mr. scalise: thank you whip emmer -- thank you, whip emmer. the state of our union is struggling under the weight of biden's agenda that is hurting families across this country. you can see it when people go to the gas station and pay 40% more to fill up their cars. it's not just at the pump. their household elect bills are through the roof. when they go to the grocery store, they're paying dramatically more for food. because of president extremist agenda and radical sp he may talk tonight about the debt ceiling and of course the debt ceiling is a symptom of washington's spending problem under joe biden. trillions in new spending that he's brought and to do what? hundreds of billions of dollars president biden borrowed to pay people not to work. think about paying people not to work at a time when every small business owner is lacking for workers. it's not just bad spending policy to borrow from our children to pay people not to work, but president biden's agenda of paying people not to work undermines social security. because when he's borrow

mr. scalise: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of announcing the schedule for next week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i also ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. the house will meet next monday at 12:00 noon for morning, 2:00 p.m. for legislative bills. on tuesday, the house will meet -- business. on tules the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business, at 9:00 p.m. the house and senate will assemble for a joint session to receive president biden's address on the state of the union. members should be seated in the house chamber by 8:25 p.m. on wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative bills. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business amend we'ller considering several bills -- we'll be considering

mr. scalise. mr. scalise: thank you mr. speaker. 26th amendment 26, section 1, the right of citizens of the united states, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of age. section 2, the congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. yield back. mr. cline: 27th amendment. no law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. mr. speaker, that concludes the reading of the constitution. i ask unanimous consent that i may be allowed to revise and extend my remarks and insert omitted material in the record during the reading of the constitution. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair.

mr. scalise, the gentle man from minnesota, the gentlewoman from new york, the gentleman from north carolina. hudson, the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson, the gentlewoman from oregon, mrs. chavez, the gentlewoman from virginia, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, mrs. clark, the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar, the gentleman from washington, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from colorado, and the gentlewoman from california. >> the president of the senate, at the direction of that body, appoints the following senators as members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort the president of the united states into the house chamber, the senators from new york -- senator from new york, mr. schumer, the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from washington, miss murray, the senator from michigan, the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar, the senator from wisconsin, ms. baldwin, the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, the senator from south dakota, the s

mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from kentucky for yielding and for bringing this important legislation to the floor. you know, when you look across the country as people have worked hard to get their lives back in order, to get their small businesses back up and run, states that pushed to open their states up again because they knew that the health of their people, the mental health, the ability for kids to get back in school, was so critical and of course data is out there all around but especially amongst our young kids who many millions of young kids in america lost a year plus of learning because of virtual learning because being in the classroom just wasn't the same. and those communities that made the effort to open back up again were able to provide a much higher level of education than those schools that went out of their way to stay shut down. and daniel was caused to so many. and so, as you see most of the country now back at work, they look at congress and say why isn't washington? back

mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from kentucky for yielding and for bringing this important legislation to the floor. you know, when you look across the country as people have worked hard to get their lives back in order, to get their small businesses back up and run, states that pushed to open their states up again because they knew that the health of their people, the mental health, the ability for kids to get back in school, was so critical and of course data is out there all around but especially amongst our young kids who many millions of young kids in america lost a year plus of learning because of virtual learning because being in the classroom just wasn't the same. and those communities that made the effort to open back up again were able to provide a much higher level of education than those schools that went out of their way to stay shut down. and daniel was caused to so many. and so, as you see most of the country now back at work, they look at congress and say why isn't washington? back

mr. scalise, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. emirate, the gentlewoman from new york, mrs.rth carolina, mr. hudson. the gentleman from alabama, mr. ponder, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson, the gentlewoman from oregon, mrs. chavez dreamer, the gentleman from virginia, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries. the gentleman from massachusetts, miss clark. the gentleman from california, mr. agular. the gentleman from california, mr. lieu, the gentleman from washington, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from -- >> what he's reading here is the escort committee for the president, which is a sort of ceremonial role here for the vice president now. >> the president of the senate, at the direction of that body, appoints the following senators as members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort the president of the united states, into the house chambers. the senator from new york, mr. schumer, the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from washington, miss murray, the senator from michigan, the senator from minnesota, miss

mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from kentucky, the chairman of the oversight committee for yielding. also want to thank congressman clyde for bringing h.j.res. 26, the bill, to address this serious problem of crime. you have been hearing this debate on the floor. i'm sure people watching at home are watching in amazement that this is not a unanimous discussion. that we are not all standing up here on the house floor dporg the -- florg the crime -- deploring the crime that south of control in the district of columbia. we have seen it in so many communities around america. you see it in so many big cities. pretty much all run by democrats i'll point out. but where crime is out of control after they dropped pents for criminals -- penalties for criminals. where they defunded the police. this massive shift against law enforcement. against keeping communities safe. you would think we would all be in agreement on that. the fact that in d.c. sexual abuse is up 157%. you would think you would hear the other