mr. scalise: i yield to the gentleman. mr. hoyer: first of all, let my say -- me say i i reject out of hand the premise that we didn't speak directly to anti-semitism in the resolution adopted yesterday. period. it spoke strongly to that. not only did it speak strongly but if the gentleman heard my remarks, they were very strong with respect to absolute rejection of anti-semitism. apparently the problem is we also spoke against racism. we also spoke against xenophobea. -- xenophobia. mentioned the president, xenophobia. the denigration of immigrant who was been so important to this country at the highest levels of government. the allocations of -- allegations of widespread criminal activity and a broad brush. that resolution yesterday spoke to that. it spoke about islamaphobia. it spoke about hay trett of -- hatred of immigrants. lgbt. members of our society. it spoke against discrimination and hate and yes, it spoke directly about anti-semitism. as it should have. as i was abchutely commit and the members of this house were a

mr. scalise: if the gentleman would yield. mr. hoyer: i yield. mr. scalise: last year as the gentleman knows we were working under a two-year budget agreement. typically we don't have a two-year budget agreement. you bring one budget and that's the budget for that year. so for fiscal year 2012 the house passed a budget. in our majority we passed a budget to establish those numbers to then start the appropriations process. in 2013 we passed through the house a budget to establish the 2013 budget numbers to work off of. in 2014 we passed a budget through the house to establish the budget for that fiscal year. in 2015 we passed a budget through the house to establish the budget for that year. in 2016 we actually got an agreement both between the house and the senate, passed the budget, of course, through the house, and the senate, fiscal year 2017. we passed a budget through the house and the senate and got a full agreement to do an appropriations process. in fiscal year 2018, as the gentleman knows, we actually agree to a two-year budget agreement. to n

mr. scalise: i yield to the gentleman. mr. hoyer: first of all, let my say -- me say i i reject out of hand the premise that we didn't speak directly to anti-semitism in the resolution adopted yesterday. period. it spoke strongly to that. not only did it speak strongly but if the gentleman heard my remarks, they were very strong with respect to absolute rejection of anti-semitism. apparently the problem is we also spoke against racism. we also spoke against xenophobea. -- xenophobia. mentioned the president, xenophobia. the denigration of immigrant who was been so important to this country at the highest levels of government. the allocations of -- allegations of widespread criminal activity and a broad brush. that resolution yesterday spoke to that. it spoke about islamaphobia. it spoke about hay trett of -- hatred of immigrants. lgbt. members of our society. it spoke against discrimination and hate and yes, it spoke directly about anti-semitism. as it should have. as i was abchutely commit and the members of this house were a

mr. scalise: if the gentleman would yield. mr. hoyer: i yield. mr. scalise: last year as the gentleman knows we were working under a two-year budget agreement. typically we don't have a two-year budget agreement. you bring one budget and that's the budget for that year. so for fiscal year 2012 the house passed a budget. in our majority we passed a budget to establish those numbers to then start the appropriations process. in 2013 we passed through the house a budget to establish the 2013 budget numbers to work off of. in 2014 we passed a budget through the house to establish the budget for that fiscal year. in 2015 we passed a budget through the house to establish the budget for that year. in 2016 we actually got an agreement both between the house and the senate, passed the budget, of course, through the house, and the senate, fiscal year 2017. we passed a budget through the house and the senate and got a full agreement to do an appropriations process. in fiscal year 2018, as the gentleman knows, we actually agree to a two-year budget agreement. to n

mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. mr. scalise: i thank the speaker for yielding. really a special moment for all of us to pay tribute to don young for this great achievement, being the longest serving republican in the house, especially for someone who loves this institution so much. as we talked about john dingell and had the honor of serving with john dingell in the house energy and commerce committee and seeing his passion, not just for the issues he believes in in fighting for the auto industry and so many other issues, but for his love of the people's house. and don young has that same love. anybody that knows don young knows that his secrets to longevity are always speaking his mind, fighting every day to be a champion for the great people of alaska, and always speaking his mind. on a somber note, don started his career out of a tragedy. a lot of you remember back in october of 1972 there was a plane crash in alaska. and begich and boggs who at the time was the majority leader went down in a plane crash. and there wa

mr. scalise: i yield to the gentleman. mr. hoyer: first of all, let my say -- me say i i reject out of hand the premise that we didn't speak directly to anti-semitism in the resolution adopted yesterday. period. it spoke strongly to that. not only did it speak strongly but if the gentleman heard my remarks, they were very strong with respect to absolute rejection of anti-semitism. apparently the problem is we also spoke against racism. we also spoke against xenophobea. -- xenophobia. mentioned the president, xenophobia. the denigration of immigrant who was been so important to this country at the highest levels of government. the allocations of -- allegations of widespread criminal activity and a broad brush. that resolution yesterday spoke to that. it spoke about islamaphobia. it spoke about hay trett of -- hatred of immigrants. lgbt. members of our society. it spoke against discrimination and hate and yes, it spoke directly about anti-semitism. as it should have. as i was abchutely commit and the members of this house were a

mr. scalise: i agree we should continue to honor all of those >> niels lesniewski, senior senate staff writer for "rollcall" joins us ahead of the senate debate on the resolution to terminate the president's national emergency declaration to build a southern border wall. when will the senate take up this resolution, and what is the current plan? niels: most likely the vote is going to be on thursday because the senate is about to depart for a weeklong recess for st. patrick's day. this will likely be the last legislating the senate does before it leaves. what we are looking to see is whether or not senate republicans get together and muster the votes to try to at least amend the resolution of termination as it came over from the house that would effectively stop the national emergency designation for the southern border wall. we do not know whether or not there will be enough republican senators who will be supportive of making any changes to the resolution as it came from the house. >> the house last month 245-182. 13 republicans supported the resolution. what will we see in the senate, and

mr. scalise: thank you. appreciate the leadership. i'm glad that the mueller investigation is finally over. and he found what we found a long time ago. there was never any collusion between trump or the trump campaign and russia. in fact, we, again, found that a long time ago there was over 20 million of taxpayer money that was spent -- $20 million of taxpayer money that was spent on this investigation, and it completely vindicates president trump. and let's be clear. when you look at some of the wild and baseless accusations that were made over the last two years by leading democrats here in congress, includinged a a-- adam schiff, chairman schiff, who said there was more than circle evidence, that there is collusion -- circumstantial evidence, that there was collusion today is about -- collusion. today is about accountability to those who made reckless claims. who not only made those claims against the president, but continue. they can't give it up. they continue to want to harass the president and his family. enough is enough. the

mr. scalise. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman, i thank the gentleman for those comments, go tigers. i want to rise in response to this bill that instead of being called for the people act should be called for the politicians act. let's look at some of the measures that involve taking over the elections process. section 5461 will allow billions of taxpayer money to be funneled into political campaign accounts. that's your hard-earned dollarsmark in -- in many cases going to fund a candidate for office that you oppose. think about that now let's look at section 1402 of this bill, mr. chairman. where they allow felons to vote. let's take for example a state that might have a law against felons voting. heavily debated in the state where they're allowed to have that ability to set their laws enshrined by the constitution. so here comes the federal government telling a state, for example, that if somebody went to federal prison for voter fraud, that they now have to let them be involved in the political process and vote even t

mr. scalise. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman, i thank the gentleman for those comments, go tigers. i want to rise in response to this bill that instead of being called for the people act should be called for the politicians act. let's look at some of the measures that involve taking over the elections process. section 5461 will allow billions of taxpayer money to be funneled into political campaign accounts. that's your hard-earned dollarsmark in -- in many cases going to fund a candidate for office that you oppose. think about that now let's look at section 1402 of this bill, mr. chairman. where they allow felons to vote. let's take for example a state that might have a law against felons voting. heavily debated in the state where they're allowed to have that ability to set their laws enshrined by the constitution. so here comes the federal government telling a state, for example, that if somebody went to federal prison for voter fraud, that they now have to let them be involved in the political process and vote even t

mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. mr. scalise: i thank the speaker for yielding. really a special moment for all of us to pay tribute to don young for this great achievement, being the longest serving republican in the house, especially for someone who loves this institution so much. as we talked about john dingell and had the honor of serving with john dingell in the house energy and commerce committee and seeing his passion, not just for the issues he believes in in fighting for the auto industry and so many other issues, but for his love of the people's house. and don young has that same love. anybody that knows don young knows that his secrets to longevity are always speaking his mind, fighting every day to be a champion for the great people of alaska, and always speaking his mind. on a somber note, don started his career out of a tragedy. a lot of you remember back in october of 1972 there was a plane crash in alaska. and begich and boggs who at the time was the majority leader went down in a plane crash. and there wa

scalise and steny hoyer talk about next week's agenda. the campaign finance and voting rights bill passed by house members and comments by the minnesota representative. this is about 45 minutes. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning our debate and 2:00 for legislative business with folks postponed until 6:30 p.m.. on tuesday and wednesday, the house will meet at 10:00 for a morning our debate and 12:00 for legislative business. legislative business. on thursday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. with last votes no later than 3:00 p.m. we will consider several bills under suspension of the rules. a complete list of suspensions -- suspension bills will be announced by the close of business today. the house will also consider h.con.res. 24 expressing the sense of congress that the report of special counsel mueller should be made available to the public and to congress.

scalise says there will be no new indictments confirm what is we knew all along that there was never collusion with russia. republican senator lindsey graham says, "you always believed it was important that mreller be allowed to do his job without interference and that has been accomplished." lawmakers on the phone i spoke to expect to get some information about the findings this weekend. but one issue in terms of actually putting their hands on it, just about everybody is out of town. tucker? >> tucker: peter doocy. great to see you. thank you very much. i want to wrap up this hour with calmness, perspective, decency and kindness. the person we go to is dana perino. >> i have good news. >> tucker: what is it? >> i'll save it to the end. ask me question. >> tucker: my question is open-ended. you have watched all of this for two years. >> yeah. >> tucker: tonight is not, it's not the final moment. but this is the beginning of the final moment. >> i think if it's not the final moment, just reading even at blogs they are saying that, i don't know if it's over. obviously we want to see the report. >> tucker: right. >> people will not be satisfied until they see the underlying documents. as laur

mr. chairman. i actually have three amendments. i don't know how -- >> go through all of them. >> thank you very much. i appreciate you allowing me to be here. this first one is from whip scalise, myself, and mike johnson, it's been passed a couple times, previously in the house, did not go there the senate, the free speech fairness act, this is an amendment that will allow pastors and religious leaders across the nation to address their membership without encumbrance by the federal government. the 1st amendment to our constitution as we all know states explicitly that congress shall make no law that bridges the freedom of speech. and yet since 1954, our government has restricted that freedom in churches, synagogues, and mosques across the country. i myself a pastor for 25 years prior to coming here personally experienced this. thomas jefferson said that to take a single step beyond the boundaries, especially drawn around the powers of congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power no longer susceptible to definition. and what we're trying to do is return to the intended definition of the 1st amendment and free our religious congregations from the icy glaze of t

mr. schiff's resignation. here to react is house minority whip and republican congressman in the great state of louisiana steve scaliseon that. i think a lot of pelosi's poodles out there running scared of the facts. they are still trying to chase down witch hunts. if that's what they want to be the party of constant harassment of the president. of his family. of allowing babies who are born to be killed when they are outside of the womb, that's what they have become. it's radical. steve: what do you make of the house intel committee republicans who called on adam schiff who is the chairman hey, have you deceived the american public long enough and there they are right there. you need to resign. >> it was powerful words and frankly rooted in the fact for the last two years adam schiff has been going around saying he has more than circumstantial evidence of collusion. they have been hanging their hat on the mueller report. they were convinced there would be indictments and there would be all this evidence of collusion and there was none. in fact, he said there is going to be no new indictments and there was no collusio