mr. gallego. tell me one thing you admire, like about congressman hurd? mr. gallego: he does not remember when he and i first met i would be willing to bet. i was a member of the leadership in the legislature. we made a trip to texas a&m shortly after they had a horrible tragedy, the bonfire. mr. hurd was the leader of the student body. he handled that with grace and with dignity. i came away from that -- you know, despite the fact that my blood is somewhat burnt orange and a little bit of red, i came away with a really good feeling about the things that were going on at texas a&m and how they were handling the tragedy. steve: congressman hurd? rep. hurd: thank you, mr. gallego. pete is a great dad. his son is turning into a fine young man. i attribute that to his mother as well. pete is a good father. steve: time for closing statements, two minutes for each of you. mr. gallego, you go first. mr. gallego: i grew up in the 23rd district, it is incredibly special. it has the most wonderful people, incredible history, phenomenal historic sites, the big bend, all

mr. gallego: thank you, mr. speaker, duly noted. he's not reaching out. he is reaching his hand into america's pockets. and we must not let him do it. when president obama took office, even americans who didn't support him celebrated his election and what he said about our country. and united in wishing him well. here in congress republicans announce they had would not lift a finger to help him lead our country. as donald trump takes office, even americans who did reluctantly cass kraft their votes for him worry about what this election says about our country. and if we are united, it is our fervent hope that he dus not govern the way he has campaigned. here in congress, however, we cannot afford to give him that benefit of the doubt. we must not lift a finger to help him scam our country. we must instead put every effort into stopping him. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: madam speaker. thank you. the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those oppose

mr. gallego: here is my reaction. it reminds me of the longhorn texas, which west says there is a point here and a point here and a whole lot of bull in between. i will tell you why. first of all, for 15 months, mr., has been spewing hatred -- mr. trump has been spewing hatred against latinos, gets veterans, and you never heard fact, i believe today there is an editorial in one of the local newspapers where mr. hurd indicated one of the things he appreciated about mr. trump was his national security plan. out,nly when the tape came mr. hurd follow the rest of the her --d there was a whole host of people who jumped off the trump trained. i believe if that tape had not come out, mr. hurd would have continued saying that about mr. trump. that is not leadership that his followership. i will make up a word here. rship.s followe claims to have success on the basis of parliamentary procedure. if you ask wayne from san antonio, who i helped to get money from the v8 he will not say i am a do-nothing congressman. helping somebo

mr. gallego, he hasn't endorsed trump as a matter of fact when the tape came out he said you should steput of the race. what more should he have done in your opinion? >> he had a choice of 17 presidential candidates and he couldn't make up its mind. he didn't make the choice and then mr. trump becomes the nominee and still doesn't make a choice and it's amazing to me that he fancies himself an expert on national security. well, the only person under the constitution that has ultimate responsibility boat commander ih commander-in-chief and the state foreign-policy is the president othe presidentof the united sta. if he's the national security expert, he i, he is not willingo tell people whether or not he trusts donald trump to push the button, mr. trump who said he wants to give nuclear weapons to saudi arabia, korea and these other places and he won't even venture forth with an opinion? finally, at the very end, he finally says that he is opposed. when mr. trump said i don't respect them, you didn't hear him stand up for all of the comments for my son to watch and this is the first perio