ms. smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, the senate consider the following nominations en bloc. calendar numbers 1137, 1138, and 1108. that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. ms. smith: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in aered pooh of morning business, with -- in a beard of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: mr.

beatty, ms. kelly, ms. jackson lee, ms. sewell of alabama, these members will vote yes on h.r. 8466. >> as the member designated by mr. pfluger of texas, i inform the house that mr. pfluger will vote yes on h.r. 8466. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. murphy of florida, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. murphy will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina and ms. herrera beutler, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by vargas and spir and huffman, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by michelle steel of california, i inform the house she will vote yes on h.r. 8486. the speaker pro

payne, ms. sherrill, ms.ires, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question. -- mr. sires, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by michelle steel of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that she will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, ms. herrera beutler of washington, i inform the house that mr. rice and ms. herrera beutler will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas -- the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? ms. escobar: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. meng and mr. soto, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on th

ms. delauro: with a 72-25 vote, the senate approved this legislation with the support of all democrats and 22 republicans, including senators shelby and mcconnell. before i begin, i want to acknowledge the millions of people in florida, puerto rico, alaska and elsewhere reeling from recent disasters. stranded without power and other necessary resources. and mourning the loss of loved ones. this institution will stand with communities across america as they rebuild and recover. with the many challenges facing our nation and the world, including devastating natural disasters, and the high cost of living, we cannot wait any longer to pass this bill. this bill guarantees that we have the means to continue the important work we are doing to help middle class and working families with the cost of living, support vulnerable americans by keeping roofs over their heads of millions of families and food on their tables. uphold our commitment to our veterans and strengthen our national security. but

ms. brown-nagin: he did. ms. ulaby: then she was plucked, a wealthy white man learned -- i think -- what set her on the trajectory to columbia law school? ms. brown-nagin: right. let me tell you about it, and a bit about her background. she was not a person of privilege. in fact, her family was a working class family. her parents immigrated to this country from the west indies in the early 20th century. virtually every male relative in her family worked for yell university, and she grew up in the shadow of yale, in new haven. something i know in what -- in my work, one could imagine one is a working-class black person growing up in new haven in the shadow of yale, there might be resentment. but for her family, their position was inspiring. her father really read the privilege of the young man that he served at yale as a chef, into himself. and the parents thought of themselves as the father in particular, as superior. they were part of the british empire, and proud of that. they were ambitious in their own way, a

smith, ms. chu, ms. moore, ms. barragan, ms. newman, mr. blumenauer, mr. desaulnier, mr. suozzi, mr. doggett and mr. mceachin, i inform the house that these 10 members will vote yes on h.r. 5768. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. owens from youths, i inform the house that mr. owens will vote nay on h.r. 5768. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? ms. clark: mr. speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman velazquez, i inform the house that ms. velazquez will vote yes on h.r. 5768. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. spartz of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. spartz will vote no on h.r. 5768. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. jacobs of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. jacobs will vote yes o

ms. brooks: he was the fastest horse of his time and possibly would be the fastest worse today in the 19th century. his races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derby's. he may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. he had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. and then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses -- racehorse has ever produced. >> and this is antebellum period? ms. brooks: before the civil war, so a lot of those horses never raced, because they went to the military instead. so he would have had even more champion's if it had been normal times. also he was at the center of some very dangerous situations during the civil war as well. it was a fantastic story to tell. >> is the story of lexington lost to general history but still morning -- still known in horse circles? ms. brooks: in the inner horsey circles. i was astonished i had not heard of him before, so i asked people

>> as the member designated by ms. meng and ms. pingree, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s.47785. -- s.4785. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker as as the member designated by by congress members castro, cardenas, schrader, bass and tim ryan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s.4785. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representatives new man, grijalva, jones, tlaib and bush, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s.4785. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. escobar, i inform the house that she will vote aye on s.4785. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. fallon, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote yes on s.4785. the sp

ms. ross, for joining senator durbin in introducing this important legislation. and for recognizes that the challenges sur -- of the challenges to survivors face in reporting the trauma they have experienced should not bar them from accessing justice in the courts. i urge all of my colleagues to support the bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan, is recognized. mr. jordan: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jordan: thank you, mr. speaker. senate bill 31 o 3 eliminates the statutes of limitations for 3450eu7bor vicktism human trafficking offense or federal sex offense to file a civil action to recover damages. studies indicate many of these crimes go unreported or victims sometimes wait years to disclose their abuse to others. under current law a victim may file a federal civil claim up until -- when th

mceachin, ms. wexton, mr. jones, ms. moore, ms. newman, ms. barragan and mre house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8326. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from south carolina rise? >> as the member designated by mr. carter of georgia, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote nay on h.r. 8326. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. linda sanchez, ms. melanie stansbury, ms. ann kirkpatrick, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8326. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> as the member designated by brooks and mr. palazzo, i inform the house that they will vote nay on h.r. 8326. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on final passage of 8326. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does

ms. vinograd began her career serving president george w. bush as the deputy u.s. treasury attache to iraq, and subsequently served on president barack obama's national security council as director for iraq, director for international economics, and senior advisor to the national security advisor. previously, she was a cnn national security analyst, a senior adviser at the biden institute, and a visiting fellow at the university of chicago institute of politics. ms. vinograd, welcome. you may proceed with your opening remarks. ms. vinograd: chairman peters, ranking member portman, and distinguished members. thank you for inviting me to testify about the department of homeland security's efforts to protect the homeland from the increasing threat posed by unmanned aircraft systems, often referred to as uas's, or drones. today, i will explain how the department has relied on authorities granted in the preventing emerging threats act of 2018 to counter the malicious use of drones and why we a

mceachin, ms. newman, and ms. chu, i inform the house that these three members will vote no on the motion to commit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, i inform the house that she will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> yes, as the member designated by mr. trone and mr. brown, pursuant to house rule 8, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to commit senate 1098. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> madam speaker, mike check. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. bush, i inform the house that ms. bush will vote yes on the motion to commit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman fr

beatty of ohio, ms. jayapal of washington ms. jackson lee -- washington, ms. ms. jackson lee: i inform the house that they will vote yes on h.r. 8463. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. conway of california, i inform the house that ms. conway will vote yes on 8463 house resolution. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 334. the nays are 87. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, pursuant to section 10 of house resolution 1396, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1638, h.r. 3304, h.r. 4081, h.r. 4821, h.r. 6889, h.r. 6967, h.r. 8163, h.r. 8510, h.r. 8681, h.r. 8875, h.r. 8956, and senate 1198. and concur in the senate amendments to h.r. 5641. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will designate the title -- read the titles and designate t

ms. lofgren, seek recognition? ms. lofgren: madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1372, i call up the bill h.r. 8873 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 8873, a bill to amend title 3, united states code, to reform the process for the counting of electoral votes and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1372, the bill is considered as read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on house administration or their respective designees. the gentlewoman from california, ms. lofgren, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. lofgren. ms. lofgren: thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. the gentlewoman may proceed. ms. lofgren: thank you,

ms. conway of california, i inform the house that ms. conway will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. boebert of colorado, i inform the house that mrs. boebert will vote no on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by by mr. palazzo of mississippi, i inform the house that mr. palazzo will vote no on the previous question. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. waltz of florida, i inform the house that mr. waltz will vote nay on

thank you, ms. henneberg. ms. henneberg, as i mentioned in my opening remarks, and i am greatful for your testimony here today, i'm here to work with the department to get this right because ultimately getting this right is what matters because lives are on the line. and this isn't about shuffling paper and having these kind of exchanges in rooms here in the senate, this is about the americans who are locked up, many of them pre-trial detainees who have been convicted of no crime, who are dying every year, in many cases preventiblely who aren't being counted, whose causes of deaths are no longer being collected, whose locations of death are no longer being collected. and the fact that when we don't get the information that we've tasked you with producing, and the insight and analysis that we've tasked you with producing until six or eight years after a deadline, that has cost human lives. that's why this matters. and i am surely here to work with you and your colleagues. if legislation is what's required, let's le

ms. lofgren, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. lofgren. ms. lofgren: thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. the gentlewoman may proceed. ms. lofgren: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on h.r. 8873 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. lofgren: thank you. i yield myself such time as i may consume. madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 8873, the presidential election reform act. this bipartisan bill is a product of over two years of work. the first on the committee of house administration and subsequently on the january 6 select committee, working in partnership with representative liz cheney, this has included -- we had extensive consultation with bipartisan law professors, former j

in part, ms. fano and ms. maley, i think that the subcommittee should help in so far as we can to honor and to remember jonathan and matthew, and their lives are having an impact here today that i think the ranking member and i will -- results and change. in remembering and honoring their lives, ms. fano, can you tell us a bit more about jonathan, what he was like, when he loved, how he lived? . >> jonathan was my older brother. and with that, he was very protective of me. anytime i had problems, he will talk to me about things and give me tips and tricks and how to go about school projects and how to make new friends, even. we used to play silly a little of video games together. i would always get stuck at certain bosses and he'd always jump in and help me. he used to be so into marvel and d.c. and even now, i think of all of these amazing things he never got to witness that he even said he wanted to. he wanted to see adaptations a different comics he liked. he was incredibly, incredibly empathetic towards ot

ms. pelosi: is that what he's saying? i thought he said the passage of the 19th amendment made us a totalitarian state when women had the right to vote? didn't he say something like that too? and didn't he -- didn't he also be part of a movement to repeal the 19th amendment for women to have the right to vote? what do i think of that? i think i hear something like that every day around here. when people say that women shouldn't be able to make their choices about contraception. or their own reproductive health. that's a sign of disrespect for women. what he's saying is outrageous. i don't think many members here would subscribe to. that but the insult to women's intelligence is one that exists in many forms around here. thank you all very much. i have to go to our votes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> on friday, house minority leader mccarthy talks about why

ms. pelosi: lower costs for prescription drugs, the democrats will pay for this and reduces costs by lowering energy costs for families, again saving the planet and lowering the cost of prescription drugs and health care and 100% of the democrats in the house and in the senate and that is historic, too, in both houses, not one republican vote to lower prescription drug to lower energy costs for our families. it is pretty exciting to us. as i said yesterday at the white house when this bill passed, we jumped for joy because it had been long in coming and historic in scope. and we could go into more of those provisions and on top of all of it, it lowers the deficit, and contributes to lowering inflation and does so by making the wealthiest and some corporate to pay their fair share. republicans, extreme magga republicans unveiled their latest bill to criminalize women's health in all 50 states. it's a freedom issue and kitchen table issue for america's working families and comes to the hear

ms. the pava program inclusion act will fix this injustice and send it to president biden's desk to be signed into law. members, we have a great opportunity this week to make transformative investments into our nation's future and in mental health and pass other commonsense legislation. thank you, mr. speaker, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: i thank the gentleman for yielding me the customer 30 minutes and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. fischbach: we are here to consider the rule for three bills, h.r. 7780, the mental health matters act, h.r. 3843, merger filing fee for modernization act, and s. 3969, pava program inclusion act. h.r. 4843 would increase funding to the federal trade commission without justification or restrictions on that funding. this is the same agency that through its strategic plan

mceachin, ms. newman and ms. chu, i inform the house that these six members will vote yes on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by michele steele of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. pfluger of texas, i inform the house that mr. pfluger will vote yea on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. mahere diaz-balart of florida, i inform the house that mr. diaz-balart will vote yea on h.r. 8987. additionally, as the member designated by ms. elice stefanik of new york, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote aye on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does

ms. delbene: i pledge allegiae to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair -- the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. i write today to request to be removed from the house natural resources committee to allow newly elected representative peltola from alaska to serve on this important committee. i am confident mrs. peltola will bring a unique and crucial perspective to the committee. it has been an honor to serve on the natural resources committee and work on issues of vital importance to massachusetts' citizens. signed, sincerely, lawrie trahan, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the rest ig nation is accepted -- resignation is accepted. the chair lays before the house another communication. the clerk: the honorabl

ms. pelosi: afternoon, yesterday we had a great celebration at the white house, for the passage of the president signing earlier, the inflation reduction act. lower cost for families. it is so exciting, it is historic. there has been nothing like it to pass in congress or any country in the world to preserve our planet for the children. that is health issue, clean-air, clean water, environmental justice for the children. it saves money for families by -- historically. we have been working for decades to enable the secretary to be able to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices. it matters, the law of the land in addition to which there will be a $2000 cap for seniors since they don't have to pay more than that. this is remarkable. again, historic, what is a victory over the special interest. it is interesting when pharma said, lower cost for prescription drugs, the democrats will pay for this and reduces costs by lowering energy costs for families, again saving the planet and lowerin

ms. jean-pierre: good afternoon, everybody. okay, so i am pleased to announce that on friday, september 16th, president biden will welcome south african president cyril ramaphosa to the white house. the leaders building on their productive call in april and the us south africa strategic dialogue in august will reaffirm the importance of our enduring partnerships and discuss opportunities to deepen cooperation on trade and investment, infrastructure, climate and energy and health. we look forward to a productive visit. president biden's special envoy for the horn of africa ambassador mike hammer will travel to ethiopia starting this weekend to engage on the crisis in northern ethiopia. special envoy hammer will convey that all parties should halt military operations and engage in peace talks. we condemn eritrea's re-entry into the conflict, the continuing tplf offensive outside tigray and the ethiopian government's airstrikes. there is no military solution to the conflict prior to renewed

ms. eshoo for their leadership in advancing this important measure. in mr. smith's case his leadership over many, many years in advancing the cause of religious freedom across the world. since 1998, uscirf has served as the leading advisory panel to the u.s. government on matters related to religious freedom. it's responsible for monitoring the right to freedom of religion or belief abroad and making policy recommendations to the president, secretary of state, and to us. the past several uscirf have been bipartisan, fateful to the original mandate established by congress. mr. speaker, the right to practice a religion or practice no religion is a fundamental human right. principle of religious liberty should extend to all people. not only one who is come from a specific set of religious beliefs. as respect for democracy and human rights continuings -- continues to be under stress in many parts of the world, the work of eu serve and other human rights groups to shine a light on restrictions

ms. delauro: i yield back. the spea the house also debated and passed compensation for families of 9/11 victims. r. speaker, the fairness for 9/11 families act would provide a catch-up payment to thousands of 9/11 victims, spouses and dependents who were unfairly excluded from the u.s. victims of state sponsor terrorism fund when it was first established in 2015. while no amount of money can ever make up for the incalculable loss that they suffered on september 11, this legislation would ensure that they are fairly compensated for their claims against those responsible for one of our nation's darkest days. in 2015, congress created the united states victims of state sponsor terrorism fund to provide compensation for individuals with terrorism judgments against designated state sponsorrers of -- sponsors of terrorism. at the time, those who are received payments from the 9/11 victims compensation fund, primarily victims and spouses and children, were precluded from receiving funds from the

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: ask to address the house for five minutes, and revise and extend. the specrying,vomiting, and eigs pregnant the yuck woman walked in labor pains for an hour in search of an ambulance. she was 23 years old. her journey did not end with that. she finally got to a place where a taxi was there, she had to convince this taxi driver in the midst of confusion, desperation, lack of food to take her 12 hours in labor to a place where she could deliver her baby. that is the plight of almost 650,000 women in pakistan. where the floodwaters are monstrosities you would not imagine. in visiting pakistan, the congressional pakistan caucus, in the last 10 days i could see water as far as the eye could see. the devastation is overwhelming. 33 million people displaced. more than 600,000 homeless. more than that, hungry. and of course homelessness without housing. i am continuing to thank the biden administration for its initial support of the u.n. fund, $

ms.that end, i applaud our colleague are, congresswoman -- of california for her longstanding leadership on this issue. she's sponsor of h.r. 7345, the children's act for responsible employment and farm safety of 2022, or the care act of 202 # which i'm also a cosponsor. a bill that would prohibit any industry from employing workers who are under the age of 14. it would protect children from harmful pesticides and repeal if the waver that allows children under the age of 10 to seasonally hand pick crops. it would also require employers the to report injuries to the the president of labor and increase -- the department of labor and inkeyes penalties for employers who violate flsa. to avoid making sure children working in agriculture -- [inaudible] so i look forward to hearing from ourri witnesses and working with my colleagues to protect our -- [inaudible] >> agriculture provides valuable opportunities for young people areas across our country. as a nation, we should be encouraging more yo

ms. brunner: chairman brown, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on how renters and communities are impacted by the housing market and how institutional investors are changing the landscape of single-family housing in hamilton county. my name is laura, president and ceo of the port of cincinnati development authority. it is a quasi-governmental government agency focused on mending real estate to promote job creation, hone ownership, -- home homeownership and equitable development, guided by the belief that real estate should work for everyone. we focused on the acquisition and rehabilitation of blighted commercial and residential properties to provide housing options across multiple price points resulting in the revitalization of neighborhoods. we operate in the hamilton county land bank whose mission is to return vacant properties back to productive use. since 2012 we have successfully sold more than 1000 properties. since 2015 the residential program

ms. brown-nagin: he did. ms. ulaby: then she was plucked, a wealthy white man learned -- i think -- what set her on the trajectory to columbia law school? ms. brown-nagin: right. let me tell you about it, and a bit about her background. she was not a person of privilege. in fact, her family was a working class family. her parents immigrated to this country from the west indies in the early 20th century. virtually every male relative in her family worked for yell university, and she grew up in the shadow of yale, in new haven. something i know in what -- in my work, one could imagine one is a working-class black person growing up in new haven in the shadow of yale, there might be resentment. but for her family, their position was inspiring. her father really read the privilege of the young man that he served at yale as a chef, into himself. and the parents thought of themselves as the father in particular, as superior. they were part of the british empire, and proud of that. they were ambitious in their own way, a

ms. brownley: thank you, madam chair. i'd also like to thank the chairman of the committee and the ranking member for being so supportive of this bill and i'd also like to thank speaker pelosi and majority leader hoyer and every member of the california delegation for their support. as the chair and ranking member mentioned, my bill, 7698, will name the new v.a. outpatient clinic in ventura county after captain rosemary bryant mariner. this new v.a. clinic has been a long time in the making. since i was elected to congress, i have been working to expand v.a. services in ventura county to ensure that our veterans have access to the timely and quality care that they have earned and deserve. when i first came to congress, it was clear that ventura county veterans were being deeply underserved by the undersized and understaffed local v.a. clinic. so i immediately set out to work to correct the situation. while i was able to secure improvements in the facility that exists, it was clear that th

ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 4791. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 4791, an act to amend section 301 of title 44, united states code, to establish a term for the appointment of the director of government publishing office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from california, ms. lofgren, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. lofgren: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. and i rise in strong support of s. 4191. this bill, which was introduced by senator roy blunt, passed the s

ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, i move that the suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 4900. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 4900, a act to re-authorize the sbir and the sttr programs and pilot programs, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, and the gentleman from missouri, mr. luetkemeyer, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez. ms. velazquez: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. velazquez: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of s. 4900, t

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: for how much time? mr. nadler: one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i think it should be known this is in fact this bill, h.r. 6448, invest and protect act of 2022, is a bipartisan legislation that would bolster small law enforcement agencies' ability to address staffing shortages and improve community safety through de-escalation, training, and other resources. it was democrats who spent two years negotiating and working with law enforcement to introduce and pass the comprehensive george floyd justice in policing act which recognized the necessity of balancing the needs and safety of communities in which law enforcement interests engage. i worked on that. that is why i tried to make this bill better by adding three additional purposes for grant funding which include lethal -- issues dealing with lethal force, excessive force, and duty of care. i am glad that they were added

in part, ms. fano and ms. maley, i think that the subcommittee should help in so far as we can to honor and to remember jonathan and matthew, and their lives are having an impact here today that i think the ranking member and i will -- results and change. in remembering and honoring their lives, ms. fano, can you tell us a bit more about jonathan, what he was like, when he loved, how he lived? . >> jonathan was my older brother. and with that, he was very protective of me. anytime i had problems, he will talk to me about things and give me tips and tricks and how to go about school projects and how to make new friends, even. we used to play silly a little of video games together. i would always get stuck at certain bosses and he'd always jump in and help me. he used to be so into marvel and d.c. and even now, i think of all of these amazing things he never got to witness that he even said he wanted to. he wanted to see adaptations a different comics he liked. he was incredibly, incredibly empathetic towards ot

ms. garcia: mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate and recognize the good-paying jobs that will be created by the historic investments democrats have recently made in america. what investments you may ask? well, let me tell you, mr. speaker, the inflation reduction act, the infrastructure investment and jobs act, and the chips act -- chips and science act. these are three laws that will power america forward by creating jobs, jobs, and, yes, better-paying jobs. since president biden took office in january, 2021, over 9.4 million jobs have been created. i'll repeat that. 9.4 million jobs. if we look closely at the numbers and reports of these three new laws, we get a preview of how many more jobs will be created under president biden's leadership. first, the inflation reduction act. this bill has the power to create nine million new jobs over the next decade, nearly one million jobs each year. five million of these jobs will likely be new, clean energy jobs across america. second, the infrastructure i

ms. plaskett, for five minutes. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. the right to vote is fundamental to our democracy. while the path to full voting rights for all american citizens has been and still is long and challenging, this week we honor the heroes who fought to secure this right by encouraging and supporting all eligible americans to register to vote. this call to action would be incomplete if i did not mention the nearly four million americans living in u.s. territories and those in the district of columbia that still do not have equal voting representation in this congress and in our country. as such, americans living in the territories and district of columbia are accustomed to being last in line or giving short relief for hurricane relief, infrastructure funding. we must remain committed to building an america where every vote matter and where every citizen has the ability and the right to participate freely in the democratic process. that's why i stand with house democrats

i will start with ms. billie cooper. >> hi. everyone i'm ms. billie cooper. i'm a 53 year old [inaudible] >> use the microphone. >> hi. everybody i'm ms. billie keeper a 63 year old black transgender woman. i lived in district 6 for 40 years. my whole existence has been in the tenderloin until we were redistricted into district 5 the tenderloin became district 5. i moved south of market and lived there before. i have been a long time activist and advocate. i'm a person a long time survivor living with hiv and clean and sober 20 years. i believe it is time for a chink. i have been degree street politics the whole time. came to san francisco in 1982 and hit the streets rung because of the confusion and anger and segregation and the whole gammet in the tenderloin and oppression and homeless people on the streets. we have the same issues in the tenderloin now that were 40 years ago. it is time for a change. i'm in change i'm ms. billie cooper and hope to win your vote or hi, out there your vote, people in tv land because i know what we need. >> thank you ms. bill

then we have ms. and oliver who is the vice president for housing policy at the center on budget and policy priority. for the chief executive officer of the national alliance to end homelessness. last i will recognize mr. hill to introduce our final witness. boxers like me too do that now mr. chairman? >> yes please. next i appreciate that. i got the pleasure of introducing ms. harriet mcdonald today who serves as a president. harriet is a long time in fierce advocate for people experiencing homelessness which she cofounded with her husband the late george mcdonald. first, herod on behalf of all of us let me offer condolences to the ready, willing and able teams and family over the loss of george. you and george have truly been points of light in new york and helping the less fortunate. manhattan and new york is a much better place because of you. i've been fortunate to visit several times as i've been in congress. every time i return i'm so impressed by the work done by the men and women who are read

oh, we can already see you can hear us, ms.to reconnect, the mobile internet is still working and i am i suspect that closer to the border, it becomes weaker, and it is possible that there is roaming somehow we canceled it, have they already canceled it or not? it happens that if you drive close to the border , but like on the ukrainian side, you can uh, like in that viral viral conversation of one man with a mobile phone operator, the poles jump and eat everything and money, ms. nadiya, you are with us, we are the only one what i want to tell you is that the workers and operators of the state border service who are sitting on the hotline are not competent at all in this matter, they cannot give a clear answer and argue in accordance with the law on what grounds they do not let men in, well one thing because of the explanations of the boys, we were beaten yesterday, there was a court because the border service wanted the administration, so the connection probably disappears or someone is trying to call mrs. nadia, we will resto