mrs. hartzler: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer an amendment that would limit the cfpb's ability to unilaterally enter into fiscally irresponsible contracts for the purpose of advertising. the cfpb has shown itself to be irresponsible with their spending and politically motivated with their choice of advertising firms. in fiscal year 2016, the cfpb has so far spent $15.3 million on internet ads. which have achieved questionable results. the cfpb is devoting a greater portion of its budget to advertising than nearly every other federal agency. moreover, nearly all the cfpb's advertising dollars, including a $12.5 million contract signed in february of this year, are going to a single advertising firm, just happened to be used by the presidential campaigns, the president, barack obama, and former secretary of state, hillary clinton. this is wreckless, out-of-control government spending at its worst worst and it wreaks of cronyism. congress must act to rein in this abusive waste of taxpayer funds and stop the age

mrs. hartzler of missouri. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. his will be a two-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 chair: on this vote, the yeas are 242, the nays are 179. he amendment is adopted. the clerk will read the last twolines. the clerk: page 255, line 10, this act may be cited as the financial services and general government appropriations act, 2017. the chair: there being no further amendments under the rule, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: madam chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under conside

mrs. hartzler: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in firm support of the conscience protection act, the validity and timeliness of this legislation could not be more important, in light of recent events in california, which religious employers are being forced to violate their beliefs by purchasing health coverage for their employees that includes elective abortion and, as stories surface that you've heard about today, of nurses being forced to participate in abortion procedures or else risk losing their jobs. the time to correct this injustice is now. it is unthinkable that the government could and would force a person to act against their personally held beliefs. yet that is what is happening. in a speech at notre dame in 2009, president obama said, let's honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion. but those words have rung hollow as his administration has sided with those two w.h.o. violate the first amendment. it doesn't have to be like this. -- with those who violate the first amendment. it doesn't hav

mrs. hartzler, mr. heck of nevada, ms. stefanik, ms. loretta sanchez of california, mrs. davis of california, messrs. langevin, larsen of washington, cooper, ms. bordallo, mr. courtney, ms. tsongas, messrs. garamendi, johnson of georgia, ms. speier, and mr. peters. from the permanent select committee on intelligence, for consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee under clause 11 of rule 10, messrs. nunes, pompeo and schiff. from the committee on education and the work force, for consideration of sections 571 through 74 and 578 of the senate bill, and sections 571, 573, 1098-e, and 3512 of the house amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. walberg, guthrie, scott of virginia, from the committee on energy and commerce, for consideration of sections 3112 and 3123 of the senate bill, and sections 346, 601, 749, 3119-a 0, 1095, 1673, and 3119-c of the house amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. latta, johnson of ohio, and pallone. from the committee on foreign affairs for consideration of 1050, s 828, 1006, 100