ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. veasey. i first would like to thank the chair of the congressional black caucus, by friend and colleague, the honorable cedric richmond, for his leadership on this top exand on topics affecting black america across this great nation and indeed this evening, we are discussing not only minorities in this country but those downtrodden and other individuals around the world who look to america for refuge, strength, and democracy. i would also like to thank my colleague, the honorable mark veasey, of fort worth, texas, for joining me in chairing this special order hour and my congressional black caucus colleagues who are joining us this evening to speak on these important issues. mr. speakering we are here night to speak to those very -- those two very important issues that go to the fabric of our founding, our ability to grow and diversify as a nation by bringing in the tired and the poor, the innovator, the ones who bring new changes to this country and continue its dynamic growth, as well as vo

ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to my colleagues. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak on behalf of opposition to h.r. 238. and express my concerns with the process and the need for this legislation at this time. as we all know, commotities futures trade commission is an independent federal regulatory agency that after the 2008 financial crisis took on more responsibility to bring greater transparency and oversight to the multihundred-trillion-dollar derivatives market. this new bill, h.r. 238, has new mandates and steps in it which will force the commodities and futures trade commission to redirect funding from its core mission to satisfy some of the new mandates within this rule. 238 sets a flat re-authorization level of $250 million per year for the next five years, despite the annual average budget request of the agency of well over $300 million since passage of dodd-frank. freezing the funding level makes the new rules almost impossible to enforce. while we understand the need for the end users, the work of this group must go forward.

ms. plaskett is recognized as the designee of the minority leader. ms. plaskett: i ask unanimous consent to have members to revise and extend their remarks on the subject of my special order hour. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. plaskett: i yield to the chairman of the congressional black caucus, sed rick richmond of the great state of louisiana. mr. richmond: the c.b.c. has led the charge in proposing solutions for the underserved and disadvantaged communities throughout this country. in its first remarks as president, donald trump remarks are petty and beneath the office of president of the united states. on day one, in his first official acts of his office was broad a page detailing a set of civil rights commitments and accomplishments under president obama. it's fitting that president trump would take the public pledge to defend the civil rights of all americans. this is a continuation of the divisiveness that defines his campaign where he proposed a muslim ban, mass deportation and nationwide stop and frisk program. this is consistent

ms. plaskett: mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for one-hour debate. where the house is taking of a bill on motion funding by public and congress would chris smith of new jersey. what is significant about the house taking it up this week? >> this bill will prevent any federal money going towards abortion and it would prohibit a working coverage in obamacare or health-care plans if they cover abortions. this comes this week because the march for life is scheduled for this weekend. in recent years when the house has been controlled by republicans, they try to time in antiabortion bill for the march of life. >> are they allowing any exceptions? >> there are the typical exceptions for risks to the life of the mother, which has been controversial in the past because republicans have not included it. it is in there.