mrs. hartzler, had been postponed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 115-217 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order -- amendment number 1 by mr. garamendi of california. amendment number 3 by mr. buck of colorado. amendment number 4 by mr. perry of pennsylvania. amendment number 10 by mrs. hartzler of missouri. amendment number 5 by mr. gosar of arizona. amendment number 6 by mr. tom rooney of florida. the chair will reduce to two minutes after the first in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in house report 115-217 by the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 115-217 offered by mr. garamendi of california. the chair: a recorded has been requested. those in support of th

mrs. hartzler: mr. speaker, this is about addressing korea, russia, isis. we need every defense dollar to go to meeting those threats, not anything else, and we need to make sure our troops are ready and can be deployed. i ask my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. all time for debate having ended, the question is now on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from missouri. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is -- the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from missouri will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i move the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. accordingly, the committee rises. the spea

mrs. hartzler. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. hartzler: i rise in support year 2018 national defense authorization act. as members of congress, it's our responsibility to provide support to our men and uniform wlile they serve our nation. this bill takes significant steps to address our readiness crisis by ensuring that our troops have the resources, training and capabilities needed to face the growing threats of today. i'm proud of the provisions included in this bill to reform the foreign military sales process, provide funding to address the critical infrastructure needs and protect our nation's highly sensitive u.s. military information, information that our adverse areas are actively looking to exploit. f-18thorizes 22 additional super hornets and funds the b-21 radar to deter future aggression. i represent missouri 4th district. this bill funds programs for the b-2 spirit and authorizes phase one of a new hospital facility. since arisk to congress i have been fighting to fight the infrastructure needs, lake city is the sourc

mrs. hartzler and joined by her colleague, mr. clay. 'm glad to be a co-sponsor, as are members of the judiciary committee and others. sadly sex trafficking, like labor trafficking, is a modern day form of slavery. it is slavery. the epidemic of this abhorrent practice of sex trafficking continues. first, sex trafficking occurs nationwide. the data from the national human trafficking hotline shows that reports of human trafficking almost doubled from 372 reported cases in 2012 to 670 reported cases in 2016. with sex trafficking accounting for more than 75% of all human trafficking. sex trafficking is easy. it is very profitable. because unfortunately you use the vulnerable victim over and over again. take esperanza. she was waiting to go to high school. she became pregnant. would you think there would be some form of mercy. but she was forced to be used again, to be sex trafficked again. and to find herself in a cantina in houston, texas. all the way from mexico. really wanted to speak up, to ask the police for help, she said. but she g

mrs. hartzler of missouri. the chair: a recorded vote having been requested, those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. members, this is a two-minute vogt. -- 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 209, the nays are 214. he amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 5 printed in house report 115-217 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar, on which further proceedings were postponed and the aye press veiled by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in house report 115-217 offered by mr. gosa

mrs. hartzler. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. hartzler: i rise in support year 2018 national defense authorization act. as members of congress, it's our responsibility to provide support to our men and uniform wlile they serve our nation. this bill takes significant steps to address our readiness crisis by ensuring that our troops have the resources, training and capabilities needed to face the growing threats of today. i'm proud of the provisions included in this bill to reform the foreign military sales process, provide funding to address the critical infrastructure needs and protect our nation's highly sensitive u.s. military information, information that our adverse areas are actively looking to exploit. f-18thorizes 22 additional super hornets and funds the b-21 radar to deter future aggression. i represent missouri 4th district. this bill funds programs for the b-2 spirit and authorizes phase one of a new hospital facility. since arisk to congress i have been fighting to fight the infrastructure needs, lake city is the sourc

mrs. hartzler: they provide guitars, picks and lessons to disabled veterans in order to help them ease the wounds that so many of them are facing. these weekly lessons provide an outlet for veterans to use the joy of music to heal their souls. weekly they provide these lessons for up to 50 veterans. c.j. and dave provide the 3-c. aising to their 50 i am thankful for their efforts to provide services to our nation's heroes who have so graciously given service to our great country. mr. speaker, it's an honor to take this opportunity to recognize c.j. and dave for their efforts on behalf of our nation's veterans. i'm blessed to represent them in congress and wish them continued success of this very special project. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. mcnerney: i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mcnerney: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life and work of

mrs. hartzler of movement. it was controversial. and the majority party lost. so what did they do? they didn't add it to the bill as mrs. hartzler wanted it to do, have an amendment on this floor so we could debate it gain on its demerits or merits depending upon your perspective. but they went around not by regular order, not by taking depending upon your issues head on, but by having the president answer some tweet that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says he never talked to about. one additional minute. no. ms. slaughter: talked to about.. mr. hoyer: my colleagues, let us stand up for this institution. let us stand up for regular order. let us stand up for not ducking the tough issues. let's reject this rule. and then let's go back to regular order and hopefully do so in a bipartisan way and do what the american public expects us to do. make tough decisions for them, for our country, for our security, and for our children. and i yield back the balance of my time. urge my colleagues to vote against this rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balanc

hartzler amendment would turn it down. when we have a country to save, a country to protect. so i suggest this, mr. speaker. if this ndaa bill fails tomorrow, it will come back again and it will come back again with the hartzler language in it. under a rule that will allow it to pass here on the floor of the house of representatives. democrats are not going to help us pass this bill. only a handful of them will do that. so republicans have to do the right thing. and we should stop dividing ourselves, we should stop letting america be embarrassed in front of the world for a ridiculous decision that was made today. so i urge, i urge a correction to the ndaa. and i urge english to be adopted as the official language of the united states of america. because it unifies us and helps us communicate with each other, a common form of communicationses currency is the most powerful unifying force throughout the entire istory of the world. with that, mr. speaker, i would yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain a motion. from the gentleman from iowa. mr. king: mr. speaker, i mo

mr. mcgovern: i'd like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the american civil liberties union in opposition to the hartzler amendment, which it deems as discriminatory and unconstitutional. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: it is ironic to me that we have time to debate a bill that discriminates against transgender members of the armed forces and military families. we can't find time to debate the war. it really is sad. it's a sad commentary on the way the rules committee conducted itself last night. mr. speaker, if the gentleman believes that what we're doing in afghanistan is consistent with what was envisioned 16 years ago, he can go on thinking that. but it isn't. if he thinks it's ok that that authorization is used to justify every military involvement we have all around the world, he can go ahead and think that way. i think he's very much mistaken. mr. speaker, congress has to stop kicking the can down the road. it is unconscionable that the republican leadership continues to prevent meaningful debate on these wars. let me say one thing about why our house colleagues, democrat