mr. royce: state the nature. mr. connolly: i have a series of 20 different quotes with respect to the helsinki performance, i would ask unanimous consent they be entered into the record. mr. royce: without objection. >> may i ask if the gentleman read the statements before i decide if i can protest. >> i think there will be objection at that point. fromwould ask my friend rhode island to withdraw his request. >> very good. be helpful here. that concludes our business. without objection, the committee is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> with the help of our sudden link by cable partners we'll life andhe literary history of lake charles. saturday at noon eastern, on book tv. charles greww lake from a lawless home to pirates to one of the country's top of petrochemicals with author cormier through his book lost lake charles. >> oil and gas has alwa

rest: state the -- mr. royce: state the nature. mr. connolly: i have a series of 20 different quotes with respect to the helsinki performance, i ask unanimous consent they be entered into the record. r. royce: without objection. >> can i ask if the gentleman read the statements before i decide if i can protest. mr. royce: that concludes our business. without objection, the committee is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] washington post reporter bob woodward's our washington journal guest monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, talking about his new book "fear: trump in the white house." on tuesday, former independent counsel, ken starr joins us to discuss his book, a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week on c-span's "washington journal." coming up tonight on c-span, the senate judiciary committee holding a meeting on the brett kavanaugh supreme court nomination. tha

mr. royce: state the nature. mr. connolly: i have a series of 20 different quotes with respect to the helsinki performance, i would ask unanimous consent they be entered into the record. mr. royce: without objection. >> may i ask if the gentleman read the statements before i decide if i can protest. >> i think there will be objection at that point. fromwould ask my friend rhode island to withdraw his request. >> very good. be helpful here. that concludes our business. without objection, the committee is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> here's some of the live events we are covering on friday. at 10:00, a discussion about the 2008 financial crisis. at 7:00, a chef talks about hurricane relief efforts in puerto rico and his book. c-span2, house democrats will talk about hurricane preparedness and recovery efforts in puerto rico and the virgin isla

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i move the house pass the bill as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the -- the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 2497. an act to amend the foreign assistance act of 1961 and the arms export control act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriations of funds to israel and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include any extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. royce: i also ask unanimous consent to place into the record letters exchanged between the committees of jurisdiction on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: witho

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i want to yield four minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. ted yoho, the chairman of the foreign affairs subcommittee on asia and the pacific, and the author of this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for four minutes. mr. yoho: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 5576, the cyber deterrence and response act. thank you, chairman royce, ranking member engel, and your staff for helping usher this bill through the foreign affairs committee. the threat of a cyber attack on our country and the american people are growing in their physical case and frequency by -- sophistication by the met. private businesses and individual americans continue to pose escalating threats to our nation. foreign adversaries like iran, north korea, russia, and china have developed sophisticated cyber capabilities that can disrupt our networks, threaten our critical infrastructure, harm our economy, and undermine our elections. as members of congress

mr. royce: the committee will come to order. we meet today to consider a single item. pursuant to notice for purposes of markup i call up house lu

mr. royce: thank y. any other members seek recognition? any other members seek recognition to speak? do any members seek recognition? mister seth laney -- >> yes, move to speak last word. mister chairman, i support house resolution 1017, which requests that the penetration turnover documents related to the july 16 meeting between president donald trump and president vladimir putin. two months after the fact, congress and the american people still know nothing or next to nothing about what was discussed between president trump and russian president vladimir putin in a private two hour meeting at which none of the president's advisors were present. after that meeting, president trump stood on a stage with vladimir putin, a man who has directed his military to launch a cyber attack on our country's elections, and whose regime regularly has journalists murdered, marginal individuals tortured and political opponents turning to jail. rather than sending up to putin, he stood up is bent over backwards to please the dictator and even denigrated ou

mr. royce: mr. speaker, a former district attorney like dan donovan can tell you, if you are trying to get the attention of a thug, there's nothing like a reward on your head to create real fear for that terrorist or that criminal. we want wildlife traffickers to know the fear of being hunted. it is time we send the message toll wildlife traffickers around the world that the united states will use every tool at our disposal to stop them and to take them down. urge passage and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6197. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid n the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. h.r. 5923, by the yeas and

mr. royce: mr. speaker, let me begin by thanking the gentlelady for yielding to me. and i do want to commend my colleague, mimi walters, foring or -- for organizing this special order. i want to commend her for her tireless effort for the release of her constituent by the name of michael wynn. someone whose family i happen to know. and i rise today to request that the government of vietnam release an american citizen. and if i could just share with you my observations about this situation, we are really speaking out on behalf of a u.s. citizen from orange, california, who was detained as the congresswoman shared with you on july 7, and what i wanted to share with you is he was touring vietnam and visiting elderly relatives. i think that's a commendable thing he does, that he stays in touch, he tries to do this once a year. to see his elledler -- elderly relatives in vietnam. we have been informed that he's under investigation for engaging in activity against the people's government, which in 24 case -- in which case -- which in this case is a spureus charge that the

mr. chair, i yield back. chairman royce: we go to the representative from florida. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. if only implement it and forced, u.s. sanctions can be a -- to asget rogue regimes, as well those in our own hemisphere, like venezuela, cuba, and nicaragua. regimes like these can threaten our national security and human rights, all those forced to suffer under their despot accrual, and it undermines the stability of key regions with significant consequences for our national security. that is why it i have worked in -- that is why i have worked in a bipartisan way, especially in this committee, specifically under the leadership of chairman ,oyce and ranking member engel for a number of acts on the books, as well as iran, north korea, and syria nonproliferation acts. i am also proud to have offered the venezuelan human rights and democracy protection act, and forwarded the protection of the global magnitsky act. this has become a very important tool, and i am pleased to see that the administration has made

chairman of the full committee, mr. royce, thank you for your many years of attention to africa and ethiopia in that process. and, mr. coffman, the same. just a couple of things. i'm on the armed services committee, and the new national defense strategy emphasizes russia and china. the result of that, apparently, is a movement by the d. of defense -- by the department of defense to move away from africa. particularly the sahel and areas of violent extreme organizations. i draw that to the attention of this committee. the interrelationship between the work of this committee and the armed services committees with regard to the role of the department of defense and the state department in africa deserves our attention. of specific interest beyond that is some of the questions that have arisen with regard to the current famine, brought that's occurring on the eastern portions of ethiopia and probably going to move beyond that. the work of this committee and pushing back on the $300 million rescission in the food aid programs is m

mr. lieu and chairman royce. it seems to me, mr. speaker, that we've been caught flat-footed before a range of new threats, including cyberattacks. our agencies haven't done enough to root out vulnerabilities and frankly congress hasn't done enough either to make sure our agencies across government have the tools they need to tackle these challenges. i hope going forward we'll be able to take a comprehensive look at cyberthreats and make sure the state department and all our departments and agencies are up to the tasks. for now this bill is a good step in the right direction. it replicates an approach that has worked well over the last few years. i urge all members to support it and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, in closing i would like to thank my colle

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. royce, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1911, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1911, a bill to amend the state department basic authorities act of 1956 to monitor and combat anti-semitism globally, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this te the yeas -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 393. the nays are 2. thirds 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the b