mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i object. i'm not sure what's going on, ut i object. the speaker pro tempore: the bjection is heard. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i'm not sure that was a formal objection the way it was stated. i would ask a parliamentary inquiry. mr. scalise: is there any formal motion that would be in order that would allow reconsideration f the vote on h.j.res. 28? the speaker pro tempore: mr. scalise, such a request could be achieved by unanimous consent. mr. scalise: well, then, mr. speaker, is there any procedural motion that doesn't require unanimous consent that would be in order to request the chair to econsider h.j.res. 28? the speaker pro tempore: not in a position to answer an advisory opinion at this time. mr. scalise: i would yield the chair as much time as possible to get an answer on that rallel men threar inquiry -- parliamentary inquiry. mr. scalise: see if there was an answer to the parliamentary inquiry. t

mr. hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we have reversed positions, of course. for a number of years now, i've had the privilege of having a colloquy with mr. mccarthy, who was then the majority leader. so, mr. scalise is now -- has now undertaken my role. a role probably he doesn't welcome. but i know he will do well. as minority whip. and as majority leader, i'm stim here doing the colloquy -- still here doing the colloquy. and i'm proud to be doing that with mr. scalise, who is an outstanding member. i congratulate him on his position and look forward to working with him through the years towards trying to create agreement, consensus, and action by the congress on behalf of the american people. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at 12:00 noon for morning hour debate, 2:00 p.m. for legislative biggs. with votes postponed until -- business. with votes pose postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday and wednesday, the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, from time to time, for whatever reasons, people want to vote either because they don't get down the aisle or they don't request a vote. do not get the opportunity to vote on issues that they think are important to them. from time to time frankly on our side we've been felt we've been shut out, when the majority was in the hands of the republicans. we would want fairness. in return, we ought to extend fairness. given the fact that there are obviously many, many members who wanted to vote on the continuing resolution, which was the subject of one of the votes, but from our point of view, in having reviewed the tapes, that did not happen. that happens. but because we want to assure members on both sides of the aisle that their opinion can be expressed, as they would wish it to be expressed, but i want to -- and i think mr. scalise will say that. mr. butterfield, former judge who is one of our fairest and best members, i would hope that we would acknowledge that he handled the ma

mr. hoyer: mr. aderholt from alabama has just said this is veto bait. what is veto bait? a proposition to open up the people's government, veto bait? what is the republican position? unless the co-equal branch of government, the house of representatives, says yes to the president of the united states, you will continue to support add infinitum closing down the government. our russian -- i won't call them enemies, but adversaries, at least, are very happy, i'm sure, that the american government is shut down. our chinese competitors are very happy that the american government is shut down. we look ridiculous on the national and international scene. i asked one of my republican colleagues to stand -- and i'll yield to them -- tell me which government of the world shuts themselves down? you're correct. the answer is, i can't find any government in the free world hat shuts themselves down. is that what you won't vote for, opening up your government, the people's government, is that what this fight is abo

connolly, mr. hoyer, mr. wexler, and all of our >> the house later voted in favor of the 2.6% raise and the bill now moves on to the senate. the house also debated a measure condemning government shutdowns. majority and minority leader steny hoyer and kevin

mr. hoyer: let me first say that mr. scalise and his party over the last eight years that they were in charge passed bill, after bill, after bill, after bill that they knew without any doubt had no chance in the united states senate. none. zero, zip. they passed them for messages. they know that. we knew that. america knew that. so that's not the reason they didn't bring the bill that they talk now so passionately about to the floor for 11 months and 20 days. they only brought it as they were going out the door. let me tell and let me tell you what they rejected, mr. speaker. they rejected a bill from the united states senate which would have opened up government and paid all 800,000 of the people who are now either furloughed or asked to work without pay. they rejected that bill that passed overwhelmingly, unanimously on voice vote from the united states senate that the president of the united vice was said by the president of the united states to support. but something happened during those 24 hours as it came from the

mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent that during the 116th congress the speaker, the majority leader and minority leader be authorized to accept resignations and to make appointments authorized by law or by the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that during the 116th congress all members be permitted to extend their remarks and to include extraneous material within the permitted limit in that section of the record entitled extension of remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for hat purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. hoyer: i rise to ask unanimous consent that during the first session of the 116th congress, one, on legislative days of monday or tuesday, when the house convenes pursuant to house resolution 10, the house shall convene two hours earlier than the time otherwise established by

good evening, we're here with the distinguished democratic leader mr. hoyer. our distinguished chair of the appropriations committee. and our chair of the government security subcommittee of the appropriations committee. okay. i didn't know mr. cliburn had come from -- as you are aware, we have -- we are diligent, diligent and persistent in trying to open up government. as i said today on the floor, we will take ideas, good ideas from wherever they come, including the idea of the appropriations bills passed by the republicans in the united states senate. they passed six bills, four of them on the floor, with over 90 votes. two of them in committee, unanimously, and those six bills cover eight agencies, departments of government that could be opened just by the stroke of the pen of the president of the united states. separate from that, we are sending what the senate sent also passed which is a bill to extend -- to have a continuing resolution until february 8th taking their exact date from the senate. that would cover homeland security and give us the weeks nee

[applause] mr. hoyer: lilly, i thank you for your courage and adr inch ann and thankful for all of you who are wearing the m's on your t-shirts. you make a difference. i represent a number of people in my district, obvious. but specifically, i want to tell you that i'm representing susan, stephanie and ann, my three daughters. , my three judy and daughters and savannah brooklyn, my two great granddaughters. [applause] mr. hoyer: and i also represent and usbands and sons partners who rely for their daily well-being on the wages of heir wives, of their moms, their partners. this is not just about women, it's about families and what america stands for. [applause] mr. hoyer: i got into politics because of john kennedy. he was taken from us in 1963, but before he died in 1963, he said we will have equal pay and here we are half a century later saying we need to have equal pay, that's failure. but it is critical. i'm proud to be here with speaker pelosi. god mother delauro. [laughter] mr. hoyer: chairman scott.

mr. hoyer: let me first say that mr. scalise and his party over the last eight years that they were in charge passed bill, after bill, after bill, after bill that they knew without any doubt had no chance in the united states senate. none. zero, zip. they passed them for messages. they know that. we knew that. america knew that. so that's not the reason they didn't bring the bill that they talk now so passionately about to the floor for 11 months and 20 days. they only brought it as they were going out the door. let me tell and let me tell you what they rejected, mr. speaker. they rejected a bill from the united states senate which would have opened up government and paid all 800,000 of the people who are now either furloughed or asked to work without pay. they rejected that bill that passed overwhelmingly, unanimously on voice vote from the united states senate that the president of the united vice was said by the president of the united states to support. but something happened during those 24 hours as it came from the

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the haas adjourn today it adjourn to met on monday, january 14, 2019, when it shall convene at noon for morning hour business, for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute peeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise today to remind you of the everyday faces being hurt by this government shutdown. 21 days into this crisis the central valley has had enough. i spoke to a woman from mo decembero who drives 30 miles to work every morning to serve our country as a t.s.a. agent. she lives paycheck to take, supports her kids, pays her rent, health care, groceries. she's not getting paid right now and her daughter may have to drop out of college because her mom can't afford her tuition. what are we doing? and it's not just federal employees. farmers in my district can't apply for

[sirens] mr. hoyer: shutdowns, it's a failed policy. quote, senator mcconnell, august 28, 2014, just a few short years ago. today, we have on the floor a number of bills. tomorrow, we'll have another bill. and tomorrow we'll have another bill after that. we'll pass four bills that the senate passed 96-2. to open up government, to have our federal employees performing the services for the american people that the american people want and need. our region, of course, is heavily impacted by this shutdown. and today, we stand together with my colleagues here, representatives sarbanes, representative holmes norton, representative connelly, representative buyer, representative raskin, representative trune, representative wexton, and with our good friends, secretary treasurer of the afge, kelly and president erwin of the national federal -- federation of federal employees. thank you for being here and standing up for the people who are working for us. people who are working for the federal government. people who are relied upon every day by mi

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we have reversed positions, of course. for a number of years now, i've had the privilege of having a colloquy with mr. mccarthy, who was then the majority leader. so, mr. scalise is now -- has now undertaken my role. a role probably he doesn't welcome. but i know he will do well. as minority whip. and as majority leader, i'm stim here

mr. hoyer: mr. aderholt from alabama has just said this is veto bait. what is veto bait? a proposition to open up the people's government, veto bait? what is the republican position? unless the co-equal branch of government, the house of representatives, says yes to the president of the united states, you will continue to support add infinitum closing down the government. our russian -- i won't call them enemies, but adversaries, at least, are very happy, i'm sure, that the american government is shut down. our chinese competitors are very happy that the american government is shut down. we look ridiculous on the national and international scene. i asked one of my republican colleagues to stand -- and i'll yield to them -- tell me which government of the world shuts themselves down? you're correct. the answer is, i can't find any government in the free world hat shuts themselves down. is that what you won't vote for, opening up your government, the people's government, is that what this fight is abo

mr. hoyer, who is the democratic majority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland, the distinguished majority leader, is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i think this is my first time in a long time of having a magic one minute and so i have some things to say. i was on the appropriation committee for 23 years. i came here in 1981. -- ad between 81 and 95 between 1981 and 1995 between 10 shutdowns. they averaged 9.1 days a shutdown. the longest one was three days. because of differences, not because of a strategy. in 1995, newt gingrich adopted shutting down government as a strategy. as a taking hostage not only of federal employees but of taking hostage of the american government and taking hostage everyone who has served on a daily basis by the federal government. and the reason i know it's a strategy because it's happened a number of times. the next one long term was in 2013 when ted cruz, united states senator, came over here and talked to a n

mr. hoyer, for bringing this bill to the floor. the bill would end the current freeze to federal employees, recommended by president trump, and provide hardworking civil servants with a 2.6% pay increase, matching that for military employees. on the heels of this largest government shutdown in u.s. history and the longest, i believe it's appropriate for the house of representatives to take up this legislation to make a statement in the people's body that we do respect, we do respect the work of our civil servants and our federal employees, and that we are prepared to provide concrete measures to do that. during the shutdown, some of these individuals reported to work without knowing when or if they would receive their next paycheck while others were willing to work but told they couldn't. even though the federal government has reopened, most federal employees are still waiting to receive that first paycheck. under statute, federal civil employees should have received a 2.1% pay increase for 201

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we have reversed positions, of course. for a number of years now, i've had the privilege of having a colloquy with mr. mccarthy, who was then the majority leader. so, mr. scalise is

connolly, mr. hoyer, mr. wexler, and all of our >> the house later voted in favor of the 2.6% raise and the bill now moves on to the senate. the house also debated a measure condemning government shutdowns. majority and minority leader steny hoyer and kevin mccarthy took part in that debate every it is just under an hour. madam speaker, i'm relieved and grateful that the longest government shutdown in our nation's history has ended. i'm sure that many people share these same feelings, including my colleagues. the american people and especially the 00,000 federal employees who were furloughed or forced to work without pay for 35 days have to be relieved. i hope that the one positive thing to come out of this experience is universal recognition that the government shutdowns are almost always pointless exercises that are harmful to our country and our constituents and the federal government should be open for business. and not closed. that is why i strongly support house resolution 79, the measure before us toda

on tuesday, the distinguished house majority leader, mr. hoyer, was asked by reporters how there is any real daylight between border security construction projects the democrats have supported in the past and the ones they are now trying to block. here's what majority leader hoyer said to those reporters -- i don't -- this is an honest man. i don't have an answer that i think is a real good answer. i don't have an answer that i think is a really good answer. that's the majority leader of the house of representatives. well, madam president, the reason is there isn't a good answer. there's no credible answer to this massive flip-flop. so we all know what the real reason is. my democratic colleagues are operating purely on political spite directed at the president of the united states. why else would they rather have a partial government shutdown drag on for nearly three weeks than get more of what they used to vote for and brag about? why else would they plug their ears and refuse to listen to the experts out on the ground who do this kind of work?

mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman for yielding. i thank the ranking member for his leadership as well. i join mr. himes in saying this is not a partisan issue. this is an issue of america. whether or not we are going to hold accountable those who would threaten and undermine the interests of the united states. i thank mr. mccaul for his principled leadership on this issue. i thank chairman engel for his continuing focus on making america secure. i'm offering this resolution today because it is deeply concerning that the treasury department would terminate sanctions from companies owned by oleg deripaska. mr. deripaska is a russian oligarch, meaning he's very, very wealthy. he's an association, a very close association of president vladimir putin. the business he is controls were sanctioned under the russian sanctions legislation that congress enacted through bipartisan action in 2017. as i have sponsored numerous bills with mr. mccarthy when he was the majority leader. to make sure that the congress was on record and had policies w

. >> mr. hoyerished chair of the appropriations committee and our chair of the homeland security sub committee of the appropriations committee. as you are aware, we have -- we are diligent, diligent and persistent in trying to open up government. as i said today on the floor, we will take ideas, good ideas from wherever they come, including the idea of the appropriations bills passed by the republicans in the united states senate. they passed six bills, four of them on the floor with over 90 votes. two of them in committee, unanimously, and those six bills cover eight agencies, departments of government that could be opened just by the stroke of the pen of the president of the united states. separate from that, we are sending what the senate also passed which is a bill to extend -- to have a continued resolution until february eighth, taking their exact date from the senate. that would cover homeland security, give us the weeks needed to negotiate an agreement to open up government in that departmen

mr. hoyer: the government, as all of you know, is shut down. 800,000 people are directly

we passedse, 10 times the bill working with mr. hoyer. the most recent one presented on the senate floor yesterday was so simple. disastern for assistance and open up government for two weeks. the republicans said no. i think the public weighed in. i quote lincoln all the time -- public sentiment is everything. we thank the public for weighing strongly and paying attention and i think that will be the success of this conference. the public awareness is so increased and the public interest in it is so sharpened that they will see the decisions that we have to make and help in on on the -- weigh those decisions. >> one at a time. please. reporter: the president has wanted this wall funding for a long time but it was not until the democrats won the house that he went to the mat for it. >> i do not understand your question. the point is today that we have come to a way to move forward. i don't see this as any power play. reporter: the fact that he held out over while funding. >> if you're saying that the president held out over wall funding t

in that spirit i want to yield to the leader of the house, mr. hoyer to open up government. >> thank you very much. congratulations, madame speaker, on your reelection. we are here late tonight. later than would you usually expect the congress to be here on opening day. people obviously have things to do, they have family in town. but we are here because we sense the urgency of opening up the people's government so they can be served by the agencies of government on which they rely. and so that 800,000 people who have been put at risk, worried about whether they are going to get a paycheck and worried whether they will be able to pay a mortgage or their child's school payment. that's why we are here. and what have we done? as the speaker just indicated, we have taken six bills the senate has passed almost unanimously out of their committee. republicans and democrats joined together so we have agreement on these fixed bills. nobody is arguing about the six bills. they are not arguing at the white house, they are not arguing here. we have agreement. if w

in the house, 10 times we passed the bill working with mr. hoyer. 10 times we brought bills to the floor to open up government. the most recent one presented on the senate floor yesterday was so simple. $4 billion for disaster assistance and open up government for two weeks. the republicans said no. i think the public weighed in. i quote lincoln all the time -- public sentiment is everything. with it you can accomplish almost everything. we thank the public for weighing in so strongly and paying attention and i think that will be the success of this conference. as an appropriator the public , awareness is so increased and the public interest in it is so sharpened that they will see the decisions that we have to make and help weigh in on those decisions. >> one at a time. please. reporter: the president has wanted this wall funding for a long time but it was not until the democrats won the house that he went to the mat for it. how much of all of this is about the new power dynamic and his desire to show you who is really in charge? speaker pelosi i

mr. hoyer: i have a motion at the desk. the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. hoyer moves the resolution to the committee on ethics. mr. hoyer: i'm moving to refer this resolution to the committee of ethics and move the previous question on the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion. the question is on the motion to refer the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. there is an air traffic controller in my district. it has been his life's dream to help ou

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, from time to time, for whatever reasons, people want to vote either because they don't get down the aisle or they don't request a vote. do not get the opportunity to vote on issues that they think are important to them. from time to time frankly on our side we've been felt we've been shut out, when the majority was in the hands of the republicans. we would want fairness. in return, we ought to extend fairness. given the fact that there are obviously many, many members who wanted to vote on the continuing resolution, which was the subject of one of the votes, but from our point of view, in having reviewed the tapes, that did not happen. that happens. but because we want to assure members on both sides of the aisle that their opinion can be expressed, as they would wish it to be expressed, but i want to -- and i think mr. scalise will say that. mr. butterfield, former judge who is one of our fairest and best members, i would hope that we would acknowledge that he handled the ma

this -- because in the house we passed -- 10 times we passed a bill, working with our leadership, mr. hoyer, 10 times we brought bills to the floor to open up government. to open up government. the most recent one that was presented on the senate floor yesterday was so simple. $12 billion for disaster assistance and open up government for two weeks. the republicans said no. i think the public weighed in. i quote lincoln all the time. public sentiment is everything. you can accomplish almost anything. we thank the public for weighing in so strongly, for paying attention. and i think that will be the success of this conference. again, as an appropriator, participated in many conferences when we used to have them. this conference, the public awareness is so increased and the public interest in it is so sharp that it will see what the decisions are that we have to make. and help weigh in on those decisions. i thank you again. [reporters shouting questions] sen. schumer: ok, wait, wait. one at a time. [reporters shouting questions] schumer: come on. one at a time, please. [reporters shouting que

we're here with house democratic leader mr. hoyer. chair of the appropriations committee and our chair of the government of homeland security s subcommittee. as you are aware, we have -- we are diligent, diligent and persistent in trying to open up government. as i said today on the floor, we will take ideas, good ideas, from where ever they come, including the idea of the appropriations bills passed by the republicans in the united states senate. they passed six bills. four of them on the floor with over 90 votes. two of them in committee unanimously and those six bills cover eight departments of government that could be opened just by the stroke of the pen of the president of the united states. separate from that, we are sending what the senate sent awl also passed which is a bill to extend, to have a continued resolution until february 8th taking their exact date from the senate. it would cover homeland security and give us the weeks needed to negotiate an agreement to open up government in that department. we have taken word for w

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i am a' glad mr. jordan is still on the floor. mr. jordan put his finger on the problem. the problem is gee, i like the interior bill. it's been reached in a a bipartisan fashion. wonderful. by the way the package is not perfect. because it doesn't do what i want done or what the president of the united states wants done on one specific bill. homeland security. my goodness, don't know why we didn't have an opportunity to conference on that bill. you brought it to the floor on december 20. 10 days before the end of the year. 10 days before the end of the year. if it was so important, why did we wait 11 months and 2/3 to bring it to the floor? how could we conference a bill like that? there was no time. the reason you didn't bring it to the floor you is didn't have the votes. simpson, mr. cole all came to this floor when we considered another bill that was what the united states senate republicans wanted in their bills. and so we said we need to open up this government. mr. graves talked about and mr. jordan talked about consensus. grav

the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. this weekend the republican leader, mr. mccarthy, went on face the nation and said the following -- it is unacceptable that 800,000 u.s. employees are not being paid. he didn't add but he should have that 440,000 of them are being made to work while they're not paid. ut i agree that it's unacceptable that 800,000 u.s. folks are shut out. it's unacceptable that republicans and donald trump would shut down the government and deny paychecks to 800,000 americans because they couldn't get congressional approval from an expensive and ineffective border wall, even when they controlled all levels of government. let me repeat that. they didn't get it done when they controlled all levels of government. republican leader went on to say, quote, you know what we're arguing over? 1/10% of the federal budget. he's dead wrong on that. this isn't about a wall or health care or the debt limit or spending levels. it's about whether it's an appropriate policy for a president

the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, the gentleman from new mexico, mr. lujan, the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. cheney, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. walker, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clark, the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, and the members of the california delegation, ms. waters, mr. calvert, ms. eshoo, ms. roybal-allard, ms. lofgren, r. sherman, ms. lee, ms. neap, mr. thompson, mrs. davis, mr. schiff, mr. nunes, ms. sanchez, mr. costa, ms. matsui, mr. mcnerney, ms. speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock, ms. hu, mr. garamendi, ms. bass, mr. bera, ms. brownley, mr. cardenas, mr. cook, mr. huffman, mr. lamalfa, mr. lowenthal, mr. peters, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mr. takano, . vargas, mr. aguilar, mr. desauliner, mr. lieu, ms. torres, ms. barragan, mr. carbajal, mr. correa, mr. khanna, mr. panetta, mr. gomez, mr. sn