure and i appreciate what they are

saying. but i am not certain what we are going to do then. how are we going to stand up to an administration where every institution of this administration has been weaponnized. f.b.i., d.o.j., department of education, the border security leadership. here we are, we have cisa and the people who are running cisa are suppressing speech. isn't me saying it, but a court it isn't me saying it, it's the court saying it. after discovery of these victims. that's why these individuals lost in court. but there's no other way to hold them accountable. holding an administration accountable is one thing. but holding an individual accountable for violating,

systematically, participating in violations of our first amendment rights, this is the way we do it. this is the way we should do it. i urge my colleagues to join me and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. joyce: not to belabor the groundhog day, i don't want to make any arguments further, other than i urge a no vote on this and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. biggs: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 further proceedings on the measure will be postponed. it is now in order to consider

amendment number 41 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. biggs: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: the clerk -- the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 41, printed in house report 118-216, offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. biggs: i rise to speak in support of my amendment which forebids using funds to pay the paycheck of robert sail silvers. they are found to have violated the free speech rights of americans systematically. they're going to lose in court. and we have an opportunity to hold them accountable.

i'm reminded -- because i feel the need to try to throw, maybe throw a slider instead of a fastball. so i'm reminded of george mason. who said many years ago something to the effect that because individuals can be punished and rewarded in heaven but nations can't, nations need to be held accountable on earth. i am now making an appeal that we hold individuals where we can accountable on earth. and what we have are people who systematically defied the rights of american citizens for no other reason but that they didn't like what was being said. about the administration. they politicized their position.

and we're going to hold them accountable. i think the number, the gentleman from ohio can correct me. i thought it was 17 million or something like that, was going to come off their overall budget. maybe i'm off on that. $19 million. sorry, i was pretty close. that does not necessarily impact these people. let me give you another example. somebody was told recently that they will take -- somebody said i will take responsibility for that. for a problem that this administration was doing. i said how did you take responsibility? i take responsibility, i take the full blame. what did you do? what did you do to take blame? was anybody doctor were you fired? were you reprimanded? what happened? if you don't hold people accountable, they'll persist. there's a -- i'll check my time here.

there's a -- there's a theory of punishment in criminal law. i practiced criminal law. and it was why do you have punishment and sentencing at all? for public safety, that's one thing. but you also have two kinds of deterrents. you have a general deterrent and a specific deterrent. if you have a specific deterrent you're trying to teach that individual that that conduct is not acceptable and cannot happen again. and so you punish them in whatever way you can that's appropriate. general deterrent is when the entire society, in this instance it is the federal bureaucracy that says, huh. if we do that, we are subject to specific deterrents. in other words, maybe even the elimination of our position. elimination of our salary. whatever it may be. if we don't -- if we don't hold people accountable, this action will persist. because there'll be no specific or yen deterrents.

with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: thank you, mr. chairman. again, i rise in opposition to this amendment, to my friend from arizona. d.h.s. under secretary for office strategy and plans plays a critical role in our national security. the senate confirmed this role to do certain things. at his own confirmation mr. silver said, quote, the department must secure the border. it must be relentless in disrupting human and drug trafficking and organizations that inflict such devastation, and again it must administer our immigration system humanely and must also facilitate the lawful flows of trade and travel that power this economy. again, we might have some

differences how we secure the bored. we did have an opportunity the last two years of the homeland appropriations and i would like to remind our colleagues that we added $2.4 billion. a 50% increase to homeland the last couple of years. i would remind my colleagues, except for two members on the republican party that are still serving, everybody else voted no on securing the borders. hiring more border patrol. hiring more ice agents, many air marine technology, except for two members still serving on the republican side, everybody voted no. so if we want to secure the border, let's look at how we do that. and again, i say this just because we might have differences on how we do it. but to target and individual, i would assume it would violate the bill of attainer clause of

the constitution and in fact, again, targeting a salary, but when you put a specific name, it's not a group of individuals, but targeting an individual by name is unconstitutional as pointed in and out united states vs. lovett, a supreme court case in 1946. again i urge my colleagues to vote no on this unconstitutional amendment and if we want to have a debate on border policy we can do that. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: how much timedoif left? the chair: the gentleman has 1 1/2 minutes. mr. biggs: thank you. i appreciate my colleague talking about the border. i wasn't going to bring up the border. that's not what my main beef is with this amendment my beef was about the censorship of u.s. citizens. but if you want to talk border, let's talk border.

let's talk -- i have to clear up one fact i hear so often from any colleagues across the aisle, when they say something like 90% of all the fentanyl that's coming across the border is seized at ports of entry. that's not -- that's a total sham statement. 90% of interdictions take place at ports of entry. not 90% of the drugs coming across. why do you stop 90%-plus at the posers entry in that's where the x-ray machines are, that's where the dogs are, that's where the personnel is. you have all the equipment. you know where you don't have equipment? how about that 62 linear miles of the t.o. reservation in southern arizona, one of the busiest drug and human trafficking corridors in the world. and this -- this undersecretary has not secured the border. that's two strikes. but i want to get back to the cisa argument because you have an individual who systematically

is ok with censoring united states citizens who are exercising first amendment rights. but if we want to talk border, i'll be here until hel lrveg freezes over to talk why we need to make changes in homeland security noadges border. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. this question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 42 printed in

house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. biggs: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 42 printed in house report 118-216, offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: pursuant to the rule the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs and a member opposed each will control control five minutes. mr. biggs: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to speak in support of my amendment which proibs the use of funds to pay the salary and expense of d.h.s. secretary of counterterrorism and -- samantha vinegrad. she took her role of surveilling and stopping terrorist threats against our nation and turned it on the american people. as outlined by judge dowdy and his ruling meme roe, she and her colleagues purposefully and systematically targeted american

conservatives who dared to exercise their right of freedom of speech. at this -- and this is on issues that later proved to be accurate objectively. ranging from covid-19 origins, lab leak theory. the hunter biden laptop. the d.h.s. explicitly sought to suppress statement which made the biden administration look bad. turning the counterterrorism role of the d.h.s. on the american people and engaging in explicit government censorship of constitutional protected speech constitutes a major breach of trust. despite this or more likely because of it she was promoted. she wasn't held accountable. the court names her as a responsible defendant for this activity. she wasn't -- she wasn't held responsible. no, she was promoted to assistant secretary of the counterterrorism and threat prevention. in her new position, she is no doubt even more of a threat to conservatives who wish to

exercise their constitutional right of freedom of speech. unelected bureaucrats cannot be allowed to continue to censor americans and decide for themselves what is worthy of being called the truth. i urge the passage of my amendment. now, i'm going to add something different this time as well. elected officials have an accountability measure. built in. leave out impeachment or anything else. our voters elect us. they look at us with scrutiny. we stand before them. we tell them what we intend to do. they look at our record to see how successful we were in doing what we said we'd do. you do not have the same -- you do not have the same ability with a bureaucrat. the reason that we know about these things is as we begin to see these things is you had an attorney general and several

attorneys general come together and file a lawsuit. and a court in looking at the discovery and taking evidence said, oh my goodness. the plaintiffs here, the attorneys general, the states, they're going to probably win this. why? because people like this bureaucrat abused her authority and violated the constitutional rights of american citizens. seems to me that someone like that should not be in the pay of the american government. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: again, i rise in opposition to this amendment. again, respectfully, to my colleague, again if we're concerned about security of the country, national security, border security, again, i would remind that we -- the last

couple of years we've added over $2.4 billion to the homeland security bill and there have been only -- there were only two of my republican colleagues that are still in congress that voted for the increase. so a rare concern about security and the work that we're doing, terrorism, counterterrorism and threat, we all should have voted for the appropriation bill. again, like to bring up figures again we feel know as of july, 2023, july of this -- just a couple of months ago, 92.9% of the fentanyl, 93% of the heroin, 94.1% of the meth are seized at ports of entry and interior check points. and if you look at the sentencing commission, 86% to 87% of the people caught with

drugs were u.s. citizens. again, i want to put anyone that brings drugs in, we go after them. but again, we as members of congress have a constitutional duty to provide oversight over the budget. and the way we provide oversight is not by targeting somebody by name and going after their salary. again, this will violate the bill of attainer clause of the u.s. constitution, and it would also be in violation of the supreme court that we have mentioned before, the court in 1946. so again, if we want to provide oversight, there's a way of doing it and not targeting somebody without their due process and basically firing that individual. so again, if we want to go ahead and debate how much money we put in, we can do that but not

target somebody again, it's the constitution. with that i yield back my time. the chair: you yield back or reserve? mr. cuellar: i yield back my time. mr. biggs: may i inquire how much time i have left? the chair: the gentleman from arizona has two minutes. mr. biggs: thank you. i want to rebutt a couple things. again, when you quote statistics saying 94% of all drugs coming into the country are stopped at interior checkpoints or at ports of entry, that is an inaccurate statement. 94% of drugs that are inner dictated, that we catch, that's where you catch them, why do you catch them there, it's not rocket science, you catch them there because you have personnel there and you have drug-sniffing dogs and x-ray machines that are looking at trucks. you've got personnel there. but i will tell you what you don't have. come with me to the san miguel

gate, i've been all over southern texas. i've been all over southern arizona and southern california. come with me to the san miguel gate. there is nothing near the san miguel gate. the nearest town is saborka, two hours away. you know what happens? you have more got-aways, known and unknown, through that section than anywhere else in the country. good grief. and they don't want to be caught because they're the ones bringing in drugs and human trafficking. so that's just kind of a fallacious argument. the next thing is you say only two people voted to increase homeland funding, because it was an omnibus bill. you had every christmas tree ornament in the world on that puppy to drive every republican off but two.

yeah. if we had done 12 bills like so many of us advocate, you might have seen a different thing. you might have seen a joinedder of stuff. but here we have an individual and does not violate the constitution, doesn't violate a court decision, what this is is adherence to the holeman rule and i urge adoption. the chair: jars. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings to the amendment will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment 43 printed in part b

of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. biggs: i have an i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. biggs: at the risk of sounding like a broken record, i rise with support of my amendment and i urge to prohibit the use of funds to pay the expenses of d.h.s. director of department democrattal gao-oig liaison office, jim crumpacker. and he stated in testimony

before the senate several years ago. unfortunately under the biden administration, that mutually beneficial and productive relationship has broken down completely. d.h.s. continues to obstruct oversight by its own inspector general in violation of the agency's obligations under the inspector general act. last year ranking member comer and oversight committee republicans opened an investigation into reports that the department of homeland security was obstructing efforts by their inspector general to conduct oversight over d.h.s. programs and policies, consistent with its obligations under the inspector general act. at that time the letter was senr was sent, committee republicans circulated a letter which encouraged c.v.p. employees to resist access to c.b.p. systems. think of that. you got a memo going to c.b.p.

employees saying don't cooperate with the o.i.g. the memo falsely claimed o.i.g.'s access to information was not unlimited contrary to statute incorrectly relying on a statute that limited public disclosure of information. to be clear, the inspector general act contains no such limitation, dhs-oig has timely access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, papers and recommendations or other materials, close quote, from d.h.s. components. with only a narrow national security exemption that requires congressional notification. unfortunately, d.h.s. continues to slow walk and stonewall oversight efforts. in june the inspector general came to the committee and testified under oath, quote, since the fall of 2021, dhs-oig consistently reported d.h.s. delays in denial of o.i.g.'s request for information, close quote. these are requests for information allowed under statute. and a response is mandated and

these are requests for information that more than 7 up career professionals need in order to do their jobs as in the o.i.g. offices at which d.h.s. is required to provide to dhs-oig consistent with the statute. i remain hopeful d.h.s. will improve its responsiveness to our request for information so that dhs-oig can continue to provide congress timely oversight were the words inspector general said, i appreciate his optimism but after nearly three years, congress may need to start twisting some arms. and this is the individual who put his thumb on the scale to prevent that information from going to the inspector jennings information that we need and we need to get on the o.i.g. report and with that i'll reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves.

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: this violates the bill of attainer clause of the u.s. constitution. this amendment again by targeting someone by name is unconstitutional as pointed out by the united states versus lovett u.s. supreme court in 1946 and i go back, if we're so interested in border security, national security, we had a chance to add $2.4 billion to c.b.p.'s authority at an increase of 15%. it doesn't matter what the people want, bottom line is some people who voted except for two of my republican colleagues voted against pay raises for border patrol, the mental health services that we provided, college help, also, quoting the allowance, technology, k-9's, everything that's so important to border security, except for

two of my colleagues that are still in congress. so again, you can say i didn't like the vehicle wherein this pay raise for border patrol and the other help we provided and again, bottom line is some folks voted against border security and now we're trying to come back and trying to change the narrative. again, i would say that it violates the bill of attainer, clause of the constitution, the lovett case in 1946. if we want to provide oversight, there are ways and i'd be happy to sit down with my colleague from arizona and go over that. so with that, i ask my colleagues to vote no and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: time, please. the chair: the gentleman from arizona has 1 1/2 minutes. mr. biggs: let's litigate the border some more. and let's talk about how these

things get funded p. so if that's the new deal that you throw an omnibus bill because you don't bother to do your 12 bills and you say ah, you voted against something, then we should start talking about all of the bad programs and policies you voted for in that omnibus bill that left us with $2 trillion in structural deficit this year. that's what you did. you added $2 trillion to the national debt. but the bottom line here is you have an individual here, mr. crumpacker who basically said we're not providing information to the dhs-oig and what are we going to do about it? we're going to say oh, that's too bad. we've got a massive border problem. i don't think my colleague across the aisle would disagree with that. but in rules last friday, the

gentleman from massachusetts said there was no border crisis. i thought that was intriguing. you've got 11,000 people rolling through the tucson sector, those are the encounters. they don't get those kinds of groups in tucson because they're getting the runners. but you know what, the whole boredder is in disarray. that's between the ports of entry. that's your ports of entry that you're so pleased with, you have c.b.p.-1 bringing people in by the tens of thousands. we need to hold mr. crumpacker responsible. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the nose have it, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. biggs: i request the yeas and nays. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the

gentleman from arizona will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment 44 printed in "u.s. news & world report." in the "u.s. news & world report." in the report 118-216. the chair: for what purpose does gentleman -- mr. cuellar: point of inquiry, didn't we pass this amendment passed by voice vote already? the chair: we're currently on amendment 44. mr. cuellar: isn't 38 the same thing. mr. biggs: i would withdraw this. the clerk: amendment 44 offered by mr. biggs of arizona.

mr. biggs: hold on. i'm not going to withdraw. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs and member opposed will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. biggs: i rise to speak in support of my amendment which prohibits to pay the salary of d.h.s. secretary alejandro mayorkas. i want to speak about what's happening at the border. by the time we're standing here today, you have millions of people that have come here illegally into our country and what they've done is surrendered. in the meantime you have at least 2 1/2 million people who have not surrendered and escaped into the country. and i was there when secretary mayorkas -- i asked the secretary and brought him to a border security caucus.

i said secretary, you know what the secure fence of 2006 says? can you tell me? do we have operational control of the border? he says oh, yeah, we have operational control of the border. ok. then how come you've set a record every month? at that point he set a record every month from february of 2021, every month a new record. in fact last month we had another new record, 304,000 encounters. we brought them into the judiciary committee and he's under oath at that point. you know what the definition of border security -- operational control of the border is? oh, yeah. do we have it? oh, yeah, we've got it. then mr. secretary, why in the world are we seeing then mr. secretary why are we seeing tens of thousands of people, 8,000 to 9,000 most day, some days 10,000, 12,000 people, that's a violation of that act. he says look. we've got control.

so the last time we had him in, just, what, a month, month and a half ago. mr. secretary. hey. do you have operational control in he says yeah. 10* we bring out the post we are the statute again and say hey, look at the statute. he said oh, no, no. we don't have operational control with that. we've defined our own operational control. that's the kind of person who needs to be held accountable. with that, mr. chairman, i'm pleased to recognize for one minute our distinguished majority leader, who we're so happy to see with us on the floor tonight, mr. scalise. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank my friend from arizona for yielding and for his leadership on the border, on this amendment, on this issue. i rise in strong support of the amendment as i see my friend, mr. joyce, i rise in strong support of his legislation. frankly, mr. chairman, all of us here in the house and senate as

we talk about the necessary funding of government should be talking about what we need to do so secure america's border. and it should start with the secretary of homeland security. who has been derelict in his job and this is the most important job that he has. not only has he gone before committees and said yes, the border is secure. as mr. biggs talked about. he says there's operational control. you know who has operational control of the blorder? the drug cartels. have operational control of the border. it's become a multibillion dollar industry. for the drug cartels to bring people across our border. not just from south america. central america. from all over the world, over 140 countries. millions of people. he can't even tell you what the real number is. sit five million? sit eight million? this department of homeland security won't even tell you what that number is of how many

millions of people have come into our country illegally since he took this job. since joe biden became president of the united states and systematically destroyed the things that were working to secure america's border. more people than live in my home state of louisiana have entered our country illegally since joe biden became president of the quiets. they can't even tell you where they're going. we see mayors all around the country, livid, republican mayor, democrat mayor, it doesn't matter what your party affiliation is. it's wrecking cities. read comments from the mayor of new york city himself. mayor adams. the cost of migrants will destroy new york city. you've got people, leaders, republican, democrat, all across america, pleading with president bide ton address this problem and he refuses. he doesn't want to solve this problem.

secretary mayorkas doesn't want to do his job and solve this problem. the tools are there. the ability is there. they dismantle the things that were working day one. and so what we have done as house republicans is brought legislation. not just today in mr. joyce's bill, but we brought h.r. 2. the border security package that we passed months ago. to take necessary steps to secure america's border. it's been sitting over in the senate. they don't want to take action on this. the united states senate has sat back and done not a single thing to secure the border. they want to pass a c.r. over here that continues the open border policy. meaning millionses more people coming across our border illegally. to communities all across america. i've gone to our border. i've embedded with our border patrol ages. you don't need to reinvent the

wheel to know how to fix the problem. our border patrol agents will tell you what needs to happen to fix this problem. they've told the president. he doesn't want to take those steps. so this house took those steps. but more of those steps need to be funded and that's what mr. joyce did in his bill that the appropriations committee put together. to fund actually more border patrol agents. to give them more technology. to build the wall. yes, walls work, technology work, border patrol agents want to do their job because they don't want the drug cartels having operational control like secretary mayorkas has allowed them to have. and if he's going to be derelict in his duty, we're not going to be derelict in ours. so why don't we work until we get this right? not only here in the house which we've done. we're going to continue to do. but until the senate finally

realizes it's a problem worth taking up for america. until the president of the united states finally realizes this is a problem worth taking up for the american people who are sick and tired of an open southern border. and it's not just because it's open. it's because of the problems that are coming with it every single day. we are losing 150 young people who are dying every single day in america. from the drug everdoses that are coming in from the open southern border. imagine if an airplane fell out of the sky every single day in america. how long would it take to stop everything we're doing and fix that. wouldn't be a week that would go by that we would allow that to happen as a country. yet it's been going on for over a year and a half. other two years. every community, talk to coroners in any community in america. and ask them how many fentanyl death they're seeing of young people. i had a high school group here not long ago. and i said how many of you know

someone who died of a fentanyl overdose? every single hand went up. these are our young people in america. that they're poisoning with drugs made in china. infiltrated through our southern border because the drug cartels have been allowed to have operational control of our border by a secretary who says it's under control. if that's under control, i don't know what he would consider out of control. we are fed up with this problem. america is fed up with this problem. and look at what they're saying all around the country. the whole mainstream media is covering this issue. it's not like this issue is under ray tar anymore. six months ago it was. this issue wasn't being covered for a long time. and i've got to give credit to a lot of my colleagues who represent border communities. because they're on the front lines and they started getting vocal because they started seeing it before anybody else did. and they started raising alarms. they said this is a crisis.

and then other starts going down to the border. we've taken over 150 delegations down to the border. members of congress. again, embedded with border patrol agents. talking about the problem. listening to our border patrol agents. who are telling us what needs to happen. that's how we built the legislation we passed. that's how we built the legislation we're working on passing here on this floor right now. but look at what they're saying all around the country. everybody is seeing this exception the president of the united states. and the united states senate. and we're not going to be quiet about this. we're going to continue fighting until we get this problem fixed. america demands it. america deserves it. we need to secure our border. that's what this bill does. it's a package of bills. it's been months in the works. it's time for the president to pay attention to this crisis and join with us, as we talk about funding the government.

you fund the government to address the problems that this country is facing and this open southern border is at the top of that list. let's get this done. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: first of all, let me just say, as a point of privilege, it is so good to see my good friend from louisiana and again i'm with you all the way, i appreciate it. we disagree on this amendment. we might agree on defunding other things. but not this particular one. and let me say this. again, in the last two years we added $2.4 billion to the c.b.p. operation moneys. from there, we added moneys for more border patrol agents, more

c.b.p. officers, new intel specialists. enforcement staff and other personnel. we added additional technology at the poforts entry. we added initiatives to support c.b.p. work force such as suicide prevention, wellness efforts, uniform allowances, tuition allowance. to make sure that we support our men and women in green -- in blue, in homeland in yen. again i would say if we support them, except for two members, that are still on my republican side, all voted against supporting border patrol and all this. so if we're so interested why did we vote on $2.4 billion of moneys for border patrol? again, this is something that i would ask you to lk at. again if -- what we should be focusing on right now is how do we keep our government open? folks said hey, pass h.r.2.

we're going to go ahead and get the job done. it's waiting on the senate. if this bill passes the floor, it will be on the senate. what we ought to be focusing on is the howe do we keep the government open and it is important to know that if the government shuts down, and again, i would remind my colleagues that if you look at the last five shutdowns, the house republicans control the house and again november 13, 1995, the republicans controlled the house. december 15, 1995, it was the republicans that controlled the house. september 30, 2013, the republicans controlled the house. january 19, 201, the republicans controlled the house. december 21, 2018. again the republicans controlled the house. we had shutdowns and again if we're not careful the republicans controlled house will have another shutdown at 12:01 this coming sunday.

so again, we want to work with you. we want to sit down. you know my position. i've always said that i don't like open borders. and we've got to make sure we secure the border. but again people talk about crime. i can pick any city. say new orleans. if i pick new orleans you'd see that in my hometown of laredo crime is lower per 100,000. rape, murder, assaults, those crime, it's lower. our border is safe. now that's the crime part. if you want to talk about migration, i a i a-- i agree we need to do more on that. but cutting somebody's salary doesn't get us to where we need. we need to make sure we stop playing defense on the 1-yard line called the u.s. border. what we need to do is to do what happened in 2015 and 2019. president barack obama sad down with the mexicans and said you've got to stop people from coming to the border and guess what? the numbers went down. in 2019, president trump did the same thing.

and asked the mexicans hey, stop the people from coming in. and guess what, the numbers came down. we need to make sure that we put authorities and i emphasize authorities for homeland where they can do more outside the u.s. border because otherwise we're not going to see the same thing we saw in 2015 and 2019. we keep playing defense on the 1-yard line. and again, i want to secure the border but again if you want to stop drugs, i'll say it again. most of the drugs will be coming in, again, the latest numbers from june -- july, 2023. 92.9% of the fentanyl, 93% of the heroin. 94.1% of the meth. seized at the ports of entry and interior check points. and again i would say that if you look at the u.s. commission on sentencing, 86% to 87% of the people that were caught with drugs were u.s. citizens. again, i don't care who brings

those drug, i want to make sure that they are put mind jail. so again i would say. this i know that a lot of you believe in the border wall. again i would say if you look, this is fencing all here. this is where the heat map shows. why? because the border fence is a quarter mile to a mile away from the river where the international border. if we are going to do our job and keep in mind i agree with you, 89% to 90% of the people asking for asylum don't get granted asylum officers so what we ought to be doing is saying judges, iasy lam officers down here to make sure we do our job over here. and if we need to deport somebody, i'll be the first one to say deport that individual. but again, put in the wall. 36 million dollars a mile. when you can get three to five million dollars -- thank you and

i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman yields. members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from quays is recognized. mr. biggs: time please? the chair: the gentleman has two minutes.he gentleman has mr. biggs: let's talk about who wants to get something done on the border. i hear about the magnificent omnibus bill. how many voted for h.r. 2 in the house? not one. don't tell me you care about the border. you didn't vote to secure the border with h.r. 2. when you say americans are importing the drugs, first of all, you got it wrong again. i don't think you're listening. 92% of the drugs they catch, that's what they catch. that's what they interdict and who they arrest. that takes place at the ports of entry. but that ain't where 92% of the drugs are coming through.

they're coming through the places wide open where there's no fencing in arizona. we don't have the river. we got four strand barbed wire fence in places. they're coming through there. it is considered the number one drug trafficking corridor in the world. don't be telling me that we're stopping 92% of the drugs because we're not. don't show me a heat map where people are coming through in texas. spread out. go to arizona. we'll stand there and watch literally hundreds of people walk on through. and they're not coming from the northern triangle states, they're coming from mali and togo and coming from all over the world. don't say that you guys care about the border because you're not doing a damn thing to stop it. what's happening on the border is a crisis. it is the largest mass migration

in the history of this entire world. and it's time you join us and bring it under control because it's bringing crime and laredo is great, good. you know what they're doing? they're releasing in cochese county and secretary mayorkas is calling them freedom runs. we're releasing people in the community and they're called freedom runs. i ask you to vote for my amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. members are reminded to direct their rehashings to the chair. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment 45 printed in part b of house report 118-216.

for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. biggs: i have an amendment the a the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: house amendment offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. biggs: i rise to speak in support of my amendment which prohibits the use of funds in furtherance of the public charge ground of inadmissibility rule. section 212 of the nationality act states any alien who at any time is likely to become a public charge is inadmissible for entry or readjustment of status. anyone. any alien at any time who might become a public charge is

inadmissible for entry or even readjustment of status. think about that. someone is a public charge if they're likely to become primarily dependent on the government for subcystance as demonstrated by either receipt of public cash assistance for maintenance or institutionalization for long-term care at government expense. the primary factor the d.h.s. is supposed to look at in determining whether someone is or likely will be a public charge is the likelihood the person will be reliant on government benefits and services such as medicaid and snap. this past december, the d.h.s. greatly reduced the number of public benefits considered when determining whether an immigrant is or will be a public charge and thus inadmissible for entry or permanent residency. the trump administration rightly included programs such as snap, housing vouchers, and medicaid in its determinations on whether an individual would be a public charge. however, president biden and

secretary mayorkas decided not only should we take in thousands of illegal aliens every day but that they should receive the same benefits that thousands of struggling americans rely on and that those same americans should pay for it. the more than ideals of self-sufficiency have always been the spirit of our immigration law and in this spirit congress decided immigrants that are likely to become a public charge are ineligible for permanent residency. however, under this new rule, individuals who are reliant on a variety of government benefits can be considered self-sufficient when applying for renewal or adjustment of status. the d.h.s.'s new rule is not only costly to the american taxpayer but directly incentivizes hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to cross the southern border and come into our country. it seems to me secretary mayorkas is not only negligent and reckless with securing the border but also is negligent and

reckless with the taxpayers hard-earned money and i'm calling to stop funding for the new d.h.s. public charge rule until they secure our border and start acting in the best interest of the american people. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. cuellar: i seek to speak in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: since 1999 under the clinton administration and bush administration and obama administration, immigrant officials decide whether the noncitizen will be reliant on public assistance. we should stick to that policy where the noncitizen should not benefit from public assistance. follow the law and that's what we want to do. i yield back my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. mr. biggs: i yield passage of my amendment and yield back.

the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 46 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. biggs: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 46 printed in report 118-216 offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona mr. biggs and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. biggs: i rise to speak in support of my amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. biggs: my amendment

prohibits the funds to implement a t.s.a. vaccine or mask mandate. even when the science showed these mandates did very little they authorized them. i remember one point having medi studies and individual studies showing the inefficacy of masks. but we were nonetheless compelled to wear masks and now we're beginning to hear again the same people in institutions suggesting again we need to start looking at public vaccine and mask mandates due to small rises in covid. this must be coming up on an election year or something. specifically, there's talk about it. s.a. mandating people who wish to fly, wear a mask or be vaccinated. these types of mandates are just another form of overreach by this power-grabbing administration and the american people won't put up with it for a second time. america has made calculated decisions about their health risks every day. you just saw the great steve

scalise come down with his own adjudication of his own health risk so he could participate on the floor in something that is meaningful to him. we all make those types of decisions about our health risks every day. the last thing they need is for unelected bureaucrats to tell them once again when they can and cannot fly, especially since we now know the actual efficacy or, i should say, ineffectiveness of the vaccine and masks. these calls to renew mask mandates are coming from the same people such as anthony fauci who relished controlling the day-to-day lives of americans and profited off it. americans have had enough. so we must ensure neither president biden, anthony fauci or any other bureaucrat can force americans to get a vaccine or wear a mask just to exercise their right to travel. i reserve.

the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: this policy, in my opinion, should be debated in a different bill. the d.h.s.'s role is here guided by the centers for disease control and prevention, the c.d.c. the d.h.s. doesn't come up with policies, they don't develop their independent policies on these issues but rather implement policies that originate with the c.d.c. again, we can get into the debate about wearing a mask or having vaccines, but again, i think we need to concentrate this on another bill and not on homeland and for that reason i oppose this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: thank you, mr. chairman. i think it does belong in this bill. t.s.a. is in this bill and it's

important. i urge passage of my amendment to stop funds being used to implement a t.s.a. vaccine or mask mandate and with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 47 printed in part b of house report 118-216 and for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mrs. boebert: mr. chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the collect collect. the clerk: amendment printed in house report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: mrs. boebert and a member opposed each will control

five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from colorado. mrs. boebert: i rise to speak on my amendment number 47 which decreases ms. jaddou's services salary to $1. she's a leftist and before joining the administration she watched for d.h.s. watch. while there she called for stopping border patrol funding and referred to c.b.p. as president trump's, quote, personal militia. ms. jaddou called for the mass release of illegal immigrants. someone like this should not be in a position of influence at the department of homeland security. she has no regard for the rule of law. ms. jaddou proposed and finalized the rule, quote, procedures for credible fear,

screening and consideration for asylum withholding of removal and cat protection claims by asylum officers, end quote, which removed ice attorneys and the adversarial process from the credible fear asylum application process. the rule violates the jurisdiction of department of justice immigration judges as stated by section 103 of the immigration and national act and the homeland security act. ms. jaddou also heavily prioritizes uscis resources to adjudicate and issue employment authorization documents for millions of illegal aliens parolees, and ever expanding populations of temporary protected status instead of adjudicating lawful, nonimmigrant and immigrant applications.

these misguided amnesty pursuits have rapidly increased the uscis pending backlog to over nine million cases. jaddou previously pushed over amnesty policies in her role as uscus during the obama administration and specifically she aggressively tried to expand parole in place in order to bypass congress and implement mask amnesty. jaddou has defendedded the unconstitutional deferred action for childhood arrivals program, falsely claiming this is a permissible exercise of discretion by the secretary of homeland security. as an attorney, she should know only congress has the authority to authorize this type of program. and with that, obama and d.h.s. should have never unilaterally

created this amnesty program. jaddou in her current role is literally enabling and supporting the biden border crisis. in august alone, there were 232, 972 illegal immigrants encountered at the southern border. customs and border patrol has seized 25, 500 pounds of fentanyl so far in fiscal year 2023. of course that is only what has been seized. not what we know is coming into our country illegally and killing americans, at least 300 a day. biden's bureaucrats biden's bureaucrats like jaddou are allowing fentanyl to easily flow into our communities and kill our children. my amendment is supported by the national immigration center for enforcement numbers u.s.a. and the american accountability foundation. i urge my colleagues to support

my amendment and hold ms. jaddou accountable for her blatant disrespect for the law of our nation. mr. chairman with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. way jar: we support border security. we also support the u.s. citizen immigration service where they have asylum officers. one of the things we ought to be doing is adding more money, supporting the asylum officers so they can be at the border and they can make a decision whether somebody stays or has a credible fear. we know the numbers. 89%, 90% of the people who ask for asylum will be denied. because the law is very specific on what asylum. is it's got to be persecution by the state, based on religion, based on political beliefs.

if you're coming in because you want a job or you're coming in for a better life or you're coming in for -- because of drought or you're hungry or because your country is falling apart, it's not allowed under the law. so what we ought to do is make sure that the homeland has the moneys to support border security. again, remind my friends that the last two years, we added $2.4 billion to the c.b.p. budget authority, 15% increase, except for two members from the republican side, everybody voted no. on it. and again, we want to support border security. if you want to look at fentanyl, the fentanyl will come in through two ports in mexico, legal precursors. then they come up here. and we've got to make sure we add money for technology to make sure we stop the drugs coming in. again, i am for border security.

i want to work with y'all to get to border security but again, this congressman holman, the holman rule, in 1876, keep in mind that the bill of attainer clause says no punishment without a trial. i believe this is in violation. the united states court lovett vs. supreme court in 1946 says this type of action is unconstitutional. again, if we want to have a debate, let's go ahead and have day bait. but to target somebody's salary is unconstitutional. i agree, we need to do more to secure the border. i want to work with my colleagues from colorado, ohio, and wherever you might be, we certainly want to work with you. with that i yield back the balance of my time, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from colorado is recognized. ms. bebert: thank you, mr. chairman. i do appreciate my colleague on the other side of the aisle and

his efforts to promote border security. he and i have had conversations about the border. i realize he represents a district on the border. and i appreciate his sincere concern for what is being taking place. unfortunately, we do have an invasion my colleague mentioned that how much the fentanyl coming into our country is being found at the ports of entry. and we know that it is being found at the ports of entry. unfortunately our border patrol agents are overrun. they're overworked. and there's just too large of a surge for them to handle everything that is happening at the border. certainly we want more funding to secure the border, but we don't want more funding for our border patrol agents so simply be process agents. and bringing people into our country. in these mass amounts we are seeing. so i do appreciate my colleague and his efforts to work with us

to secure the southern border and i look forward to future conversations as well. mr. chairman, i yield. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 48 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from colorado seek recognition? mrs. boebert: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 48 printed in part brveg of house report 118-216, offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlewoman from colorado, ms. bebert, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from colorado. mrs. boebert: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to offer my amendment that utilizes the holman rule to

recuse the salary of secretary of homeland security for intelligence and analysis ken beneath wane steyn. in 2020 he claimed this president donald trump's leadership was a threat to the rule of law and endorsed joe biden for president of the united states. i'll tell you what the threat to the rule of law blatantly violating federal immigration law and intentionally facilitating a complete and total invasion at our southern border. i'll tell you what's a threat to the rule of law, refusing to cooperate with state and local law enforcement officials as required under section 287-g of the immigration and nationality act. i'll tell you, mr. chairman, what is a threat to the rule of law. pursuing a radical open border agenda purposefully and willfully circumventing every safeguard, check, and balance required by law. allowing terrorists and deadly drugs like fentanyl to freely

flow into our great country. this administration has presided over the largest influx of illegal immigrants in american history. since they took power, there have been over six million illegal crossings of our southern border. that's right, six million. under this administration's watch, illicit ninlt has killed more than 100,000 american citizens. furthermore, 151 people whose names appear on the terrorist watch list were stopped, and i applaud our brave member and women who serve in our customs and border patrol agents who were able to detain these 151 people on the terrorist watch list. but they were trying to cross our southern border. and all -- an all-time record. of known terrorists on the watch list. crossing into our country. beating the previous record also

held by the biden administration in fiscal year 2022. this is more than the encounters in all fiscal year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 combined. in august, we discovered that a smuggler with ties to isis was helping migrants enter the united states from mexico. this madness needs to end. this has all occurred on the secretary of homeland security for intelligence and analysis, mr. wainstein's watch. the people of america deserve a homeland security office dead kayed to see dhierg homeland not sitting idly by as terrorists flock across our corn border. my amendment is supported by the american accountability foundation. i urge my colleagues to support my amendment and hold mr. wainsteen accountable for not doing his job and for his role in facilitating the worst

border crisis in our nation's history. mr. chairman, i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: the last two years we had an opportunity to add $2.4 billion to c.b.p. budget authority. that's a 50% increase. except for two members, of my colleagues on the other side of aisle everybody voted no. money for intelligence, money for securing the border and voted no on it. we had an opportunity to vote yes. and it was voted against. again, i would say if we have differences, how do we address this? by cutting somebody's salary which is unconstitutional? the united states versus lovett supreme court says can't do this. due process. without a trial. the punishment without a trial

which the bill of attainer clause again. toipped secure the border but i want to make sure that we put funding on this. we're about to have a shutdown this saturday and again we've been asking our republican friends to sit down, i'm ready to sit down, work it out. if we don't do this, we are going to be affecting so many people on this. it's going to affect 43,000 u.s. coast guard employees including 38,000 active duty coast guard military personnel. it's going to act 59,000 c.b.p. personnel including border patrol agents, customs and border protection officers, 16,800 inch c.e. personnel including h.s.i. agents. 5,000 t.s.a. personnel, 19,300 fema employees. 6,300 secret service personnel. again, because we're not focusing on what we ought to focus and that is making sure

that we don't have a shutdown. again, members, i would remind you that the last five shutdowns, you all were in charge and again, five, we're going to make it number six. we want to sit down and work with us. but again as the minority members, we want to sit down and be at the table. with that i yield back. i ask that we oppose the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from colorado is recognized. mrs. boebert: how much time do i have remaining? the chair: the gentlewoman has two minutes remaining. mrs. boebert: thank you, mr. chairman. i agree with my colleague on the other side of the aisle, we do want to sit dunn and have another conversation. we realize we are in divided government. that's the process we are currently working on. we are trying to avoid doing things as normal. since they've been done since the mid 1990's. here in washington, d.c. we do not want to govern and fund the entire government with

a straight up and down vote yes or no we don't want continuing resolutions. or omnibus bills. we want to go through the funding of the federal government bill-by-bill. sit down, work with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. this will be bipartisan. this will be bicameral. we do not have the majority in the senate. we will have to come together in conference and hash out our differences and work with one another. so i do agree with my colleagues that we are going to have to work together in a bipartisan, bicameral way to fund the federal government and i understand that there are a lot of scary numbers saying the people who would be impacted by a shutdown. but that's why. this week we are here passing four appropriations bills to fund the federal government to avoid a full government shutdown. there may be a partial shutdown for a short amount of time but i believe that we can come together and alleviate that and come to a resolve soon. we can do our jobs.

we are passing the department of defense bill. we have that on the floor. we are also bringing up the department of homeland security bill they are state and foreign ops and ag bill. so we can fund these parts of the federal government. mr. chairman, again, i urge my colleagues to support my amendment and i yield. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. cuellar: mr. chairman, i request a recorded vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 49 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from colorado seek recognition? mrs. boebert: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will

designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 49 prinked in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from colorado. mrs. boebert: i rise today tusser my amendment that utilizes the holman rule to reduce the -- reduce the salary of the assistant director of imgrigs and customs enforcement officer of program evalue vaition claire tricklier mcnulty to $1. ms. north carolina nullity needs to be held accountable for her blatant disregard of our nation's national security. she's an advocate for open borders and is implementing policies that encourage illegal entry. ms. mcnulty admitted publicly she stayed at the department of homeland security during the trump administration to sabotage border enforcement. ms. mcnulty worked for an