mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, what's before us today is a many omnibus bill that contains actually 11 separate pieces of legislation some of which may not be controversial but some of which is incredibly controversial and does not belong in this legislation. this is not an emergency, we have a new congress this bill should go through the regular order -- congress, this bill should go through the regular order. unlike the tria bill we just talked about, this bill is a bill which should and must go through the regular order and is absolutely inappropriate for the suspension calendar. now, our republican friends would have us believe that this is just some benign piece of legislation and yet this bill contains not only procedural problems but substantive problems which have never seen the light of day in any committee. some of the legislation has o

mr. ellison and mr. issa offered a bipartisan amendment to strike title 7 of the bill so that all public companies will have to report their financial statements in a computer-readable format. mr. sherman and mr. custer both offered amendments striking the c.l.o. title. in a similar vein because republicans refused to hold debate on the c.l.o. title, others offered an amendment to require regulators to first determine that such a delay was in the public interest. mr. lynch also proposed to revise the delay from 2019 to a date we previously considered and approved in the house, 2017. this revised date is one that we have thoroughly considered in the house. we never considered in the house an extension for two more years to 2019. in an effort to prevent the spread of systemic threats, mr. lynch proposed that an affiliate of a financial institution whose failure could pose a systemic risk to our economy should be required to clear its derivatives. mr. lynch raised a concern that companies like g.e. capital

mr. ellison. mr. ellison: and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president and of all persons voted for as vice president and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the united states districted to the president of the senate. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from utah, mr. stewart. mr. stewart: the president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and the house of representatives, open all of the certificates and the votes shall then be counted. the person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be the president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as president. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from california, mrs. davis. mrs. davis: the house of representatives shall choos

mr. ellison. mr. son: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from maine rise? mr. poliquin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, so ordered. mr. poliquin: mr. speaker, compared to last summer, hardworking maine families are saving $20 with every fillup of their vehicles. the $1,000 annual savings is buying almost two months of groceries for a family of four. this winter, many of our families are saving an additional $1,000 because the cost of heating oil has plummeted. that's another two months of groceries. last week i was proud to join house republicans and democrats to finally approve the construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline. our

mr. ellison. i've got three things that i want to make comments on.e is -- treating social security as an entitlement. i paid into social security since 1950. our national debt is $18 trillion. 49$9 trillion is taken from social security. and this keystone pipeline, the canadians want a warm water port . it is not going to lower our prices at all. when that oil gets to louisiana, it will go on the world market. anyone that wants to pay the price can buy it. i think you democrats -- republicans have the house and the senate now. the people that voted them in, just let them do whatever they want to. they voted them in, now let them live under what they asked for. host: will get a reaction. -- we will get a reaction. guest: i am very concerned about social security. it is one of the most important things when it comes to making sure americans can have a good decent lifestyle, particularly when they reach the age of retirement or they have a disability. eugene has earned the right. to curtail, cut, or diminish it in any way i am against it we should be tr

mr. ellison. i've got three things that i want to make comments on.ne is -- treating social security as an entitlement. i paid into social security since 1950. our national debt is $18 trillion. 49$9 trillion is taken from social security. and this keystone pipeline, the canadians want a warm water port . it is not going to lower our prices at all. when that oil gets to louisiana, it will go on the world market. anyone that wants to pay the price can buy it. i think you democrats -- republicans have the house and the senate now. the people that voted them in, just let them do whatever they want to. they voted them in, now let them live under what they asked for. host: will get a reaction. -- we will get a reaction. guest: i am very concerned about social security. it is one of the most important things when it comes to making sure americans can have a good decent lifestyle, particularly when they reach the age of retirement or they have a disability. eugene has earned the right. to curtail, cut, or diminish it in any way i am against it we should be t

mr. ellison, for five minutes. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, thank you very much for the recognition. this congress' still very young. this congress that we're in right now began last week when we gaveled in, we were sworn in and it has taken very little time for my republican colleagues to begin to message to the american people just where they stand. the things that we've seen last week from the very beginning, one thing we saw was an effort in the rules package which prohibited social security from sending money over to the social security disability fund. this has been done many times before. it's routine. it will certainly create pressure and undermine and create real damage and a scary situation for people who are on disability social security payments and who survive on that based on their illness their documented recorded illness. but they didn't stop. the very next day they began to erode the financial protections that protect americans from the massively collapse that took place on wall street in 2008. already they want to dismantle and chip away at the volcker rule. this is

mr. ellison. mr. ellison: and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president and of all persons voted for as vice president and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the united states districted to the president of the senate. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from utah, mr. stewart. mr. stewart: the president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and the house of representatives, open all of the certificates and the votes shall then be counted. the person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be the president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as president. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from california, mrs. davis. mrs. davis: the house of representatives shall choos

mr. chairman under the rule move committee make an order and necessary waivers for amendment to hr 37 by representatives ellison, issa and myself. number eight would strike title vii of the bill. this is move towards transparency. the provides an amendment simply improves the bill frankly. u.s. regulators are lagging behind with regard to implementing new technology and transparency for markets to function. people need to be able to search for financial record filings. unfortunately the provision in hr 37 would make it so public companies with revenueses less than 250 million would not use standardized digital reporting submitting paperwork to the sec we all benefit from standardized physical reporting. it is less physical paper. when done correctly it should reduce costs not increase costs. investors benefit and being able to search with databases with regard to information. unfortunately the bill is written with the without the issa amendment would reverse progress toward transparency and towards efficient markets that we made since 2009 when the sec implement ad trial program that allowed companies to submit