mr. hastings: thank you. and to discuss our proposal, i yield such time as he may consume to the bill's sponsor, the distinguished the gentleman from new jersey, my good friend, mr. pascrell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pascrell: thank you, mr. ranking member. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to the rule . in the wanning days of the 114th congress, here we are debating a bill once again to roll back wall street reforms. this is what it comes down to. how tone deaf can we be? here's a news flash. the whole country is focused on defending blue collar jobs, bolstering our industrial manufacturing base. folks are zoned in on that, focused on that issue. so we need to stop outsourcing now. and this congress should start by defeating the previous question and bringing up the bring jobs home act. around five million united states manufacturing jobs have been lost since 1994. good paying jobs. their loss has led to a somewhat demise for the middle class in americ

mr. hastings argues the rise of electronic and radio communication made codebreakers equally if not more important, than spies on the ground. this hour-long talk is part of a multiday conference at the national world war ii museum in new orleans. >> good morning, everyone. it's a gre

mr. mcgovern, hastings, polis, aye. mr. chairman, report no. > total? >> the amendment has not agreed, seen none, the vote will be on the motion from the gentle woman from north carolina. those in favor, aye? >> aye. >> no? >> no? >> ayes have it. the gentleman from georgia, mr. woodall will be handling it for republicans. and mrs. slaughter will be handling it for the democrats. i want to thank the committee. we have no scheduled meetings for the rest of the week or i believe the rest of the year. i want to thank all the members. we thank mrs. fox for her details. best of luck. we're finished for the year. >> thank you. > now a look at some of the key issues in that continuing resolution. nancy why is congress now facing yet another got shutdown deadline? >> well, the house and senate just couldn't seem to get those 12 appropriations bills to fund the government done in a timely way this year. they got one done before the fiscal year started october 1, which is the first time in years they got one done before the start of the fiscal year. but the other

mr. hastings, mr. polis aye, no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> report the total. >> three ayes, eight nayes. [ inaudible ] >> myself, number one, which would allow the h 2 b returning worker exception that's in current law to continue for the duration of the cr and again, i spoke to this briefly, but i couldn't argue how important this is for my district. it is important to have this stability. it does expire. it was in the bill. if -- without this, many companies in my district will be forced to cut their american workers, have a negative impact on the economy, and by the way, for each worker, 4.64 american jobs are created and we see that everyday in companies like richards, that without the workers, there is no role for american supervisors and formen and it is so important for tourism areas like vail and breckenridge. i yield back my time. >> thank you very much. mr. polis, i want you to be aware, given myself time, there were a number of colleagues who most respectfully not only presented their arguments, but specifically ad

mr. hastings argues the rise of electronic and radio communication made codebreakers equally if not more important, than spies on the ground. this hour-long talk is part of a multiday conference at the national world war ii museum in new orleans. >> good morning, everyone. it's a great pleasure and honor to be here amongst all our attend eaees and speakers for t wonderful day and the whole weekend we've got line up for you. as master of ceremonies, it's my responsibility to introduce our speakers and to keep you informed of our schedule and any updates or additions as the day progresses. most of you in the audience are you seasoned veterans who have attended our programs before. but i do want to stress that due to the tight schedule of great programming, we will stick to the itinerary and timings as closely as we can so as to ensure that everyone gets enough time for their presentations and so that our question and answer sessions provide you all with enough opportunity to ask the speakers specifically what you want to know. i do want to point out that the speakers' biographies are in th

mr. hastings from florida in may together, ution public together in -- hearing in regard to the matter off tting dog and cat meat the menu in china. may, before the ulen dog meat festival. what it was trying to do is educate a statement of asking the participants or the china to put an end to this barbaric and brutal practice, where they take dogs off the street or steal them and traffic them into so-called slaughter houses. that is so ocess barbaric, because the aim is ssentially a blood loss to torture the animal and so the forth, which s put it stuckution 752, and in the foreign affairs subcommittee for asia and the pacific. host: by hastings, the representative? correct, hat is hastings. unfortunately, i'm not getting much press in this country. as you know, this is the last week congress will vote on anything. the 9th.leaving on the -- according to the committee, the agenda is ryan and by paul kevin mccarthy and they will not forward t resolution mrchlt ryan has essentially dc ed off his phone in the office and you cannot get through on his wisconsin office people who have emailed or

mr. hastings said he didn't think we would get back to regular order. i shared his pessimism. i saw the first appropriations bill signed into law by a president of the united states before the statutory deadline. it was for our veterans, and you all did it together. i don't know how we get to the finish line, get it done every cycle, but i know we don't get to the finish line if we have folks committed to getting us started. you've done what hasn't been able to be done for a decade, 2008 before a bill was signed before the statutory deadline. i'm grateful for not just the heavy lifting, but for the model and what we may be able to do tomorrow. thank you very much for that. >> member seeks time, i want to thank both of our members for being here, mrs. lowy, as always, thank you for your graciousness and charm. please tell steven i said hi. thank you very much. tell cynthia, merry christmas, also. and thank you very much. >> and to you. merry christmas. >> any other member that will give testimony on this amendment? hr 2028? this closes the hearing motion. mrs. fox? >> mr. chair

>> -- because i have a great opportunity, as judge hastings says, to work in my lane and hopefully use my skills there. thank you. >> thank you, mrdn't be here yesterday. thanks for the work that has been done on this bill. but turning to virginia, i remember coming here four years ago and you go around and you try to find your committees, you go talk to people. and i ended up in virginia's office. she's sitting behind her desk. i sat in front. and the classic teacher/student role she begins to tell me, well, if you're doing this the right way -- and have you ever considered rules. i said i'm looking for the judiciary. she said just think about it. you can learn so much. and she began to tick off her passion. i think the thing that is amazing, and the chairman said this about team and team player about her. but it's beyond even our side over here who admires and loves you. it is is about this institution. it's about the institution of this hill that means so much to so many of us. and the passion that you bring and the willingness to sit down with someone who is trying to learn. and i have to say i told my chief as we walked out

mr. hastings argues the rise of electronic and radio communication made codebreakers equally if not more important, than spies on the ground. this hour-long talk is part of a multiday conference at the national world war ii museum in new orleans. >> good morning, everyone. it's a great pleasure and honor to be here amongst all our attend eaees and speakers for t wonderful day and the whole week w