abelson to be district judge for the district of maryland. for the information of senators i've also filed cloture on the nomination of jeannette a. vargas to be a district judge for the southern district of new york. for the rest of the week and for the rest of the work peede we'll be -- period -- judicial nominees. one of the most important things we must do this work period is avoid a government shutdown. today is september 9, funding for the federal government will expire in 21 days unless republicans work with democrats. as done time and time again, keeping the government open will require bipartisanship. it will mean no poison pills or reckless partisan posturing and leaving out the bullying tactics of the hard right. sadly, our republican counterparts are not off to a good start. republicans released without consulting the president, a six-month c.r. that is unserious and seemingly designed for scoring political points instead of avoiding a shutdown. in fact, madam president, it is so unserious that the white house has already issued a

abelson, of maryland, to be united states district judge for the district of maryland. led by some of the other standing committees and we're here today because the chinese communist party presents the greatest threat to american values in american national security in our lifetime. we can stand up to the ccp by defending our values and reducing the party's leverage over the united states protecting american technology and we need to stem the flow of sensitive american technology for our foremost adversary and strengthening export controls. i'll turn it over to chairman mccaul. >> inviting a gold star family for presentation and congressional gold medal on behalf of children who are blasted by a suicide bomber and it department have to happen and thank you for honoring those and their families. we've been working, i'd say really three years but really two. the first year the democrats were were in power and we did absolutely nothing to investigate the events of afghanistan and what happen that had day. historic document and not a political document. it's very historic a