mr. hoyer: mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for that information. this week or today we considered a third appropriation bill. it was a structured rule, which is not uncommon on both sides of the aisle, to have a structured rule. but next week the gentleman has announced the defense appropriation bill. i'm wondering whether or not that will be an open rule so that amendments will be able to be offered by members without constraint of being limited? i yield to my friend. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. to answer the gentleman's question, yes, that will come under a structured rule so members will be able to offer amendments. but before the rules committee. and have the debate on the floor. for the passage of the bill. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. does the gentleman mean by ructured rule that it will simply require amendments to be filed as of a certain time but there will be no restriction on amendments that will be in order? i yield to my friend. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. structured rule, exactly the sa

we just heard from the house democratic leadership with mr. hoyerong with john lewis, representatives clark who led that protest today on the house floor. i think the news from that, they said they crossed a bridge and left the door open to these types of protests continuing into july. they were coy about whether or not this specific protest from today was in fact over. there was some discussion of members still being on the floor, still wants to try something tomorrow. but considering the republicans have left down, there's no more official business of the house this week, so it remains to be seen what else is left. they feel that they had a big victory today, especially with the public relations. they were able to knock donald trump out of the a block talking about hillary clinton today. >> luke russert, you have covered this from the beginning, which was yesterday. please get some sleep. thank you for being with us. also, lois beckett from the guardian and jonathan allen, i appreciate your time and your input on this and we'll see what happens ne

mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker m i'm pleased to yield to my friend, mr. mccarthy, the majority leader for the information regarding the schedule. mr. mccarthy: -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman is yield -- for yielding and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccarthy: on monday, the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30. on tuesday and wednesday, the house will neat at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on thursday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. members are advised that later votes than normal are possible on thursday and to keep their

with that i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished democratic whip, mr. hoyer. mr. hoyer: thank you very much, madam leader. first, we need to empathize with the fear that the lgbt community is experiencing right now. unfortunately, today we're going to adopt a rule which precludes the expression of congress that we will not discriminate against those who are lgbt members. how sad. that is one thing we could do today. say to all americans, you will not discriminate. we will not discriminate. our government will not discriminate against citizens who are members of the lgbt community. and our chairman of the caucus is correct as well. nor will we discriminate somebody based upon the origin of their nationality or their surname. so those are two things we can do right now. stand up, speak out. for what america believes in nd that is equality for all. silence a moment of is appropriate but days and weeks and months of action to preclude the violence that is occurring and taking lives of so many in america is bsolutely essential. no fly, no buy is a start. it is an import

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. the gentleman has just said, he want to have individuals have the right to offer amendments -- we want to have individuals have the right to offer amendments. mr. maloney wants to offer this amendment. this house voted for his amendment, as the gentleman will recall. the majority of this house supports the maloney amendment. unless they have their votes changed. they had their votes changed, we came back the following week, and the majority of this house voted for the maloney amendment. unfortunately the bill went down. i say unfortunately because the maloney amendment didn't go forward, there were a lot of good things in -- things in that bail, -- bill, a majority of your members voted against it. had a majority of your members voted for it, it would have passed. not with standing what we did, because you're in the majority and you have the numbers. to would simply urge not talk about -- we've had 15 amendments or 500 amendments or this, that. we would very -- feel it very important t

pelosi, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from california, mr.gentleman from new york, mr. crowley, the gentleman from california, mr. bera, the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. gabbard, the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey, the gentleman from maryland, ms. edwards, the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo. vivekananda the senate at the direction -- vice president biden: the senate very direction of the body appoints the members on the part of the senate to escort his excellency, narendra modi, into the house chamber. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from utah mr. hatch. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. the senator from wyoming, mr. barassy. the senator from mississippi, mr. wicker. the senator from tennessee, mr. corker. the senator from ohio, mr. portman. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from washington, miss murry. the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow, the s

mr. hoyer. the chair: how much time? mr. grijalva: three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding, at the outset, rarely do we see the political courage and intellectual integrity that we have seen in the gentlelady from new york, ms. velazquez, and i have worked with her for months trying to get a solution fair to puerto rico and fair to the 3.5 million american citizens who live in puerto rico. i also wants to thank my friend, jose serrano, also from new york, also puerto rican, also having thought about this extraordinarily thoughtfully and it's been difficult. i want to congratulate both of them for coming to the decision that is a terribly difficult one for them that this is at this juncture the only alternative, to the pain and the suffering of which ms. velazquez spoke. i'm sure the citizens of puerto rico are watching this debate and they understand this is not a perfect bill. it's not the bill i or mr. pierluisi, who lost an election in my view, because of his fidelity to

and i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished whip, mr. hoyer. mr. hoyer: thank you very much, madam leader. with we need to empathize the fear that the lgbt community is experiencing right now. unfortunately, today we are going to adopt a rule which precludes the expression of congress that we will not discriminate against those who are lgbt members. how sad. that is one thing we could do today. say to all americans, you will not discriminate. we will not discriminate, our government will not discriminate against citizens who are members of the lgbt community. and our chairman of the caucus s correct as well. normally we discriminate against somebody based on the origin of their nationality or surname. so those are two things we could do right now, stand up. speak out. for what america believes in. that is equality for all. secondly, a moment of silence is appropriate. but days and weeks and months of action to preclude the violence that is occurring and taking the lives of so many of america is absolutely essential. no fly, no buy is a start. it is

mr. hoyerthe chair: how much time? mr. grijalva: three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding, at the outset, rarely do we see the political courage and intellectual integrity that we have seen in the gentlelady from new york, ms. velazquez, and i have worked with her for months trying to get a solution fair to puerto rico and fair to the 3.5 million american citizens who live in puerto rico. i also wants to thank my friend, jose serrano, also from new york, also puerto rican, also having thought about this extraordinarily thoughtfully and it's been difficult. i want to congratulate both of them for coming to the decision that is a terribly difficult one for them that this is at this juncture the only alternative, to the pain and the suffering of which ms. velazquez spoke. i'm sure the citizens of puerto rico are watching this debate and they understand this is not a perfect bill. it's not the bill i or mr. pierluisi, who lost an election in my view, because of his fidelity to w

and i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished whip, mr. hoyer. mr. hoyer: thank you very much, madam leader. first, we need to empathize with the fear that the lgbt community is experiencing right now. unfortunately, today we are going to adopt a rule which precludes the expression of congress that we will not discriminate against those who are lgbt members. how sad. that is one thing we could do today. say to all americans, you will not discriminate. we will not discriminate, our government will not discriminate against citizens who are members of the lgbt community. and our chairman of the caucus is correct as well. normally we discriminate against somebody based upon the origin of their nationality or surname. so those are two things we could do right now, stand up. speak out for what america believes in. that is equality for all. secondly, a moment of silence is appropriate. but days and weeks and months of action to preclude the violence that is occurring and taking the lives of so many of america is absolutely essential. no fly, no buy is a star

beginning, they still are, called together by john lewis, john larson and led by our democratic whip, mr. hoyer. they have been in and out but, again, this is an echo. we are echoing each other. what we hope to do is create and echo chamber throughout america of a repeated message of no bill, no break. give us a vote. no more minutes of silence to pay our respects, of course, but it is not a substitute nor should it be considered one for action. a moment of silence, we want a moment of truth. we want a time of action to follow it. and so you heard the numbers, the statistics, the number of people who died. the solutions that are being proposed, it's just about the decision of the speaker of the house to allow a vote on the floor of the house. again, 85% to 90% of the american people support the background checks and the no fly, no buy -- no fly, no buy legislation. again, all day we'll be there as long as it takes every day. if they adjourn, we'll be here for pro forma and we'll be here in our districts, again, establishing the echo chamber. i think it's really important to note that when our m

at the same time, mr. hoyer is convening a whip's meeting and so members -- forgive my horse voice. i worked the night shift. members have the opportunity to go to the whip meeting which starts at 11:30. for those of you who are on the list, would like to stay here, we'll do the best we can to accommodate you. we are asking members to return to the floor at about 12:30 so that we can make the appropriate statements and demonstrations and then discuss next steps. so for those of you who are already on the list, we'll do the best we can to accommodate you. at 12:30, we won't be able to accommodate any others. i thank the gentleman and ms. pingree and ms. edwards is next. to do that we're asking all members confine their remarks no more two minutes, maximum. i'll tap at the end of those two minutes. ms. edwards and ms. pingree. ms. pingree: i am going to tell one little story, and thank you for taking so much time on the floor. i think we all agree that it felt like one of the most genuine, authentic. we heard about stories of our families and neighborhoods and situations we never knew

thank you very much, mr. hoyer together. these two unbelievable young members who have taught me so much, and i've learned so much from the two of you, so come closer. we're like a family. we all live in the same house, the american house. today we have come a distance. we made some progress. we crossed one bridge, but we have other bridges to cross. we're not giving up the fight. the fight is an ongoing fight. we will not be happy. we will not be satisfied. we will not be pleased until we do something in a major way. make a major down payment on ending gun violence in america. we've lost too many of our children, our babies. too many of our mothers and fathers, our brothers and sisters. and we will continue to fight. a little more than 50 years ago, i crossed a bridge not just one time, but it took us three times to make it all the way from selma to montgomery. we have other bridges to cross, and when we come back in july, we'll start all over again. the american people, they want us to act. they want us to do som

ader pelosi, steny hoyer mr. lewis: this isn't a struggle that lasts for one day, one week, one year. it's a struggle and we are going to win this struggle. [applause] mr. lewis: we are going to win big and go home, as jim leaders and others have suggested. and going to organize mobilize. ur people are with us -- [no audio] mr. lewis: people all over america and around the world. the social media told the story. and i just want to thank you guys, really gotn the way. but we must never ever give up or give in. we keep the faith and we must ome back here on july 5 more determined than ever before. [cheers and applause]hat it is to sit in. but by sitting in, you are standing up. dr. king said, we have a right o protest for what is right. t's in our constitution. i remember one occasion when i and we continued to sit in, we may be arrested and go to jail. i got arrested and i went to jail. but even in jail, i felt free. i tell you, you young sisters nd brothers and our leadership are just so beautiful and so wonderfu