h.r. 4555 authorizes d.h.s.ers noel participate in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces. since the attacks of september 11 and the demise of central al qaeda, there's been an upsurge in the number of terrorist organizations. this demands that our d.h.s. push our borders out and as such it's essential that d.h.s. deploy personnel overseas to engage in information sharing with international partners. our close partnership with countries around the world, especially in europe, is sential to ensure we track errorist fighters. authorizing the participation of d.h.s. personnel in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces will facilitate better counterterrorism information sharing which will help protect the homeland and u.s. interests abroad. as such, i support this legislation and i reserve the alance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. rutherford: i'm prepared to close when the gentlelady does. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman rese

lastly, h.r. 4258 opens the f.s.s. program to families that live in privately owned profits -- properties that are subsidized by probably-based rental assistance. now, 4,793 families have successfully completed the program. with 1,557 graduates exiting rental assistance within another 606 graduates that eventually went on and were able to purchase a home. so more than 10% of the people who graduate from the program go on to buy a home. i want to leave you with just a quick antidote, written testimony that came to our committee from the compass working capital group. and it's a story about tanya. and she graduated from the f.s.s. program in massachusetts. now, when she enrolled in the f.s.s. program she had been receiving housing assistance for about four years. she was working full time and raising two children. but she had bigger dreams. and one of those dreams was to one day own a house. at the time tanya believed that owning a home was in her words, quote, not for families like mine. a low-income, single mother who

h.r. 4433 also requires d.h.s. to update its personal property asset management program manual to include procedures and training on how to safeguard assets both on and off duty in accordance with the directives. i urge all -- all members to join me in supporting this bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. correa: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4433, the securing d.h.s. firearms act of 2017. and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. correa: thank you, mr. speaker. d.h.s. is a diverse department that has the distinction of being the largest law enforcement agency in the federal government. to help support its critical mission, d.h.s. must maintain and safeguard a variety of sensitive law enforcement equipment such as firearms, ammunition, and badges. d.h.s. equipment in the wrong hands could result in loss of life. ac

and i can think off the top of my head like h.r. in a production company but i don't know how you know you're like what that exam how can you know i don't sure does but no one ever says this is where it is this is where you talk to a ling is unnecessary you know you know how do you look if you're going with sharks there's this idea that business is a very different world that it's you know the idea of even saying like that makes me uncomfortable if you're told to just suck it up right there's a certain amount of balance that has to be had in that and i think that we're seeing now that we're seeing the me too movement really take root it's good that suddenly companies are asking you know how beefed up is our h.r. department you know how independent are they how do we stand on that and how do we move forward in a way that's not traditional because we clearly need something that's a little red and what we are not happy about the conversation started i like the conversation continues all right as we go to break watchers don't forget to

i years old that i am that honest i don't my first reaction is not to go to h.r. it's not to go to the authorities when something bad happens because they're not going to believe. that i'm that's the truth the truth that i always feel every day think about all that culture. how purpose of the culture. of what is and isn't acceptable or. even from a male side looking at a work entertainment industry almost my whole adult life and i can think off the top of my head of h.r. in a production company but i don't know how you know we're like what that exam how can you know i don't sure does but like no one ever says this is where it is this is where you talk to you know infidelity is unnecessary you know you know how do you look if you think. there's this idea that business is a very different world that it's you know the idea of even saying like this makes me uncomfortable if you're told to just suck it up right there's a certain amount of balance that has to be had in that and i think that we're seeing now that we're seeing the me to movement really take root it's good

h.r. 2954 will help us achieve this goal. if you share the goal, then i ask you to vote yes on h.r. 2954 and pass the home mortgage disclosure adjustment act. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis. mr. polis: last week, president trump tweeted that, quote, the democrats are all talk and no action and doing nothing to fix daca, end quote. that is deeply insulting to those of us who have worked so hard for years. i was here when the democrats passed the dream act in december of 2010. this is the 18th time we have attempted to bring up the bipartisan bill. we are about to do it again here. with my colleague, mr. gome is. the dream act makes our position clear. we want immigration policies to make america safer and our aspiring americans can take their rights along side of us. unfortunately president trump made his position. his position changes each and every other day. he said my standard is first, make america great. that's an easy one

mcconnell: i move to concur in the house amendment to h.r. 195. mr. schumer: reserving the right to object. no, sorry. i'm not objecting. mr. president. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i -- the presiding officer: the majority leader has the floor. mr. schumer: go ahead. mr. mcconnell: i move to concur in the house amendment to 195 with a further amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 195 with an amendment numbered 1903. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to concur with amendments. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. mcconnell: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, proposes an amendment numbered 1904 to amendment numbered 19

h.r. 1457. a bill to establish requirements for use of a driver's license or a personal identification card by a certain -- by certain financial institutions for opening an account or obtaining a financial product or service and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from colorado, mr. tipton, and the gentlewoman from new york, ms. have a lalkezz, each -- ms. velazquez, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. tipton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tipton: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tipton: mr. speaker, as financial service products continue to merge with ever-evolving world technology, the opportunities to reach unbanked and underser

i ask unanimous consent now to ring up h.r. 4872, the end the shutdown act of 2018. a continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday, while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to parity and addresses the other critical issues facing the country. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair has previously advised, the request can't be entertained absent appropriate cleenches. -- clearance. without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today because i am frustrated. i'm fed up and i'm concerned for our soldiers, our families, my constituents and all americans. mrs. hartzler: people are filled with uncertainty. they are confused and honestly so am i. chuck schumer and the senate democrats shut down the government over a deadline that does not exist. they voted against a bill they have no issues with. democrats have recklessly put nine million children at risk of losing their health insurance. over two million members of our military, the member and women who risk their -- men and women who risk

h.r. 2954, which was introduced by mr. emmer of minnesota, a very hard-working member of the financial services committee, a very important piece of legislation that will provide much needed regulatory relief for our community banks and cfpb unions from onerous regulations that are impeding their ability to make home loans to our constituents. on january 1, draconian changes went into effect relating to the act. these changes which were mandated by dodd-frank and blindly implemented by the cfpb radically expanded the information that lenders are required to collect, record and report about mortgage applications and loans. but, many things the cfpb is involved in, the rule went far, far beyond what was originally intended by congress and effects have far reaching negative consequences on community ip institutions and home buyers. the cfpb's updated rule now requires financial institutions to collect 48, 48 unique, different data fields on each mortgage loan they make. this is more than double, double the number, mr. speaker

higgins, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4564 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4564, a bill to require a threat assessment on current foreign terrorist fighter activities, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their vote by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

h.r. 4712 also empowers women. it allows them to sue abortionists who don't provide protection for aborted babies who are born alive. this is very important, mr. speaker. take the case of a woman named angela who went to a clinic in orlando, florida, when she was 23 weeks pregnant. angela received pills to begin contractions to induce an abortion. after an hour of labor, mr. speaker, angela delivered her baby alive into a toilet. angela had her friend call 911 to request help to save her baby, but when the paramedics arrived on the scene, clinics staff reportedly turned them away. the fire department's incident report said they had no contact with the patient. after the death of her son, roan, angela wrote the following -- quote, the very moment i saw my son was alive, nothing else in the whole world mattered but roan's safety. only one thing mattered to me, getting roan help. i begged repeatedly, she said. tragically the abortion clinic not only refused but also apparently sabotaged angela's call for help. the bil

i ask unanimous consent now to ring up h.r. 4872, the end the shutdown act of 2018. a continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday, while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to parity and addresses the other critical issues facing the country. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair has previously advised, the request can't be entertained absent appropriate cleenches. -- clearance. without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today because i am frustrated. i'm fed up and i'm concerned for our soldiers, our families, my constituents and all americans. mrs. hartzler: people are filled with uncertainty. they are confused and honestly so am i. chuck schumer and the senate democrats shut down the government over a deadline that does not exist. they voted against a bill they have no issues with. democrats have recklessly put nine million children at risk of losing their health insurance. over two million members of our military, the member and women who risk their -- men and women who risk

second, h.r. 3326, the world bank accountability act, sponsored by representative andy barr. next week, our nation's cap tl will also welcome tens of thousands of americans to washington for the annual march for life in conjunction, the house will vote on h.r. 4712, the born alive survivors protection act, sponsored by representative marsha blackburn. this bill simply states doctors must provide medical care to any child born alive after a failed abortion. finally, mr. speaker, additional legislative items are expected, including legislation to address government funding and other expiring priorities. i'll be sure to inform all members as soon as any additional items are added to our schedule. with that, i thank my friend and yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for the information. i presume the c.r. will be a continuing resolution that is anticipated as the gentleman referenced, is that accurate? mr. mccarthy: as the gentleman knows we have been in discussion to try to get a budget agreement. hope that we can have that done this time. and if we're able to get that b

the clerk: h.r. 4318. bill to amend the harmonized tariff schedule of the united states, to modify temporarily certain rates of duty. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 4 , the nays are 0. 0 recorded as present. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from montana, mr. gianforte, to suspend the rules and pass s. 117 on which the yeas and nays are

h.r. 490. 55% of democrats support the heart beat bill. h.r. 490. a majority of democrats support the heart beat bill. 55%. and 61% of independents. and when you put that all together and youatch it up for the demographics of the percentages thatre democrats versus independents and republicans, you merge that together, 69% support the heart beat bill. that's a little better than the 20-week pain-capable bill. people understand this. thabeeting heart is in our hearts. and so are these little babies. and i would say to national right to life, whose mission statement almost commands them to support the heart beat bill, you ought to amend your mission statement or support the heart beat bill. and here's one of their founders. i'll say the founder of the pro-life movement and the founder and former president of national right to life. now passed away sadly. and he surely did his part. dr. john c. which willky. here's what he had to say, -- wilky. and i quote, mr. speaker. -- here's what he had to say. and i quote, mr. speaker. when i founded the pro-life

>> i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 47 -- 4792. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4792, a bill to amend the securities and exchange act of 1934 to expand access to capital, for small businesses affected by hurricanes or other natch -- natural disasters and for other urposes. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. members will clear the aisles. pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from colorado, mr. tipton and the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, each will control 20 minutes. he house will be in order. embers will be in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. tipton: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tipton: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tipton: mr. speaker, small businesses across the country are espe

the clerk: motion to recommit on h.r. 2954 offered by mr. ellison of minnesota. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the na

the clerk: h.r. h.r. 195 and 19 amend title 44 united states code to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the federal register to members of the congress and other officers and flofse united for other purposes. senate amendment. offered by mr. frelinghuysen of new jersey. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 696, the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on appropriations. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. frelinghuysen and the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey, each will control 30 minutes this echair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. free like his -- mr. frelinghuysen: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise to present the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 195rk the extension of continuing appropriations act of 2018. this critical legislation extends government funding through february 16. our current funding expires tomorrow night. if congress do

h.r. mcmaster and don mcgahn. they may be planning their exits. don mcgahn is right in the middle of all the legal troubles. h.r. mcmaster was brought on to try to clean up one of the first trump administration officials with the russian government about easing sanctions. h.r. was brought in to replace flynn. both don mcgahn and h.r. mcmaster may be soon planning to leave the trump white house. this comes on a day when steve bannon, former white house chef strategist, the man brought on to run the trump campaign after paul manafort was ousted. his business dealings from the soviet union and links to pro-putin. that's why manafort was ousted from the trump campaign. steve bannon was brought in to run the trump campaign thereafter. when trump was elected, steve bannon became white house strategist. he was fired from the white house in august. last week in the wake of michael wolff's bombshell book quoting steve bannon saying all sorts of unflattering things about the president and his family

h.r. was brought in to replace flynn. both don mcgahn and h.r h.r. mcmaster may be soon planning to leave the trump white house. this comes on a day when steve bannon, former white house chef strategists, the man brought on to run the trump campaign after paul manafort was ousted. his business dealings from the soviet union and links to proputin. that's why manafort was ousted from the trump campaign. steve bannon was brought in to run the trump campaign thereafter. when trump was elected, steve bannon became strategists. fired from the white house in august. last week in the wake of michael wolff's bombshell book quoting steve bannon saying all sorts of unflattering things about the president and his family and campaign. steve bannon lost the support of the financial backers, the billionaire mercer family. today, steve bannon was fired from his website, breitbart.com. the mercers have been multi million dollar investors. whether or not the financial backing is directly connected to bannon being fired. today we don't yet know. this is a land mark dev

that the senate passed without an amendment, h.r. 984 and h.r. 4641. appointment, the united states semisess quentinial commission, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:15 p.m. today. i urge you come knocking. secretary nielsen: i look forward to it, sir. >> i'm a little frustrated that there seems to be no proactive legislative effort coming from any part of the administration on cyber, coming any part on election interference. and these are opportunities that you are missing to accomplish important things in a bipartisan way that will save american lives. secretary nielsen: we will be by to talk about it. senator whitehouse: thank you, chairman flake. senator flake: i'm glad senator graham mentioned phases and we spoke about it in that tuesday meeting but those involved in immigration legislation reform before recognize these issues are thorny and take negotiation and compromise on all sides. things like chain migration and asylum pol

consideration of calendar number 36, h.r. 1301, that the stabenow-casey-brown amendment at the desk providing for the permanent extension of the children's health insurance program, a five-year extension of the community health centers program and extensions of other expired medicaid, medicare, and health extensions be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. proom is there objection? -- the presiding officer: is there objection? the senator from north carolina. mr. tillis: i agree with the gentleman from new jersey. we wanted to fund the chip program which is why we voted to extend it for six years just a couple of days ago. the gentleman voted against it. i agree with him that the states are beginning to run out of money and we need to come up with a reauthorization soon. but this looks more like a way to atone for a bad vote that was made a couple of days ago on the part of people on the floor today. what we need to do is go back an

mcconnell: i move to concur in the house amendment to h.r. 195 with a further amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 195 with an amendment numbered 1917. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk on the motion to concur with amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to concur with the further amendment in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 195, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to refer the motion to the committee on appropriations and to report back forthwith with instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kent

h.r. 195. that the senate agreed to senate concurrent resolution 33. signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i ask that it be in order at any time to take from the speaker's table h.r. 195 to the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment thereto, and to consider in approximate the house without intervention of any point of order a motion offered by the majority leader or his designee that the house concur in the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment. that the senate amendment and the motion be considered as read. that the motion be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their respective designees. and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, pursuant

when we passed h.r. 1 here in the house, that was the 13th time he passed an anwr bill and it finally made it into law. achievements like this just don't happen overnight. they require leaders willing to carry on a torch what may. as we all know, don young is not -- he's not the kind of guy that will let anything or anyone get in his way. he's loyal to his family and his friends which includes many, many members of this body. he can be direct, but you always know where he stands or more importantly you always know where you stand with him. here he comes. but most of all, as our dean, don young is loyal to this institution. on that we all know. decades on, don young believes as much as anyone in the value of the work that we do here, and as don young himself has so characteristically put it, those that think that i might retire, quote-unquote, i will not do. he believes in this institution. he believes in the work he does. this on his 16,374 day in the house, we extension tend our congratulations to don, to ann. thank you for your service to alaska and thank you for your service to thi

tipton, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4292 as amended. on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 45, h.r. 4292, a bill to the living will process under the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 414, the yeas are zero. the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to clause 5-a, 4-a of rule 10 and thed orer of the house

the clerk: h.r. 4641, an act to authorize the president to award the medal of honor to john l.canley for acts of valor during the vietnam war while a member of the marine corps. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate shall proceed to the measure. ms. murkowski: i further ask that the bill be considered read three times and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for a pro forma session only with no business being conducted on friday, january 12, at 1:00 p.m. and that following the pro forma session, the senate adjourn until tuesday, january 16, at 4:30 p.m. following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed. further, following leader remarks, the senate

the clerk: house message to accompany h.r. 195, an act to amend title 44 united states code and so forth and for other purposes. mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: democratic whip. mr. durbin: madam president, let's look at the reality of what we face at this moment in this country, in this chamber. the republicans are in majority control of the united states senate. the republicans are in majority control of the united states house of representatives. the republicans are in control of the white house. the republicans through their appointees have a pretty decisive edge when it comes to the united states supreme court. in other words, when you look across the spectrum, the three branches of government, the republicans are in control. what are they offering us? the fourth c.r. now, a c.r. is washington talk. it's a continuing resolution. what does it mean? it means that the republican majority has failed, failed in 119 days to produce a budget for the united states of america. the republican majority in the house and senate with their president have failed to come up with

i dedicate my support to h.r. a to a mother who faked serious illness. she sursifed the abortion but she wasn't given any medical attention. doctors, nurses and presumably her mother led her live go away after one hour and 18 minutes after the abortion was performed. her life passed. is bill is for others that should be alive today. a baby with nol name survived an abortion. 911 in the phoenix area received a call indicating that a post-abortion baby was breathing but the clinic did no more than provide oxygen. the baby died before the arrival at the hospital. i dedicate this bill to the unnamed babies of abortion. mr. speaker, if a baby survives an abortion, it is not an abortion, it is a birth. it is inhumane to allow babies to simply die from negligent and detention. 4712 the passage of h.r. and i urge leadership to bring the heartbeat procks act of 2017 sponsored by 170 members of this body to the floor for a vote as well. i thank you, mr. smith. i yield back. mr. smith: i would like to kansas. member of just ranked number five as the state.ro-- >> i

h.r. 2954 offered by mr. ellison of minnesota. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] . the yeas are 191 and the nays are 236. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in thepinion of the chair the ays have it. >> i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of the vote will rise. members will record their votes by electronic device. members, this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any

evident it's, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4578 which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk: h.r. 4578, a billle to authorize certain counter terrorist networks activities at the u.s. customs and border protections, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 410, the nays are 2, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on homeland security and the judiciary committee b

he absolutely detested h.r. mcmaster in first meeting saying that he was incredibly boring and didn't want to see him again. and then, when eventually went along with appointing him he saw h.r. mcmaster on "morning joe" and he apparently did a good job and at that point he thought, oh, this guy's okay because he was good on tv. and that was the ultimate performance place for donald trump, in donald trump's mind for national security adviser. >> well, congratulations. you may have a new job. >> the president in this book, david, is as we said is the president who's tweeting us ever closer to a nuclear exchange with north korea. and if republicans as they weren't clearly concerned about the president prior to today, do you see anything in this book that should change the republican attitude toward the president on capitol hill? >> well, they're like -- they're like handcuffed men or men in a chain gang that are being dragged in directions they don't want to go. i want to clarify. i don't think we're moving toward

h.r.r, the national security adviser i've been told there be there with sarah sanders as will gary cohn, the director of the national economic council. so gary cohn and m.r. mcmaster with sarah sanders minutes from now live from the briefing room here on fnc. as democrats face off with the white house over immigration, president trump's infrastructure plan has leaked to the media, again, it's axios breaking another story and publishing what they report is a draft copy of the infrastructure plan. how to fix all the country's roads and bridges and airports. it was one of -- it was candidate trump's major campaign promises. last month the president said infrastructure would be the perfect place to start working with democrats. adam shapiro with the news. what are some of the major details of this leaked plan, adam? >> the white house won't comment about the leaked plan. how does $200 billion as seed money to leverage $1 trillion in capitol improvements to road, brings, waterways, transit syst

h.r., payroll duties. this is last on my list. -lemonis: yeah. -sandy: yeah.ve never seen a candy store or any retail business that has its h.r. director running the merchandise. i guess i shouldn't be that surprised. if they don't see the importance of having their ice cream be special, why would the candy be any different? it's a nice attempt at a theme, but i'm not really sure that the theme's clear to me. when you walk in the front door, it looks like they went to the local convenience store and just said, "give me some lollipops and some sweet tarts." it's not nostalgic. there's nothing really curated. and what's this -- all this bacon? why do you have bacon cotton candy? sandy: people like bacon right now. same thing with the bacon soda. lemonis: i mean, i know the craze with bacon, but how does it connect to farrell's? shauna: it doesn't. there is no bacon connection. -lemonis: yeah. -shauna: and i think that there are a lot of things that could probably go away. sandy: well, i love the product. shauna: the barrels used to be filled with old-time candy,

following leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the house message to accompany h.r. 195.> is there objection? without objection. >> no further business come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. >> there it is, an hour and 29 minutes after the senate failed to move and approve a continuing resolution, the senate is adjourned. they will resume at 12:00 noon tomorrow eastern time, 9:00 a.m. for the house. joining us is yamiche alcindor, and back with us is jonathan allen. the president has a big party tomorrow night, a big party, a big-ticket thing at mar-a-lago. "the daily beast" is reporting two sources close to the president, one a white official and the other a longtime confidant told "the daily beast" how excited he was for the event and relayed his growing concern that the potential failure to strike a zedeal to keep the federal government open could keep him from, quote, my party has the president has said. i'm headed to davos this weekend where the president is also going. this is hard stuff for him. this is his first anniversary

it is in that spirit that i rise to join my colleagues in supporting h.r. 4712, the born alive abortion survivors protection act. this bill ensures that if a baby survives a failed abortion, that baby must be given the same medical care as the baby born under any circumstances. in a moral society, the strong have a responsibility to protect the weak. it is a stain on the moral fabric of our nation that some lives are deemed less worthy than others with respect to protection. america is a city on a hill whose light shines bright for all the world to see. that light is dimmed, however, as long as the dark practice of leaving a baby to die continues. it is my hope that even those who believe in abortion can recognize that baby that survives a botched abortion should be afforded the same protections that you and i are. this week we celebrate not only the march for life, we also elebrate the life of blk jr. in his day martin luther king worked tirelessly in the face of eformous adversity and personal risk to himself and his family to help all of us as americans live up to the highest of our

speaker, i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 4 72, the end of shutdown act of 2018, a continuing resolution through tuesday that would immediately reopen the government while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to parity, reauthorizing the children's health insurance program, and other critical health care programs, addressing the issue of dreamers as was requested by the president of the united states, and providing a assistance to americans impacted by natural disasters. s the -- >> as the minority whip must surely know, time dedicated for this debate is for debate only. would the gentleman from texas yield for that purpose? mr. sessions: i do not. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman does not yield and as such, the request cannot be entertained. mr. hoyer: parliamentary inquiry. did the speaker hear mr. meadows objecting to my unanimous consent request? the speaker pro tempore: the request was not even entertained. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the distinguished gentlema

we should work together with bills like h.r. 3748. voluntary deficit neutral attempt to try and strengthen and provide cheaper alternatives for people 50 and up, and small businesses, that's the way forward. not this persistent, nonstop, hyper political, hyper partisan attack on a bill that's made a huge difference to millions of americans. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. . mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, over the weekend the commonwealth of pennsylvania kicked off one of my favorite events, pennsylvania farm show. for more than a century, farmers had gathered each january at the pennsylvania farm show in harrisburg, pennsylvania. this week we're having the 102nd pennsylvania farm show. this week-long event is the largest indoor agriculture expo significance in the nation showcasing over 6,000 animals and featuring merely 12,000 exhibits and nearly half a million visitors. each year i host lastening se

ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 36, h.r. 1301, that the amendment at the desk providing for the continuing appropriations for pay and death benefits for members of the armed services be considered agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, and that motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. tillis: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. tillis: mr. president, reserving the right to object. i want to go back and talk about the concept of doing our jobs. so loud, i could hear myself. we've done a lot of stuff over the last 12 months. for people to say we haven't done anything, then let's go back and talk about the 12 circuit judges, neil gorsuch on the supreme court, extraordinary regulatory reform, a number of very positive things. i know that your perspective is different based on what side of the aisle you're on, but i'm actually very proud of what we