mr. barr, the originator of this c.r.a. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for five minutes. mr. barr: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the gentlelady, the chairwoman of the committee, for her leadership in fighting the politicization of capital allocation and the politicization of retirement savings. mr. speaker, today house republicans stand on the side of retail investors. we stand up for millions of americans around the country who are increasingly asking themselves this simple question -- when will i be able to retire? this congressional review act measure that i am offering is a bipartisan, bicameral joint resolution disapproving of a department of labor rulemaking that will politicize americans' retirement accounts and jeopardize their retirement security. this measure simply states that retirement plan sponsors be required to prioritize maximum financial returns for investors ahead of nonat the kuhn yaer factors like environmental, social, governance standards, a political agenda. we do so when on

mr. bucshon: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield three minutes to the the gentlewoman from florida who is the ranking member of our oversight subcommittee, ms. castor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. castor: this would endanger the lives of front care a health workers and their families. we have been fighting the covid-19 pandemic now for nearly three years. sadly we have lost over1 million millions cans. thankfully we have turned the corner by making regularly tested vaccinations available to all americans. these lifesaving vaccines help save lives and help prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and severe illness as well. prance nowhere is vaccination more important than for our health care heroes who care for our neighbors every day. vaccination is a vaccination is a vital tool help them and end the pandemic. don't take it from me. listen to the american medical association and the american academy of family physicians who support the vaccination for health care workers. they say that halt

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: thank you. the title of this bill, the show up act, consists of the stop home office work unproductive problem act. and i understand that in washington this really is a washington problem, there's always a search for the perfect acronym over the actual meaning of the language. and the -- this title does some real violence to the english language. i don't know what an unproductive problem is. i don't know what a productive problem is i wonder whether the person who wrote that was working on telework or wrote it at the office. to me it makes no difference. somebody should have said, that doesn't really make any sense for a title for frl legislation. but in any event, the point is that members of congress, of everyone, should know we're able to be very effective, often being two places at the same time you might be at your district office, might be at a meet, a town hall meeting in your district but

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. guthrie: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise to push for immediate and overwhelming passage of my legislation, h.r. 382, the pandemic is over act. president biden and i both agree that covid-19 pandemic is over. in fact, on the eve of the pandemic is over act going on the house floor, president biden finally announced he's going to end the covid-19 emergency declarations. i'm glad my bill finally forced the biden administration to act. however, president biden has taken too long to act on his statement last september that the pandemic is over. which is why i am moving forward with my bill to end the covid-19 public health emergency and finally restore checks and balances between congress and the executive branch. there was a time and place for covid-19 public health emergency. on this day three years ago then department of health and human services secretary azar first invoked

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. d three minutes to the gentlelady from washington state, the chair of the energy and commerce committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. rodgers: i rise in support of h.r. 1108 legislation i introduced with ranking member pallone to extend the general auction authority. for the last year i worked with the energy and commerce leaders to develop 308 shy to promote our national security. order for the u.s. to maintain its global competitive edge we must get it right and not creed our leadership to china. the if f.c.c.'s authority to issue spectrum licenses expires on march 9. this bill will ensure that the f.c.c. has the authority it needs to continue issuing license is to provide better coverage and wireless speeds across the united states. this extension will give us enough time to work out a broader deal on spectrum policy to ensure that the united states continues to lead the world in 5g and technological innovation and beats china. i look forward to work o

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: thank you. the title of this bill, the show up act, consists of the stop home office work unproductive problem act. and i understand that in washington this really is a washington problem, there's always a search for the perfect acronym over the actual meaning of the language. and the -- this title does some real violence to the english language. i don't know what an unproductive problem is. i don't know what a productive problem is i wonder whether the person who wrote that was working on telework or wrote it at the office. to me it makes no difference. somebody should have said, that doesn't really make any sense for a title for frl legislation. but in any event, the point is that members of congress, of everyone, should know we're able to be very effective, often being two places at the same time you might be at your district office, might be at a meet, a town hall meeting in your district but

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. miss gar skia: thank you -- ms. garcia: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life and legacy of michael n.musteet. he was a trailblazer in the labor movement, a dedicated public servant, and a loving family man. as a member of the ibew local 66 for over 50 years, he strived to ensure our workers had fair representation and proper wages. i have the honor of standing shoulder to shoulder with him many times, defending workers. organizing. walking the pickett line. winning and sometimes trying and trying again. but the work was never about the money. it was about fighting for the quality of life and transformational difference a good job can do for a fa

mr. flood, for 90 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for 90 seconds. mr. flood: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in strong support of this resolution, condemning socialism. i have seen the victims of socialism firsthand. many of those victims have found refuge in nebraska. vietnamese is the third most spoken language in nebraska due to immigration in the 1970's, and member of the fa loon gong have found freedom in our great state. history shows us that when socialism is tried, it leads to three things -- poverty, devastation, and ultimately communism. as vladimir lenin once said, quote, the goal of socialism is communism, end quote. and socialist regimes continue to commit atrocities around the world. in north korea there's an estimated 180,000 prisoners today. many of them are subjected to torture and extreme manual labor. in venezuela, police and security forces killed more than 19,000 people between 2016 and 2019 for, quote-unquote, resisting authority. in cuba, journalists, blo

mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. ms. wild: thank you, mr. chair. i rise in opposition to this resolution. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. wild: thank you. i rise as the ranking member of the ethics committee. a body that i am proud to have served on throughout my entire time in congress. and i also rise as a member of the house foreign affairs committee, which i have also served on throughout my time in congress. many people don't understand the nature of the ethics committee. it's a unique body within this congress. it consists of an equal number of democrats and republicans. and it offers a mechanism by which complaints against members of congress and high ranking staff can be vetted, investigated, and adjudicated on pretty much of a confidential basis by the members of the committee. i'm very pleased, what may really surprise people to know, that

mr. lucas: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: with that i respectfully ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 6:30 p.m. today. >> midco supports c-spans a public service, along with thes other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> the director of the white house national economic council joined press secretary karine jean-pierre at the daily briefing to preview president biden's upcoming state of the union address. the director says the president will highlight the economy, including job creation and the work done to lower inflation and energy prices.

mr. speaker. ms. wild: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to honor a great man, deputy jay who recently received a life-saving award. he was on his way home from an extra duty as assignment at the sheriff's office, heard a call and he answered that call for service. he got on the scene where two motor vehicles were involved in an accident. one vehicle was completely overturned and had water pouring into it. with two people trapped inside and one struggling to keep her head above water, deputy was able to quickly rescue both of them, saving a life, preventing a drowning. mr. alford: his action shows duty under the most extreme circumstances. deputy serves our fourth district faithfully. he was a hero for our community. he will be our guest at the state of the union address next week and i thank him and eve

the speaker pro tempore: mr. speaker, i reserve -- mr. langworthy: i reserve the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. how much time do we have? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 14 1/2 minutes. mr. raskin: i'm going to take a cupel to respond to the gentleman before they go. when i said they were returning to their worst possible instincts, that was actually a bipartisan comment because in the old days tv democrats, racist dixiecrats on the house committee that lorded it over the district of columbia and denied the people of washington their rights. they're returning us to those days where congress will micromanage the affairs of washington, d.c. and not allow the people their own self-government. he said you don't need to be a republican or democrat to understand the issue. it would help to know your abraham lincoln. lincoln was a major defender of noncitizen voting, to the extent you want to get into the merits of that. when he was

mr. speaker, i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal request. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. boyle of pennsylvania for today after 3:00 p.m. leave of absence requested for ms. jackson lee of texas for today after 12:00 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. the 118th congress is in full swing. i just want to take a few moments tonight here on the house floor to clarify some things about how this new congress has begun. i'd point out, firs

mr. williams: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. williams: mr. speaker, i stand today to honor texas christian university's 150th anniversary. in 1873 the randolph and ateson clark brothers had a bold vision to create a university that would educate individuals to be leaders for the future with the highest levels of character and responsibility. over the years t.c.u. delivered on that mission and has been a beacon of strong educational values for the world to see. the staff and leaders throughout the years have been instrumental in build ago brighter and better future for all -- building a brighter and better future for all horn frogs. i can speak to how vital my experience at t.c.u. was the rest of my life. they may have looked different then when i was there in the 60's and 70's, but the spirit of innovation, achievement, a shared sense of prps has remained the same. they have always embraced our rich history while also looking to what is next whether it b

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recog recognition? >> to speak for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i have the distinct honor today to commend the high school spartans football team upon winning the 2022 division 7 california state championship. mr. garamendi: this achievement marks the first high school state football title secured by the the unified school district. this accomplishment would not have been possible without the tireless dedication of the pin nola valley players, coaches, parents, students, and educators. the spartans' unwavering commitment to their craft and remarkable team work represents the very best of our students, athletes, and schools. this championship title demonstrates both the talents of the team and their discipline. they exemplify the character, steadfastness, and capability culcultivated at the high schoo. on behalf of t

the president pro tempore: witho ut objection. mr. sent that the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of senate res. 30 and 31 submitted earlier today. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolutions by title. the clerk: senate resolution 30 to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the 118th congress or until their successors are chosen. s. res. 31 to constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for the 118th congress or until their successors are chosen. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the resolutions be agreed to en bloc. the president pro tempore: is there objection to proceeding to the measures en bloc? without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered and laid upon the table en bloc with no intervening action or debate. the president pro tempore: witho ut objection. mr. schumer: for the notice of the members of the senate and the country, we have now constituted th

mr. burgess: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balan of his time.heentleman fm massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, if we defeat t previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to provide for consideration of the resution that affirms the house's unwaveri commitment to protect cial security and medicare and stes it is the position of the houseo reject any cuts to the programs. mr. spker, i ask unanimous amendment into the record along with any extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: witut objection. mr. govern: social security and medicare arehe bedrock of four natios social safety net. yet as many republican colleagues demand recess cuts in exchange for paying o bills, these programs are under threat. despite recenthetoric to the contrary, republicans claim they won't cut social security and medicare benefits. today, democrats are giving republicans a chance to back up that claim with action by providing them a chance

pro tempore: without objection. ms. scanlon: thank you. and now, mr. speaker, i would yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, our esteemed colleague, ms. holmes norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. norton: i thank my friend ms. norton: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i strongly oppose this rule. this roll would allow the house to consider -- to nullify rules enacted by the district of columbia's legislature, the d.c. council. these are profoundly undemocratic, paternalistic resolutions. the house in which the nearly 700,000 d.c. residents have no voting representation is attempting to nullify a bill enacted by the d.c. council whose members are elected by an account -- by and accountable to d.c. residents. what is democracy? the dictionary defines it as a, quote, government in which the supreme power is invested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. end quote. perh

mr. sherman: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sherman: the chinese communist party, obviously believes they can invade america's airspace deliberately, notoriously, and without serious consequences. they even believe -- and this shows their humangall, that the reserve the right to retaliate against america for shooting down their spy balloon. and you know what, after 26 years in this house, i would say the chinese communist party is probably right. they did it. they hit us. and they can probably get away with it. because the two parties will compete about who can scream the greatest toward beijing. then the two parties will attack each other saying, well, what did president trump did and what did president biden do, and in the end we'll have nothing but bruised partisan vocal chords. we see -- i've seen for 26 years the beijing-wall street axis control our policy toward china. now, this is just a balloon, but it is on top of two enormous problems with china. one is the lopsided trade rela

mr. president pro tiem mr. speaker members of the 152nd general assembly and other elected officials statewide members of my cabinet distinguished members of the judiciary invited guests and my fellow delawarians madam president mr. president pro tiem mr. speaker thank you for inviting me into the chamber today. before i get started i'd like to do something i think is really important to recognize general mike ferry and the army and air national guard. these men and women have done an incredible job for the last three years. at this time last year as you may remember we had a few hundred guard members and long-term care facilities across the state. i don't know what we would have done without them. just last week we had another deployment ceremony overseas for 150 army national guardsmen and women from the 160th engineering company assisting with the federal military mission there. never before has their national guard done this much first aid in their country at the same time then these men and women have. ple

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the life and legacy of john adams. a man who needs no introduction in cleveland or progressive field. thanks to his passion for baseball and his iconic drum. john passed away last week at 71 years of age. john, a 1969 graduate of parma high, bought a base drum at a garage sale and first hauled it to an indians game in 1973. over the next 46 years john and his drum would attend more than 3,700 games, including all three all star games, 11 playoff series, and three world series. he missed just 45 games over nearly five decades of fan come. john and his drum were the beating heart of cleveland baseball and they have rightfully been immortalized with a statue at the field. thank you, john. thank you for the memories. may you rest in peace. thank you. i yiel

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from oregon, ms. salinas, for five minutes. ms. salinas: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. salinas: i rise on mental health monday to recognize eating disorder awareness week. this year's theme is "it's time for change" and indeed it is. after opioid use disorder, eating disorders are the second deadliest psychiatric illness, yet, they remain widely misunderstood. so i'd like to address some of those myths around them. myth number one, eating disorders are a choice. an eating disorder is an illness often diagnosed with other mental illnesses. no one chooses to have an eating disorder. myth number two, only females have eating disorders. eating disorders actually hurt people of all genders, ages, races, religions, sexual orientations and body shapes. myth number three, you can't recover from an eating disorder. this, perh

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. weber: th i rise today to celebrate texas independence day and ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous materials. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. weber: thank you, mr. speaker. as i say, i want to celebrate in advance texas independence day on march 2, 1836. folks, they say everything is better in texas. let me just tell you, i'm here to confirm that that rumor is true, or more correctly it is no longer a rumor. we have a saying in texas, and that goes like this. it ain't bragging if it's facts. and that's the facts about texas. mr. speaker, i'm glad to be joined by my good texas friends from both sides of the aisle to celebrate texas independence day. folks on march 2, 1836, that was the day the republic of texas was born. during t

expense to later will continue to stand read ukraine for as long as you take santo law or italy, ricky, mr. pro, who for his lauren too will lose of you. i mean, obviously ukraine can count on italy because as we've shown from the beginning, even across governments, we have been there and we will be there. she said it even if both sides could somehow read for deal like the minsk agreements supposed to end the war and that on boss. it would still be meaningless because we now know the intent to do so was never truly there. to 2014 minsk agreement was an attempt to give you crane time. you can use this time to become stronger as you can see today. the ukraine of 20142015 is not the ukraine of to day, says 2014 ukraine, his friends, and is mailed to butcher. it was better trained and equipped, and had some merit of the means agreement to have given the grin and army these apartments. when those neighbor, i needed the minsk agreements to gain at least 4 and a half years to build the ukrainian forces to build the ukrainian economy, to train ukrainian forces alongside nato, to create the best armed f

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs miller, for five minutes. -- mrs. miller, for five minutes. mrs. miller: americans have the fundamental right to keep and bear arms that shall not be infringed. the unelected bureaucrats at the a.t.f. do not have the constitutional authority to ban guns and violate the second amendment rights of american citizens. i am proud to join my colleagues to fight the -- to block joe biden's pistol brace gun ban and also to fight against -- to fight to defund the a.t.f. in illinois, governor pritzker signed an unconstitutional gun ban that violates the second amendment rights of my constituents. joe biden and pritzker's policies release dangerous criminals, defund the police, and then they want to take our second amendment right to defend ourselves. i'm a proud member of the house freedom caucus and the house second amendment caucus and we are united in our opposition to these unconstitutional attacks on the rights of the ame

mr. speaker, may i inquire how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 12 minutes remaining. mr. ivey: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to yield to my colleague, representative adams of north carolina. ms. adams: thank you very much and i want to, first of all, thank chairman horsford and the co-host anchors for this evening, the gentlelady from maryland and the gentlelady from california. i do rise today to lend my testimony to the conversation about police reform, safe communities and the value of black lives. the brutal beating and the death of tyre nichols is a reminder that we do indeed have a long way to go to solve the structural racism and the systemic police violence in america. tyre was a son, he was a father. i am a mother and a grandmother of sons and daughters. and he had a passion for skateboarding and photography. a young person with purpose, potential and his life was ahead of him. the congressional black caucus has always been the conscience of the congress and that's why we are pushing for reforms to our j

mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. kiley, for five minutes. mr. kiley: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to commemorate zack, a beloved member of our community in rockland, who tragically passed away from fentanyl shortly after christmas day a little over two years ago in 2020. i'd also like to take a moment to introduce the american people to zack's parents, laura and chris, who are with us today in the gallery. i was honored to have laura and chris as guests for last night's state of the union. they have worked tirelessly to honor zack's life through raising awareness of the fentanyl crisis and have undoubtedly saved many lives. this is zack. he was 17 years old, a senior at whitney high school. he was an eagle scout, star of the high school musical, straight a music. his parents had to go through the gutwrenching envelopes of looking at acceptance letters. i'd like to have a moment of silence to honor the life of zack. zack had no history of drug us

mr. president pro tem, members of the 59th legislature, members of the judiciary. tribal leaders, to sarah and my family and most especially to my fellow oklahomans, it is such an honor to be standing before you today. i stood at this podium to give my first state of the state address four years ago after promising to deliver oklahoma's turnaround. and a turnaround we delivered. we said we would put a fresh set of eyes on state government. kutch red tape and create a more transparent government and we delivered. we said we would eliminate our budget deficit and replenish our safe savings and we delivered. we said that would boost economic growth and bring more jobs to the states, and we delivered. we said that we would support our brave law enforcement and we delivered. we said that we would cut taxes and we delivered. we said that we would invest in infrastructure and education, and we delivered. we have done this by sticking to our conservative principles of lower taxes, family, freedom, and faith. [applause] [applause] my fellow oklahomans, the state of our stat

the speaker pro tempore: madam chair. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h.r. 347, directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 347 and has come to no resolution thereon. members, the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to bring attention to the fact that when norfolk southern's train derailed next to my district, leaking chemicals, evacuating constituents, distressing thousands, the people of western p.a. were mad and so was i. that's why my first bill in congress is to take on the railroads. today my colleague and i introduced the derail act which ensures trains carrying hazardous materials

it was mrs. the pro-russian anti-government shor party had clashes with the police , people were pickedbuses in an organized manner, and then there were clashes. what do you think? on the border with this self-help transnistria , there are also the armed forces of ukraine, who expect the possibility of provocation by the enemy. to go to moldova, while having false documents, i think that russia is now trying to destabilize the situation there, if they used to do so through the dodona party, through their own home , surrounding the pro-russian president of russia messed up the situation, now they have found another political force and through which they are trying to do this too by paying for these rallies and it is clear for what purpose they need destabilization and they need it now it is such a coup that russia would show as a victory its victory in one of the former soviet republics well and in the end, literally just a minute, but ask, and then he declared at a meeting of fsb representatives that it was necessary to suppress all kinds of abominations, which were popularized in those

mr. miller did, gosh pro chairman and mr. pest golf and also mr. lab, rough and bloody, was stuck in september that would not stream to pipeline if the german opposition was going to make it to the government and put pressure on the german government under mr. charles, to do so immediately for the sake of all industries and the population. and i went to the lovers with that proposal and i sent to him either you sign it or i will sign it and then you re sign. and that was the pressure that he was under, that was on the 15th of september 2022. and a week later, just a bit more than a week later on the 26 of september, the 20 to the pipelines got bombed or whatever blown up over to germany. and lots of you are definitely still being formed. the, the, the reduced gust supplies they're receiving over this winter. but do you think this latest development could push germany or the european countries to change the attitude towards rushing gas in the use of russian gas? it's really to say, yeah, well, we do have enough gas for this season. that is for sure. but only because we bought off of all availab

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, madam speaker. the wallets of south carolinians and all americans have been negatively affected by the destructive decisions of biden and the democrat-led congress destroying jobs. however, through the leadership of governor henry mcmaster, with the largest republican supermajority in south carolina in 150 years, south carolina has achieved a record surplus of over $3.5 billion in unexpected revenue for the year. last week in the state of the state address by governor mcmaster he stated that 2022 was the most successful year for economic growth in our state's history. the governor announced 120 projects valued at over $10 billion, created 14,000 new jobs. governor jim edwards recruited michelin. gov governor campbell recruited b.m.w. governor nikki haley sa

the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h.r. 18 5, directs me to report it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 185 and has come to nos resolution thereon. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declare lings the house in reis -- declares the house in recess

missiles, for example, a tillery, there was a demonstration today here in warsaw by pro ukrainian protest. i said, urged mr biden, to send fighter jets to ukraine. this will not happen any time soon the americans have and i said, this is not going to happen because it's too complicated to get these weapons in there and to operate. actually these a jets in ukraine em, but it's, it's been, yes, they have to listen to the speech of mister putin that nobody is taking this very seriously here. and you so much for reporting and that update as our correspondent and jamaica refining from warsaw. let's take a look now as mother stories making headlines around the world. palestinian officials say that israeli military has killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 100. in a rate in the occupied westbank city of novice israel says its soldiers were fired on while attempting to arrest alleged palestinian militants says the suspected no 10 are now dead. germany is expelling to iranian diplomat after tucker on sentence in iranian german national to death. john sharma was convicted by an iranian court over mosque bo

mr. phillips: yes, we got a pro we got to solve it. in fact, i think it's just the opposite what you just said, we're very much focused to make sure the trust funds are necessary. these are not entitlements. these are programs that people have paid into them. we have an opportunity to make sure the trust funds are solvent and have the resources to take care of p until we have partners who are willing to sit down and talk about it, it's awfully difficul in an institution of democracy like the one behind us to get that done. so we're going to ex invitation rather than just inspire confrontations on this under no way, shape, or form will democrats ever deny people what they have earned and paid and there are a lot of ways to solve this problem. we're ready to do so and i encourage our friends across the aisle to sit down and do so with us. mr. neguse: all right. one or two more questions. yes. reporter: mr. neguse: i am going to turn to our colleagues. i think leader jeffries has been clear, we'll extend a hand to the republicans to work

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. bishop, for five minutes. mr. bishop: thank you, madam speaker. right now family and friends have gathered in winston-salem, north carolina, to celebrate the life after giant of north carolina politics, jim broyhill, who passed away last week at 95. mr. broyhill served in this house for 23 years and briefly as a member of the united states senate. his torrey began in the town of lenore where he was born the sun of james edgar and sadie hunt broyhill, whose broyhill furniture had become a thriving business and brand name known nationwide. ed broyhill, his father, despite living in a state where the republican party was almost extinct, was a republican national committee man. jim broyhill listened at the kitchen table as community and business leaders and politicians discussed current events with his father. it sparked jim's interest, but first he attended and graduate interested the university of north carolina, class of 1950, joined the family business, and emerged as a leader of the

missiles, for example, a tillery, there was a demonstration to day he and was saw by pro ukrainian protests, urged mr biden to send fighter jets to ukraine. this will not happen anytime soon. the americans have said this is not going to happen because it's too complicated to get these weapons in there and to operate the actually these jets in ukraine em, but it's, it's bug you have says they have to listen to the speech of mister putin. but nobody is taking this very seriously here. are you so much fair reporting and that update? that's our correspondent and make our reporting from warsaw. so as we've heard, a number of eastern european nations are previously part of the communist eastern block fear that their sovereignty is once again threatened by russian power. nato has ramped up security on its eastern flank to help reassure those countries. here lions has deployed extra troops to the baltic states of estonia, lafayette and lithuania, as well as poland, slovakia, romania and non nato member. moldova are also nervous about moscow's intentions. increasing defense spending ramping up ammunition prod

mr. lawler of new york. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-z of house resolution 5, the house stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on friday, february 24, 2023. his complaint doesn't allege anything wrongful. this is always going to turn on the claim. i don't know what your hypothetical would be towards spch you could decide you want to put e adult book section separate from the kids section. that is a biased choice. >> or an algorithm that looks for defamatory speech and puts it up top. you are still saying 230 protection. you look at the claim, a claim for defamation is alws going to look at the claim and say is the harm flowing from the third-party information or from the website own conduct or speech? >> the race example is an excellent example of the claim has nothingo with third-party information. >> the claim would have someinto do with the information. my complaint that you just made, inflammatory speech available to millions of people who otherwise wod t have seen it. you e the hook for that. that is your

mr. guthrie: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. chairman, i yield myself one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: again, the previous republican speaker said that we are confusing the public. i think it's they that are confusing the republic. we are hearing all kinds of anti-vaccine information on the floor and rules. i think it's important to note that c.d.c., f.d.a., and nearly all health professionals are near unanimous in recommending that people get vaccinated. and that vaccines are safe and effective. i just think it's very damaging for the public to constantly hear from members on the other side of the aisle about potential problems with vaccination. then people think that they shouldn't get vaccinated. i know what your position is, that you don't want it to be mandated, which i disagree because of what public health experts say for foreign travelers, but please don't continue to give misinformation. there is over 500 people that die every day from covid. covid is still here. covid contin

mr. dmytro , do you think that a certain pro-russian lobby, pro-russian fsb, will be able to do so, so tod environment to try to rock the boat of our intra-religious stability in ukraine , so to speak russian propaganda will try to use this issue as much as possible. i remember how in 2017, when the parliament made a decision to designate december 25 as an official holiday, and then one of the metropolitans of the moscow patriarchate literally said that hmm, the authorities are trying to steal christmas from people, and you know, it reminded me of the words of the late chechity , who said that politicians stole a piece of happiness from children. that is, we understand that the moscow patriarchate will try in every possible way to intervene in this issue and use him against ukraine. so, on the other hand, we understand that our population has already almost matured, that is, i doubt that this will be a mass phenomenon. although on the other hand , well, as they say, we will live - we will see. advanced and with regard to easter and moving dates, how will this whole thing look and how, in

mr. a self proclaimed republic. now moto is pro western prime minister, has appealed to com and dismissed the obligations of this false flag. invasion and attention have been escalating for some time now last week, moldova bound citizens from serbia, from bella, ruth and montenegro, from entering the country. and this they could prove i need. and while ukraine at the moment is being accused of this military build up on the, on the borders of the south proclaim republic, ukrainian drones are reportedly flying overhead as well. now, hey, we have a statement from the russian defense ministry. the russian defense ministry has recorded a significant accumulation of personnel and military equipment of ukrainian units near the border with trans nestor, the deployment of artillery and firing positions, as well as an unprecedented increase in flights of unmanned aircraft, of the armed forces of ukraine over the territory of the trust mister republic, the implementation of a plan's provocation by the ukrainian authorities poses a direct thre

mr. putin also said that russia must be ready to resume nuclear weapons testing if the united states does the same thing. so it's more of that quid pro stuff for mr. putin. >> brian: trump stared him down and said, "even breaking this treaty, i'm going to rip it up and we can start again." the other thing barack obama did, which was folly, he said to reset the relationship, take the missile defense system in eastern europe and just take it out. vladimir putin said that's a great idea, side is weakness. next thing you know, he takes ukraine. that's the way he works. he sees any time of acquiescence in talking peace as weakness. he only understands the threat of power. >> steve: it'll be interesting to see what joe biden does say and we'll bring you those comments. ct we are watching the images. you got people in ohio after the train derailment that are saying, why is he there and he didn't come here? you have people on our southern border saying he needs to spend more money on our southern border, our northern border, and we are getting word -- there is an internal email going around, casey stegall working for fox received it, and it

pros and cons. and what about mr. said that putin did not threaten him personally, as could be the case with the prime minister of great britain, or all of germany in general. well, it is alarming that germany will show common sense during the chancellorship of olaf schulz, but it is pleasing that there are other countries that will to convince germany that common sense is common sense, but you also need to do the right thing. putin was ready to agree on the terms of a ceasefire in ukraine, but the west did not allow it , former israeli prime minister naftali said bennett in an interview published on his youtube channel. according to him, this happened when he agreed to become a mediator for the end of the russian war in ukraine, and this is may. last year, for this fairy tale , the ex-head of the government of the jewish state even prepared 17-18 drafts of a possible agreements between ukraine and russia and their content is still unknown to the public because the whole process was very secretive, but summed up nafta

channel our inner nigel losses and unblock the arteries of our economy with low cost, pro competition supply—side reforms? mris country. mr speaker, ambulance waiting times are - growth in this country. mr speaker, ambulance waiting times are out i growth in this country. mr speaker, ambulance waiting times are out of| ambulance waiting times are out of control. my constituency, my constituent contact me regarding her 93 old mother who lay collapsed on the ground at home for 17 hours and then queued for 13 hours to get into the hospital, and yet, on monday, the hospital, and yet, on monday, the prime minister said he had his fingers crossed that ambulance waiting times would be reduced. does he really think— waiting times would be reduced. does he really think that's _ waiting times would be reduced. ive" he really think that's enough? mr speaker, if the honourable lady actually looked, we published a comprehensive plan to reduce wait times nand and with ambulances. it was packed with more funding and reform the system, more beds were ambulances more staff and it was a plan that was warmly welcomed by all of