mr. perry: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that lee days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the record on. 6277. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perry: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perry: thank you, madam speaker. first, i want to thank the economic development, public buildings and emergcymber titusr working with me on this piece of legislation. the federal assets, sale and transfer act, otherwise known as fasta, was passed in 2016 to create a temporary board of experts to identify federal properties for sale and unfortunately the process has not worked as congress originally envisioned and this bill seeks to remedy that. federal agencies let go of propy don't need and it has become clear the board requires more authority to recommendations. this bill would make a number of reforms to improve the effectiveness of the process, including exte

mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i do want to respond to my good friend from washington. i didn't mean to mischaracterize his assessment or his comments.ver, the speaker before you did essentially make those claims. i was answering to that. while i'm here i want to characterize what the public seeing if they are reading the "washington times." here's an article from wednesday, december 6 2023, the idea to fill empty federal buildings with illegal immigrants where d.h.s. headquarters is 69% unused, and social security offices are 93% vacant. 93% vacant. no wonder offices many constituent calls when they can't get answers from the social security administration. we would like those folks who come back to work, but if they are not going to come back to work, my goodness, could we stop having everybody including social security recipients, pay for the empty building? then there is another one from the "washington times" here dated thursday, september 21, 2023. telework's empty buildings opens the door for legionnaires' d

amendment number 81 by mr. perry, amendment number 82 by mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 83 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 85 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, and amendment number 91, ms. tenney from new york. the house will come to order. the house will be in order. we will now move to amendment debates. these will be two-minute votes. two-minute votes. members will -- the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 81 printed in part b of house report 118-602 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mrr proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 81 printed in part b of house report 118-601. the chair: a recorded vote is requested. those in support of the recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 2002-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united s

mr. perry: well, mr. chairman, i thank the kind gentleman from tennessee for averring or implying i'm the reasonable one in the debate here. on behalf of the gentleman from south carolina i urge adoption, i yield the balance. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. the amendment is not -- mr. perry: i request the recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman requests the recorded vote. further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 29 printed in part b of house report 118-242. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. perry: i've got an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 29 printed in part b of house report 118-242. offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the

that -- mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. that all might be well and good but last year the commission's inspector general, not perry, not this congress, the inspector general identified the massive increase in the commission's funding over recent years as a threat to its ability to evaluate grant proposals, measure program performance, and conduct appropriate oversight. meaning this spike in funding threatens to worsen an already tenuous link between funding and success. mr. speaker, these commissions are populated by the politically connected to hand out money to those that are connected to them. that's what they're for. that's what they do. they don't do much else than that and there's certainly no measure -- they're certainly no measure of success. again, i presided over the hearing where we asked them for their metric, their measure of success and again, mr. speaker, it was that they received a lot of applications for grants. and loans. that's your measure -- people want money, that's your measure of success? that's pathe

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. i remind everybody that this is the national defense authorization act. it has to do with the military. if you want to keep spending money and sending money to afghanistan, god bless you, then do it in state and foreign ops, do it in intel, do it somewhere other than in the defense authorization act. this is about the defense of our country, about what's important to us and our military. not spending money in afghanistan that should be spent on troops from the united states. i mean, if you're worried -- yes, you absolutely do want to tie the hands of this commander in chief. he has absolutely no clue what he's doing. he's the one that walked out, walked out of the battle. gave everything to afghanistan. gave everything to the taliban. gave premier weaponry to the number one terrorist organization on the planet. and you want to send them more money? if you want to do that, you can vote for that. but don't do it on the national defense authorization act. people wear the uniform with the

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment prohibits the use of funds to take retaliatory actions against states that disagree with the e.p.a. mandate pollutant reduction goals that have been imposed upon them by the e.p.a. importantly, this amendment would not prevent the e.p.a. from working with states to restore things like the chesapeake bay which is what the e.p.a. is supposed to be doing. in 1985, the states in the chesapeake bay region recognized the need to address pollute tans in the bay and through their own initiative came together to conduct cleanup efforts. these states -- state-driven efforts were largely successful. water quality improved almost 50% from 1985 to 2010 without the e.p.a.'s involvement. but in 2010, the e.p.a. seized the state's authority to determine their own method of compliance and threatened to take over the water quality plants. this 2010 power grab known as the chesapeake bay t dl, toe mall maximum daily load, directly contradicts the intent of the clean water act. the clean w

mr. perry: of course i remember it. mr. roy: does the gentleman believe that it is possible for people who have concerns about these things, about the spending, about the ridiculous decision making in this chamber, to want to stand up and be able to say they stand with the people of ukraine in solidarity but don't believe that writing a blank check is in their interest, our interest, or anybody's. mr. perry: that's right. we all want to help but you can't write a check you can't afford. there is no money in your bank account to pay for somebody's house down the street whiefg leaving your house -- leaving your house unpaid for and backdoor open where you know criminals will walk in and take your children out and leaving life threatening drugs on your kitchen table. would you not do that. mr. roy: would the gentleman agree with me, i wanted to lay that foundation about our shared desire to stand in solidarity with people of ukraine. whatever that means in terms of resources, that should be debated. side note, if we ever had a

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. let's be clear. the gentleman that spoke just before me that rode the train in from new jersey today should have no problem with this amendment because it does nothing to the northeast corridor. however, what it does do, it cuts over $766 million in funding for the national network of the national railroad passenger corporation. i understand that the president has an affinity for passenger rail, especially amtrak. amtrak's 15-year vision released in 2021 mirrors that enthusiasm, plotting oout an ambitious 39 new routes in the next 15 years. the problem is can't be said enough folk here's in washington, we're out of money. we're borrowing money to pay these bills. the behemoth iaha bill contained billions, billions in funding directly for both the northeast corridor, which the good gentleman from new jersey just talked about, but also the national network. this doesn't include billions in dollars going to passenger rail grant and load programs at d.o.t., many of which amtrak has been a

amendment number 3 by mr. perry of pennsylvania, number 12 -- amendment number 12 of mr. neguse of colorado, number 14 -- amendment number 14 of mr, amendment number 15 by mr. griffith of virginia, amendment number 16 by mr. roy of texas, amendment number 19 by mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 20 by mr. norman of south carolina, amendment number 25 by mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 26 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 27 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 28 by mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 29 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 30 by mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 31 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 32 of mr. perry of pennsylvania. chonn. amendment number 36 of mr. garamendi of california, amendment number 37 by mr. garamendi of california, amendment number 39 of ms. hageman of wyoming. the chair the their will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on ame

amendment number 73 by mr. perry of pennsylvania. amendment number 74 by mr. perry of pennsylvania. amendment number 75 by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the clerk will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 10 printed in part a of house report 118-147 by the gentleman from new york, mr. langworthy, upon which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes prevailed by the voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 10 printed in part a of house report 118-147, offered by mr. langworthy of new york. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this 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

mr. perry: thank you, madam chairman, madam speaker, i rise to speak about the crisis at the border, what's happening now, what we can expect if we don't resolve this issue and i can't help but comment on a few things that my good friend the gentleman from california said, just in case he wasn't paying attention, we're talking about 234 miles of border security fencing or wall or barrier of some sort as elume nated -- enumerated by the secretary of homeland security. not the president, the second retear of home lan security. so when he says it's unspecified, where it will be and what it will be, it is very closely and very particularly specified by the secretary, not by the president. the 10 worst sites along the border where there is no barrier new. but let's get on with the other boifs the afternoon. i'm here this evening -- correction this afternoon work nearly a dozen of my colleagues in the house freedom caucus who will lay out the case with specifics for the president's policies on border

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment strikes section 206 and 207 of the underlying bill that restricts the sale of reserved n numbers for profit. or as the underlying bill calls it, n number profiteering. instead of addressing the real pressures and pressing issues facing the aviation industry such as serious staffing shortages, pilots, controllers, employees of the f.a.a., mechanics, etc., that are causing massive delays and cacancellations around the country, congress feels the need to interfere with small business transferring and selling n numbers. what an egregious crime. for those who don't know, n numbers, n, numbers are the clearly marked registration numbers for civil aircraft within the united states. they are transferable and they are reusable. when you see an airplane going by it says n123456 on the tail, that is the n number. when the aircraft identifies itself to air traffic control it says air traffic control this is november 12345 inbound for whatever. currently, small businesses have sprun

mr. perry: mr. speaker i ask unanimous consent that the clerk be authorized to make technicalections in the engrossment of h.r. 6276 to include corrections in spelling, punctuation, section numbering and cross the insertion of appropriate headings. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recoit unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. the speaker pro mpore: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? thank you. >> madam speaker i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. is that ok? the speaker pro tempore: yes without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. you know, folks at home are wondering about their utility rate why they're going up so high. mr. lamalfa:

mr. perry: there is no vote that says, are you voting yea or nay to shut down? it's an appropriations bill and appropriations is a fancy way saying we're taking your tax dollars and this is what we're spending, this is our priority. there is a disagreement. we can't come to an agreement, nothing happens. that's the problem. nothing happens. so the federal government shuts down. now, we had a discussion earlier on when i said, look, we're having this vote today to condemn this horrible thing. that doesn't fix anything. doesn't solve a thing. it's just theater. it's just -- and we -- the american people and our country have big issues at stake that we need to get to solving. this doesn't solve anything. this is just, you know, let's make sure we place blame where we think blame is so we can pound our chest and feel good and oh, by the way cover for some of our members that voted no on paying federal employees that were working. that's what this was all about. when we should be really talking abou

mr. perry: and the crime in his town doubled. he could no longer afford the police budget. when one of the latin kings -- actually, a gentleman, one of the residents confronted a person who was a member of the latin kings and said stop selling drugs, trying to sell drugs to my children, and that man pulled out -- the gentleman -- not gentleman. cartel member, illegal alien, pulled out a gun and shot that man right in the head right there in the street. and that -- that started this movement that illegal immigration, it's not even -- immigration is legal. it's not illegal immigration. it's not immigration. this illegal crossing into our country, it's cultural piracy. it's piracy of our country, of our economy, of our safety. a lot of it was, the attention was drawn in a little town in hay severalton, pennsylvania, because of mayor lieu who said i'm not going to stand for it, i don't agree with the federal government's policies, we're going to fight here in our state and thend craziness. of cours

mr. perry is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, washington, every time that you think you've seen iea all couldn't be surprised, amazed,dy appointed -- disappointed, what have you more than you already are it never fails to deliver. i'm going to talk about a few things this evening. i'm going to start with, i attended i'm a member of the foreign affairs committee and i attended a hearing on the afghan reconstruction after withdrawal, so t left, as you know afghanistan our nation left there in a bit of a hurry. we won't get into that much, but atbout is where we stand at this point because whether or not the american people know it, we're still spending billions of doll afghanistan. we had a hearing today to talk about that. couple billionow at the same time we're spending billions of dollars in aid in afghanistan where the taliban rules we've got a guy named ryan corbit, who has been detained and held in afghanistan wrongly

mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. and i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material into the record of concurrent resolution 15. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i i'm proud to have been -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm proud to have introduced this resolution, along with economic development subcommittee ranking member titus of nevada. this resolution authorizes the use of the capitol grounds for the 42nd annual national peace officers memorial event to honor law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. these men and women put on their uniforms each day to serve and protect our communities and our families. violent crime, violent crime continues to be a daily tragedy in this country and we've seen it as a matter of fact today, again. it's critical we recognize police officers are doing an extremely difficult and dangerous job day i

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk as approved by the rules committee. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 32, printed in part b of house report number 118-30. offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 260, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment simply ensures that no undue influence can be wielded by the chinese communist party using an existing provision which i think reflects the overall sentiment behind this anti-c.c.p. enforced labor provision of the entire bill. the underlying section allows the sections of agriculture and interior to accept and expend funds from nonfederal entities in order to pay for staff and information technology system development to expedite permit processing. they are authorized to accept funds in fiscal years 2023 thr

mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 838, the gentleman from pennsylvania and member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: ineffective unreliable and dangerous, that's what we are here to talk about this amendment which strikes $28 million to the bureau of ocean management renewable energy program that promotes the administration reckless goal of 30 gigawatts of production by 2030. the expansion of offshore wind is misguided considering offshore winds high levellized cost and significant liability and national defense and threat to endangered ocean wildlife from offshore wind activity. offshore wind activity is one of the most expensive. the information energy estimates that it is $136.51 per megawatt hour which is three times as much as than onshore wind that is more expensive to rely on. the heavy reliance on offshore wind is a contributing factor to united kingdom having one of the highest like t

mr. perry: thanks for taking the time to discuss this for allowing me. and i didn't want you to carry the freight. we didn't get to say everything over the proceedings and it frussthates that our colleagues will say america assassinated general soleimani. you can put a general's rank on a puppy dog or a rabbit or you name it or a car or a truck, this guy is a terrorist, no matter what he is wearing. he is a terrorist from a terrorist state. that is who he is. response i will for the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands of americans and maiming of thousands of americans and when they say this president is starting a war, my goodness, where have you been since 19 . you know when iran punched america in the face. it hasn't stopped. after 40 years of appeasement d you are a great student of history and the results of appeasement leading up to world ar ii was the untold death and miserable deaths of people because of appeasement and tried it with iran. irpe is playing long ball. people are saying th

mr. perry: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 70 printed in part a of house report 118-70, offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 838, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment prohibits the use of funds to take retaliatory actions against states that fall short of the e.p.a. mandate pollution reduction goals. importantly it would not prevent the e.p.a. from working with states to restore the chesapeake bay. for context in 1985, the states in the chesapeake bay region recognized the need to address pollutants in the bay and through their own initiative came together to conduct cleanup iforts. these state driven efforts were largely successful. water quality improved almost 50% from 1985 until 2010. however, in 2010, the e.p.a. seized the states' authority to determine their own

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 70, printed in part b of house report 118-261, offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 838, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: this amendment prohibits the use of any funds in this act for so-called transit oriented development. a contrary to the claims of proponents of such communities they do not increase ridership on transit lines, rather they just ensure taxpayers subsidize development that would likely happen anyway. moreover, like transit investment generally, they do not create economic growth. instead these communities just subsidize the growth that would likely have occurred naturally. this is a giveaway to developers in large urban areas as most areas do not have the population density to support these

mr. perry: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 123 printed in part a of house report 118-261, offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 838, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: thank you. this amendment prohibits the e.p.a. for using funds for actions pursuant to section 115 of the clean air act. section 115 of the clean air act allows the e.p.a. to mandate state emission levels to whatever level the agency deems appropriate if they find the following -- u.s. submissions in danger of foreign nation and the endangered nation has a reciprocal agreement to prevent or control that's missions in their own nation. that sounds complicated and screwed up because it is. our e.p.a. deciding what we do in our states based on their agreement with some other nation what's h

mr. bishop will vote yes on the perry amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. maloney of new york and mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that these members will vote nay on the perry amendment, number 184. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gohmert of the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. gohmert will vote yea on amendment 184. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. jerry nadler, ms. ann kirkpatrick, mrs. bonnie wattson cole -- mrs. bonnie watson coleman, mr. tonko, mr. nadler, i inform the house that these people will vote no on the perry amendment. >> as the member designated by mr. hagedorn of minnesota, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will be voting yes on am

mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i've got an amendment at the desk as previously approved by the rules committee. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 11 printed in house report 118-30 offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 260, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. this amendment prohibits the unelected, unaccountable, unelected and unaccountable delaware river basin commission, the susquehanna river basin commission and the interstate commission on the potomac river from proposing fracking regulations more stringent than those passed by the duly elected state representatives and senate in which the regulation is to be implemented or enforced. according to the energy information administration last year residential natural gas price were the highest on record. that's

pefr per thank you, mr. -- mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman for the clarification and marvel of the fact that we can include the definition and term in preparation for something that right now doesn't really exist practically. it's in people's minds and it's on a computer. there's prototypes out there but we can't find out they're paying their fair share into the fund that they're going to use the infrastructure of. the infrastructure is created by the fund, and they're going to use it, but they ain't going to pay. we can't figure that out, but we can sure make sure that they have access to everything else that everyone is paying for. ladies and gentlemen, washington, d.c., this is how things go awry. this is how you go broke. this is how you can't afford things you need to do like pay your highways filled with now electric vehicles that aren't paying into the system. pay nothing for the roads that they're on. weighing in excess thousands of pounds of most of the regular cars that are using the road now that are paying th

mr. perry, for 30 minutes. mr. perry: sorry it about that, madam speaker. thank you for recognizing the time. i also thank my colleague, the gentleman from virginia, mr. good, for being with us here. i'm going talk this evening and kind of follow up on a good -- my good colleague from arizona, mr. schweikert, some astounding information. and i know that he offers it on a regular basis and i wish more people would tune in. of course i wish more people here would hear his message and, more importantly than hearing his message, take some action in that regard. it's astounding in a year and a half that the people that are working -- and everybody is that can do it -- they've lost a month and a half of wages. a month and a half. you think about how long you work every year to -- essentially for free, because you're still working but you don't get the money because you have to pay your taxes. that date moves a little back and forth. sometimes it's in may. sometimes it's in april. but then you add ano

mr. perry, for 30 minutes. mr. perry: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous materials. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perry: madam speaker, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday the house freedom caucus held an offsite, unsanctioned hearing on the circumstances at the border. we did that because we can't have a hearing right here in the capitol. it's not allowed. the majority party won't allow us to talk about it. doesn't want to talk about it themselves. expecting the state of the union address from the president in about a month, and i suspect he won't talk about it then either. but the american people want to talk about it they want to know about it they deserve to know about it, it is happening in their country. madam speaker, article 2, section 3 of the constitution says that the president shall faithfully execute the laws. shall faithfully execute the laws. we ha

mr. perry: that's correct. mr. roy: do you think it's a fulfillment of your promise and pledge to work here to try to cut spending to pass continuing resolutions that fund government at the preceding years astronomically high spending levels, particularly that of nancy pelosi's $1.7 trillion omnibus bill, you think that gets it done? mr. perry: of course not. my constituents, like your bosses, were vehemently opposed to last december, to all kinds of omnibus spending, everything in there, they didn't want it, and as a signal to what we would do if we govern republicans, every single one voted against it. and now nine months later, 10 months later we're supposed to act like well, we didn't get our work done, we'll continue that, don't worry what happened nine or 10 months ago. the american people have not forgotten. you know how i know they haven't forgotten? because i was at the grocery store on monday before i came here and a woman came up to me with her grocery cart and recognized me and said, don't the people yo

mr. perry, no i have not. mrs. greene: no. you know something else, here's a woman we don't hear anything about. a woman named roseanne boylan that was trampled in the tunnel, trampled to death. we never hear anything about this woman. she died in the tunnel of this capitol and i saw the video myself when i was in the d.c. jail from one of the people being held there, pretrial by the way, of her body being drug across the floor, being drug across the floor and then it was taken somewhere else. do you know what happened when they were dragging her body away? they pulled her away from someone that was giving her c.p.r. she was pulled away from life saving c.p.r. why did that happen? are we going to hear about that from the committee tonight? i doubt it. they don't care about roseanne boylan. here's my major issue. we are representatives of the people of the united states of america and all i hear from everyone in this body, all they care about is themselves. the american people are suffering from so many things happening from th

mr. perry: i yield two minutes, mr. johnson. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. johnson: i want to first commend the gentleman from pennsylvania for his thoughtful and forward-looking amendment. nowening it's important that we set the record straight. this amendment would not, as some have alleged, strip the cftc of all of its spot market regulatory authority, all of the anti-fraud and anti-manipulation powers that they currently hold would remain in place. this sense of congress simply makes it clear that within f.i.t. 21, that those do not provide the cftc with grand new authorities over nondigittal asset spot markets. and i think it's important we do that. there are clear and important differences between the traditional spot markets for commodities, think about people buying and selling barrels of oil, that's not something everyday americans are doing. but we do have everyday americans engaged in the spot market for digital assets. also with regard to digital asset commodities, we also have a number

mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer, chairman of the committee. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized mr. comber: i rise in -- mr. comer: i rise in support of the amendment. one thing that's become obvious to me, mr. chairman, is the fact that my friends on the other side of the aisle, they have no idea how much inflation this administration's policies have created for the american people. that's the perfect reason we need to support this bill as amended if for no other reason so we can help our friends on the other side of the aisle have some type of measurement so they can see how damaging their policies and their out-of-control spending has been on everyday average americans when they go to the grocery store, when they fill up their gas tank, try to pay their rents. my colleague's amendment is wise. this bill requires inflation assessments to be prepared for the president's executive orders. as we all know the executive br

mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. we yield. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded, again, to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president. pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 188, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for morning hour debate and noon for legislative business. announcer: the house to bids of her bills today related to the russian invasion of ukraine including a resolution that passed by voice vote calling for russia to release a michigan businessman arrested in december 2018 in moscow and charged with espionage. another bill dealing with a financial disclosure requirements were federal judges also passed. it now heads to the president. later this week debate on whether to expand president biden's authority to send military aid to ukraine. live coverage of the house here on c-span. ♪ announcer: announcer: c-span is yo

mr. perry: thank you, mr.hairman, maybe, just maybe, this may be a foreign concept to my friends on the other side of the aisle, but maybe employees are happy with the work environment they are in and if they are not go somewhere else. the markets are working and maybe unionization is at the lowest levels. they want those union dues. my friends on the other side of the aisle want those union dues and funnel them into campaigns for elections and try to force these ambush elections on employers to increase union participation where it's not needed and not wanted and not helping anything. easy vote to vote yes on this and i yield the balance. the chair: the gentleman yield back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania. 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 131 printed in part b of house report 118-272. for what purpose does the gentleman from penns

mr. perry: i certainly thank the chairman. mr. chairman, i rise to offer my heartfelt congratulations to the camp hill lions girls soccer team for their victory at the piaa class a state soccer championship and for their excellence throughout heir undefeated 2019 season. led by coach jared, who to no one's surprise, was just named the pennsylvania soccer coach's association girls class a coach of the year. the lions dominated the season achieving a stunning overall record of 25 wins, zero ties and zero losses. this is the lions' second appearance at the state championship in the last three years. they took an early lead in their contest against shady side academy and held it throughout the game. aggressive and selfless offense, vigilant defense, and stellar goal keeping earned the lions a 2-0 victory. and their first state championship trophy in school history. these amazing athletes are the epitome of remarkable dedication and discipline, outstanding skill, exceptional sportsmanship, and an unyielding team spirit. their dedicatio

mr. perry: i urge adoption of these amendments and i yield the balance. ro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. mrs. lowey: i yield to -- graing grairng i yield -- ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlewoman from new york reserve? mrs. lowey: i do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas yields. mr. smith: thank you. i have an amendment en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas yields? ms. granger: i yield for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman. mr. smith: madam speaker, on the last day of the obama-biden administration, fish and wildlife issued a director's order, setting in place an almost total ban on lead ammunition and tackle on federal lands. while fish and wildlife claim the role was based on science, we know clearly it was not. the decision by the obama-biden administration was made solely to limit access to public land of and fishermen. as soon as i was made aware of this midnight

mr. perry: i thank the gentleman from georgia. he's reminded me, as i said, you don't have to believe us republicans. you reminded me that president biden said this is a child. what we've known all our lives. but even doctor don't believe us if you don't want to. believe your president. he said it's a child. so we know. right? and we are so grateful. we have as people that love life, love the protection of life, guaranteed in the constitution, we have suffered and prayed for 49 years. we didn't like the decision 49 years ago in 1973. we didn't like it. but we didn't do the wrong thing. we used a system appropriately as it was designed by the founders of -- and the framers of our great country to remove the stain of the loss of innocent life from our laws. and we are on the edge of that. but the point is is that there's a right way to do things. even though we disagray on occasion, we are a country of laws. if it's going to be ok to break the law just because you disagree with the decision, well, that's not a country that's going t

mr. perrymeanwhile, we can't defend ourselves. china is is on the rise, russia is threatening nuclear war, and the president declares the pandemic over while we're kicking people, our finest, people that said put me on the frontline, i will sign the blank check and give everything including my life in defense of our country. and we say, no thank you. no thank you. unless you get this jab, and bend the knee, and bend the knee, your service here is not wanted. mr. roy: as the gentleman probably knows, i'm sure he's talked to his own constituents, i've had people coming into my office saying, i don't know what to do. i've served my whole life, i don't think it's in my best interest, i don't think it's helping the military, i'm not going to do it, i'm getting fire. the military is set to discharge 75,000 active service members for refusing the vaccine while the army's recruiting levels are at 42% of recruiting goal, 40% of men 18 to 24, prime recruiting demographic are unvaccinated. now d.o.d. come

improving technologies or use legislation which was introduced by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry the office of management and budget, or o.m.b., a the general services administration, or g.s.a., to establish standard methodologto in public buildingn federally leased space. it also requires f.s.a. and o.m.b. to take steps to reduce or consolidate space ifutilizat. currently federal office space utilization avera an unbelievably low 25% or less for most major agencies. this bill, which i'm proud to qí would ourhich i'm proud to federal workers are utilizing the work space taxpayers are paying for. mr. speaker, it's been four pan. it's past time federal workers return to the office where they are most efficient to ensure them you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognio >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to highlight th

mr. perry: are we not a sovereign nation? i think that most people would agree that we are and as such, we dornt take issue with the congress, with the administration doing its job to keep our air clean and to make treaties and provisions with other nations but what we do take issue with is other nations working with this administration and any administration that comes up with an agreement not ratified by the american people, not ratified by this body or the body on the other side of the capitol to encroach upon the rights of states. the constitutional rights of states to regulate their own environmental emissions as provided. it's not a question of whether we think the climate isn't changing and man has something to do with it and how it should be regulated. it's a question of the authority vested in the constitution and these bodies and the ones that are not. it is not the place of bureaucrats to make an agreement with some other nation than to impose on other nations. and it has passed on numerous occasions because it is

mr. perry: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from washington will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 61 printed in 109. b of house report 116- for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recognition? mrs. lee: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 61 printed in part b of house report 116-109 offered by mrs. lee of nevada. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentlewoman from nevada, mrs. lee, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from nevada. mrs. lee: thank you, madam chairwoman. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. madam chairwoman, our amendment would provide an increase in funds for graduate medical education. just today the commonwealth fund rated my home state of nevada as the 48th state overall for health care performance. we trail the vast majority of states in access, affordability

the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. do applaud the chairman of this committee for making the cuts to the nlrb he has made. they should be made. obviously the nlrb is running amuck. too much time on their hands. too many resources that my colleague on the other side not hear the list of infractions? it would be fine, it would be fine if the nlrb focused on unfair labor practices and dealt with that. but that's not -- that is their mission, but that's not their focus. their focus is expanding the force of big labor everywhere that they can and shutting out the little guy and removing the choice of average citizens of how they want to work and how they want to be represented. which is why they need to be hemmed in. that's just the simple fact of it. if it takes it back to the point where they are only focusing on unfair labor practices, then i think we will have done our job well. this amendment strengthens the chairman's position in negotiations with the senate when this bill comes to that negotiation. so i urge all membe

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. my good friend and colleague talks about protecting national security and somehow this amendment implies that somehow this amendment would imperil that. i don't understand how letting americans know more about who's providing funds internationally to our universities in our country imperils our national security. we should know who is trying to attempt to influence not only what's happening on campuses, but the very minds on those campuses, whether it's confucius institutes or whether it's an organization antithetical, maybe anti-semitic from the middle east that's sending endowments and funds to american universities to influence the minds of those who are participating. in education at those universities. it's important not only for citizens to know, but quite honestly for our federal government and the security agencies to know. i'll remind my good friend on the other side of the aisle that i had a bill some time ago to require this reporting, which is already required in many aspe

mr. scott perry. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. perry: the e.p.a. has imposed the substantial competitive barriers despite the industry's significant reduction in methane emissions through their own initiatives and innovation. what's not known is that through the e.p.a.'s own analysis, it shows that methane emissions from hydrolically fractured natural gas wells have fallen drastically. according to e.p.a. data -- not y data -- e.p.a. data, methane emissions went down 38%. nd natural gas wells, that was 73%. total emissions are actually down 11% from 2005 despite the significant increase in production. this is market forces at work. american producers developed means for capturing additional methane because doing so means they have more product to sell. profitability rather than a top-down washington regulation drove this unprecedented emissions reduction. in fact, in 2012 alone, voluntary methane emissions activities by the u.s. oil and gas industry generated $364 million in additional revenue. unfortunately, the methane rule represents the kind of

mr. perry: but without the view of the cameras. without the access of the american people in to see what's happening in their country. that's chain -- that's the chain link fence around it. without the view of what's happening in every single community which is deaths due to fentanyl overdoses. every single person in america now can say that they -- likely can say they know some family, somebody in their town, that died of a fentanyl overdose. that's coming from china. the good gentleman from arkansas was just talking about, it's happening in china, comes from china, through mexico, across our corn border and into your town. that's national security, that's national security, health security, and our country and this administration is not providing it at this time. mr. roy: we are feeling that impact in texas. you mentioned fentanyl. we got the new data from the c.d.c., 117,000 dead americans. yet nothing but crickets coming from our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. they don't care. t

mr. perry: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: house report 111-216 offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to resolution 723, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. berry, and a member opposed control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: this amendment cuts this account, the rural business program account in half from last year's enacted budget amount of $43 million. the rural business cooperative service, like a lot of washington, d.c. programs has a good name, it doesn't always do good things. unfortunately, it continues the age old government sin of picking winners and losers instead of just letting the market work. small businesses, you know, i ran a small business and people would tell me the government wants to be a good partner. i wasn't looking for a partner in my business, i was looking to run my business and if it was a partner, it surely wasn't the government that had

mr. perry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. perry: what we're saying here is that the american people have to beg their government to avail themselves of their rights. oh, federal government can i speak now? can i defend myself now? or should i wait a little longer? what's that's what we're saying. the constitution says, shall not be infringed. in pennsylvania, where i come from, our constitution says, shah no no -- shall not be questioned. madam chairman, we're questioning it today. we're putting our constituents, our putting the american people that have a constitution enshrining their rights on the defensive begging their government to avail themselveses of the rights. now a colleague, my good friends on the other side of the aisle, keep brinning up the horrific act -- tragedy and the events that happened at the church. we can't bring that up and say that this is the solution when this doesn't fix that. you can't say that the f.b.i. couldn't check all the databases,

i'm proud to yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. perry: thank you. i thank my good friend from texas. we all want to help. this is the american rescue plan. the american rescue plan. somehow $8.6 billion of the american rescue plan is headed overseas. this isn't a rescue plan. this is theft. we're digging tunnels, we're building bridges, that has nothing to do with the pandemic. 90% of this money does -- goes everywhere but the pandemic. i mean, it's not going to help schools. it's not going to help people that have been put out of their jobs. it's not going to help people that need a vaccination or health care. none of that's -- 90% of about $2 trillion -- this is a payoff. it's a payoff to political friends. that's why it's partisan. we don't think we should be paying off political friends. we want to help the american people. mr. speaker, this doesn't help the american people. this is a griffin, they're abusing people that -- griff, they're