the bill. they tried to do a mcconnell-type move here. they refused to bring the bill up before the election, despite our pleadings that this bill must pass in september to avoid the politics and to honor the agreement of the unknown next president, just as the senate did. to my friends on the other side of the aisle, it's not about honoring the agreement or fairness, but it's about guaranteeing an outcome that will be in their favor. so we stand here today knowing who the next president will be. that means that one party now gets a significant advantage under this bill. the exact outcome we intended to avoid. and it is because of that broken promise that i can no longer support this bill. i do not take this position lightly. our judiciary is in dire need of independent judges who will make reasoned decisions based on the law. but if you think giving 25 more district court seats to trump is going to fix the problem, you're sadly mistaken. bringing this bill to the floor until after the election

the bill had no such bipartisan -- this bill, this bill that we're discussing right now has no such bipartisan input. this was no deal or no agreement. except for among a small group of house republicans. the bill removed key provisions to limit the power of pharmaceutical companies. that means our prescription drug prices and what happens to the rising prescription drug prices, which families can't get to in order to be able to deal with any illness they have or to save their lives. it removes the provisions to protect snap recipients, people at risk of hunger, from the theft of their benefits. it struck a provision from our colleague, congresswoman wexton, to support research into treatments and cures for childhood cancer. for childhood cancer. i'm a cancer survivor. i know what it means to have a cancer diagnosis. i know what it means when parents say your child has cancer and we want to remove the provision that supports research into treatments and cures for childhood cancer? it drops necessary pandemic preparedness and response programs. including the strategic national stockpile. i know

they write the bill. they post the bill. they agreed on a bill. and you know what? they got scared. because president musk told them president, president musk said don't do it. don't do it. shut the government down. imagine. what does he know about what people go through? when the government shuts down? are his employees furloughed? hell, no. is he furloughed? no. and when you shut the government down, people don't get paid. and maybe if none of us got paid if the government shut down some people on the other side of the aisle would feel differently about where we're going in this effort. we had an agreement. but you know, this is not -- this is not different from what we've experienced over the last year and a half or so. think about it, biden-mccarthy deal, comes together, next day, walk away. johnson-schumer, deal. next day, walk away. and now this deal, walk away. from it. who do we trust in this body? and above all, can the american people trust us? trust us with their lives when we had a moment, when we came to agreement, as democrats and republicans, and then we were able to

the bill had no such bipartisan -- this bill, this bill that we're discussing right now has no such bipartisan input. this was no deal or no agreement. except for among a small group of house republicans. the bill removed key provisions to limit the power of pharmaceutical companies. that means our prescription drug prices and what happens to the rising prescription drug prices, which families can't get to in order to be able to deal with any illness they have or to save their lives. it removes the provisions to protect snap recipients, people at risk of hunger, from the theft of their benefits. it struck a provision from our colleague, congresswoman wexton, to support research into treatments and cures for childhood cancer. for childhood cancer. i'm a cancer survivor. i know what it means to have a cancer diagnosis. i know what it means when parents say your child has cancer and we want to remove the provision that supports research into treatments and cures for childhood cancer? it drops necessary pandemic preparedness and response programs. including the strategic national stockpile. i know

this bill goes a long way to fixing that.t expands allowances for housing and food the bill significantly increases funding to improve existing barracks and build new ones. it encourages the services to pursue public-private partnerships to provide better unaccompanied housing. the bill reduces dangerous health care wait times by waiving referral requirements for specialty care and expanding the number of d.o.d. doctors and nurses with new special recruitment and pay incentives. the bill improves access to child care for military families by increasing investment in d.o.d. child care centers and fully funding child care fee assistant program. the bill helps military spouse gain and retape employment by allowing them to prefer professional lines between states. we are making historic improvements in the call of life of service members because now more than ever we need to recruit and retain the best and the brightest. that's because the threats our nation faces, especially those from china, are more complex now than they have

bill. >> bill: more on that.riguing, thanks, here in new york city. >> we have been briefing you regularly that there are approximately 900 u.s. troops deployed to syria. in light of the situation in syria and the significant interest, we recently learned those numbers were higher. there are proximate life 2,000 troops in syria. >> dana: it is double what defense officials and have been there for months before the fall of the assad regime. fox news contributor dan hoffman joins me now. an exchange between jennifer griffin and ryder. >> double the number of troops we've been told for quite some time. has this been going on for months or years or something that happened this summer? we need a time frame. >> i think it would probably be fair to say at a minimum months. i will go back and look. but it's, yeah, it's been going on for a while. >> was the president aware that there were 2,000 troops in syria? >> i won't speak about the white house. >> dana: what do you think happened here? >> i think that the pentagon d

i rise in support of senate bill 1478 a bill which designates u.s. route 20 as the national medal of honor highway and i thank my colleague, mr. kelly for sponsor the companion bill. the medal of honor is an award presented to servicemembers who go above and beyond the call of duty and protect the united states. formerly designated as route 20 as a national medal of honor highway, it honors all 3, 519 recipients of the medal honor and all future recipients. u.s. route 20 is the longest continuous highway and spans 3, 365 miles across 12 states. as people travel along 20, oregon, illinois, indiana, ohio and pennsylvania also new york and massachusetts, they will be reminded of the recipients and their exemplary service to the united states. this bill is supported by the american legion, the congressional medal honor society, the medal of honor, the military officers' association of america and military order of purple heart and vietnam veterans of america. i support this legislation and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the g

>> bill, good morning.ay we were among the first western journalists to enter syria from the north and got a firsthand look at many of the cities where the heart of the battle took place between the assad regime and these rebel forces that just took over all of syria. they are now in control of the capital city of damascus but the journey here was quite specific when you look at how these rebels went city by city to take over the territory along the main highway to get here, you see these regime tanks on the side of the road. some of them abandoned. others hit by the rebel forces. as we continue to work our way toward the capital of damascus, we saw hundreds of these rebel forces along the sides of the road, some resting, others in pickup trucks and stopped to talk to them about what the battle was like and got new insight into what took place during that rapid 11-daylight evening offensive. i asked them about influence from iran and hezbollah and asked them about the american administration and president-e

bill steiner. he was a valued member, constituent, and a leader in orange county whose work directly impacted the lives of so many in our community. as an orange county city councilmember and supervisor, he dedicated his life to serving others. out of the many issues bill championed, his passion was child welfare advocacy. and his work was the driving force behind the creation of the orange county orangewood children's home. today bill's five children, 16 grandchildren, keep his memory alive. bill, we thank you for a lifetime of work to our community and for your leadership. and you will never be forgotten. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. davis: mr. speaker, to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. >> without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. davis: mr. speaker, farmers across north carolina have had extreme difficulty, especially over the

>> this is a combination bill, they wove three bills into one, the most important part of this in thenment in averting the government shutdown tonight at 11:59:00 p.m. this would renew all government funding at present levels until march 14th. even if they pass this in the house of representatives, this would still have to go to the senate. there is an emergency farm aid package in this, extension of the farm bill for one year and also $110 billion in money for disaster relief. hurricanes in north carolina and florida that's a major part of this package we are told a few minutes ago and the house democratic caucus, that hakeem jeffries the democratic leaders signaled there was enough in this bill to get his vote or get the votes to he thought of some democrats. i'm going to point out something that's good to be very dicey and very important. they are treating this bill is what they a suspension periods you need to go thirds to pass the bill and i keep being asked this afternoon, what's the magic number? it depends how many people vote for the bill and how many total numbers are voting

>> bill: new york is so big. super bowl came here ten years ago you wouldn't have known the game was being played because the city absorbs so much and there is just -- >> dana: everything is going on here. there is stuff going on in d.c., too. elon musk and vivek ramaswamy arriving on capitol hill bringing along budget axe getting ready to slash government waste. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning. monumental task ahead. leaders of the newly formed department of government efficiency known as doge will meet with republicans to map out their plans. they've been trying to do this for decades, all right? here are the two guys, musk and ramaswamy attending the first meeting of the senate doge caucus chaired by iowa senator joni ernst who was with dana and me last hour. later they'll cross to the other side of the capitol for another event on the house side hosted by the house speaker mike johnson. >> dana: senator ernst talked about her plans to work

back to you, bill. >> bill: okay. thanks, jonathan. jonathan serrie watching that. that is tough news for those folks. hoping for the best. thank you live there in atlanta. all right. new hour begins now. >> dana: kicking off another busy day on capitol hill. seeking to shore up support for their nomination and we'll see how it goes. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: good morning. new hour. bill hemmer, good morning. here we go again. seeing a whirlwind of activity in congress in the halls anyway. president-elect donald trump building up his administration. incoming senate majority leader john thune. some democrats are ignoring invitations to meet with trump's cabinet picks. confirming them is the top of the agenda now. >> one of the first priorities, of course, will be confirming president trump's nominees. democrats can certainly make the schedule a little less painful this they accord some of the deference that republicans did for president obama. one way or another we'll get the job done. if that means some nights and weeke

under the constitution anti-bill of rights. and we -- and the bill of rights. and we have the honor and privilege to serve the people, to serve all america and to serve the constitution and the bill of rights. we are not the masters of the people. anybody who occupies public office, no matter how high, no matter how low is nothing but the servant of the people. that's why the founders created a system where if people begin to act like kings and queens and lords over the people, that's when we throw them out through elections or we evict, we reject, we impeach, we convict if we have to do that. but the constitution has an electoral system to keep the process moving. all of us are just servants of the people. and just like we are there to serve the people, the federal departments we set up like the post office, which i think still, even with all the problems, is our most popular federal function with with hundreds of thousands of hardworking devoted people working in the post office, all of them work for the government. work for the congress which works for the p

jot prior speaker passing the bill and reading the bill. anything so outrageous as that and we're blessed to have a president that ran a business. that actually knew what it took to run a business. understood what it takes to make a payroll and what it makes to have profitability and reinvest and create 401(k)s and i hate the bashing of corporate america, elizabeth. corporate america is made up of americans that work hard and return investments of shareholders and equally important are the pension funds that invest in the corporations and provide sustainability for people that have worked hard for a number of years and expect to live off their pension and it's just boggling the mindliz feels like republicans are called rhinos or republicans and named only. are they grow ago spine and senator john kennedy demanding they do to stand up to democrats because now the status quo is over. it's not going to happen anymore the way washington dc has been run. do you think it's changing right now? >> definitely is and i'm calling senator kennedy alway

, republican bill or democrat bill with his thinking emoji. what my take away here is that when you look at the breakdown, you said that we will come back to fight another day, here's my understanding of this, tell me if i have this right, i gave the worst theory, democrats got rolled, elon musk pushed this out. here's the other side, as i understand it, they can't pass anything on a partyline vote. they cannot, they know that. they are going to have to negotiate when you're back here in a few weeks with democrats ew to pass anything and you can get things in there because it is going to be the same status quo. it is even offender margin. >> that has been the story of the entire 118th congress from the beginning. the republican party can't govern with each other, the freedom caucus is fighting the old-school republican party. kevin mccarthy is not here anymore, johnson is going to or have a battle. there are a few of those folks within their caucus willing to blow up everything and they don't know how to work with each other. the reality is, r

this bill is modeled after a bipartisan senate bill led by gary peters along with senator cruz. the act streamlines and simplifies federal procurement to help agencies acquire commercial technology in a timelier way and to make it easier for businesses to compete for contracts. i'm happy to support this bill today. i associate myself with the remarks of the distinguished gentleman from missouri and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. burlison: i have no further speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: we yield passage and yield back the balance of my time after urging support. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burlison: i urge my colleagues to support the bill to streamline procurement processes for small businesses and small transactions and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the

then he could put this negotiated bill on the floor. the american people would be happy to be able to not have this chaos and uncertainty in their lives and we would all get to go home. reporter: short of the bipartisan agreement that was scuttled wednesday, is there anything else you would be willing to support? >> i don't know. that was the agreement. reporter: how about a straight, clean c.r.? ms. jaypal: that was the agreement that was negotiated. we'll see what our leader has to say and he did a magnificent job to help americans. the farm bill needs to be re-authorized. that was part of the whole thing in the beginning. so there are pieces in here that are important. communities are suffering from no disaster funding. that was in here. this was a huge tactical mistake. by the way, i don't think it's good for donald trump going in as the new president because his approval ratings are going down a bit and it will continue to if we have a government shutdown. reporter: he seems to think democrats will take the blame for it. ms. jayapa

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this bill is over 1500 pages.spends so lavishly on pet projects, let's see a new bridge in baltimore along with on additional $100 billion for vague disaster relief programs. another $10 billion in foreign subsidies. the resolution also expands the federal bureaucracy funding, a new office of telecommunications, management and a new national blockchain deployment advisory committee. the spending bill also gives the state of maryland a group of national guard fighter jets. it also transfers ownership of rfk stadium from the federal government to washington, d.c. wiry giving them our stadium? in other words, you pay for it. a hugely valuable asset owned by the american taxpayers given to a far left residents of the d.c. swamp? now for some reason this bill also makes clothing, textile imports from haiti duty free but bands lithium batteries from other countries. explained that one. the cherry on top of all of this continuing resolution is a pay increase for members of congress. that's right. i think they worked a wh

i support this bill. i encourage all my colleagues to vote yes and i will yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 1351. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- mr. guthrie: i ask for the yeas and nays. 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 will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 5401, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 686. h.r. 5401. a bill to provide a one-time grant for the operati

bill 3960. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 3960, an act to amend title 35 united states code to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and certifications, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. issa, and the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. issa: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks an insert extraneous materials on senate bill 3960. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. issa: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. issa: madam speaker, this bill is a win for small businesses and the small inventors. small businesses may qualify for reduced application fees when applying to the united states pa

>> bill: good question.harlamagne tha god ripping those seen celebrating the suspect accused of murdering the ceo. some people casting luigi mangione in a positive light as they air their grievances with the industry. bari weiss is here. here is bernie sanders talking about some comments that elizabeth warren made. >> she obviously understands killing and murdering, shooting somebody in the back is totally unacceptable. what i think has happened in the last few months is that what you have seen rising up is people's anger at a health insurance industry. >> bill: it can't be apples to apples in all of this. you guys write political violence happens because we let it. with the 60s and 70s tell us about luigi mangione and the uhc shooting. where is this going? >> i think one thing that is important to keep in mind and that charles lehman writes about in the piece you just cited is to remind people that this killing of brian thompson is part of a pattern of normalized political violence over the past decade or s

a lot of questions about spending, bill. >> bill: yes. the mayor was right about that.ia hu, thank you outside the roosevelt hotel. >> dana: the reaction is pouring in after president biden announced a sweeping pardon for his son, hunter. our next guest writes this. we always knew joe would pardon troubled son hunter feeling the president would break another promise to the american people. i think that's right. who believed them when they said over and over again no one was above the law and accept what the people said. that's not the case of what happened. miranda, i want to show people some of thse the question as to whether this is about the court of law or whether this is somewhat political theater. this has opened the door to these type of political pardons in such a way it will be hard for democrats and others to critique anything that donald trump does on this scale. >> the reality here is if this was anyone other than joe biden's son no one would object to a pardon. >> dana: what say you, miranda? >> well, i mean i think that the most surprising thing about all

the bill had no such bipartisan -- this bill, this bill that we're discussing right now has no such bipartisan input. this was no deal or no agreement. except for among a small group of house republicans. the bill removed key provisions to limit the power of pharmaceutical companies. that means our prescription drug prices and what happens to the rising prescription drug prices, which families can't get to in order to be able to deal with any illness they have or to save their lives. it removes the provisions to protect snap recipients, people at risk of hunger, from the theft of their benefits. it struck a provision from our colleague, congresswoman wexton, to support research into treatments and cures for childhood cancer. for childhood cancer. i'm a cancer survivor. i know what it means to have a cancer diagnosis. i know what it means when parents say your child has cancer and we want to remove the provision that supports research into treatments and cures for childhood cancer? it drops necessary pandemic preparedness and response programs. including the strategic national stockpile. i know

bill. also legislation prohibiting energy conservation standards for laundry machines. you're watching live coverage of the house here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. holy and eternal god, the source of light in our darkness and the hope of our world in these days and always, help us in opening our eyes to and rejoice in the hope that is ours on this day. teach us how to be patient and tribulation -- in tribulation. to refrain from getting caught up in the arguments that pit one side against another. to avoid fueling fires of discord and division. but show us instead how to reach within our souls and draw from your deep well of mercy and your steadfast loving kindness. that the urgency and sense of instansy to react would dissolve into forbearance with one another and a calm that will enable us to see your will. and even as we pause to bow our heads in this moment, may we be inspired

one bill. that's what this bill does. this bill says, combine all the c.r.a.'s into one c.r.a. vote. c.r.a.'s are a proper exercise of the congressional power. and helps us control the executive. whether it's democratic or republican. and nobody argues against the c.r.a. maybe a particular c.r.a., but no one argues against the idea of a c.r.a. but a c.r.a. ought to be looked at individually. we ought to look at the merits of the c.r.a. maybe debate it on the floor. maybe republicans support it and democrats oppose it or the other way around. maybe it splits, not along partisan lines. maybe it's very clear that we want to do it. but we ought to look at it. this bill says, take 25c.r.a.'s -- 25 c.r.a.'s and have one vote so that we can't look at the individual merits of the c.r.a.'s and with one vote we may be doing immense damage to the health and safety and welfare of the american people or not. we have no way of knowing because we can't study the c.r.a.'s individually. this bill is pernicious because it combines everything into one vote. and denies us the ability to look at th

the bill is passed. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> i move the house pass the bill h.r. 6020 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: union calendar number 509 h.r. 6020 a bill to amend the public healthservice act of the organ recipients and providing to donating individuals and for other purposes. pursuan t to the rule, the gentleman from indiana -- pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from indiana and yosm florida each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana. mr. bucshon: i ask that members may have five legislative days to insert extraneous materials on the bill. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bucshon: i rise in support of honor our living donors act or hold act led by representative observe noalt yes. this will support organ donors who give life to patients and their families. donating an organ is a selfless act. and burdens shou

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thank you so much. >> bill: also in washington u.s.ht now are hearing arguments in a heated legal battle. watch this story. a law out of tennessee that is being challenged that bans medical treatment for minors to alter their gender including surgery, puberty blockers and other hormone therapys, the risk of alloying irreversible treatment as applied to the medical safety of children happening in numerous states now. we'll see what the court decides and determine what the other states are or are not allowed. >> dana: this case is considered the biggest case and we'll get a result by june of 2025. people watching that. we'll have the breaking news on the shooting out of new york and the ceo of united healthcare insurance. thank you for joining us. see you tomorrow. here is harris. >> harris: let's pick up the breaking news no

this bill -- this will be the final vote on this bill. it has passed the house. we have invoked cloture, and this vote will send this bill to the president. let this piece of legislation be an exhortation that congress can no longer leave the job of national defense half-finished. we have no choice but to move ahead and to move ahead early next year with a generational investment in our military. thank you, mr. president. mr. reed: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i rise to express my support for the fiscal year 2025 national defense authorization act. i am glad that we will be soon voting on final passage of the bill, and i expect it to pass with strong support. first, i would like to acknowledge the great work and leadership of my colleague, senator roger wicker. also our colleagues in the house, chairman mike rogers and representative adam smith. their partnership has been crucial for the success of this bill, and the hallmark of the senate and house armed services committees has long been bipartisan

the bill of rights? i know that you can but maybe like you say we can educate these young kids that nowhere in the bill of rights is an abortion are right. nowhere in the bill of rights is free health care a right. nowhere in the bill of rights is a living wage a right and i think you are dead on the money sir that educating the public. thank you and have a great christmas. guest: i appreciate the callers passion around this and i know this has a lot of strong opinions. i will tell you how we approach it in an educational context. each one of those topics that you raised is one that young people and people of all ages in this country are going to continue to debate. we are a nation of 330 million plus people, we have the task of managing disagreement, not eliminating it. so for example when you go through the bill of rights institute, to the youtube page you can find a video about roe v. wade. the new york times when they needed to rely on a video for their coverage of the dobbs decision pulled this vide

back to you, bill. >> bill: okay. thanks, jonathan. an

the bill -- the ayes do have it. the bill as amended is passed. mr.harged from further consideration of s. 5398, the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 5398, a bill to authorize sentencing enhancements for certain offenses directed or coordinated by foreign governments. the presiding officer: without objection, commit is discharged. the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the bill be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i know of no further debate on the bill. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill is passed. mr. schumer: i ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the res -- i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 932, which is at th

to file multiple bills. and i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, since this is possibly the last time the rules committee will be on the house floor for this congress, i wanted to take a moment to review some things. to review the dysfunction, the chaos, the incompetence, the extremism and the broken promises that have become the new norm under this failed republican majority. republicans came into power talking about openness and transparency and regular order. regular order, my foot. all they have done is delivered a master class in dysfunction, extremism and behind-closed-doors law making. they promised openness and debate. and they basically broke that promise the moment they took power. and they presided over the most closed, the most undemocratic, and the most restrictive house of representatives certainly since i have been here, and probably ever. republicans shattered

this is a good bill. it will keep the government open and funds and helps americans affected by hurricanes and natural disasters, helps our farmers and avoid harmful cuts. we have. order, please. >> the senate will be in order after a chaotic few days in the house. >> it's good news that the bipartisan approach in the end prevailed. it's a good lesson for next year. both sides have to work together, but by dealing with people who've had trouble with investors, by helping our farmers avoid and avoiding harmful cuts, this is a good bill and i'm glad we're passing it. i thank my republican colleagues for working with us to move this bill quickly through the senate. it's a good outcome for america and the american people. i yield the floor. >> under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of h.r. 1005 45, which the clerk will report h.r 10545, an act making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30th, 2025, and for other purposes. there will now be up t