appoint the honorable tom cotton a senator from the state of arkansas, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: congress has a number of pressing issues to address in the coming days. there are three critically important things before us that need to be done very quickly: pass disaster relief legislation to allow us to rebuild from harvey and prepare for future disasters headed our way, like irma. avoid a default, and of course keep the government funded. these are the president's immediate priorities. these are my immediate priorities and they are critically important to establishing credibility and stability, as our country continues to recover from one record-setting storm and prepare for yet another. harvey has already unleashed more rain than any other single storm recorded in the continental united states. irma has already forced the entire state of florida into a state of...

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday the trump administration made a terribly wrong decision to terminate the daca program. dreamers came to this country through no fault of their own and they know of no other country than this one. they serve in our military. they are a boon to our economy. all they want is to live, work, and contribute to this country, like generations before, they want to be americans. as so many people do, because we are such a great country. congress has the ability, i believe the responsibility, to act, to protect those dreamers before the programs completely terminate in six months. why not do it right now? president trump has called on congress to act, so why don't we? i'd ask my friend, the majority leader, and speaker ryan to put a clean dream act on the floor of both chambers in september. every democrat's ready to vote for that legislation. we know many republicans in both chambers would vote for it as well. it would likely pass without much...