mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, the ranking member of the commerce, justice, science committee, mr. serrano. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. serrano: i thank the gentlewoman. you know, for me, this is a very simple thought. it's the same thought i've had all along. this country, of all countries, should not be building a wall. this country, the land of opportunity, the land of freedom, the land where people come to build a new life, should not be building a wall. so what do we do? there isn't the support necessary for building the wall. for funding it. so at the last moment we sneak it into a so-called must-pass bill or otherwise you shut the overnment down. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant back live to the house floor now for votes. tes will be taken following order. , use resolution 1063, house h.r. 7318 by the yeas and nays, h.r. 7319 by the yeas and nays. h.r. 7329 by the yeas and n

mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio, the ranking member of the energy and water subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank the ranking member from new york, mrs. lowey, for yielding. here we are, mr. speaker, again and again and again. in fact, it's the ninth continuing resolution that the republicans have punted in this congress rather than getting the job done. this president claims to be a great deal maker but what kind of a deal does he even want? he keeps switching the goal posts again and again. it reminds me of a child who flips over a monopoly board when he realizes he's about to lose. the president's nonsense is compounded by the dysfunction, sadly, of house republicans. they are about to vote on funding a bill that has no chance of becoming law. zero. zero chance of becoming law. all of this because they want to waste money on a border wall that mexico was supposed to pay for

mrs. lowey: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lowey: last night, the senate unanimously passed legislation that would fund our government through february 8. democrats are disappointed that congress would kick the can down the road once again. yet, we remain willing to pass that bill to keep the government open. unfortunately, my friends, even that simple stopgap measure is apparently unacceptable to a president hell-bent on shutting down the government over his wasteful wall. and instead of showing leadership and moving forward with the senate legislation, despite the president's tweets, house republicans have caved once again to trump's political whims. they now have put up this grab bag of legislation that wastes taxpayers' dollars, fails to meet the urgent needs of disaster victims, and frankly, my friends, is dead on arrival in the senate. with all the challenges facing our country, from soaring health care costs to crumb

mrs. lowey: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lowey: last night, the senate unanimously passed legislation that would fund our government through february 8. democrats are disappointed that congress would kick the can down the road once again. yet, we remain willing to pass that bill to keep the government open. unfortunately, my friends, even that simple stopgap measure is apparently unacceptable to a president hell-bent on shutting down the government over his wasteful wall. and instead of showing leadership and moving forward with the senate legislation, despite the president's tweets, house republicans have caved once again to trump's political whims. they now have put up this grab bag of legislation that wastes taxpayers' dollars, fails to meet the urgent needs of disaster victims, and frankly, my friends, is dead on arrival in the senate. with all the challenges facing our country, from soaring health care costs to crumb

mrs. lowey: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lowey: last night, the senate unanimously passed legislation that would fund our government through february 8. democrats are disappointed that congress would kick the can down the road once again. yet, we remain willing to pass that bill to keep the government open. unfortunately, my friends, even that simple stopgap measure is apparently unacceptable to a president hell-bent on shutting down the government over his wasteful wall. and instead of showing leadership and moving forward with the senate legislation, despite the president's tweets, house republicans have caved once again to trump's political whims. they now have put up this grab bag of legislation that wastes taxpayers' dollars, fails to meet the urgent needs of disaster victims, and frankly, my friends, is dead on arrival in the senate. with all the challenges facing our country, from soaring health care costs to crumb