the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on march 14, 2019, at 3:02 p.m. that the senate agreed to senate joint resolution 7. that the senate agreed to without amendment house joint resolution 46. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, sharon l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled joint resolution was signed by the speaker on thursday, march 14, 2019. the speaker pro tempore: house joint resolution 46, relating to a national emergency declared by the president on february 15, 2019. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, i have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope receiv

house of representatives. the first two muslim women elected to the u.s. house of representatives. a larger congressional hispanic caucus, african-american caucus, asian american caucus, pacific islander caucus. more women ever to serve in the congress, in the history of the united states. i think that highlights the diversity. many of these new members, most of them are policy experts. they all bring such a deep breath of experiences. fbi agents, cia officers, small business owners, ceo's, of all backgrounds. they were policy experts with the obama administration. and a varying degree of areas. i have said all along that you need to embrace the diversity. you need to embrace the energy and passion. that has come from our new members. they are bringing the freshest approach on what is in the minds of the american people. it's incredibly important that we understand and we learn from them, that they understand the plight of what we have to do to earn the trust back of the american people where it's been loved, not just in the process, but even in the way our government works. and to

because of the rules of the house of representatives. apologizes for running a racist campaign to get his job in congress, then everyone outside of the house of representatives has the right and the moral authority to call him a racist because if we pretend that the people who say and do racist things aren't racist, then we are denying the very existence of racism and that is a grave crime against the truth of life in america and american history. if mark meadows isn't a racist, no one is. even george wallace eventually apologized for his racist tactics of governor of alabama before he died. tonight america awaits mark meadows' apology. that's tonight's last world. the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. >> tonight president trump back at home but hardly out of the woods. in fact quite the opposite. having left vietnam after a summit with north

house of representatives. elected to the u.s. house of representatives. -- the first two muslim women elected to the u.s. house of representatives. a larger hispanic caucus and congressional black caucus. more women ever to serve in the congress, in the history of the united states. i think that highlights the diversity. many of these new members, most of them are policy experts. they all bring such a deep breath of experiences. s, cia officers, small business owners ceo's, of all , backgrounds. they were policy experts with the obama administration. and a varying degree of areas. i have said all along that you need to embrace the diversity. you need to embrace the energy and passion. they are bringing the freshest approach of what is on their mind. it is incredibly important that we understand and learn from them to earn the trust back of the american people. today was a first step in doing that. we understand that that is a aat -- that climate change is crisis. we understand that on our side of the aisle. we believe in science o

as of early march, the house of representatives has taken a robust approach towards investigating donald trump and entities close to him. at the beginning of the month, the house of representatives issued a request, documents for 81 individiduals and organizations.s. the house of democrats and the house of representatives, they are looking to look further into the financial dealings of the trump organization, all people connected with trump and to dig more on this russia question. therealso worth saying are separate legal ininvestigations that are federl prosecutors in manhattan, looking into at least two criminal inquiries, one related to the inaugural committee and the other is focused on the hush money scandal involving michael cohen. >> the white hououse has been trying to s spend -- trying to spspin this as a vicryry for the administration. >> the democrats did not get what they really wanted from this summary. sayingd not get a phrase therere was conspiracy between e trump campaign and a hostile foreign power to influence the u.s. election. get involved in a long battle to have oth

we took out the house of representatives in 2018, we'll take out the white house and senate in 2020. >> some of the democrats were struggling with how to handle the question medicare for all, for or against. for example, a candidate like joe biden, we don't know where he is or what his response is on that now. and with this, the republicans and the trump administration move the ball back to where it was in the two years of the trump administration. they move it back to the affordable care act. so, for example, kamala harris campaigned tonight. her tweet, trump and his administration are trying to take health care away from tens of millions of americans again. we must fight back again with everything we've got, and in 2020 we need to elect a president who will make health care right. it seems they've moved the line of scrimmage back to a spot where they already lost. >> well, i'm not sure how the politics of this play out. i hope ezra is right, but a couple points i think the audience should bear in mind. what trump is doing here is a pure base play. obamacare, the affordable care act,

friends over from the senate, many who started in the congress of the united states and the house of representatives spirit these are schumer, senator markey, senator cantwell , and senator wyden. thank you for your leadership. we will be hearing from some of our members representing -- energy and commerce that deals with net neutrality. the chairman of the committee, frank pallone, thank you for being here. as the vice chair is here to speak on this subject and i want , thelcome anna eshoo godmother of this for so many years when she was chair or a ranking member of the committee that mr. doyle now chairs. ,hank you, congresswoman eshoo for your service. it is honored to be with members from both sides of the capital to save the internet. we salute mike doyle, mr. chairman for his leadership to protect net neutrality. we are thrilled to be with so many advocates across the country, millions of americans have organized, mobilize and made the difference in the fights we have had. mr. markey's cra in the senate last year, but even before that on issues in leadership am of the issue to speak out in ter

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 407. the nays are 23. voting present one. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to house resolution 172 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 1. will the gentleman from california, mr. peters, kindly take the chair. r. peters. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 1 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to extend americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics and strengthen ethics rules for public service a

the house of representatives has 435 members elected by the people of the states and according to its population. the house originates appropriation bills and brings impeachments. the capitol building only part of the work takes place. here are the house buildings where congress men have their offices and do much of their work. there are meeting rooms for committees, both large and small. this is the library of congress that holds one of the world's largest collections of reference books at the service of our lawmakers. to the north is a senate office building where senators have suites of offices for themselveses and for their assistants. let us go in and walk down one of the corridors. senator margaret smith of main, senator tomas of oklahoma, senator green of rhode island, senator taft of ohio. here is the senator himself. his daily work typifies of all senators. reading and answers letters from his constituents. this is as it should be are his neighbors and those that support made him a senator. this pile of 10,000 letters was received in two weeks. many constituent come to call i

we didn't win the house of representatives on impeachment and not focused on impeachment. what is clear that the overwhelming majority of the house democratic caucus want to drive our for the people agenda and will vote out of the house of representatives the paycheck fairness act, introduce legislation to strengthen the affordable care act. continue to work on lowering the high cost of lowering the high cost of prescription drugs and at some point enact a real infrastructure plan, not the fake one that donald trump introduced. inaudible question] mr. jeffries: we'll see what happens in terms of the vote today. certainly everyone that cares about the united states constitution, as many of my republican colleagues profess to do, should be alarmed at this presidential overreach. this is not a dictatorship, it's a democracy. congress is a separate and co-equal branch of government. pursuant to article one of the constitution, we have the power f the purse. and that prerogative has been invaded by donald trump. that's why we're hopeful we can override this veto in a bipartisan

senate and house of representatives. the american people and the people who work in the congress have the right to know exactly what happened. that was one of the major reasons that we had this investigation in the first place. something else that was mentioned in the four-page letter that we all want to have more details about and that is another way that russia try to influence our election and that was the spread of false propaganda on the internet. right? we have cds ads. we have seen these in sworn hearings. one i will never forget is one that was russian sponsored, which was a picture of an african-american woman and it said, basically, i am paraphrasing, why wait in line? you can text your vote for hillary clinton. that is illegal. that was one of the advertisements that the russians put into our system. we know they put false issue ads out there to divide americans, sometimes from the left, try to make it look like they were looking from the left. sometimes from the right. they were simply trying to sow discord in

signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. ill, for five minutes. i thank the speaker for the time. mr. speaker, in recent weeks it's been sad to read that a judicial nomi

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 chair: on this vote the yeas are 406 and the nays are 24. he amendment is adopted. the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it and the amendment is adopted. accordingly, under the rule, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: madam speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union had under consideration h.r. 7 and pursuant to house resolution 252, i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 7 and, pursuant to house resolution 252, reports the bill back to the house with an amend

our next guest is a longtime leader on capitol hill and the top ranked republican in the house of representatives. house republicans leader kevin mccarthy has been an outspoken advocate for pro-israel legislation and a rising force behind the scenes to make sure to promote the safety and security of both america and israel. for years, he has been a senior many that have taken are sponsored by aipac. it encourages members of the house to understand the challenges and threats facing israel, both republican and democrat. theoins to discuss relationship between america and israel. join me in welcoming house republicans leader kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> thank you. leader mccarthy, you and the entire congress have been tragically, we heard the attacks coming from gaza and the third rocket in only two weeks. what is the message for today and the audience? >> we stand with israel first and foremost. message to the audience is thank you. thank you for being here. thank you for your passion and support. aipac should never be boycotted. i know the audience will have different political views and come fro

thanks control of the house of representatives. . of representatives.. thanks forjoining us. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the us—backed syrian democratic forces say they are facing tough resistance from the so—called islamic state group as they defend their last village stronghold of baghouz in syria. the final push against the militants began on friday and was expected to be over within hours. but is are now using booby—trapped vehicles to repel the attack. the authorities in the port of calais in northern france say 63 migrants have been detained after climbing aboard a large ferry that crosses to dover in britain. the ship was searched after the migrants breached perimeter security and boarded the vessel on saturday night using a maintenance ladder. there's been another delay in the search for two missing climbers in pakistan. plans to use high altitude drones to search for british climber tom ballard and italian danilie nardi have been delayed because of bad weather. the pair have been missing on

of course, it now the democrats have control of the house of representatives, but the new york timesle is saying that actually that might not necessarily be the best thing for the democrat to do. that is right, and it talks about the fact that there is this pressure, particularly from the newly elected, younger members of the democrats house of representatives that have come into the house recently, and that there is that pressure. however, it also points out that the last time there was an impeachment hearing, that he did not go well for the party trying to impeach. so it is not sure that just because the democrats have the power in the house of representatives that they should launch this impeachment. it may not play well with voters and might actually help donald trump in the 2020 election, so that is what they are saying, be careful of what happens. there is no guarantee, plus of course, the republicans still control the senate, so even if you started the impeachment in the lower house, you still have to take it to the senate, which is where any impeachment would take place and b

think they would have the decency not to raise the question of process after running the house of representatives like king kong over the last two years. but they want to turn it into a quaker meeting house somehow. they should be thanking us for the openness of our proceedings. their h.r. 1 blew a $1.5 trillion hole in the deficit, a staggering and unprecedented assault on the fiscal integrity of the united states of america to shower tax cuts on the wealthy and well-connected. our h.r. 1 is an effort to reclaim our democracy from the wealthy and well-connected people who are the beneficiaries of their h.r. 1. by creating a 21st century campaign finance system that responds to the people. on the substance of the matter, amazing to me that my colleagues raise the question of the swamp. they got elected two years -- 2 1/2 years ago campaigning against the swamp. it was a great slogan they borrowed from nancy pelosi. they moved to washington. they moved into the swamp. they built a hotel on it. and they turned the government of the united states into a money-making operation for the president and t

military support for saudi arabia's war and the house of representatives saw the kind of vote today it hasn't seen in a long time on a matter involving president trump. four republicans voted present today just present but no republicans voted against a resolution in the house of representatives saying quote, the report of special counsel mueller should be made available to the public and to congress. the vote for that resolution was 420-0 with four republicans voting present. today senate democratic leader chuck schumer tried to bring up that same resolution in the senate for a vote and republican senator lindsey graham objected and blocked a vote on that resolution. today, the president was asked if his immigration policies are cruel. >> are your immigration policies cruel? >> no, the opposite of cruel. they have become cruel because they are so ridiculous and hurts people, it does the reverse of what it's supposed to be doing. they are meant to be the opposite and hurting people, they are really hurting people. >> does it hurt -- >> i think that we have done an incredible job, we're

are now playing out in very dramatic moments in what is now the democratically controlled house of representatives. tonight it's adam schiff's turn to show us what democratic control of that house really means. and at the end of this hour i'm going to pick up on a theme raised by congressman schiff, and that is moral responsibility. this time the moral responsibility of presidential candidates. ty of presidential candidates ♪ baby i'm not even in a gown ♪ and the only thing u have to say is wow ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop drop say oh my drop drop drop ♪ ♪ make u say oh my god my drop drop ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop make u say oh my god ♪ ♪ and you never felt this type of emotion ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop drop say oh my drop drop drop ♪ ♪ make u say oh my god my drop drop ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop make u say oh my god ♪ ♪ mmm, exactly!ug liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice! but uh, what's up with your partner? oh! we just spend all day telling everyone how we customize car insurance because no two people are alike, so... limu gets a little confused when he

of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on march 5, 2019, at 9:31 a.m. that the senate passed senate 252. signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. section 202-d of the national emergency act, 50 u.s.c. 1622-d provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless within 90 case before anniversary of its declaration the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in executive order 13692 of march 8, 2015, with respect to the situation in venez

on behalf of the house of representatives -- well, i did want to tell you some c-span stories about whathildren have said about what they have seen when they have watched congress in session, but i'll save that for another day. on behalf of the house of representatives, thank you to founder brian lamb, and the entire c-span family for your enduring contributions to the public debate and to our american democracy. congratulations on 40 years. [applause] madam speaker, i am pleased to yield to the distinguished leader mr. mccarthy. rep. mccarthy: madam speaker, i want to thank the speaker for yielding. i also want to wish her a very happy birthday. madam speaker, i rise to celebrate a milestone in the accessibility of federal government. now, many of us here and across the country were first introduced as a child to how government works through our saturday morning cartoons on "schoolhouse rock," "i am just a bill on capitol hill." by giving it life, c-span has taken the education and turned it into experience. and over the last 40 years, c-span has ensured the country experienced some of

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 248 and the nays are 181. 2/3 of those not responding in the affirmative, the veto of the president is sustained and the joint resolution is rejected. the veto message and the joint resolution are referred to the committee on transportation and infrastructure. the clerk will notify the senate of the action of the house. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1388 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 1388, a bill to take lands in sonoma county, california, into trust as part of the reservation of the lytton rancheria of california, nd for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will

first, the house of representatives, members effort house are elected on the basis of population.the entire country is divided up into congressional districts of 300,000 people each. members of the house are elected for short terms, two years, since they have to come up for reelection so often they must constantly be responsive to the wishes of the voters. it is here, also, that delegates the territories for nonvoting members. the house, doing only half. the other half mosts in the wing of the capitol. senators are elected on the basis of state representation, two senators from each state, regardless of the population. they hold office for long-term, 6 years. their terms of office are staggered so that some expire every two years, thus guaranteeing there will always be experienced men in the senate. all our federal laws have to go through the house and senate. this is the way it works, bill. first, proposed law is introduced in one branch of the legislature as a bill. it is always given a number and it is printed like this one. the bill is then turned over to one of the legislativ

of the house, a debate amongst democrats. the more progressive, younger democrats taking on the leadership of the democratic party and the house of representativesand clearly having a major effect. what was most significant to you about this week? to theink the response smearing of ilhan omar. what were they seeking to do? they were seekining to intimidae and to silence, and they thought after this week was over that she and others would never speak up again. i think there was an amazing amount of backlash against -- if you look at the crux for argument, she talked about dignity for all people. when you look at the larger situation, the attacks on ilhan omar and angela davis and michelle alelexander, communit's and people are saying enough is enough. we want to have open and honest discourse on this issue. we want to be able to talk about boycott, divestment, and sanctions. it is not that she is just speaking about palestinian dignity, she is putting action to it.t. same would not only need to talk about the siege and military, we have to cut direct lines with occupation and apartheid. amy: phyllis bennis and washington, d.c., the whole issue, w

do you think the house of representatives will approve that deal? ms. pelosi: we have to see it first. i voted for the original nafta and took some heat for doing it, some of it didn't live up to expectations but the trade within our hemisphere work mexico, canada and the united states, is very important. i was in five cities in texas within the past week and they're very eager to know the answer to that question are we going to get a bill we can support. when the president says unless you get this new deal, we're canceling the old one, that's not a good idea. there's four things we have to make a judgment about. the environment is important. the workers rights in both couldn't i are -- countries are important. about bers are worried pharmaceuticals. but whatever is agreed to in those three areas, the most important element of a trade agreement is enforcement. if you don't have enforcement, you ain't got nothing. because it's just a conversation. a list of things. so i -- what i keep saying to ambassador lighthizer who is very respectful, he has listened

. >> some say this battle suggested the next two years in the house of representatives will be complicatedes? >> thank you very much. we have breaking news on this. text of the new clause added to the resolution goes like, this whereas white supremacists in the united states that exploit bigotry targeted african americans, latinos, native americans and other people of colors, jews, sheiks and the lgbtq community and immigrants and others have verbal attacks and incited and in violence. this is broadening out from what began as an anti semitic resolution to an anti hate resolution to condemnation of supremists in this country. we'll have more on this. and also, we're going to look at alexandria, virginia. the courthouse where paul manafort is awaiting his fate at a sentencing hearing. he's been convicted of eight counts of tax and bank fraud. doug mckelway is live with more. doug? >> we're on standby right here. things running slowly here at the courthouse. the sentencing hear was set for 3:30 this afternoon. we had a runner come out around five minutes ago to say that judge t.s. ellis is n

well certainly they're certainly hoping to and it is definitely the number of seats in the lower house the house of representatives that they're after they say they have the the majority now they have two hundred fifty five and it's a five hundred seat lower house the question is though how are they going to be able to form a government you know there are a lot of steps before you get there as you mentioned semi even the unofficial results final results haven't been released yet we're expecting that on friday we have kind of polyphony results that have been announced were announced on monday but what the big challenge for them this democratic democratic front is going to be to try to form a government you know they have a lower house they control the lower house that's one thing the upper house the senate the two hundred fifty member senate they're all appointed by the military government and they're going to need to have some support from them if they all timidly are able to form or in the position to form their own government now that's going to obviously be a very big challenge for them because when you have th

obviously the house of representatives has the power of the purse.want to them and they said no. under normal circumstances, that is that. not in this case. the president is trying to go around them. they say the republicans that voted against him say this could set a dangerous precedent for future presidents. both the house and the senate came up short of the votes they need to override a presidential veto. so the question now, one that we've been pondering many months, will the courts end up deciding whether president trump's national emergency declaration is okay under the guidelines of the constitution. let's turned to chris wallace. you know, it's no surprise that we're here. just the question is, who has standing will bring a suit, where and when. >> well, there's plenty of people that have standing. one question is whether or not congress has standing because they can say that this is not money that we appropriated and that you have decided to use it over our objections and the fact that this vote, even though the veto won't be overridden, the

of the house. speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. march 6, 2019. i hereby appoint the honorable cheri bustos to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties, and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, and still i rise. with love of country in my heart. and still i rise as i did some 659 days ago, more than 21 months, when i first stood on the floor of the house of representatives and called for the impeachment of the president. and in so doing, i had to fend off the multitudes who wanted to he know what crime -- who wanted to know what crime did the president commit? we had to fight that fight a

more information of that at c-span.org. 9:00, the house of representatives is just about to come in and we will take you to them now.

of the house have changed everything. one of the new stars of the freshman class and the house of representatives will join us in a moment. she has already mastered the very difficult art of having a real impact in those five minutes of question time that she's allowed in house hearings. better than democratic congresswoman katherine clark of massachusetts. as a member of nancy pelosi's leadership team, katherine clark is a member of the house chair of democratic congress, and this is what she says about her new freshman members. >> i do think the freshmen have changed everything. >> those freshmen got a chance to change everything because voters sent them to congress to change everything, and everything they have changed has been bad for donald trump and the trump administration. >> those freshmen have delivered us the majority. we are now able to have the investigations that republicans refuse to look at, refuse to take up, and to do our job as laid out in article i. so, yes, i think they have changed everything and have gifrgif given us the tools we need to be able to hold this administration accountable. >> we are see

and that's what we saw in the house of representatives today. we saw adam schiff angry. for the first time. and it was the most powerful, compelling, controlled, and effective demonstration of anger i have ever seen in a congressional hearing. it will take its place in history. it really will. it will take its place in history beside joseph welch's "have you no sense of decency" moment in the mccarthy hearings in the 1950s. we are going to show you the full uncut version of what congressman adam schiff had to say today because when future historians look back at this day, march 28th, 2019, in washington, d.c. they will all be quoting adam schiff. his words will live in history. his words of today. all of those words. and no matter how many times you will hear these words, you will want to hear them again. i've watched this video three times. i can't wait to watch it one more time with you. the moral responsibility that congressman schiff brings to his work framed everything that he had to say today. and at the end of this hour i'm going to discuss a moral responsibility t

think they would have the decency not to raise the question of process after running the house of representatives like king kong over the last two years. but they want to turn it into a quaker meeting house somehow. they should be thanking us for the openness of our proceedings. their h.r. 1 blew a $1.5 trillion hole in the deficit, a staggering and unprecedented assault on the fiscal integrity of the united states of america to shower tax cuts on the wealthy and well-connected. our h.r. 1 is an effort to reclaim our democracy from the wealthy and well-connected people who are the beneficiaries of their h.r. 1. by creating a 21st century campaign finance system that responds to the people. on the substance of the matter, amazing to me that my colleagues raise the question of the swamp. they got elected two years -- 2 1/2 years ago campaigning against the swamp. it was a great slogan they borrowed from nancy pelosi. they moved to washington. they moved into the swamp. they built a hotel on it. and they turned the government of the united states into a money-making operation for the president and t

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 epresentatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 416. the nays are one. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. he house will be in order. he house will be in order. he house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? the speaker: i rise to pay tribute to a dedicated and deeply member of my staff, my departing chief of staff, danny. for nearly three decades, danny has brought wise counsel and energetic to the house of representatives. he's committed nearly his entire career to this by his on, inspired great respect for its history. danny, the congress and the country, are stronger for their innovation, ingenuity and insight that you have brought to thi

house of representatives, from texas' fourth district. he genuinely enjoyed public service and he was good at it as well. known throughout the halls of congress as an effective legislator, congressman hall made great legislative strides in the science field and was a top advocate for the country's space program during his time, as both chairman and ranking , ber of the house science space and technology committee. congressman hall was the first to reach out and offer his assistance when i was first elected to the house of representatives. he helped me learn the ins and outs of washington. no matter the party affiliation or political leaning, congressman hall was a man that could always be counted on and one who enjoyed a good joke. congressman hall was preceded in death by his wife, mary ellen murphy hall, sister, rose mary hall scott, and brother, hugh hall. he's survived by his three sons. and many wonderful grand children. mr. speaker, on behalf of the entire texas congressional delegation, i'd like to pay respects to congressman hall f

house of representatives. two muslims.irst a larger hispanic caucus and congressional black caucus. women ever to serve in the congress, in the history of the united states. i think that highlights the diversity. many of these new members, most of them are policy experts. they all bring such a deep .reath of experiences of all backgrounds. they were policy experts with the obama administration. areas.arying degree of i have said all along that you need to embrace the diversity. you need to embrace the energy and precedent -- passion. they are bringing the freshest approach of what is on their mind. important thaty we understand and learn from the trust back. today was a first step in doing that. that that is a crisis on our side of the aisle. we believe in science on the democratic side of the aisle. and we are going to continue to work with hearings that deliver those commits. the same thing with health care. on the democrat excited the aisle, we have approaches to s thatg the problem continue to face the american people. we are all focused on solving the problems whether it is the