hoyer: mr. speaker, i object. i'm not sure what's going on, ut i object. the speaker pro tempore: the bjection is heard. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i'm not sure that was a formal objection the way it was stated. i would ask a parliamentary inquiry. mr. scalise: is there any formal motion that would be in order that would allow reconsideration f the vote on h.j.res. 28? the speaker pro tempore: mr. scalise, such a request could be achieved by unanimous consent. mr. scalise: well, then, mr. speaker, is there any procedural motion that doesn't require unanimous consent that would be in order to request the chair to econsider h.j.res. 28? the speaker pro tempore: not in a position to answer an advisory opinion at this time. mr. scalise: i would yield the chair as much time as possible to get an answer on that rallel men threar inquiry -- parliamentary inquiry. mr. scalise: see if there was an answer to the parliamentary inquiry. t

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we have reversed positions, of course. for a number of years now, i've had the privilege of having a colloquy with mr. mccarthy, who was then the majority leader. so, mr. scalise is now -- has now undertaken my role. a role probably he doesn't welcome. but i know he will do well. as minority whip. and as majority leader, i'm stim here doing the colloquy -- still here doing the colloquy. and i'm proud to be doing that with mr. scalise, who is an outstanding member. i congratulate him on his position and look forward to working with him through the years towards trying to create agreement, consensus, and action by the congress on behalf of the american people. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at 12:00 noon for morning hour debate, 2:00 p.m. for legislative biggs. with votes postponed until -- business. with votes pose postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday and wednesday, the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for

hoyer: no.hought it was impulsive, irresponsible, and dangerous, and i continue to believe that. the national security advisor, john bolton, went to the middle east, and said that is not what he really meant, so we will see what transpires. but if they follow his policy, it would be very dangerous. kevin: in terms of other things -- can we get to some water, surf? rep. hoyer: of course. kevin: there has been some debate within the democratic party after the ratification of this. do you think is ultimately would get ratified from your caucus? rep. hoyer: it is too early to tell. we have not had any discussion to see what has been changed. kevin: house majority leader steny hoyer, thank you so much for coming. and we have water on demand always on bloomberg. back to you. kevin, thank you indeed. interesting stuff. find this on our blog covering the coverage -- covering the shutdown. live go.o to let's check in with the markets. this is the picture we find ourselves with. 90 minutes left a regular

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hoyer, mr. wexler, and all of our >> the house later voted in favor of the 2.6% raise and the bill now moves on to the senate. the house also debated a measure condemning government shutdowns. majority and minority leader steny hoyer and kevin

hoyer: mr. aderholt from alabama has just said this is veto bait. what is veto bait? a proposition to open up the people's government, veto bait? what is the republican position? unless the co-equal branch of government, the house of representatives, says yes to the president of the united states, you will continue to support add infinitum closing down the government. our russian -- i won't call them enemies, but adversaries, at least, are very happy, i'm sure, that the american government is shut down. our chinese competitors are very happy that the american government is shut down. we look ridiculous on the national and international scene. i asked one of my republican colleagues to stand -- and i'll yield to them -- tell me which government of the world shuts themselves down? you're correct. the answer is, i can't find any government in the free world hat shuts themselves down. is that what you won't vote for, opening up your government, the people's government, is that what this fight is abo

hoyer: i got into politics because of john kennedy. he was taken from us in 1963, but before he died in 1963, he said we will have equal pay and here we are half a century later saying we need to have equal pay, that's failure. but it is critical. i'm proud to be here with speaker pelosi. god mother delauro. [laughter] mr. hoyer: chairman scott. and all the members and leaders to re-introduce the fairness paycheck act. with democrats in the majority of the house, we will be advancing legislation. i bring bills to the floor, this bill is coming to the floor. it's coming to the floor soon. [applause] mr. hoyer: the wage gap where women earn 80 cents, and that's up, but it's not where it needs to be. one.eeds to be one-to- same work, same way. gender is irrelevant. it is the work that is performed. it is the content of character, the content of performance that ought to be the criteria, not gender. even worse for women in color. 4-10 are supported by women's income. i speak for sons. this is an economic issue as much as it is a social jus

hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. your committee apointed on the part of the house to join a like committee on the part of the senate to notify the president of the united states that a quourm of each house has been assembled and is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make, has performed that duty. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to clause 11 of rule 2, clause 11 of rule 1. and the order of the house of today, of the following members of the house to the permanent select committee on ntelligence. the clerk: mr. schiff of california, chairman. mr. nunes of california. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to 2 u.s.c. 2001 and the order of the house of today of the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, and the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, as members of the house office building commission to serve with the speaker. the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to clause 8 of rule 2 and

hoyer: mr. speaker, from time to time, for whatever reasons, people want to vote either because they don't get down the aisle or they don't request a vote. do not get the opportunity to vote on issues that they think are important to them. from time to time frankly on our side we've been felt we've been shut out, when the majority was in the hands of the republicans. we would want fairness. in return, we ought to extend fairness. given the fact that there are obviously many, many members who wanted to vote on the continuing resolution, which was the subject of one of the votes, but from our point of view, in having reviewed the tapes, that did not happen. that happens. but because we want to assure members on both sides of the aisle that their opinion can be expressed, as they would wish it to be expressed, but i want to -- and i think mr. scalise will say that. mr. butterfield, former judge who is one of our fairest and best members, i would hope that we would acknowledge that he handled the ma

let's get back to steny hoyer.hy would he make a comment at this time that the wall is not immoral countering and rebutting what nancy pelosi says. >> when you listen to steny you hear what so many democrats are starting to say is look, there should be security on on the border. they know it's not immoral. they know walls work. you can ask israel. walls work. people want to see the border secured. they know the border patrol candidate for three things, a border, more technology and more officers and agents on the ground down there. people want to see our nation secure. and they know it's immoral that there is drug trafficking and human sex trafficking, ander bit of this end up in our communities. it's why when you talk to law enforcement they will tell you. er state is a border state. every town is a border town until we get the border secure and this problem solved. liz: what if steny hoyer were house speaker? >> that's an issue the democrats can decide. but i will tell you this, what the american people want to s

hoyer on the need to open up government. >> thank you very much.ions, madame speaker, on your reelection. we are here late tonight. later than would you usually expect the congress to be here on opening day. people obviously have things to do, they have family in town. but we are here because we sense the urgency of opening up the people's government so they can be served by the agencies of government on which they rely. and so that 800,000 people who have been put at risk, worried about whether they are going to get a paycheck and worried whether they will be able to pay a mortgage or their child's school payment. that's why we are here. and what have we done? as the speaker just indicated, we have taken six bills the senate has passed almost unanimously out of their committee. republicans and democrats joined together so we have agreement on these fixed bills. nobody is arguing about the six bills. they are not arguing at the white house, they are not arguing here. we have agreement. if we pass that as i expect we are going to do, the senate woul

steny hoyer, he is the house majority leader.ld bret baier on fox news i don't think building a border wall is a issue of morality. speaker pelosi has repeatedly said the wall is immoral. hoyer went on to say whether it works. obvious he said walls work in some places. speaker pelosi repeatedly said walls don't work. that is a very obvious split. it comes at a time when the democratting really need to maintain unity. the government has been shut down for nearly four weeks. there is intense pressure to get the wall open again. it is a knock down tag out fight, and democrats need all the players rooting on their side. they surely don't want this division. steny hoyer is old guard democrat. he turns 80 this year. perhaps he is pushing back against the young radicals dragging the party way out to the left. he is worried that perhaps a radical agenda won't fly in the 2020 election. perhaps he sense as shift in public mood, away from pelosi take no prisoners opposition to a wall. any way you look at it, steny hoyer has thrown doubt on

hoyer: parliamentary inquiry. is a motion to recess in order or is the speaker in power to recess on his own? the speaker pro tempore: the speaker has that authority to make that determination. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call government funding bill without wall funds or new policies. neither is expected to pass the senate. see live coverage of the senate when they gavel in -- actually, they're in right now and you can watch them on our companion network c-span2. house speaker nancy pelosi gave her weekly briefing where she updated with the latest on the government shutdown. speaker pelosi: is it still morning? yes. good morning. it is a long morning. good morning. thank you for being here. as you know last night the president accepted the fact that staf

hoyer: shutdowns, it's a failed policy. quote, senator mcconnell, august 28, 2014, just a few short years ago. today, we have on the floor a number of bills. tomorrow, we'll have another bill. and tomorrow we'll have another bill after that. we'll pass four bills that the senate passed 96-2. to open up government, to have our federal employees performing the services for the american people that the american people want and need. our region, of course, is heavily impacted by this shutdown. and today, we stand together with my colleagues here, representatives sarbanes, representative holmes norton, representative connelly, representative buyer, representative raskin, representative trune, representative wexton, and with our good friends, secretary treasurer of the afge, kelly and president erwin of the national federal -- federation of federal employees. thank you for being here and standing up for the people who are working for us. people who are working for the federal government. people who are relied upon every day by mi

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we have reversed positions, of course. for a number of years now, i've had the privilege of having a colloquy with mr. mccarthy, who was then the majority leader. so, mr. scalise is now -- has now undertaken my role. a role probably he doesn't welcome. but i know he will do well. as minority whip. and as majority leader, i'm stim here

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we have reversed positions, of course. for a number of years now, i've had the privilege of having a colloquy with mr. mccarthy, who was then the majority leader. so, mr. scalise is

here is what majority leader hoyer said to those reporters. this is an honest man. i don't have an answer that i think is a really good answer. i don't have an answer that i think is a really good answer. that is the majority leader of the house of representatives. madame president, the reason is there isn't a good answer. there is no credible answer. to this massive flip-flop. we all know what the real reason is.in my democratic colleagues are operating purely on political spite directed at the president of the united states. whiles would they rather have a partial government shutdown dragged on for nearly three weeks then get more of what they used to vote v for and br about? whiles? would they plug their use and refused to listen to the experts out on the ground who do this kind of work. like president obama's own former border patrol chief. who stated just days ago, this is a direct quote, i cannot think, this is the border patrol chief under president obama. here's what he said. i cannot think of a legitimate argument why anyone would not support the wall as pa

hoyer: let me first say that mr. scalise and his party over the last eight years that they were in charge passed bill, after bill, after bill, after bill that they knew without any doubt had no chance in the united states senate. none. zero, zip. they passed them for messages. they know that. we knew that. america knew that. so that's not the reason they didn't bring the bill that they talk now so passionately about to the floor for 11 months and 20 days. they only brought it as they were going out the door. let me tell and let me tell you what they rejected, mr. speaker. they rejected a bill from the united states senate which would have opened up government and paid all 800,000 of the people who are now either furloughed or asked to work without pay. they rejected that bill that passed overwhelmingly, unanimously on voice vote from the united states senate that the president of the united vice was said by the president of the united states to support. but something happened during those 24 hours as it came from the

hoyer. our distinguished chair of the appropriations committee. and our chair of the government security subcommittee of the appropriations committee. okay. i didn't know mr. cliburn had come from -- as you are aware, we have -- we are diligent, diligent and persistent in trying to open up government. as i said today on the floor, we will take ideas, good ideas from wherever they come, including the idea of the appropriations bills passed by the republicans in the united states senate. they passed six bills, four of them on the floor, with over 90 votes. two of them in committee, unanimously, and those six bills cover eight agencies, departments of government that could be opened just by the stroke of the pen of the president of the united states. separate from that, we are sending what the senate sent also passed which is a bill to extend -- to have a continuing resolution until february 8th taking their exact date from the senate. that would cover homeland security and give us the weeks needed to negotiate an agreement to open up government in t

hoyer to our distinguished chair of the appropriations committee to demonstrate how purely republican and senatorial these measures were. and so we have separated out, there are two votes. one on the eight departments of government that could be open now to meet the needs of the american people, to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to protect our workers. , and, again, the other bill is mostly about protecting our borders. so in that spirit, i want to yield to our distinguished democratic leader of the house, mr. hoyer, to talk about the need for us to open up government. >> thank you very much and congratulations, madam speaker -- >> congratulations to you. >> -- on your re-election. we're here late tonight, laterrer than you would usually expect the congress to be here on opening day. people, obviously, have things to do. they have family in town. but we are here because we sense the urgency of opening up the people's government so that they can be served by the agencies of government on which they rely. and so that 800,000 people who have been put at

hoyer: the government, as all of you know, is shut down. 800,000 people are directly

hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the haas adjourn today it adjourn to met on monday, january 14, 2019, when it shall convene at noon for morning hour business, for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute peeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise today to remind you of the everyday faces being hurt by this government shutdown. 21 days into this crisis the central valley has had enough. i spoke to a woman from mo decembero who drives 30 miles to work every morning to serve our country as a t.s.a. agent. she lives paycheck to take, supports her kids, pays her rent, health care, groceries. she's not getting paid right now and her daughter may have to drop out of college because her mom can't afford her tuition. what are we doing? and it's not just federal employees. farmers in my district can't apply for

want to thank speaker pelosi and house majority leader steny hoyer for their leadership. name is escobar, from the great safe-secure u.s. mexico border, el paso, texas. i want to thank congressman sarbanes for the incredible privilege of allowing us as new members to be able to sign on to such a transformative piece of legislation. and i'm very proud to have signed on today. you will see in this group, this group of heroes for democracy, who i am so privileged to be standing with, you will see many freshmen. we are hot off a campaign trail that for many of us went for well over a year. for some of us it was a year and a half. we spent every single day of our campaigns on the ground talking to constituents, and i can tell you speaking for myself and many of my freshmen colleagues who i have spoken to over the course of our campaigns, cynicism and mistrust of congress is at an all time high. it is at a tragic level. when american people cannot trust the congress that creates the laws that govern their lives. and so we heard directly from our citizens about their disappointm

jillian: we heard what steny hoyer said yesterday.hill who comes from a law-enforcement family who says she believes in a border barrier and what's conversations to keep moving forward. do we see the domino effect in the democratic party? >> indicative of congress was supposed to be at home in a district work period that the speaker has canceled so congress will be in the house. we will be here working next weekend that is a good thing. we should not be not working with something so important is taking place. the story that came out of puerto rico with people taking a vacation on the beach, that hurt their narrative. perhaps there is a little bit of frustration on the other side with how things have gone and the narrative that surrounds them. rob: two big reasons nancy pelosi has for turning down this idea of a barrier, that was a big moment. let's talk about something else the speaker did, asking the president to delay or cancel the state of the union or given it in writing and she makes a point they never had a state of the union wh

mister hoyer and our distinguished chair and the chair of homeland security subcommittee. as you are aware, we are diligent, diligent and persistent to try to open up government. we will take good ideas from wherever they come including the idea of the appropriations bill passed by the republicans in the united states senate. they passed six bills, over 90 votes to have them in committee and those six bills cover eight agencies or departments of government that are open just by stroke of the pen by president of the united states also what the senate can passes a bill to have a continuing resolution through february 8th taking the exact date from the senate to cover homeland security and time to negotiate. again we have taken word for word to our distinguished chair of the appropriations committee to demonstrate how poorly republicans and senators and these measures were and until we separated out the two votes, the eight departments of government that are open now to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and protect our workers. again, the other bil

what you're seeing steny hoyer do is, for once, admit the truth as to what's really going on here. what's really happening washington. wish the posting these folks have food for these measures in the past. they understand they are effective. the only reason they are against them is because they have been part of a trump initiative. >> melissa: would you tell the president to stop using the word "wall" to stop using he thinks it in, but he can't help himself. >> sean: the reality is, whether it's a wall or fence, he continues to talk about border security. he has talked about the mentoring crisis. >> melissa: but she did get rid of the word? would it help? >> sean: to talk about the bigger picture -- which i think he has been doing more and more, if you look at where he was a couple months ago and where he is now and how he's messaging. i think he's continuing to have a more and more effective message. it's resonating with a good chunk of the country. >> melissa: harris, what do you think? >> harris: and looking at the new gallup numbers of approval and disapproval of the president

hoyer mentioned.o i think this is the week, to me, this is the crucial week when those stories start to come out and is not sustainable, particularly with some of the senators who are going to be up in 2020 and are vulnerable. >> what would be your -- if you were there now would you want the leadership to be willing to be a little more malleable on this or not? >> here's what the democrats offered. for the first time ever that you can imagine, democrats actually passed a republican bill. they didn't have to do that. they did it to say here we're going to get government open. i think this week a strategy of beginning to pass these individual bills that have passed the senate and open up parts of the government that provide services is one direction. because them it leaves open the opportunity to just negotiate around the department of homeland security. >> this is all about senate republicans. >> i think it is all about senate republicans. and mitch mcconnell is in a very strange spot. you heard him sa

hoyer mentioned.i think this is the to me, this is the crucial week when those stories start to come t and is not sustainable, partic with some of these to who are going to be up in 2020 and are vhanerable. >>are your -- if you were there now, would you want the leader to be willing to be a little more agreeable on this or not? >> here's what the aetross the stffered. for the first time ever tha ima passed a republican bill. they didn't have to do that. they did it to say here we're going open. ihink this week a strategy of beginn to pass these indivi bills that have passed the senate and open up parts of the government that provid services is one lrect then itves open the opport to just negotiate around the department of homela security. >> this is all about senate republ >> i think it is allbout sena republicans. and mitch mcconnell is in a very strang spot. you heard m say repeatedly this week i'm not putting someth on the floor the presid won't sign. tch is interpreted as mcconn along with this pr

steny hoyer told bret baer he doesn't think the wall is immoral. he also admits some walls work and the stuff about donald are being disinvited to deliver the state of the union address not official yet so where are we tonight? trace is on the case to tell us more. >> the shutdown showdown highlights include the president meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers including 7 democrats, details of the meeting are thin but a few of those who attended reportedly called it productive. the president met with a group of gop senators that it appears a plan by south carolina senator lindsey graham to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations over border security continue is gaining little traction. in a letter to the president nancy pelosi called on donald trump to delay his january 29th state of the union address because the secret service and homeland security are entangled in the partial government shutdown and may not be able to secure the event but senior homeland security officials say no one from the democratic congressional leader

and that rivalry with hoyer, wow. i was there and it was about a decade ago the last time that the democrats took over the house which is back in 2006 and amazing that they had run against each other for years, and one of the first moves that she did was to get hoyer out of the leadership. and it didn't work, but hoyer survived. so it was a clear message of how important she feels about her surviv survivor. and democrat, male, female, we have not seen anybody this enduring in congressional leadership in a long time. >> and steny hoyer who started as a congressional intern and they are both from maryland and she is from baltimore as well, and he is from suburban washington, and they grew up together in politics. the diversity of this, doris s so extraordinary. you have new women members and like ms. oommar who is from a refugee camp, and you are not allowed to wear headwear on the floor of the house, and they had to change the rules of the house there to allow her to have her tradition traditional headwear. >> and yes,

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we have reversed positions, of course. for a number of years now, i've had the privilege of having a colloquy with mr. mccarthy, who was then the majority leader. so, mr. scalise is now -- has now undertaken my role. a role probably he doesn't welcome. but i know he will do well. as minority whip. and as majority leader, i'm stim here doing the colloquy -- still here doing the colloquy. and i'm proud to be doing that with mr. scalise, who is an outstanding member. i congratulate him on his position and look forward to working with him through the years towards trying to create agreement, consensus, and action by the congress on behalf of the american people. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at 12:00 noon for morning hour debate, 2:00 p.m. for legislative biggs. with votes postponed until -- business. with votes pose postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday and wednesday, the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for

thank you, steny hoyer, for being an important part of hat. in 2010, we marked the 20th anniversary of the act by making it possible for our colleagues with disabilities to preside over the house. by changing the mechanics of this podium. and that spirit of equality and justice, let me announce that this afternoon, the first speaker pro tempore, whom i will yield to, of the 116th congress, will be congressman as we fake the oath of land. office today, we accept responsibility as daunting and demanding than any previous generations of leadership have faced. guided by the vision and values of our founders, the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform and the aspirations that we have for our children, let us meet that responsibilities with wisdom, with courage and with grace. together, we will let it be known that this house will truly be the people's house. and let us pray that god may bless our work and crown our god with brotherhood and sisterhood from sea to shining sea. god bless you all. and god bless the united states f america. the parli

hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the majority leader is recognized. mr. hoyer: mr. aderholt from alabama has just said this is veto bait. what is veto bait? a proposition to open up the people's government, veto bait? what is the republican position? unless the co-equal branch of government, the house of representatives, says yes to the president of the united states, you will continue to support add infinitum closing down the government. our russian -- i won't call them enemies, but adversaries, at least, are very happy, i'm sure, that the american government is shut down. our chinese competitors are very happy that the american government is shut down. we look ridiculous on the national and international scene. i asked one of my republican colleagues to stand -- and i'll yield to them -- tell me which government of the world shuts themselves down? you're correct. the answer is, i can't find any government in the free world hat shuts themselves down. is that what you won't vote for, opening up your government, the people's government, is that what this fight is abo

hoyer, mr. wexler, and all of our co-sponsors, and to the gentleman from north carolina, i thank you. the chair: all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. the amendment printed in part a of house report 116-5 shall be considered as adopted. and the bill as amended shall be considered as read. no further amendment to the bill as amended is in order except those printed in part b of house report 116-5. each such further amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, by a member designated in the report, shall be considered read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. it is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in art b of house report 116-5. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland see

hoyer says it would be akin to an imposition of martial law if trump declares a national emergency in order to unilaterally build a southwest border wall. he says trump doesn't have that authority and doing that "certainly could" be an abuse of power.hoyer compares it to other governments "declaring martial law and justifying them in doin want to do."democrats are refusing to give trump $5.7 billion to build the wall. the impasse has led to a partial government shutdown, now in its third week.house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer will give the democratic response to president donald trump's remarks to the nation tuesday on his proposed wall on the u.s.-mexico border.an impasse over wall funding has led to a partial government shutdown, now in its third week.pelosi and schumer have flatly refused to pay for the wall. they said tuesday they will deliver their response to trump after his address at 9 p.m. est.trump says there is a security crisis at the u.s.- mexico border that can be addressed only by spending $5.7 billion on a wall prevent people from cros