mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, when the supreme court ruled in 2013 to invalidate the preclearance formula in the original voting rights act, it issued a challenge to congress to pass an updated one. that is a challenge congress must extend. . millions will continue to face barriers at the boll ott box. on april 18 "the new york times" editorial highlighted the disturbing issue that preclearance is no longer necessary. obviously, the congress of the united states found otherwise. the editorial stated and i quote, quote this process stopped hundreds of discrimination new laws from taking effect and deterred lawmakers from introducing countless more. the process to which they were referring was the preclearance process that the supreme court threw out. the other cited a new study that analyzed more than 4,000 rights cases. they write again, quote, the study provides the most wide ranging impeercal evidence that yet congress was amplely justified in finding that voting discrimination remains concentrated in t

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, before i yield to my friend, the majority leader, for the purposes of informing us of the schedule, i'd like to note the presence of the longest serving member of this house in history one of the best legislators in the history of this house and one of the most decent human beings i know and we're so proud to have him on the floor with us once again. his successor, who he knows very well, debbie dingle, is with him as well and john dingell, mr. speaker, we welcome you, mr. speaker pro tempore, back to the house of representatives. we're so glad to see you. and mr. chairman your -- the beautiful deborah beautiful d

mr. hoyer: mr. supreme court ruled in 2013 to invalidate the preclearance formula in the original voting rights act, it issued a challenge to congress to pass an updated one. that is a challenge congress must extend. . millions will continue to face barriers at the boll ott box. on april 18 "the new york times" editorial highlighted the disturbing issue that preclearance is no longer necessary. obviously, the congress of the united states found otherwise. the editorial stated and i quote, quote this process stopped hundreds of discrimination new laws from taking effect and deterred lawmakers from introducing countless more. the process to which they were referring was the preclearance process that the supreme court threw out. the other cited a new study that analyzed more than 4,000 rights cases. they write again, quote, the study provides the most wide ranging impeercal evidence that yet congress was amplely justified in finding that voting discrimination remains concentrated in the covered states

the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley. the the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards. the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the gentleman from california, mr. honda. the gentlewoman from california, miss ma suey. the gentleman from california mr. takano. the gentleman from hawaii, mr. takai. the gentlewoman from colorado ms. degette. the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott. the gentleman from texas, mr. castro. vice president biden: appoints the following senators and members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort his excellency shinzo abe into the chamber. senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the senator from utah, mr. hatch. the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. the senator from mississippi mr. economicer. the senator from tennessee, mr. corker. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the senator from washington, miss murray. the senator from maryland, mr. cardin. and the sena

mr. hoyer, mr. cummings and a host of other people voted in favor of, required the removal of i.r.s. employees who are found to have willingfully failed to file their tax returns and who willfully understated their federal tax liability. the house passed the conference report of this bill by a vote of 402-8 overwhelmingly. and i've never heard another member complain that the i.r.s. has this provision in place. let's even the playing field. let's give the same tool to the rest of federal government. don't give it just to the i.r.s. give it to the department of interior. give it to the department of defense. give it to the other departments and agencies because the financial results of that work. this bill makes federal workers subject to the same standard as i.r.s. employees. not all federal workers are tax cheats. this is not about politics. i appreciate the good work that's gone on in this bill. unfortunately, despite past efforts we haven't been able to get this bill over the finish line. i

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader, mr. mccarthy, the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the speaker. i yield to my friend, mr. mccarthy. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, on monday, no votes are expected in the house. on tuesday, the house will neat at noon for morning hour and meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30. on wednesday and thursday, the house will neat at 10:00 a.m. for horning hour and noon for legislative business. and 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 number of suspensions next week, complete list of which will be announced by close of business tomorrow. in a

mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the democratic whip is recognized. mr. hoyer: i rise in opposition to this conference report. written by house and senate republicans alone. it reaffirms their commitment to a severe and unworkable policy agenda that would harm the economy and stands little chance of being implemented. this budget conference report draws heavily on house republicans' budget framework by eliminating the medicare guarantee, turning medicaid into a cap block grant limiting pell grants for college students and cutting knew trishon assistance while hiding $1 trillion in additional cuts behind a magic asterisk to be filled in at some time in the future. these props if enacted would be disastrous and i would suspect even most republicans wouldn't vote to make them law and i predict they will not vote to make them law. still, many of the proposals must be taken very seriously. the republican budget report includes reconciliation instructions to fast track to repeal the affordable car

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york will please suspend. the gentleman deserves the courtesy of being heard. please take conversations off of the floor. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. israel: mr. speaker, what happened in washington, d.c., on april 7 of this year can happen in any congressional district in this body. instead of a blown transformer, it will be a cyberattack against energy systems in any one of the districts represented here today mr. speaker. and when that happens, our constituents will ask us from that place in the dark, what did you do to prevent it and what did you do to protect me from it? and this vote on this motion to recommit will be your answer. let's put the protection of our businesses, our government our military and our constituents ahead of partisanship and vote yes on this motion to recommit. with that i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from t

i want to thank the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, for introducing this resolution. he's been a longtime supporter of this event and the children involved each year. this event occurs annually on the capitol grounds. the soap box derby encourages children to show off their dedication work, and creativity as they compete for trophies. the winners of each division are qualified to compete in the national all american soap box derby held in ohio. i support pass abbling of this resolution. thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from maryland rise? ms. edwards: thank you mr. speaker. i ask that you yield me such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank representative highway wrer for every year introducing this legislation on behalf of the washington regional delegation and i rise as an original co-sponsor this event encourages boys and girls ages 9 through 16 to const

hoyer we do have to do our obligatory quiz. ready? you don't have to pull out a pencil. all i need is one right answer. how many terms has young mr. steny hoyer served in the united states house of representatives? he has served 17 sterms. i think back in 2007 became the longest serving representative in maryland. i wish you have a very successful roundtable. >> i'm going to take president wood every place i go. this is my 34th year in the congress of the united states. back in 1981, none of you were born in 1981. you were born, close though. when were you born? 81. ok. but i won't ask around the second row there is when you were born but i am very pleased to be here. it is a wonderful time to be a student. i think any time is a wonderful time to be a student. but i will tell you this. in many respects your time is more challenging than my time. i tell people when i graduated from suitland high school, about 15, 20 miles from here in prince georges county, america was unchallenged. we had military might, almost everything. i graduated in college 1963. i worked at c.i.a. as a file clerk so i took maybe 11, 1 credits depending when t

mr. steny hoyer served in the united states house of representatives? >> a lot of. >> does anybody want to guess? >> five? >> twenty. >> we won't do the price is right over or under but he has served 17 terms which is remarkable. back in 2007 you became the longest-serving maryland represented. congratulations to you. thank you for being here. thank you for welcoming is arrested from around our state and i wish a very you a very successful roundtable conversation. >> thank you very much. i'm going to take president would where ever i go from now on what an introduction. you were close. this is my 17th term, my 34th year in the congress of the united states. back in 1981 none of you were born in 1981. oh, you were -- close the. window you born? >> eighty-one. [laughter] >> okay. but now i won't ask around the second row their to when you were born but i'm very pleased to be here. it is a wonderful time to be a student. i think anytime is a wonderful time to be a student. but i will tell you this. in many respects your time is more challenging than my tim

mr. hoyer: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent, as i said to place a statement into the congressional record paying tribute to the memory of my dear friend, earl hargrove, who passed away earlier this month. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hoyer: earl was a very respected figure in maryland's fifth district and in maryland and indeed nationally who built a successful specially declarations business and served our nation in the marine corps. everyone has seen earl hargrove's work in america because he did much of the inaugural -- many of the inaugural floats for our presidents. so when you watch television, you are watching the work of earl hargrove and his family and his co-workers. i'm honored to celebrate his life and legacy today and i hope my colleagues will join me in offering condolences to earl's wife of six decades gloria love hargrove, and to his children and grandchildren and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yield