f[captioning made possible by t, 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 191, the nays are 219, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 89, by the gentleman from idaho, mr. fulcher, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes preentrailed voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 89 printed in part a of house report 118-261 offered by mr. fulcher of idaho. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. is off number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of re

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 218 and the nays are 206. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> mr. speaker? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. mcgovern: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. 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-c

let's raise the bar here in the house of representatives. let's hold one of our own accountable. let's expel george santos. i yield. the speaker mr. deespaillat -- mr. d'esposito: i reserve. mr. santos: i yield five minutes to my colleague from new york, mr. goldman. mr. goldman: thank you very much, mr. santos. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of this resolution to expel george santos from congress. as i did in may when i co-sponsored a similar expulsion resolution that the sponsors of today's resolution, my colleagues from -- my republican colleagues from new york, did not support. i agree with everything that my republican colleagues have said here today. but everything they have said here today was also true in may when they voted to protect george santos. has there been anything that has changed? nothing about the numerous lies mr. santos admitted making in order to deceive voters into electing him, nothing about his status as an indicted criminal defendant -- yes there has been a superseding indictment with more allegations, but he is still presumed innocent

however, we know that the us house of representatives has already approved the bill. about emergency to israel and in this project, unfortunately, there is no mention of ukraine , despite the fact that us president biden asked the house of representatives of congress to combine aid to israel and ukraine, let's see now, mr. volodymyr, let's see our material now and then we will discuss it with you, 226 for, 196 against. the lower house of the us congress approved the aid package for israel on more than 14 billion dollars split along party lines. democrats mostly did not support the bill. the reason is that it does not have funds to support ukraine. president joseph biden proposed adopting a joint $106 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. but the recently elected speaker of the chambers. republican trumpist mike johnson opposed. he said that israel is an indisputable ally of the united states, and if the white house wants to help ukraine, then let it, but on the condition that the american-mexican border will be strengthened. through which illegal migrants arrive in the u

among those who voted against were fellow party members of the speaker of the house of representativesthe leading republican crane republicans, who have criticized the fact that the document does not have the big spending cuts they are actually pushing for. interestingly, when a previous short-term resolution was similarly approved with strong democratic support , republicans in the administration said that mccarthy, the local speaker, allegedly went to work with democrats and was fired because of it, but it appears that the current speaker will not suffer the same fate. and this resolution will actually be approved, perhaps even in the senate. katya, actually, we are next know that the senate has to support this, is there enough support among us senators to support this resolution after all, what are they saying? that's a great question, ostap, because the senate actually has a majority of democrats. unlike the house of representatives, where the majority is republican and where it would seem that there should be more support for the resolution proposed by the speaker, that is , the t

of interest. announcer: new york republican representative george santos was facing expulsion from the u.s. house following a multiple accountndictments on campaign embezzlement and lying to ngss. the full house rejected the motion to expel him, voting 179-213, short of the majorit needed. 20 four republicans voted to expel representative santos, and 31 democrats voted against his removal. fellow new york republican anthony d'esposito filed the resolution last week on behalf of himself and other members of the new york delegation. prior to a vote, representative santos spoke in his own defense from the house floor. a question of the privileges of the house and offer the resolution i previously noticed. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 773, whereas george anthony santos, george as george santos was represented to represent new york's third congressional district in the house of representatives on november 8, 2022. waras after election day it was revealed george santos lied about a significant portion of his background, including his educati

representative rashida tlaib forthwith present herself to the well of the house of representatives for the pronouncement of censure and representative rashida tlaib be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the speaker. the speaker pro tempore: under rule 9, the resolution offered from the floor by a member other an the majority leader or the minority leader as a question of the privileges of the house has immediate precedence only at a time designated by the chair within two legislative days after the resolution is properly noticed. pending that designation, the form of the resolution notes noticed by the gentlewoman georgia will appear in the record at this point. the chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution constitutes a question of privilege. that determination will be made at the time designated for consideration of the resolution. tthe chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and

the request for a new one should have been approved by congress, but the speaker of the house of representativesike johnson, decided not to bring to a vote the request of the white house for $106 billion, which provides funding for israel, ukraine, and the security of the windhoek region. protection of the american border. instead, he offered an alternative the bill, which only prescribes aid to israel in the amount of more than 14 billion dollars, and the house of representatives approved this bill the day before. what does this mean for aid to ukraine? let's talk about it in detail with kateryna lisunova, our correspondent at the congress. hello katya. congratulations yuli. passing a bill to fund israel in the house of representatives is just the first step. what are the chances that this particular package is for israel. without ukraine will approve the congress as a whole. first of all, you have to remember that the day before , literally the white house, actually the president the united states of america said it could veto a bill proposed in the house of representatives on financial aid to

about the allocation of funds for the provision of aid to israel, if it is approved in the house of representativesess in its current form. without mentioning ukraine. the white house once again appealed to members of the republican party not to politicize washington's support for these two countries, ukraine and israel , and emphasized that the failure to support ukraine would be a terrible signal to russia and the rest of the world about washington's indecision. well, let me remind you, the white house sent it earlier, well, it was sent to the house of representatives more than a month ago the request for the allocation of 1006 billion dollars, and in this package of 106 billion dollars in the new fiscal year, which began on october 1 , the united states of america was supposed to provide aid to ukraine for more than 60 billion dollars, and there was to be aid to israel, and aid to taiwan was also included , and some other such security issues, well, let's see how it will be solved, it is possible. perhaps tomorrow morning there will be some information from the house of representatives, whether

last week the house of representatives passed house resolution 771, a resolution which i co-sponsored by a vote of 412-0. that resolution reaffirms the united states commitment to its real's security. -- to israel's security. this bill contains $3.4 billion to israel. i strongly support the bill's robust funding which includes $4 billion for the iron dome and david sling missile defense systems. $1.2 billion for the iron beam defense system which is promising new technology i think will be helpful to israel and the united states. $800 million for the production of 115 millimeter rounds which we need to get our supply chain rolling again. $198 million for the production and development of small diameter bombs and precision guided rockets. and $4.4 billion to replenish the u.s. stocks transferred to israel such as precision guided and other munitions and medical supplies for u.s.-israeli defense forces. and $3.5 billion for military finance funding for israel. mr. speaker, israel is at war. hamas continues to launch rockets at israel and still hold hundreds of hostages. israel must resp

i would say this house of representatives is a precedent-setting house of representatives anyway with they've been through this year. right now they say it's the precedent, but there's also a lot of politics in play. >> we should point out he hasn't been convicted, but members of his staff pled guilty to crimes and are implicating him. >> he can make his case before congress and the court of law. he's had the opportunity repeatedly to address these claims individually. as he said this morning, i'm not going to unpack this at this time. there's no time like the present. people deserve answers. >> we're watching. thank you, everyone. stand by as we wait for this debate to begin. >>> coming up, elon musk isn't looking to woo any boycotting advertisers back to x. instead he has a four-letter word for them that you can't say on television. we'll have the details next. >>> elon musk is finally apologizing for an and semi tweet he supported earlier this month. when he addressed companies, he didn't apologize. instead he -- just watch. >> if somebody's going to try to blackmail me with advert

the secretary: i'm directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives message in writing. the speaker: pursuant to house resolution 64 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. 5894. will the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 5894 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the departments of labor, health and human services, and education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 76, printed in part b of house report 118-272, offered by the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, had been disposed of. the committee will be in order. it is now in order to consider amendment number 78 printed in part b of house report 118-272. for what purpose does the ge

george santos from the united states house of representatives. whereas representative george santos is a member of the united states house of representatives. whereas soon after his election in november of 2022, representative santos' background came under public scrutiny. whereas on february 28, 2023, the committee on ethics of the house unanimously voted to impanel and investigative subcommittee hereinafter in this resolution referred to as the i.s.c., to review whether representative santos may have engaged in unlawful activity with respect to his 2022 congressional campaign, failed to properly disclose required information on statements file with the house, violated federal conflict of interest laws in connection with his role in a firm providing fiduciary services and engaged in sexual misconduct toward an individual seeking employment in his congressional office. whereas the i.s.c. met nine times an over the course of the information authorized 37 subpoenas an 43 voluntary requests for information, r.f.i.'s, leading to its receipt of over

all, more votes, an overwhelming majority, and i am told that more than 300 votes in the house of representativesare ready to vote for aid to ukraine, already now, but there is a very small minority, and to convince them, first of all, it would be a bit of a pain, because as i will discuss, this is not a world war , where america does not have such a large army, does not have such a large budget, but in the fact that america has become, where it is now now, the strongest, most powerful army in the whole world, and there are some responsibilities are that, and i don't know if anyone could convince congressmen like this right now who want to stop the budget altogether, and there's a very good chance that shuttown will come this week and

signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2023, 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 with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to a conference on h.r. 2670, national defense authorization act of fiscal year 2024, with the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. joyce, for five minutes. mr. joyce: thank you, madam speaker. madam spea

the secretary: imdirected to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. ker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 838 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. 4820. will the gentlewoman from california kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 4820, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and urban development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 30 printed in part b of house report 118-261 by the gentleman from oklahoma had been disposed of. it is now in or to consider amendment number 31 printed in part b of house report 118-261. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? mr. strong: i have an amendment at the

the situation in the house of representatives is more complicated and complicated. and actually with legislators, both republican and of the democratic party in the house of representatives, i talked to them yesterday, and i directly asked them what are the realistic terms when they will agree to additional aid to ukraine and whether they will be able to do it by the end of this year? most of the lawmakers, both democrats and republicans, were optimistic and said that they would be able to do it by the end of the year and even before christmas, but there were also those who said that they would freeze because of the corruption situation in ukraine, i suggest you listen. yes, i think we will make it. soon the senate presents the relevant draft law. not this week, but possibly next week as discussions continue on provisions to secure our own border. instead, in the house of representatives, we will either consider our own bill, or if measures to protect the us border are sufficient, we can bring the senate bill to a vote. finally. there is no solution yet, but i am opt

it is astonishing to see members of the house of representatives who denied the presidential election and allied the don trump committed impeachable offenses on january six, including dereliction of duty, is simply astounding to see those same republican members of the house lend their names to such a thorough and professional piece of work as this ethics committee investigation. which, in fairness, was not really conducted by the republican members of the committee. these investigations are conducted almost entirely by staff. but still, the republican staff of other committees are doing absolutely terrible work. shameful work. this ethics committee investigation report is the only evidence there is of any professional professionalism or competence on the republican side with house of representatives. and the reason republicans produced this impressive investigative report, and it is a unanimous report, with the full support of the democrats on the committee, but the reasons the republicans did it is because no house republican fears george santos the way they all fear donald trump. a

following the support of the american muslim representative for the palestinian liberation slogan from bahr until nahar, the us houserepresentatives condemned him in a resolution. referring to the war crimes of the zionist regime, ms. rashideh said in the house of representatives of the united states: attempts to suppress or censor will lead nowhere. here in washington is the largest march in the history of the united states in support of the palestinian people with the slogan from the sea to the river, a slogan that is not only on the streets of america . rather, it was also quoted from the position of the representative of the american congress, this person rashid. he was born in detroit , his ancestors are palestinian and he represents the people of mishian state in the congress. mr. speaker, i am the only american of palestinian descent in congress i am present in america. who supports his countrymen in the crowd of zionist supporters. we are human like others. mother rab, like all palestinians , only wants to live with the same freedom and human dignity that we all deserve. he addressed to the main supporter of

israel should not be divided, since both wars are related, however, we know that the us house of representatives approved a bill on emergency aid to israel, and in this project, on unfortunately, there is no mention of ukraine, despite the fact that us president biden asked the house of representatives to combine aid to israel and ukraine. let's see now, mr. volodymyr, let's see our material now, and then we will discuss it with you. 226 for, 196 against. the lower house of the american congress passed a package of aid to israel worth more than 14 billion dollars, splitting along party lines. democrats mostly did not support the bill, at. currently, it does not have funds to support ukraine. president joseph biden proposed adopting a joint $106 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. but the recently elected speaker of the house , trumpist republican mike johnson, spoke out against it. like, israel is an undisputed ally of the usa, and if the white house wants to help ukraine, then let him, but on the condition that he will be settled. the american-mecca border, through which illegal

inside the house of representatives on the republican side and certainly outside of the house of representatives by influencers of the extreme right-wing, like the former president and tucker carlson. >> one thing that senate republicans continue pushing is the negotiation of border security and standards when it comes to seeking asylum. >> i have not seen the specifics relative to that particular provision. any changes that are made to our immigration system that are inconsistent with the principals of america as a nation of immigrants could raise serious concerns. >> the question is george santos is expelled that make there be a special election. can you give the outlook for democrats ability to take that and are you planning to endorse in the primary candidates who are running? >> will take it one step at a time and see what happens tomorrow in the context of the explosion resolution. the process will be in the hands of both the nassau county democratic party and the queens county democratic party at which point it will be my expectation that they will be some conversations between those two

house of representatives, how does the white house argue this? indeed, yuli in the white house categorically opposes speaker johnson's proposals to split aid, first, because of what the white house thinks. it is impossible to set conditions for supporting israel, in particular due to the reduction of funding for the united states tax service, but there is one more very important argument , and it says in the white house that it is impossible to separate priorities separately from ukraine or the priority of the pacific region, from the aid to israel, all these things are inseparable, they are closely related and need to be considered, considered exactly like that. the white house released a statement, an appeal, saying that if congress does not now pass critical ... important funding for ukraine, especially before winter, it will send a terrible signal to russia and the rest of the world about the indecision of the united states, and may also encourage not only putin to further aggression against other countries, but also dictators and aggressors a

tell me, please, now i know that hearings are ongoing in the house of representatives on two draft laws to ukraine. the first concerns the transfer of frozen of russian funds to ukraine, what exactly he foresees, that's right, maria, in fact, today in the committee on international affairs of the house of representatives, hearings are taking place, where a number of bills, a number of resolutions are being considered, and among them there are in particular two issues important for ukraine, two documents that concerning the direction of ukraine, today's meeting is actually not just a hearing at which this or that issue is discussed or raised, but it is actually a vote that the members of the committee will vote to carry out the house of representatives, or not to vote in the house of representatives. and in general, one of the bills that you mentioned, the first one, is a project that will allow, will allow the state department to transfer russian seized assets that are located directly in the united states of america to ukraine, for its recovery and use for ukraine's needs, for defense

, both from the republican party and the democratic party, both in the senate and in the house of representatives, claim that the most likely additional aid to ukraine will be agreed upon in december and possibly before christmas. i would like to note that today's statement corresponds to this the leader of the democrats in the senate, chuck schumer, who noted that after november 23 , i.e., after thanksgiving in the united states of america, the senate plans to and the ukrainian delegation in washington is headed by first vice prime minister and minister of economy yulia sveredenko. she says that her main task on this trip is to attract investments to the ukrainian defense complex. the minister hopes that private investors will come quickly and allow to support the ukrainian economy, even if international support will decrease. she told in more detail oksani medratenko. thank you for agreeing to this. you were in france, germany, now you are in the usa, what do you hear from ukrainian partners? it is very important for us next year to find an opportunity to close the budget deficit, which is 42 b

a shutdown, it was supported. senators, and before that the document was approved by the house of representatives and now it will be sent to president joe biden for signature. i would like to remind you that the project will continue funding the work of the government until the beginning of mid-january. february, until january 19, funding will be allocated for priority sectors, until february 2 , the remaining functions of the government will be funded. well , it is important for russians to create the impression that the whole world has left ukraine, said mykhailo podolyak, adviser to the head of the president's office. according to him, the aggressor needs the illusion of the unimportance of our country, because now there is a conflict in the middle east and all attention will allegedly be directed there. but european countries. declare their support for ukraine. in the united states, there are even heated discussions about providing aid to our state. together with our , let's say, military enterprises, they are developing plans for investments in military production, either on the territory of

, but the house of representatives, it adopted its version, that is, the senate... now has the right s version and develop its own, and if it is adopted, they will be sent back to the house of representatives, there is a problem, you see, i have almost no money , he has, since the first day of his speakership, he, and until today, he draws such a line that he wants to pass bills that he can only pass with the votes of the republicans, the republicans have a very small majority, only votes, if they lose four votes, then that's it, they're not can accept nothing, and since there are about a hundred republicans who do not want to help ukraine, he votes... a bipartisan vote is needed and he knows very well that if he puts such a project to a vote, which, say , the senate will accept, then he is in the house of representatives will pass, he will get more, more than 300 votes, for sure, despite the fact that 218 are needed, but he is afraid of his fellow party members , in fact, he looks, he published yesterday, that is, his project on how to avoid another shutdown, because the temporary bu

worries me a little more now than when we last spoke with you is the new speaker of the house of representatives. ini, a lot will depend from who will become the next speaker of the house of representatives of the us congress, that of the two potential candidates, one is very. supports aid to ukraine, and the other does not. so none of them were chosen. whoever was elected is a big supporter of president trump, and president trump, as we know, wants an immediate end to the war, and he will push for that if elected president. although he will not succeed, this shows that he would not want to continue supporting ukraine. so, with the exception of this very influential person, speaker. house of representatives, i think that the political elite in the american government understand how important it is that the united states continue to support ukraine, and that there is really no need to reduce support for ukraine by increasing support for israel, it's a pretty false comparison. francisco, there will be a meeting between president joseph biden and chinese leader xi jinping, and we will obviously hea

today at the round table in the house of representatives. erarchy of the main faiths and deputies. everyone had the opportunity to make changes to the wording of the draft law on the activities of religious organizations. he is preparing for the second reading. among the discussions. list of languages religious education, no need for foreign missionaries, and exemption from conscription for military service for students of higher theological seminaries. the bill was also submitted for public discussion. in our country there is no ban on the use of national languages, in accordance with the law on national minorities, every person has the right to choose and profess a religion in their national language, the norm that is provided for in the law concerns the regulation of issues of religious education for adult children, namely in religious organizations, that is, this is the activity of sunday schools, as well as groups for adults, when religious education is carried out, this norm provides for the conduct of such classes in state languages, i

hakeem jeffries: there is nothing that will happen in the house of representatives in a partisan fashion that has any shot of becoming law. to the extent that house republicans are interested in addressing issues relative to america's national security and strengthening the situation at the border, my suggestion would be show a willingness to support president biden's funding requests to enhance the situation at the border, hire more judges to process the asylum applications, and do other things that are designed to change the situation on the ground. house republicans have instead continued to simply show a willingness to try to make a political issue out of the border and a company that with an unwillingness to find common ground to actually solve the challenges they say exist and need to be addressed. last question. >> will they get done by the end of the year or will that get kicked into next year? hakeem jeffries: there is no circumstance where we should leave congress this year without making sure that we have provided funding for ukraine, funding for israel, funding for humanitari

these issues, and we heard literally yesterday, the day before returning to work in the house of representatives, from the speaker of the house of representatives, mike johnson. he spoke, when he spoke about priorities, the first priority he called israel, but the second priority he called ukraine, and he said the united states cannot allow russian president vladimir putin to march europe, i suggest ukraine - another priority, of course, we cannot allow vladimir putin to march through europe, and we understand. the need for aid to ukraine, what we're saying, if there's going to be additional aid to ukraine, and most members of congress believe that's important, we should also work to change our own border policy, and so there's a lot of thoughtful discussion about that. i think most of our colleagues in the senate agree that these two things should go together, because we have an obligation to do so. to the american people, that is what he demands of us. alexei in parallel, the issue of providing aid to ukraine will be considered in the senate. majority leader democratic senator shaq schumer ann

house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on october 30, 2023 at 3:2 sinc. mccumber, acting clerk of theous -- house. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to consider house resolution 4364 for consideration before the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: -- the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman call up house resolution pursuant to house resolution 756? >> yes, ma'am, i do. thank you for that assistance. the clerk: union calendar number 92, h.r. 4364 a bill making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. pursuant to house resolution 756 the amendment printed in part c of house report 118-242 is adopted and the bill as amended is considered read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member on the committee of

democrats who control the senate, called the proposal of mike johnson, the speaker of the house of representativesnd one that does not meet the request and needs of the united states. let me remind you, the white house also said that if congress approves funding for israel separately, and does not include other needs, such a bill will most likely be promised. let me remind you, for the viewers watching, that in order to get final approval, it needs, it needs to be considered, the same, by both the house of representatives and the senate. we will watch whether the congressmen succeed and senators to agree on the form in which this funding should be considered. and whether the white house will agree to this, so i think we will have an answer in the next, the next few days and maybe next week. sap, today it became known that a group of republicans called on biden to give ukraine a longer range of attacks, and it is interesting that this is happening at a time when the house of representatives, which is the majority of republicans, is just about to vote on a separate bill, providing aid to israel igno

of the united states house of representatives. now, therefore, be it resolved, that pursuant to article i, section 5, clause 2 of the constitution of the united states, representative george santos, be, and he hereby is, expelled from the united states house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the resolution qualifies. pursuant to clause 2 of rule 9, the gentleman from new york, mre gentleman from new york, mr. santos, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. d'esposito. mr. d'esposito: thank you, mr. speaker. we are here this afternoon at a point that none of us wanted to ever be at. but the ethics committee of the house of representatives has filed their report which revealed a complex web of illegal activities that involved representative george santos' campaign. his personal and business finances. santos tried to exploit every aspect of his candidacy for personal financial gain. records subpoenaed by the committee on ethics show that congressman santos stole from his campaign

and the house of representatives should not deviate from that standard. i'm a solid no on expulsion, and i encourage every member to carefully consider that kind of precedent we're setting here. mr. speaker, i appreciate this opportunity to encourage my colleagues sincerely on both sides of the aisle to step back from this expulsion. i yield. >> gentleman reserves. gentleman from new york, mr. esposito. >> as i respect my friend from, no one is cheering for this ethics report. i'd like to yield to my friend from new york and fellow long islander, mr. lolota. >> gentleman from new york is recognized. >> i would like to address three issues in hopes of persuading colleagues on both sides of the aisle who are against or are undecided to, those three issues are fraud. due process and election integrity. regarding fraud, federal and state laws would require jail time or a monetary fine or both for any of our constituents who tricked another person into an agreement to another american's disadvantage. here in the 2022 election, by his own admission. george santo

within the party for this person to be nominated to local councils and especially to the house of representativesat is , you need to know a person, understand who he is, how many he is in the party and the people who are there for a short time and nothing. they didn’t show it, no one will nominate, and that is , you have some other filter going on inside the party, and the door? any organization, be it public association, political party, personnel filter, if i go to register myself with the mandate of this party or somehow your sports card without your approval, nothing will work for me, it will not work, but it is impossible to do this from the party, and if a person, for example, he doesn’t come from the party, that’s how... he will collect signatures, but he has no right to hide behind a party card, that is , then you can immediately, well, firstly, it is a person’s right to nominate in several ways, a person can collect signatures and to be nominated from the party, by the way, i was nominated in two ways, i was nominated to the minsk city council of deputies of the twenty-eighth convocation

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 214. the nays are 204. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 126. printed in part a of house report number 118-261, offered by mr. roy of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-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 pro

with policing the behavior of its own members and the house should take action against representatives of the house. and whereas given his egregious violations, representative george santos is not fit to serve as a member of the united states house of representatives, now therefore it be resolved that pursuant to article i, section 5, clause 2, george santos be and hereby is expelled from the united states house of representatives. >> the resolution qualifies pursuant to clause 2 of rule 9, the gentleman from new york mr. dees, will each have 30 minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker, we are here this afternoon at a point that none of us wanted to ever be at. but the ethics committee of the house of representatives has filed their report which revealed a complex web of illegal activities that involved representative george santos's campaign. his personal and business finances. santos tried to exploit every aspect of his candidacy for personal financial gain. records subpoenaed by the committee on ethics show that congressman santos stole from his campaign by deceiving donors and to provid

within the party for this person to be nominated to local councils and especially to the house of representatives, for example, to the house of representatives of the congress, that is, a person needs know, understand. what he, how many people he is in the party and people who have been there for a short time and have not shown themselves in any way, no one will nominate, and that is , you have some other filter going on inside the party, and the courtyard of any organization, be it a public association, a political party , personnel filter, if i have a mandate from this party or somehow with your party card, i’ll go register myself without your from the party, it ’s impossible to do this, but if a person, let’s say, he doesn’t come from the party, this is how he will collect signatures, but hide behind the party he's the ticket does not have the right, that is, then you can immediately, it is a person’s right to be nominated in several ways, a person can collect signatures and be nominated from the party, by the way, i was nominated in two ways, i was nominated in the minsk city council departme

early elections to the house of representatives of the netherlands ended with unexpected results. victory and the most seats in the freedom party of far-right populist geert wilders won the parliament. many in the netherlands call such results a shock, in ukraine they are worried about the previous pro-russian moves of wilders and worry that the new government does not reduce support for kyiv. is there such a threat? we will talk about this with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. hello, bohdan. good evening. bohdan, first of all, who is geert wilders and does the victory of his party mean that he will become the next prime minister of the netherlands. well, girt wilders is very famous, actually. to everyone in europe who is interested in politics, because he has been in politics for a long time, he is 60 years old, and at least 25 of them have been at the very level of national politics in the netherlands, he is known for his almost scandalous anti-islamic statements and positions so scandalous that for example, in great britain he was considered a very dangerous, extremis

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 115, the nays are 306. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 15 printed in part b of house report 118-269 by the gentlewoman from tennessee on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 15 offered by mrs. harsh berger of tennessee. the chair: those in request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-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-captio

me a little more now than at the time our talking to you, this is the new speaker of the house of representatives. at that time, we predicted that , from the point of view of helping ukraine, a lot would depend on who would become the next speaker of the house of representatives of the us congress. that of the two potential candidates, one is very supportive of aid to ukraine, and the other is not. well, none of them were chosen. whoever was elected is a big supporter of president trump, and... trump, as we know, wants an immediate end to the war, and he will push for that if he is elected president, even though he it will not succeed, it shows that he would not want to continue supporting ukraine, so with the exception of this very powerful person, the speaker of the house of representatives, i think the political elite in the american government understand how important it is that the united states continue to support ukraine and in fact there is no need to reduce support for ukraine, especially since there is a big game going on, in just a few days there will be a meeting between president jos

we are now in a moment when the house of representatives is called to speak. to demand on behalf of our government the return of all of the hostages held in gaza. thank you to the hundreds of co-sponsors and supporters of this resolution. it is worth noting that fellow members of congress spanning the country anti-political spectrum have joined -- and the political spectrum have joined together to call out hamas. mr. speaker, the time is more than now. we have seen some hostages in the last handful of days being returned. and now we learn of their harlowing time held in tunnels -- harlowing time, held in tunnels, nearly starved, no beds. and right now too many are left in those tunnels. injured, uncared for, and victimized at the hands of those who killed their fellow country men and women. introduced on october 17 a week and a half into this hostage nightmare, this resolution, h.res. 793, called out hamas and demanded the return of the innocent. women, elderly, children, infants. over the weekend, israeli and our allies secured the release of 58 hostages at se

hakeem jeffries: there is nothing that will happen in the house of representatives in a partisan fashion that has any shot of becoming law. to the extent that house republicans are interested in addressing issues relative to america's national security and strengthening the situation at the border, my suggestion would be show a willingness to support president biden's funding requests to enhance the situation at the border, hire more judges to process the asylum applications, and do other things that are designed to change the situation on the ground. house republicans have instead continued to simply show a willingness to try to make a political issue out of the border and a company that with an unwillingness to find common ground to actually solve the challenges they say exist and need to be addressed. last question. >> will they get done by the end of the year or will that get kicked into next year? hakeem jeffries: there is no circumstance where we should leave congress this year without making sure that we have provided funding for ukraine, funding for israel, funding for humanitari

the letter was sent at a time when the house of representatives is considering a separate bill on aidspite the white house's request that it not be separated from funding for ukraine and other needs. we will talk more about the development of events at the congress with our correspondent kateryna litsiunova. katya, hello, glad to see you on the air. i congratulate you ostapotali our viewers. katy, we already know the house of representatives has begun considering funding for israel separately, despite joe biden's request, this bill is not includes funds for ukraine. republicans argue that such an approach is appropriate. and what is the position of the democrats now? in general, this morning representatives and leaders of both republicans and democrats held separate press conferences, the main topic of which was aid to israel and ukraine. so, for example, according to the newly elected speaker of the house of representatives, republican mike johnson. aid to israel is now the top, first priority in terms of urgency, and aid to ukraine should be put to a vote along with increased securi

important, but what configuration the president has, two houses in congress, the senate, the house of representativesuse, like the democrats now have, senate, republicans, house of representatives, is it the opposition congress, the president in general, and a lot depends on it, personally, which the result of the campaign, what kind of train is going, what nuances arise, what are the trust of the partners, that is, there are a lot of factors, factors that play a role, of course, the president of the united states can, if he wishes, take a very short period, a lot of such isolationist steps, at least if he does not sign military aid to ukraine, that's all. no one agrees with him, he will not sign everything, and the pentagon, intelligence comrade, whoever, can’t change him, the opposition, congress also could not change this situation, so i think that in principle, well, you don’t need to think about personnel , it is necessary to understand that the whole configuration depends, well, and then, and why is there such an uproar now: right now that donald trump, he will be president again, is not a fact

want to be unequivocally clear to the speaker of the house, to republican leadership, if the where ukraine is uttered on the floor of the house of representatives before we have secured the border, past hr 2 out of the senate with the president signing it with metrics attached, that is an utter fail by republicans. i want to be completely clear. we must secure the border, there cannot be any equivocation about it. there cannot be any half measures. we owe it to the american people to stand up and secure the border and we did that. the core policies in hr 2, parole fixes, asylum reforms, limits on the cvp, turn away authority, empowerment of state ags to sue and defend those laws. we need those things, we need to ensure the unaccompanied children are safe like we do in mexico and canada. my republican colleagues are too quick to want to trade those off as if they are unimportant. as if a child being sold into sex trafficking trade as we speak is unimportant because we must pass the nda and. we have to fund the federal government at its full tilt at the nancy pelosi spending levels which brings me to my final point. spending restraint means actua