president i send to the desk 11 11 you man consent requests, i further ask the scoants be agreed to. that they appear separately before the record. before the chair acts on my request i with would like to point out these requests are row routine and done at the beginning of each congress. >> is there objection to proceeding to the unanimous request on block? >> without objection then so ordered. >> mr. president i have a resolution at the desk. >> senate resolution 9 fixing the hour of daily meeting of the senate. id>> is there objection proceeding? >> i ask for immediate consideration and to send the resolution over under the rule of -- request. >> objection is heard. >> the objection then -- the resolution will go over under the rule. >> now mr. president as we begin the 116th congress, i'm glad to bewalking back my friends and returning colleagues to what i hope will be a productive cession. before we get to work i'd like to note the arrival of eight new members who were just sworn in. the senate welcomed marshal blackburn of tennessee mike braun of indiana, josh holy of missouri.

mcconnell: i ask for its immediate consideration and to send the resolution over under the rule. i object to my own request. the president pro tempore: objection is heard. the objection then -- the resolution will go over under the rule. mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, as we begin the 116th congress, i'm glad to be welcoming back my friends and routining colleagues to what i hope will be a productive session. before we get to work, i'd like to note the arrival of eight new members who were just sworn in. the senate welcomed marcia black burning, mike braun of indiana, kevin cramer of north dakota, josh hawley of missouri, mccaly, jackie rosen of nevada, and kyrsten sinema of arizona. in the coming days, rick scott of florida will join our ranks. i'd like to welcome each of our incoming colleagues as well as their families to the senate. today you're forming the newest links in a historic chain and continuing the rich traditions of this body in which we are so fortunate to serve. on a related note, i'm pleased that our new colleagues and entire senate will continue learning fr

schumer: i ask the reading be dispensed dispensed dispense. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i further ask consent that notwithstanding rule 22, it be in order to file cloture amendments a and 6 during thursday's session of the senate and the clotures filed on those amendments during thursday's session of the senate be treated as though they were filed during today's session of the senate and ripen at 2:30 p.m. on thursday, january 24 in the order filed. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 1, s. 1, a bill to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and so forth and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it recess until 11:00 a.m. wednesday, january 23. following the prayer and pledge, the time for the two leaders be r

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 268, the legislation that we voted on earlier today to provide disaster relief, including relief for my home state of utah. mr. mcadams: specifically this bill includes money for the utah reclamation mitigation and conservation commission for critical environmental work in the strawberry river watershed and part of the diamond fork drainage. last summer the dollar ridge fire burned almost 70,000 acres. this area has been a critical focus -- focal point of the central utah project for almost 40 years. the central utah project diverts, stores and delivers large quantities of water from numerous utah rivers to meet the needs of its citizens. in cooperation with the utah division of wildlife resources and the u.s. bureau of reclamation, the mitigation commission is working to repair tremendous damage to the area. both from the fire it

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> america is great because america is good but what's good about terminating the god-given, sacred life of unborn americans? mr. speaker, friday, thousands of students, pass tors, priests, and patriotic americans from all across our great land will fwather in our nation's capital to take part in the 46th annual march for life. madam speaker, written into the declaration of independence is our founding faith and principle that all are created by god, endowed by our creator, created as a gift, created as an american to have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. however, since roe v. wade we've fallen short of that national ethic by not acknowledging that life at every stage is precious, valuable, sacred and ought to be protected. madam speaker, this march for life is a call to conscience and it's a challenge for all of us to work toward a future where every life, born and unborn is celebrated, cheris

lowey: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the reading. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will suspend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the reading is suspended. is there objection? without objection, the senate is suspended. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table house joint resolution 31 disagree to the senate amendment and agree to the senate. the clerk: joint resolution making further appropriations for the department of homeland security for the fiscal year 2019 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the request from the gentlewoman new york? the gentleman is recognized. >> i do not intend to object but i hope the experience of the st 35 days that she should never repeat this exercise and i withdraw my observation. the speaker pro tempore: the reservation is withdrawn. and without objection. the motion to reconsider is laid pon the table. without objection, the chair apoints the following con

i ask everyone to support this. yield back. ms. shalala: madam speaker, i would inquire if the gentleman from oklahoma is prepared to close. mr. cole: i know i informed you, but my good friend from mr. burgess came back and asks for an additional minute. i would like to yield a minute to my friend. after that, i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would like to remind all members to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president. the gentlelady reserves. and the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: i thank the speaker for the recognition. i would ask a simple question, what has happened to your insurance premium since the passage of the affordable care act? they have gone up. they have gone up a lot. what has happened to the cost of prescription drugs since the passage of the affordable care act? they have gone up. they have gone up a lot. all i would suggest is there was a better way to go about this. republicans have offered ideas. it would behoove us to work on behalf of the american

miss gonzalez colon: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. miss gonzalez colon: i introduce the child tax credit equity for puerto rico act of 2019. under the current law, it only applies to families raising three or more children in puerto rico. the -- in comparison with families living in the mainland, puerto rico never got a tool to work out this. small families consisted of one or two children are exclude interested receiving this necessary benefit. e purpose p of the child tax credit is to be a tool to help children and raise themselves out of poverty. puerto rico poverty rate is now 45%. that's 178% higher than mississippi. the lowest household income of puerto rico is $19,000 a year. compared to $43,000 in the state of mississippi. and $61,000 average in the whole mainland. this proposal will help puerto rico's economy and benefit about 355,000 families and more children in puerto rico. i thank congressman serrano, fitzpatrick, and duffy for being

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, members, i live on the border and we got to understand every day there is about $1.3 billion of trade between the u.s. and mexico. that's a lot of jobs being created on this side. mr. cuellar: also, if you look at the mexicans that come over and shop, one of every four international tourist will be people from across the river. that's about over $20 billion spent on the u.s. side in areas, hotels, restaurants, and many other places, those are jobs over here. we want to see strong border security but, again, we have to make sure we find the balance between legitimate trade and tourism. and the way to do that is look at technology, technology that's worked for the military that can work for us on the border, hire the right number of border patrol and c.b.p. officers. if we do that we can find a way to find the balance between legitimate trade and tourism and i ask you to please conside

first that was brought up in the hearing i asked him would he recuse himself if the ethics office of the justice said he should, and he said he would make his own decision. that was clear at the hearing. the other two i thought were much less clear. the first involves the issuance of the report. he said he's for transparency. that's not good enough, especially with someone like donald trump who has been -- has treated the justice department almost as if it's it's his own personal fiefdom. he seems to believe the justice department should protect him and pursue his enemies. i asked would he unequivocally state that he would not interfere in the mueller investigation in any way. sorry. i'm getting the transparency. okay, let me go back. first is on transparency. and i asked him would he issue the full mueller report with only redactions if intelligence agencies said it would compromise sources? to simply say he's for transparency doesn't say much. you have to make, in my judgment, to merit the vote, a vote of nomination, you would have to make unequivocal and public you would not interf

mcconnell: i ask for a second reading and object to all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. the measures will receive a second reading on the next legislative day. mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., tuesday, january 8. further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. further, following leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. one, -- s. 1, and that the cloture motion ripen at 5:30 p.m. tuesday, january 8. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of senator schumer. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: the minority leader is recognized.

i have asked and asked and asked to reopen the government. and now i from this great body, this u.s. house of representatives, i implore my colleagues in the senate to do the same. thank you and i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise in recognition of the tens of thousands who will march in support of life tomorrow in washington, d.c. on the 22nd of this month, we'll mark the infamous anniversary of the misguided supreme court decision, roe vs. wade, which legalized abortion without restriction nationwide. since 197 -- since the 1973 decision, more than 54 million children have been murdered in the united states alone. mr. perry: this is the epic tragedy of our time, and we must stand up for the unborn. we stand in solidarity wi

and i was surprised that a vote was not asked for because i understand most, if not all of you were not for opening up the government. the fact of the matter is that a vote was not asked for. we have now gone through business and we put ourselves in a very difficult position. but i cannot agree to a proposition where i have told members no, you can go your plane and some left right on the dot and i don't know if they are going to make it. and we are in a bad situation, but i cannot agree to unanimous consent that is going to require our members to come back from wherever they are. and both sides have that problem. and very frankly, i am absolutely convinced the outcome would be no different. the outcome is, so many of your members wanted to vote against the proposition, i understand that. and i would like to give them that opportunity and i'm not in a position to do so. . mr. scalise: i'd ask you to postpone reconsideration until next week so members can be here and actually cast that vote in the chamber, when everybody is back. that motion is in order, if the gentleman would not object

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker: without objection, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. ms. scanlon: madam speaker, i rise today on behalf of joe, a federal worker in my district. i met with joe on friday after he reached out looking for help for his colleagues, t.s.a. agents who have been working for three weeks without pay. their jobs are stressful, and many of them live paycheck to paycheck. now they have the added stress of paying mortgages, rent, child care or even to put food on the table. many can't afford to get gas to get to their jobs. joe has gone door to door to get people to donate food and diapers to meet the most basic needs of his co-workers and families. he told me with a family with a 3-month-old baby. they can't afford baby formula. baby formula. this is unacceptable. holding federal workers hostage and shutting down our government is a failed tactic. the house has sent legislation to reopen the government to the senate three times. we've done our job. he sen

i talked to the head of a community college in maryland just the other day. went to see her, asked how i think. first thing she toldhe the, her phone is been ringing off the hook all morning because the parents of students at the community college were not going to debate -- were not going to make the monthly installment payments. hundreds of thousands of federal employees are one paycheck away from the being able to pay the mortgage or their rent, and tomorrow hundreds of thousands of them are not going to get a paycheck. so to the majority leader i would just say we should not be contracting out our constitutional responsibilities to any president, certainly not a president who said he is proud to shut down the government of the united states and there's nothing to be proud of in denying important services and putting 800,000 people without a paycheck. i don't think any of us should be proud of that. and we shouldn't be contracted out oursp responsibilities to te president of the united states. we should vote on these measures that we've already voted for. senator cardin just pas

hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. . hoyer: to all my colleagues, i apologize. i may speak just a little longer than one minute. not much. madam speaker, i was sitting in my office just a few minutes michael presentative waltz, who i don't know from the state of florida, rose and said he was here in an empty capitol. scores of my fellow democrats are here because they are outraged that we have shut down the people's government. , d they are here, mr. waltz to urge the president of the united states and mitch mcconnell to open up the people's government. that's why they're here. they haven't gone home, congressman waltz. we're here. . don't see anybody over here madam speaker, i rise to join with my colleagues in highlighting the absurdity of the trump-mcconnell shutdown. and share some of the ways, just some few ways it's affecting americans in my district. now, ladies and gentlemen, you can go to this website and get scores more sto

speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the -- in the record the transcript of the pbs story. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: i can go on and on about the impacts here. if we all agree we should end the shutdown, let's just end the shutdown. republican friends should be calling mitch mcconnell to say, let's reopen the government without any conditions. that's what the american people want overwhelmingly. mr. speaker, i have heard my friends on the other side of the aisle rushing to congratulate the president for his so-called compromise plan over the weekend. let me repeat, this is no compromise at all. the "washington post" said, the proposal on dreamers was whittled down where it only does the disaster, trump himself is or chest straighting. that is like an arsonist giving you the fire extinguisher to put out the fire. mr. president, stop causing disasters. congress should be more than a clean up crew for your messes and failed policies. let me close with this, when i think of the best of the united states, i think of the statue of liberty. it wasn't

mcconnell: i ask consent the senate stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate stands adjourned until progressive wing but wants to take firmer stance that when nancy pelosi came out and said she didn't want to find the wall at all, chuck schumer had to fall in line. i think for now he is sort of following what nancy pelosi wants to do and we'll see how long that last, whether the pelosi schumer sort of, fate seemed to have a pretty good relationship, be sticking together. that will be interesting to watch, will schumer feel pressure to cut deals in the senate that maybe pelosi would like or do they stick together? schumer one of the things he was attacked for from the left was leading a bunch of judges be confirmed before the august recess. one of the things he dug his heels in before the christmas break was there were dozens of judges on the senate calendar and he blocked them all. that's something we could see a month of cloture vote on this year, is that not a lot of legislation happening you could just se

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life of thing father of the dominican republic. he was instrumental in the war of dominican independence. he fought for a liberal democracy. january 26 this past saturday, marked his birthday. a day that is celebrated in the dominican republic as a national holiday. dominicans celebrate it across the world. last week i introduced house resolution 64, which supports e ideals of juan pablo duearte and urges recognition of this day in the united states, as many dominican americans celebrate here as well. this is one of three i introduced last week to mark the beginning of dominican heritage month, to honor the community in my district and across the country. i ask that many of my colleagues join me in recognizing this important day and the contribution of the dominican americans across the united states. mr. espaillat: thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back t

kaptur: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i rise today to highlight yet another grim economic headline, another broken promise on jobs and trade from president trump to the people of northern ohio. more pink slips. why? another factory shuttered. keystone tailer will close by march, approximately 150 employees will lose their jobs. keystone has made men's suits at the site since 2015. before that it was a hugo boss men's suit plant. since 2010, workers fought to keep the facility from closing twice. there won't be a third time. as mark, the area director for the workers united union put it, it doesn't look like there's anything to fight to save. madam speaker, this company plans to shift these jobs to canada. there they can save $15 a suit on imported buttons, zippers, shoulder support tariffs because canada isn't involved in a trade war with china that president has started. under nafta, they can then turn thos

which is why i ask them to come o the table and negotiate. everything he said, almost everything he said, i would agree with. and a those are the reasons we need to come together and reasonably negotiate. i think at the basis of all that we should remember what this legislative body is all about. which is security for and service to our hardworking tax paying citizens. we're 435 different voice from different walks of life. and we know the perfect agreement is rarely possible. ms. granger: 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 30 additional seconds. mr. rutherford: however making compromises would do us a lot of good right now but that requires reasonableness. it is time to come together on behalf of the american people and stop this political bickering that is befalling this conversation. our country is in desperate need of border security, we aren't even talking about that now. we're not talking about the humanitarian crisis. mr. speaker, we can do better. i ask the speaker to come to the table, find a compromise, and let's

which is why i ask them to come o the table and negotiate. everything he said, almost everything he said, i would agree with. and a those are the reasons we need to come together and reasonably negotiate. i think at the basis of all that we should remember what this legislative body is all about. which is security for and service to our hardworking tax paying citizens. we're 435 different voice from different walks of life. and we know the perfect agreement is rarely possible. ms. granger: 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 30 additional seconds. mr. rutherford: however making compromises would do us a lot of good right now but that requires reasonableness. it is time to come together on behalf of the american people and stop this political bickering that is befalling this conversation. our country is in desperate need of border security, we aren't even talking about that now. we're not talking about the humanitarian crisis. mr. speaker, we can do better. i ask the speaker to come to the table, find a compromise, and let's

i yield the floor. >> madam president i ask unanimous approval. ugh the chair i have a question of senator van hollen. nghe is going to propound a consent agreement. >> thank you. mr. president, madam president. >> senator from maryland. >> madam president, i think that we all know that the constitution of the united states under article 1 says that the senate and house in the united states are separate and coequal branches of government and the executive branch. we are now seeing more and more americans hurt every day by the government shutdown. americans losing access to services. we just saw that the food and drug ministration has stopped routine food safety inspections. of seafood. we just saw that the epa has halted one of the governments most public health activities, the inspection of federal factories, power plants, oil refineries, water treatment plants. et800,000 federal employees are not getting paid. hundreds of thousands of them are going to work every day including at our border tightening the border, not getting paid. hundred thousan

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. >> madam chair, i rise to speak on the impact of the shutdown on pennsylvania's sixth district. my office has heard from small businesses who can't pull permits, veterans receiving food assistance who worry, federal workers about paying their bills. agriculture is a vital part of the economy of my district and the shutdown is having an impact there already as well. the last congress passed a bipartisan farm bill, but the shutdown has prevented its implementation. the usda farm loan program, program that provide millions of dollars to the pennsylvania farm workers is no longer in effect. ms. houlahan: yesterday i heard from the mushroom growers that the lack of e.p.a. inspections of drainage ditches and other water runoff is impacting the development of mushrooms and expansion of their businesses. we cannot afford one day more, one week more, or one month more of th

i would yield the floor to senator warner. >> the senator from virginia. >> i ask unanimous content -- consent myself and senator kaine below to speak five minutes. >> is there objection? >> i want to join my colleagues from maryland and my senator from virginia as well. the senator from virginia as well. this president who is holding 800,000 workers hostage. folks were going to work, some without pay, others were for load. it is not just affecting federal workers. by ave been talked to rouple of whom are closing thei doors because they have gone weeks without being paid. hundred thousand federal employees, contractors, a slew of other folks who were immediately affected. heplete lack of thought missed ration had in this shutdown where they said we are not going to make it seem like a shutdown. leave the parks now we see destruction in our parks. in our state, shenandoah national park, trash overflowing. where peoplelds have had inappropriate activities. seen businesses that depend on a high volume of tourists travel. whether -- he says it is about security. if it is, we ought to make

schumer: i ask the reading be dispensed dispensed dispense. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i further ask consent that notwithstanding rule 22, it be in order to file cloture amendments a and 6 during thursday's session of the senate and the clotures filed on those amendments during thursday's session of the senate be treated as though they were filed during today's session of the senate and ripen at 2:30 p.m. on thursday, january 24 in the order filed. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 1, s. 1, a bill to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and so forth and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it recess until 11:00 a.m. wednesday, january 23. following the prayer and pledge, the time for the two leaders be r

speaker, i ask for a moment of silence. the speaker pro tempore: the house will observe a moment of silence. minutes fromer 40 now, president trump will speak to the nation on what the administration is calling a humanitarian and national security crisis on the southern border. this is his first address to the nation from the oval office. and chuckncy pelosi schumer will respond that the conclusion of the president's remarks. live coverage beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. texas sent nine new members to congress in the 2018 elections including for democrats. democrats. a former linebacker for the tennessee titans represents the state. he left the nfl for law school. then later in private practice. voters in the 16th district unelected veronica escobar, she previously has been elected el paso county commissioner and county judge. earlier in her career, congresswoman escobar taught english at the university of texas at el paso as well as schick -- chicano literature at the county community college. she is one of

no, because i asked him a question. tion to ask somebody — do you think that your negative attitude has possibly contributed to the situation you find yourself in? do you not think it would upset that person? possibly. does that not bother you? well, that chapter has gone. i'm very, very relaxed with the principle that if you want to tackle big problems in your life and serious disease, you have to come at it in a positive way and there's a whole range of things you can do before you subject yourself to big pharma and chemicals in your body, etc. do you think all cancers can be caused by negative attitudes? no. which one? i don't know, i'm not a doctor. exactly. sorry, the point you are making is? i don't quite understand the link that you're making. you're suggesting to one cancer sui’vivoi’ that his cancer was caused by his negative attitude... no, i asked a question. is that not the same as suggesting... i wasn't doing a diagnosis, victoria. i asked the question — is it possible that..? and you could come at it the ot

i am writing you to firmly ask to resign from the house committee on education and labor during the 116th congress. i would like to take leave from and reserve my right to return to the house education and labor committee in a future term. thank you for your leadership, and i look forward to working together to preserve the health of our democracy and strengthen economic prosperity for hardworking americans across the country. kilometer m regards, radja krishnamoorthi. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> by direction of the house democratic caucus, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 73, resolved, that the following named members be and are hereby -- mr. jefferies: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution -- the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. members, the house is not in order. the gentleman from new york. mr. jefferies: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that the resol

so i asked the question. he never answered me. he answered the question like three days later that sunday. the nation is bringing the question up again. i am in trouble for that. i am a reporter who sees what is going on. i listen to the wind, i was and my sources, i listen to what they have to say and i asked questions and for that i get in trouble. i am under fire. >> host: have you been able to develop sources in this white house? >> guest: oh, yes. it is interesting. i have great republican sources. i have great republicans sources. i call them whistleblowers. they have a good credible information. i can't be so bad. steve bannon wanted two hours with me in his home. i had security with me but i can't be so bad. it has been an interesting ride. i don't want to talk about other people, high-ranking people. i don't think it is a game. they went the, there's an audience out there that i reach and sometimes they come to me. sometimes they reach out to me and other times they suddenly but it is okay. i will be there when they are go

wheeler: i did not say that. >> sen. markey: i'm asking you that question. you agree with that conclusion? >> mr. wheeler: i have been briefed by my career staff after the assessment came out and i've asked a number of questions and we have a number of follow-up briefings to go over the findings. >> sen. markey: you're the head of the epa, this came out in november. >> mr. wheeler: i did not rive the report i did not review it, there was no political interference in the assessment. and we've been shut down for the last few weeks. but i've been briefed by my staff once on the assessment and we have several briefings scheduled before i can make further public comment. >> sen. markey: you're looking tea confirmed as the head of the environmental protection agency that's unacceptable. and we're having a hearing on yourworthiness for the job and you conveniently haven't had time to review whether or not there's an extra level of urgency to this problem. you're saying it's a worst-case scenario they're talking about. and so therefore you don't have to deal with it.

so i asked the mayor to ask for $3.5 million figuring there would be some bargaining. they would bargain with us, and i thought well, we asked for $3.5 million, we are pretty safe to get $3 million. if you know ed lee and how much he loved the tenderloin, he met with cpmc, and he got us $4 million. a million more dollars than it we needed. he said randy, i want to make sure we have enough money. he was smart. so what happened was a board of supervisors approved at all in 2012, but then cpmc had to downsize the project, and it started again in 2014. in 2014, we had a little bit of a conflict with city officials. you see these beautiful teardrop lights qantas everyone like those lights while we are a historic district. we had engineers who said we are not putting in those lights. we are putting in the modern lights because they work better for lu d. we are having an argument on taylor street of august 2014. and i said to him, let me put it to you this way. mayor lee wants teardrop lights. do you want me to tell the mayor you are not agreeing to what he wants? he did the s

so through the chair i would ask if this blockade against business on the floor is absolute. . >> i may return the question to the majority leader whether his objections to reopening the government with action we have already taken previously is absolute. i can assure the majority leader that it is my commitment to our federal workers and our country that the first order of business should be the reopening ofer government. there is other important issues we need to do that i strongly support and i quite frankly do not understand the majority leader's position as e owhy he would deny a vote to reopen government that has passed unanimously in the past. >> i will repeat the question in a minute but the answer is because this will not produce a result. it has been perfectly clear the only way to produce this result is for the president and the speaker of the house and the minority leader to agree because we need votes from democrats both of the senate and the house in order to pass a measure the president will sign that my question from the senator from maryland is this blockade against bus

cummings: may i ask, mr. speaker, how much time i have? the chair: the gentleman has five minutes remaining. mr. cummings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i would like to insert into the record an article from the wall street post that -- "washington post" reports that the federal salary council, the official monitor of federal pay, found that federal workers make an average of 30% less than their private sector counterparts. the chair: the gentleman's request will be by general leave. mr. cummings: thank you very much. so important t is that we do everything in our power to support our federal employees. and i want to thank mr. . nnolly and mr. hoyer they have given their blood, their sweat, and their tears for federal employees. constantly standing up for them , trying to make sure that they are treated fairly and given their due. just today i spoke to two people who were telling me employees at al n.i.h. that basically saved their lives. saved their lives. and that they told me t

the presiding officer: i would ask the --. mr. tester: i would ask the quorum call be viscerated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tester: thank you. i rise to set the record straight on the president's border wall. quite frankly, something he didn't talk about much last night during his speech to the country, but the truth is this is where the problem is. so i want to talk about it a little bit today. the president made it crystal clear dozens of times in fact that he was prepared to shut the government down in order to get the $5.7 billion for the wall leading up to that speech last night. so here we are today, day 19 of president trump's shutdown. political gamesmanship, but that's nothing new in washington, d.c. but the fact is our debates need to be grounded in facts. so here are the facts. the president's demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall is tall on hyperbole and light on theatrics and short on facts. the president last night said congress refused to provide the resources needed to secure the border. that is not true. in fiscal year 2018 congress gave the

i yield the floor. >> madam president i ask unanimously through the chair i have a question of summer or he's going to propound the consent agreement. >> i think you mr. president. madam gpresident. >> senator for marilyn. >> madam president, i think we all know that the constitution of the united states under article 1 says the senate and the house of the united states are separate and coequal branches of government with the executive branch. we are now seeing more and more americans hurt every day by the government shutdown, americans losing access to services we just saw that the food and drug administration is stopped routine food safety inspections of seafood. we just saw that the epa has halted one of the federal government's most important public health activities, the inspection of federal factories, power plants, oil refineries, water treatment plants. 800,000 federal employees are not getting pay. hundreds of thousands are going to work including protecting our border, not getting paid. hundreds of thousands more have been locked out of work. there is a maryland mom who just

shall i continue or should i ask for a third round? >> i think the chairman would like to finish today and i think your time is expired. >> so i can't ask for a third round? >> i'm fine -- you can have third, fourth, fifth round, but i'm not chairman. >> thank you. i just have a few more. i can wait. >> okay. why don't we do that. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you, senator. i think i'm next, mr. barr. we talked about this earlier, i think we can agree, can we not, that hundreds of thousands, millions of words have been written speculating about what happened at the department of justice and the fbi in the 2016 election with respect to the two-party nominees. can we agree on that? >> yes. >> can we agree that the american people have a right to know what happened at justice and the fbi? >> yes. >> why don't we just declassify all the documents and show them to the american people and let the american people draw their own conclusions? >> i'm not in a position to say because i don't have access to the documents and i don't know what it ent

menendez:madam president, i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: i come to the floor in support of resolution 2, expressing disapproval of the trump administration's desire to control sanctions imposed by deripaska. the senate has until thursday to block this, hence the urgency of this vote. if we wait, then under the law we lose this important opportunity. mr. deripaska is a notorious kremlin crony who may have played a role in the government attacks during the 2016 presidential election cycle. at this point we simply do not know enough about his potential involvement in the cyberattacks in mallining influence campaigns carried out by the kremlin on the american people and we will not find out until we see the full report of robert mueller's completed investigation. until then i am not comfortable with any measure that diminishes sanction pressure on a powerful russian oligarch with deep ties to vladimir putin, including this recent deal agreed to by the treasury department. i'm a strong belie

from what i gather it is seriously under consideration but i would say to the president if he asked me, mr. president, you shouldn't do it. steven: i wanted to take you to the history of border barriers. i believe you voted for both of the fy17 and fy18 omnibuses, which included homeland security money. included in that is money to build about 122 miles -- replace about 122 miles of fencing, which the president says began uilding his border wall. i guess my question is, what is your stance on building walls going forward? why is that different than what you just built? do you agree with speaker pelosi that walls are an immorality? rep. thompson: barriers are one thing. what the president has started saying is concrete walls and moved it into other things. in every instance, we always had plan. when those projects were funded in those budgets, we knew exactly what was being developed. under the president's proposal, there is nothing on the table other than what is in his head and what he is saying. gao looked at its last summer and said they could find no matrix as to anything for what

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