mr. speaker. i have no further speakers so i will reserve and be prepared to close when mr. thompson has completed his speakers. mr. thompson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program extension act. this bipartisan bill is supported by the full committee and relevant subcommittee chairs and ranking members of the energy and commerce and homeland security committees. the department of homeland security's chemical facility anti-terrorism standards or cfats program is an important part of our nation's counterterrorism efforts to secure high-risk chemical facilities. the program was created in 2006 and had its first long-term re-authorization in 2014. unfortunately without further congressional action, cfats will terminate later this month. the bill before us would grant a clean two-year extension of the program. i believ

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thotches: mr. speaker -- mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the incredible role mentors play in the lives of young people. january is national mentoring month which brings national attention to the needs for mentors. individuals, businesses, and government agencies, schools, faith communities and nonprofits can all engage with their constituents to become mentors for the next generation of leaders. when children have strong role models in their lives, they grow up to be good neighbors and good citizens. as the co-chairman of the congressional career and technical education caucus, i know firsthand how essential mentors are for the students seeking a career in technical education. from agriculture to the arts, from marketing to manufacturing, c.t.e. programs work to develop america's

speaker for providing that opportunity. with that, mr. speaker, i withdraw my objection. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, mr. speaker, before i end. we have just been through a very difficult week. n which one of our members was - -- a review and disapproval was passed almost unanimously, i think, with just one vote opposed to it on our side. i must mention, i don't want any argument or we don't need any debate on this, but unfortunately, at a height i know of a lot of emotion, one of our members, respected member of our caucus, tony cardenas, was met with the -- who was, by the way, from california, who was met with a call from the other side of the aisle to return to puerto rico. we ought to all be cognizant of the fact that we need to be civil to one another. we need to be plight to one another -- polite to one another, even. we can disagree very strongly. and obviously we do. on issue to issue. but we have been sent here by 750,000, give or take, of our fellow citizens. and i respect all of you for having been selected by 750,000 people. i may disagree with them on selecting the policies that you pursue. but i would hope that w

mr. cole: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are 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-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, for five minutes. mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today really bad milestone, failure, on day 18 of a partial government shutdown that's affecting 25% of the federal government. i am rising today to share some evident real life stories some of my constituents in eastern connecticut affect bide this shutdown which again today we're now officially one day past the length of the 2013 shutdown of 17 days. on sunday, if this is not fixed and ended, it will actually be the longest shutdown in american history. surpassing the 1994 shutdown. mr. speaker, i got a letter from james of waterford, connecticut. i'm a state department employee assigned to u.s. embassy in kabul afghanistan. i have been an employee since 2013-can-2003. i live and work every day in a dangerous environment and support of u.s. foreign policy and in afghanistan in 2013 i was shot at and blownup at the u.s. consulate in afghanistan. i was trapped in a burning u.s. embassy during protests during kosovo independents wh

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to commend franklin high school graduate on earning a prestigious fellowship. michael, who graduated from franklin high school in 2015, is expected to graduate from princeton university in june, has been awarded the charles b. rangel international affairs fellowship following a nationwide contest. the fellowship is funded by the u.s. department of state and administered by howard university right here in washington. the rangel graduate fellowship aims to attract and prepare young people for careers in the foreign service where they can help formulate, represent, and implement u.s. foreign policy. the rangel program selects outstanding fellows annually in a highly competitive nationwide process and supports them through two years of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development activities. michael's completing certificates in princeton in african studies, latin american studies. he spent a semester abro

speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from illinois. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from new york, the distinguished newly minted first-ever chairwoman of the house appropriations committee, mrs. lowey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i am delighted to have the opportunity to work what we call our cardinals, the chair of this distinguished subcommittee of appropriations, and thank you for yielding me some time. mr. speaker, the trump shutdown is now in its 19th day. it is simply outrageous that more than 800,000 federal employees are going without pay and that the american people are being denied vital services all because of president trump's demands for a wasteful border wall. house democrats want to open the government, but the president and the senate republicans continue to obstruct and delay instead of working with us to get the people's business done. . the solution to this crisis is simple. pass the bills where we can can agree. and extend funding for home

mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. loudermilk, for five minutes. thank you -- excuse me -- thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, on january 14, 2019, at a joint session of the georgia general assembly, that was held on the campus of georgia technological institute in atlanta, georgia, the honorable brian kemp was inaugurated as the 83rd governor of the state of georgia. upon taking the oath of office, brian kemp became the third republican to occupy the governor's mansion since reconstruction. even before taking the oath of office, brian was already making history, receiving more votes than any gubernatorial candidate in state history. as with many of georgia's governors, governor kemp comes from a humble background. he was a small business owner, building his first construction business with a pickup and a shovel. with hard work and personal sacrifice, he grew that business and eventually became one of georgia's successful entrepreneurs responsible for several successful businesses. when brian became frustrated with the mismanagement of state government, he determined that instead of jus

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, on monday, i was honored to be at mount alwishes -- alowishes to participate in the martin luther king day service. located in pennsylvania's fifth congressional district, the college planned events throughout this week to honor the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. the activities include community service projects, diversity talks, art exhibits and more. mr. speaker, it was a privilege to join the students, faculty and staff on monday during a truly moving prayer service in cost grave lobby. the service featured several readers who shared dr. king's powerful words and everyone in attendance sang hymns. yesterday, the college hosted multicultural food day, and today at 3:30 p.m., a special guest speaker from carlo university will be featured at alumni hall. friday concludes the week with an exhibit in the cost grave lobby and a poetry night for all the renal national college students at a low -- regional location dents at a in the district. i thank them for hosting me and

speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. engel: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: mr. speaker, this is the third time i've stood on the house floor to argue in favor of passing this bill. to argue that we need to dial up the pressure on the assad regime, and that we need to crack down on his enablers, namely iran and russia. we need to push for a political solution that lend the years of horrific bloodshed. i made that case in november, 2016, when the house unanimously passed a version of this bill. i did it again in may of 2017, and again it passed unanimously, only to languish in the other body for the rest of the congress, stopped by one single senator. and in syria in the last 26 months that have come since the house first passed this bill, the suffering has continued. over the last few weeks, the refugee camp, 13 babies froze to death. 50,000 more displaced people in this camp are at grave risk. they have nowhere else to go. unchecked, the assad regime will likely move in and massacre these innocence pem --

mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the gentleman from alabama, mr. aderholt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. aderholt: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, ranking member, for yielding. i rise this morning to speak in opposition to the majority's temporary funding bill for the department of homeland security. however, our crisis we are at at this boreder is not temporary and it continues to grow during this government shutdown. i'm not sure why my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will expect a different outcome today when the real solution, as we all know, starts when everyone sits around the negotiating table. the people elected the president and they elected each of us. they elected each of us to do our job and this is a serious job and legislating is governing, not putting bills on the floor of the house that we now the president will veto. as he has continued to say that he will veto this legislation and we know what the outcome wil

speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from illinois. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from new york, the distinguished newly minted first-ever chairwoman of the house appropriations committee, mrs. lowey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i am delighted to have the opportunity to work what we call our cardinals, the chair of this distinguished subcommittee of appropriations, and thank you for yielding me some time. mr. speaker, the trump shutdown is now in its 19th day. it is simply outrageous that more than 800,000 federal employees are going without pay and that the american people are being denied vital services all because of president trump's demands for a wasteful border wall. house democrats want to open the government, but the president and the senate republicans continue to obstruct and delay instead of working with us to get the people's business done. . the solution to this crisis is simple. pass the bills where we can can agree. and extend funding for home

mr speaker. mr speaker, i'm sure we can all unite... mr speaker. mr speaker, i'm sure we can allunite... unite in condemning racist abuse in any form whatsoever within our society. and too many of our constituents have faced that since the toxic debate in the last referendum, and if! the toxic debate in the last referendum, and if i may say so, the government's hostile environment policies on the windrush generation. many media pundits and members of the sales say there is currently no majority in this house for a general election. let the members of this house decide. but, mr speaker, it is clear there is no majority for this government's brexit deal, and there is no majority eitherfor a no deal. i want to pay tribute to all members of this house who, like the labour front bench, are committed to both opposing the prime minister's bad deal, which we voted down last night, and ruling out the catastrophe of no deal. but i do believe that following the government's plan, a general election is the best outcome for this country, as the labour party conference agreed last september. a general

mr. marshall, for five minutes. mr. marshall: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it's always good to go back home. nd this weekend was especially rewarding for me. my wife and i left to d.c. this past friday afternoon, flew through delal, landed in wichita sometime shortly after sunset. as we hopped in my truck, the snow started to fall and it was a beautiful kansas evening. we got home and got to see our two boys. i woke up the next morning early, went to sterling, kansas for a business meeting. then went and met some more of our friends. on the way home i got to listen to the radio, listened to a kansas state wildcat basketball game and hear them win that game by one point. when i got home a special treat. i got to watch both the kansas university basketball team win and watch my kansas city chiefs win, and i got to watch those games with my two boys a trifecta for kansas. a great day. the next morning i woke up early for church and went to early service. and basically had to hop in my truck to come back to washington, d.c., that same afternoon. on that way home, on the way back to the airport, i

mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. tomorrow oson: -- mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the small business development centers located throughout my district and throughout the country. these development centers are statewide, nationally accredited programs that provide one-on-one consulting, training, and information resources to allow new and existing small businesses. there are public-private partnership between the small business administration, the pennsylvania department of commerce and economic development, and universities and colleges across the commonwealth. penn state has a fantastic small business development centers. whose mission is to provide entrepreneurs with the knowledge needed to make smart decisions and to see their businesses grow and prosper. over the past few months i received many letters in support of small business development centers from constituents who utilize these services to start or maintain a small business of their own. lisa wrote that aft

mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. quigln: thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker, and the chairman of the subcommittee and my colleague, mr. diaz-balart, as the ranking member designee. let's not complicate anything. there is nothing in the transportation bill or the housing budget that has anything to to with the border wall. . instead these agencies that keep us safe when we fly and keep the trains, planes and buses running on time they keep americans' houses warm on frigid days, they provide the support necessary to invest in our communities and ensure that our citizens can get to work and school, and to rebuild after natural disasters. shuttering the department of housing, the department of transportation and -- transportation and housing and urban development over a fight about a wall on the southern border is wrong. this shutdown is endangering the well-being of american public. for example, air traffic control facilities all over the country, including chicago center, one of the busiest control centers in the nation,

mr. speaker, she's opposed to it she's opposed to it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlelady from reserves, and the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield four minutes to my good friend from minnesota, mississippi mccollum, the chair of the interior and environmental -- ms. mccollum, the chair of the interior and environmental subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. mccollum: i rise in strong support of this omnibus appropriations bill and i come to you in good faith with it. two weeks ago our colleagues on the other side of the aisle told us they could not support the appropriations bill on the house floor because they reflected only the senate's priorities. well, there's good news today. the bill before us is a product of bipartisan negotiations. it reflects both the priorities of the house and the senate. it's a compromised bill and it will reopen our government. the secretary of the interior, environment section provi

mr. perriello: thank you. mr. speaker, people -- mr. perry: thank you. mr. speaker, people at home think they're watching c-span but this is more like masterpiece theater. this is like a documentary where we record what happened in history but here we see we're going to change, we're going to revise history and remind everybody who is watching and everybody in this house that under this minority leader, who is the majority lead -- who was the majority leader at the time, we passed the bill in this house to keep the government open. we didn't want to shut the government down. we wanted to keep the government open and fund voter security. we passed this in the house. we bassed it in this house and -- passed it in this house and we sent it to the senate. and it was the senate democrats who said, oh, no, we're not going to do any of that border security stuff. we want you to have a shutdown and then we'll blame it all on you. mr. speaker, we're not here to revise history. we would like to get to the task at hand, which is solving this issue of border security. and we as

mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. quigln: thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker, and the chairman of the subcommittee and my colleague, mr. diaz-balart, as the ranking member designee. let's not complicate anything. there is nothing in the transportation bill or the housing budget that has anything to to with the border wall. . instead these agencies that keep us safe when we fly and keep the trains, planes and buses running on time they keep americans' houses warm on frigid days, they provide the support necessary to invest in our communities and ensure that our citizens can get to work and school, and to rebuild after natural disasters. shuttering the department of housing, the department of transportation and -- transportation and housing and urban development over a fight about a wall on the southern border is wrong. this shutdown is endangering the well-being of american public. for example, air traffic control facilities all over the country, including chicago center, one of the busiest control centers in the nation,

mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, as we enter day 21 of the trump shutdown, it is incumbent upon the house to do everything we can to address the pain and suffering being felt by dedicated federal workers who are missing their paychecks. most of them are living from paycheck to paycheck. and now they approach this day on friday having moved from paycheck to no check. today, 800,000 federal employees will not receive their first paycheck of this new year. regardless of what members think about the causes of the shutdown, every single one of us should agree that hardworking federal employees who give their blood, their sweat, and their tears to lifting us up as a nation should not be held hostage to olitics as a result. 380,000 federal employees have been furloughed and locked out of their offices. another 420,000 federal employees, hardworking employees working without pay. we will see them at our airports. we'll see them working today and tomorrow and have been for he last many days without pay

mr. fleischmann. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. flisheman: mr. speaker, thank you. i rise in -- mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, thank you. i rise in opposition to h. crezz 628. i thank ranking member granger for allowing me to speak and acknowledge my friend and colleague, the full chairman, mrs. lowey on the other side of the aisle. . i feel compelled at this point in time to respond to the rhetoric from the majority leader. the majority leader, the gentleman, my friend from maryland, is very articulate. and he pleads his case. but as pleading his case the cure is right in front of us. i am not going to banter around this chamber with terms such as good faith and bad faith. we're all elected in our 435 districts around this country. i come from the great state of tennessee where the people want the wall, the people want border security, the people want our borders safe and secure. i realize that there are others in this body who perhaps don't want that, but we must remember this. as we go through our rhetoric, we owe it to the american people to be precise. now, allow

speaker, i yield back. -- mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. aderholt: mr. speaker, i'd like to recognize myself for as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. aderholt: as i noted earlier, the ag approps subcommittee received over 350 members that came before our subcommittee and submitted requests. many of those requests included support for animal disease and for plant pest destroying agriculture products. let me just give an example of some that we heard. the house bill included $15 million to fight pest from china called the spotted atlanta earn fly. earn -- atlanta lantern fly. it included money for the oriental fruit fly. and the citrus disease killing the orange groves across florida. i could give numerous examples of other house priorities and directives that was included in the house report. an report by the majority that's been dismissed by the senate bill. but like i said, these are just some examples that our members have requested. it's been important to their districts. they thought it was very impo

mr speaker. mr speaker this is the most significant folks that any of us will ever be passed in our political careers. after. after all the debates all the disagreement all the division the time has now come for all of us in this house to make a decision. a decision that will define our country for decades to come a decision that will determine the future for our constituents that. children and their grandchildren. a decision that each of us will have to justify and live with for many years to cause. we know the consequences of voting for this deal they all made out in black and white in the pages of the withdrawal agreement. yet deal or no deal that is the brags that question will continue analysis and look ahead to the same things photo op about with more and about three minutes time. officer. told him to get up off the ground after begin to sound. heard them freeze on the sounds of. grown man the christening essentially. through his trying. to push through away from the officer. of his group. the obvious

mr. speaker, it's not enough for the house to vote against the deal before us and against no deal. we also have to be for something. so mr. speak er -- so mr. speaker, in the coming days, it is vital that this house has the opportunity to debate and vote on the way forward, to consider all the options available. the overwhelming majority of the house voted to respect the result of the referendum, and therefore voted to trigger article 50. so i say this to our negotiating partners in the european union. if parliament votes down this deal, then reopening negotiations should not and cannot be ruled out. we understand why after two frustrating years of negotiatio negotiations, you would want this resolved but this parliament, our parliament here, has only one duty, to represent the interests of the people of this country and the deal negotiated by the government does not meet the needs of the people of this country. the people of britain including many european union nationals who have made their lives here, these are people who contributed to our country, have contributed to our economy and to our public services including our national health service.

mr. speaker, i reserve the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from montana reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the distinguished speaker of the house, congresswoman nancy pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. for one minute. the speaker: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and mr. assistant speaker. i thank mr. cummings for bringing this important legislation to the floor in very expeditious time. the senate passed it by unanimous consent yesterday, and here we are today on the first day that some of our federal employees will miss heir paycheck that congress is saying and guaranteeing that workers will be paid, not only for this shutdown, but god forbid if we have any future ones, that their pay will be guaranteed. . i support the bill and glad it has strong bipartisan support as it did in the senate, and that the president has given the impression that he will sign the bill. it ensures that 800,000 federal employees are going without pay because of the senseless shut down will ultimately get the back pay they deserve. but it's scarce con

mr. fleischmann. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. flisheman: mr. speaker, thank you. i rise in -- mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, thank you. i rise in opposition to h. crezz 628. i thank ranking member granger for allowing me to speak and acknowledge my friend and colleague, the full chairman, mrs. lowey on the other side of the aisle. . i feel compelled at this point in time to respond to the rhetoric from the majority leader. the majority leader, the gentleman, my friend from maryland, is very articulate. and he pleads his case. but as pleading his case the cure is right in front of us. i am not going to banter around this chamber with terms such as good faith and bad faith. we're all elected in our 435 districts around this country. i come from the great state of tennessee where the people want the wall, the people want border security, the people want our borders safe and secure. i realize that there are others in this body who perhaps don't want that, but we must remember this. as we go through our rhetoric, we owe it to the american people to be precise. now, allow

speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: mr. engel. mr. engel: it's my pleasure to yield three minutes to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. hines. -- mr. himes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. himes: i very much appreciate the advocacy of chairwoman waters but this is fundamentally not a partisan issue and i appreciate the ranking member make the point. this is a reputational risk issue. and i want everyone in the chamber to understand that this is about the reputation of the united states, about the congress, about the treasury and each individual member who votes today. this is a complicated deal. i've spent hours understanding this deal. but there's a big question that every member ought to ask themselves. is this the moment to relax sanctions on a russian company? on a russian oligarch? is this the moment to sign off on a deal that allows an oligarch to hand his shares to a russian bank which is also sanctioned and controlled by the russian government? at the end

speaker, i yield back. mr. collins: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. . mr. cicilline: i rise today in support of this resolution. congressman steve king's comments of asserting white supremacist should be acceptable have rightly drawn strong condemn from both sides of the aisle. these comments are part of a well documented history of embracing the far right. i also know more and a more people are feeling emboddened today to publicly voice bigetted -- bigoted views like this. we shaw the discussions around charlottesville, current debate on criticism, and football players silently protesting police brutality. america was founded on the simple but powerful idea that all are created equal and worthy of dignity and respect. white nationalism and white supremacy are a vial assault on that magnificent ideal. these views belong on the ash heap of history that is exactly where this resolution will put them. i urge my co

mr speaker mr speaker with just seventy four days until the twenty ninth of march the consequences of being against this deal tomorrow are becoming clearer with no deal we would have no implementation period no security partnership no guarantees for u.k. citizens overseas and no certainty that businesses and workers like those i met this morning we would see changes to everyday life in northern ireland that would put the future of our union at risk. well let's get more from video because one of the barb of a is all who is actually outside houses of parliament in london welcome to the maze appealed to lawmakers is to think again before they reject a deal tomorrow are they likely to follow her instruction. then not likely but she was quite impressive to reason may for the first time since months was her with this particular speech in parliament because she struck a more rational tone she appeals to the so if the good sense the common sense of calm and terence and she was mostly of course speaking to her own conservative benches to agree to this deal because what she says how she sums it

mr. speaker, she's opposed to it she's opposed to it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlelady from reserves, and the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield four minutes to my good friend from minnesota, mississippi mccollum, the chair of the interior and environmental -- ms. mccollum, the chair of the interior and environmental subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. mccollum: i rise in strong support of this omnibus appropriations bill and i come to you in good faith with it. two weeks ago our colleagues on the other side of the aisle told us they could not support the appropriations bill on the house floor because they reflected only the senate's priorities. well, there's good news today. the bill before us is a product of bipartisan negotiations. it reflects both the priorities of the house and the senate. it's a compromised bill and it will reopen our government. the secretary of the interior, environment section provi

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. e speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes y electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 231. the nays are 189. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. cummings: i move the house consider h.r. 790. pursuant to h.res. 87 and agree to the bill h.r. 790.

speaker, i yield back. mr. collins: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. . mr. cicilline: i rise today in support of this resolution. congressman steve king's comments of asserting white supremacist should be acceptable have rightly drawn strong condemn from both sides of the aisle. these comments are part of a well documented history of embracing the far right. i also know more and a more people are feeling emboddened today to publicly voice bigetted -- bigoted views like this. we shaw the discussions around charlottesville, current debate on criticism, and football players silently protesting police brutality. america was founded on the simple but powerful idea that all are created equal and worthy of dignity and respect. white nationalism and white supremacy are a vial assault on that magnificent ideal. these views belong on the ash heap of history that is exactly where this resolution will put them. i urge my co

speaker, i yield back. -- mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. aderholt: mr. speaker, i'd like to recognize myself for as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. aderholt: as i noted earlier, the ag approps subcommittee received over 350 members that came before our subcommittee and submitted requests. many of those requests included support for animal disease and for plant pest destroying agriculture products. let me just give an example of some that we heard. the house bill included $15 million to fight pest from china called the spotted atlanta earn fly. earn -- atlanta lantern fly. it included money for the oriental fruit fly. and the citrus disease killing the orange groves across florida. i could give numerous examples of other house priorities and directives that was included in the house report. an report by the majority that's been dismissed by the senate bill. but like i said, these are just some examples that our members have requested. it's been important to their districts. they thought it was very impo

mr speaker mr speaker with just seventy four days until the twenty ninth of march the consequences of sochi against this deal tomorrow i'll be coming as a clear out with no deal we would have no implementation period no security partnership no guarantees for u.k. citizens overseas and no certainty that this isn't workers like those i met in stoke this morning we would see changes to everyday life in northern ireland that would put the future of our union a triss. opposition leader jeremy corben made clear that labor's position was unchanged he decries made his deal is bad for the country and called for this defeat but he pulled a meaningful vote this is breaking. the government is in disarray right it's clear if the prime minister's deal is rejected tomorrow it's time for a general election it's time for a new government. in the brixton neighborhood of south london most of the people who spoke to d.w. seemed fed up with the debate. reason may's breaks a deal should the parliament support or fish. all the things she said are good for this country but we do it is bleeding ourselves. it

speaker, i yield back. mr. collins: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. . mr. cicilline: i rise today in support of this resolution. congressman steve king's comments of asserting white supremacist should be acceptable have rightly drawn strong condemn from both sides of the aisle. these comments are part of a well documented history of embracing the far right. i also know more and a more people are feeling emboddened today to publicly voice bigetted -- bigoted views like this. we shaw the discussions around charlottesville, current debate on criticism, and football players silently protesting police brutality. america was founded on the simple but powerful idea that all are created equal and worthy of dignity and respect. white nationalism and white supremacy are a vial assault on that magnificent ideal. these views belong on the ash heap of history that is exactly where this resolution will put them. i urge my co

mr. calvert, is recognized. mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from the great state of utah, mr. stewart. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. stewart: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to begin by stating the obvious, if i could, and my democratic colleagues call this a compromise. this bill is a lot of things but a compromise it is not. it takes away everything we have done for the last year, everything we have done for the last year and, poof, it's gone. it throws it away. there's an old saying in the house, it's not the opposing party that's the enemy, it's the senate. in is great illustration of this. as a member of the appropriations committee it pains me that my friends across the aisle have effectively removed my constituents from the process by just accepting the senate bill. every member of the house and our constituents have been silenced in this. we are not represented at all. and not only is the democratic majority ignored this body's role in creating this budget, they are throwing away hundreds of hours of hearings, of markup, of floor time. again, as we are fighting

speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: with that, mr. speaker, i yield to my friend from maryland, the majority leader of the house. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman from louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: members . the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, for yielding the time. on monday, the house will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour debate. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. members having conversations, take them off the floor. members. the gentleman is recognized. on tuesday and swens the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate. and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business with the last votes no later than 3:00 p.m. we will consider several bills under suspension of the rules. the complete list of suspensions will be announced by the close of business tomorrow. members are advised that additional legislative items are po

mr. scalise: see if there was an answer to the parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: again, mr. scalise the gentleman can achieve this result by seeking unanimous consent from our colleague. mr. scalise: mr. speaker, that ecognition was sought. i seek unanimous consent to reconsider the vote by which .j.res. 28 was passed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, the problem is -- the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman reserve the right to object? mr. hoyer: i intend to object. we have told our people to go home. it's not a question with being in their offices. they are on their way to their planes. it's far after the time that we leave on a go-away day. i feel bad. i'm going to look at the tv, i was sitting right here, i didn't hear or see anybody asking for a recorded vote. and very frankly, you don't usually have to ask tore a recorded vote because when you are in the majority we had to record the vote because we were losing. frankly, i think that's what was happening. i would like to be able to correct the situation. but i cannot do that in good conscience because i know people have told me they had 1:30 planes a