mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my good friend from new york and the distinguished chairman of the committee. i rise in support of h.res. 348. the people of the ukraine have the right to hold free and fair elections within the sovereign territory of their own country. the routeless tyranny of russian military aggression in the ukraine must end. and we must never agree to a settlement that even hints to president vladimir putin that the borders of europe are up for sale. the resolution notes the forceful and illegal occupation of crimea. the united states must make it clear in both our words and our deeds that crimea is within the sovereign territory of the ukraine. and we will not recognize its forcible and illegal an ex-ation by russia, ever. this resolution is clear on that account. i thank the author, mr. cicilline, for it. the senate and house of representatives recently passed the fiscal 2016 national defense authorization act conference report. that text included an ame

mr. connolly. the construct here is very difficult, even if this were to be approved, to actually work out on paper. but take it a step further. these elements have been in place for years and have not resulted in any movement for the victims. we've had what the rest of the world thinks is a significant breakthrough with iran. we've got an area of cooperation and the world is united with us to put the pressure on them. i would suggest rather than throwing this agreement in the trash can and allow iran to develop nuclear weapons and make them stronger and ultimately they will get their money because india and china are going to go ahead and start buying oil from them again as the sanctions collapse, and it will be the united states against the world again. we couldn't even sanction little bitty cuba to change their regime. it takes multinational efforts to be able to make changes. this agreement is an important first step and i would suggest it gives us an opportunity to continue putting pressure to

mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. connolly: i thank the gentleman for yielding. member -- as ranking member of the -- mr. cummings: as ranking member of the government oversight committee, i oppose this attempt against planned parenthood. last week, two senior republicans, both of whom are now competing to become the next speaker of the house, made stunning admissions on national television within 24 hours of each other. first majority leader kevin mccarthy admitted that house republicans established the benghazi select committee to use millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, taxpayer funds, to damage hillary clinton's bid for president. the next day, the chairman of the oversight committee, chairman chaffetz, admitted on national television that there is no evidence that planned parenthood violated any laws, despite months of investigations. let me repeat that. the chairman of the chief investigative committee that has been investigating planned parenthood for months admitted on national television that there is no evi

mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. connolly: i thank the gentleman for yielding. member -- as ranking member of the -- mr. cummings: as ranking member of the government oversight committee, i oppose this attempt against planned parenthood. last week, two senior republicans, both of whom are now competing to become the next speaker of the house, made stunning admissions on national television within 24 hours of each other. first majority leader kevin mccarthy admitted that house republicans established the benghazi select committee to use millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, taxpayer funds, to damage hillary clinton's bid for president. the next day, the chairman of the oversight committee, chairman chaffetz, admitted on national television that there is no evidence that planned parenthood violated any laws, despite months of investigations. let me repeat that. the chairman of the chief investigative committee that has been investigating planned parenthood for months admitted on national television that there is no evi

mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. connolly: i thank the gentleman for yielding. member -- as ranking member of the -- mr. cummings: as ranking member of the government oversight committee, i oppose this attempt against planned parenthood. last week, two senior republicans, both of whom are now competing to become the next speaker of the house, made stunning admissions on national television within 24 hours of each other. first majority leader kevin mccarthy admitted that house republicans established the benghazi select committee to use millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, taxpayer funds, to damage hillary clinton's bid for president. the next day, the chairman of the oversight committee, chairman chaffetz, admitted on national television that there is no evidence that planned parenthood violated any laws, despite months of investigations. let me repeat that. the chairman of the chief investigative committee that has been investigating planned parenthood for months admitted on national television that there is no evi

mr. connolly: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. connolly: the budget agreement restores critical funding to our nation's defense and domestic priorities in a balanced fashion. sparing us from the mindless meat ax cuts of sequestration. under previous republican budget proposals, spending on domestic programs would have fallen to its lowest level in 50 years. it's the threat of uncertainty of those indiscriminant cuts that's held back our economy. it also -- this agreement pulls us back on the brink of defaulting on our credit. i'm astonished some of my colleagues continue to advocate such a catastrophe. it would send a shock wave to the global economy. we avert this. mr. speaker, today's agreement, not perfect, represents that principle of the art of agreement. hopefully many will embrace that spirit moving forward in this congress so once again we can start delivering for the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentl

mr. connolly. the construct here is very difficult, even if this were to be approved, to actually work out on paper. but take it a step further. these elements have been in place for years and have not resulted in any movement for the victims. we've had what the rest of the world thinks is a significant breakthrough with iran. we've got an area of cooperation and the world is united with us to put the pressure on them. i would suggest rather than throwing this agreement in the trash can and allow iran to develop nuclear weapons and make them stronger and ultimately they will get their money because india and china are going to go ahead and start buying oil from them again as the sanctions collapse, and it will be the united states against the world again. we couldn't even sanction little bitty cuba to change their regime. it takes multinational efforts to be able to make changes. this agreement is an important first step and i would suggest it gives us an opportunity to continue putting pressure to

mr. connolly. mr. rohrabacher of california?>> so when we're talking about this great challenge that we face, you're saying that these oil-rich gulf states aren't bringi i-- are bringing people in as guest workers. how many -- do we know what magnitude that is that we're talking about? >> i don't have those facts? >> how about 5,000 people? how about 20,000? we're talking about 50? >> we'll get you that information. because what happened was, when -- in the last month, in september, with the europe migration, there's been a lot more criticism of the gulf states and some of them pushed back and provided more information than we had previously had. >> so many migrants do we know have gone in to europe in these last 18 months? >> it's hundreds of thousands, upwards of 600,000. >> upward of 600,000, and we don't know if the gulf states have even brought in 10,000 people? >> well, i probably should know. but i don't know today. >> all right. i appreciate that. now we're talking about bringing 70,000 or 75,000 to the united states? >>

mr. connolly: i have a motion to -- mr. scott: i have a motion to recommit at the desk. i'm opposed to the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman qualifies. the clerk: mr. scott ofirginia moves to recommit the bill to the committee on oversight and government reform with instructions to report the same back to the house forth with with the following amendments, add at the end of section 6, the following new subsection, f, requiring protection of students and applicants under civil rights law. ection 3008, section 38-1853.08, d.c. official code is amended by adding the following new subsection, i, requiring protection of students and applicants under civil rights laws in addition to meeting the requirements of subsection a, and eligible entity or a school may not participate in the opportunity scholarship program unless the school certifies to the secretary that the eligible entity or school will provide each student who applies for or receives an opportunity scholarship under this act with the politicable provisions under each of the following laws. two, title 6 of

connolly said -- mr. frank with standard at the head of the stairs, shivering great he was rubbing his hands together and acting funny. he had a little cord in his hands, his eyes was large. they looked funny and wild. he asked me if i saw a little girl pass along their and i told him yes. he says she came up to my office a while ago when i wanted to know something about the work. i went back there to see the little girl had -- the work had come in. i wanted to be with a little girl and she refused me. and i struck her, and i guess i struck her too hard, and she hit her head against something. know, i ain't built like other men. the reason he said that was i had seen him in a position i haven't seen any other man that's got children. i have seen him in the office two or three times before, and a lady was in his office or at and she was sitting down in a chair, and she had her clothes up to hear, and he was down on his knees. now, just imagine that. a black man saying that in a courtroom in 1913. it's asto