and you know, some of the great appropriators -- appropriation members of our times, they must be -- they would be rolling in their graves right now if they knew that the house is taking up a bill, a senate bill with zero, zero input, zero amendments from any member of the house. not one member of the house. so obviously we should reject this flawed strategy. but i want to thank the ranking member, mr. aderholt, for speaking about some of the specifics. i want to just talk about a couple specifics in this bill where it falls, frankly, very, very, very, very short. let me talk about a couple issues that are very important to florida. look, citrus is a -- is a key critical industry for florida. this bill does not adequate funding citrus greening research. it falls seriously short on funding something that's so important for the survival of our farmers, of our citrus farmers, of the industry in florida. also, mr. speaker, it falls short on combating oriental fruit fly. another critical issue for our farmers in florida. we have to recall that florida's still recovering from the devastati

the house appropriations chair heads off this appropriations committee hearing. it is one hour and 15 minutes. mrs. lowey: the conference meeting will now come to order. good afternoon, it is my privilege to welcome all of you to the first meeting of our conference committee on homeland security appropriations. i will first recognize the chairs and ranking members of the full committee to make introductory remarks. then we'll hear from the chairs and rankings of the homeland security subcommittees. followed by statements from any other conferees. given the tight time frame to complete our work, let's begin. the 35-day government shutdown that ended last friday inflicted serious harm on families, businesses, communities, and the national economy. we can all agree that we must do everything we can to prevent another unnecessary and destructive government shutdown. in the next 16 days, our task is clear. finalizing appropriations legislation that responsibly funds much of the federal government, everything from our national parks to border security. except homeland

of these are legislating on appropriations matters. amendment.ard the any other discussion? vote aye.in favor all those opposed vote no. the nos have it. roll]lling >> four yeahs, nine neahs. thehe question is now question offered by the gentleman from florida. the clerk will call the role. [calling >> the clerk will report the total. >> the ayes have it in the motion is agreed to. who is going to handle it? i will handle it for the majority. with that, the rules committee is adjourned. >> c-span. where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, this in court, -- the supreme court and public policy events in d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

we are appropriators. and consistent with the proud tradition of our committees, i'm confident that we will be able to reach a compromise. i hope that all stake holders, including the president, will work in good faith to support us as we carry out our responsibilities. together, we can secure our border and uphold our values. and i would now like to recognize my very good friend, chairman shelby, for his statement. >> thank you, madam chair. for 35 days democratic leaders in the house and senate -- pledge the negotiations on border security would occur when the government reopened. with a three-week agreement in place, today we begin in earnest discussions to reach agreement on this issue. thus far all sides agree border security is important. i think that's a good start but we cannot end there. these negotiations must not end with platitudes or promises. they must yield results that actually secure the border. i think what is necessary to accomplish this goal -- our border patrol professionals on the fro

of these are legislating on appropriations matters. amendment.ard the any other discussion? vote aye.in favor all those opposed vote no. the nos have it. roll]lling >> four yeahs, nine neahs. thehe question is now question offered by the gentleman from florida. the clerk will call the role. [calling >> the clerk will report the total. >> the ayes have it in the motion is agreed to. who is going to handle it? i will handle it for the majority. with that, the rules committee is adjourned. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, we will discuss the government's shutdown impact on federal workers. democratic congressman jerry me jeremy colony joins us. don bacon joins us to talk about border security. join the discussion. live this morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2 -- >> questions for the prime minister. >> the british house of commons returns from holiday break for the first prime minister's questions of 2019. watch live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >

and you know, some of the great appropriators -- appropriation members of our times, they must be -- they would be rolling in their graves right now if they knew that the house is taking up a bill, a senate bill with zero, zero input, zero amendments from any member of the house. not one member of the house. so obviously we should reject this flawed strategy. but i want to thank the ranking member, mr. aderholt, for speaking about some of the specifics. i want to just talk about a couple specifics in this bill where it falls, frankly, very, very, very, very short. let me talk about a couple issues that are very important to florida. look, citrus is a -- is a key critical industry for florida. this bill does not adequate funding citrus greening research. it falls seriously short on funding something that's so important for the survival of our farmers, of our citrus farmers, of the industry in florida. also, mr. speaker, it falls short on combating oriental fruit fly. another critical issue for our farmers in florida. we have to recall that florida's still recovering from the devastati

of these are legislating on appropriations matters. amendment.ard the any other discussion? vote aye.in favor all those opposed vote no. the nos have it. roll]lling >> four yeahs, nine neahs. thehe question is now question offered by the gentleman from florida. the clerk will call the role. [calling >> the clerk will report the total. >> the ayes have it in the motion is agreed to. who is going to handle it? i will handle it for the majority. with that, the rules committee is adjourned. at 6:00 p.m., democratic leaders swear in members of the democratic -- hispanic caucus. >> texas voters elected nine new members of congress during the midterms. five were republicans. dan crenshaw is a former navy seal who lost an eye to an ied in afghanistan. he spent some of his childhood in south america where his father worked in the oil industry. voters in the fifth district elected lance gooden, who has served in the state legislature. he was an insurance broker for energy companies prior to his election. chick roy is a former u.s. senate staffer

madam president there are appropriation bills that have not yetn. been passed and six of those have no controversy and they have nothing to do with wall.rder they have nothing to do with homeland security these are six appropriation bills that this body has already acted on one way or another they include financial services and agriculture, interior and environment, transportation. those for appropriation bills passed this body by a vote 92 / six then state and foreign operations passed unanimously and commerce that passes by a vote 30 / one. these 36 appropriation bills have already been acted on under republican leadership in a bipartisan manner in this body. that is exactly what hr 21 does pending before the body to incorporate. it is not aa democratic effort but to reaffirm what this body has already done to allow these appropriation bills to pass and for those workers in those agencies to be fully operable without the hostage taking by the president of the united states. i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate considera

six of those appropriation bills, there is no controversy. they have nothing to w do with e border wall. they've nothing to do with homeland security. these are six appropriation bills that this body has already acted on in one way or the other. they include financial services and general government, agriculture, interior and environment, transportation and hud. those bills passed this body by a vote of 92-6. in their state. interstate and foreign ops the past the appropriations committeed unanimously. and commerce, justice consigns that passed byce a vote of 30-o. these next appropriation bills of poverty been acted on under republican leadership in a bipartisan manner in this body. that is exactly what h.r. 21 does, pending before this body, incorporates. it is not a democratic effort. it is to reaffirm what this body has already done and allowed the sixia appropriation bills to pa, and for those workers and those agencies to be fully operable without the hostagetaking by the president of the united states. madam president, i ask unanimous

madam speaker, i ask my colleagues to vote no on this appropriation bill tonight. and i insist on a bill that includes the house priorities. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. >> madam speaker, before i yield to my friend, the gentleman from north carolina, i would like to address a comment that my friend, mr. aderholt, made. the bill that passed through your committee also included language that would make it easier, as ts today, for youngsters to use e-cigarettes. mrs. lowey: so perhapses when we get back to it, we could address that. now i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, the chairman-designate of the transportation, housing, urban development subcommittee, mr. price. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for four minutes. mr. price: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of the legislation to reopen the government and end to this third trump shutdown. for the last two weeks, president

not only in appropriations, but in other stuff. i don't have any questions, because we already know what is in these bills. we voted for these already before. i thank you for being here and i yield to the chairman if he has anything else to say. >> i have no questions. of either of the witnesses and look forward to getting it passed on this particular period. and the rancor that exists in the country. i have to say we're a better country than we have manifested of late. i just hope that everybody understands that we are a united states of america. we are very diverse. as a country and as a community. we need to spend more time trying to heal our wounds and our divisions rather than perpetuating them. thank you for the time. >> thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman. want to thank everyone who came and testified today. as i'm sure you are not surprised to know, mr. chairman, we view this somewhat differently than you do. quite frankly, the president was here all of december preparing negotiating. he was not in hawaii where the speaker

lee, a member of the appropriations committee. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. let me thank chairwoman mccollum for her leadership on this issue as we try to get the government opened. i rise in strong support of the fiscal 2019 interior appropriations bill which provides $35 billion to partially reopen the government. now, this bill would also reopen our beautiful national parks and the smithsonian museums. the situation in our parks right now is not acceptable. 16,000 park service employees are not working. et me repeat that 16,000 employees. the national park service is losing $400,000 a day from this shut down when uncollected garbage is also piling up. madam speaker, this is horrible. it's ridiculous. we need this bill to reopen our parks, our museums, and visitor centers right away. we need to pass this bill to keep visitors safe and in the burr low of law enforcement personnel in our national parks. madam speaker, these closings are imp

legislators is under appropriation bill. but any event i would appreciate you being here and am no questions. >> mystical. >> thank you very much just quickly i want to thank mr. mullen from oklahoma. he cochaired with congress luis. this is the area that really needs to be looked at. we have literally an obligation, and a lot of losses resulting from this. because we are not filling obligations. i try to do this on the majority and field on my side of the aisle not my friend side but i would hope going forward that we look for indian health that what we do with veterans in that department that we forward funded so it is never at risk in a situation like this. that is always tricky because you need to figure out where to get the money it to do it. but we need to get it out of harm's way quite frankly. and i commend my friend to do that. in a couple of quick things. only think you mr. chairman because i look through the amendments and i'm very pleased with the mixture of amendments and i understand that your limitations in te

adoptme asking that you the consideration of these appropriate -- appropriation bills. i'm testifying in the new role as the ranking member of the subcommittee. i look forward to working with my friend and colleague in his roles, his new role as chairing the subcommittee. i appreciate the bill we are considering, that it includes many of the agreements that the chairman made last year but then chairman culberson. i'm pleased with many of the funding levels that were included. it has been said that the president has made it clear that he will not support the spending does not expect the origin birder security with the wall. while this package may have some very good features and let me say it does, it fails to address thatorder security issue the president has deemed important for the department of homeland security. instead of continuing to put the appropriation bills on the floor that we know the president won't support, i would ask my friends on the other side of the aisle to negotiate to make a counter offer to come back to the was a proposal. federal employees are n

let's pass the bipartisan appropriation bills. i don't know how this chamber can stand by and watch the devastating effects of the shutdown on our nation. in mexico alone we estimate there are at least 10800 federal workers working without pay or are furloughed. that may be affected. into get the american public doesn't support with the impact the shutdown is having as a deal with a disabled son two has two brain surgeries to pay for basic necessities. it is just one example of those lives so every single american relies on the federal government for public safety the fda shutdown contaminated food and to have air travel safe the department of homeland security there is an estimated 2000 new mexicans relying on border security and international trade and immigration work and they are unpaid. truly for their sake and for the sake of all americans who are affected by this tragic situation, we need to end the shutdown now. the consequences of an action or two great.n once again let me say thank you to senator kane for his passion and

the money has already been appropriated but it hasn't been spent yet. it's been allocated mostly for flood plain relief. the white house is looking right now for a place within the government where they can find unspent money like this that can be used to fund the president's wall at the border. this would allow him to declare a national emergency and potentially end this government shutdown. host: in a normal year, in be a un-shutdown-year, how would these unused funds -- that would happen to these unused funds? reporter: they would be contracted out or remitted back to the government to be appropriated again. host: there's pushback from the puerto rican governor who tweeted this, no justification should be considered to reclassify money u.s. citizens will use to rebuild their communities. if anything the conversation should be how we get more resources to rebuild those impacted areas faster. what you have been hearing from the california delegation in particular about the reported plan from the president? reporter: they're very much against this. some

let's pass by person appropriation bills without delay. i don't understand how the chamber can stand by and watch the devastating effects of this shutdown on the nation. in new mexico we estimate that there are at least 10,800 federal workers working without pay or are furloughed outright and nationwide an estimated 800,000 federal workers and as many as 2 million federal contractors that may be affected. we are talking about millions of people's paychecks being held hostage for a border wall that the american public doesn't support. yesterday i stood on the floor and talked about the impact the shutdown is having on the family of carlsbad new mexico. they are depending on a paycheck to help keep the family afloat as they deal with a disabled son who had two brain surgeries. the family was already dealing with one of the worst crises a family can go through, and now they have to worry about how to pay for basic necessities. they are just one example of the lives at stake but it's not just federal workers and federal contractors. every sing

those four appropriation bills passed this body by a vote 92 Ã 6.d their state and for upset past the preparation committee unanimously. and commerce just a science that passed by a vote of 32 Ã one back. this is six appropriation bills have already been acted on under republican leadership in a bipartisan manner in this body. that is exactly what hr 21 that is pending before this body incorporates. he is not a democratic effort, it is to reaffirm what this body has already done and allowed these six appropriation bills to pass and for those workers and those agencies to be fully operable without the hostagetaking by the president of the united states. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 5 hr 21 making appropriations for fithe fiscal year ending september 30, 2019. the bill be considered read a third time and passed a motion to be reconsidered and made up on the table with no intervening actions or debate. >> is there objection? >> madam president. Ãbthe right to object.

the consolidated appropriations act of 2019. for many reasons but importantly because the underlying legislation strips away essential protections for young mothers and unborn babies. disregarding the value of their lives. today's mini bus eliminates a crucial pro-life foreign policy in place today known as the protecting life and global healt assistance program. president ronald reagan instituted this policy to provide health care for women in foreign countries while ensuring that u.s. taxpayer dollars would not be used to fuel the international abortion industry. u.s. foreign assistance should be life-affirming. the protecting live and global health assistance program draws a clear line between abortion and global health care. foreign nongovernmental organizations should be eligible for u.s. federal funding as long as they do not perform or actively promote abortions as a method of birth control. protecting life and global health assistance affirms the inherent worth and dignity of women and children around the world and it is

we were here to be on a supplemental appropriation. this is a topic that republicans tackled only to be sometime eyed by the senate's failure to act. this left us as unfinished business. and i'm dismayed the majority is playing politics with important issue and use a noncontroversial appropriations bill to pass a controversial spending bill that is going nowhere. given the senate failed to act at the end of the last congress, i was looking forward to supporting this bill today. as we have seen in places like new orleans, the east coast, hurricane sandy and devastating tornadoes, disasters require a helping hand and require action from congress. as we saw last year, disasters can strike anywhere at any time from wildfires in california, volcanic eruptions in hawaii and hurricanes in the southeastern united states, there was no part of the country that was not affected in some way. i was pleased with what my proiming re proposing to address that. before we came in today, there was a lot to like in this bill. and in many ways it wasn't th

as a member of the appropriations committee, i understand how hard it is to have a full process on appropriations bills, but it is indeed possible, even when funding bills carry over into a new year or even a new majority. in 2011, right after republicans took majority control of the house, we considered a bill on the floor to fund the entire federal government. and we did it under an open rule with only preprinting requirements. when we considered that bill on the floor, 162 amendments were offered from both sides of the aisle, and we had a grand total of 66 hours of floor debate on the bill stretching out over five days. given the amount of time we used in 2011, i fully understand what an undertaking that would be, but unless the majority believes that these bills will quickly pass the senate and quickly be signed by the president into law, then there's plenty of time for thoughtful debate and plenty of time to hear ideas from all members of this house. instead, the majority has chosen to push forward with an appropriations strategy that they know cannot succeed. mr. speaker, the house should b

i'm an appropriator. intelligence -- and appropriation. they know their limitations terms of financial resources and they have to choose the best way to use the money for the american people. that's why i have confidence in what they can do. mitch mcconnell indicated he might be open to supporting -- would you support legislation to effectively outlaw government shutdown? but there are so many possibilities on the table that i don't think that should be part of this agreement because there's not a consensus as to what that would the. if there is a consensus maybe it could be. in order to have a bill signed we have to have assigned conference report next friday. so we only have this week plus one day. with the state of the union in between to get this done in order for them to bring it to the floor and have it on the president's desk. to the extent that we can keep it simple. this is about border security, homeland security and it's about other bills that need to be passed in order to completely open up government. confident about the abili

there areee seven appropriation bills not yet enacted upon. six of those there is no controversy nothing to do with the border wall or homeland security that this body has already acted on one way orin another. including financial services interior and environment transportation they pass this body by a vote of 92 / six and then the unanimously to send the vote these six appropriation bills have already been acted on that's exactly what hr 21 and this is to reaffirm to allow these appropriation bills to be fully operable without the hostagetaking that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration calendar number five with the appropriations fiscal year and further ask with the motion to reconsider made upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> is there an objection? mr >> madam president. >> there is a lot of important business in the senate typically we have done that during the governmenter shutdown but the last thing we need to do is to do pointless across the aisle just a few days ago very recently before the latest shift

demanding that we pass bipartisan appropriations bills. i have the privilege of serving as the ranking member of the into your appropriations subcommittee, and i know how critical that the into your bill is, particularly to my home state of new mexico and states across the west, and across the country. the interior bill funds basic services like health care and public safety for 2 million american indians andnd alaska natives. through the indian health service and the bureau of indian affairs. this bill keeps our air and water clean through the work of the environmental protection agency. this bill protects and preserves national parks and other treasured public land, it helps support small businesses that depend on them. the agencies in this bill fund science, wildlife protection, energy development, an arts and cultural programs in every state. and they employed tens of thousands of americans. there is no reason why they should be shuttered. they t are simply too important. this shutdown is particularly devastating for indian country. ev

lee, a senior member of the appropriations committee. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: thank you, madam chair. first of all, i want to thank our chair for yielding, for your tireless leadership and for reminding us very clearly that we need to open the government up right away. thank you, again. as a representative from northern california, let me just say that i remember vividly the oakland hills fire in 1991, which killed 25 people and destroyed more than 3,000 homes. the 1989 earthquake which killed many people and devastated many parts of my city. now, i represent oakland and berkeley, california, just as we helped them then we will help them now. disasters can impact any district. just this morning a small earthquake hit my district again. thankfully there are no reported injuries. let me also say i am deeply grateful to our firefighters and first responders who work around the clock to help save lives in disasters which have ravaged our country, especially this past year. madam speaker, i am in str

the money has already been appropriated, but it hasn't been spent yet. it's been allocated mostly for flood plain relief. and the white house is looking right now for a place within the government where they can find unspent money like this that can be used to fund the president's wall at the border. this would allow him to declare a national emergency and potentially end this government shutdown. bill: in a normal year, in be a un-shutdown-year, how would these unused funds -- what would happen to these unused funds? sarah: they would be contracted out at some point, or they would be remitted back to the government to be appropriated again. bill: there's pushback from the puerto rican governor who tweeted this, no justification should be considered to reclassify the money that u.s. citizens will use to rebuild their communities. if anything the conversation should be how we get more resources to rebuild those impacted areas faster. what you have been hearing from the california delegation in particular about the reported plan from the president? sarah:

. >>> as the government shutdown continues, we're joined by kelly mate rick, appropriations and budget reporter. what are some of the programs that are closed that are having the biggest impact on the american public? >> yes. so the irs, for example, treasury, lots of national parks, although some of those are trying to be kept open for longer. remember, there was only five of the 12 appropriations bills funding the government that were actually enacted into law before the end of 2018. so the other seven -- that's -- you know, there's homeland security, commerce, justice science, interior environment, agriculture, transportation, hud. and then there's also financial services. and then this -- you know, this homeland bill is one of the most contentious ones. this is the -- customs and border control, transportation security administration, the people who check our bags in airports. a lot of these people are being forced to work without pay right now. and the big -- the big event that we are looking to is this friday when federal workers -- epa is another big one -- are set to get a payc

h.r. 21, there are six appropriation bills come six appropriate bills that are not related to the issue of border security. they've already been b acted upn by this body. they are not part of this dispute. its financial service and general government. its agriculture,nd its interior and in private.. it's transportation and hud. it's state and foreign operations. its commerce, justice, sides. they passed this body either by 92-six vote before the appropriationsan committee, , or unanimous or near unanimous appropriations committee under republican leadership in a bipartisan manner. we need to reopen the government. so, therefore, mr.ed president,i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number five, h.r. 21 21, making appropriations for the fiscal year ending october 30, 2019 it i first askedim that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that a motion to reconsider be considered made and laid it on the table with no intervening action or debate. >> is the objection? >> object. >> objection is heard. >> mr. president, i jus

guest: we have that in the current appropriations bill. the bottom line is democrats have drawn a line and said -- and if you read the language of the appropriations bills -- it explicitly says no new wall or fencing. you can replace fencing but not build new walls. our customs and border protection says as part of our order security policy, there are areas we need new wall. to say we are going to do everything but not do this, no. of course not all the money has to go to fencing or wall, but then again, we should not say that no money can go. if customs and border protection says we think -- and they tell us there are areas where they know drugs are coming across the border, because there is no wall, no fencing. that is what they tell us. i got to believe them. they are on the border every day. host: mary, illinois, independent. larry, illinois, independent. go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my call. representative harris, nice to talk to you. i would like to ask a question on the funding. these continuing resolutions, they seem to cons

appropriations, in 1986, there was money appropriated and if i'm not it was supposed to have been a secure border at the time. every other time this has been voted on, and funds have been appropriated, it was supposed to .ave ran a secure border now, how do we find out where that money that has been appropriated, if it went to where it was supposed to be a probe rated and used for, my, is, if any of the democrats put the to nancy pelosi freedom caucus did to paul ryan, and overstep him and go ahead and throw it on the floor, whether she wants it on the floor or not. i will let you start with a question about past standing on the border security. tost: of course, there has be a follow-through. these are multiyear, multiyear programs, the money has to be continually revisited. it is something congress has not been willing to do. the secure fencing at a few thousand six, it was a politically viable issue at the time. over the next few years, 2000 eight, a new president came in and democrats changed their priorities. all the money from the secure fencing act of two than six did not come throug

especially those on the appropriations committee. they are not opposed to it. so i ask on multiple occasions and yesterday at our meeting, asked the president to ask what he should keep large portions of the government shutdown while we have a separate debate about the border. he could not name one. he kept talking about the wall i said no these have nothing to do with the p border. why can't we pass them? why must we hold millions of americans who depend on these agencies? hundreds of thousands of workers why was - - must we hold them hostage? so now we vote on what happens in this government everyone can shut down. any leader or president but that's not the way to do things the president cannot name a single reason that made any sense about why he should keep the other agencies closed. not homeland security but the others so that is the best indication why there is a shutdown. president trump is holding the government hostage over his wall. president trump is holding the government hostage over his wall. using the well-being of millions of americans as hostag

we will hear from the house appropriations committee chair and other democrats, followed by senate appropriations chair richard selby -- richard shelby. >> -- everybody. good afternoon. today was a starting point. i am pleased that it seems like the members and senators are ready to work in a constructive way. i want to echo my colleagues -- we must not have another government shutdown. so, we will work thoughtfully and quickly to produce a compromise that the american people can be proud of. a finished product will include a good homeland security bill. -- bill, the other six outstanding appropriations bills, and an emergency disaster supplemental bill. house democrats have already included $1.6 billion for border security related programs in the six outstanding appropriation bills. as we negotiate homeland security, we will expand on that amount. we will do so in a smart and effective way. for more on that, i would like to yield to my colleague, lucille roybal-allard. she is a distinguished member of the home and security committee. she will provide more details on where democrats will begin on

we reasserted a commitment to regular order appropriations. we laid the groundwork for rebuilding american infrastructure. we certainly -- we delivered certainty and predictability to farming communities across our country. so we know that the senate with the republican majority is fertile soil for big bipartisan accomplishments. the question is, will the newly democratic house join in this good moment tum or bring it to a standstill. it's a clear choice and will be clear to the american people watching all this at home. good governance or political performance art? the public interest or political spite? policymaking or presidential harassment? so, mr. president, the first test is already upon us. just yesterday i was glad to join house and senate leaders of both parties in a meeting with president trump at the white house to discuss border security and outstang appropriations. this meeting included a briefing on the urgent crisis at our southern border, the facts on the ground are truly striking. as the border patrol chief testified before t

that is what the annual appropriations process. a disaster supplemental is intended to protect storm-ravaged areas against future storms and reduce future liabilities. that's why the underlying bill is consistent and limits funding to projects that provide real benefits for that type namely flood and storm damage reduction projects. additionally, i would be remiss if i did not point out that the particular project of interest would not even be eligible for funding under this amendment. the underlying bill restriggets construction funding to areas impacted by various storms, none of which impacted puerto rico. we should not raise hopes knowing the project isn't even eligible. while i'm happy to work with my colleague and try to support the project through the regular appropriation process, which i'm sure the new chairwoman kaptur s willing to do also, i must oppose this for echo system restoration projects. i oppose the amendment and urge my colleagues to vote no. and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman fro

we're appropriators. we know how to work together in a bipartisan way. frankly, it's not that difficult. the facts are there. we have all got many, many briefings on the best way to secure our borders. by the way, drugs have been mentioned. the facts are that 90% of the drugs are coming through the ports of entry. we can work this out. but to keep the government open and to see thousands of people suffering, not being able to support their families, is just unconscionable. let's open the government. let's sit down. let's get to work. let's resolve this now. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. fleischmann: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time, mr. speaker, i yield as much time to ms. granger, the ranking member on the full appropriations committee, as she may wish to consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chairwoman is recognized for as much time as she may consume. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i ri

let's only appropriate enough money to house 100,000 prisoners. regardless of the crimes they committed or anything else. we're only going to fund 100,000. above that, just let them go. i don't get it. i don't know where the heck we're coming from on this all this does is put another poison pill in this bill that will make it much more difficult to pass and will ensure the senate will never take it up, which i doubt they will anyway. i just don't understand what the heck is going on here. we all know what the answer to this shutdown is. every one of us in our heart know what the answer is. it's a compromise. and a compromise means both sides give some and get some. that's the nature of a compromise. that means there's going to be parts in it that i don't like that i'm going to end up voting for. there's going to be parts you don't like that you end up voting for. anyway we need to get back to opening this government and quit putting these poison pills and this nonsense in this bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserv

of a catchphrase in a disney classic last year led to accusations of imperialism and cultural appropriation. drama. was. actually out of. here the phrase akin to a turtle was made famous by the nine hundred ninety four film i'm sure you spotted it there the lion king there's incidentally a new version of that being released this year as a barbarian activist though launched a petition to remove the trademark from disney he claims the phrase belongs to african culture and can't be owned by any one company the petition was launched in late december of last year almost one hundred eighty thousand people have signed it so far the current articles from the swahili language it means no worries it was trademarked by disney in two thousand and three they used it on clothing and footwear but disney has never denied the origin of the phrase the company however hasn't commented about the petition and in december we discussed this issue with our guests. so i we're seeing so much pushback from people on it they see this as another as you alluded to manifestation of cultural appropriation and it continues