mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for the information and for the bonus. of the little longer term view of what we might be considering on the floor of the house. one of the things i didn't hear on that, perhaps the -- i ask the majority leader about this before, is the majority expecting to offer on the floor or consider a budget resolution this year? i yield. mr. mccarthy: you asked before and as we worked time and time again, the committee is working on a budget. as we get through we'll take it to the floor. yield back. mr. hoyer: so that although it was not on this list, we might expect a budget resolution to be offered at some point in time in the future? i yield. mr. mccarthy: i thank my friend for yielding. even though i have given him a bonus colloquy between the week in front of us, that does not mean if i don't mention something that that item would not come forward. as the budget committee works, will i keep you apprised of where they are and when the timing is for us to bring it the

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does -- mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week and perhaps longer than that to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. i yield to my friend, mr. mccarthy, the majority leader from california. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- mcyart mr. mccarthy: no votes are expected in the house on monday. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. mr. speaker, on -- mr. 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 con

as mr. hoyer mentioned, we released a major update just a few months ago to whip watch, our popular app which, unfortunately, is only ios only but will be available for android soon. original whip watch was, i like to say it was like cleaning your own house. one thing we do that's a very important service is send vote alert to all the house democrats. and, of course, you can also get them if you're not a staffer, although that wasn't the case only a couple of years ago. but they're important. they're like, we're voting now. and democrats are urged to vote are yes or no. these are important and timely pieces of information, and it's a very serious responsibility that the whip's office has for the entire democratic caucus. and members and staff, of course, rely on it. and so we realize, you know, e-mail just doesn't cut it. everyone's e-mail is a mess. so original innovation for whip watch 1.0 was moving out into its own app with its own clean notify cases. and members love it. -- notifications. whe

thank you, mr. hoyer, grour -- for your great leadership as well. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this bill and do i so on behalf of hardworking american people. it's a bad bill under the guise of helping community banks. it rolls back key can safeguards for american consumers. it opens the door to lending discrimination, and it potentially threatens the stability of our financial system and our economy. the bill would take us back to the days when unchecked recklessness on wall street ignited in historic financial meltdown. wall street gambled with the livelihood of consumers and then it was the middle class that lost its shirt. i just want to share with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle why i have serious concerns about what is happening on the floor today. it's yet again another, another weakening of dodd-frank. here's what i want to call to your mind. because you may not remember this or you may not have been fully aware of it, but you should know it. on the night of september 18, 2008, i called the secretary of the treasury and said, wh

mr. hoyer: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, on march 24 i was in morristown, new jersey, with former assistant u.s. attorney cheryl where we attended the march for our lives. the march for our lives was organized by students around the country to speak out against gun violence and call for action in congress to strengthen our gun laws. this march came just days after a deadly shooting at great mills high school in st. mary's county in my district. it came in the wake of horrific incidents of mass gun violence at a school in parkland, florida. and at places of worship, entertainment, and even public streets across the country. congress can and should act. 90% of our fellow citizens believe we ought to do so. we have the ability right now to strengthen background checks and ban the kinds of assault weapons that make our communities unsafe. law enforcement wants us to get this done. so do parents. so do teachers. in morristown, we heard directly from students, nine of whom oke at the march that we attended. moved by their

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, on that i ask for a recorded vote. >> mr. speaker, i ask for the

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, on that i ask for a recorded vote. >> mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. the gentleman is recognized and heard. the gentleman is recognized. the recorded vote is requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a record vote is ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. now if everyone would please silence their conversations. please take a seat. if you're sitting in front of a seat. r clear the aisle. the gentleman will suspend until he house comes to order. the vote on the motion to reconsider has been postponed. the chair is putting to the -- mr. hoyer: parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: state your inquiry. mr. hoyer: a

s have been debating a no confidence motion against mr hoyer after twenty nine people linked to his ruling people's party was jailed for corruption the main opposition says his policy is leading the charge it says he's lost credibility a court ruled that former people's party officials took bribes to fund election campaigns in exchange for lucrative public contracts. denmark is banning the wearing of full face veils in public from august their months justice minister has said the veil is incompatible with danish valley's women wearing burkas on nickels in public spaces will face fines france austria and belgium already implement similar laws u.n. agencies are appealing for urgent funding to help five and a half million syrian refugees the agencies warn the services will soon be cut unless there's a significant boost in the aid programs rail madrid zealot in sudan has quit the european champions after winning a third straight champions league title the frenchman cooled a surprise news conference ending a three year career with the spanish club. right yet today these are the latest headlines

mr. hoyer: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, one year ago, my community was shaken by the murder of second lieutenant richard "richie" collins iii, a young african-american stabbed to death while waiting for a bus on the campus of the university of maryland. he was a student at bowy state university, just -- bowie state university, just days from graduation. he was in college park celebrating his recent commission as an officer in the united states army. he was a young man of great promise. very talented and driven to succeed. he was popular on campus and helped create bowie state university's first lacrosse team. he was an avid player of golf, soccer, baseball. richie loved deep conversations about life, politics and philosophy. the individual on trial for his murder has been charged with a hate crime. mr. speaker, we must do more to combat the spread of hatred by spreading tolerance and respect instead. and we must never forget those like richie collins whose lives were cut short by hatred and prejudice. i, again, off

i support leader pelosi and mr. hoyer and mr. clooiburn.d a lot from them. >> if democrats don't take back the house, will you continue to support the leadership team? >> we also have amazing colleagues out there that leader pelosi as well as stanley and jim have pulled into the ranks as well. there's many more colleagues elected to their positions like myself rather than being appointed. this was something elected by our colleagues. i think the more our colleagues step forward and ask for their support of the democratic caucus, that's a good thing. the more people want to fight on behalf of the american people, i'm all about that. >> congressman, thank you very much. thank you for talking about that breaking news over the last hour. we want to have you back to talk more about the mid terms. we want to quickly hit today's big picture in hawaii. this is pretty big. you're looking at a volcano which erupted this morning. check this out. ash into the sky, and by the way, it sent a river of lava flowing below through people's neighborhoods. the

i think it is an area that my boss, democratic whips steny hoyer and mr. mccarthy talked about with modernizing the technology x, which is a way to invest in upgrading systems, which we spend that money to upgrade the systems, it will pay dividends in the long run. >> host: how is this change the ability of congress to put its proceedings on facebook or on any type of platform? >> guest: another major accomplishment was there was a big push to not only do absolutely everything a web video, but also standardized by videos. the committee saw broadcast committee hearings but in different formats in different ways inconsistently. that came on and became a part of the house rules were house rules for all committees had to have standardized video of all senate hearings. >> host: what about the senate? >> guest: number senate staffers today. we like to think we move a little faster in the house, but it all in good fun and they are engaged in this conversation as well. >> host: what has been the role of the cloud? >> guest: where we are all moving, private industr

so i think it's an area that my boss, democratic whip steny hoyer, and at the end mr. mccarthy talked about. they talked about a way to invest in upgrading these systems which, you know, if we spend that money on the up front to upgrade the systems, it will pay dividends is and save costs in the long run. >> host: how has this changed the ability of congress to put its proceedings on facebook or on new type of platform? >> guest: another major accomplishment of an early hackathon was there was a big push to not only do absolutely everything on web video, but also to standardize the web video. the committees all broadcast in different formats and different ways and inconsistently. well, that came out of the hackathon, and it became a part of the house rules where all committees have to have standardizedded video of all hearings and subhearings. >> host: what about the senate, are they on board with this? >> guest: there's a number of senate staff here today and have been at the hackathons. we like to think we move faster in the house, but it's all in good fun, and they'

a hoyer: mr. speaker, moment of silence is not enough. i did not respond to the invitation of the gentleman from texas to come and stand here. i lost a young come at great mills high school in my district. i visited with her parents. i went to her funeral. and i grieved with our community. but coming to this well and spending but a moment for the thousands who have lost their lives is not enough. we need to act. the governor of texas thinks we ought to do something. the governor of florida thought we should do something. and did something. we should bring to this floor legislation to try to stem this violence. we'll have disagreements as to what that may be. t a moment of silence is not enough. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, probably the most ironically named piece of legislation outside of the affordable care act would be

hoyer lk about the hack-a-thon seminar. >> we must come together to engage the public in a positive way to make congress more open and more transparent. mr. mccarthy: this year we have an electronic mail test that is going into a number of congressional offices. pretty soon it will transform all the district offices at the same time. what happens? we get more efficient, get better data, we become more accountable to our own constituents. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> tonight on "landmark cases," a case on capital punishment, greg v. georgia. gregg 4, troy leon challenged his death sentence. his case and four other capital punishment cases were considered by the court. the supreme court ruled against him, established stricter guidelines for states wishing to impose the death penalty. our guest, one of the nation's top capital punishment legal scholars and professor at harvard law school. she's argued against the death penalty in a number of cases before the court. she was also a former clerk of supreme court justice marshall. and kent, advocating in favor of capital punishment and a more swift mo

mr. dwyer, what do you do for a living? >> guest: i work for democratic whip steny hoyer, i've been with him 15 years, and i sort of handle both technology policy but also digital strategy for all house democrats. >> host: where did you come up with the idea for a congressional hackathon? >> guest: the first was back in

hoyer. honor to have with us another soon-to-be retiree, paul ryan, speaker of the house. thank you, mr.peaker. it is a pleasure to welcome you here, and we thank you for all of your soup or and work over the last year. next to the speaker is linda henning, national president of the fop artillery. she will have remarks in a few minutes. to my list, please welcome paul irving of the house of representatives. thank you. next we welcome yet another soon-to-be retiree, tom homan, acting director of immigrations and customs informant. with isso pleased up the acting director of the u.s. marshals service david anderson. kevinoining us today is maclaine, commissioner for customs and border control, and tom brandis, the acting director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. thank you, tom. we are also very glad to have with us this day the national -- i am sorry. i am trying to make you an fop officer. the labor secretary alex acosta. thank you for being with us. the is a longtime member of administration, serving in the justice department as well as u.s. attorney in miami. very gratef

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, on that i ask for a recorded vote. >> mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. the gentleman is recognized and heard. the gentleman is recognized. the recorded vote is requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a record vote is ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. now if everyone would please silence their conversations. please take a seat. if you're sitting in front of a seat. r clear the aisle. the gentleman will suspend until he house comes to order. the vote on the motion to reconsider has been postponed. the chair is putting to the -- mr. hoyer: parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: state your inquiry. mr. hoyer: a

mr. hoyer: am i not correct that you called for the yeas and nays and that you interrupted the vote while it was in progress, from a parliamentary perspective, is that the power of the speaker to interrupt a roll call vote for the purposes of declaring that the vote has een postponed? the speaker pro tempore: the chair postponed debate under clause 8 of rule 20. that was stated from the chair. >> the house defeated the five-year farm bill. democrats opposed the bill. the bill failed because 30 republicans voted no. what was their reason, matt. matt: it was a varied eason. you had a dozen moderates, snap cuts, implement work requirements for a lot of adults who are on the food stamp program, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and then combine that with about -- i don't know -- close to 20 conservatives, maybe about 18 conservatives from the freedom caucus and sort of with a little bit outside the freedom caucus who opposed it on the grounds they really wanted to use this as sort of l