mr. morelle: mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman, my friend and colleague from the rules committee, mr. reschenthaler from pennsylvania, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. morelle: mr. speaker, this morning the rules committee met and reported a rule, house resolution 567, the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 4346, the legislative branch appropriations act, under a structured rule. it provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their designees. the rule self-executes a manager's management from chairman ryan, makes in order 12 amendments, provides en bloc authority for chairwo

mr. morelle, for five minutes. you need to unmute, mr. orelle. >> yeah, sorry, this is my first zoom session, i apologize. first of all, mr. chairman, thanks for holding this important hearing to discuss the president's budget, and i want to echo the comments of many of my colleagues in offering a thank you to acting director young for your service to the country in the past and for your continued service in this role. the budget calls for major investments in child care, which would significantly solve the affordability problem which most families with young children experience. as you know, director young, there's an unprecedented number of women, particularly mothers who had to drop out of the labor force because of the pandemic. can you detail a little bit how the child care proposal in the budget will help us to reverse that trend? >> absolutely, sir. as we've talked about a little today, this budget assumes that working mothers, working fathers need safe and affordable places to send their children to make sure those same children ha

mr. morelle: thank you. i want to thank my distinguished colleague and friend, colleague from the rules committee, the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. ross. mr. speaker, today i rise in support of the rule and favor of the allies act. this bill would protect our afghan partners who risk their lives as translators and navigators to u.s. military personnel by expediting the afghan special immigrant visa process. approving an additional 8,000 visas so they can come to america as soon as possible. the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan has placed thousands of these allies and their families at risk of retribution. if not for the contributions of these afghan partners, the united states military losses could have been greater than already endured during this prolonged conflict. for 20 years, their courage and sacrifice protected our troops and were an invaluable asset to our forces in afghanistan. we have a duty to ensure both they and their families are safe from retaliation, from the taliban and oth