because you are an i.r.s. agent or i.r.s. executive. the i.r.s.s the biggest agency in this -- in the treasury department and in this bill. and it is on the basis of which all other agencies and departments operate because that's where the revenue comes from. and the revenue comes from that as well to pay the debt when we don't have enough dollars to do what we have asked them to do. i would hope that we would not continue to defame and to de demote. maybe my hope is misplaced as rewee reduced federal employees -- reduced -- we reduced federal employees one after another over and over to $1 in salary because we don't like what they do. we don't like the policies they pursue for the administration. vote no on this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from colorado is recognized. ms. boebert: i have never been more thrilled to be a part of the republican party. i would much rather stand with the american people rather than stand in this chamber and defend i.r.s. agents. 87,000 armed i.r.s. agents. i have seen the r

these i.r.s. agents that we would be eliminating saved the american taxpayers making under $400,000 a total of $4 billion. $4 billion back in the pockets of hardworking families who were promised by president biden they wouldn't see their taxes go up. and yet he wanted to put tens of thousands of i.r.s. agents looking into and raising their taxes. that won't happen if this bill passes. which is more money they need right now because prices are higher on those families. but at the end of the day, sending the message that we're willing to stand up to iran, give israel the tools they need, tomorrow we're bringing more legislation by the way in the ship act to put sanctions on iranian oil. again irk ran is at the heart and center of funding hamas. hamas started. this as the president president talks about a keys fire, hamas broke the sees fire. they made 80 billion selling their oil on the world markets. we need to pass that legislation tomorrow and hopefully a big bipartisan vote and we need to pass

to add insult, the bill would keep the i.r.s. from developing a program so americans can file their taxes for free. really? you want to make sure for-profit companies can charge tax payers to file their taxes? how cynical is that? at a at a time americans are worried about fept nil. this bill cuts funding for will the national drug control policy. this bill cuts fundings for national security council. while it cuts funding, democrats are fighting to grow the middle class by making housing more affordable. we are putting people over politics by supporting small businesses. democrats as we have been saying for the last three years, we put people over politics. unfortunately this weekend, the republican speaker of the house stated he would not put people over politics. well, today's appropriations actually prove that. there are just 11 days to fund the government. we need spending bills that are bipartisan and address the real needs of american taxpayers instead of just protecting the wealthy and well off. house democrats want to ge

go grab the i.r.s. munch maybe republicans could actually honor their commitment to end the expansion of the i.r.s. instead of just taking a vote, losing it and saying sorry. because that's what's republicans do. reporter: is there another vehicle for that? mr. roy: this is fundamentally part of my problem with this. if you think you're going to solve the border on ukraine, explain how you're going to get the votes. we have way too much opposition among plowns ukraine generally. we have never-ukraineers and the never-ukraineers are too many for us to rely upon for that for leverage for the border. you have to move to get 217 who are willing to accept some funding for ukraine, with transparency and accountability, which some like me would consider supporting if we got h.r. 2, border security. otherwise we're just in this holding pattern. i don't see ukraine moving any time soon to be honest. thanks, guys. the speaker pro tempore: you're a no on the rule on the floor and committee? mr. roy: i'm a no on th

these i.r.s. agents that we would be eliminating saved the american taxpayers making under $400,000 a total of $4 billion. $4 billion back in the pockets of hardworking families who were promised by president biden they wouldn't see their taxes go up. and yet he wanted to put tens of thousands of i.r.s. agents looking into and raising their taxes. that won't happen if this bill passes. which is more money they need right now because prices are higher on those families. but at the end of the day, sending the message that we're willing to stand up to iran, give israel the tools they need, tomorrow we're bringing more legislation by the way in the ship act to put sanctions on iranian oil. again irk ran is at the heart and center of funding hamas. hamas started. this as the president president talks about a keys fire, hamas broke the sees fire. they made 80 billion selling their oil on the world markets. we need to pass that legislation tomorrow and hopefully a big bipartisan vote and we need to pass

instead of going to the i.r.s. go to help the country of israel. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i rise -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to support federal funding to help our cities cope with the rising number of new migrant arrive willals. many mayors, including chicago's mayor brandon johnson, are asking that cities and states be allocated $5 billion in an emergency to help with the influx of new arrivals. most importantly in their request is the flexibility to decide for themselves how to allocate the funds since different cities have different needs. chicago, for example, needs the ability to provide warm clothing to families arriving with little preparation for chicago's winter. as an immigrant myself to the greatest country the world has ever known, i ask even as we debate how to prevent future border crises, we have to remember we have to help people, particularly children, who have been allo

by making cheaper and easier to purchase their free hold and exploitation of millions of homeland i.r.s. through punitive service charges. renters will benefit from stronger security tenure and better value while landlords will benefit from reforms to provide certainty that they can regain their properties when needed. my government will deliver a long-term plan to regenerate terms and put local people in control of their future. legislation will be brought forward to safeguard the future of football clubs for the benefit of communities and families. a bill will be introduced to deal with the you scourge of unlicensed pedycabs in london. my government is attacking antisemitism and ensure that the holocaust is never forgotten. a bill will progress the construction of a national holocaust memorial and learning center in victoria garden. my government will act to keep communities safe from crime, antisocial behavior, terrorism and illegal migration. a bill will be brought forward to ensure tougher sentences for the most serious offenders and increase the confidence of victims. my ministers

on this network in june i.r.s.ey said weiss complained she was denied special counsel status and could not charge hunter biden in either washington, d.c. or california all because of politics. watch. >> i have was there and i witnessed this personally and he started with he is not the deciding person whether or not charges are filed or not. >> not the deciding person on whether charges are filed with hunter biden. >> he said yesterday it is not what i said nor is it what i believed end quote. weiss made a bit of news announcing in the hearing he has never spoken to attorney general merrick garland. weiss put his request to become special counsel in writing. sources say house republicans talked to him behind closed doors because they want to do this specific investigation. in addition to federal gun charges against hunter biden weiss may plan to charge hunter biden with tax crimes in california where he currently lives or washington, d.c. stay tuned on that. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: let's bring in martha maccall

directionses like he did last week with a very good move by putting israel forward, paid-for out of the i.r.s. expansion. >> what about the bill brought up under suspension? mr. roy: that would be a bad idea. we should not be suspending the rules to -- it's $200 billion plus. i'm not going down that road but it would be a very bad idea. reporter: conservatives leading the c.r., do you think there's a path? mr. roy: i think we had a path last week but that required getting something. and that would not include adding the farm bill it to. it would include getting some sort of pay-for like we were trying to get for the fema spending we were -- we had already incurd. we're going to leave israel isolate and move this forward as it is, you can't add the farm bill and you need to put put something on there to make it worth some of us eating poll swis don't want to eat this continues to have funding for the united nations. continues to have funding for umwra. we are funding that. we're funding that as we speak. we're continuing to fund poll swirs strongly opposed to. why would we do that? yes, i can

the so-called pay for cutting funding for the i.r.s. according to the c.b.o.the deficit because you won't have people out there to collect taxes. it wasn't so much about paying for it as it was making this as partisan as possible. to try to make it more difficult for democrats to vote for it. which is problematic because we have bipartisan support on funding israel. and historically, we've worked in a bipartisan way to support israel, on this breaks that. and creates a partisan divide. and as far as the senate is concerned, part of it is maybe we link this to ukraine. actually, a lot of different issues in play. you've got israel. you've got ukraine. you've got what to do about the border, a very legitimate issue. and then you've got keeping the government open past november 17th and finally, actually pas passing appropriations bills before the end of the year. all of those things have to come together and everyone has a slightly different opinion about how they should come together. so we have to resolve that. >> neil: you're closer to all of it than i am, i

supposedly to pay for the cost of aiding israel, they're going to slash the i.r.s. budget. c.b.o. today just indicated that will cost us over $26 billion in revenue and will increase the cost of aiding israel. and i'm here to say as the chair of the bipartisan -- co-chair of the bipartisan c.p.a. caucus and someone who taught tax law at harvard law school and as someone who headed the second largest tax agency in this country, that c.b.o. number is way too low. the long-term effects will be devastating on our ability to collect taxes. so we need a bipartisan bill on this floor, not a bill that supposedly is going to help israel but actually is designed to hurt israel, help hamas and then die in the senate. now, the numbers coming from gaza about casualties are something a c.p.a. should look at. we know that what happened at the hospital, they dramatically overstated the casualties and then america said with a high degree of confidence now from our intel community that that was a rocket fired by hamas or islamic jihad that failed to reach its target and instead fell on a palestinia

they want to cut i.r.s. funding that would force the wealthy tax cheating americans and the corporations to pay their fair share and rob our country of $3 trillion in new revenue. these are not the actions of a party dedicated to the best interests of americans. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york 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 gentleman is recognized for one minute. 102 veteran who served our nation with dedication and valor. on december 7, reports he drove to the recruitment station pilot. and southern germany and striking hitler's retreat in the bavarian alps. after the war, he continued to serve his exeunt working as a tool and die maker until he and husband and raised two daughters in western new york. his contributions to our community have been recognized by his supervisor. n

but instead of making sure the i.r.s. the tools it needs to go after wealthy tax cheats, this bill slashes their budget by $22 billion. for every dollar cut from i.r.s. law enforcement we tend to lose $2 in tax revenue. republicans are clearly bad at budgeting when they are giving away revenue. but wait, there's more. republicans like to say they are the party of law and order, but this bill also cuts the f.b.i.'s law enforcement by $400 million. cutting the f.b.i.'s budget would hurt our rural communities. f.b.i. agents can bring in technology and tools that help solve crimes that a small police force, like in my district, just don't have. how can we expect to interdict fentanyl in our rural areas or go after criminal cartels when we are cutting the f.b.i. and cutting the department of justice which would prosecute those despicable traffickers of death and despair. republicans are clearly bad at making sure criminals are investigated, charged, tried, and sent to prison. but wait, that's not all. while democrats are putti

s former secretary general is identified in i.r.s. filings as the person who possesses the organization's books and records for a.m.p.'s fiscal sponsor americans for justice in palestine educational foundation. today he's active in a.m.p.'s chicago chapter. sal raised funds for the holy land found airks today he's chair of the 501-c-3 that's the fiscal sponsor of a.m.p. he spent eight months in an israeli jail for hamas activity he used a bank account from his furniture store in milwaukee to send money to a hamas leader. today he owns a wisconsin furniture store that advertises and fundraises at a.m.p.'s annual conferences. finally a.m.p.'s current chairman and j.: -- and s.j.p.'s founder helped raise money for kind hearts. these and other a.m.p. figures are promoting pro-hamas sentiment across america today. a.m.p. is lobbying legislators here on capitol hill. those members of congress include and are not limited to representatives ilhan omar, rashida tlaib, january schakowsky, betty mccollum, summer lee, bill pascrell, andre carson,

we achieve this you through i.r.s. funds. and to compare the bill to last year, we need to be honest about what the fiscal year 2023 bill actually contained. first, i would like to point out that last year my democratic friends labeled them $3.6 billion as emergency funding. we do not repeat that mistake this year. second, the transportation, housing and urban development bill uses receipts from h.u.d. back to offset spending. in 2023 this provided $10 billion. fiscal year 22024 that is down by 70%. few people want to refinance at 8% interest rate. the funding was $101 billion in 2023 chaired to $93 billion in the same bill before us today. this is a decrease of $8 billion and bringing it slightly below the 2022 level. every year, areas across government face unavoidable cost increases in some programs. we need to be fiscally responsible. this bill cuts excess, removing duplication and trimming programs that are popular on both sides of the aisle. but we make some priorities -- we also made sure to prioritize the core mission

this effort the house gop has passed the stand alone israel funding measure taking the money from the i.r.she has said because he knows there is a lot of pressure on the senate side as well we'll do ukraine funding. maybe coupled up with border funding or something else. senate side you have the top senate republican and democrat in step with the white house. they want the package to include everything, ukraine, israel. taiwan, border. we'll talk with johnson how he navigates that. we are running out of money in 14 days again. >> dana: i had forgotten about that actually. 14 days. >> it's coming. how will he navigate that? >> bill: mike dewine will be with you. they'll vote on abortion in ohio on tuesday. perhaps some of these red states how they feel about that issue being thrown back to them. shannon, have an awesome show. see you on sunday. thank you. >> right now on the democrat side the progressives have really no idea what they are talking about. they are driving a lot of this younger generation to what i think is really bad decisions. >> bill: radical progressives driving the nationa

the house passed the gop's 14 1/2 billion dollar israel aid bill using funds designated to beef up i.r.s. powers. president biden vowing a veto. sen senate majority leader said it won't make it to the senate floor. fox team coverage four. mike tobin on the ground in southern israel. we begin with peter doocy at the white house. >> for somebody who is not in direct contact with hamas president biden is speaking confidently about getting all of the americans who are still captive in gaza out. >> [inaudible question] >> president biden is not caving to progressive pressure to support a cease-fire. he is for a pause but there is really no guarantee hamas is going to pause ever. >> as you push the israelis for humanitarian pauses, are they just supposed to sit back and let hamas attack them and attack them and attack them and not fight back? >> we have been crystal clear that israel has a right to defend themselves. my goodness. >> a pause means they can still shoot back? >> we're giving them security assistance almost every day. do we advocate pauses by both sides here? temporary localized t

just because he has gotten away with criminal activity by the d.o.j., f.b.i., i.r.s., doesn't mean heeated that way by the house oversight committee. >> bill: now the battle lines are drawn and hunter biden says he is willing to testify before that committee but only if it's public and only before cameras. the panel's chairman saying that won't happen. george washington university law professor jonathan turley has written the first of many pieces about this and it's fresh today. good morning and thank you for your time. abbe lowell, the attorney for hunter biden said in part unlike members of the trump family, hunter is a private person and never worked in a family business or served in the white house or in any public office. to that you would say what, regarding a private citizen in a matter like this? >> well, i think i would state the obvious. a congressional subpoena is not like an invitation to a ball. you don't get to debate when you will show up and how. you have to show up. and the justice department or merrick garland has been very aggressive in pursuing trump associates for

>> listen, i thought the house's idea to cut the 87,000 i.r.s. agents who biden should never have hired in the first place is a good idea. if we can use that money to help our ally israel. so much the bert. in terms of our priority israel is facing a threat. everybody agrees israel needs aid. we should get it done immediately, this week. let's get that done and we can talk about ukraine, the border, taiwan, all the other things the administration has asked for. one other thing i'm a hard no on any funding for gaza until every american hostage is home. that money will go into the hands of hamas terrorists. three holding our hostages. those good americans need to come home. >> dana: interesting you bring that up. i read this morning that secretary blinken writes an op-ed in the "washington post" israel needs the aid but says the humanitarian aid must go to gaza as well. i can see your point. it is not as if the britts were providing humanitarian aid to german civilians. a lot of pushback. is it possible you could get this funding through with just

i.r.s.blower shapley testified that weiss complained he was being told he could not charge the president's son in washington, d.c. and california because of politics. weiss has said that's not true and is expected to do the same today. eight others told congress the same. a spokesperson for weiss telling fox news mr. weiss is prepared to take this unprecedented step of testifying before the conclusion of his investigation to make clear that he has had and continues to have full authority over his investigation and to bring charges in any jurisdiction. dana, d.o.j. officials told house republicans they had one opportunity to interview david weiss. they could do it in public or private. they chose to interview him behind closed doors for a transcribed interview and that's what we see today. several d.o.j. sources say top brass preferred weiss to testify in public in front of cameras. why? that way there is no spin and public can see that weiss and attorney general have nothing to hide. this co

we send a bill over to the senate, democrats kill it because they'd rather side with the i.r.s. than israel. and we can't -- they want to external terminate the jews in thraism don't hide bind it, they don't shy away from it. i'm in an empty chamber because everybody wants to go home and have their turkey and we haven't done anything. literally the house republican majority, what we've accomplished this year is the following. we have increased the debt of the united states $4 trillion to $6 trillion, we don't actually know the amount because we set a date to january, 2025, with skyrocketing interest rates. so it's going to be a $4 trillion to $6 trillion increase in your debt. check. what else have we done? well we passed two continuing resolutions of the nancy pelosi spending bills and priorities. something to the tune of probably about $600 billion or $700 billion when you add the farm bill into it. that's what we've done. that's what the republican majority has done. when are we going to act like a republican majority and start fighting? when are we going to do anything to tr

get from taking that same amount from all of the money that was added for those 87,000 people at the i.r.s. who will knock on our doors personally, i guess, there will be so many of them. fox has obtained a white house memo titled house republicans set an unprecedented bar for helping israel defend itself. it reads this way. this is a time for all of us to come together and not undermine our national security that is internal point scoring over safety in the world. it sounds like they are writing it to themselves. what is your response? >> well, again, it's bad policy, not money. we have to pay for these -- we have to pay for this aid. and i certainly support pulling it from the waste that we've seen in the last several years. but again whether it is biden backing us into a stalemate, a war of attrition because he didn't give ukraine what he needed up front. dithered us into this stalemate. a wide open border. he is asking for more money to process more people rather than putting title 42, remain in mexico and policies in place that would deter these migrants from coming and finally, iran

but just as it was wrong to tie israel aid for i.r.s. to go after tax cheats, it is wrong to passing essential aid for our allies. we need comprehensive immigration reform and protect our dreamers and support our allies. our latino communities and asylum seekers and allies abroad deserve better. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life and legacy of my friend and constituent a devoted champion for educational equity. he believed that education was a powerful tool to realize our collective potential and dreams. as a teacher, he helped students find power and joy in learning and as an organizing with the chicago teachers union. he committed his time on earth of building a future for everyone. his passion was infectious and i am going to miss him dearly. to his family and loved ones kn

is recognized by the i.r.s. nonprofit.igher learning education, and liberty, equal, equal in their classification. to say what was said for 2 1/2 minutes, to actually misdirect and try to misattribute my purpose was in ascribing of motivations that should have been taken down. i rise no to speak in support of my amendment that would strike down the funding for higher education account and provides appropriations for grant programs that provide direct taxpayer support for higher institutions. the direct subsidy has been more damaging than any realized. coupled with direct government assistance has increased costs. college costs are out of control. harvard, total cost of attending four years is now around $300,000. college costs have risen to this level because d.c. is heavily subsidizing tuition through federal grants and loans leaving colleges and universities free to increase their prices because they know the federal government is going to pick up the tab in between. and in fy-23, we enacted a level of $2.994 billion mor

the offset in this bill slashing i.r.s. staff actually adds to the deficit and would allow billionaires to get away with cheating on their taxes. in matters of foreign policy, especially with crucial allies like israel, we must rise above partisan politics. when a bipartisan supplemental appropriation bill containing aid for israel comes back from the senate without poison pills, i'll wholeheartedly support it. that's the clear path forward here. and the best way to support our friend and alley, israel. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to point out that once again our water situation in california is extremely important to the whole country for our food s

we send a bill over to the senate, democrats kill it because they'd rather side with the i.r.s. than israel. and we can't -- they want to external terminate the jews in thraism don't hide bind it, they don't shy away from it. i'm in an empty chamber because everybody wants to go home and have their turkey and we haven't done anything. literally the house republican majority, what we've accomplished this year is the following. we have increased the debt of the united states $4 trillion to $6 trillion, we don't actually know the amount because we set a date to january, 2025, with skyrocketing interest rates. so it's going to be a $4 trillion to $6 trillion increase in your debt. check. what else have we done? well we passed two continuing resolutions of the nancy pelosi spending bills and priorities. something to the tune of probably about $600 billion or $700 billion when you add the farm bill into it. that's what we've done. that's what the republican majority has done. when are we going to act like a republican majority and start fighting? when are we going to do anything to tr

first time, republicans in this body will condition that aid and try to add legislation to rescind i.r.s. agents that will cost the united states treasury $12.5 billion. this is dangerous reckless and irresponsible. irresponsible because it costs the treasury money. reckless because it is conditioning aid for the first time. and dangerous because it puts israel in a precarious position. i urge my colleagues not to allow this bill to come to the floor. instead put a clean supplemental bill on the floor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or votes objected to clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. mccaul: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass house resolution 559. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 55

we heard how the taxpayer had lost hundreds of billions of dollars to bad actors from the i.r.s. and a central tactic in such fraud was identity theft, which is at the very heart of what this d-18 group is about. we have here a federal entity marketing a service to a federal customer that is intended to assure identity, but that federal entity is not telling the truth. this targets 18-f. why 18-f and not login.gov itself? this is because since its inception in 2014 in the wake of the health care.gov debacle, trouble has followed 18-f around. it was envisioned to be a tech savvy group within the federal government that would bring start-ups to a high level of competency to usher federal agencies into the digital era. in practice it was no more than a group run amuck. a group run amuck that intended to deceive people and yet at the same time lie about what they were doing. in 2016, the i.g. report issued describing how 18-f had run a deficit of $31 million between 2014 and the third quarter of 2016, even though it was supposed to generate enough revenue to cover its costs. in 2017,

we cut the heart and soul out of the i.r.s. when they're collecting millions of dollars.m tax cheats. it's a revenue problem. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. delawyer re: i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the no has it. the amendment is agreed to. not agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 142 printed in part b of house report 118-272. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. smucker: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 142 printed in part b of house report 118-272. offered by mr. smucker of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 864, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. smucker, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. smucker: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to ask f

go grab the i.r.s. munch maybe republicans could actually honor their commitment to end the expansion of the i.r.s. instead of just taking a vote, losing it and saying sorry. because that's what's republicans do. reporter: is there another vehicle for that? mr. roy: this is fundamentally part of my problem with this. if you think you're going to solve the border on ukraine, explain how you're going to get the votes. we have way too much opposition among plowns ukraine generally. we have never-ukraineers and the never-ukraineers are too many for us to rely upon for that for leverage for the border. you have to move to get 217 who are willing to accept some funding for ukraine, with transparency and accountability, which some like me would consider supporting if we got h.r. 2, border security. otherwise we're just in this holding pattern. i don't see ukraine moving any time soon to be honest. thanks, guys. the speaker pro tempore: you're a no on the rule on the floor and committee? mr. roy: i'm a no on th