mr. davidson of ohio. the chair: the gentleman from ohio, mr. davidson, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. davidson: all too often in washington we mistake activity for prgress. in many cases we apply that misguided framework on the states. there are few better examples of this than washington's dabbling in our election law over the last few decades. the voter registration act aimed at increasing turnout did not achieve that aim. it crinested -- it increased voter registration but as the congressional research service said, its effect on turnout remains unclear. its cost and mandays on the states, however, were very clear. that's exactly what i'm talking about in terms of mistaking activity for progress. the center priest of division a's voting section is automatic registration. according to my colleagues on the other side, it covers all sorts of problems. up dating the voter rolls, lack of participation, etc. . no excuse, vote by mail, same day registration can be important, but

davis: thank you, mr. chair. it's with great pleasure i get a chance to introduce my good friend who i've known for a very long time from illinois, mr. bost. and i'd like to yield two minutes to him and i'd like to ask him to throw his papers in the air and hit them when he's done with his speech too. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. bost: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i think the papers will remain n the table. mr. speaker, speaker pelosi says she wants to get money out of politics. she says she wants free speech. but this sham puts more money into politics, it doesn't offer free speech, it offers forced speech. in fact, for every $1 contributed to a candidate, the american taxpayer will be forced to contribute $6. let me say that again. for every $1 that is contributed to a candidate, an american taxpayer will be forced to contribute $6. you heard it right. a six to one match. whether you support a candidate or not, whether you support their

mr. kim of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 172rks the gentleman from new jersey, mr. kim and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. kilmer: i rise to offer my mendment to mr. kim: our democracy isn't working for the majority of americans. this is something i hear every kay. there are too many barriers, too much dark money influence in our politic too many loopholes for bad actors to skirt our ethics laws and use a revolving door of politics to enrich themselves instead of empowering the american people. h.r. 1 isn't just a step in the right direction, it's a massive shift that takes power and puts it back in the hands of our constituents. it is this -- it is legislation that reminds us that our government must be for the people. but just as importantly, our democracy must be by the people. that is why i rise today to offer this amendment to h.r. 1, which will require federal election ballots to be made in america. in short, this is

mr. byrne of alabama. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 252, the gentleman in -- the gentleman from alabama, mr. byrne, and a member opposed will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama. mr. byrne: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. byrne: this amendment adds language, bona fide business relations, to make clear to the courts that a factor other than sex defense cannot be used as a loophole or excuse for using sex as a factor. it strikes the remaining provisions of the underlying bill relating to applications of the factor other than sex defense. these are necessary provisions that require that even when an employer shows that a factor zohre than sex it must meet other additional, illogical burdens, paving an unimpeded path to unlimited punitive and compensatory damages. this amendment strengthens current law and eliminates measures that would make it impossible for an pler to defend difference in pay even when based on a number

mr. rouda of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 172, the gentleman from california, mr. rouda and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. rouda: thank you, mr. chairman. the people of omping county sent me to congress because they were disillusioned with the nature of our politics, whether it's the toxic partnership or vise grip by carp litical system rages. our government has for too long preferred to shield special interests instead of our constituents. that ends by getting out of politics and passing the for the people act. in an age of advanced cyber security threats, more states are looking to one of the oldest technologies in existence, paper. currently, the majority of states utilize some form of paper ballot for elections with more taking steps to adopt paper-only systems. my amendment would require the use of recycled paper for federal election a critical step to increasing the sustainability of our elections. recycled paper prod

davis: mr. chairman, i agree with my colleagues across the aisle that there is a role for the federal government to play in election infrastructure, campaign finance disclosure, ballot access, transparentsy and election security. however, h.r. 1 was developed to serve the special interest of democrats and the outside organizations that support the democratic party and will not accomplish its alleged goal of being for the people. the greatest threat to our nation's election system is partisanship, and that's what we're seeing right here in h.r. 1. it misuses taxpayer dollars, takes power away from states to administrator their own elections and threatens -- administer their own elections d h.r. 1 imposes vague standards that disadvantage citizens who wish to advocate on behalf of any public policy issue. every american has a right to support causes they believe in, and that's exactly why the american civil liberties union echoes my concern. the aclu say this impinges on the free speech right of america

>> and mr. chair, i'd also like to note that according to our committee staff, there is not compliance with f-3. >> he's going to give me -- he said he did so he's going to give me a statement. he's still sworn. she's going he's going to give me a statement saying he did. i'm looking forward to that statement, counsel. all right? all right? all right. >> mr. chair? >> yes. yes. >> i've got a point of order. >> what -- >> i noted today that several members have spoken of in the witness-invoked confidentiality. and i understand this is happening in some other committees as well. and, of course, we understand that there's something called an executive privilege, like there's a priest penitent privilege, there's a spousal privilege, that congress may or may not recognize as a common law privilege. when people invoke confidentiality, there's no confidentiality privilege unless some of the lawyers here could cite a case. i don't really understand the new trend of -- >> mr. chairman, that's not a point of or

>> mr. chair, you have a quorum. please be advised that the ringing and use of cell phones, and pagers, and other electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. any personal responsible for one going off in the room or ringing might be removed from the meeting. so we do ask that you put your cell phones off because vibrations do cause microphone interference. so turn your devices off. item four, approval of the minutes from the february 19th regular meeting. >> okay. i as sume ther assume there areo questions from the board. seeing none, we close. is there a motion on the february 19th minutes. >> motion to approve? >> mr. chair, item six, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> chairman: board members, anybody have any new or unfinished business. >> i would like to introduce a motion to continue the conversation about affordable howf. housing. there is possibility, potentially in the future, of pursuing development at crusuo yard. i just want to make sure we're keeping

the chair: the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. mr. scott: madam chair, i'm prepared to close. ms. foxx: i am prepared to close also. the chair: the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. madam chair, i worked for most of my life. i entered the workforce as a young woman, not because i wanted to, but because i had to. i knew the burden of poverty well. if i didn't work to support myself, if i didn't contribute to my family income, we'd go hungry. well, i've been enormously blessed to have gone from working for survival to working for pleasure and i hope a greater purpose. i know there are millions of women of all ages in this country today who must work to survive, just as i did. when i entered the workforce, equal pay for equal work -- equal pay for women was a demand but not yet the law. today, it is the law. the equal pay act and the civil rights act are clear that pay discrimination is wrong. it is unacceptable. it is illegal. managers who discri

the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: madam chair, i'm pleased that today we are considering h.r. 1112, the the enhanced background checks act. yesterday, the house passed h.r. 8, the bipartisan background checks act, an important bill to expand our national firearms background check system to include virtually all gun transfers. however, there are also steps we can take to make the current background check system more effective at blocking the sale of guns to individuals who are ineligible to purchase and possess them. that is why i support h.r. 1112, a bill that addresses a dangerous shortcoming in the current firearms background check law. in most cases, a license gun dealer receives notification within a few minutes. often 90 seconds from the national instant criminal background check system, sometimes called the nics, that a perspective buyer has passed or failed a background check. in a small percentage of cases, nics examiners may need additional time if information is missing or unclear in a perspective buy

the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. clyburn: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me the time. and i request permission to revise and extend. the chair: without objection. mr. clyburn: i have a prepared text here that i would like to enter into the record. but let me begin my remarks, first of all, by welcoming to r capitol today ms. jennifer pinkney and her two daughters. ife and children of reverend pinkney, who along with eight f his bible study parishioners demented ife to a white supremacist who said that he was interested in starting a race war. he entered their church, participated in the bible study, which they welcomed him into. and as they closed their study for evening and prayed and they had experienced for the next meeting, this gentleman, while their eyesed were closed, opened his and slaut -- eyes were closed, opened his and slaughtered them. i find it interesting my colleague has talked about the nconvenience of waiting longer than three days to purchase a weapon without mentioning tho

davis: mr. chairman, i agree with my colleagues across the aisle that there is a role for the federal government to play in election infrastructure, campaign finance disclosure, ballot access, transparentsy and election security. however, h.r. 1 was developed to serve the special interest of democrats and the outside organizations that support the democratic party and will not accomplish its alleged goal of being for the people. the greatest threat to our nation's election system is partisanship, and that's what we're seeing right here in h.r. 1. it misuses taxpayer dollars, takes power away from states to administrator their own elections and threatens -- administer their own elections d h.r. 1 imposes vague standards that disadvantage citizens who wish to advocate on behalf of any public policy issue. every american has a right to support causes they believe in, and that's exactly why the american civil liberties union echoes my concern. the aclu say this impinges on the free speech right of america

it, too, being led by george miller, the chair of the committee mr. scott chairs now, rosa delauro played a hand in that. rosa then introduced the equal pay bill then. we passed it in the house. it didn't pass the senate. 60 votes needed in the senate. but she has persisted and we're fortunate for that. we're grateful to her and to lily ledbetter and the groups, so many outside groups who have worked so hard to mobilize and make this different. some of them include the american association of university women, national women's law center, national partnership for women and families, national organization for women, national committee r pay equity, mobilizing ultraliberal center for law and social policy, the leadership conference both civil and human rights, naacp, league of women voters, u.s. women's chamber of commerce, the list goes on and on. the anti-defamation league, the american psychlogical association, and many more. bus that outside mobilization will be very important in passing this legislation and turning it into law, into an improvement i

mr. depreen. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. green: thank you, madam chair, i want to share a shouth on this -- thought on this. it's interesting we just raised the alcohol purchasing age to 1. we don't allow a 16-year-old to buy a beer. and the decision making is because of their ability to reason at that age. that's why we moved their ability to buy a simple beer to age 21. now the other side wants to grant a 16-year-old the ability to decide the future of the country. i think this is foolish. i yield. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: is there no more time? the chair: the democratic time is -- no more time. mr. davis: it's a great debate to have. the problem we have here in this country, many 16-year-olds are still -- all 16-year-olds are still legally minors. they can't be -- they can be tried as adult -- they can't be tried as adults in a court of law except under special circumstances, heinous crimes. they can't join the military. they wouldn't be eligible for the draft that took so many of ou

chair ronen: okay. okay. thank you. and so mr. clerk, i'm sorry, are you asking if you want me to -- if you want me to ask you to read items three, four, and five together? >> clerk: yes. >> chair ronen: sure. >> clerk: item number four -- actually, item number three is a hearing to consider appointing two members, term ending september 6, 2021, two alternate members terms ending september 6, 2021, to the assessment appeals board number two, and item four is a hearing to consider appointing two members, term ending september 6, 2021, and two alternate members, term ending september, 2023. >> chair ronen: okay. the way i'll do this is i'll call up the members to the boards to which they're applying to. so if scott spertzel, kristina cam pan i can't, aa, kristina- bella come up, please. >> good morning, supervisors. when i was an alternate, i had the opportunity to work with both board one and board two, primarily because three is a newer board. you'll hear from a lot of applicants that are existing commissioners. it is a great group

mr. depreen. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. green: thank you, madam chair, i want to share a shouth on this -- thought on this. it's interesting we just raised the alcohol purchasing age to 1. we don't allow a 16-year-old to buy a beer. and the decision making is because of their ability to reason at that age. that's why we moved their ability to buy a simple beer to age 21. now the other side wants to grant a 16-year-old the ability to decide the future of the country. i think this is foolish. i yield. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: is there no more time? the chair: the democratic time is -- no more time. mr. davis: it's a great debate to have. the problem we have here in this country, many 16-year-olds are still -- all 16-year-olds are still legally minors. they can't be -- they can be tried as adult -- they can't be tried as adults in a court of law except under special circumstances, heinous crimes. they can't join the military. they wouldn't be eligible for the draft that took so many of ou

senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chair. gentlemen, i apologize for not being here for a lot of hearing. we have three committee hearings going on simultaneously. general thomas, i want to thank you for your service and all the quality time you spent in north carolina. i hope in retirement you continue to spend a lot of quality time there. i will take probably questions a different direction in my capacity as personnel subcommittee chair because i know a lot of the other members covered the landscape on the extraordinary work you're doing and i think general, i thank you for the briefing this week. there's some real -- i got a real sense of progress being made and i think some of that stems from some of the authorities that you've granted and you're doing great work there. thank you for your leadership. i want to talk about the personnel aspects. when you look at general thomas, the very challenging job of an operator and disturbing percentage they're going to get injured in one way or another, what more do i need to be thin

the chair: the gentleman from maryland, mr. brown, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. brown: i yield myself such time as i may consume and it's a privilege to be able to stand on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives in this year and this term and this session of congress to participate in the debate and the discussion and offer an amendment on this historic bill, the paycheck fairness act. i thank chairman of the committee, bobby scott from virginia, for your leadership on this leadership and this bill and i want to recognize the decades' long work of congresswoman delauro and her efforts along with many other women including maryland's former senator to ensure that women are treated fairly in the workplace. my amendment would enhance transparency protections in this bill. this amendment would make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate to discuss why they are being paid a certain waming or salary. if you found out you were being paid less, yo

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. davis: this is exactly why we need to vote no on h.r. 1. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from california. ms. lofgren: i would be honored to yield one minute to the leader of h.r. 1, the author of the bill, the gentleman from maryland, mr. sarbanes, one minute. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. sarbanes: thank you, madam speaker. my colleagues, somewhere in america there's a family in their living room looking at the television, hearing another report how billionaires and super p.a.c.'s and insiders and lobbyists are running washington and calling the shots on what happens in their lives and they're asking themselves, do we matter any more, do we count, will our voice be heard? h.r. 1 says to that family and millions of families across the country who feel the same way, we get it. we hear you. we want to change this place and give you your voice back by restoring ethics and integrity, by pushing back on the influence o

the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. ruiz: i yield three minutes to the the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. matsui: i rise in support of this bill. and the important provisions within this legislation to address mental health and addiction. every one of us knows someone who is struggling with mental health issues, whether it's a friend, a neighbor or family member. several years ago, we took a huge step forward to expand access to mental health services in communities across the nation. the excellence in mental health act of 2014 was a culmination of years of hard work, at the same time, it was the largest federal investment in improving community-based mental health care. it allowed states to establish community behavioral health centers. these clinics have expanded mental health and substance abuse treatments, increasing access to 24-hour care and they have been extremely successful and showing us how we can achieve real results.

mr. quintanilla, could you please call the roll. [roll call] >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. quintanilla. colleagues, we will be joined a little late by commissioners. fewer and stefani. could we have a motion to excuse those two commissioners for the first part of the meeting? made by commissioner mandelman, seconded by commissioner yee. and we will take that without objection. i also want to note that at 10:30, commissioner walton will have to leave. by that time, the other two commissioners will have arrived. mr. quintanilla, can you call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> chair peskin: commissioners, we've gotten off to a bad start of the year with eight fatalities of our street in 2019. this morning, i got terrible news that in district three, a crash happened between a vehicle and a bicycle. the individual's in stable condition, but it was just a really bad start for that person and this commissioner this mornings. i want to share a few highlights from the vision zero meeting last week. the 2018 traffic fatality report showed 23 fatalities, of

mrs. kirkpatrick of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 172, the gentlewoman from arizona, ms. kirkpatrick, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the gentlewoman from arizona. mrs. kirkpatrick: i thank mr. sarbanes for his persistent work on this legislation. we have an opportunity here to reduce the role of dark money in politics and make it easier for americans to participate in our democracy. this is not a partisan issue. this is an american democracy issue, and h.r. 1 is the best solution to cleaning up corruption in washington. i'm proud of my colleagues for working on this historic and necessary package. you see, madam speaker, i ran as a publicly funded candidate in arizona under our public financing law called clean elections when i first ran for the legislature. this meant i had to go out and get a certain number of $5 contributions from constituents in my district which i then turned in to get my public financing. it was the same for everyone who was running as a clean election candid

mr. sloan: no, i am not. chair water: given the unprecedented nature of the federal growth reserve restriction, is wells fargo simply too big to manage? mr. sloan: no, we are not. i think the changes i described in my opening statement in terms of fundamentally reorganizing the company, centralizing our risk and control functions -- chair water: thank you. i only have a few minutes. in your testimony to the senate banking committee, you stated you had the knowledge, ability, and support to make changes at wells fargo. you have been making change at this company for 30 years, including fundamental change a ceo. since you give that testimony, regulators have announced several enforcement actions related to customer abuses. the federal reserve in february 2018 imposed an unprecedented and set freeze on the bank. on and on, and on. all of these experiences. within the time you have been there, the roles you have played have not been able to keep wells fargo out of trouble. you keep getting fined. why should wells fargo

. >> clerk: mr. chair, no member of the public or member of the board have indicated an interest in sefering -- severing an item. all those in favor, please say aye. opposed? all right. there you have it. >> clerk: moving on to the regular agenda, item 11, presentation discussion regardi regardi regardi regarding sfmta financial statement. >> welcome. good afternoon. i'm leo levinson for the san francisco transportation agency. >> commissioner: does anyone call you the new senali. >> no one could be the senali. >> commissioner: the floor is yours. >> this is an annual event for you. we are here to demonstrate our fiduciary responsibility by having the results of the financial audit for the agency. i have here from our independent auditors, kpmg to present the results of our audit. >> commissioner: wonderful. it is up. it's on our screens and a believe it's broadcast ong -- broadcasting on tv. >> i'm a senior manager of kpmg the external auditors. i'm here to present the audit results for the fiscal year 20

. >> thank you, my colleague and mr. chair. i will take a minute and this is really important and it's not just sub-standard housing and it's the military mismanagement and so many of the service members and the thing that makes you maddest is reaching out after the housing companies won't give it to the chain of command and we are told they can't do anything about it. this is all for the housing, and they enlist to be sailors, airmen and marines and they may well. i think this is one that should get bipartisan support, senator warner. >> and i simply add, mr. chairman, we also have legislation that we'll try to put more teeth in this beyond the budget amendment, but i appreciate your consideration. >> this is very similar to an amendment that was filed by senator scott, and i applaud both senator warner and senator scott for the work to bring this issue to light with the recent reports of the poor and unsatisfactory housing conditions with the installations and i would be asking my colleagues to support this as anybody else wi

speaker, mr. chair, i appreciate mr. hurd. he was on his way over here. i did my best song and dance. i am from the south. i don't dance well. i appreciate you giving him that moment. thank you. mr. nadler: thank you. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempo:

mr. chairman, that is the end of my complements. the sad truth is that the budget that you released on friday and the trumpet budget that was released a couple of weeks ago would be an absolute disaster for the american people. what is remarkable about the senate republican budget, as well as president trump's budget is that it does exactly the opposite of what the american people want. it really is quite amazing. at a time of massive income and wealth and equality, when the three wealthiest families in this country own more wealth than the bottom half of american society, when the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 92% of american society, when 46% of all new income is going to the top 1%, the american people want of budget whose priorities reflect the needs of working families and not just of the people on top. but unfortunately, what this budget is about is a budget that benefits the wealthy at the expense of ordinary americans. this in fact is a budget that moves our country rapidly in

mr. david skaggs of colorado, chair. brigadier general retired, belinda pinckney of virginia, miss karen english of arizona, mr. mike barnes of maryland, alternate. nominated by the minority leader after consultation with the speaker, ms. allison r. hayward of varks, co-chair, mr. james m. egan the third of colorado, mr. liam of westmoreland, georgia. mr. paul d. voinovich of district of columbia, alternate . e speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's reappointment of 306-k, 42 u.s.c. 442-k and the order of the house of january 3, 2019 of the following individual on the part of the house to the national committee on vital and health statistics for a term of four years. the clerk: dr. vicky m. maze of los angeles, california. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 2-b of house resolution 208, the house now stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on thursday, march 21, announcer: congress is in recess all this week. nancy pelosi says next week the .ouse will vote on the veto that vote is scheduled for tuesday,

speaker, mr. chair, i appreciate mr. hurd. he was on his way over here. i did my best song and dance. i am from the south. i don't dance well. i appreciate you giving him that moment. thank you. mr. nadler: thank you. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, for all the reasons stated by all the people that spoke in favor of this resolution, myself and everyone else, i urge the adoption of the resolution, i urge everyone to vote for it, and it's a very important resolution to maintain the rule of law in >> the march 14 debate is available at c-span.org. afternoon just before 4:00 p.m. the attorney general has sent his conclusions of the mueller capital and made it available to the media. on c-span.org you can find for yourself.them we are getting your reaction to his report from the attorney general. 202-748-80 02-748-8000, republicans, 202-748-8001 and independents, 202-74808002. join us on twitter @c-span or well.ook/c-span as your calls coming up on c-s

. >> thank you mr. chair. it's having to take a lot of great leadership to get this over the finish line, so i was the director of arizona, the water resources, you've done an incredible job of bringing the diverse, greatly diverse interest in the state of arizona tickets at this point of a great accomplishment. our leader the dean of the obligation, the chair of the natural resources committee is going to get us over the finish line within this body within congress and he has brought together in a bipartisan way all of the leaders in this body and then tribal leadership, tribal leadership has been critically important to get to the point where it has. governor luis is here representing the indian community, and other tribal leaders are here in this room. director, i first want to ask you that question about tribal leadership. how are the tribes in arizona impacted and maybe describe the role that our tribal leadership is played in developing the implementation plan. >> and cucumber representative. so, first t

thank you, mr. chair.. >> thank you, mr. chairman.or elwell did you say answer to earlier question from senator that is the mcas system wasn't delegated? >> i said originally we retained it as a new system. then released it to the oda, to the delegation designation. >> if somewhere is characterizing as delegated, it was delegated? >> right. so initially as new system a new device on amended typesetter cat we retained oversight of that. then over time released that to the oda when we had the comfort level and oversight and we have that we were able to assure the oda members of boeing had the expertise and knowledge of the system going forward. >> so that kind of information is something you can make available to members now or is this to be a part of the investigation? >> i'm sure, senator we could get the information to you on exactly the timing how that went. of course the investigations and audits about ongoing certification. this will all be very transparent and clear. >> i think transparency is important. i'm reading statements it

speaker, mr. chair, i appreciate mr. hurd. he was on his way over here. i did my best song and dance. i am from the south. i don't dance well. i appreciate you giving him that moment. thank you. mr. nadler: thank you. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, for all the reasons stated by all the people that spoke in favor of this resolution, myself and everyone else, i urge the adoption of the resolution, i urge everyone to vote for it, and it's a very important resolution to maintain the rule of law in >> at noon it ran corporation report on russia's use of social media to influence u.s. politics. on c-span to midnight boulevard 5:00 a.m., and look at the ballistic missile threats posed by iran and north korea. at 12:05 education policy analysts talk about proposals to make college education free. watch american history to the starting atrday 9:00 eastern from ford theater in washington, d.c. for the 22nd annual abraham lincoln symposium. bys daylong gath

speaker, mr. chair, i appreciate mr. hurd. he was on his way over here. i did my best song and dance. i am from the south. i don't dance well. i appreciate you giving him that moment. thank you. mr. nadler: thank you. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, for all the reasons stated by all the people that spoke in favor of this resolution, myself and everyone else, i urge the adoption of the resolution, i urge everyone to vote for it, and it's a very important resolution to maintain the rule of law in >> shortly after that debate, the house went on to approve the nonbindingres. rution, saying the report from special counsel robert mueller should be made available to congress and the american people. the vote was 420-0, four republicans voted present. it's unclear whether the senate will take up the measure. over on the other side of the capitol, the senate will be voting momentarily on a resolution to block president trump's national emergency declaratio

speaker, mr. chair, i appreciate mr. hurd. he was on his way over here. i did my best song and dance. i am from the south. i don't dance well. i appreciate you giving him that moment. thank you. mr. nadler: thank you. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, for all the reasons stated by all the people that spoke in favor of this resolution, myself and everyone else, i urge the adoption of the resolution, i urge everyone to vote for it, and it's a very important resolution to maintain the rule of law in >> we are happy to announce this year's winners of the documentary question -- what does it mean to be american? we received almost 3000 entries from the dates with more -- from 48 states. congratulations to all our winners. are --ners >> the fast food industry food and willt impact our society. it is something that sticks with our nation's values, landscape, and what makes us america. >> our first prize winner goes from winter park, florida, honoring ameri

speaker, mr. chair, i appreciate mr. hurd. he was on his way over here. i did my best song and dance. i am from the south. i don't dance well. i appreciate you giving him that moment. thank you. mr. nadler: thank you. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, for all the reasons stated by all the people that spoke in favor of this resolution, myself and everyone else, i urge the adoption of the resolution, i urge everyone to vote for it, and it's a very important resolution to maintain the rule of law in >> the house adopted the nonbinding resolution 420-0. republicans voted present. >> special counsel robert mueller has completed his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election after 22 months of investigation. his report has been delivered to attorney general liam barr. white house press secretary sarah sanders reacted to the release, tweeting the next steps are up to attorney general barr, and we look forward to the next -- we look forwar

mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. rose, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to urge my colleagues to support the lobbyist loophole closure act. this bill will close a loophole that lobbyists on both sides of the aisle, and they are lobbyists, have been taking advantage of for far too long. they have been using it to skirt disclosure under the guise of just providing strategy guidance for billion dollar corporations. when i go back to staten island in south brooklyn, they see right through this. they see it for what it is. people getting over on the system, on the backs of hardworking americans. and they are tired of it. and it's time that we do our job here in the halls of congress to end this. this is the way our job should work because for far too long we have been allowing lobbyists on both sides of the aisle to undermine this process and keep our constituents in the dark. just look at this, ok. on both sides of the aisle we have seen this in my own par