mr. mccarthy: once i finish. mr. hoyer: ok. mr. mccarthy: when you give up to participate you give up on your future, you give up on your dreams. that's not an economy that we want. when you look at the tax package that we're bringing forward charitable contributions. maybe people on your side of the aisle think government should solve that problem. i see charitable contributions back home in my own community solving a lot of problems locally very fast and very direct. and i think these are things that could be bipartisan. so i look forward. and as you talk about the deficit yes, i want to work with you. i looked at the president's budget. i do not believe government needs 11% increase. that's how much new in taxes he'd give to the federal government. i think people keeping that would be better and i think lowering how we spend our money here in washington would go a long way, and i welcome the opportunity to work with you on that. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. just so the american people mr. speaker, are clear on

mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker i do want to thank the authors of this bill. congresswoman roby and congresswoman sewell for their work on this. i appreciate it. we are blessed in this nation to enjoy the privileges of democracy and to exercise our freedoms without fear. but sadly for millions of african-americans in our history, that has not been the case. james cooper author of the american workers like "the last of the mohicans" and "american democrat" once said. the man who can right himself by a vote will seldom resort to a musket. the opposite is also true. people denied their rights might well resort to violence. it's not difficult to see why. with no established form of recourse, what choice do those denied their freedoms have? the people we honor today chose a different path. these nonviolent, civil rights activists did not take the road of hate. their generation's quest for freedom, they didn't corrupt themselves with the sins of those who worked against them. they fought for the rights due to ever

mr. mccarthy: gladly. mr. hoyer: the rules committee's going to meet at 9:30 tonight, is that the -- yes. somebody said 8:00 over here. a member of the rules committee. is it 8:00 or 9:30? mr. mccarthy: where's our rules committee chair? 8:00. mr. hoyer: 8:00. will the gentleman yield again? mr. mccarthy: gladly. mr. hoyer: mr. leader, we have been now, you're correct, six weeks leaving the department of homeland security twisting in the wind. we've done that as the gentleman knows -- mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, mr. speaker reclaiming my time, i've been very clear about the schedule for tomorrow. we will end our work by tomorrow evening. this house has taken action to make sure the d.h.s. was fully funded. we did our part and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. without objection, two-minute vote willing continue. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 6 primented in part b of house report 114-29 by the gentleman from texas, mr. cast

mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous con -- mr. carter: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 710, the essential transportation worker identification credential assessment act. first i would like to thank the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee, for reintroducing this thoughtful legislation and the gentlelady from michigan mrs. miller, for her leadership in moving it through her subcommittee last congress. mr. speaker, this legislation calls for a security assessment to determine the efficacy of the transportation worker identification credential, commonly known as the twic program. this bill will help congress better determine the value of the tw

mr. mccarthy from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, today the house will vote on a bill that we have voted on many times in this chamber. mr. speaker, you want to know why? the answer is very simple. the law is a disaster. we still can't afford its costs and the american people still don't want it. the house on both sides is intimately tied to the will of the people. we talk, we listen to our constituents every day. in our districts we listen to them at meetings, in the grocery store, at the gas station and in our houses of worship. and every two years our neighbors either send us back to washington to fight for them, or send someone else. in the most fundamental way their priorities are our priorities. because we directly represent them. and when it comes to obamacare, the people could not be clearer. mr. speaker, you know what they have said? they said, we don't want it. we don't want higher premiums. we don't want to be forced to buy all sorts of coverage that we don't need a

mr. mccarthy from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, today the house will vote on a bill that we have voted on many times in this chamber. mr. speaker, you want to know why? the answer is very simple. the law is a disaster. we still can't afford its costs and the american people still don't want it. the house on both sides is intimately tied to the will of the people. we talk, we listen to our constituents every day. in our districts we listen to them at meetings, in the grocery store, at the gas station and in our houses of worship. and every two years our neighbors either send us back to washington to fight for them, or send someone else. in the most fundamental way their priorities are our priorities. because we directly represent them. and when it comes to obamacare, the people could not be clearer. mr. speaker, you know what they have said? they said, we don't want it. we don't want higher premiums. we don't want to be forced to buy all sorts of coverage that we don't need a

mr. mccarthy, for as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mccarthy: well i thank the speaker and i want to thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her work on 529 and bringing this bill to the floor. you know, during his speech at the state of the union address, the president, president obama presented what he called middle-class economics. it didn't take long for people to realize that president's plan meant taxes middle class to pay for bigger government and pipe dream projects. nothing demonstrated this anti-middle class agenda more than the president's plan to attack education opportunity for middle-class families by taxing 529 savings accounts. now after families cried out against the president's plan, he dropped it, and i'm happy about that. . the president has chosen not to do harm but should work with the house to do positive good. my wife and i have two children, connor and megan. connor is in college today and megan is a senior about to enter college. when

mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, is recognized. mr. mccarthy: well, i thank the gentleman for yielding and mr. speaker, i want to thank more than just the gentleman for yielding. i want to thank him for his work as chairman on ways and means knowing where they're going. we have to reform the tax code if we're going to grow this economy. and our chairman we have today, that's been his life work. there's no one better poised and in better position of understanding to finally get this done. and i'm excited about what the future brings. but today we're talking about something much different. today we're talking about something that's already in the code something that helps bring job growth because it's about small business. and the worst thing about small business is to ever have uncertainty. so this congress wants to be a new american congress. they don't want to have uncertainty for small businesses so they're taking up an issue much earlier so you can plan for the future, so you can make that hiring grow. now, why do i care so much abou

mr. mccarthy of california. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. you know mr. speaker there are many parts of government that like to act in secrecy. in particular, many agencies like to hide the true costs of their regulations to the american people. after all, it's easier to add more pages to the federal registry if nobody is sure exactly what the price tag is. but that's not the way our democracy should work. for government to work, it needs to be accountable to the people. but to be accountable to the people, government needs to be honest and open with what it is doing. washington needs reform, and a good place to start is to make sure that people know the true cost of what washington is doing. no gimmicks, no hidden fees. that is why i support representative foxx's bill which demands transparency and unfunded mandates. you know mr. speaker, this bill says a simple thing. it says we trust the people. it says if the bureaucracy is afraid of telling the people how much a regulation costs then it should

mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the majority leader for one minute. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman and chairman for yielding. i have to pause for a moment. we debate a lot of things on this floor. and they're worthy debates. they're interesting debates. but let's first mr. speaker, tell the american people what we're debating today. fighting hunger incentive act. that's what we're debating. lots of times i question why we have debates on the floor certain times. right now is one of them. i really wonder if the american people tune in today and said, you were willing having an argument zpwens fighting hunger intendtific act? so let me walk through what we're debating. because just a couple days ago i just went down the road here to the d.c. central kitchen. it's a nonprofit. feeds a lot of homeless. also helps people build jobs. you know how it was created? because a small businessman saw people who were hungry. then he saw an inaugural for the 41st president of the united states and said, should that food all be wasted? so he took the leftovers and fo

mr. mccarthy from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, today the house will vote on a bill that we have voted on many times in this chamber. mr. speaker, you want to know why? the answer is very simple. the law is a disaster. we still can't afford its costs and the american people still don't want it. the house on both sides is intimately tied to the will of the people. we talk, we listen to our constituents every day. in our districts we listen to them at meetings, in the grocery store, at the gas station and in our houses of worship. and every two years our neighbors either send us back to washington to fight for them, or send someone else. in the most fundamental way their priorities are our priorities. because we directly represent them. and when it comes to obamacare, the people could not be clearer. mr. speaker, you know what they have said? they said, we don't want it. we don't want higher premiums. we don't want to be forced to buy all sorts of coverage that we don't need a

mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker i do want to thank the authors of this bill. congresswoman roby and congresswoman sewell for their work on this. i appreciate it. we are blessed in this nation to enjoy the privileges of democracy and to exercise our freedoms without fear. but sadly for millions of african-americans in our history, that has not been the case. james cooper author of the american workers like "the last of the mohicans" and "american democrat" once said. the man who can right himself by a vote will seldom resort to a musket. the opposite is also true. people denied their rights might well resort to violence. it's not difficult to see why. with no established form of recourse, what choice do those denied their freedoms have? the people we honor today chose a different path. these nonviolent, civil rights activists did not take the road of hate. their generation's quest for freedom, they didn't corrupt themselves with the sins of those who worked against them. they fought for the rights due to ever

mr. chairman and thank you ms. mccarthy for being here today. today is toward february 25, 2015 and earlier he told chairman whitfield were confident going forward with the clean powerplant under 111d and i'm just wondering your budget document states the clean power plan for the epa in and the central almond of the domestic thymus -- climate mitigation agenda has a reprint of time since it was announced by the president in june of 2014 at that the epa has considered not finalizing this rule yes or no? >> no. >> has there have been a time since it was announced by the president in 2014 that you have considered as the administrator of the epa have considered not finalizing this rule? >> no sir. smack in the case of marine energy versus epa and gina mccarthy when your lawyer said the epa may not do a proposal related to final action with proposed section 111d related to the clean power plan your lawyers did not tell the whole truth of full truth and nothing to the truth, is that accurate yes or no? >> the proposal has propose

mr. mccarthy, who i believe is a man of integrity in this house and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yields back the balance of his time. 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: without objection, the gentleman from texs recogd e >> mr. speaker, yesterday i introduced a bill that would authorize and request the president toward our -- to award the highest honor to eaksan who served this nation with distinction. chris kyle protected many. chris kyle voluntarily put his life on the line when he completed his first tour in iraq and when he returned not once but three more times. make no mistake, the medal of honor will not bring back a husband, father, son and a model texan but the medal of honor will show chris kyle's family our gratitude for his relentless devotion to our country. mr. speaker, since its inception the medal of honor has been awarded 3,507 times. i challenge someone to tell me chris kyle didn't show the br

now less than an hour ago on the house floor, tensions mounted as they called kevin mccarthy a howard. >> mr. speaker, reclaiming my time. i have been very clear about the schedule for tomorrow. we will end our work by tomorrow evening. this house is taking action to make sure that the house is fully funded. >> you coward. >> joining me now, we have luke russert. we want to put you on because there is so much going on. >> this is the latest. the gop conference just presented their plan. it there will be a three week funding of the department of homeland security. they hope to pass that out tomorrow morning, mid-morning or perhaps the afternoon. it could take that long. that will then be followed by a motion to go to conference with the united states senate over that bill they passed back in jan which was pretty far to the right if you talk to some members. and they repealed doca. so that is their plan. as far as whether or not the senate can abide by that, our own producer for nbc news asked mitch mcconnell if that is what they were going to do, and he nodded his head, yes, that is the plan

mr. chairman administrator mccarthy it's always a pleasure to see you come before this subcommittee and bring great news and sharing with the subcommittee what you all are doing over at the epa. i just want to thank you so much much, you and your agency for all the great work that you do in protecting the air land and the water we have. it is appropriate for us to give a standing ovation at this point in time. but you understand how we feel about you on this side. but this is a budget hearing and we might as well address the elephant in the room and discuss the topic that is on the minds of many of our colleagues and that is the proposed rule 111d the clean power plant. administrator on behalf of those of us which include most of the american people who do not think the world's scientists and climatologists have conspired together to perpetrate a hoax by saying that climate change is real and humans have contributed to it under the leadership of president obama and yourself working to address this serious issue on behalf of america and our citizenry and indeed everyone around the globe. the c

i one point b with had to apologize after calling republican kevin mccarthy a coward. [video clip] >> mr. speaker, i rise to apologize to kevin mccarthy for a comment i made. it was set out of frustration and anger. it was wrong. i have apologized privately to kevin mccarthy, a man who i consider -- host: the dhs funding measure made front-page news in most papers across the country. here in washington in "the washington post" -- congress buys one more week in dhs standoff. "the new york times" headline says congress pushes shutdown back another week. the story goes on to say that the funding stalemate bodes poorly for any larger policy of competence for this year, leaving lawmakers pessimistic that the 114 congress will be able to work in a bipartisan fashion on more complicated issues, such as a vote to increase the debt limit. lawmakers will also take up trade policy as well as a modest overhaul of the tax code. undertakings that now look increasingly difficult. we want to know what you think of what happened on couple hill -- capitol hill. up next is clarence from virginia calling on

. >> ok, thank you very much, sean mccarthy, president of the canadian committee for word press freedom talking to us live from canada. >> we can talk to mr. robinson live from london. how does bail work in egypt? >> well, the egyptians have been given bail, and as has mr. fahmy, although he's had to put down what's called a reconnaissance some $40,000 will have to be deposited and i'm sure will be and he'll be reds. frankly, they should have gotten bail 407 days ago. this is still part of a cat and mouse game that the egyptian government and its mixed little judges are playing with innocent journalists. and for all the nonsense that's been talked about diplomacy and canadian diplomats this case reveals the hopelessness of western diplomacy. they should have got their people out if diplomacy has any affect on a military and authoritarian regime, but of course it doesn't. what has happened is that the cat and mouse game has been effective, no one is covering the opposition in egypt because the media are afraid to do so, and so this goes on. the appeal court earlier this week said there was no evidence against mr. fally and mr. greste or mr

, then to the courts of claims nancy firestone, thomas -- [inaudible] patricia mccarthy, jerry somers armando bonilla. >> mr. chairman? >> all those -- i'm sorry. >> i just don't want everyone to leave. i want to do a brief statement of personal privilege. >> would you please, would everybody give senator feinstein the courtesy of listening to her? all those in favor of the nominees just named signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> opposed, no. ayes appear to have it, do have can it. we do have over a quorum present, and the nominees are reported to the floor. and now senator feinstein. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'd like to just for a moment recognize my chief counsel neil equipmenter, who is leaving the senate to return to the private sector. he has served me and the people of california well for nearly half of my 22 years in the senate. serving as my chief counsel from '95-'99 and again since 2009. this between he served as an elected official in his own right, serving the maryland state legislature from 2003-2007. i've relied on him for able and candid advice, and i know many of you have gotten to

mr. crowley: thank you, madam leader. as the leader said leader mccarthy has said why do we have to do anything? the reason you have to do something is when you're with the majority you are in charge of the house of representatives. it's your responsibility to put forth legislation to protect the home lan. without this legislation -- homeland. without this legislation set to expire tend of this month, leaves in jeopardy the security of our nation. that alone is reason enough for them to have to act. it's their responsibility to act to protect the american people. at 9/11, after the threats that we have sustained over the last decade and a half since 9/11 we know there have been many, it's the responsibility of homeland security, department of homeland security, to protect the american people here in the united states. and the suspension of that -- again, the false or these made up deadlines -- leading the american people once again to the drink is something the american people are tired of. they don't want to see the safety threatened or questioned because

yesterday, house majority leader kevin mccarthy and minority whip steny hoyer previewed next week's schedule on the house floor. here's a look at that. >> mr. speaker on monday, no votes are expected in the house. on tuesday 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 wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on friday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business, last votes of the week are expected around noon. mr. speaker, the house will consider a number of suspensions next week a complete list of which will be announced by close of business tomorrow. in addition, the house will consider s-1, the senate keystone bill. after six years of waiting this bipartisan bill which will create more than 40000 jobs will finally be placed on the president's desk. i do sincerely hope he considers his long-standing veto threat and sides with the american people by signing this important jobs bill. mr. speaker, the house will also consider two critical tax packages next week that will provide m

mr. chairman as a point of personal privilege come i would like to finish this. >> there is some evidence that welch suspected mccarthy would do this and impact was prepared to do this and wasn't quite as shocked as he appeared on television at the time. but the television audience was shocked and mccarthy's personal standing really are wrote it as result of all of this. interestingly enough hollywood hired robert welch and if you see him he's a very cagey judge. he had a certain theatrical side along the way. but he really did show maccarthy what he was and that undermines mccarthy standing among the other senators may begin investigation and in december of 1954 two months after the hearings the conduct unbecoming of a senator. all of the democrats except for john kennedy and about half of the republicans including prescott bush who was father and grandfather to president wound up voting to venture senator mccarthy. senator mccarthy was never able to regain his national standing after that. he went into a tailspin and died at the age of 48 a few years later. when way cohen stepped down as chancellor of the committee

yesterday kevin mccarthy outlines the present schedule for the rest of the week. >> mr., on monday no votes are expected in the house. on tuesday the tuesday the house will meet at noon for morning our and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at ten 10:00 a.m. for morning hours and then for legislative business. on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. mr. speaker the house will consider a number of suspensions next week to make complete list of which we will be announced by close of business tomorrow. in addition, the house will consider the senate keystone bill. after six years of waiting, this bipartisan bill which will create more than 40,000 jobs will finally be placed on the president's desk. i sincerely i sincerely hopes he considers his long-standing veto threat and sides with the american people by signing this important jobs bill. the house will also consider too critical tax packages next week that we will provide much-needed certainty for americans and small businesses. hr 644 the fighti

mr. chairman and thank you ms. mccarthy for being here and i think we are near the end so that's a good thing. >> that's a good thing too. >> if i could talk to specifically we have a number of industries, number of groups in my home state of mississippi that are greatly impacted by the rules that are promulgated and enforced and one that i would like to touch on per minute would be our wood in pellet heating unit manufactures. they are problems with the performance standards that the epa just finalized, you know it's something that really impacts us. these are small businesses that don't have a lot of room in their budgets for r&d costs in addition to testing lab fees and those things. i think most companies are going to be okay. they can probably get there but the second stage which i believe is scheduled to be implemented in 2020 that's going to be extremely costly. it's that slow emissions targets that would be almost impossible to achieve with the current technology we have in the resources. my question is what budgeta