the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fitzpatrick: thank you. ross the nation will benefit from this pro-growth, pro-america, bipartisan tax bill. the research and development provision will boost innovation here at home maybing our in addition much more competitive against china. enhanced small business expensing will allow community businesses to three and prosper and finally more than 500,000 children in my home state of pennsylvania will benefit from the expanded child tax credit. mr. chairman, i to commend chairman smith and ranking member neal for working together to advance policies for all americans. thank youened i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. smith: i yield 30 seconds to the gentlelady from new york, ms. tenney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. tenney: thank you, mr. speaker. as a small business owner for a long time inup state new york, i join m

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. donalds: madam speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. donalds: thank you. i rise in support of s.3427, the overtime pay for protective services act of 2023. as we all know, the members of the secret service are tasked with protecting presidents and other high ranking government officials and families from harm. they staff public events providing a visible police presence, securing vital property in our nation's capitol and nationwide. they are trained and prepared to act at the first sign of danger. and while this career can be extremely rewarding, the job itself is agents and officers often working long hours around the clock, including on holidays and weekends. through these sacrifices, secret service agents and officers commit their lives to public service and deserve to be fairly compensated for their work which ishy in 2016, congress authorized allowing secret service officers and agents to earn overtime pa

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemanurpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? ett: i seek unanimous consent to addresthe house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burchett: thank you, mr. speaker. ie of my dear good friend pastor clarence sexton who passed away on december 12 at the age of 75. he was kind to me through tough times, pray with me, and congratulate me on tough wins and occasional loss. he loved the lord and everything he did was to serve him. founded crown college in 1991 to train students to serve jesus christ in local churches and across our great world. and to help spread the gospel. everyone that met him knew of his faithful noise as well as support for conservative ideals and family values which is why was given the opportunity to conduct the funeral of robert trump in 2020. my bad always used to say that preachers would just preach the gospel that we would solve mos ld's problems. pastor sexton did preach the gospel faithfully without any agenda except to serve the lord

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. right after the dobbs supreme court decision, nearly 100 pregnancy resource centers, pro-life organization, and churches, were smashed. ransacked. vandalized. graffitid. even fire bombed. while the violence has subsided, pregnancy resource centers around the country are still under attack. ministration. last year the biden administration proposed a rule at the department of health and human services that blocks states from funding pregnancy resource centers through the temporary assistance foreedily s block grant program. these centers exist to provide care and support for prying nan women looking for an alternative to abortion. movers can receive help for themselves and the health of their unborn child. including everything from diapers and vitamins to transportation and parenting classes. the biden administration's proposed rule has the potential to over2-rbgz 700 such centers around the country that in 2019 alone provided■- medical and material support to over two million women and

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from con recognized. mr. larson: i have no further speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro recognized mr. larson: well thank you mr. speaker, and i want to thank and mr. blumenauer for their incredible work in this area. this bill deserves to be on consent calendar, that's how important and straitforward it nd let us hope our colleagues in the senate see it in the same light and something important accomplished. mr. speaker, though, as i said, i cannot leave this floor as the em on social security subcommittee and not mention the fact that it's been 53 years since congress has voted anything to enhance social security. that is a disgrace. sides democrats and republicans, it's a disgrace. let's call it what it five million of our fellow americans get below poverty-level checks in the we where billionaires stopl security on january 2. come on. in the wealthiest nation in the world, how about we make sure that for they get a tax break. we are willing to give corporat t breaksw about the average working

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield. or what purpose does the gentlelady from oregon seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro te one minute. >> i rise today with a heavy heart across america countless have lost loved ones to the fentanyl crisis. in my home state five people die every dangerous drug. and in order to stop it, we need an all hands on deck approach. last week, i held a round table with law enforcement officers and local elected officials to understand how to confront this participated in discussions like this one and i hear a common theme more resources and more flexibility. congress needs to deliver more funding to help communities to fight against fentanyl and they need the tools to get these drugs off the streets and more people into treatment. no more families torn apart by addiction. end to this epidemic once and for all. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. for what purpose does the gen

the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i wish to address the louis for one minute -- to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is now recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise to support the ongoing efforts of the winter green community to build an emergency exit road to keep their residents safe. the winter green community is located within the blue bridge national park in nelson county, virginia, and home to 10,000 residents at any given time. good good good it's -- m mr. good: the community has tried to work with the park service to construct an emergency exit but has been denied every time. the community is trying to fund and create a 400-foot emergency exit road to the blue ridge parkway which would be critical to saving livings in the event of a fair. the park service continues to insist they do not have the authority to prove this action so to remedy the situation, i'm introducing the

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. granger: madam speaker, i the speaker pro tempore: ms. gra nger reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, is recognized. mr. roy: i'd like to yield three minutes to my friend from arizona, mr. crane. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. crane: thank you to my colleague from texas, mr. roy. i agree with your comments, mr. roy. this continuing resolution extends government funding at the same levels of the lame duck biden-pelosi omnibus. this will continue funding biden's disastrous policies such as the biden border crisis, biden's war on american energy production, and a woke and weaponnized bureaucracy. our nation owes $34 trillion in debt and counting and the interest the treasury department must pay a steadily marching higher and higher. over the next decade, aits are projected to double to nearly $3

■z ■■[ ñ kc ■ ■ (> ■a the speaker pro tempore: have v?ote the yeas are 19 #, the yeas are 194. the resolution is adopted. without objonhe table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is a question on agreeing to the appe journal. we'll put -- a■ueeing to the approval of the journal. those in favor say yea the yeas have it and the journal stands approved.-m the speaker pro tempore: members please take your conversations from the floor. you all missed each other. would you please take your conversations from the house will come to order. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. more an, seek recognition? mr. moran: i call up house resolution 957 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempe:use will . would you please take your conversations away from the floor? the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 957, denouncing the biden administration's orders policy -- the speaker pro tempore: ladies and gentlemen. the clerk may continue. the clerk: ho

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. two minutes to the distinguished gentle qulaid from michigan -- gentlelady from michigan, representative tlaib. the speaker pro tempore: excuse me, how many minutes? mr. nadler: two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from michigan is roitszed for two minimums -- is recognized for two minutes. ms. tlaib: mr. speaker, there's no denying that our immigration system is broken. it's so deteriorated. the last time that congress passed any immigration reform, real reform, was in 1996. that was 28 years ago. and it's not just democrats or republicans to blame. frankly, both parties have letly failed to find the courage to really, truly dig deep and fixo. the prisons first, humanity later doesn't work. we have the responsibility to act. i have to tell you, as a former immigration attorney, i remember u.s. citizens waiting 10 years or more just to bring their children over. and it's even longer for those in mexico. siblings, 12, 15, even 20 years, waiting to unite with their famil

the speaker pro tempore: without objection.the speaker: in the letter the signer said that america ing a quote new and unfamiliar threat. as my colleagues know you never want to hear our intelligence leaders speak abon unfamiliar threat. but these former f.b.i. officials told us that we are suffering, quote a soft invasion along our southern border. they are stating what is obvious to all of us. they noted that we are experiencing a surge listen to this of military-aged single men who are pouring into our country over the southern border. from adversarial nations and from terrorist regimes. when we were at eagle pass, the del rio sector, in january january 3 with 64 house republicans, they told us that between 60% to 70% of the people coming acrossed border right there are single adult males. military aged. thot huddled masses of families seeking refuge and asylum. they are coming in our country to do only god knows what. we are allowing it of the the biden administration is allowing it. and we have noted that they are coming f

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms.ouchin: last night the rules committee met and produced a rule, h.res. 947, providing for the house's consideration of several pieces of legislation. the rule provides for h.r. 788, the stop settlement slush funds act, to be considered under a structured rule. it provides one hour of debate. equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary or their designees, and provides for one motion to recommit. additionally, the rule also provides for h.j.res. 98, a joint resolution related to a rule submitted by the national labor relations board, relating to the, quote, standard for determining joint employer status. h.j.res. 98 would be considered and you closed rule and it also provides one hour of debate. equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on education and the work force or their designees and provides for one motion to recommit. and finally, the rule provides for consideration of s.

speaker pro tempore, this is i think from yesterday. yesterday, over the last 365 days, we're borrowing $83,377 -- excuse me, $83,377 every second, $83,000 a second. and if you do just this fiscal year -- and there's some timing effects. remember, we've taken some tax receipts in april and pay social security twice a year and their interest, and that can be $25 billion in interest. if you do just this fiscal year, $99,480 per second is our borrowing, not spend, borrowing. please, if you're interested in this, sign up. but you've got to understand, and i've been trying to make the point, the world changed when interest rates started going up. the world changed in the last couple years when health care costs went up fairly dramatically and continue to and most of that is demographics. we like to pretend oh, it's things we can control. unless you have a magic way for baby boomers not to get older, we need to deal with the reality of our demographics. so, mr. speaker, social security is our number one spend at $1,4 50,000. this fiscal year,

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields.r what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to honor 10-year-old liam lynch of western new york. liam was first diagnosed with ao the expert care through roswelll partnership, he went into remission. mr. higgins: unfortunately he relapsed but he's a tough, determined kid and he is determined and we support his efforts to succeed. with the support of liam's family and his community, he's donated more 2,300 pairs of pajamas to other patients at the hospital where he is seeking care. liam's enduring positivity through chemotherapy, radiation and months in the hospital has been recognized by the buffalo bills, including its star quarterback, josh allen. along with the many people across the western new york community. liam lynch truly embodies the spirit of the city ofooy colleae in honoring liam lynch and his family as he bravely continued his battle to beat lymphoma for good. i yield back

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms.ushee: i hope my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion to recommit and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from north carolina yields back. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i yield three minutes to my colleague from texas, mr. moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has three minutes. he's recognized.. moran: thank . speaker. i rise today in support of this bill. this act is one step in the reform process to return spending power back to the hands of congress and ensure the proper use of every dollar that comes into the treasury. this bill will help to ensure the damages owed to victims of wrongdoing actually reach them rather than being used to support organizations that are friends of the executive branch. regardless of the party. for those who don't know, settlement slush funds result when defendants set well government agencies and based on the terms of that settlement, direct the settleme

the speaker pro tempore: thank you.or what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized. without objection. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, thank you so very much for allowing us this opportunity. wow. is it really true, mr. speaker? perhaps, mr. larson has told me that the republicans intend to put together some sort of a fiscal commission, specifically designed to go after social security, to cut the benefits and to really jeopardize the well-being of seniors now and future seniors? could that possibly be correct? apparently it is. a secret fiscal commission. there's another way of doing it. mr. larson, mr. speaker, mr. larson has put together a proposal that would guarantee social security solvency for years to come. it would require that the super wealthy have to pay their fair share and what's wrong with that? nothing that i can think of. we can also actually increase the annual cola by going to the fair cola bill which was introduced by, well, my bill. mr. larson, you have t

the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of u.s. house of representatives the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on january 25, 2024, at 3:52 p.m. that the senate agreed to, senate concurrent resolution 26. that the senate passed senateye 2853, senate 3646. appointments, health information technology advisory committee, board of trustees of the john c. tennis center for public service training and development, and washington's farewell address, signed, sincerely, kevin f. mccumber, acting clerk. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify y formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that the office of the sergeant at arms for the house of representativesas withy subpoena for documents issued by the u.s. depa

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. larsen: mr. speaker, as we sit here currently, the budget committee is undertaking a matter of grave concern, and i would like to submit for the record letters from both a.f.g. and the afl-cio with respect to the establishment of the so-called fiscal commission. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. larsen: i think it's vitally important that members understand what's being proposed and how it totally relies on no member of this body other than the select few, mr. speaker, will be chosen. the commission is comprised of 16 individuals. four who are outside experts and not part of this body. and the senate will have six members that they choose, three republicans, three democrats. the house, three democrats, three republicans. in a body of 435 people here, three democrats and three republicans will decide the future and fate of social security and medicare. that's interesting. they'll do so behind closed doors. with no obligation to report in public. interestingly enough, too.

the speaker pro tempore: mr. speaker i rise today to recognize the 202nd anniversary of the great seal of the stateve our very heads on the ceiling of this distinguished chamber. on january 11, 1822, the missouri general assembly adopted an act to established a symbol of the state of missouri for the people of missouri. the seal symbolizes the bravery strength, and unity of the sho me state. ourwelfare of the people shall be the supreme law. the seal designer wells intended the motto to represent the very fabric of the state's government. the crescent moon symbolizesl's creation of small population and wealth, but would increase soon. the two bears represent the strength of our state, there are 24 stars 23 them represent the states that were already in existence when missouri became the and the clouds surrounding the stars repre7xsent the rocky process that led to missouri's become ago state. the seal itself declares an emphasizes united we stand divided we fall. our founders knew that if we worked together we ca

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back.chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. kustoff, for five minutes. mr. kustoff: thank you, mr. speaker. this past sunday marked 100 days since hamas, an iranian backed terrorist organization, brutally slaughtered, tortured, and kidnapped innocent israelis. on the morning of october 7, 2023, these extremists murdered individuals and families in cold blood. they raped women. they beheaded infants. they mutilated bodies. they burned people in their homes. and they abducted women, and children, and the elderly. frankly, these are things that are very hard to say on the floor of the house of representatives. it's an incredible statement. more jews were murdered on october 7 than any -- on any other single day since the holocaust. today 136 innocent hostages still remain and-n hamas' custody in gaza. to the families of the hostages our hearts ache with yours. we will not rest until every single one of your loved ones return home. to the hostages, we are waiting for you and we are

valadao to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the house will 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 pennsylvania, mr. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today ahead of a very special day back in m. this friday, february 2, is groundhog day. this annual event fakes place in punxsutawney, pennsylvania, located in southern jefferson county. for years crowds have flooded to gobblers nonon t e see our weatr predictor extraordinaire and hear his prediction first hand. i want to recognize and thank one of the most

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. costa: mr.er, it's been 112 days since hamas' horrific attacks on israel on october 7. it's also been one year and 11 months since putin launched his brutal invasion of ukraine. the world's on fire with conflictnd democratic countries are under attack. for months ukraine and israel aid has been held hostage by a significant number of my republican colleagues who appear to have taken the side of russia. putin and iran's ayatollah are enjoying these political fights which is only giving them advantage. these war criminals, i'mnd the , are seizing on opportunities regardless of the costs. just as iran has enabled their terrorist proxies, the houthis, are attacking our military. our actions today will determine the future success ofr democracies and free societies around the world. that's what's at stake. i have been to ukraine twice in the last year. i have been to israel many times. in those parts of the world. they share our values and freedoms that we cherish. i have been to gaza where hamas has

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas i recognized. mr. speaker pro mpore: the gentleman recognized. >> thank you, m speaker. i rise in support ofhe rule for thi bill package of four immigration hamas terrorist no act. and i sphre sport forecurin our bder. i must start out wh addreing the fallacy brought forth by the member on the rules committee th is not a rublican measure. if it hadeen for presidentl or congressional election year, yeardid we pass h.r. 2 last we passed it in congress whras maynd sitting on chuck schumer's desk since may. the democave secureur border and open borderakes america vulrable on the world sge. biden'sorder crisis has turned every community into a border community. since he has takffice more than 8.7 million illegal alien haveaded our nions. monthly encounters haveeen at theig trump administration. is is a humanitarian crisis. they are bringing in fennyl people and human sex trafficking, 100,000 children who have come across are now unaccounted for in america. the rising number of illegal alies alarmg. it is un

■kzq■b6j■s the speaker pro tempore: the bill is passed. motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will come to order. the house will come to order. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: mr. speaker this past weekend georgia tragically lost three of our soldiers in an attack on our military in jordan. two wererom first district of georgia. all three were army reservists assigned to the 718th engineer company, engineer battalion, 926th engineerbury gade in fort moore, georgia. briana alexandra -- alexandria moffatt was 23 years old. she was a native of savannah. she went to windsor force high school where she was a member of the mighty marching knights drum mars landon sanders was 24 years old and from waycross. flags are at half-staff in waycross and wake coes in honor of sanders. both women were supporting operation inherent resolve during this jordan deemployment. this tim

the speaker pro tempore: the question is on theution.es by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation wúúith the unitedtaany use of the closed-cd coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]: w■5ca e speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 225, the nays are 187. the motion -- the resolution is adopted. without objection, the m table.■ e speaker pro tempore:he order. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches.nsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise andise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore:+rin or. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognizedorne minute.r. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to h

i hereby appoint the honorable cliff bentz to act as ker pro tempore on this day. signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant toward order of the house of january 9, 20, this 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 1:50 p.m. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this week the house committee on homeland security is marking up articles of impeachment against homeland security secretary mayorkas for his stark dereliction of duty at our nation's southern border. i believe that s mayorkas deserves to be impeached for his failures. and my intention is to vote in favor of his impeachment.a. that s

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. ramirez, for five minutes. ms. ramirez: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today as the proud daughter of guatemalan immigrants, the wife of a dreamer, and the of illinois three, a district proud of the contributions of the migrants who call it home and a member of the humble park united methodist church. a church that is formed by immigrants, a church that has been serving the community for decades, and a church that built me. and taught me to put my faith into action. and to advocate for our shared humanity. as methodist, i would like to share a call for prayer and action from the national plan for hispanic latino ministry of the united methodist church, and the general board of church and society of the united methodist church. as we just celebrated the season epiphany, we were replienlded again -- reminded again of the story of those three wise travelers who journeyed through many lands and borders in search of a newborn king. we

molinaro to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now recognize members from the list submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate reck nation 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 now recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. westerman, for five minutes. wmr. westerman: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to recognize the late melvin daniel, who will be posthumously inducted into the arkansas agricultural hall of fame in match. a bismarck native, he spent 37 years as an agriculture education teacher and ffa advisor for the glebwood -- glenwide school district, including 33 years at lake hamilton where he advised the scho

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? mr. larson: first, speaker, thank you for being so gracious and patient. that's what i think makes this body unique is the care that people take for both sides of the aisle to express their opinion. and with that, mr. speaker, i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for morning hour debate. we are a the clerk: on this vote, the ayes are 18 and nays are 22. mr. comer: the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. the question is on the previously postponed amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by mr. frost. the clerk will call the roll. mr. jordan. mr. turner. mr. gosar. mr. gosar votes no. ms. foxx. ms. foxx votes no. mr. grothman. mr. grothman votes no. mr. cloud. mr. cloud

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back.oes the gentleman have a motion regarding adjournment? mr. kiley: i move to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those op the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. aivers elect rd on fmore am. eas c-span. house speaker mike johnson is members of his caucusvernment funding agreement leader chuck schumer. scott wong reportsenthe spending deal. while those conversations are going on, i've made no s prio du can and have any credibilityown c- now our free mobile video4ia tiowa aov now, an online at c-span.org. and a white and snowy look at the ica building in des moines. just a few days away from the republican caucuses there on monday. we'll have a preview of the first in the nation voting and inside one of the g.o.p. caucuses starting at 7:30 p.m. on c-span watch the process unfoldiltereand uninterrupted from registration to caucus captain speeches to vote counts. on c-span2 we'

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben.haplain kibben: would you pray with me. our father, who art in heaven, you have taught us how to .

■z the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order.s before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. january 16, 2024. i

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate adjourned until last of the book, and there are a couple of a couple of planks i still want us to get in place. one is about the role of religion for putin in terrorizing of russian society. you know, he assigned a patron to his nuclear forces, etc. yes. and i think we have a photo of putin crossing. there we go. so patron saint is, saint seraphim of seraph. a why? because that's where beria, the father of a russian project, decided to have the headquarters of the russian nuclear. so this monk, who who was canonized by nicholas second early in the 20th century, the monk himself lived in the first third of the 19th century. seraphim of seraph is a patron saint of the nuclear forces. putin went twice now their blessing. he sending to the former patriarch. that's aleksey. and they they blessed the procession on the 100th anniversary of the saints canonized by nicholas. the second and then put in again to pray at the relics of th

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 until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the house when members return here on c-span. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more, including cox. >> koolen-de vries syndrome is extremely rare, but friends don't have to be. when you're connected, you're not alone. >> cox supports c-span, along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. hannah: our next guest is part of never back down and he served in the trump administration as the acting deputy homeland deputy. thanks for giving us your time. guest: my pleasure. hannah: how do you explain you worked for the former president but are not endorsing him th

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signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, january 8, 2024. january 8, 2024. >> and the sin as gavel out for the week after ushering in the second session of the 118th congress on wednesday. the next vote in the chamber scheduled for monday when senators return to work as expected on funding the federal government. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. c-span2. we now return to booktv programming. >> i mean, unfortunately it is an ever more popular strategy in certain quarters especially the republican party but what you do say that we can do and should try to do is do you say we want the world not that notl but is hospitable to the continuation of the american experience. can you elaboratete on that? >> yet. i guess there, too, i'm going separate out, i'm trying to imagine a world in which without american hegemony we can still be confident in the future of the american experiment. it's harder than the last time we h

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. >> and on the senate side, democrat mike mcguire is expected to take over as new president pro tempore in february, replacing longtime senate president pro tem democrat toni atkins, the senate president pro tem has lots of powers, including. >> naming of committee chairs and all of the committee members and really dear ex the work of the california state senate. so it's a very powerful position. >> issues like retail theft are expected to be front and center this year, especially because the non-partisan little hoover commission is set to release a report with data and recommendations to the legislature about how best to respond regarding california's opioid epidemic. the state's first ever fentanyl task force of experts who respond to the crisis on a daily basis will meet for the first time. impacting the entire world and there's rising emerging drugs. so the purpose of the task force this to not only get a handle on the crisis, we have on hand. >> but to also retroactively do the research that we need to do to get a handle on what's coming up. speaking of coming up, all eyes are on e

. >> and on the senate side, democrat mike mcguire is expected to take over as new president pro tempore in february, replacing longtime senate president pro tem democrat toni atkins, the senate president pro tem has lots of powers, including. >> naming of committee chairs and all of the committee members and really dear ex the work of the california state senate. so it's a very powerful position. >> issues like retail theft are expected to be front and center this year, especially because the non-partisan little hoover commission is set to release a report with data and recommendations to the legislature about how best to respond regarding california's opioid epidemic. the state's first ever fentanyl task force of experts who respond to the crisis on a daily basis will meet for the first time. impacting the entire world and there's rising emerging drugs. so the purpose of the task force this to not only get a handle on the crisis, we have on hand. >> but to also retroactively do the research that we need to do to get a handle on what's coming up. speaking of coming up, all eyes are on e

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. >> and on the senate side, democrat mike mcguire is expected to take over as new president pro temporefebruary, replacing longtime senate president pro tem democrat toni atkins, the senate president pro tem has lots of powers, including. >> naming of committee chairs and all of the committee members and really dear ex the work of the california state senate. so it's a very powerful position. >> issues like retail theft are expected to be front and center this year, especially because the non-partisan little hoover commission is set to release a report with data and recommendations to the legislature about how best to respond regarding california's opioid epidemic. the state's first ever fentanyl task force of experts who respond to the crisis on a daily basis will meet for the first time. impacting the entire world and there's rising emerging drugs. so the purpose of the task force this to not only get a handle on the crisis, we have on hand. >> but to also retroactively do the research that we need to do to get a handle on what's coming up. speaking of coming up, all eyes are on elect

. >> and on the senate side, democrat mike mcguire is expected to take over as new president pro tempore in february, replacing longtime senate president pro tem democrat toni atkins, the senate president pro tem has lots of powers, including. >> naming of committee chairs and all of the committee members and really dear ex the work of the california state senate. so it's a very powerful position. >> issues like retail theft are expected to be front and center this year, especially because the non-partisan little hoover commission is set to release a report with data and recommendations to the legislature about how best to respond regarding california's opioid epidemic. the state's first ever fentanyl task force of experts who respond to the crisis on a daily basis will meet for the first time. impacting the entire world and there's rising emerging drugs. so the purpose of the task force this to not only get a handle on the crisis, we have on hand. >> but to also retroactively do the research that we need to do to get a handle on what's coming up. speaking of coming up, all eyes are on e

. >> and on the senate side, democrat mike mcguire is expected to take over as new president pro tempore, replacing longtime senate president pro tem democrat toni atkins, the senate president pro tem has lots of powers, including. >> naming of committee chairs and all of the committee members and really dear ex the work of the california state senate. so it's a very powerful position. >> issues like retail theft are expected to be front and center this year, especially because the non-partisan little hoover commission is set to release a report with data and recommendations to the legislature about how best to respond. regarding california's opioid epidemic. the state's first ever fentanyl task force of experts who respond to the crisis on a daily basis will meet for the first time. impacting the entire world and there's rising emerging drugs. so the purpose of the task force this to not only get a handle on the crisis, we have on hand. >> but to also retroactively do the research that we need to do to get a handle on what's coming up. speaking of coming up, all eyes are on election 202

. >> and on the senate side, democrat mike mcguire is expected to take over as new president pro tempore in february, replacing longtime senate president pro tem democrat toni atkins, the senate president pro tem has lots of powers, including. >> naming of committee chairs and all of the committee members and really dear ex the work of the california state senate. so it's a very powerful position. >> issues like retail theft are expected to be front and center this year, especially because the non-partisan little hoover commission is set to release a report with data and recommendations to the legislature about how best to respond. regarding california's opioid epidemic. the state's first ever fentanyl task force of experts who respond to the crisis on a daily basis will meet for the first time. impacting the entire world and there's rising emerging drugs. so the purpose of the task force this to not only get a handle on the crisis, we have on hand. >> but to also retroactively do the research that we need to do to get a handle on what's coming up. speaking of coming up, all eyes are on

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore.residing officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday, january 5, 2024. >> and with that the senate -- of the 118th congress. next boat in a chamber scheduled monday when senators return work as expected on funding the federal government. you can watch live coverage of the sent here on c-span2. as we return now to booktv programming. >> extraordinary figure. >> yes. yes, i was very won by him. he's in a position, a tuscan doctor, and he at the time in the middle of the 1700 and now with italy is great as were inoculated to covid a smallpox and there'd been many attempts really to introduce inoculation into france. was rather. extraordinary. the book historical begins with a violent attack of smallpox experienced by voltaire. voltaire because he gets7, to england and was already seeing the english -- the princess of wales taking inoculation very seriously. voltaire then publishes in his letter is philosophical essay, the first account of how

the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-z of house resolution 5, the journal of the last day'sedings is approved. the chr will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the fla of the united states of america and tohe republic for which it stands, one nation under g, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. under clause 5-d of rule 20, the chair announces to the house that in light of the rignation of the gentleman from californ, mr. mccarthy, the whole number of the house is 433. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of reesentatives. sir, pursuant to section 4003-e of the 21st century cures act, public law 114-255, i am pleased to appoint mr. daniel j.risken ofalo aalto, california, to the health information technology advisory committee. signed, sincerely, hakeem jeffries, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-z of house resolution 5, the house stands adjourned until 11 a.m. on wednesday, january 3, 2024. for democrats (202) 748-8000, for republicans (202) 748-80

signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i understand that there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 6914, an act to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of and accommodations and resources for pregnant students and for other purposes. mr. schumer: in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions rule 14, i would object to further proceedinge÷. the presiding officer: the objections having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. and now to today's remarks. senate negotiators continue their work on a truly significant undertaking, reaching a bipartisan agreement to protect america's national security, to strengthen our border, and to

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. holy and