the clerk: h.r. 6720. a bill to prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. abraham, and the gentlewoman from the virgin islands, ms. plaskett, each will control to minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. abraham: i thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. abraham: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. abraham: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 6720, to prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption and for other purposes. while this practice is completely unacceptable in the united states, only four states explicitly ban it. this patchwork of state l

h.r. 6439. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 705. h.r. 6439. a bill to amend the homeland security act of 2002, to establish in the department of homeland security the biometric identification transnational migration alert program and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul, and the gentleman from mississippi, mr. thompson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccaul: madam speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccaul: madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of my legislation to help protec

h.r. 4719 -- 4917. a bill to amend the inspector general act of 1978 to provide testimonial subpoena authority and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. russell, and the gentleman from california, mr. gomez, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. russell: thank you, 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 material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. russell: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. russell: i urge support of my bill, h.r. 4917, the inspector general subpoena authority act. h.r. 4917 would provide inspectors general the authority to subpoena contractors, grant recipients and former federal employees for testimony necessary for their investigations. inspe

the clerk: h.r. 56. an act to authorize the secretary of the interior to conduct a special resource study of fort ontario in the state of new york, senate amendment, strike out all after the enacting clause -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. mcclintock: i'd ask unanimous consent to have the amendment considered as read. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. is there objection to the request from the gentleman from california? without objection, the senate amendment is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on natural resources be discharged from further consideration of house resolution 418 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 418. resolution urging the secreta

h.r. 6316. a bill to clarify the primary functions and duties of the office of advocacy of the small business administration and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from ohio, mr. chabot, and the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. chabot: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five elective days to revise and extend their remarks -- legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. chabot: thank you. i rise today in support of h.r. 6316, the small business advocacy improvements act of 2018, which clarifies the role of the office of advocacy of the united states small business administration. the office of advocacy is charged with representing small businesses before federal

h.r. 6735 would push d.h.s. in the right direction by requiring it to put in place policies to ensure that civic-minded hackers can research and report bugs found on certain information systems without breaking the law. before i close, i would like to express my disappointment that age bill 1281, the hack act is not being considered. it was approved by voice vote in the committee and is consistent with the objectives of h.r. 6735. which i support. it is unclear why s. 1281 is not being considered today. i urge house leadership to bring s. 1281 to the floor late they are fall. with that, i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 6735 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccall: i have no other speakers. if the gentleman has no other district of columbia mr. mccaul: i have no other speakers. if the gentleman has no other speakers, i'm prepared to close when the gentleman does. mr. richmond: i have no further speakers and i'm p

h.r. 4606 will also help our u.s. citizens living in puerto rico and the virgin islands who are still recovering from hurricane maria. while the territories don't need a special permit to receive u.s. national -- natural gas shipments, they would certainly benefit if we allow more u.s. small-scale l.n.g. exports to other destinations in the caribbean. h.r. 4606 will jump-start investments and jobs which will create economies of scale. with more competition, puerto rico and the virgin islands will have more supply options at lower costs. the caribbean islands have some of the identifiest fuel and elech terroristity prices. we shouldn't -- elech terroristity prices. we shouldn't deny them the opportunity to share in some of our surplus natural gas. h.r. 4606 isn't a silver bullet, but it will help deliver cleaner and more affordable fuel to those remote locations. and thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recogni

h.r. 5923, by the yeas and nays. h.r. 3186 by the yeas and nays. and h.r. 4689 by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be ducted -- will be conducted as five minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from montana, mr. gianforte to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5923 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar nurment 715, h.r. 5923 a bill to direct secretary of agriculture to exchange certain public lands national forest and for other purposes. 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 purpos

in h.r. 1635. i'm deeply disappointed that my two amendments were not made in order to h.r. 1635. my amendments would have helped students who have suffered from the closure of schools or school branches. when schools close, it is the students who are the real losers. they are saddled with debt and with left having to navigate a complicated process for loan relief. the two amendments i offered would have streamlined the process for students to have their loans discharged, ensuring that bureaucracy didn't slow down providing these students the relief that they need. and fix the pell grant process to make sure that students wouldn't be limited in pursuing their educational goals at a new institution. these are bipartisan ideas, which have been reviewed by the current administration. and i'm disappointed that the house wouldn't even allow an open process. however, i'm certainly not surprised after all, this is the most closed congress in our nation's history. i hope we can aim to do better and give ou

lastly, h.r. bill would amend section 2251 to create two new offenses that would cause the depiction of a mipor engaged in sexual conduct or causeing the transmission. engaged in this will conduct. in effect, these provisions and yetd a new class of this bill fails to provide any romeo and juliet provision. even when the conduct is for example, if a 19-year-old and 17-year-old are engaged in a sexual account, the 19-year-old will be subject to mandatory minimums. that is why i offered an amendment before our committee, my amendment would have been romeo and juliet would have qualifiesich juvenile as offenses. as harsh as we need to be, i'm concerned that we look to the reform of a juvenile system ap not criminalize acts between juveniles. an ajudication for a qualifying offense if the judge finds that the registration is necessary to protect the public safety. we all have the same common goal and that is to go protect our children. but unfortunately, there are children who are actors and we want t

the clerk: h.r. 5532, the bill to redesignate the reconstruction era national monuments a reconstruction era national historic park and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from montana, mr. gianforte and the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. tsongas, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from montana. mr. gianforte: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative tais to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gianforte: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gianforte: reconstruction addressed how the 11 states that had left the union would be re-established in congress. as well as how the civil rights and integration into a free society of four million formerly enslaved individuals could be secured. the reconstruction era national monument was eb

mcconnell: i ask the chair to lay before the senate the message to accompany h.r. 6157. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the chair lays before the senate the message from the house. the clerk: resolved that the house disagree to the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 6157, entitled an act making appropriations for the department of defense for fiscal year ending 2019 and for other purposes and ask for a conference of the senate on the two houses there on. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the authorize the chair to appoint conferees to the senate at a rareo of four to three and i know of no further debate on the motion. the presiding officer: if there's no further debate, the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposeed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the care that a -- the chair appoints the following conferees. the clerk: shelby, blunt, durbin, murray, and leahy. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session for the en bloc consideration of the

h.r. 4887 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair 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. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? mr. russell: i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4431 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4431, a bill to amend title 5:00 united states code to provide for interest payments by agencies in the case of administrative error in processing annuity deposits for prior military service. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. russell, and the gentleman from california, mr. gomez, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. russell: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their rash remarks and

in that i've done and each time got the run-around by h.r. whether it's h.r. in the school district or h.r. in the city side. that's denied me as a mexican my right to be paid as a director of my department. so you cannot tell me there is no discrimination. not just throughout the city but into the city college and the school district. thank you for your time. >> good afternoon. supervisors, my name is eunice. i'm from laguna honda hospital and seiu member. i'm here to address the evil management in laguna honda hospital. >> yeah! >> i thought i was coming to a civilized [inaudible] to work when the federal government invited me to come here to work as nurse. and i figured it out that america somehow is not civ lied. -- civilized. i can't understand in 2018 we still talking about race that has been dealt with 200 or 300 years ago. it breaks my imagination we're talking about a human life in a government hospital. local government hospitals. county hospitals. what do i take outside united states to tell people? that this is my witness here. caring for people an

the clerk: h.r. 6400. a bill to require the secretary of homeland security to conduct a threat and operational analysis of ports of entry and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from arizona, mrs. lesko, and the gentleman from new jersey, -- the gentlewoman from new jersey, mrs. watson coleman, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from arizona. mrs. lesko: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lesko: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognizes -- is recognized. mrs. lesko: thank you, mr. speaker. the united states has over 300 official ports of entry, ranging from land border ports to our southern and northern borders, to international airports and major metro

h.r. 1229. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. . >> mr. speaker, i rise today in honor of former congressman jack edwards who are will celebrate his 90th birthday next thursday. congressman edward' service to his beloved country started long before his 20 honorable years as a representative for alabama's fifth district. as just a teenager jack left home, enlisted in the marine corps where he later earned the rank of sergeant. years later jack brought his military background to the halls of congress, with the first wave of alabama republicans. jack worked alongside five u.s. presidents during his time in office, to ensure that our national defense was funded at the necessary levels which ultimately brought an end to the cold war and led to the dismantling of the b

h.r. 302 includes the f.a.a. re-authorization act, the kiss as ter recovery reform a., the national transportation safety board re-authorization act, and other priorities for multiple house committees. the f.a.a. re-authorization act is a -- provides for five years of critical stability for aviation programs and infrastructure. this is the first time since 1982 that we will be passing a five-year bill. again, as i said, brings the stability and certainty to the aviation industry that it needs to produce and perform the way it needs to. this bill cuts red tape and certification process which means our manufacturers of avionics and aviation air frames will be able to move forward faster, bringing those products to market faster, quicker, more efficiently. it encourages american innovation, improves aviation safety, and provides long-term funding to the airport improvement program which for many members, small and medium-sized airports will benefit greatry by this. this bill also includes the disaster recovery refor

the clerk: h.r. 68. a bill to amend the omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968 to re-authorize the juvenile accountability block grant program and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the bill? for what purpose does the gentleman from pell seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will rereport -- report the amendment. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading they have amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the motion to dispense with the reading of the amendment is agreed to. without objection, the amendment is agreed to. the bill is engrossed, read a hird time, passed, and weather it is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i ask that the committee on the judiciary be discharge from further consideration of h r. 6896. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 689 a bill to provide for the continued perf

ster relief on h.r. 67 mr. speaker, democrats are strong believers in the power of american innovation and entrepreneurship. democrats support small businesses who are the backbone of our economy and create two out of every three new jobs. my democratic colleagues and i would have loved to have participate in the drafting of bipartisan legislation to help small businesses and innovative startups succeed, but that is not the process that the majority adopted. this bill, just like tax scam 1.0, has never received the scrutiny it deserves in a public committee hearing. a rushed and lopsided process resulted in the disastrous tax law. yet, rather than learn from their mistakes, republicans are once again rushing through legislation without the appropriate oversight. this process should tell you how serious the majority is about helping small businesses, which is not very. if the republicans were serious about helping small businesses last year, they surely would not have enacted their so-called small business tax b

that the senate passed, without an amendment, h.r. 6124. that the senate agrees to conference with the house of representatives h.r. 6147. that the senate agrees to conference with the house of representatives h.r. 6157. with best wishes, i am, signed incerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. clip h.r. 6124, an act to amend title 2 of the social security act to authorize voluntary agreements for coverage of indian

h.r. 6691 strips away the felony requirement. for these reasons, this bill radically amends section 16. we go back to the old days of throwing everybody in jail. this bill does not just list a few statutes that are obvious crimes of violence. it enumerates 32 separate crimes, some of which are not federal crimes, and even offers alternative definitions for several federal crimes. this requires careful consideration. how dare anyone suggest that anyone on this side of the aisle is soft on crime. some of my best friends, as we have heard others say in other settings, are law enforcement. i speak to my police officers every time i see them in the district. i'm talking to the command frequently. sometimes i congratulate them for successful capture of a dastardly criminal. obviously many of those crimes are state laws, but i know the state of texas has been working to reduce the numbers of persons incarcerated. there is no doubt without law enforcement who the bad actors are. on the federal level it's the same. here we are with a 1 we

h.r. 6545 makes the following improvements. it makes important investments in prevention a key priority identified not only by people who work with victims an survive yos daily but also by our bipartisan women's caucus. it provides resources to implement evidence-based prevention programs. law enforcement officers are waiting for the resources to help them protect the community. it also safeguards important protections and ensures all victims and survivors have access to safety and justice and holds predators who prey on nate i women accountable. it prvidse law enforcement new tools to protect the community. it supports victims and survive who need assistance rebuilding financially. it addresses the needs of underserved communities and improved the health care response to the crimes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. mrs. torres: i yield another minute. ms. jackson lee: thank you. it close miss loopholes found in dating violence and in response to the overwhelming victims in the me too movement it adds

the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 6398, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid n the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. by direction of the committee on foreign affairs, i send to the desk a privileged report to accompany house resolution 1017. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 1017. resolution of inquiry requesting the president and directing the secretary of state to transmit to the house of representatives copies of all documents, records, communications, transcripts, summaries, notes, memorandums and read-aheads in their possession referring to or relating to certain communications between president donald trump and president vladimir putin. the speaker pro tempore: referred to th

h.r. 6729. a bill to allow nonprofit organizations to register with the secretary of the treasury and share information on activities that may involve human trafficking or money laundering with financial institutions and regulatory authorities under a safe harbor that offers protections from liability in order to better identify and report potential human trafficking or money laundering activities. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from colorado, mr. tipton, and the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now 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, so ordered. mr. tipton: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to now yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlelady from missouri, mrs. wagner. th

well, i also met with the city h.r. with my union rep. later, down the line, i received a letter from mickey callahan saying she was not going to investigate my allegations. i had a press conference 2016, and this is what the city put on the news was that while we acknowledge the extreme offensiveness of the n-word, one comment is not sufficiently enough to cause a hostile work environment. they can't tell me what caused a hostile work environment. if i would have reacted after she called me the nigger, i would be in 850 right now, ok? so i walked away from the situation. they did no investigation in-house, the city h.r. did not do investigation. what happened was, after i reported this, after i filed an eeoc complaint, went to the h.r. manager's office and asked for a copy of the complaint/report, the h.r. officer went ballistic on me, and after that i was harassed every day. placed in a hostile work environment, retaliated against in my evaluation, and december 2015, my doctor took me off, i would have died there. my health had deterior

h.r. 6757, the family savings act of 2018 and h.r. 6756, american innovative act of 2018. mr. speaker, just yesterday we had members of the ways and means committee, other members, who came to the rules committee. they came to the rules committee to discuss before the committee the important aspects of continuing the economic growth that we have currently right now in our lifetime in the united states of america. what a great time to be an american. perhaps more importantly, what a great time to look forward to a great future a future not only where the american dream becomes available to each and every person but even if you happen to be on the lowest end of the totem pole, perhaps beginning work today. those are the people that have benefited from not only the tax cut that president trump and this house and republican senate made sure we passed but more importantly, giving to the american worker the opportunity to have not just a sense of accomplishment, not just a job, but potentially a career moved forward. what has happened as a result of that is what brings us to where w

introduced h.r. 6680 with mr. lewan ranking member schiff that would prevent the administration from revoking security clearances for political reasons. my bill would give agency officials the basis to push back on white house demands that more clearances be revoked outside the judicial processes. granting, denying or revoking security clearances for political retribution is un-american and should never be tolerated or allowed. i urge my colleagues to support this important legislation and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, as we return this week to washington, after a district work period this last month, i rise today to recognize and honor the many firefighters around california, particularly in my own district, who have been fighting so hard to extinguish these devastating wildfires. mr. lamalfa: hundreds of

the senate has now sent h.r. 6147 back to the house with the agriculture and transportation bills added to the package. with the appointment of these conferees, the house and senate may begin to resolve differences with the goal of passing h.r. 6147 before the end of the fiscal year. le with that i reserve the balance of my time. excuse me, as such, i strngly support this motion. yield back the balance of my time and move the previous question on the motion. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from california. so many as are in favor say aye those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it it. the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i have a motion to instruct conferees at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: miss p mccollum of minnesota moves that the managers on the part of the house at the

that the senate passed, without an amendment, h.r. 6124. that the senate agrees to conference with the house of representatives h.r. 6147. that the senate agrees to conference with the house of representatives h.r. 6157. with best wishes, i am, signed incerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. clip h.r. 6124, an act to amend title 2 of the social security act to authorize voluntary agreements for coverage of indian tribal councilmembers and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the house declares the house in recess for a period not more mr. lamalfa: i'm asking you sir, will the army corps and e.p.a. work with the other land management agencies to make their jurisdictional determination so land users have issuesea wrda directives that someone decides that a ermit is needed. mr. lamalfa: what about the concept that the permit wasn't needed to be needed clearly and reinterpretations done by some divisions of the corps that have seen to have gone

i move the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany h.r. 302. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk lays before the senate a message from the house. the clerk: resolved that the house agree to the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 302 entitled an act to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals and so forth with an amendment to the senate amendment. mr. mcconnell: i move to concur in the house amendment ao the senate amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, moves to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 302. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk on the motion to concur. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. mr. mcconnell: -- on the desk on the motion concur. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance

the clerk: resolved that the house disagree to the senate with the bill h.r. 6147, entitled an act making appropriations for the departments of interior and related, for fiscal year 2019. mr. mcconnell: i move that the senate insist on its amendment agree to the request to the house for conference and authorize the chair to appoint conferees on the senate at a ratio of six to five and i know of no further debate on the motion. the presiding officer: if

i will proceed consideration of h.r. 6757. without objection the measure will be considered asil read and open for amendment at any point. without objection the amendment to make substantial be considered as read open for amendment and considered base text or purpose of amendment. i will now turn to staff director for jointt committee on taxation to provide the description of the substitute.. ask members hold the questions to after his presentation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. members of the committee have before them three joint committee documents. which describe the underlying legislation h.r. 6757, the family, the family savings act of 2018 and the chairman's and him and the nature of the substitute. also provides the staff estimates of the budgetary effects of this proposed legislation. the chairman's amendment and substitute provides clerical corrections to the underlyingle legislation. let me highlight just a few, maybe significant provisions, a number of which have been before the committee before. among the provisions

the motion is agreed to h.r. 6760 as amended. the rollcall is requested that the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the vote. >> 21 yeas and 15 cents six. >> the motion is agreed to h.r. 6760 as amended. report to the house of representatives of that objection be authorized to make technical and conforming changes to the bill. members have two additional days of supplemental for minority views. next order of business is h.r. 6757 from the field the same effect in 2017. the bill sponsor with an opening statement. >> i thank the chairman for this markup. nearly nine months ago was the legislative miles and historic victory for the american peopl. this new law has turbocharger nations economy to historic highs bolstered businesses of every shape and size and most importantly giving hard-working american taxpayers at everyis income level more take-home pay. the evidence cleared and the facts don't lie, taxi firm

the clerk: report to accompany h.r. 5895, a bill making appropriations for the energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2019, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? mr. simpson: mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until noon on wednesday, september 12, 2018, for morning hour debate. are rebuilt spending package including for the legislative branch and veterans affairs. watch gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. tonight on the communicators, a roundtable discussion on social ,edia regulation and censorship public knowledge senior vice president harold feld. debate on whata little -- and is not a question of policy. we can have an ethical debate. think that will happen. it has beenfacebook extreme examples the watch tonight at 8:0

for an example,s we were told by h.r. there would be no impact of the move of our unit to mission bernal, however, now the nurses on 4 north and 5 north have a lower pay. they're loosing jobs by loosing shifts. let me see. i have a couple more comments -- >> experienced at st. luke's. we expect that cpmc would listen to the nurses as you know suspend their practice of you will extra lean staffing for a generous period of time while they have adapted to the new hospital. which it's many layers of changes from our previous environment. instead, cpmc staffed up the new hospital for only one day or two before reverting to their usual pattern of canceling nurses. from our shifts at ever opportunity leaving those of us who worked short-handed and scrambling. more over, they sent permanent staff and obtained temporary traveling nurses. we've been scrambling for needed medical supplies and learning to utilize new technologies with frequent glitches all while struggling for patient assignments. this is unnecessary and unsafe and t

h.r. mcmarch tester. official is putting this in stark terms, this is a huge decision for the individual. that individual is basically torn up about their role with the trump administration. that is not unique. hundreds of people are in the same situation. it gets to the question of what should these people do? should they quit or stay and steer the mob to less bad outcomes? i think the consensus with bob corker is these people should stay assuming they can stomach it or they are not working against their ideals or morals or beliefs because we need government with a lot of professionals even if they don't agree with the president. >> phil, if you were a fly on the wall at the white house, what is it like this morning? >> i think the problem is you now realize there could be thousands of senior administration officials if "the new york times" is straight forward with who that person's title actually is here. there are 1,200 people who have to be senate approved as far as officials. we don't know who necess

once a framework is developed by h.r. and implemented, we will be able to establish a baseline after the first year of use and set a target for the following year. along with the performance measures, we identified a handful of initiatives we could work on through the year and lift up the other strategic plan some accomplishments were developing and implementing an emergency exit response training and exercise through the agency. updating the i.t. plan and piloting for different occupational models within h.r. and the promotion of our one door s.f. initiative. with any major effort, communication is key. one of our objectives is to improve communication with our internal stakeholder, the employee appeared to help strengthen our identity as an organization. we've indicated -- put in internal communications in a variety of ways such as featuring the mission vision value and the arts wall. posting them in each of our facilities. we also base selection criteria for their golden pride recognition program on each of the goals.

an amendment to the rule to bring up education and work force committee ranking member scott's bill, h.r. 3773, the childcare for working families act. this bill will establish a new federal-state partnership to provide high quality, affordable childcare from birth through age 13. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amount in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: to discuss our proposal, i'm very pleased to yield five minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman, my friend from oregon, miss bonamici the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman oregon is recognized for five minutes. ms. bonamici: thank you very much, mr. speaker. thank you for yielding to it my colleague. there is bipartisan consensus that our nation's families, on behalf of our nation's children, who are our future, and our future leaders, must be able to access affordable, high quality childcare. and other early learning opportunities to fulfill their potential and succeed in college an

the unfinished business is the vote on passage of h.r. 6756 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 745. h.r. 6756, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to promote new business innovation and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of 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 260, the nays are 156. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill senate bill 3508 and ask for its imm

and it's -- i had to fuss with h.r. to show the punishments that the department recommended does not fit the crime. and that's all i have to say. thank you. >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> good morning, all. my name is theresa rutherford, i'm one of the vice presidents of the local, also a c.n.e. at laguna honda hospital and a couple of people have sent me, you know, cases that they are asking to represent because they could not be here. speak quickly. 2013, an african american was in an meeting with her peers with her caucasian supervisor. they had a disagreement, she did not agree with whatever the discussion was, her caucasian supervisor grabbed the chair with her sitting in it, pulls her of the meeting and says i'm so tired of you, i wish you would go away, in front of her co-workers. this was reported, h.r. was involved, e.o.c. was involved, nothing happened. her supervisor was promoted to a senior position. her supervisor moved from being a supervisor to a director, and she was marched out of laguna honda with th

under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the conference report of h.r. 6157, which the clerk will report. the clerk: conference report to accompany h.r. 6157, an act making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2019, and for other purposes. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: madam president, i think it's important for us at this moment to reflect on a little senate history. this goes back to the year 1991, 27 years ago. it was a chapter in the history of the senate and the senate judiciary committee, which many people who lived through it either as observers or participants will never forget. it refers to the hearings for the approval of the nomination of clarence thomas to the supreme court. let me read to you a summary of what occurred. after anita hill alleged that judge clarence thomas had sexually harassed her, the full senate on october 8, 1991, agreed by by unanimous vote, unanimous consent, to delay a vote on thomas' nomination to the supreme court

president, i ask the chair lay before the senate the conference report to accompany h.r. 5895. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: conference report -- the committee on conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 5895, making appropriations for the energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2019, and for other purposes, having met, have agreed that the house recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the senate and agree to the same with an amendment, and the senate agree to the same, signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both houses. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk for the conference report. 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 conference report to accompany h.r. 5895, an act making appropriations for

the clerk: calendar number 551, h.r. 5772, an act to designate the j. marvin jones federal building and courthouse in amarillo, texas as the marilou robinson courthouse. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the bill will be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 5385 which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 5385, an act to amend the public health service act to reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered mad