mr. jeffries, mentioned the open yoid crisis and the -- the opioid crisis and the water crisis in flint and around the nation and the hard work done by members in michigan and mr. kildee. they need a budget to be able to fund the crisis, or to help repair the crisis, restoretive dollars that a budget does to give a road map to the appropriators. i also know that we are facing another potential epidemic, if you will, the zika virus that is taking control of places like puerto rico and other places in the caribbean, places that we have not yet fully documented. i can assure you the gulf coast states of florida, louisiana, and others, and texas, are in the eye of the storm. the president, a couple of and s ago, dutifully responsibly introduced to this congress a request of $1.9 billion. no i didn't say trillion. i didn't say $5 billion. i said $1.9 billion. so the centers for disease control can do their job. mr. jeffries, colleagues, if we are not doing our job, we need those who have the responsibility, the distinctive responsibility for issues of health and epidemics in this country to be a

mr. jeffries is recognized as the designee of the minority leader. . mr. jeffries: i ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jeffries: thank you, madam speaker. it's an honor and a privilege once again to come to the house floor on behalf of the congressional black caucus and join with my distinguished colleague from ohio, representative joyce beatty, as we anchor this congressional black caucus special order. the c.b.c. hour of power, where for 60 minutes we get an opportunity to talk to the american people about issues of great importance to the african-american community, our democracy, and certainly our country. and today we're here to discuss , tragically, the house g.o.p.'s continued failure to demonstrate the ability to govern in a basic fashion, that is, to pass a budget required by statutory law as of april 15. that deadline has come and has gone and we are still waiting for the house majority to present a budget to this body for our consideration. we were t

mr. jeffries and the sponsors of the senate bill, senators hatch and coons. the bill we are considering today represents the culmination of over two years of negotiations with various stakeholders -- 30 seconds. mr. conyers: 30 more seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: this bill represents over two years of negotiations with the various stakeholders and strong bipartisan with 164 co-sponsors in the house and 65 in the senate. this is good legislation that carefully balances the rights of defendants. the senate passed the bill 87-0 and with passage today here we can send it straight to the president's desk. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i recognize mr. jeffries of new york. he is a distinguished member of the judi

mr. jeffries: instead, over the last five years, house republicans have majored in obstruction, minored in dysfunction, and pursued a degree in legislative malpractice. house republicans are responsible for painful sequestration cuts, responsible for a 16-day goverent shutdown that cost the american people $24 billion in lost economic productivity. responsible for constantly undermining the full faith and credit of t united states of america, and now responsible for the failure to deler an on-time budget. the american people have had enough. it's time to invest in transportation and infrastructure, invest in education and job training, invest in technology and innovation,nd abandon the reckless efforts of house republicans to obstruct any progre on behalf of the american people. let's get back to doing the business. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i just returned from the unite

jeffries. isn't it something that has nothing to do with poverty and despair? mr. brown: they exploit it. when conditions continue with no hope you are always going to be finding people who emerge to press the hot button. what i'm saying is the answer to the rise of anti-semitism, the rise of hate crimes, homophobic attacks, is to create a stability based on opportunity that we do not have available to all americans. >> has your potential vice president, jesse jackson, told you he regrets his involvement with louis farrakhan? i mean, given your comment -- ms. around: you heard his, yesterday that he said about new york city. brown: you heard his comment yesterday that he made about new york city. he does not have an alliance as far as i know. i reject mr. farrakhan and anything like that and i believe if my campaign offers the opportunity to make the shift to domestic revitalization that in its absence will not occur and the erosion will continue. i do not see anything in clinton or bush that acknowledges the depth of despair. that is what people have to get through their head. the hatred