speaker. i am honored to celebrate hispanic heritage month as the first latina from my community and the first republican latina to represent the great state of texas in the people's house for a full term. ms. de la cruz: the foundations of this great nation are engrained with hispanic influence, from our beginnings with the spanish settlers to general bernardo de galvez, hero of the american revolution. the nation's pulse beats rich with -- and vibrant with our vibrant culture. for generations, our families have woven their stories into the fabric of this great nation. our contributions in arts, agriculture, business, military and public service have left an indelible remark on america's history. our communities' success lies in our faith in god, hard work, family values and love of country. i'm so proud of what we have achieved and will continue to achieve. let us renew our commitment to supporting policies that uplift hispanic families and all americans. together we build a future that hono

speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> a handful of issues has always transcended independence, our troops, the guardians of freedom have always been one of them. ms. clarke: but in the maga republican party, nothing is off the table. nothing takes priority over aire goal of a nationwide abortion ban. ms. clark: military promotions, our troops paychecks and the national defense bill held hostage because extremists want to tear away the reproductive freedom of the very people fighting for our freedom. i urge my colleagues, put our country first and instruct the conferrees to deliver a defense bill that puts freedom over facism. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for wha

speaker. i urge support of h.r. 1435 from the energy and commerce committee member, my colleague, dr. john joyce. for more than a century the internal combustion engine has allowed people to increase their mobility and raise their standard of living. restrictive government mandates isn't how we are going to lead the next 100 years. that's what the e.p.a. and california are trying to do. by mandating the new vehicles sold in the state be electric. 17 other states are ready to follow suit if the e.p.a. approves the recent waiver request from california. the reality is, gas powered cars are much less expensive than e.v.'s and continue to outperform them in range, toeing capacity, and ability to operate in severe weather conditions. studies have also warned that a rushed e.v. expansion could overwhelm our electric crede. in california governor newsom has reported asking people not to charge their e.v.'s during blackouts. and e.v.'s currently make up just 4% of the vehicles in his state. the decisi

speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume for the purpose of closing. the threat of uranium missiles and drones and the united states government and world at large needs to act. this bill is an important measure to prevent iran from being able to acquire more sophisticated technology as a result of the expiring sanctions and thank chairman mccaul and ranking member meeks and mr. chairman for introducing the bill and urge my colleagues to support this measure and yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields, the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccaul: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. despite what you hear about divides our committee stands apart. this bill to impose sanctions on those doing business with iran's missile and drone program was introduced by myself and the ranking member mr. meeks of the foreign affairs committee. in the past our committee unanimously has over 225 co-sponsors with a mix of republicans and democrats. congress an

speaker. i rise to express my support for h.r. 3981 as amended. the veterans education oversight expansion act. before i came to congress, i was a teacher and so when i was entrusted with the gavel as chairman of the veterans committee in 2019 one of my primary focuses was helping student veterans. i now serve as ranking member, however, i'm incredibly proud of what our committee did over -- during our four years in the majority. in 2021 we passed a significant student veteran focused law. representative mike levin's isakson row veterans health care improvement act, named for former house chairman phil roe and johnny isakson. that was a massive step forward in quality and oversight for student veterans. representative mcgarvey's legislation builds on the isakson-roe act in the -- established in the 2021 law. now they will no longer wait for state approving age sis to arch errors before it's too late. the legislation before us also improves transparency for the risk-based surveys created i biis

speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize earlyville farm located in pennsylvania in elk county as a century farm. the pennsylvania department of agriculture recognizes pennsylvania families who have been farming the same land for 100 years. through the century farm programs. in order to qualify the same farm must own the farm for at least 100 consecutive years. family member must live on the farm. on a permanent basis. and the farm must consist of at least 10 acres of the original holding. or gross more than $1,000 annually from the sale of farm products. the earlyville farm has been operating since june of 1923. when giovanni, an immigrant from italy, purchased the 10.2 acres. raised his family there. and the farm has been passed down for four generations. today ernest jr. continues to work on the farm along with his nephew, mike. mike will be the great grandson of giovanni. thank you to the family for your work to feed american families and congratulations for this emarkable -- remark

speaker. it's a privilege to yield to the chairman on the committee on the budget, mr. arrington, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. arrington: policies have consequences. over the last two years we've seen a string of self-inflicted crises because of my democrat colleagues and this president. i'll give you two examples. $11 trillion over two years from my democrat colleagues. $6 trillion went to the national debt, all of which lit the fuse on this inflation firestorm, this cost of living crisis that is punishing working families from coast to coast. we've got to stop the spending that's bankrupting this great country of ours. this president's dereliction of duties to uphold the laws of the land, his failure to provide for a common defense, to defend our sovereign borders, and to put the safety and security of the american people first has created unmitigated and unprecedented crisis at the border where we are being flooded with criminal activity and dru

speaker. can i join in the words, i pay tribute from one last week. despite being charged with terrorism, he was not held in a prison. why not? >> mr. speaker, i would like to thank police and their partners and there is a legal process that has to be taken but i would like to reassure the public this is extremely rare and there is an internal investigation how this could happen and we can learn lessons and make sure this never happens again. >> the truth is that presiding over mayhem, only a few short months ago ministers have blood on their hands that led to her murder so we are back here once again. the conditions are so bad it should be shot down. anyone listens he raised concerns months ago. school buildings, prisons, why does the prime minister keep ignoring this? >> should know better that because of the wide variety considerable differences of people charged, it is not and has never been the policy. something i shouldn't need to say but talked about resorting, i am happy to say we have

speaker. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. mr. takano: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. grothman: i yield four minutes to the author, mr. mark green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. green: i thank chairwoman foxx to speak about my vital piece of legislation. i rise today as a avid hunter and fisherman and want to see these skills passed down to the next generation. my pill the hunting heritage and education act will prohibit the department of education from withholding federal funds from programs, hunter safety courses and cullinary classes. the biden's administration unfairly targeting archery and shooting programs in k-12 schools. it didn't address fencing programs. democrats and republicans agree that the biden administration missed the target. here in congress we agreed by a long shot. the bill came out of committee unanimously. under the departme

speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. september 13, 2023. i hereby appoint the honorable dick have a loada, to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house on january 9, 2023, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, for five minutes. mr. molinaro: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize september as national suicide prevention month. the mental health of our nation and crisis remains the crate depress public health -- greatest public health crisis of our life

speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. i want you folks to know that i won't be as eloquent as my friends, but i won't be as long either. so y'all will be able to get out of here if you're waiting for a break. and if you need to get up and go, you go. you're not hurting my feelings one bit. mr. speaker, i am absolutely disgusted with the way our government spends money and where it puts its priorities. we've spent over $114 billion on ukraine. don't get me wrong, putin is a thug and i wish the lord would take him out. but russia's g.d.p. is somewhere between that of france and canada. we've given afghan refugees over $2,200 a month and we only sent the maui residents a single, one single $700 payment when they lost everything. illegal aliens cost the texas taxpayers somewhere around $850 million. and, folks, we're over $33 trillion in debt. fitch, which is a rating agency, recently downgraded the united states' credit rating because of the general government deficit, which it anticipates will be 6.3% of gross domestic prod

thank you, madam speaker. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, dr. ruiz, for five minutes. mr. ruiz: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: so directed. >> madam speaker, i rise today to urge house republicans to investigate one of the modern american scandals and political cons. why did the saudi government give jared keusher in $2 billion just months after he left the trump white house? kushner,-who overawe middle east policy for his father-in-law was a serious conflict of interest crimes. let's review. first, jared keusher in conned his way to a cushy white house job with no clear job description or experience. then he took it upon himself to prioritize pushing out the u.s. secretary of state so he could cozy up to the saudi government. now once he was close enough to the saudis we have records of $110 billion arms deal between the u.s. and saudi arabia that was inflated at the direction of jared kushner. the

speaker. it's a privilege to yield to the chairman on the committee on the budget, mr. arrington, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. arrington: policies have consequences. over the last two years we've seen a string of self-inflicted crises because of my democrat colleagues and this president. i'll give you two examples. $11 trillion over two years from my democrat colleagues. $6 trillion went to the national debt, all of which lit the fuse on this inflation firestorm, this cost of living crisis that is punishing working families from coast to coast. we've got to stop the spending that's bankrupting this great country of ours. this president's dereliction of duties to uphold the laws of the land, his failure to provide for a common defense, to defend our sovereign borders, and to put the safety and security of the american people first has created unmitigated and unprecedented crisis at the border where we are being flooded with criminal activity and dru

speaker. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady from virgin islands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. as we in washington argue over the budget, and the depletion of fema funds for rebuilding, children in the virgin islands are suffering from excessive heat and-n classrooms. that has affected the academic calendar year of students in the territory. excessive heat has literally contributed to substantial interruption of the learning at a critical part of this school year. students have been so deeply affected by these issues that they have taken to the streets on the island of st. croix to protest the current administration's what they believe lack of maintenance of the school. our students have embraced the spirit of protest that runs so strongly in the he

speaker. i rise today to honor our guest chaplain, bishop michael e. dantley, of christ emmanuel christian fellowship, in walnut hills, in the city of cincinnati. he's been the senior pastor for over 40 years, almost 50 years. he has worked to establish a grade school, built a program for homeless, formerly incarcerated, and men battling addiction. he's been honored by numerous community groups including the urban league of greater southwestern ohio, and uplifts his congregation with messages of hope and healing every week. as you heard today, he invokes action to act for the good of our neighbors, especially the least of these. bishop dantley has been a guide and source of strength for me. inspiring me to act even when i wasn't sure i could. to act in service of those i represent, especially those most marginalized. thank you, bishop dantley, not just for joining me today but for your decades of service to our community and our country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will en

speaker. sadly the world isn a conflict we did not choe. between dictators with re of gun opposin democracy was re of law. war crinal putin began the current conflict invading ukraine in february, 2022. shocked to find out the ukrainians courageously sted. president trump provided javelin missil and tried to deter putin when troops in poland. today the west is united with swedennd finlandoining nato and the european union surpasses americanid for ukraine. simultaneously, t chinese communist party dies taiwan existence and the regime in tehran continues nuclear missile development to achieve death to israel, death to america. fellow dictators clearly see the conflict as dictor of democracy and north korean kim jong-un joins putin. supporters ofemocracy must remain united as there is no third side t achieve peace through strength. the choice is clear, dictators or democracy. inonclusio god bless our troops who sucssfully protected america for0 years as the global war on terrorism continues movin

speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule

speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 2795, an act to amend title 38 united states code to extend and mod sifi certain requirements and authorities in which concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. motions to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3981. senate 475. and h.r. 663. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. pursuant to cl clause 8 of rule, the unfinished business is on the vote of the motion by the gentleman from illinois, mr. bost, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3981 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk: union calendar number 153, h.r. 3981, a bill to amend title 38, united states code to improve the met

speaker. and i yield back.he speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection mr. payne: mr. speaker, i rise today to address the impending government shutdown. 1980, 14 times the government was shutdown and all of them initiated by the republicans. the last one in 2018 cost our country $3 billion. now speaker mccarthy -- mccarthy. and senate republicans have a bipartisan bill to prevent a shutdown but speaker mccarthy won't even consider it. it will stop paychecks tore millions of americans and stop law enforcement from fentanyl from entering our communities and make our borders weaker. i don't know that they will win with a government shutdown but i do know that it is the american people who will lose and voters will remember this action in the future. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman f

speaker. as the chairman of the legislative graunch subcommittee and appropriations which has very specific jurisdiction over member pay, i just want to say plainly and unambiguously, in the 70 pages in this thing directly or indirectly, there is nothing, there is nothing that will lead to a member pay raise. mr. amodei: that will be next week where it is appropriately considered on the floor in terms of cost of living or other things on the floor. ms. delauro: will the gentleman yield? mr. amodei: yes, i will. ms. delauro: i would make reference to page 7 of the 71-page document, and in the senate bill they include a line that says -- the senate bill includes the blocking or the prohibition on a member pay raise. that has been dropped from the bill that has just been proposed. ms. amodei: reclaiming my time, with all due respect, the definition of a c.r. is you go forward. there is nothing to block in going forward with last year's -- that language still applies. thank you, good morning, and

speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. kustoff, for five minutes. mr. kustoff: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor, remember, and celebrate the life of a dear friend and mentor. donald kenneth sundquist, known as don. don passed away this year on august 27. over his long and successful career, don served as a business leader, a member of congress from his election in 1982, serving for six consecutive terms, and as governor of the state of tennessee from 1995 until 2003. now, in public office and out of public office don cared greatly and profoundly about the people of tennessee and worked tirelessly for their betterment. don was born in illinois and earned his bachelor degree from augusta college. and after graduation don served for two years in the united states navy. after an extensive business career, don was elected to this very body in 1982 from the 7th congressional district of tennessee. don was known as what was then called a reagan republican. ma

. - [speaker 2] yes god. - [mae] thanking you for your many, many blessings. - [speaker 2] oh, yes, godhank you. - [mae] lord, you have been so good to us. - [speaker 2] thank you lord. yes, lord. - [mae] down through the years. - [speaker 2] yes. - [mae] you brought us this far. - [speaker 2] yes. - [mae] and you never left us. - [speaker 2] yes, sir. - [mae] and we can't praise you enough. - [speaker 2] yes, sir. - [mae] as we go today in adventure, that's new to us. get in the midst of god. - [speaker 2] yes god. - [mae] and help us to do your will. we know that you are able and we know you can. - [speaker] yes. - strengthen us oh god. - [speaker 2] oh yes. - look down on little old me god. - [speaker 2] yes, yes. - [mae] it was all that love. - [speaker 2] yes. - [mae] we have inside of us for one for another. - [speaker] yes. - [mae] do these for us holy father, we'll be so very, very, very careful in giving your name the praise. in jesus name we pray amen. - [group] amen. ♪ i'm gonna walk through the streets of the city ♪ ♪ where my love one has gone on before ♪ ♪ oh yeah ♪ ♪ i'm

speaker. as the chairman of the legislative graunch subcommittee and appropriations which has very specific jurisdiction over member pay, i just want to say plainly and unambiguously, in the 70 pages in this thing directly or indirectly, there is nothing, there is nothing that will lead to a member pay raise. mr. amodei: that will be next week where it is appropriately considered on the floor in terms of cost of living or other things on the floor. ms. delauro: will the gentleman yield? mr. amodei: yes, i will. ms. delauro: i would make reference to page 7 of the 71-page document, and in the senate bill they include a line that says -- the senate bill includes the blocking or the we break for live remarks from speaker mccarthy. speaker mccarthy it is clear i have tried every way listening to every person in the congress. when we went to vote, we passed it. it was tough but we got it through. what i have wanted the bill we

speaker. that same sentiment was echoed by current house republican members. so last week, you wasted time fighting each other as opposed to finding the common ground necessary to reach a bipartisan spending agreement. the chair, former chair, top democrat on the house appropriations committee, rosa delauro made it clear from the very beginning, she was ready to sit down and talk to her republican counterpart any time, any place, ready, willing and able to find bipartisan common ground. but we couldn't find a partner on the other side, so we proceeded in conversation with senate democrats and senate republicans and the biden administration. all in alignment in a strongly bipartisan bill to avert a government shutdown earlier this week. that passed in a motion procedurally to advance the legislation 77-19, strongly bipartisan. and we were a part of those conversations thanks to rosa delauro. that's a bill that would avoided the government shutdown and give us another 45 days or so to work throu

speaker.all speak the whole. the warmestst welcome to the neighborhood. he's already made history for the largest majority ever. [chanting] some came through. mr. speaker, the single primary store collapsed in may, 2018. no children were injured. was deemed dangerous at last collapse and everyone knew the problem existed yet the prime minister decided school maintenance, does he agree with his education secretary that he should be fine for doing a good job? >> mr. speaker, i know how concerned parents are but i want to start by ensuring we are doing everything we can and in the face of new information. 22000 in england and the majority will be affected. then two thirds, it's actually not present and they have been infected so far a dedicated caseworker and providing funding and in the majority of cases children will attend school and mitigations that typically takes weeks to complete. we'll do everything we can to support and get children back as quickly as possible. >> this labor in 2010 desc

speaker. the clerk: the speaker's roops, september 14 -- rooms, september 14, 2023. i hereby appoint the honorable morgan luttrell to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2023, the chair will now recognize members from the lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with type equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 apple. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. correa, for five minutes. mr. correa: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise to celebrate 45 years, 45th anniversary, of the stores in fullerton, california. it is a very important cornerstone of our community in orange county. .county. ph

speaker. i rise today to celebrate a remarkable collaboration between cold zero premium spirits and cedar ridge distillery that embodies the spirit of giving back and honoring our veterans. casey, a former green beret, brought together friends and colleagues from the military and co-founded cold zero in iowa. this year members of cold zero spirits spent the 22nd anniversary of 9/11 terror attack, bottling whiskey. each bottle is signed by one of six medal of honor recipients, including cedar rapids native. as we approach veterans day, let us remember the profound impact we can have on the lives of our veterans by rallying around organizations and businesses who support them and veteran owned. thank you cold zero premium spirits and cedar ridge dill disry for your inspiring efforts to make a difference. i would like to wish a happy birthday to the most special man in my life, my house kirk, happy birthday. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: -- my husband, kirk. happy birthday. wit

speaker. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 5860, as modified. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing how many i do not know how many times you will have the south. but there is one thing you should start understanding. not just that i will never give up, but i am the type of conservative that wants to get things done. it is easy to be a conservative that wants to do nothing. i believe america wants to find the conservative that can make government work efficiently, income and accountability. that is what we are doing in our appropriations process. in the wasteful spending, the wokism, most important lead to secure our b

the speaker pro tempore: so moved. mr. mccollum: the the speaker caved again because they refused to write a bill to get bipartisan support. here we are debating the ukraine assistance again. as i said in the rules debate, we debated this funding twice yesterday. the biggs amendment was rejected by the house by a vote of 104-330. and the gaetz amendment was rejected by this house, 93-339. we debated this. this house considered similar amendments in the national defense re-authorization act earlier this summer. and at that time the greene amendment was rejected by a vote of 89-341 and the gaetz amendment was rejected by 70-385. these amendments were rejected because a majority of this house stands for preserving democracy. we stand for working with our democratic allies in preventing vladimir putin through seizing land through force. and these amendments were rejected because of the strong bipartisan support for including consistent funding for ukraine in the base defense bill. the ukraine security assistance initiative has

speaker. as chairman of the house foreign affairs middle east, north african, asia subcommittee i'm grateful to recognize the third anniversary of the successful abraham accords on september 15. under the leadership of president trump, this historic agreement between israel, the united arab emirates, united states, and later bahrain, morocco, and sudan represent the most significant step toward a stable and positive arab-israeli relationship in modern history. it marked the first public normalization of relations between an arab country and israel since jordan in 1994. in june, i led the bipartisan u.s.-israel partnership and abraham accords enhancement act of 2023 which re-authorizes key cooperative programs between the united states and israel and fosters the utilization of,isting programs to help expand the aa ham accords. our thoughts and prayers are with the people of morocco and earthquake recovery. in conclusion, god bless our troops who successfully protected america for 20 years at gl

speaker. mr. speaker, this month we observe the 50th anniversary of the coup in chile. it is important to note the role that the house played in declassifying documents relating to the united states' role in the coup. tribute to our former colleague, maurice hinchy, he introduced legislation to declassify documents related to the coup in chile. following his leadership, i took his legislation to the house committee, house intelligence committee conference discussion. in our markup of the conference report of the intelligence authorization act for fiscal year 2000, i was successful in gettinghe amendment passed in the committee that mirrored the hinchy legislation. this language was sustained on the floor and when the f.y. 2000 bill was signed by president clinton, it became law. theegislation stated that no longer than 270 days following enact nlt, we -- enactment, we wanted a shorter period of time, they wanted a longer period of time, this was the compromise, 270 days following the enactment, th

speaker. i rise today to honor captain eleanor cook. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the captain eleanor cooke. to friends and family she was known as elie. the fifth of eight children of david and victoria lebeau. she graduated from high school in 2012 before attending murray state university in contract c in 2018, she answered the call of service and joined the marine corps and become ago pilot. it was in the marines where she met her beloved husband, chase. elie received the national defense service medal, global war on terror service headal, and sea service deployment ribbon. in march of this year, she was prompted -- promoted to captain three weeks ago elie lost her life in a v-22 osprey crash on training mission off the coast of australia. two other fellow marines passed away as well. her family and her home community mourn her loss. so does countless other southern illinoisans. she was special. as her obituary noted, there was just something ab

speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. who claims time? the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is prepared to close. ms. delauro: we are not prepared to close. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. -- . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: just to reiterate what i said earlier and we now have the language in both the senate bill and the house bill. this -- and it's really not so clean a continuing resolution as it has been portrayed. this strikes the member pay prohibition. in effect giving members a pay raise. let me just explain. if you have a copy of the bill, which is on page 7, in the senate bill there's language that the legislative branch appropriations bill, what division it is, etc., section 6, provides really what it does is the senate -- the senate bill prohibits

speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cole: thank you. i want to begin by reminding my friend -- again, we agree on this issue and both feel strongly in support of ukraine. i know my friend will vote accordingly, so will i. the reality is this measure actually makes it more likely that ukraine will get support, not less likely. as a part of the defense bill, that bill may or may not pass and my friends are united on that opposition. and that's their right to do so. but they actually do support this particular measure almost unanimously. why not take it out of a bill that may or may not pass the floor and have a separate vote? my friends will actually be able to vote to move forward something they agree with, and quite frankly, something the majority of my conference agrees with. so i don't see how this imperils ukrainian funding but makes it almost certain. moreover, i do believe discussion on this floor has considerable merit on th

speaker. that it represents working-class people. 4500 pounds per year, does the prime minister agree with me that is unacceptable for londoners to face the unacceptable task and do everything he can to help working people. >> mr. speaker, it is disappointing that -- charging hard-working people 12 pounds 50, adding to the burden of the cost of living. while we focus on helping hard-working families. >> can i join the prime minister , think we all speak for the whole house we speak on that subject. i would also like to extend the warmest of him to our new labor member. he's already made history for the labour party but overturning the largest tory majority ever. i would also welcome the honorable members from oxbridge and south raichlen. mr. speaker, the root of single well primary school collapsed, thankfully happened on the weekend and no children were injured. everyone knew the problem existed in other schools. yet the prime minister decided to half the budget for school mountain -- school

mr speaker and now speaker.port to with energy support to help with energy bills and everything to bills and everything else to people we will people in scotland, and we will continue so. continue to do so. >> completes >> that completes prime minister's the just minister's questions the just sit down. no, there we have the first pmqs for seven weeks. >> and as the speaker, sir lindsay hoyle reflected , lindsay hoyle reflected, everyone or people were excited to be back at school . to be back at school. >> however, we had the information just before pmqs kicked off that some schools aren't back because of the 104 schools affected by the concrete crisis. 19, we're being told, will have the start of term delayed for having to use fully remote learning . so that set the remote learning. so that set the scene for a pretty feisty common session. what it did our guests think. >> we are joined in the studio by labour mp for birmingham , by labour mp for birmingham, perry barr, khalid mahmood and conservative mp for wit

removed as speaker of the house. a very real possibility at this point. so i think alex is right, the course of events are really being dictated by the democrats and by this conservative faction. mccarthy is dancing as fast as he can, trying to sort of keep all of these plates spinning at the same time, but it could all come crashing down at any moment. one other thing i would say is, it was really stunning to hear all of this talk about the need to deal with the border and to basically abandon ukraine. the lesson of the last 23 years was that if you leave things to fester, because it's, quote, unquote, not our business or not as important, you leave that to happen in afghanistan, where a guy named osama bin laden declares war on the united states in 1996, nobody pays any attention, until five years later we have 9/11. it is absolutely vital to be engaged overseas. that's what the president has been saying over and over again. the notion that this can just be left alone and we'll sort of work it out later is a really

speaker. as the chairman of the legislative graunch subcommittee and appropriations which has very specific jurisdiction over member pay, i just want to say plainly and unambiguously, in the 70 pages in this thing directly or indirectly, there is nothing, there is nothing that will lead to a member pay raise. mr. amodei: that will be next week where it is appropriately considered on the floor in terms of cost of living or other things on the floor. ms. delauro: will the gentleman yield? mr. amodei: yes, i will. ms. delauro: i would make reference to page 7 of the 71-page document, and in the senate bill they include a line that says -- the senate bill includes the blocking or the we break for live remarks from speaker mccarthy. speaker mccarthy it is clear i have tried every way listening to every person in the congress. when we went to vote, we passed it. it was tough but we got it through. what i have wanted the bill we put on the floor yesterday that would secure our border and cut waste fo

speaker. at some point the government has rightly decided and swiftly acted. he talked about school budgets talked about what i have done, but let me just walk him through the facts of actually what that review did. funding for school maintenance and rebuilding will average 2.6 billion pounds a year over this parliament, representing a 20% increase of the year before. indeed, mr. speaker, far from cutting budgets as he alleges, the amount spent last year was the highest in a decade. mr. speaker, that spending review maintains the tory building program, delivering 500 jobs over a decade and is completely consistent with what happen previously. it is worth pointing out that during the parliamentary debate on that spending review, the labour party did not raise the issue one single time. before he jumps on the next political bandwagon, he should get his facts straight. mr. speaker, carmel college in darlington was on the building list in 2010. they scrapped it, and now children there are in a cru

green: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, and still i rise. and i rise today at this moment to call attention to a news story reported by cnn. i have a news article that has been printed and the style of the article reads, seattle police officer under investigation as footage shows him saying woman's life had limited value. after she was fatally hit by a police car. madam speaker, this lack of empathy and sympathy, this is what i would call, as has been called by others, shockingly insensitive. insensitive. i do believe there must be a thorough investigation. and for those who have not had the opportunity to see what i'm calling to your attention, it is available to you on the interne. but this officer made a comment that concerns me, and i believe it would concern many others. one of the comments made was the person is a regular person, a regular person. i believe that all people merit the same amount of respect. i don't know what a regular person is. but in this dialogue with anothr person, he is known to have said yeah, just write a check a

speaker. >> thank you for your many years. this morning colleagues and others in addition i shall have further such meetings today. the wealth of billionaires have skyrocketed over the past decade and these standups since the 1950s important family is struggling to make ends meet and a different set of rules and members of the house trying to exploit to avoid paying their fair share. the most powerful men in the country. no billionaire should qualify for inequality. >> mr. speaker, the facts tell a different story. you mentioned a number of people, i'm pleased to say 1.7 million fewer people today so understand that things are challenging right now which is why we put in place records to help them the most vulnerable society with record amounts of payments going to millions across the country including the power of. >> we have the opportunity to be the first in the world by 2030. to reach this progress, my constituency so will the prime minister commit to more about this testing? >> thank you

the problem is he's got the same problem speaker boehner had before him, that speaker ryan had before him, which is keep herding cats. he is not like speaker pelosi on the democratic side, who could sort of grab people by the collar in their own caucus and say, we've got to do this to keep the government open. it probably makes sense to do a 45-day cr. but where's the ukraine money? and now we're kicking this down the road. now we're going to have to have the same argument. >> perhaps as you draw the comparison that house speaker pelosi was able to corral people before. we're not seeing that's house speaker mccarthy's style. however, if he is to get some time with this extra 45 days, perhaps he's looking at it as this gives him time to try to corral everyone. with this minority, it's all or nothing. they are succeeding thus far, because he seems lik e he's sub v>> this is the sort of end point. house members of congress backed him to be speaker with the threat that if they didn't get what they wanted down the road, something like this might happen. when you're the speaker, you've got

the speaker: i talked to the conference. -i our goal in taking the majority was to change washington. for a number of years, i think five, eight years the senate wouldn't pass appropriation bills. we watched at the end of last year, omnibus bill that never goes through committee got jammed. i pledged we would never put an omnibus on the floor. we did something different in the debt ceiling. we put the 1% cut across the board if you don't pass all 12 bills within the next year. everybody was upset by it, but i tpaoeurplly believe structure changes behavior. and it's tough. people fight t now we have been able to move on both -- fight it. now we have been able to move on both sides the bills out of committee. frustration here because i am frustrated with the committee. some people in the conference. we had the d.o.d. appropriation bill yesterday. couldn't put it on the floor. i don't have one complaint by any member of what's wrong with this bill. we are going to give a pay raise to those e-1's in there only making 20 some tho