did not go on vacation, what does this mean that no decisions can be made without the house of representatives, or the senate can somehow jump over the house of representatives and say that ukrainians need 60 billion they should be given, that is, what is the option here, they can work without each other, or is the procedure such that both chambers must agree on this or that bill? no, they cannot work without each other, because the parliament is in the united states bicameral, and both chambers have absolutely equal rights in the adoption of laws, therefore any draft law, to become a law, must be adopted by both chambers in the same version, and only then it can be signed by... that is, they, they are absolutely connected in this, although they work separately, but in order for the bill to become law, they must adopt the same wording, or none. who can't be different, mr. professor, and then what is the pathos of the fact that the senators stayed to work, and there are many in ukraine believe that they partially, at least , stayed to work for the sake of ukraine , the house of representatives

the clerk is now to report to the governor of the state of new york the decision of the house of representatives. in connection with the expulsion of the congressman from new york mr. i would like to point out that santos is the house lawmaker fired from that position and the first republican fired from that position, before that a total of 20 lawmakers were fired, 15 in the senate and five in the house of representatives, all of them democrats, so that these dismissals are mostly were after the civil war and those who were released were accused of collaborating with the confederates. thank you very much katya, our congress correspondent kateryna lisnova was in direct contact with us. the united states imposed sanctions against three organizations and decided to block three vessels for transporting russian oil in violation of the price limit established by the international coalition. the price limit does not allow western insurance companies and carriers to provide services for the supply of russian oil if its price exceeds the limit of $60 per barrel. tim meanwhile, for the second year in a ro

house of representatives. lause] and, chris, continued to be a highly effective representative, fighting for you each and every day. this duo was part of the best of what public servants represent, in it for the right reasons, to deliver and make life better for the people of this amazing state that they are privileged to represent, so thank you for your incredible leadership. for your service to this great state, and in so many different ways. and to so effectively representing the people of new hampshire in the united states senate. to all of my colleagues in government and my colleagues in the house, each and every one, each and every one of you who served in office at all levels, and to all of the activists, the volunteers, the supporters of this incredibly important organization, to joanne, thank you, and congratulations on your vote, as well. it was an interesting day in the house of representatives, as you mentioned earlier. george santos is no longer a member of congress. [applause] now, that is the big

this is a solemn day for the house of representatives. any time that a member is expelled. i do believe that it was the right conclusion that was reached. i've got to run. >> the ethics process is completed. there were a whole series of findings. serious misconduct. converting people's private campaign contributions. trip to las vegas. botox treatment. so on. he was embezzling money, right? but we did not want to set a precedent that congress could just expel somebody without a criminal conviction or without an ethics conviction essentially. >> thanks for joining us. explain your vote again. you are a democrat. one of the tough democrats here looking into -- you don't kick them out every day. explain historic nature of this vote >> i voted repeatedly not to kick george santos out because there was neither a conviction in criminal court nor was there a conclusion of a ethics proceeding against him in the house of representatives. that process concluded and there was a series of dozens of very damning ethics findings that he had converted the money of his campaign donors into

censures jamaal bowman, representative from the 16th congressional district of new york, representative jo maul bowman will forthwith present himself in the well of the house of representatives for pronouncement of censure and representative bowman will be censured with a public reading of this resolution by the speaker. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to rule 9 a resolution offered from the floor by a member other than the majority leader or the minority leader as a question of pif ledge of the house has immediate precedence only at a time designated by the chair, within two dej slative days after the resolution is properly noticed. pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the gentlewoman from michigan 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. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one min

mandate can sign in support of a candidate, the highest body of a political party can nominate its representatives . the composition of the house of representatives, the regional organizational structure, accordingly nominates its representatives to the regional council of deputies, there is also a little difference between the number of organizations that can also nominate candidates for deputies, for example , to nominate candidates for the house of representatives, the organization must employ at least 300 people, and 150 people working is the minimum bar for those organizations that will nominate representatives to, for example, regional or minsk city. council of deputies. all candidates should not have foreign citizenship or nationality, as well as the fact of criminal prosecution, this is important for future deputies of the chamber representatives. for deputies of local councils, the criminal record must be expunged or pogashina. the only voting day for elections of deputies at all levels will be held in belarus on february 25. the country will elect a total of 12,624 deputies, of which 110 are from the house of represen

correspondent that, unfortunately, the meeting, the next meeting of the congress of the house of representatives will not take place until thursday. january, so they expect, we've talked to a number of democrats, particularly in the house of representatives, and they say they probably won't be able to wait until mid-january of next year to deal with this issue. so what happens if the senate passes, for example, passes this, this week this bill, then it will be submitted for consideration by the house of representatives. then, if the house of representatives passes a bill with the same content, then it will go to the president for signature, if it has a different content, then there will be a special conference between the two chambers, and only then can we expect that the bill will reach the president's desk, we know that the pentagon and the white house have announced that there will be another big party. a good aid package, the last one provided from the money that is still left for ukraine. this is to this aid package at the end of the year? yes, it is until the end of the year. ms. myroslava

house of representatives in december of 1870. just like jamaal bowman, he fought for public education and civil rights, and had he to deal with double standards and racism in congress. this censure is just the latest in this chamber's racist history of telling black men they don't belong in congress. to the black men of this nation know that you belong everywhere. jamaal bowman is fighting -- mr. mcgovern another 30 seconds. ms. pressley: i urge my colleagues to vote no on this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from missouri -- the gentlewoman from missouri, ms. bush. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 90 seconds. ms. bush: st. louis and i rise because we are tired of extreme republican anti-ics that seek to put politics over the needs of people. under republican leadership, the house has successfully passed just 14 bills. some of these were

because american legislators in the house of representatives for the first time in many years elected the house with an absolutely strange regulatory procedure. because the speaker of the house of representatives is a serious figure. this is a person who must be protected in his actions certain immunity. therefore, this speaker is given this immunity for a certain time, so that he can rule the house calmly, so that he... can not look back to the views of individual legislators, so that he can rely on the majority, and the impeachment of such a person can be determined solely by the common will there , it seems to me that a large number of legislators, i won't say the number now, how it looked before, kevin mccarthy in his desire to become the speaker of the house of representatives, by the way, he actually lost his political career, so that at the end of this year he is leaving the congress altogether, and with this imprudent decision. he wanted so much, you know, a person really wants, there is some desire, i really want to be the speaker of the house of representatives of the us con

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

let's start with the fact that the senate, unlike the house of representatives, really continued yourork by the end of this week. and negotiations on migration legislation, on which aid to ukraine depends, are ongoing. and they lasted a long time. last weekend, as well, both democrats and republicans claim that there is progress in these negotiations, but for now, the issue of aid to ukraine is the only news, because even though the republicans, the democrats claim that there is indeed progress in the negotiations, now they say with one voice that more time is needed. so, for example, the leader of the democrats, chuck schumer, was in the senate even in the past last week stated that aid to ukraine should be put up for consideration for a vote this week, but this week. chakumar says more time is needed, as does his opponent, republican leader mitch mcconnell, and i suggest listening to the latest statements from both republicans and democrats right now. democrats and republicans in the senate understand that there is still a lot of work ahead to pass legislation that will strengthen t

this is only the sixth member of the house of representatives to ever be expelled from the chamber. let's bring in former republican member of the house adam kinzinger. congressman, what do you think of this? >> well, it is a huge deal. i am interested that speaker johnson voted, and typically they don't vote unless they want to make a strong statement. good on the house of representatives for doing it. it is not just not, you know, as if this is not a big thing, and somebody who used campaign money. he is a fraud, and he got elected under the fraudulent claims, and everything about him was a lie. he did not have any humility, and he ran the donald trump playbook of double down, and speak tough of the liberals going after him in the enemy camp, so it is a good move by the house of representatives and the fact that six have been expelled goes to show that we know how much corruption has been in the house in the past, and it goes to show how high that bar is to be expelled, but it is the right thing to do, and now the republicans have a tighter majority, and interesting to get this don

and the house of representatives should not deviate from that standard. i'm a solid no on expulsion, and i encourage every member to c carefully consider what kind of precedent we are 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. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york, mr. mr. d'esposito: i fully respect my friend from louisiana and much love for him, i want to reassure no one is cheering for this ethics report. with that i'd like to yield as much time as he may consume to my friend from new york and fellow long islander, mr. lalota. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. lalota: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to address three issues in helps of persuading my colleagues from both sides of the aisle who at this moment are against or undecided about expelling george santos to ultimately vote yes. those three issues are fraud, due process, and election integrity. rega

religious preferences of a particular citizen, in addition to what concerns candidates for the house of representatives, it is also in law for them the requirements have been slightly adjusted, in particular the requirements regarding a criminal record, which candidates for deputies of the house of representatives, in principle, should not have. in his biography of the fact of criminal prosecution, as for candidates for local councils of deputies, the law contains requirements that previously existed, at the time of nomination and registration of candidates for deputies of the local council, a criminal record must be expunged or expunged, signatures must be collected in support for a candidate for deputy is possible by door-to-door inspection and picketing in places determined by local authorities, to elect deputies at all levels, belarus will be on february 25. the communists of belarus were actively involved in preparations for the election campaign; an extraordinary party congress was held in minsk, at which the main goals of the task for the coming period were determined. the cpb has its own vision

but by the house of representatives. that it should become a state by the house of representatives. number one. palestine should become a state in the house of representatives has to recognize this right for palestine to become a state. number two. i think that the israelis should recognize palestine's right to become a state. but i don't think that we have to allow them to determine whether palestine should become a state. i think that palestinians have the right to have statehood without having the israelis determine that they should become a state. and just as in 1948, this will be number three, just as in 1948 when president truman recognized israel as a state, without the consent of the palestinians, i believe that a president of the united states can recognize palestine has a state -- palestine as a state without the consent of israel. i don't think israel has to give its consent for palestine to become a state. just as we recognized israel without palestinians giving their consent, we can do the same thing for palestine without israel giving its consent. i believe that palesti

after that , zelensky went to a meeting with the speaker of the house of representatives, republican mike johnson. he noted that zelensky was invited to this meeting by the leader of the democrats in the house of representatives, hakim jeffreys. it is interesting and worth noting that at the time when zelensky was leading negotiations with legislators in congress. a rally, a protest in support of ukraine took place on the street opposite the congress itself. activists, ukrainian and american representatives of various organizations, marched in front of congress, precisely at the time zelensky was there, to call on lawmakers to overcome all differences and finally agree on aid to ukraine. i suggest listening to their motivation right now. it's very, very important that congress know that the american people are like and ... very much want congress to compromise on aid of ukraine and provided them with the weapons they so desperately need. the fact that we can't commit more aid right now, the fact that it hasn't moved forward in the senate, is a huge concern for the ongoing ukrainian st

the day before, the speaker of the us house of representatives , mike johnson, assured the president of ukraine , volodymyr zelensky, of his support against putin's brutal invasion. the ukrainian leader tried to convince lawmakers to approve additional funding for further aid packages to ukraine. how does it affect the further support of kyiv? the presidential election campaign in the usa, and what the americans themselves think about it, natalia leonova found out. it is urgent to provide aid to ukraine, president zelenskyi convinced congressmen on tuesday, during a two-day visit to washington. the corresponding bill should be brought to a vote by the speaker of the house of representatives, mike johnson, who the day before said that without a solution to the issue of border security, the package of additional expenses will not be considered. for more than six weeks now, democrats and republicans have been unable to agree on what america's immigration policy will be, and no outside political force has been able to influence it. the domestic political process cannot, says democratic co

well, we have a situation now where the us house of representatives, which is the lower house of the us legislature, has voted to formalize impeachment inquiry into the biting administration. this is a big victory for republicans. they attempted to do this back in september and were unable to get the votes, but now they are moving ahead. and the resolution basically authorizes the house of representatives to begin investigating hunter bide, and hughes. ty is in his investigations and his business practices and whether or not this up basically resulted in what looks like some kind of bribery or influence peddling. now republicans say that it looks like the buying administration has been basically utilizing 100 bytes and to make business deals. uh, and the white house has then been handing out favors to those who do business deals with the 100 by republicans. uh, they say this is one of the biggest examples of, of what they call uh, influence, peddling and history. they want to get to the bottom of it. the democrats are saying this is simply a distraction and an effort to you know, con

problem, has already been developed and supported by the foreign affairs committee of the house of representatives has bipartisan support and awaits a vote in the house and senate. and although the us owns only a small part. of these assets, american experts are convinced that in this way america will set an example to european countries, pushing them to take decisive steps. and it is necessary to transfer the assets now, and not wait for the end of the war, - says the lawyer of the public organization together. all these frozen funds legally belong to ukraine, as compensation for reconstruction and reparations, i want. to outline that reconstruction is an ongoing process, it is not just something that happens after the end of a war, critical infrastructure that is targeted russia, such as power plants, hospitals, railways, communal legislation and the us border. the aid package to ukraine now depends on the latter. thus, schumer said that he expects a vote on the aid package for ukraine and other partners as early as next week. the bill must be approved by both chambers, both the senate and the h

and the republicans' critically small advantage in the house of representatives will be under threat dy next year. after excluding congressman santos, the total number of house members. representatives now amount to 434 people. and in the fall of this year , the release of mccarthy and the crisis within of the republican party once again paralyzed the work of the congress. protracted voting for a new speaker ended with the election of another republican, mike johnson. the latter voted against all initiatives in support of ukraine, except for the granting of a lendlease. we need clarity on what we are doing in ukraine and how to establish a check on the spending of precious dollars. meanwhile, ukrainian leader volodymyr zelenskyy visited the congress twice this year. in september and december, the president held talks with both speakers, both mccarthy and johnson. but he did not succeed in achieving the extension of aid to ukraine in 2023. legislators postponed this issue until next year, tying it to complex reforms in the immigration legislation of the united states. this year. there

there were some cheated exchanges about it on the floor of the house of representatives and the lead up to the vote. you're some of what we heard today. the house is voting to formally open an impeachment inquiry into president biden. the facts don't lie, it's time to get the american people answers. this is an impeachment inquiry defined as an act of seeking the truth. what are democrats so afraid of it? there's supposedly nothing to see. president biden needs to come clean. he has repeatedly misled the american people about his knowledge of enrolling his families overseas business dealings. formalizing this impeachment inquiry will allow us to get the answers the american people deserve. the white house is called the whole thing. a baseless political stunt. and a statement from joe biden called out the us congress for not focusing on israel and ukraine. and instead, focusing on this investigation, biden chastised members of congress for leaving for the holidays without actually taking a position and resolving the disagreements around israel and ukraine. and he calls this whole thing

yes, the republicans gave a gift to putin, because yesterday in the house of representatives, they tookdemonstrative step, that is , they announced that they were going on vacation from monday, and then they also started the impeachment procedure of the president, that is, they launched an official investigation within the framework of the procedure. and the president, that is, they 've shown what they're going to do in the near future, or even for a long time, that's actually, pretty terrible, i 'd say, that's the word that characterizes what 's being done, because the desire of the republicans to make it so that biden looked bad to help them come. to power, it exceeds everything, and at the same time, the interests of the country, the interests of the world in general, seem to have ceased to be taken into account, but just yesterday , i would say, a step was taken, i yesterday i thought that they crossed the rubicon with one foot, but today i would say more strongly that they have one foot over the precipice now. together with the country, together with the whole world. i have another

so another us president faces and impeachment inquiry has the house of representatives of follow the authorized with an investigation into whether do abiding benefit is financially fund my son's father in business meetings, the evidence uncovered has shown a very disturbing trend by the binding family. we've spent months in this investigation accumulating evidence. we have a simple question. i think the majority of americans have. what did the biden's do to receive the 10s of millions of dollars for my enemies around the world? the us house of representatives has formerly voted to open and impeachment inquiry into the binding family and the role that hunter by and has been playing. essentially, there has been a long talk among republicans about the fact that hunter bite and has a number of questionable business connections. and now what the republicans failed to do back in september has gone for work and they have moved ahead with a congressional opening of an impeachment inquiry. now there was quite a bit of debate democrats or calling this simply an effort to distract from donald t

once i was elected and sworn in as a member of the house of representatives. i was shocked to discover that i was one of over 100 members of this chamber that could say that of kevin. over 100 members that kevin had given the confidence to step up and serve their country and kevin and i subsequently became good friends. what i discovered about his leadership style, it's a leadership style that i think i honor the most. every decision that kevin makes and paid as leader was not for his self or his own betterment but to serve the interests of the people that he led, the conference, his constituents and the members of this chamber. and he also exhibited a quality that i think is unfortunately pretty rare in public servants, that of humility. kevin is an amazingly humble man. if you met him on the street, you would never guess that he was third in line to the presidency. in fact, i would like to share a story and kevin probably doesn't remember this, but earlier this year, i was giving a constituent and family a tour of the capitol. they were here in d.c. and coupl

house of representatives has the votes to expect george santos of new york. an investigation into a scathing ethics report which includes campaign finance abuse, allegations that santos lied to get into office. the case has not been adjudicated yet. lawmakers want him to quit but he is defiant. and they have already voted twice on the same issue as they do today. do they kick out george santos? in votes in hand right now they do have the votes. let's watch the house speaker, johnson. >> notify the governor of the state of the new york of the action of the house. under clause 5d of rule 20 the chair announces that in light of the expulsion of the gentleman from new york, mr. santos, the whole number of the house is 434. >> harris: all right. making it official there from the house speaker, the expulsion of george santos, senior correspondent chad pergram watching it all on the hill. i've been watching you this morning. the ramp up. the fact that representative george santos was sitting actually in the house today in the very last row of the house chamber on th

of the house of representatives and also the senate to get this through as quickly as possible. but the white house has sent out this letter morning saying we're running out of time. we need the ride. now they said that at the department of state had to use 97 percent of this funds is that it had in completely over since or until it mid november. so saying that this needs to get and that the needs to be a partisan agreement to sent this funds to ukraine, but also mentioned also other countries that will, that will me that and present job. i'd had a meeting all day today with do several leaders, and that's why he said that the global leadership that the us wants to show it's important because what, what other countries say if the u. s. as not sending any more weapons to ukraine, being the biggest country and the biggest suppliers of weapons a to ukraine was facing the russians aggression for several years. okay, thank you for that. and i benjamin about his group in washington is look at similar stories that making news around the world forming us has features kevin coffee is to re

because american legislators in the house of representatives for the first time in many years elected the speaker of the house with a completely strange regulatory procedure. because the speaker of the house of representatives is a serious figure, he is a person who in his actions should be protected by a certain immunity, so this speaker is given this immunity for a certain time, so that he can rule the house calmly, so that he can not look back at the views of individual legislators , so that he can rely on the majority, and the impeachment of such a person can be determined solely by the common will there, it seems to me a great ... lost his political career, because at the end of this year he leaves the congress altogether, this imprudent decision, he so wanted, you know, a person really wants, there is some desire, i really want to be the speaker of the house of representatives of the us congress, i can understand that, it is a good job and a historical job, but it is important not to fall into history, not to get caught in her this is also, by the way, this year when people got

ladies and gentlemen, the honorable hakeem jeffries, democratic leader of the united states house of representativeser kevin mccarthy, to nancy pelosi who served with john lewis for 34 years. they were both members of the same class. that is a pretty good class. catherine clark and members of congress and the members of the lewis family, to former staff members, friends and all those in attendance, good afternoon. thank you for your presence here today. it is a great honor and privilege on the house of house democrats to stand before all of you to pay tribute to a civil rights champion, defender of meritocracy. voice for the voiceless. legendary leader and a powerful profound principle public servant, the honorable john lewis. the stamp will forever represent and commemorate one of our countries greatest sons. conscience of our congress. it's appropriate that one of our forever heroes will be recognized with a rubber stamp. personally, as all of us who have the opportunity to serve know that we will deeply cherish the time we had with him serving in the people's house and in my case as a member of t

that we had, well, i specifically reread it now and i will quote it, the speaker of the house of representativesthe material came out that the meeting with zelenskyi did not change the opinion of the speaker of the house of representatives. well, you see, it has not changed, but nevertheless, he admits, to us, here is his statement from the republicans, yes, we need specifics about what we are doing in ukraine, how we monitor the use of precious money, american taxpayers and transformational change at the border to... still there is nothing, that is, of course, they criticize biden, but these arguments look, well, at least they are these arguments, and they must be reckoned with , i understand how we need this financial assistance, and it is even difficult for me to imagine, to simulate the situation, how it will be without it, but you see , and today this institution of war, the american one, which i consider a very authoritative institution. they give advice to ukraine for the military campaign of the 24th year, and there is no longer hurrah-hurrah forward-forward, crimea, tomorrow is ours, of

this is ordering the previous question in the house of representatives. never mind. that's not the vote. that's ordering the previous question, whatever that means. what do you think of this? >> it's interesting that you're starting to hear the rhetoric from the moderate members. they're supporting this, but saying things like, we'll see where the investigation leads. we're going to try to uncover things, so they're trying to say they're being prudent investigators, and that they are not just chasing after the president for political reasons. it's an odd year to do it, certainly in an election year. if you talk to some of the hard right that have been pushing it, they would say, but you are prosecuting our nominee during an election year, so why can't we investigate your president, your nominee during an election year, as well? i think when it comes to the house, most republicans will say quietly behind the scenes, they feel very confident about the senate, tough to keep the house. so i agree with you, for the people, for the ten seats in the california and new york,

michael cloud to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. 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 allowed between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders limited to five minutes. debate shall not continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland mr. hoyer for five minutes. mr. hoyer: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. mr. speaker, many years ago, there was a rule adopted called the holman rule which allows the arbitrary and capricious of a salary if you don't agree with what the person does. somewhat like the speaker of the house didn't like the vote of the a member could cut their salary to $1. it would be unfair and capricious and undermining of our democracy. punishing someone for a difference opinion is the opposite of