mr. bill's village. >> reporter: mr. bill's village is a facebook group christie started.was hoping to find just a few volunteers to keep an eye out for bill when he's walking. >> and within days it exploded. >> caught on really quick. >> now everyone's competing to give mr. bill a ride. >> so people are just driving around the streets looking for him? >> pretty much. just like where's waldo but where's mr. bill. yeah. >> reporter: in fact, here comes one now. >> hey, mr. bill. do you need a ride to walmart? >> certainly. >> come on. hop on in. >> reporter: after we first told the story the mr. bill's village facebook group grew to nearly 7,000 members with posts like "i just saw mr. bill walking. let us know where you are. i'll get him." >> you always get picked up now? >> pretty much. >> and it's always somebody different? >> it's never the same person from one day to the next. >> it's amazing. >> there's a lot of good people in this world, all over the place. you know. >> reporter: and on that note here's one more good person. chris puckett is a car dealer. he wanted to

mr. speaker, thank you. this bill is really important water resources development act. it authorizes all the activities of the u.s. army corps of engineers. mr. speaker, something that's really key here is that under this chairman we have been able to keep this bill on a two-year cycle. i want to thank all of the republican and democrat members for keeping this on cycle. that's important. because this is about resiliency of our communities. it's about the economy. and economic engines our ports cause. and places like coastal louisiana. this bill includes a number of priorities in our congressional district, one of the most active corps of engineer di districts in the nation. including connecting the upper project to the gulf project ensuring that credit goes all wait back to the 1980's when this project started rather than penalizing the nonfederal sponsor for the corps of engineer's slow action. this ensures credit developed can be you utilized own projects or deferred payment agreements. it ensures the levee system gets back on track to enter the federal system. it cre

issa, i rise in support of my bill h.r. 7177. mr. strong: which will improve the northern courts in alabama. specifically, this bill will assure alabamians are assigned to the closest and most convenient federal courthouse eliminating unnecessary and unburdensome travel expenses. this commonsense proposal which was approved by the judicial conference of the united states earlier this year reflects how cases have been managed following courthouse closures for over 60-plus years since these boundaries were last amended. the judicial conference said it best, h.r. 7177 supports the efficient administration of justice. i'd like to thank the members of the alabama delegation who have joined me to support the efficient administration of justice in north alabama. i urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting this proposal. madam chair, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you, madam chair. i yield to myself such time as i may con

mr. self for their important work on this bill. i urge my colleagues to support s. 2513 and with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: i rise to express my support for s. 2513 as amended, the veterans benefits improvement act. i want to thank disability assistance and memorial affairs subcommittee chairman luttrell and ranking member pappas for working in a bipartisan manner on the house companion to this package which passed this body in september of last year. i commend representative ciscomani and representative mcgarvey for their contributions as well. this bill makes several important changes to help streamline the medical disability exam process for veterans and help strengthen reuh cruetment and hiring at the board of veterans' appeals by creating a new internship program for law student

mr. comer: i encourage my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky -- the gentleman from kentucky yields. the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: we have no further speakers and prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has the only time in time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. comer: i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill 9600. the clerk: h.r. 9600 a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal 119 main street in plains georgia as the jimmy and rossa lynn carter post office pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer and the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin each will control 20 minutes. mr. comer: i ask that members may include extra

the bill is passed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 685, s. 5098. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. calendar number 605, s. 5098 a bill to require certain agencies to develop plans for internal control, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be grate graed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 686, h.r. 5887. the presi

bill. this is about an hour. gentleman is recognized. mr. gers: i rise in strong support of h.r. 5009, for the first time in decades this year's defense bill carries a different name. it's the service member quality of life improvement and national defense authorization act. we did that to upside score the tremendous gains this bill makes toward improving the quality of life of our service members and their families. no service member should have to live in call lid -- in squalid conditions. no military member should have to rely on food stamps to food their children. no one serving in the military should have to wait to see a drr service members are experiencing especially junior enlisted personnel. this bill goes a long way to fixing that. it expands allowances for housing and food the bill significantly increases funding to improve existing barracks and build new ones. it encourages the services to pursue public-private partnerships to provide better unaccompanied housing. the bill reduces dangerous health care wait times by waiving referr

mr. suozzi of new york, the bill's democratic lead. e speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. suozzi: thank you, i rise in support of a bill i partnered with mr. strong, the bipartisan shields against c.c.p. act. the chinese communist party is intent on promoting atheory terrace him from weakening america from within. they seek to take our greatest strengths, pluralist him, capitalism, and representative government and use them against us. china uses our freedoms, our social media in our open society to sow chaos and division in our country. they know we cannot solve difficult problems in an environment of near and anger, so they encourage fear and anger. they promote the most extreme sides of our thorniest debates, whether it's black lives matter versus blue lives matter or transgenderrer versus evangelical, or israel versus gaza. the chinese communist party goes to both sides of the debate and not for winning the debate but fomenting dissent in america. add to that the threat to our critical infrastructure and trying to

mr. speaker, this bill would ensure that d.h.s.'s office of intelligence and analysis audits their systems and data and that personnel follow policies to protect the privacy, civil rights and civil liberties of united states persons. i thank the gentlewoman from florida, ms. lee, for introducing the bill in response to oversight done by democrats on the committee. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 8664, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. green: mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance of my time. i again urge my colleagues to support h.r. 8664, and i thank ms. lee for her hard work on this bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 8664, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, witho

bill. reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from -- mr. nadler: this bill does exactly the opposite of what the gentleman from arizona says. this bill does not look -- does not give us a chance to look at a regulation and decide whether it makes sense. this bill puts all the regulations together so that we can't look at them. we can't look at any one of them in particular. because they are all together. in one vote. one hour debate on the floor. let me give you an example of a rule that is on the chopping block. we have a rule that ensuring that all cell phones, a new rule, that all cell phones are hearing aid compatible. a rule that requires self-phone makers to update their tech. does nigh colleague want to roll this back? what is the cost my colleague would stomach to ensure our seniors can call and hear their family members and friends? that's just one regulation. now, maybe you think it costs too much money for the tech companies to satisfy grandma and grandpa. that they shouldn't be able that they shouldn't be able to talk to their gr

i support the bill and reserve. mr. huffman: i rise in support of the fire department repayment act introduced by my colleague from california representative harder. the bill would require the secretaries of agriculture, homeland security and defense to establish procedures for fire suppression cost share agreements under the reciprocal fire protection act. the increasing threat of climate change and wildfires, it is critical that our organizations are supported and continue to receive the resources they need to fight wildfires. this bill would enable local and state fire departments to maintain readiness and effectiveness by expediting the process for reviewing cost agreements to align with cooperative fire protection agreements. the bill would require the secretaries to complete second level reviews of a fire suppression cost share agreement following containment of a wildfire in consultation with fire suppression organizations. the procedure is a necessary step toward ensuring quicker and more efficient reviews so sta

mr. hoyer: he's working hard on it. reporter: if this gets broken up in separate bills? mr. hoyer: i don't want to discuss the if's because they're endless. reporter: what was the update from jeffries? mr. doggett: he doesn't have a proposal. reporter: is he communicating with speaker johnson and the republicans? mr. doggett: he'll have to discuss that. but it's clear they've not provided any specific proposal to us as a way out of this. instead of disaster funding, they've only given us a disaster. reporter: any timing on votes or anything scheduled for tonight? mr. doggett: no. reporter: did he say to stay here? mr. doggett: we haven't discussed departing. reporter: what was the cheering? mr. doggett: a number of the members departing and providing comments and will be with us until we get this resolved. reporter: thank you. >> the house will be in order. >> c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979, we've been your primary source for capitol hill, providing balanced, unfiltered coverage of government. taking you where the policies are debat

mr. hoyer: he's working hard on it. reporter: if this gets broken up in separate bills? mr. hoyer: i don't want to discuss the if's because they're endless. reporter: what was the update from jeffries? mr. doggett: he doesn't have a proposal. reporter: is he communicating with speaker johnson and the republicans? mr. doggett: he'll have to discuss that. but it's clear they've not provided any specific proposal to us as a way out of this. instead of disaster funding, they've only given us a disaster. reporter: any timing on votes or anything scheduled for tonight? mr. doggett: no. reporter: did he say to stay here? mr. doggett: we haven't discussed departing. reporter: what was the cheering? mr. doggett: a number of the >> in an earlier conversation in this series, evan thomas discussed his book "the wise men." there were six of them. now in this episode we asked edward "ted" aldrich to discuss his book titled "the partnership: george marshall, henry estimateson and the extraordinary collaboration that won world war ii." he writes that f.d.r. paired simpson with marshall in t

mr. speaker. we've had a lot of talk about what's not in this bill. maybe we ought to talk about what's in this bill. it keeps the government open, which my friends say they want to do and i think they're sincere in that. this does that. it provides relief to people in the various disaster areas around the country an amount that they agree to and we agree to and we share that in common. it provides aid for farmers who suffered through several years of droughts and disaster and systemic prices, as my friend from missouri mentioned is costing us farms. it extends important health care provisions into the next year. there's nothing in here that you're against. there's not a single thing in this bill that you oppose. so if you can't vote for what you're for, please don't lecture us about what -- if i had this and this and this, i'd vote for it. you vote no, you're voting to shut down the government. if you vote no, you're voting to deny aid to people with a disaster. if you vote no, you're voting against helping american farmers and ranchers at a difficul

lock land and murdoch bent the rules of the family trust, there was mr. bill barr demonstrated dishonesty and purpose. they said that the play may have worked but like a showdown in game of poker is where games are with the card face up. what does it mean for if the future of fox news and the conservative movement in america? joining me is now is the president and ceo of media matters for america. i'm so happy that you can join me and give me your thoughts on it. in terms of the importance of rue rupert or lock land, how important is any one man in this scenario? >> it is hard to separate what fox news is in the right-wing landscape. but in this instance, they are one in the same that is clear. the evidence of that rup port rupert murdoch that could correct the misunderstanding, the false information that trump was pushing out there that the election was stolen was fox news. that came out as a result of the dominion lawsuit. everything that fox news is a consequence of rupert murdoch and lockland murdoch. they are inseparable in that way. >> how much do saw te

bill. i thank mr. moore for introducing this bill. i thank my republican colleagues for working with us. and i would like to thank my democratic colleague, tom suozzi for his contributions to this effort. i urge all of my colleagues to support the bill. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the alreserves. the gentleman from utah is recognized. ms. moore: i include letters of support from various organizations and individuals as part of the bill and these include the economic policy innovation center and national taxpayer union foundation the speaker pro tempore: without objection ms. moore: i have no more speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. boyle: we are waiting tore one other speaker but seeing he's not here, we would be prepared to close as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized to close. mr. boyle: as we conclude this brief discussion, i want to take a moment to to thank everyone who worked tirelessly to make this bill reality and extend my gratitude to mr. moore from utah and i urge all of my colleagues to sup

mr. burlison: i rise in support of this bill to rename a post sos in texas after first lieutenant andres zermeno and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. raskin: i'm prizing in support of h.r. 6244 introduced by congressman gonzalez of texas which would honor the impressive legacy and sacrifice of first lieutenant zermeno by naming a post office after him in brownsville. i'm now proud to yield two minutes to the distinguished congressman from the state of texas, representative vicente gonzalez. mr. gonzalez: hello. mr. speaker, i rise in support of my bill h.r. 6244 to rename the post office located at 1535 east lows ebanos boulevard in brownsville, texas, first lieutenant andres zermeno. he was born in 1934 in brownsville, texas, and graduated from st. mary's university. while a student at st. mary's, he participated in the university's rotc program and enlisted

bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. de la cruz: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. de la cruz: i rise in strong support of my bill, h.r. 7480, the disabled veterans housing support act, and urge my colleagues to join me in passing this critical legislation. our nation's disabled veterans have made extraordinary sacrifices in service to our great country. it is our duty to ensure they receive the respect and support they have earned. especially when it comes to housing. this bipartisan bill addresses a glaring oversight. h.u.d. currently allows multiple different definitions of income to determine eligibility for community development block grant assistance. this inconsistency means a veteran could be disqualified simply because their service connected disability compensation is counted as income in one definition, but excluded in another. this is not just a bureaucratic glitch. it denies veterans vital assistance. h.r. 7480 fixes this by requiring v.a. se

that's why the senate passed the bill in august. that's why mr. issa and i and others urged mr. jordan and the republican leadership to take up the bill before the election when the central arrangement of the bill was setting up 66 new judges across three unknown presidential administrations and three unknown congresses -- six unknown congressional majorities would have been there. but now it's too late for that. now can wait for the new congress in january and pass the bill, but it will have to be delayed four years. why? because the republican leadership refused to take up the bill when it should have, when it would have gotten unanimous vote here as it got unanimous vote in the senate. and i will continue to fight for more federal judges but do it in timely when the next president is not known. that is the bargain by both parties. until then reject this bill. it is nothing more than partisanship. i yield become. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. issa: i yield myself such time as i may consume. normally when you know a bill is going to pass, you close

mr. rob whitman and his staff in their support for building a strong bipartisan bill. mr. speaker, this bill carefully addresses affordability, achievability, and the current future modernization requirements and at the same time continues oversight, the oversight necessary to ensure execution of these programs. including the tactical aircraft programs. the i.s.r., which is the intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, and the oversight of the services of force design strategies and modernization priorities. this bill also includes the subcommittee's multiyear effort to manage the largest acquisition program in the history of the department, the f-35 joint strike fighter. in this bill, it provides strong legislative aids to ensure the department and industrial partners deliver an aircraft the services are paying for, the tr-3 block 4. it's critically important that we started five years ago to buy down and modernize the safety and risk in our munition's industrial base. in addition, it provides that much-needed support to our war fighters, 14.5% pay raise. i ce

mr. padilla: i further ask the bill be considered read a third time. e presiding officer: without objection. mr. padilla: i know of no further debate on the bill. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill is passed. mr. padilla: i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. padilla: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the banking, housing, and urban affairs committee be discharged from and the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 3242. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3242, a bill to amend the securities is exchange act of 1934, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. padilla: madam president, i further ask ba

mr. thompson: that is correct. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 159, an act to authorize the national detector dog training center and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mrn from georgia, mr. bishop, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to be here to support this bill that we are now debating regarding the national detector dog training center. this training center serves as an important line of defense in safeguarding america's agricultural, natural resources from harmful pests and diseases. the center in georgia trains dogs and their handledders to detect prohibited cultural items like fruits, vegetables, and meats. these dogs and their handlers serve as many of our border entry points to prevent such prohibited items from coming into o

mr. pallone: have the republicans forgotten they're in the majority? the bill that was supposed to come up was posted and negotiated by the republican speaker. he posted it. he negotiated it. and you know, you know that the bill you're bringing up instead tonight will not pass. we will leave here tonight, this bill will not pass. so you are the ones creating the shutdown. you have the power to decide what bills come to the floor. you are putting a bill on this floor that you know will not pass and will lead to a republican shutdown. it's on you because you have the majority. now, i want to talk about this other bill that was supposed to come up and that you refused to bring up. this bill was negotiated because we realized for one, in our committee, the energy and commerce committee, that people were suffering, right? they were suffering from high drug prices because of pharmaceutical benefit plans, p.b.m.'s. we put in a bill on a bipartisan basis, a way of trying to bring prices down with p.b.m. reform. we knew consumers are being screwed all over the place wit

mr. speaker, this bill is simple. it claar files the intent of the -- clarifies the intent of the energy policy conservation act of 1975. by prohibiting the secretary of energy from imposing new efficiency mandates or enforcing existing standards for washing machine, unless these standards, one, are cost effective and technologically feasible. two, save the consumers money. and, three, save a significant amount of energy. the energy policy conservation act of 1975 already requires the department of energy to follow specific criteria for prescribing new efficiency standards and the d.o.a. may only propose a new standard if it results in a significant conservation of energy. it's technologically feasible and economically justified. the d.o.e. under president biden has consistently ignored the consumer protections built in to the underlying statute and has used efficiency and climate standards to pursue climate objectives over consumer choice. they have attempted to propose these mandates on every appliance in your homes

murdoch and lachlan's are presented is on the trust, including mr. bill barr, demonstrated a dishonesty of purpose and motive. he concluded, the play might have worked, but an evidentiary hearing, like a showdown in a game of poker is where gamesmanship collides with the fact, and at its conclusion all the bluffs are called, and the cards life face up. so, does that mean for the future of fox news, and what does it really mean for the conservative movement in america? joining me now is angela kera soni, president and ceo of media matters for america. angelo, i am so glad you can join me and give me your thoughts on it. in terms of the importance of rupert or lachlan murdoch ultimately staying in charge of the conservative fox news network, how critical is it-- first of all, i should say, how important is anyone man in this scenario in your estimation? >> i need in this case it's really hard to separate out what fox news is in terms of its largest place within the right-wing landscape and rupert and lachlan murdoch. in this instance they are one and the sa

mr. bill munger: yeah, i gave him a hug. you know, there was tears, both of us. talk here along coastal rhode island was that david swain wasn't acting the way a grieving widower should. to some people he seemed detached at her memorial service. to others it looked as though he was living it up on the $600,000 he'd received after shelley's death. and a few months after losing his wife, he started dating again. a story began to buzz on main street about how shelley had been found underwater missing some of her diving gear. some locals who knew their way around scuba thought it didn't add up. murphy: was the town divided then? mr. munger: certainly if you went up and down the avenue here that you would find, you know, people on both sides of the issue. murphy: could it be? was it even remotely possible that david swain had had something to do with his wife shelley's death? that was the question burning in the minds of shelley tyre's parents, richard and lisa. ever since swain had returned from tortola with their daughter's body, the tyres demanded answers from thei

mr. stauber: let's put the politics aside, we are here right now discussing a bill that has very good things in it. as my good friend mr. cole says, let's not fight what is not in it at this moment democrats had priorities in it earlier and republicans had priorities in this bill earlier. but we are going to brick the fever here in washington and stop putting the christmas tree gifts in at the last minute that cost american taxpayers millions and millions of dollars. let's talk about what's in it. for the small family farmer, for that dairy farmer from minnesota that was in my office 48 hours ago begging us for assistance, this bill will help you and many other farmers across this great country. for the victims of the hurricanes, helene and milton, who are sleeping in tents, mr. chair, because they don't have a house. there is american rescue. taxpayers are going to come and help you tonight. through no fault of your own, you suffered through a hurricane. and u.s. congress, tonight, the house of representatives are going to vote to support you. this is a clean resolution with the debt ceilin

bill. some other things, mr. against iran during this very existential threat -- time that israel is facing. we are starting finally in this bill to reverse the shrinking united states air force and we're starting to finally attack the issue of navy shipbuilding. we are in the worst crisis in almost 50 yearsness terms of building -- years in terms of building ships. that's a bipartisan assessment by the congressional research service, manning, maintaining ships has not been this bad in almost a half a century. the chinese are building ships at the rapid rate and we can't build anything. so we're starting to turn that around. this bill should start to turn that around. president trump and his team i'm really hopeful are going to turn that around. i've talked to president trump about this very topic, our very weak industrial base and how we are getting outbuilt by the chinese. we need to turn that around. and, of course, mr. president, i was honored to work hard on some really important things for the great state of

mr. cole: i move the house suspend the rules and pass 10545. the clerk: 10545, a bill making continuing appropriations for fiscal year ending september 30, 2025 and for other purposes. pursuan t to the rule, the gentleman from oklahoma and the gentlewoman from connecticut each will control 20 minutes. mr. cole: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 10545. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cole: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in support of h.r. 10545 american relief act of 2025. this bill provides continuing appropriations to keep the government and operating through march 14, 2025. when the house appropriations committee disban this process of drafting bills for fiscal year 2025, we had to work quickly to put the house in the best posture as possible. we voted our bills out of committee and succeeded of passing them on the house. unfortunately the house does not act on its own. i am sorry to say whether we like it or not ou

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it's a commonsense bill and a lifesaving bill. mr. president, this bill will save lives.our young athletes have a cardiac arrest or need some other form of cpr, there will be the aed equipment at the school and there will be train person -- trained personnel who know how to apply the aed's and cpr. it's going to save lives. it's a beautiful thing. and i have to salute damar hamlin. after his bout with cardiac arrest, he went forward and said i have to change this and get the aed's available to everybody. he came and visited me in washington. i said i want to help. and together we've been a great team. i told damar that passing this legislation which has just happened is his super bowl ring. winning the super bowl which i believe the bills will do will be his second super bowl ring. with the passage of the hearts act, we're putting aed's within the reach of more schools and children. studies show that schools with aed's and cpr trained staff are seven times, seven times more likely to save a life during a cardiac emergency. that's -- that statistic is now a promise we're m

the bill is passed. mr.te consideration of calendar 565, h.r. 5536. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 565, h.r. 5536, an act to require transparency in notices of funding opportunity and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the bill be considered read a third time and passed, and motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on banking, housing and urban affairs be discharge from further consideration of s. 4243 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 4243, a bill to award posthumously the congressional gold medal to shirley chisholm. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the committee is discharged and the se

bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from california reserves. mr. westerman: i yield five minutes to the bill's sponsor, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker, and thank to you my colleagues on the natural resources committee. i appreciate this opportunity. i appreciate your support of h.r. 8413, the swanson and hugh butler reservoir land conveyances act would begin the process of transferring ownership of roughly 77 acres of land from the bureau of reclamation to the counties of hitchcock and frontier together. importantly, this land does not include any water or power assets. i'm proud to represent the third district of nebraska which is home to both reservoirs impacted by this legislation. over the last few years, working closely with impacted stakeholders as well as senator doug fisher, it's clear how important this transfer is to the local communities. the current management of the lands supports local marinas, housing communities and areas for local economic activity. however, should