mr. hoyer: i ask all members to join me. 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 pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a privileged concurrent resolution. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 30, resolved, that when the senate recesses or adjourns on any day from friday, december 20, 2013, through tuesday, december 31, 2013, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its majority leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 11:45 a.m. on friday, january 3, 2014, or until the time of any reassembly, pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first. and that when the house adjourns on any legislative day from monday, december 23, 2013, through tuesday, december 31, 2013, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its majority leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on friday, january 3,

mr. hoyer to arrive. so if i could reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from from arkansas, mr. womack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. womack: i thank chairman ryan for his great leadership informinging this particular agreement and putting us in a position to end on a positive note here as we approach the christmas and the holiday season. mr. speaker, i'm going to bring a couple of different perspectives to the floor as i analyze this budget deal. the first perspective i have is being a former mayor. for 12 years in a city in northwest arkansas there was enormous economic development. i sat at the table many times talking about issues and trying to balance the needs of our community against what the wants of our community were and i never ever ended any of those negotiations getting everything that i wanted,

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask that he can to speak out of order for one minute for purposes of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hoyer: i yield to my friend, the majority leader, mr. cantor of virginia. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman from maryland. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative debate. no votes are scheduled on monday. on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. first votes of the week will occur no earlier than 2:00 p.m. on tuesday. on friday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. mr. speaker, the house will consider a few suspensions next week, a complete list of which will be announced by the close of business friday. of those suspensions, i'm pleased to announce that the house

mr. hoyer left? >> good morning, everyone. i've been in congress almost 20 years and participated in many congressional hearings. this is the toughest one and i'm a tough lady. i just want to take this opportunity to thank every one of you, stan, vera, lisa, for your grace and your dignity. and i hope, father i pray, that those americans that are being ignored by the other side that are paying close attention to what is happening here in congress. vera, lisa, i would like to ask you a question. the last seven months have clearly been very tough on you. you persevere and now you are on a brighter path. where would you be today if it wasn't for the unemployment compensation emergency? >> if i had not had the extra time, because unless you have experienced how the job market is today and the incredible amount of research, and you may spend three hours preparing for an interview. you have no idea what it is like to go through the world of the internet job boards. i was facing a decision of taking, actually i enrolled. i have a bac

mr. steny hoyer from maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. madam speaker, today we are considering a measure to fund government only if the democratic senate and democratic president will agree to dismantle the health care reform law that will help millions of americans access quality, affordable care. that isn't going to happen. and it is a blatant act of hostage taking. the republican c.r. also lays the groundwork for a default on our debt, an unthinkable act, by instituting a pay china first provision. and it fully embraces the dangerous and irrational policy of sequester. this bill enshrines and confirms the descent into an economy destroying national security undermining, and ineffective rendering of the government that our country and our people need. the majority party with its destructive obsession with the repeal of the affordable care act, and it's unrestrained hostility towards government, has offere

i am going to ask mr. hoyer to talk about what he is here to talk about today. i am happy to talk about women all day. >> me to. , wet of all, let me say don't know what the budget parameters and any agreement are going to be. we have heard rumors. you have written about them. we don't know their substance. what we do know, however, is that we are for a balanced , of theng of the budget economic issues that confront our country, and of putting our country on a fiscally sustainable path. i am, as you know, for a big deal in which all of the options are put on the table, which is what president obama did. president obama did not do discussed as is being and i understand it now, being urged by mr. ryan. the reason he did not discuss smallbore is because he wanted to give confidence to the economy. he wanted to get off this government by crisis. he wanted to get to a sustainable path as we move forward. i am very hopeful that before the budget conference reports, that they reach such an agreement. agreement, but a big agreement, which deals with the issues that chri

mr. hoyer left? >> good morning, everyone. i've been in congress almost 20 years and participated in many congressional hearings. this is the toughest one and i'm a tough lady. i just want to take this opportunity to thank every one of you, stan, vera, lisa, for your grace and your dignity. and i hope, father i pray, that those americans that are being ignored by the other side that are paying close attention to what is happening here in congress. vera, lisa, i would like to ask you a question. the last seven months have clearly been very tough on you. you persevere and now you are on a brighter path. where would you be today if it wasn't for the unemployment compensation emergency? >> if i had not had the extra time, because unless you have experienced how the job market is today and the incredible amount of research, and you may spend three hours preparing for an interview. you have no idea what it is like to go through the world of the internet job boards. i was facing a decision of taking, actually i enrolled. i have a bac

congresswoman velazquez, johnson, and mr. hoyer. morning, everyone. here participating in congressional hearings, and this is the toughest one. lady.m a tough i wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone of you for your grace and your dignity. pray --pe -- father, i that those americans that have been ignored by the other side that are paying close attention to what is happening here in -- lisa, i would like to ask you a question. the last seven months have clearly been very tough on you. but you persevered and now you are on a brighter path. todaywould you have been unemployment for compensation emergency benefits? had the extrat unless you have experienced how the job market is today and the incredible -- you mayesearch spend three hours preparing for an interview. you have no idea what it is like to go through the world of the internet job boards. would -- i was facing a of taking -- actually, i enrolled. i have a bachelors degree and i had enrolled in my local community college with all the young millennial's to go back to school to get an

mr. steny hoyer. >> he is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you for yielding. adam speaker, today we are considering a measure to fund government only -- madame speaker, today we are considering measure to find government only that will help millions of americans access affordable care. is a blatant act of hostagetaking. the republican cr lays the groundwork for a default on our that. a unthinkable act instituting pay china first provision. fully embraces the dangerous and irrational policy. this confirms the descent into an economy destroying, national security undermining, and ineffective rendering of our country and our people needs. majority party with its destructive obsession with the repeal of the affordable care act in its unrestrained hostility toward government has -- the republicans hollow claims of irrationality of its quality -- the majority does so notwithstanding the chairman. of sequestertion and ill- "unrealistic conceived." his words, not mine. a policy that chairman rogers to an"must be brought end." his words, not mine. opposite.e they will

i appreciate your leadership and the work that you and our whip, mr. hoyer, the general, mr. the gentlelady from ohio, and the gentlelady from maryland have been working on for so long and many other of my colleagues around bringing a focus to jobs, job creation and growing the economy in america. you know, we're here today to talk about the american dream. and that is having a good job, a family-sustaining job that can provide for yourself and your loved ones. we're talking about expanding economic opportunity. not just for a select few at the top, but for those who are in the middle class or who are striving to become a part of it. we're talking about the basics of job creation and, yes, i am a freshman. i've been here for just under a year. and i am amazed and quite humbly frustrated by the fact that in one year not one comprehensive jobs bill has been brought to this floor for a vote by the majority on the other side. and yet we have example upon example of good job-creating legislation, the package of bills that's under the umbrella of the make it in america proposal, th

mr. hoyer: i thank the speaker. arguably, mr. speaker, this congress is the least productive one in which i served over the last 33 years. both from a humanitarian standpoint and an economic one. this congress has earned the disdain of the american people, irrespective of their party affiliation. i rise, mr. speaker, specifically to express my and the democratic minority's strong objection to adjourning this first session of the 113th congress without extending unemployment insurance eligibility or the 1.3 million americans, including 20,000 military veterans who will lose that support in just 48 hours. this number, mr. speaker, will increase by 73,000 people on average every week that we continue to block extension. that is both a moral outrage and another connelly inflicted ow -- congressional ly infected blow. the congress has extended benefits. it is sadly consistent with our failure to pass meaningful jobs legislation proposed by the president. it is, sadly, consistent with our failure to pass comprehensive immigration refor

mr. steny hoyer. >> the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you for yielding. madam speaker, today we are considering a measure to fund government only if the senate and president will agree to dismantle the health care reform law that will help millions of americans access affordable care. that is not going to happen, and it is a blatant act of hostagetaking. the republican cr lays the groundwork for a default on our debt. an unthinkable act by instituting a pay china first provision. it fully embraces the dangerous and irrational policy of sequester. this bill and shines economy and confirms the dissent into and into a national security undermining, and ineffective rendering of our country and our people needs. the majority party with its destructive obsession with the repeal of the affordable care act in its unrestrained hostility toward government has offered this will, notwithstanding, republicans hollow claims of irrationality of the sequester policy their party adopts. the majority does so notwithstanding their chairman's accurate description of their p

mr. hoyer: you've got to have none. if you don't have money you can't spend it. mr. upton: the money comes from the milcon ventions. that's the direct offset that's used. all of us cry for these families who lose these beautiful little kids. this bill if it passes, gets enacted, will provide money to help families like gabriel's who ss a -- who -- gabrielle's whose lost a beautiful little girl. it will work with the n.i.h. i commend mr. cantor and others, the rule we was is you've got to find an justify set when you increase spending. that's what this bill does. it finds an offset that i think many of us cowl accept to actually fund the program and direct the dollars to a fund within the n.i.h. to make sure that it works. that's what we want to have happen. i would urge my colleagues to vote for this bill. yes, it's under suspension. no amendments. we need a 2/3 vote. so i would ask my colleagues to support this bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pa

mr. steny hoyer. >> the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you for yieldingeaker, today we are considering a measure to fund government only -- madame speaker, today we are considering measure to find government only that will help millions of americans access affordable care. is a blatant act of hostagetaking. the republican cr lays the groundwork for a default on our that. -- on our debt. an unthinkable act by instituting a pay china first provision. fully embraces the dangerous and itfully embraces the dangerous and the rational policy of sequester. this bill and shines economy and confirms the dissent into and economy destroying, national security undermining, and ineffective rendering of our country and our people needs. the majority party with its destructive obsession with the repeal of the affordable care act in its unrestrained hostility toward government has offered this will, notwithstanding, republicans hollow claims of irrationality of the sequester policy their party adopts. the majority does so notwithstanding their chairman's accurate descript

mr. steny hoyer. >> he is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you for yielding.madame speaker, today we are considering measure to fund government only that will help millions of americans access affordable care. that isn't going to happen. it's a blatant act of hostagetaking. the republican cr lays the groundwork for a default on our debt. an unthinkable act, instituting a pay china first provision. it fully embraces the dangerous and irrational policy. sequester. this confirms the descent into an economy destroying, national security undermining, and ineffective rendering of our government that the country and our people needs. majority party with its destructive obsession with the repeal of the affordable care act and its unrestrained hostility toward government has -- has offered this bill notwithstanding hollow claims. the majority does so notwithstanding the chairman. accurate description of sequester policy -- "unrealistic and ill-conceived." his words, not mine. a policy that chairman rogers said, "must be brought to an end." his words, not mine. chairman

steny hoyer was back on the floor here in washington yesterday saying this is the wrong time to leave 1.3 million americans in the cold. speaker,umber, mr. will increase by 73,000 people on average every week that we continue to block extensions. that is both a moral outrage and another congressionally inflicted blow to our economy and it is unprecedented whenever unemployment levels have been as they are today. >> republicans say the emergency over, and it is time to scale back the program to the traditional 26 weeks or something closer to that. at a minimum, they are insisting that it has to be paid for. low hanging fruit was used in a budget deal, so they need to find a way to come up with the money. --what if there is no deal what will be the impact the economy? >> the 1.3 million people who have benefits ending saturday, that is money not going into the economy. some have said that hit to the %conomy could be as much as 0.4 to 2014 gdp. in implement rate could come down by 25% -- the unemployment .5% could go down by because people might be taking lower paying jobs after holding out for something better. and people could stop looki

hoyer, pro forma session. he withdrew his objection but not before deciding congresses extend unemployment benefits or pass immigration ministry -- legislation. he spoke for about five minutes. >> i think the speaker. arguably, mr. speaker, this congress is the least productive one in which i have served over the last 33 years. both from a humanitarian standpoint and an economic one. this congress has earned the disdain of the american people, irrespective of their party affiliation. rise, mr. speaker, specifically to express my and the democratic minorities strong of chechen to adjourning this first session of the 113 congress without extending unemployment insurance eligibility for the 1.3 million including 20,000 military veterans. will lose that support in just 48 hours.