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 organization known as kind,

where she provided legal services for illegal aliens to fight deportation and stay in the country even though they broke our laws and entered america illegally. now this open borders advocate is supposed to help protect america's cross border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security when she clearly has no interest in following the law and doing either of these the appointment is a prime example of the biden-harris administration ignorance of the importance of securing the border. not only is she an open border fanatic, she was behind a no-bid contract that the inspector general criticized as improper. the biden administration has closed i.c.e. down.

they do knowing about people entering the country illegally. that has been shown repeatedly. look at the 151 terrorists that have entered america on biden and mcnulty's watch. during her tenure at i.c.e. instead of protecting our borders, i.c.e. is acting like a social service agencies for illegals. i.c.e. is partnering that campaign for i.c.e. to be abolished and give aid to illegal aliens and award contracts that strictly prohibits tackling the whereabouts of illegal aliens. i urge my colleagues to support my amendment and hold ms. mcnulty accountable tore for doing her job or not and doing

her hole for facilitating the worst border crisis in our nation's history. i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. mr. cuellar: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition. this particular individual has served at t.h.s. including as a career official under republican democratic straying as. she led the standards for i.c.e. during the trump administration and was not fired under the trump administration. she also led the development of a 2019 national detention standards because my colleagues included as a provision in this bill that would require those standards to be applied to all detention. we have a problem with policy,

let's debate policy. we ought to be focusing on the -- making sure that we keep the government open. we can pass these four bills. there is no senate conference over there. and not going to take these bills up in the next couple of days. again, instead of focusing of preventing the six-republican led shutdowns since 1995, we ought to be working together. it violates this amendment and bill of retainer clause of the u.s. constitution and again as the u.s. supreme court has said in 1946, it is unconstitutional by targeting an individual. i ask members to vote no and yield back. the chair: the alyields and the gentlewoman from colorado is

recognized. mrs.boebert: ms. mcnulty only stayed in the trump administration as she was quoted to sabotage border security efforts. there are many things that we are doing right now to avoid a shutdown. i don't want a shutdown and my colleagues don't want it and we are debating these four bills and debating the amendments to these four bills and i agree with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that we should have done this sooner and not waited until the deadline, but here we are and all in washington, d.c., working diligently to ensure that the debate is heard on these bills and we have an opportunity to fund these very important aspects of the federal government. i urge adomtion of my amendment -- adoption of my

amendment and i yield back. the chair: 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 and the amendment is agreed to. does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. cuellar: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado will be postponed. it is in order to consider amendment number 50. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from colorado seek recognition? mrs.boebert: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 50 printed in part b of house

report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert and a member opposed, the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from boebert. mrs.boebert: shoba shiva practice sad. and it is staffed with people that literally want to abolish the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement arch agency whose mission is to protect america from the cross border crime and illegal immigration that threaten. the woman that leads d.h.s.'s office for civil rights and civil liberties once said that illegal immigrant felons

convicted of murder and rape shouldn't be eligible for deportation soley because of their crimes. let me repeat that. she believes that illegal immigrant felons convicted of murder and rape should not be deported. she has advocated for purging the term illegal immigrant and tried to humanize to allow mass illegal immigration. this bureaucrat has pursued pro-policies and helped immigrants that should have been difficult ported. she is enabling and supporting the biden border crisis. since joe biden took office, more than 6 million aliens have

entered america. in august, there were 232, 972 illegal aliens encountered at the southern border and does not include the got-aways that were not. customs and border patrol has seized 20,000 500 pounds of fentanyl so far in 2023, a drug that is killing our children. 20, pounds is what was seized at the border not what is flowing freely. biden's bureaucrats are allowing fentanyl to flow in. and part of the diversity, and inclusion forcing policy down the throats. these woke policies shouldn't be embedded in our national

security policies. these misguided initiatives need to come to an end. my amendment is supported by the national immigration center of the american accountability. hold her accountable for going rogue in an administration that has ignored the rule of law and facilitated the worst border crisis in our nation's history. i yield. the chair: does the gentlelady reserve? mrs.boebert: i do. mr. cuellar: mr. chair, i claim the time in opposition. this bill ole homeland passed june 21, 2023 and we are in september and taking the bill right now. this bill, homeland passed out

on appropriations on june 2 1-r, 2023 and here we are, late at night trying to pass a bill where there is -- they are not even considering this bill and we are not addressing the issue before us. and the issue before us is the last government shutdowns under republican house majority. the longer shutdown was republican house and trump in the white house in 2018. gefn, november 13, 1995, december 15, 1995, dis30, 2015. december 20, 2018, republican-controlled houses had a shutdown, five of them -- and i think we are going to have the sixth one because this bill passed on june 21 of 2023 and here we are in the middle of the

night. instead of focusing to make sure we don't have a government shutdown, focusing on a bill that might pass over to the senate but no conference committee. what are we going to do at 12:01. if we have a difference in policy, i'm ready to sit down. i want to make sure we support border patrol. i just don't go visit the border. i live there and go to board irpatrol to church and our kids go to school and support our men and women in green. again, this amendment is unconstitutional when you target salaries. the supreme court in the opinion in 1946. the bill of attainer clause of the constitution says you cannot provide punishment without due process.

if we have a difference, let's do it. we should have been been doing this on june 22, the day after we passed it. here we are 9:10 p.m. eastern time and talking about passing a bill that the senate isn't considering right now. i want to sit down with my good friend from colorado and mr. joyce. but this isn't the time of taking peoples' salaries away. and i urge people to vote no. mrs.boebert: legislating is beautiful and great to be here debating the real issues that americans are faced in day in and day out. we should have been debating this bill june 22. but here we are and it is our responsibility to pass these appropriation bills, 12 individual appropriation bills in total to the senate.

what the senate does is up to them and their chamber. but this is our house and our responsibility to do our part of our job and that is exactly what we are doing tonight. i would like to see our board secured and i look forward to my colleague joining us to support h.r. 2 to secure the border because i can teleis very enthusiastic of accomplishing something rather than throwing money at a problem and processing more agents. i can hear the sincerity in his voice that he wants a secure nation and secure border since he represents a district on the southern border and encounters our brave border patrol agents. and my colleague has brought up that you cannot have punishment without a trial. this holman rule is part of our house rules. we are a self-governing.

the holman rule is here in place to hold unelected bureaucrats accountable. and if you have any qualm with punishment visit our january 6 prisoners in the d.c. jail. i yield. the chair: 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. mr. cuellar: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 51 printed in house report 118-216. mr. crow: i have --

mr. castro: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. castro each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. castro. mr. castro: i yield myself 2 1/2 minutes.ro: i yield myself 2 1/2 my amendment would ensure federal homeland security appropriations are spent on border patrol. operation lone star unfortunately has been defined by corruption, incompetence and cruelty. two years ago the governor of my state of texas launched operation lone star, a destructive $4.5 billion political stunt that has led to a federal civil rights investigation, the tragic deaths

of eight national guard service members and a formal diplomatic complaint from our nation's and texas' largest trading partner. under the guise of border security, governor greg abbott embarked on a unprecedented campaign of government overreach, seizing private property, destroying livelihoods and turning american border cities and towns into war zones where helicopters buzz overhead and armed troopers pull over american citizens for looking too much like immigrants. at the beginning of the summer, governor abbott installed invisible razor wire in the middle of the rio grande and built a thousands foot string of floating death traps separated bier isated blades and secured to the riverbed with a net designed to catch and drown the families who reach it. during the august recess, i went to eagle pass, texas, to see the impact of operation lone star myself. standing on the banks of the river key see scraps of clothing

and shoes stuck in the razor wire mesh governor abbott's troops installed on the border. the wire isn't strong enough or tall enough to stop anyone desperate enough to cross but sharp enough to leave them bloodied and broken. when families finally make it to the u.s. soil, operation lone star troopers have been arresting -- arresting the fathers and sons on trumped up trespassing charges and locking them up for months at a time, some without the ability to reach their families, while busing their wives and children to cities thousands of miles away and other states, including new york, colorado, california, and illinois. mr. chair, americans want border security. they also want an efficient and orderly immigration process. operation lone star interferes with that. it hurts the federal government's effort and damages border patrol's efforts. when democrats were in the majority, we voted for billions

in funding for customs and border protection and immigrations and customs enforcement and fought to rebuild a functioning immigration system. i'll take 30 more seconds, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. castro: we fought to build a functioning immigration system from what had been left behind by the trump administration. but operation lone star isn't border security, it's just plain out brutality. there's a difference between treating people like human beings and treating them like animals. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. joyce: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. joyce: thank you, mr. chair. texans have every right to defend and secure their borders, particularly at a time the white house abandoned attempted to secure the border. because of the biden administration's failed policy, states along the border, including texas, are seeing

their resources being severely depleted. they are overrun, so governor abbott did what most responsible, reasonable public servants would do and launched operation lone star. the goal of operation lone star is to stop cartels and criminals from smuggling deadly drugs and weapons and people into texas. as last week the multiagency effort resulted in 457, 500 apprehensions and more than 34, 400 criminal arrests with more than 31, 300 felonies reported. in the fight against fentanyl, texas law enforcement seized over 429 million lethal doses of fentanyl. due to the rapid migrant street release in texas, the governor had to deploy additional buses to assist the border communities overwhelmed by the influx of migrants. this is a constantly compounding issue that gets forgotten in the beltway because it's out of sight and out of mind.

this administration is putting politics over people and completely abandoned these areas along our southwest border. if this was happening in my backward, i'd want my state to step up, too. i urge my colleagues to vote no and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves and the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. castro: i yield 1 1/2 minutes to my good friend from texas, greg caesar. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. caesar: we must stop the dangerous, expensive, corrupt and ineffective political stunts at the border and instead chart a new path for a safe, orderly and humane immigration system. abbott's operation lone star must end and i urge passage of my good friend's amendment to ensure federal funding does not go to this failed program. every day texas governor greg abbott violates the rights of asylum seekers and violates the rights of our border communities

all to score political points against president biden. we have seen these inhumane policies in action that have taken the lives of children at the border and we've lost national guardsmen to death. this is not only inhumane but operation lone star is not effective. abbott is lighting $25 million on fire every week to cause suffering instead of creating solutions p. why do my colleagues across across the aisle not want solutions? because they have no interest in a functioning immigration system and they thrive off keeping the immigration system broken so they can continue to stoke anti-immigrant fierce for their own politics. operation lone star furthermore is also unconstitutional. in arizona versus the united states, the supreme court ruled the federal government, not people like governor abbott, have supremacy over the immigration system. abbott's unconstitutional abusive, wasteful, and inhumane operation lone star is a

disgrace to our state and to our nation. i want to be clear, not one cent of federal money should go towards caging families, cutting innocent people with razor wire or drowning children, period. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. joyce: i thank you, mr. speaker. i want to yield to my friend, the distinguished gentleman from texas, mr. pfluger, for as much time as he may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pfluger: thank you. what an opportunity to have texans debating texans. and i hope that every texan from the r.g.v., from amarillo to beaumont is listening to this debate because the line is clear. chaos, lawlessness, or law and order? which is it going to be? and i do agree with my colleague who just said that the constitution clearly says this is a federal issue. i think this is the first thing that we've agreed on.

the constitution does say that, article 4, section 4. joe biden has abdicated his responsibility. i've got the numbers from the del rio sector right here. fiscal 23, this is just del rio, 144, 900 known got-aways, 2, 155 criminal arrests. and the gall to say that the governor of texas doesn't have the right to protect us when the federal government has completely abdicated? i was in eagle pass this week. i wish my colleagues would have been there. i wish they would have met the young lady from venezuela who was brutally attacked by the cartel, separated from her husband, kicked in the face multiple times, 30 stitches in her head because of the failed policies. texas is the only government doing anything about this.

and yet the gall to say that we don't have the right to defend ourselves when a venezuelan flag is placed on to the shore of texas property? you know, in any other time period, in any other time period in history, that would be a declaration of war. talk to the troopers. talk to the state troopers who are down there and see the things that they're going through, the resuscitation of a 4-year-old last week and the week before. i've had multiple border patrol agents tell me that the reason we have 2.3 million people who entered this country illegally this year is because we have no consequences. 2.2 million last year. every year since joe biden has been president, this chaos has gotten worse and worse.

enough is enough. i'm so glad that we are sitting here having a texas versus texas debate. because i hope that texans are looking at this for what it is. the reason that this is an issue is because the president of the united states, secretary mayorkas, and others throughout the administration on day one in january of 2021 reversed every single policy that worked, no more m.p.p., no more border wall. and to hear the falsehoods coming out of my colleagues about not funding border patrol agents, take a look at h.r. 2. take a look at what that does to fund more agents to put more technology into place. it's time for a shutdown of the southern border. and that's what we're calling on the president to do. this amendment should have said that we're going to reimburse

the state of texas for $5 billion this year and $5 billion last year. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. castro: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from texas has the only time. the gentleman is recognized. mr. castro: thank you. cruelty, incompetence, these are what define operation lone star. and unfortunately, the era that we're in in american politics for those across the aisle is marked by fear mongering because they have no solutions to the real issues that confront americans, education, health care, jobs. can't even get a budget together. so they try to scare everybody. they try to use these brown skinned immigrants to scare everybody. that's what this is about. you're either going to send this money to border patrol or you're going to send it to greg abbott so he can go on fox news and be celebrated.

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. castro: i yield. 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 noes have it. the amendment -- >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. castro: ski for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed. the chair understands amendment number 52 will not be offered. it is now in order to consider amendment number 53 printed in part b of house report 2016. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? ms. greene: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: printed part b of house report 118-216, offered by ms. greene of georgia.

the chair: the gentlewoman from georgia, ms. green and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from georgia, ms. greene. ms. greene: thank you, mr. chair. my amendment will prohibit the department of homeland security from implementing any masked mandate for the employees of the department. this is an extremely important amendment. our current appropriation bills completely stop the mandates for vaccines but does not stop the mandates for any future mask mandates. we need to recognize as a country what americans have already recognized. covid is over. this is something that we even passed a resolution on and the president himself signed it declaring covid is over. we all know something to be very, very true, masks don't work. they did not stop the spread of covid. they were really a violation of people's rights. even dr. anthony fauci himself

said that masks do not prevent the spread of covid and he said so in a personal email to one of his friends advising her not to wear a mask when she flew on an airplane. but yet the biden administration forced our t.s.a. agents, forced everyone to be masked every single time they flew and every single time t.s.a. agents showed up to work. this administration insisted illegal aliens pose no threat to spreading covid yet treated border patrol agents as if they were the covid superspreaders. we saw many migrants come up illegally invading our country with no masks on, a constant steady stream of thousands and howses of people coming into our country from countries all over the world bringing all kinds of diseases but yet homeland decided it was border patrol agents and ice agents that had

to be masked, not the people coming into our country illegally bringing all kinds of diseases with them. they weren't worried about covid. it was about control. border patrol agents and all d.h.s. employees were required to wear masks when fulfilling a number of official duties at a time when there was almost no enforcement of these same mask requirements for these same illegal aliens in light of democrats' attempts to manufacture the resurgence of covid, my amendment will protect employees of the employees of department ofhomeland security against entire ran call mask mandates. i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i seek time in opposition. i rise in opposition to this amendment because i think this is the policy that should be

debated in a different context in a different bill. d.h.s. is in prevention of the c.d.c. d.h.s. does not have independent policies but implement policies that originates within the c.d.c. we can have this debate, but i think we are in the wrong jurisdiction of the bill. this is the department ofhomeland security bill. not the labor-h.h.s. bill. but if we are talking about things that are important, i would ask that we look at the date that this homeland bill was on june 21, 2023 and should have taken this bill on june 22, 2023 but here we are at 9:30 looking to try to pass 1-4 bills that a senate has not taken h.r. 2 and

not in conference to take any of our bills up here. what we ought to be focused on is the shutdown and i remind my friends that the last five government shutdowns were under a house republican majority. we are again under a house republican majority and june -- i'm sorry, november 13, 1995, republican-controlled house. december 15, 1995, republican-controlled house, 21 days of a shutdown. september 30, 2023, republican-controlled house, 16 days of a shutdown. january 19, 2018, two days and december 21, 2018, republican controlled house 34 days. again we are under a republican controlled house.

on sunday, 12:01, i hope we are not talking about a shutdown. members, we pass this bill. the senate is working on a continuing resolution. again, if we have a shutdown, it is border security that is going to be hurt because we in october starting next week we are supposed to hire new border patrol agents and all of that will stop, any vetting, any hiring will be shut down and again, members, we should have done this on june 22, 2023, but here we are at 9:33 p.m. eastern time where we are debating a bill and an amendment that has nothing to do with this. it's on the wrong jurisdiction. i say that respectfully that we ought to be focusing on keeping the government open. i ask members to vote no on this

and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields his time. the the gentlewoman from from georgia is recognized. ms. greene: this is laughable and pathetic and the whining coming from democrats who forced shutdowns on americans, shutting down their businesses, freedom of speech, shutting their churches and shutting down beaches, shutting down every human right that they possess shutting down their friem. listen to democrats whining and complaining working late at night. americans wanted to work late but democrats forced shutdowns. dune how many small businesses? we don't know the actual number but the casualty to the american

dream. children are behind in schooling because their schools shutdown and forced to stay home to do virtual schooling. we have kids all over america who can't read and can't do path and this happening under the biden administration that wants to use our resources to pay for migrant resources. yes, it is important to have an amendment in the department ofhomeland security appropriation bill forcing their to be no mask mandate because we know the truth. democrats will do everything they can to bring covid back and scare americans and convince them that a piece of paper strapped on their ears is going to protect them from the manmade covid-19 that came from the wow hahn lab. this is outrageous.

i can't listen to the pathetic whining. last congress, democrats had us late in here practically at night. i can remember sitting on the house floor waiting forget all of their things together and voting past midnight. this is what hard work looks like. this is what hard work looks like. we don't want to hear government employees getting a taxpayer-funded paycheck whining about a shutdown when it comes from the very party that shut down america and we haven't recovered yet. i yield. the chair: 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 54 printed in part b of house report of 118-216. ms. greene: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 54 plinted in part b of house report 118-216, offered by ms. green of georgia. the chair: the the gentlewoman from from georgia and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the the gentlewoman from georgia. ms. greene: this will prohibit mining for ukraine program. this is a pale process that allows unlimited illegal aliens from ukraine. there have been over nine million illegal aliens invaded our country since joe biden took office. just last month 300,000 illegals

invaded our country, most ever recorded in a single month. border patrol reported there were 11,000 illegal alien encounters in a 24-hour period. i deeply sympathesize with the innocent people in ukraine especially since our government is forcing a proxy war by funding and fueling a war instead of pushing peace. however, america is facing our own war on our southern border and cannot stand to address every global process when our own house is not in order. we cannot afford to violate our own immigration laws, especially a global crisis that the united states government is fueling and funding. the united states is fueling the war in ukraine by sending tanks,

f-16's and 113 billion and counting when the money is about more money. the pee grants parole to these individuals which is a complete violation of our own immigration laws. parole is to be granted on a case-by-base basis as required by the law. this is granting parole, based on a proven track record, this administration doesn't know what that means. joe biden and secretary mayorkas continue to abuse our immigration laws for illegal aliens. secretary mayorkas has granted

temporary illegal status to 75,000 ukranians under the protected status which is work permits, social security numbers and drivers' licenses. this has no numerical caps which means illegal aliens can displace american workers. our country needs to put american citizens first for once. we need to win the war at the southern border that the mexican cartels are waging. before granting parole to an unlimited number of individuals and allow them to remain here for an indefinite amount of time. i reserve. the chair: members are reminded

to reserve from engaging in personalities against the president. mr. cuellar: i rise in strong opposition for uniting for ukraine. we have to make a decision whether we are for good or for evil or democracy or dictatorships. and this uniting for ukraine program that was displaced to apply to come to the u.s. this amendment seeks to stop a program that blocks thousands of ukranians from entering the country. it plays in the hands of russia. here again an attempt to cut support as they try to stop an illegal russian aggression. and he is doing so in international law and killing

civilians and destroying the economic livelihood of ukraine and taking kids in ukraine overtaking russia. war crimes are being committed and the united states and the democratic nations of the world must continue to strongly oppose them. again, i remind members, this bill passed on june 21, 2023. here we are at 9:40 p.m. and will be here until 2:00, 3:00. my parents were migrant workers and well eye still here to whatever time. instead of looking at this bill on june 22, 2023, here we are a few days before the shutdown, the last five shutdowns have been been republican controlled houses. this sunday at 12:01, we will

see probably the sixth-republican controlled shutdown. i want to work with you and work with my good friend who is always in a good mood, mr. joyce again, i want to work with him. you can't say we are in the majority, you are in the minority. we actually live there. i work with the border patrol. and keep in mind, i want to remind members that we had the opportunity to put 2.4 billion to support border patrol and control the border. guess what, except for two republicans voted against border security. so again. we have a choice, either good or evil, either a dictatorship. i stand for democracy. i ask voters to vote against

this. mr. green: how much remaining time do i have? the chair: the gentlewoman has 13/4. democrats aren't worried about shutdowns, they love shutdowns. they shut down america for almost two years. people are still suffering from the democratic communist shutdown. i don't know why they keep complaining about it because they forced it on the american people, while they are complaining about it for themselves. that is so pathetic. everyone gets a taxpayer taxpayer funded paycheck don't complain about shutdowns on the very people who paid your salary. let's talk about unlimited number of ukranians in the country. this war is not supported by

american taxpayers, not americans. over 55% of americans don't want to fund it anymore. and we want to talk about funding border patrol agents. not be the welcoming committee to the entire world for the united states of america. mr. chair, i ask the house to pass my amendment. and i yield. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from georgia. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. . . he it is now in order to consider amendment 55 printed in house b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? ms. green: i have an amendment at the desk.

the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: house amendment offered by ms. greene of georgia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlewoman from georgia and the opposition will each control five minutes. mr. cuellar: parliamentary inquiry. haven't we done this amendment two or three times already? i mean, we know the majority doesn't want to pay -- the chair: the gentleman will suspend. there's a point of order before the chair. the amendment has been ruled in order -- made in order under the rule and the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. mr. greene: thank you, mr. chair. my amendment uses the holman rule which is different from other amendments that have been introduced. this uses the holman rule to reduce the salary of secretary

alejandro mayorkas to $1 and $1 is too much money. secretary alejandro mayorkas has aided and abetted the complete invasion of our country by deliberately funding our nation with drugs, terrorists and illegals from over 160 countries from around the world. the mission of the department of homeland security states right here, with honor and integrity, we will safeguard the american people, our homeland and our values. being that secretary mayorkas has direction, authority and control over the entire department, he has failed in his duties to safeguard the american people and our homeland, and he deserves to be fired and impeached. his job is to protect our homeland and strengthen the national security of our country, yet his policies, directives and statements have

created a national security crisis and have tragically resulted in the deaths of thousands of americans each year. since assuming office, he has allowed approximate 7.5 million illegal encounters at our border. over 250 people on terrorist watch lists to be caught crossing our border, and those are the ones we know of. and approximately 1.6 million known got-aways to evade u.s. authorities. imagine how many we don't even know about. just this fiscal year alone, border patrol arrested over 32,000 illegals with criminal convictions and over 167ms-13 gang members. remember, there's 1.6 million that got away. are these terrorists? are these gang members? i'm sure they are. and how many of them have

criminal records? secretary mayorkas has allowed fentanyl, the number one killer of americans between the ages of 18-45 to overwhelmingly flood into our country and kill around 300 americans every single day. this fiscal year alone, border patrol has seized approximate 24,000 pounds of fentanyl, attempting to be smuggled into the united states. this is enough fentanyl to kill every single american 15 times over, but the fentanyl keeps coming because 300 americans are dying every single day. his open border policies allowed unaccompanied children to be exploited. and now over 85,000 of them are unaccounted for. where are these children? tens of thousands of other children have been forced into slave labor. and that's according to "the new york times." he provided copious amounts of

baby formula to illegal aliens at one of the largest processing centers in the country while american mothers and infants were intensely suffering from severe shortages and couldn't find baby formula on the grocery store shelves. he flooded hospital maternity units with illegal aliens, so much so american mothers were turned away and forced to delay inductions, that was in yuma, arizona. he canceled border wall construction contracts established under president trump that would have secured our nation's border and was securing our nation's border but now the materials lay rusting on the ground. he has repeatedly pulled border agents from actually securing our border and has moved them to processing roles, welcoming committees, leaving huge gaps for the mexican cartels and drug smugglers to exploit and gain control of our border, and they are controlling our border.

he has violated the law by directing d.h.s. to mass parole illegal aliens into the u.s. when federal law strictly prohibits this. he has encouraged asylum fraud, abused the credible fear standard and executed mass catch and release policies. he's turned every single state into a border state. veterans are even being kicked out of their hotel rooms to make room for illegals. he has even caused approximate a 1, 700% increase in just one sector of the northern border. he has not only labeled child exploitation, sex and drug trafficking and fentanyl overdoses but done everything in his power to put americans last. mr. chair, i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the

gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: mr. chair, i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: we've done this amendment five times, lowered down to $1, lowered to $1, and lowered to $1. i guess his salary would be $3 since we've done it three times. i would remind my colleagues, the last two fiscal years we added $2.4 billion in c.b.p. authority, a 16% increase, moneys that would have been used to hire more border patrol agents, more c.b.p. officers, intel specialists, trade and enforcement officers, adding technology at the ports of entry where 94% of the drugs come in. and again, initiatives to support the morale of c.b.p. work force like suicide prevention, wellness efforts, uniform allowances and tuition. guess what? every single republican except

two that are still serving voted to pay border patrol to let them do their work. here we are at 9:50, what are we doing? instead of taking a bill that passed on june 21, 2023, we are now, instead of talking about the continued resolution because again, on sunday at 12:01, we are going to have the sixth republican shutdown since 1995. so again, i want to thank all of the staff on both the republicans and democrats side for working late, the capitol police are working late. we can stay here as long as you want to and maybe increase it to $4 instead of $3 on the pay for the secretary. but i would say this, we are going to have a shutdown because we can pass these bills or say we're going to strip out the

ht-a or ht-b visas or strip passports, whatever you want to do. but there's no senate waiting to hear this bill. i can stay as long as you want to and some of us will be here at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning and again we ought to be working on a c.r. because we're going to have the sixth republican shutdown, five in a row, you can make it six if you don't work with us. so with that i oppose the amendment respectfully, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: at 9:53 p.m., the gentleman yield back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from georgia. 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 unders amendment number 56-59 will not be offered

it is now in order to consider amendment number 60 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition? ms. hageman: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 60 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by ms. hagueman of wyoming. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 273, the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. hageman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wyoming. mr. hagueman: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in favor of amendment 60 which would prohibit the secretary of homeland security of traveling outside the united states. mr. chairman, under mr. ney work as, the department of homeland security is a disaster by every single metric and he has utterly

failed at protecting our country, securing our borders, adhering to the rule of law and protecting our constitutional rights of the citizens of this country. the southern boredder is in chaos and we're being invaded by military aged men from hostile countries around the world and our cities are being overwhelmed by a mass of humanity and level of migration most likely not seen in world history. at the same time, the judiciary committee continues to expose mayorkas's role in creating, implementing, and enforcing the censorship industrial complex. and the list of failures goes on and on and on. despite mr. ney work as' directed intentional involvement in the destruction of the borders' boundary, security, and integrity of the united states of america, he has had the audacity to travel overseas to praise, yes, praise the importance of the borders in other countries and the benefits

of having an orderly transfer of people and goods across the same. yes, while ignoring the invasion on our southern and northern borders, an invasion he has facilitated, mr. ney work as traveled to a border between poland and ukraine to praise, quote, the use of u.s. technology that has been deployed to ensure the safe transfer of people and goods between poland and ukraine, end quote. that's right. even while our border has become a raging inferno, mr. ney work as traveled to view another nation's border crossings to view their operations while also meeting and speaking with their border enforcement officers. if only he had the same such care for what is happening right here in the united states of america. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of amendment number 60 and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek

recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim my time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition to this amendment out of respect but i would remind folks that we can't play defense on the 1-yard line called the u.s. border. we've got to make sure we move the perimeter. the secretary has to look at threats inside and outside of the united states. if i can ask you to look at 2015, what happened in 2015? the numbers went down under president obama. why? because we were able to go visit, talk to other countries so they can stop the migrants before they came to the u.s. the numbers went down. 2019 under president trump, same thing happened. again, we were able to work with those countries, travel over there, talk to them to make sure that they're able to stop folks before they come over here. the numbers went down. and again, we need to do the same thing because again, it's

not only the secretary, but if you have a shutdown, and again, i remind members 10:00 at night, we should have been doing this debate back on june 22, a day after the appropriations of homeland passed. but here we are addressing something where we know there's no senate waiting for this bill. there is no senate ready that has handled h.r. 2. so again, the best thing to do to avoid the sixth republican shutdown since 1995 is to sit down with democrats, do it in a bipartisan way and address this particular issue. again, a shutdown would not be helpful for anybody and i ask folks to please look at this amendment and ask you to reject this amendment. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman is recognized. mr. hagueman: with --

ms. hagueman: i believe mr. ney oregon as was traveling to other countries to ask them to stop sending their poor to our country to invade our country. the fact is mayorkas and his boss, joe biden, are the largest human traffickers and drug smugglers in u.s. history. we receive absolutely no benefit of mr. ney work as traveling to other countries to observe their functioning borders while ours burns to the ground. there's no basis or rationale or benefit for mayorkas to travel outside of the united states to enjoy the fruits of an ordered society. he's failed to do his job and should not be awarded by such failure traveling the world at the taxpayers' expense. he needs to leave and reform his corrupt department. my amendment would prohibits mrg outside of the united states while acting as the secretary of the d.h.s. i urge all my colleagues to support this amendment and with

that i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from wyoming. 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 61 precipitationed in part b -- priprinted in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition? mr. hagedorn: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the depends -- ms. hageman: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 61 offered by ms. hageman of wyoming. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. hageman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wyoming. ms. hageman: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of my amendment, number 61, to

h.r. 4367, which would prevent the d.h.s. from implementing its, quote, climate literacy strategy. mr. chairman, it seems that there is nothing that mr. mayorkas and his department won't do to distract from carrying out their central mission of defending the u.s. homeland. a mission at which they have failed miserably. the climate literacy strategy states its objective to be, quote, develop a climate literate d.h.s. work force, ensuring all employees across the department have a sufficient and up to date understanding of climate change and its relevance to the d.h.s. mission. that is flat-out hogwash. the d.h.s. states it will develop and administer this climate literate work force through its, quote, program for climate change proves as -- professionals which d.h.s. calls the c.c.p. for short. no, i'm not making that up. it will also have a department-wide website for sharing climate change information, have climate change

trainings and develop a community of practice to champion and share climate discussions. i'll use the word again, this is hogwash. there are no resources to build a wall, no resources to apprehend illegal aliens which have numbered over 10 times the population of the state of wyoming since joe biden took office, no resources to stop terrorists from crossing our borders, but of course under mrd leadership, there are vast sums of money available for promoting climate hysteria to ensure access to the newest climate propaganda and developments. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of amendment number 61 and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to this amendment. look, it ensures that all employees across the department have a sufficient up to date understanding for climate change.

if we keep in mind one of the agencies under d.h.s. is fema. what does fema deal with? climate. hurricanes. and all i'm asking, all this -- what this strategy does is that it blocks the department from studying or even understanding one of the most pressing issues. again, just understanding, we just can't put our heads in the sand and say there's nothing happening on that. yet in times of crisis, during a natural disaster, we expect the department to deliver on its mission and make decisions during evolving circumstancings. all it does is -- circumstances. all it does is understand the evolving environment. that's all. i will vote no, encourage my colleagues to do the same. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. hageman: again, with all due respect, it is not the d.h.s.' responsibility to deal with climate. in fact, the d.h.s. has absolutely no capacity to do that whatsoever.

what the d.h.s.' responsibility is is to protect the homeland from the invasion that we are seeing on the southern and northern borders. my constituents are sick and tired of this. not a cent of money should go to distracting the d.h.s. employees from their jobs of defending this country. i urge all of my colleagues to support my amendment, strip every last penny from this bone-headed initiative, and force the d.h.s. to actually do its job. and with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from wyoming. 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 62 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition? ms. hageman: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 62 printed in part b of house

report 118-216 offered by ms. hageman of wyoming. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. hageman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from wyoming. ms. hageman: mr. chairman, thank you. i rise in support of my amendment, number 62, which would prevent the d.h.s. from carrying out its, quote, environmental justice strategy, whatever that nonsensical word means in today's par lanes. similar to the climate indoctrination boondoggle i addressed when discussing my prior amendment, this is yet another angle being taken by secretary mayorkas and the d.h.s. to worship at the altar of the so-called climate change, instead of actually focusing their attention and resources on the gross incompetence that this administration calls border security. while this administration continues to use newspeak to extol the virtues of this

so-called environmental justice agenda, the reality is that joe biden, mayorkas and others in this administration are responsible for vast amounts of energy poverty around the world. what this administration is not pursuing is environmental justice. it instead has an affirmative goal of universal government-imposed wretchedness. this is what happens when you staff an entire administration with people who have never held a job in the private sector. a collapse of your supply chain, your energy resources and ultimately your prosperity. environmental justice isn't any such thing. it is an alice in wonderland level of gaslighting that is destroying our ability to produce energy, grow food and provide affordable housing. congress' power is in the purse and we must exercise that power by ensuring that there are no funds going to anything that doesn't secure our border. and for my colleagues across the aisle, 11,000 illegal border crossers a day does not count for border security. i urge my colleagues to support amendment 62 and i reserve the balance of my time.

the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition to this amendment for the opposition and i ask -- i encourage my colleagues to vote no. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. hageman: again, mr. chairman, i think i've made my point with these three amendments. purpose of the d.h.s. and mr. mayorkas is to secure our border and protect the homeland. he has failed. there is no other thing that our d.h.s. should be doing except specifically that. for that reason, i urge that my colleagues support amendment 60, 61 and 62, and with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from wyoming. 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 63 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. huizenga: thank you, mr. chair. i have an amendment made in order by the rule. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 63 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. huizenga of michigan. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from michigan and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. huizenga: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of my amendment to protect farmers, the agriculturallal business and -- agricultural business and small businesses throughout west michigan and throughout america from a costly new fee. along with a host of additional fee increases for visas, the biden administration has proposed a brand new $600 per

petition fee, mr. chairman, on employers seeking visas for temporary workers. this impacts a wide range of guest worker categories such as h-2-a and h-2-b. h-2-a is used for temporary agricultural work. h-2-b's are used in the tourism strivment i know my friend from -- industry. i know my friend from texas has been very involved in the h2b and hda space. we've had this discussion -- h2a space. we've in this discussion before. the biden administration itself is dubbing this increase the, quote, asylum program fee. this $600 fee will be coming directly out of the pocket of farmers and small businesses and funneled to the asylum process backlog caused by this administration's failed border policies. in april of this year, six

republicans and six democrats from michigan, nearly our entire delegation, joined together to oppose this increase in a bipartisan letter to secretary mayorkas. requesting that he reconsider implementing this fee and other significant fee increases that we view as harmful. making ends meet in the face of soaring prices and record inflation is hard enough. the federal government should not be inventing additional costs that raise prices for consumers and make it harder for family farms and small businesses to keep their doors open. so i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this commonsense amendment and at this time, mr. chairman, i'd like to reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. cuellar: mr. chair, i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five mississippi. mr. cuellar: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in opposition to this amendment, again, this amendment would strike a section within a, quote, proposed rule, proposed rules have no force of law.

if enacted, the administration would just simply rename the section and continue to execute the fee rules as currently -- as they're trying to do that. so, again, you know, let's keep in mind uscis is a fee-funded agency. they don't -- except for small portions, they don't get appropriations, they work on fees. we have to find the right balance on the fees and where we are at with those fees. again, i understand what you're trying to do, but i think this amendment will strike a proposed rule and then -- i don't think this is the right way to address this. i do understand what you're saying, but based on that, i would ask that we vote no and encourage my colleagues to do the same. and i would say this,e as the ranking member, if chairman joyce would want to sit down with you, i'd be happy to sit down and have this conversation. with that, i yield back the

balance of my time, mr. chair. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. huizenga: thank you. i wish the gentleman hadn't necessarily turned back in his time and yielded his time because i'd love to have a little bit of a colloquy on this. i fully understand the uscis is a fee-based institution. it takes in those fees. in addition to the $600 per petition fee, they also had proposed a tripling of a fee for the named employee, if you're putting in, and the gentleman knows this issue very well, if you have a particular person that you are requesting to come into the country, this administration tripled that fee. if you have an unnamed person for an h-2-a, they doubled that fee increase. i had an amendment that was going to attempt to address those two issues as well.

the rules committee ruled that nongermane. we can have that discussion outside of that. but they did rule my -- this particular proposal and this amendment as germane, as relevant to this discussion. so while we have seen a fee already that is in place be increased, we're not able to do that, but this is a brand new fee that the administration -- the administration, again, has labeled the asylum program fee. and we all know that there are serious, serious issues at the southern border and it's something the gentleman has talked about pretty extensively. i just don't see how penalizing small businesses and people who are using the system legally, and increasing their costs, which are going to be passed along to the general public, how that makes sense in this case.

i talked to a farmer back in southwest michigan who regularly employs about 100 seasonal termrary workers -- temporary workers. it doesn't take a math genius to figure out, 100 h-2-a visas with a $600 fee, that's $60,000 in additional fees that this farmer is going -- this farm is going to have to put up front, before they've done the harvest. before they've actually reaped any of the benefit of the work. and that's why i believe this is so crucially important to u.s. agriculture and, while i understand the gentleman may oppose this particular amendment as it's sitting, i hope he wouldn't oppose the spirit of this and would love to work with you on this, because i do believe that we need to address this issue. so with that, mr. chairman, i again urge all of my colleagues to vote for this amendment. i believe it's a commonsense amendment. and with that i will yield back to the chair.

the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan. 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 64 printed in part b of house report number 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. nehls: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 64, printed in part b of house report number 118-216, offered by mr. nehls of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. nehls, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. nehls: mr. chair, my amendment would prohibit funds for the office of civil rights

and civil liberties at the department of homeland security. under joe biden the office of civil rights and civil liberties at the department of homeland security also known as crcl has become a corrupt, woke, and anti-i.c.e. component of d.h.s. the crcl is responsible for, quote, advancing equity at d.h.s. as part of this principle, d.h.s. created its first ever equity task force in 2021. one of the task force so-called accomplishments was reversing the public charge. i call it public disaster. president donald j. trump ri rightfully defined public charge as an immigrant who receives one or more designated public benefits for more than 12 months within a 36-month period. he rightfully included food

stamps, housing vouchers, and medicaid as benefits that would disqualify an immigrant from receiving a green card. trump's rule protected the american taxpayer and put americans first. joe biden and his woke crcl continues to put americans last. under joe biden through the crcl, his administration has made it easier, easier for illegal aliens to receive federal benefits at the expense of your hard-earned tax dollars. crcl said president trump's rule had a chilling effect on immigrants of color and individuals with disabilities with respect to their willingness to seek any form of assistance from the government. and this decision, folks, had nothing, had nothing to do with skin color or disabilities. it is clear that d.h.s. office of civil rights and civil liberties is catering to these

immigrants in an attempt to get their votes. to me it's criminal. perhaps even more trou troubling,ure -- bureaucrats at crcl have deep ties to the am polish i.c.e. movement which seeks to stop the deportation of illegal aliens. the chief has led the charge with pro-open border and anti-enforcement activities for years. she even advocated to take away funds from i.c.e. and c.b.p. prior to joining crcl she suggested that even the most violent illegal alien felon should not be deported. let me say that again. the chief of crcl at d.h.s. doesn't believe that violent illegal aliens, felons, should be deported. tell me how that makes sense. let me be clear. someone who i am great illegally is an illegal alien.

she advocates against using the term illegal immigrant and suggests using the term noncitizens or migrants, instead. you have no business, you have no business leading this office. other crcl policy advisors have also directly supported the abolish i.c.e. movement or worked with other organizations that have. folks, these people are not concerned with defending our homeland. let me remind my colleagues on the left that d.h.s. has a vital mission to ensure the safe, secure, and prosperous homeland. it is abundantly clear that the d.h.s. office of civil rights and civil liberties is doing the exact opposite. we must defund this woke corrupt anti-i.c.e. office within d.h.s. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. i reserve the balance of my t time. 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. i rise in opposition of this amendment without due respect to my colleague, former sheriff, as my brother is a former sheriff on the border, but i would ask that we -- if we have differences of opinion, instead of just eliminating this office of civil rights, i would like to remind our colleagues that this office of civil rights and civil liberty covers the 260,000 personnel that work for d.h.s. that is it covers the 43,000 u.s. coast guard employees, 59,000 c.b.p. personnel. includes border patrol and the men and women in blue. it covers 16,800 i.c.e. personnel, including agents and

immigration enforcement off officers. 58,000 t.s.a. personnel. 19,300 fema employees, and 6,300 secret service personnel. all of those employees are under the homeland. again i do understand we might have some differences and ail be the first one to say let's sit down and work out and have a bipartisan conversation to address those concerns. but just to eliminate the office i would say that would not be the right policy. again, i would remind folks that 10:23 that we passed the homeland appropriations on june 21, we should have been doing this at 10:23 on june 2 instead of doing this again. i don't think there is a conference committee on the senate side. we ought to be focusing on how to keep the government opened. again with all due respect to my

good friend from texas, the former sheriff, i would say that we might have some differences, but i'll be the person to sit down with you and figure out how to address this issue. for those reasons i ask that we oppose this amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. nehls:i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman seeks recognition. mr. nehls: i request the yeas and nays. recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed.

it is now in order to consider amendment number 65 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. knells: mr. chair, i rise to offer an amendment number 65 as the designee of mr. norman of south carolina. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 65, printed in part b of house report number 118-216. offered by mr. nehls of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. nehls, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. nehls: mr. chairman, my amendment, reducing salary of jonathan davidson, chief of staff of the department of homeland security, to $1. $1. his salary last year was $158,500. with this new rule it will be at least $180,000 for this guy and

he does nothing. he's completely failed in upholding his mission. complete dereliction of duty under his leadership at d.h.s. with the invasion that is currently happening at our southern border. just in his first month, first month on the job, there were over 232,000 enforcement encounters at the southwest border. this is the 36th 1/2% increase in traffic. 101,000 single individuals with the majority of these persons being military-age males intercountered at our border in the month of august. and this isn't effective leadership and we need to hold d.h.s. officials accountable. salary in 2022, $183,100. this guy needs to be unemployed. we have written d.h.s. 15 times. 15 times. this congress, to conduct oversight over the border.

again, we request documents and information to understand the biden administration's plan. we never get anything. my point is this. this guy's salary needs to be reduced to $1 because that's all he's worth. i reserve the balance of my t time. 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 for five minutes mr. cuellar: thank you, mr. chairman. again, i rise in opposition to this amendment. again, getting information from homeland can be frustrating because i have been frustrated also. i agree that they should be providing information. sometimes we disagree with the policy on how to secure the border. sometimes i disagree with my republican friends. sometimes i disagree with my democratic friends. again it's a difference of policy that we can work out.

again, to go after a specific person by name is against the st. constitution. the bill where you should have due process before this step is taken. and again targeting salaries is unconstitutional as pointed out by united states vs. levitt supreme court case of 1946. again, another way to address this. and would be happy to sit down with my good friend from texas to address this. at this time i will respectfully oppose this amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from -- mr. nehls: i yield. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition?

>> mr. chair, i ask unanimous consent that the request for recorded vote on amendment 24 be vacated to the end. that the amendment will be withdrawn. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 65, printed in part -- amendment number 24, printed in part b of house report number 118-216. offered by mr. burchett of tennessee. the chair: is there objection to the request of the gentleman from ohio? mr. cuellar: mr. chairman, no objection. the chair: without objection, the request for recorded vote on amendment number 24 offered by the gentleman from tennessee is vacated. the amendment is withdrawn. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part b of house report 118-216. on which further proceedings were postponed. in the following order.

amendment number 13 by mr. correa of california. amendment number 23 by ms. wasserman schultz of florida. amendment number 25 by ms. escobar of texas. amendment number 29 by mr. clyde of georgia. amendment number 39 by mr. biggs of arizona. amendment number 40 by mr. biggs of arizona. amendment number 41 by mr. biggs of arizona. amendment number 42 and 43 by mr. biggs of arizona. amendment number 48 by mrs. boebert of colorado. amendment number 49 by mrs. boebert of colorado. amendment number 50. amendment number 51 and amendment number 64 by mr. nehls of texas. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for identify anyelectronic vote after the first vote -- any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 13 printed in part b of the house report 118-216 by the gentleman from california, mr. correa on which

further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 13 printed in part b of house report number 118-216, offered by mr. correa of california. the chair: recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by th, 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.]

economy, border security and crime. on the question of who is best for, republicans have a

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 206. the nays are 223. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 23 printed in part b of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from florida, miss ms. wasserman schultz, on which further proceedings were postponed on way the nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 23, printed in part b of house report number 118-216, offered byes ms. wasserman schultz of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will be counted. a number, 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: the yeas are 209 and nays 220. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded voted on amendment 25 by the gentlewoman from texas on which further proceedings were postponed and the nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 25 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by ms. escobar of texas. the chair: those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a

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 210, the nays are 220. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 29 printed in house report 118-216 on which further proceedings were postponed and the nays were

prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 29 printed in house report of 118-216 offered by mr. clyde of georgia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. 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 108 and the nays are 320. the amendment is not adopted. the the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 39 printed in part b of house report 118-216 the nays prevailed.

the clerk: amendment number 39 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. biggs of arizona. 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: on this vote, the yeas 144, nays are --

the chair: the yeas are 147, the nays are 282. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is reported vote on amendment by mr. biggs on which further proceedings and the nays were postponed. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. a sufficient number having arisen. a recorded vote is ordered. 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 160, the nays are 270. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 41 printed in part b of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, on which further proceedings were postponement and the clerk with redesignate the amendment. the clerk: printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. biggs of arizona. 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. 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 168, the nays are 261, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 42 printed in part b

of house report 118-216 from mrr proceedings were postponed and nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will read the amendment. the clerk: printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those those those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. 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.]

those those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted

the chair: on this vote the yeas are 164, nays 265, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 43 printed in part b of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, on which further proceedings were postponed and

the noes prevailed by voter. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 43 printed in part b of house report 1 118-216 offered by mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been recorded. those in favor of a recorded vote will rise and remain standing. 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 162, the nays are 264, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 48, printed in part b of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert, on which further proceedings were postponed on which the ayes prevailed by

voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 48 printed in part b of house report 118-216. offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. 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 recorded. 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 159, the nays are 269. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 49 printed in part b of house report 118-216. by the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert on which further proceedings were postponed and ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment.

the clerk: amendment 49 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. 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: the yeas are 161 and nays are 267. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 50 on house report 118-216 by mrs. boebert on which further proceedings and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 50 printed in house report

118-216. the chair: those in support of a recorded vote. 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 161, the nays are 268, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 51 printed in house report by the gentleman from mr. castro on which further proceedings prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 51 printed in part b of house report of 118-216 offered by mr. castro of tech as. the chair: a recorded vote has

been requested. 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: the yeas are 211, the nays are 220. the amendment is not adopted. lastly, the the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 64 printed in house report 118-1 # 216. the clerk: amendment number 64 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. knells of texas.

[captioning made possible by the national captioning instit >> the final vote is for prohibiting funds for the civil rights and civil liberties for the department of homeland and security. members will consider homeland security funding bills. live coverage of the u.s. house is here on c-span.

the chair: the yeas are 182 the nays are 247, the amendment is not adopted.

>> the committee will be in order. the chair: the committee will be in order. the committee will be in order. it is now in order to consider amendment 66 printed in part b of house report 118-216.

for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i have the rule at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 66 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. norman of south carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. norman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina. mr. norman: thank you, madam speaker. the chair: excuse me, the house will be in order. the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. norman: my amendment reduces the salary of kristie canegallo to $1. she served as chief of staff in january of 2022 and recently took on the role of deputy

secretary in july of this year. her job is to overseas the agency and work to advance the department's mission and priorities. her salary in 2022 was $183, 100. as stated, her job is to oversee and promote the d.h.s. which is to safeguard the american people and our homeland and values. dereliction of duty as this is simply not the case. she's the number two individual at d.h.s. her job is to assist the priorities of mayorkas in securing our homeland, our values, and our people. and she has simply been asleep at the switch and not done the job. our homeland is less secure now than it was when she came into this role. in her first year in her role at d.h.s., over 2.76 million individual illegals crossed the

border. these were just the ones that they came into contact with. in addition, 1.4 million individuals have been encountered according to d.h.s. since january 1, 2023. we're witnessing an invasion of our homeland before our very eyes. my democrat colleagues are acting like it's a normal wednesday with business as usual. is this effective leadership? no, it is not. this is a crisis in this country. this is an invasion. it's against our constitution. it's against our core values that this country was built on. that's the reason i am asking to cut the salary to $1, and i reserve the balance of my time. 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 for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition and urge members to vote no and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. norman: as we look at the challenges this country faces, we look at the reasons why our borders are unsecure and why our national security is at risk is because of the inaction of people in prominent roles, as ms. canegallo. the only reason she is in the job is for political reasons, which is to keep the power of the democratic party. the illegals are getting driver's licenses and social security numbers and is completely against everything that this country stands for, and for that reason, i hope you'll support this. i reserve. the chair: does the gentleman

yield back? mr. norman: i reserve. the chair: you have the only time. mr. norman: yeah, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south carolina. 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: madam chair, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: a recorded vote has been asked for. pursuant to house resolution 723, the vote on the amendment will be postponed. it's now in order to bring up amend 67. for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition? mr. norman. i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment 67 printed

in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. norman of south carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from california, mr. norman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina. mr. norman: this amendment reduces the salary of kimberly o'connor, the executive director of the department of homeland security to a dollar. her background and role is executive secretary of d.h.s. where she oversees written communication intended for and originated by the secretary and deputy secretary of d.h.s. why we should implement the holman rule regarding her salary, she cosigned a letter led by the house oversight committee from november 2, 2022 to secretary mayorkas about the abject failures at the southern border. in her letter, it was stated that we have written d.h.s.15 times, this congress, to conduct

oversight over the border crisis. again, we request documents and information to understand the biden administration's plans, if any, to secure the border. her role is to manage written correspondence for mayorkas. she can't bother to do her job and give timely and adequate responses about the abject failures at the border. why do our tax dollars go to deserve to pay her salary? she continues to not give the committee and members answers to the questions. failure to get us answers from d.h.s. on the border. it's unacceptable and has created to the crisis at the border. i urge the cutting of her salary and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar, seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar, for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition and urge members to

vote know and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. norman: i urge her salary be cut and yield the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south carolina. 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: i ask for a a recorded vote is ordered. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south carolina will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment 68 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition?

the chair recognizes that amendment number 68 will not be offered. mr. norman: madam speaker? the chair: it's now in order to consider amendment number 69 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. norman: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 69 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. norman of south carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, mr. norman and a

member opposed will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina. mr. norman: my amendment reduces the salary of blas nunez-neto, assistant secretary for border reduced to $1. he served on the immigration and border policy and the need to implement the holman rule with a dereliction of duty to uphold the duty of d.h.s. and safeguard the american people and our values. border home landed has become less secure in his duty at d.h.s. the highlights of the border facts are -- with these facts and the invasion at our border, we think now this individual is inadequately doing his job. why should our tax dollars go to continue his payment? i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman

reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: madam chair, i claim opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition to this amendment and urge members to vote no and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for five minutes p. mr. norman: i urge reduction of the salary of this individual to secure our borders and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south carolina. 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: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south carolina will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 70 printed in part b of house report 118-216.

for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. ogles: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 70 printed in part b of house report 118-216. offered by mr. ogles of tennessee. the chair: pursuant pursuant to house resolution 723. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. ogles: i rise to prohibit taxpayer money from being used on president biden's political executive order allegedly promoting access to voting. this dangerous executive order instructed a wide range of agencies including the small business administration to engage in voter turnout operations. think about that for a moment. the government is engaging in voter turnout. it instructs agencies to partner with approved third party organizations to assist them in their voter registration and

other election focused efforts. who will approve these organizations? what criteria will be used? the executive order doesn't say. congress has never granted the administration in the authority to approve such groups or specify criteria therein. this executive order is blatantly illegal. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas, for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i rise in opposition to this amendment. this order on voting access will ensure all americans can exercise their right to vote, including voters in underserved communities, voters who are younger and older in rural and urban areas, service members,

veterans and other folks like voters with disabilities or with language access concern. again, madam chair, i ask that we oppose this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for five minutes. mr. ogles: madam chair, i want to agree with my colleague that i, too, would like all to participate in the voting process of all demographics across all spectrums. it also should be noted there are already provisions in the law to allow for soldiers and veterans -- soldiers deployed to vote. with that madam chair, i urge adoption of my amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the the chair: 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 and the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider

amendment number 7 # printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. ogles: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 71 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. ogles of tennessee. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 7223, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. ogles and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. mr. ogles: this prohibits funding for the so-called homeland experts group. the members of this intelligence who are political hacks rather than sources of unbiased information has undermined the faith in government, and that concerns me. they have peddled falsehoods to

undermine the american people confidence and some meddled in the 2020 election as well. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. i rise in opposition to this amendment. this amendment would undermine the recent effort by the secretary and only announced a few days ago to convene homeland and national security and some including former senior intelligence officials that will provide d.h.s. with perspectives on the government intelligence enterprise and the office of counterterrorism. we are trying to get information from experts. with that, i would say that we vote no on this amendment. and i yield back.

the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman is recognized. mr. ogles: we see disfunction and restore faith in our institutions and the hunter biden laptop and let due process work its way and not interject so-called experts. at a time when we need to restore faith in institutions, let's trust the process as we move forward. i yield back. the chair: 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. pursuant to clause 6 -- consider

amendment number 72. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. pfluger: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 72 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. pfluger of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. pfluger: this is an amendment. it appears democrats are starting to realize the severity of the border crisis and this is an influx and the number was 7500. the next day eric adams stated that it was not sustainable,

quote and would destroy new york city. all it took for the president to realize there was a crisis. they don't mind the border crisis as long as it stays away. what is the president's solution? the biden administration is considering a remain in texas policy. you heard that right. not to thwart illegal immigration and force our state to be the sole provider for millions of immigrants crossing our border. liberal sanctuary cities like new york that obstruct laws and shield aliens and should not be immune to the crisis at our collective southern border. president biden's remain in texas policy should be in the trash can. secure the border and vote yes

on this amendment. 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. i rise in opposition with all due respect to my good friend from texas. first of all, this program is not in existence, why are we going to prohibit funds for a program that doesn't exist. try to find a way of removing folks that aren't supposed to be here. if you get 100 people to go before an immigration judge, 89% to 90%, they will be rejected because the laws are specific. and again, what i'm hoping the administration is trying to do is to make sure that we expedite

removals and if you expedite removals that is the repercussions and the consequences that we have been talking about. and again to say no funds will be used for what? we need to fund expedited after they have their day in court they should be removed. i urge you to vote no and i ask you to -- and i yield the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from texas. mr. pfluger: i recognize dr. burgess for five minutes. mr. burgess: i thank representative pfluger and for working on this issue and so critically important. maybe the president didn't have an absolute plan in mind, but he

did say he wanted people to remain in texas and not bother the mayor of new york city and governor of massachusetts, but also what he said that rainy saturday that will we were working on this in the rules committee the president said he was going to veto the homeland security appropriations bill. vee teeing when the governor of massachusetts said we have an emergency and he is going to veto the homeland security appropriations bill snr this policy that mr. pfluger, the president shouldn't have articulated and going to veto the bill to protect the bill. governor abbott had to declare an invasion. he is having to spend texas billions on doing the job the

united states government should be doing. we need to pass this bill. i yield back to the gentleman. mr. pfluger: i thank my colleague from tech as on the other side of the aisle that we should be thinking about how to remove people that come across illegally and that is what border patrol agents that told me this past weekend in eagle pass and their solution was deportation and i think my colleague was the one on tv about a week ago and said until you see images of people being deported and i'm not quoting exactly, but until you see the images of people being deported, and i couldn't agree with him more. that's the message we need to send.

we don't need a remain in mexico policy and go back to the policy. because they know the border is wide open. this is a pass h.r. 2 and send h.r. 2 in the form we passed it here in the house to the senate and president and secure our border. i urge a yes vote 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, the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 73 printed in house report 118-216. mr. rose: i have an amendment at the desk.

the clerk: amendment number 73 printed in part bmp of house report 118-216 offered by mr. rosendale of montana. the chair: the gentleman from montana and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. rose: my amendment would prohibit funds tore prohibit memo prohibiting work force. with the stroke of a ep pen secretary interior i.c.e. agents to fight. there are 16.8 illegal aliens and 65% of the illegal aliens are employed. business owners and ranchers in montana work hard to ensure they

are in compliance and this memo punishes businesses who refuse to hire illegal aliens. americans shouldn't compete in the labor market and keeping good paying jobs away from american citizens. president biden and secretary mayorkas enforce our nation laws is a clear dereliction of duty and presents a risk to our country's national security. my amendment would allow i.c.e. agents to do their jobs enforcing imdpraition law. under president trump work force enforcement operations were common practice making it clear to illegal aliens that there would be consequenceses for

breaking the law of all businesses on a level playing field. it is time toll protect workers and for secretary mayorkas to let i.c.e. the chair: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in president. mr. cuellar: i claim the time in op significance. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i support i.c.e. and enforcing the law and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from montana is recognized. mr. rose: he acknowledgees in his memo ending workplace enforcement and the employers

create an unfairly labor market and disadvantage their competitors. these businesses are not abiding by the law. the illegal aliens that are working there are not supposed to be employed. not fair to the labor market and it does suppress the wages and hurts everyone. i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from montana. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the amendment is agreed to. it's now in order to consider amendment number 74 printed in part b of house report 118-216, for what purpose does the gentleman from montana seek

recognition? the clerk: amendment number 74 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. rosendale of montana. the chair: pursuant to house 723, rm the gentleman from montana and a member opposed will be recognized for five minutes. mr. rose: this will move our country towards fiscal responsibility bringing our spending towards we all know we're facing a $33 trillion national debt and the and secretary mayorkas have no

interest in securing our laws and instead this administration is spending money to president trump secured the border and provided for our national defense with significantly less money. presit

biden. thank you, madam chair, and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> i appreciate my colleague's concern of the rampant spending by the democrats and this administration but that's not how we face this. it makes targets to wasteful spending and eliminates funding for woke programs and gives money to policies that encourage illegal immigration and this would cut the top line spending of the department of homeland

security by $8.7 billion which is a 14% reduction to the discretionary funding in this bill. these cuts would not be targeted to specific programs and activities and would be left to the biden administration to decide how and where to apply these reductions. it's unfortunately this administration would likely align such reductions to the proposals in the president's budget request. the first cut the administration will make to eliminate the $2.1 million for border wall followed by the 16, 500 detention beds funded in this bill. funding for border patrol staffing would be slashed as well as funding for additional ice deportation officers p. all the critical border security investments and immigration priorities we have included in this bill will be stripped out in favor of continuing the status development let's unsure we act to address the

border crisis that's been raging the last 2 1/2 years. true border security comes with a price tag we all should be big to pay and i urge my colleagues to vote no and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from montana is recognized for five minutes. mr. roesen dale: in 2020 the d.h.s. bill appropriated $67.8 billion. in 2022, the d.h.s. bill appropriated $75.538 billion. and the 2024d.h.s. appropriation bill includes $91.5 billion. and while i certainly respect the work that has been done in that committee we all will have to take a haircut and if not we'll add $3 trillion a year to the national debt and over the next five years that will rise

to $50 trillion. in five years and cost 50% of the annual revenue alone to service that. and if you think we're making difficult decisions right now, when 50% of the revenue we collect on an annual basis is gone to service that loan, we'll have to make massive changes to the way that we run the federal government. and every single person in the country will feel it and it will be a dramatic pain. all i'm asking is that we reduce by $8.7 billion. i can't believe i'm saying it, "only" $8.7 billion. again, i respect the work that's been done but these are some difficult decisions that need to be taken care of, and i'm

willing to do my part to help us get there. thank you very much, madam chair, and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from ohio is recognized for the remainder of his time. >> i appreciate the concerns of the gentleman from montana but maintain that i urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment and yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from montana. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. roesen dale: ask for a recorded vote, please. the chair: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 16, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from montana will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment 75 printed in part b

of rule 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. roy: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 75 printed in part b of house report 118-216. offered by mr. roy of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, and a member opened each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: i thank the chair. the amendment i put forward prohibits funding in this amendment to president biden's executive orders that put needless limits on immigration enforcement, scales back sound asylum policies and establishes its own set of immigration directives that congress has not passed. the executive orders president biden put in place as soon as he got into the white house have had an enormous negative impact on the ability of border patrol

and ice to carry out their job. in particular ice. the results are pretty clear. it plummeted 62% under fiscal year 20 under president ump and fiscal year 2021 under president biden, went from 153,000 to 38,000 under biden. the fact of the matter is this is not shocking. when you issue executive orders that places restrictions on ice to do their job, shockingly, it can't do its job. so congress, article 1 in the constitution has not only the power and duty to tell article 2 in the constitution, hey, you don't get to use the funds that

we're appropriating to not do your job. this amendment would say to the president of the united states and secretary, we've got this crazy idea that maybe, just maybe the president should follow the law instead of executing executive orders to undermine the law enforcement personnel to do their job and letting the american people be exposed to criminal aliens being able to carry out crimes on the streets of the country. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar seek recognition? mr. cuellar: to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i oppose this amendment to my friend from texas. i assume i'm looking at the

language itself. i assume the first order led to 13678, that one deals with authority for criminal investigation, investigators of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives issued by president obama, so i assume that's not the correct one. you're probably looking at 13768, dealing with ice. nevertheless, even though he's referring to the wrong one here so this amendment is not doing what i think he intends to do. all i'm saying is i trust ice to prioritize the limited resources where they can focus on their greatest threat. and again, if we're worried

about the border, i would emphasize for the last two fiscal years, we've added $2.4 billion to c.b.p. budget authority over 15% increase and i would say except for two members on the republican side they voted no. i assume the executive order he's referring to i would ask you if you want to withdraw the amendment and bring it back, we'll consider it tomorrow and otherwise i oppose this amendment and i yield back my time with due respect to my good friend from texas, mr. chip roy. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, is recognized for the remainder of his time. mr. roy: i appreciate my friend from texas and i will review the

amendment and see if the reference is somehow incorrect but the intent of the amendment, and it is now, i'm being told a drafting error on the number so probably the number my friend is referring to. but the purpose of it is very clear which is to turn away the executive orders of the president of the united states that have been undermining our security. and the gentleman i think properly referenced the number. on that one given there's a drafting error with three other amendments encompassing the same thing i'm withdrawing the amendment. the chair: is there objection. mr. cuellar: no objection. the chair: without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. it's now in order to consider amendment 76 printed in house report 118-216.

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. roy: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 76 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. roy of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, and a member opposed will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas for five minutes. mr. roy: i thank the chair. the amendment in front of us prohibits funding from the act to be used to terminate the migrant protection protocols. it's one of the most important thing we need to address. h.r. 2 this body led by republicans passed in the spring addresses the need to return to use of migrant protection protocols to put in place a return to mexico and remain in mexico policies of the previous administration which when combined with the use of title 32 authority was effective in limiting the flow coming across our border.

when the current administration completely abandoned on day one the use of migrant protocols, we've seen the resulting chaos at our border. it's hard for anybody who is objectively looking at the state of our border to find my defense of the current policies of the administration allowing the abject failure to occur. this amendment would assert our article 1 authority to say to the president that the president must not use funds to terminate the migrant protection protocols, that is we should not be funding the failure of this administration to do its job. very simply put as we put forward in h.r. 2, the choices before us should be to detain, to put an expedited removal or to put into the migrant protection protocol type system

remaining in mexico. otherwise, you have what we have, which is an utter disregard for the border using parole authority wrongly instead of case bicase basis, mass releases under parole. we have the use of asylum, not for a percent execution but rather as a blanket release into the united states to the point of two million releases over the last 2 1/2 years under this administration. this is a very simple policy we can adopt as a conditioning to restrain the abuse of this administration. i 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 for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i don't believe in tattoo and release and i want to

give this. your amendment deals with a program called remain in mexico. the only problem is we can't stop the funds in that program because it got terminated in february of 2021. again, we had the opportunity to vote on this in f.y.2022 ann did not bring it up at this time. everybody voted no on this on the republican side. and again, it is a little bit too late for this. i would say to my good friend from texas, i do support it. but again, this program is gone and we need to have a little bit of discussion if we are going to be looking at ways to stop folks coming in. what happened in 2015 and what

happened in 2019, president trump or president obama and we need to do it again and able to do that, i think we should address that issue. i do support it. but again, this amendment is trying to get -- stop funding for something that doesn't exist and for that reason i will ask my colleagues to vote no. and i yield back the balance

mr. roy: we are putting in restrictions that it should ignore the tools it should be using. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor, say aye. mple those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 77 printed in part b of the house report 118-216. mr. roy: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 77

printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. roy of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, mr. roy and a member opposed each will. mr. roy: carries the guidelines for enforcement action in protected areas. there prevented i.c.e. in most public places. you look at a map and there are circles to cover an entire region and making it impossible for i.c.e. to do its job. don't use money to do this stupid thing. 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: we had the opportunity for the last two fiscal years to put $2 billion to support c.b.p. including i.c.e. and 50% increase and had the opportunity to vote it and the gentleman -- madam chair, there are folks that did not support this particular monies for homeland. i have full faith in the men and women that work for d.h.s. and capable for carrierying out their responsibilities. this amendment is not needed and i support i.c.e. and they can enforce immigration law. i yield back. i ask you to vote no and i yield back the balance of my time.

the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from texas is recognized for the remainder of his time. mr. roy: 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. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 78 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? the clerk: amendment number 78 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. roy of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes.

mr. roy: our bills successfully so far and prohibits any of the funding from being used to carry executive orders. they are pursueic to the detriment to have national security and have energy security and making us more dependent on china and foreign sources of energy and making lives more difficult for the american people. the secretary of homeland security has said the climate crisis the most prominent threat we face and had six million migrant encounters and americans die from fentanyl and girls and boys are getting distributed throughout the united states and that's what he focuses on. so it is simple, stop doing that. i reserve. the chair: for what purpose does

the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. cuellar: i claim time in opposition. i stand in opposition and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: i will yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. 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. it is now in order to consider amendment number 79 printed in part d of house 118-216. mr. tiffany: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 79 printed in part bmp of house report 118-216 offered by

mr. tiffany of wisconsin. the chair: the gentleman from wisconsin and a member opposed will control five minutes. mr. tiffany: madam speaker, my amendment would prevent state and local governments who refuse to cooperate from being able to obtain federal funds under this act. these so-called sanctuary cities are illegal. they have been illegal since bill clinton signed a law making them illegal in the 1990's. these misguided serve as a magnet overwhelming schools, hospitals and other local services. new york mayor conceded that illegal immigrants will cost big apple residents $12 billion and

said the influkes will destroy his city but more to this issue than just dollars and he cents and prevents illegal and police are forced to release from custody who go on to target new victims. that doesn't put sanctuary cities at risk but every neighboring community at risk, too. why are americans being forced to finance the dangerous of cities like new york and chicago and pick up the tab for the problems these jurisdictions are bringing upon themselves. it is time to stop rewarding bad behavior. if you make a decision to violate federal law, thebe you should be prepared to forego federal funds. i ask for a yes vote and i

reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. cuellar: i rise to claim time in opposition. i rise in opposition. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. tiffany: i would conclude let's take new york city in the natural resources committee today we had a hearing in regards to a national park in new york is now being used as an encampment for illegal, is yosemite next is it the national seashore, next? where next will they do this? and ignore the nepa process some that the other side talks constantly that we must follow

the nepa process. it shows what the goals of the biden administration is. it is an ends that justify the means mentality and will do anything to continue the invasion of our country. i yield back. the chair: 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 number 80 printed in part b of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. maloney: i have an amendment. the clerk: amendment number 80 offered by mall io task is of

new york. the chair: the gentlewoman from new york and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from from new york. >> my amendment would prohibit any funds to assist the department of defense to house illegal immigrants at military installations within the united states specifically referring to coast guard bases. i had an amendment that passed by voice vote with no opposition and the reason why this is needed unfortunately is because the gov of new york state which i represent sent a letter on may 12 to president biden requesting that national parks as well as military installations and naval resources in the northeast to be

utilized to maintain critical services to shelter migrants. in a post 9/11 world, the governor of new york would want to house citizens of other countries on our military installations. but sadly that is the reality of what my governor is requesting of the administration and not the first time this is being considered. under the obama administration, they identified a number of bases that were accommodating where citizens of other countries including forth sill, oklahoma and a base in southern california. we found over 250 individuals on the terror watch list and doesn't include those individuals who are the 1.7

million who have entered our country without our law enforcement and there is a concern, we don't know who they are and intentions are and could demand housing because mayor encourages people to do so. in a post 9/11 world it would be ridiculous to allow citizens of other countries to become citizens of the chair: the gentlewoman 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 for five minutes. mr. cuellar: i think i know what my friend from new york is trying to get to but i would ask you all to please look at the language here. the language says none of the

funds made available by this act may be used to provide assistance for the department of defense to house persons, persons. what do we mean by "persons," undocumented military folks or only house animals? but it says "any person" and military installation, except they're there because of the stafford act or u.s. coast guard personnel. even that personnel, it means personnel coast guard officer, can they stay there? but their families or dependents cannot stay there? so again, i know what you're trying to get in but i think this language, the way it was drafted by the attorneys will probably do more harm because again, you cannot house any person except for staffers or coast guard officers but not their families. i don't know if you want to

withdraw that and we can consider this but the way this is drafted, i would ask you to please look at this carefullily. for those reasons i would oppose, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, ms. malliotakis for the remainder of her time. ms. malliotakis: i yield back. the chair: the amendment is offered by ms. malliotakis. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> the distinguished madam chair, i move the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted.

accordingly, the committee rises. >> madam chairwoman. the chair: the committee of the whole under the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 4367 has reported it comes to no resolution there. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 4367 and has come to no resolution thereon. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition?

mr. joyce: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. joyce: i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. those opposed signify by saying no. the ayes have it, the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned unt announcer:he house working on sees of 2024 spending bills for agriculture, defense,: security, and the state department. as negotiations continue

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