ms. jackson lee: yes, mr. speaker. i would like to add a number of letters into the record dealing with s. 756, a letter from the aclu. ask unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: a letter from the judicial conference of the united states. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: and a letter from the center for american progress. with that i ask my colleagues support s. 2961 to save our children and i yield back the balance of my time i yield to back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 2961. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair -- 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the gentleman from kentucky. mr. massie: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing

ms. lee? each of you spoke to, i believe, the need for a more coherent and comprehensive strategy, with respect to some of these,s we're dealing with -- these strategies we're dealing with. mr. lowry. you indicated that congress needs needs to assert our role with respect to trade policy. and perhaps pressure -- you didn't say this. perhaps pressure, this and future administrations to clarify. our economic security strategy. i'll give you an opportunity to respond. ms. hillman. you focused quite a bit on the wto in your summary comments, indicating that there is a need to fix the binding dispute settlement system and you suggested this could best be done by assembling a coalition. i'm not aware that that has been written into any particular strategy document, certainly not in any great detail by a previous administration or the current administration. ms. lee. you indicated that the congress working with our executive branch, should articulate and prioritize a strategy, your words. most likely

ms. lee, thank you. >> thank you. i'm speaking as executive director of the san francisco executive director. listen, i know that congestion pricing can be difficult to think about additional fees on our streets, but the truth is for every single muni rider, we already have a fee. it's called our transit faires and how much we use or streets and what are the costs. we need to be make sure that we are fighting every revenue possible so we can be investing in oall of our streets, so we can keep the city moving as it grows. the study that was done a long time ago was done, i mean, before tilly was executive director, liz bryson was still at the t.a. it needs an update especially because this city has changed so many in different ways. i hope this moves forward and san francisco can be advancing the best policies for transportation and be once again leading the way. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you. are there any other members of the public on this item? seeing none, i would actually love to make the motion, but i wo

in with that, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from texas, sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i think it's interesting to suggest that anyone who is telling an untruth when 24 hours ago this house committed to passing a c.r. to stop the government from being shut down and the united states senate passed it without objection to keep the government open. here we are now with the government on the verge of closing because the president owns it and we're talking about a bill that creates $53 billion in deficit and does not help the middle class and small businesses and has a pox on women as relates to choice. what kind of crisis are my friends trying to build a few days before we rise to take leadership as majority in the 116th congress? so maybe we should have hearings but maybe we should stop this bill altogether and get back to keeping the government open and passing a continuing resolution so that the working people in all of these agencies including border patrol agents and other, can do their job. this is an insanity that keeps on growing. mr. president, let's st

ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: many in my community became food insecure. i cannot tell you how important maintaining the current snap benefits are. and i thank the chairman from texas and my good friend to be chairman from minnesota for their coming together. the importance of funding going to my land grant colleges are enormous and the work that is being added on adding broadband in the rural communities, something that is so dearly needed and has been promised for many, many years. the fact we are expanding access to the f.s.a. farm loans for veterans and beginning farmers, reating a new providing for those of us in the bread basket of the world. rural development is crucial and the rural development funds are vital. so many things have been able to occur because of this funding. i ask my colleagues to support this bill because this is a perfect coming together as former congresswoman shirley chisholm says, a tree grows in brooklyn. it's a good coming together of you are been and rural supporting a dynamic bill and providing that americans are not food i

ms. jackson lee:. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: the gentleman from massachusetts, thank you. ranking member, soon-to-be-chair. i know what it's like to wait on disaster aid and not getting it. and among other things, this potential or so-called disaster aid is missing. it's missing dollars needed by the people of puerto rico which i walked the streets and saw how desperate the need was. it doesn't even include the $600 million in assistance for puerto rico dealing with food nutrition. i remember in the time of hurricane harvey, we begged for an extension for the food nutrition program called the supplemental disaster food nutrition and in three days we served 30,000 people. you have to feel the pain to understand. but really, mr. speaker, this is a sham and a shame, because republicans are in the united states senate. let the american people understand that. and they fostered this compromise. they came together. they sent it to the president. they spoke to the president. the president agreed that we would do it in t

ms. lee: they asked for $5 billion to build the border wall. they're not negotiate, they are holding our goft hostage and demanding this wasteful,ence p -- expensive wall as their ran some. republicans control the house, the senate, and the white house. you would think that they could at least keep the government open. but instead of passing the senate-passed clean continuing resolution to prevent a shutdown, republicans want to vote on this unnecessary border wall. mr. speaker, this is completely irresponsible. federal workers rely on their paychecks, especially during the holidays. people have planned narc park trips over the holidays. is president trump doing to -- going to shut down the government in the midst of the holiday season, during vacation, during their time off with their families? how sinister and mean-spirited can the president and our republican colleagues be? but this wouldn't be the first time that the republicans were manufacturing a crisis. the republican led shutdown in 2013 cost our economy $24 billion. if president trump

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, oday i remind my colleagues of a president who reminded us of shining city on the hill. i remind our colleagues on a president who led us to a . nder and gentler society d so i'm stunned to hear a resident speak of claiming and asking for the government to be shut down. this is a season that many in our nation draw together with families and worship and celebrate a very honored time. people of the christian faith are engaged in the recognition and acknowledgment of the birth of baby jesus. it is a holy time. it's a time when families need resources. government workers need to ensure their families are provided for but also we must ensure that our government is provided for. i thank the speaker-elect and e democratic leader in the senate, the other body, for recognizing that we do not want a shutdown. and to those who speak of the necessity of a wall, let me speak as a representative of a border state who's been to the border so many times i cannot count. i count those on the

ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: many in my community became food insecure. i cannot tell you how important maintaining the current snap benefits are. and i thank the chairman from texas and my good friend to be chairman from minnesota for their coming together. the importance of funding going to my land grant colleges are enormous and the work that is being added on adding broadband in the rural communities, something that is so dearly needed and has been promised for many, many years. the fact we are expanding access to the f.s.a. farm loans for veterans and beginning farmers, reating a new providing for those of us in the bread basket of the world. rural development is crucial and the rural development funds are vital. so many things have been able to occur because of this funding. i ask my colleagues to support this bill because this is a perfect coming together as former congresswoman shirley chisholm says, a tree grows in brooklyn. it's a good coming together of you are been and rural supporting a dynamic bill and providing that americans are not food i

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, in this holiday season i'm baffled as to why and how we have gotten here to this place. in the last 24 hours a tweet went out from the white house that would end the syrian war. to the opposition of the national security team, general mathis, secretary of state, the and al security advisor, others that thought that a tweet and ending the war was never heard of in the history of the united states. the course of these 24 hours, we're in the midst of a political collapse, catastrophic collapse and a shuttling down of the government. included in the shutting down the government will be the funding for the state department and homeland security. it is clear that we're at a constitutional crisis. one that requires the attentiveness of this body. and to recognize that the leaving and retiring of general mathis who has indicated maybe you can have a secretary of defense that fits your thinking, what thinking? and then to hear from north korea, maybe you can remove the troops off of o

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, many of us will see this as the holiday season, but many of us know our young college students will be finishing their first semester of whatever year they are in college. as i was home this season of greeting my constituents, one very dedicated constituent came to me and said, what are we doing about helping students get rid of this enormous burden of debt trying to become a contributing citizen to this country. and i made a commitment to him that we would work together to reduce the interest rates on student government loans. to look forward to providing access to education to all americans. and i believe as students finish their first semester looking to their second, some of them graduating, that we do have a responsibility to make sure that education is reasonable, accessible and not the enormous burden that it is. let's help our college students, let's help them succeed and i look forward to doing that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announce

williams spks next is congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas. ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to join my colleagues to ght in what is a tribute george herbert walker bush and barbara bush, a tribute of which i hope we will continue to live. it is my great honor to salute president bush and to be reminded of the beauty of his love of 73 years, a partnership of service, raising a family and serving a nation. last week's tribute of mourning, memorials, and funerals was an opportunity for not only the to learn ofhe world the depth and the level of the integrity and honesty and statesmanship and leadership of our 41st president. i'm glad to have known him as a houstonian. delighted to have worked with his wife, barbara bush, on her great commitment to everyone should have the ability to read. literacy was a standard bearer by which she guided her later life and so many people learned to read and cherish books because of her service. i got to know the president more closely because of his relationship with my husband, dr. elwin c. lee. at most people don't know is pr

ms. lee. hearing today's provides an opportunity to review the importance of using international institutions strategically and balancing u.s. engagement with international twos and domestic policies. past u.s. trade policy has failed workers and many domestic producers. congress and the executive branch should implement the new approach to global economic integration that prioritizes good jobs and supports democratic decision-making. strategy is most likely to succeed if implemented with key allies and multi-lateral economic institutions. multilateral rules but the wto has struggled in recent years to achieve consensus on new rules and enforce existing rules. american workers, the wto has often appeared to be an obstacle to a reformed trade policy. towardes are lopsided corporate interests over workers, consumers and the environment. investor rights are prominently protected while protection for workers are almost completely absent. failed to address currency manipulation and permissive tax l

ms. lee: this bill is named after a great statesman and former chair of the house armed services committee , my mentor, my former boss, the late congressman rondellham. congressman dellham broke barriers as the first black chairman of the armed services committee and he was an avid champion of diversity at all levels. in the 1980's, he hired me to work on his staff as one of the only women of color in a senior role on capitol hill. he was a pioneer and a visionary who understood the need for elevating women of color in every field. that is why my bill, which has the support of organizations like the civic engagement and leadership institute for everyone, is so important. it will help honor ron's legacy, build greater diversity in national security, and create much more steam opportunities for women of color. i urge my colleagues to join me by co-spon -- co-sponsoring my bill, theron dellham memorial fellowship for women of color in steam national security act. the speaker pro tempore: for wha

ms. lee: they asked for $5 billion to build the border wall. they're not negotiate, they are holding our goft hostage and demanding this wasteful,ence p -- expensive wall as their ran some. republicans control the house, the senate, and the white house. you would think that they could at least keep the government open. but instead of passing the senate-passed clean continuing resolution to prevent a shutdown, republicans want to vote on this unnecessary border wall. mr. speaker, this is completely irresponsible. federal workers rely on their paychecks, especially during the holidays. people have planned narc park trips over the holidays. is president trump doing to -- going to shut down the government in the midst of the holiday season, during vacation, during their time off with their families? how sinister and mean-spirited can the president and our republican colleagues be? but this wouldn't be the first time that the republicans were manufacturing a crisis. the republican led shutdown in 2013 cost our economy $24 billion. if president trump

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i want to take this opportunity to honor a great force in our community in houston, texas, in acres home. this coming sunday, he will celebrate 90 years of age but decades in the ministry. reverend dr. f.m. williams, whose father preceded him in the ministry, whose sons have gone on into the ministry. ant october baptist church in acres homes, one of the oldest churches in our state. he's a warrior. he's a fighter for civil rights and civil justice. he was there on the front lines when the honorable barbara jordan was elected and mickey leeland and before that he was one who would lead the community on addressing the rights -- their rights and the rights to stand against inequality. he was a friend to president george h.w. bush who happened to have represented acres homes before it was -- before we had the 8th congressional district of which i represent. they had a relationship. they fought against drugs in their community -- or in that community, and as well, he believes in

ms meng. our technology correspondent dave lee is in san francisco. , what more do we know about the arrest of meng wanzhou? yes, well, we know ms meng was arrested on sunday, on december one, there is going to be a hearing on friday in canada, and that will potentially see ms meng extradited to the us. we understand she faces charges that she violated sanctions, us sanctions with iran. we have known for some time that the us department of justice has been looking into huawei and its activities in relation to iran, but we haven't had any more detail about anything that they potentially may have found, although i think that is potentially going to become more clear at that hearing on friday. huawei saying they have had very little information. they have said as faras very little information. they have said as far as they are aware, ms meng hasn't done any kind of wrongdoing, and it added in a statement earlier that it complies with all sanctions in the markets that it operates. but this move, of course, is going to heighten tensions between the us and c

ms. jackson lee speaks of. we have had laws to protect minority communities. we have had laws to protect against segregation and bias. and yet there are measurements that are still being used including we create districts that are dedicated to minorities in this country under federal orders because of a history or a measurement of outcome. i would ask you to commit to measure and when you find an outcome that's inconsistent with that which would be ordinaryily predictable, we are two parties relatively tied in the outcome of elections on a global and -- on a national basis. if that outcome doesn't come out similar, then you have the evidence to work backwards and see if, in fact, policies can be found which are causing that artificially. which by the way, might include an overzealous liberal crowd that spends more time trashing republicans than vice versa. that might be what you find, but unless you look at the outcome, you're always going to say we seem to be fair, but the jout come measured by my colleagues will not work out. is a valid point. >> you have ta

our business correspondent dave lee was at the bail hearing in vancouver. this hearing was to decide whether mshose extradition proceedings get under way. those proceedings could take an awful long time, years even, and if the us does get to have her extradited, ms meng will face multiple charges of bank fraud. prosecutors believe they have found evidence that huawei was using an unofficial subsidiary, named skycom, in order to carry out trade in iran, in violation of sanctions. they said that huawei needed to deceive financial institutions in order to achieve that. politically this comes at a tought time for both the us and china, who have an already rocky relationship, particularly on trade. it is fair to say that beijing is incensed at this arrest. it's called it a breach of ms meng's human rights and they have demanded that she is released immediately. dave lee reporting from vancouver. for more on this i'm joined live from vancouver byjoanna chiu deputy bureau chief of the vancouver star newspaper. she was previously a reporter in china for several news agencies and has been covering the h

it says it is a breach of ms meng's human rights and they have demanded she be released immediately. dave leec news, in vancouver. let's get some of the day's other news: a us court has found a white supremacist guilty of murdering a woman when he drove his car into a crowd of anti—fascist demonstrators in cha rlottesville, virginia last year. a jury took less than a day to convict james fields on all ten charges he faced, including killing heather heyer in august, 2017. before the attack, james fields had taken part in a rally of white extremists, which police broke up after declaring it unlawful. the chief executive of the international fashion chain ted baker, ray kelvin, is to take a voluntary leave of absence, after the company was made aware of "further serious allegations" about his conduct. last week, an online petition launched by employees accused 62—year—old mr kelvin of inappropriate comments and behaviour. for the first time in history, the un says more than half the world's population is online. it estimates that by the end of this year, 3.9 billion people will have access to th

it says it is a breach of ms meng's human rights and they have demanded she be released immediately. dave leet's get some of the day's other news. a british paedophile has been ordered to pay more than 100 thousand pounds to five men in the philippines after a judge decided he abused them as children in the 1980s. douglas slade was never convicted of the offences. the men's lawyer described it as a landmark case for the london high court. the chief executive of the international fashion chain ted baker — ray kelvin — is to take a voluntary leave of absence, after the company was made aware of "further serious allegations" about his conduct. last week, an online petition launched by employees accused 62—year—old mr kelvin of inappropriate comments and behaviour, including forced hugging. the father of a young british backpacker missing in new zealand has made an emotional appealfor help in finding her. david millane said his family is "extremely concerned" about his 22—year old daughter grace, who was last seen in auckland on saturday. she was backpacking after graduating from university in se

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it's called it a breach of ms meng's human rights and they have demanded that she is released immediately. dave lee vancouver. dave lee reporting from vancouver. joanna chiu is the deputy bureau chief of the vancouver star newspaper. i asked her what she found most surprising about the discussions in court. well, the whole hearing was quite explosive because there were very few details released until the hearing began and like your correspond said, we learnt the allegations that warranted the extradition to the us from canada is to do at least with one charge of fraud, and the crown did say that each charge would be subject to jail terms of up to 30 years so this is a huge case of one of the biggest telecom companies in the world, their cfo getting arrested in vancouver, canada. we learned a lot of details today about how this would play out, and we expect this to last at least a few more days. there's a lot being said that was made public for the first time at this hearing today. how big is huawei as a company in canada? what's their involvement in the country? so meng was arrested in vancouver ai

it says it is a breach of ms meng's human rights and they have demanded she be released immediately. our technology correspondent, dave leeh backpacker missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help to find her. david millane says his family is extremely concerned about his daughter grace, who was last seen in auckland on saturday, the day before her 22nd birthday. police say they hold grave fears for her safety. helena lee has more. where is grace millane? the 22—year—old recently graduated from university. she was in new zealand as part of a round—the—world trip. now missing for six days, she's at the centre of a huge police search. today, her father flew to the country to appeal for help finding his daughter. we last had contact with her on saturday i december. and, as family, we've been extremely concerned for her welfare. grace is a lovely, outgoing, fun—loving, family—orientated daughter. grace has never been out of contact for this amount of time. she's usually in daily contact with either her mother or myself, her two brothers, members of the family on social media. the police know where grace was la

ms. meng has to stay tin jail in canada, i thi relationship is going to get even worse than it is right now. rajini: dave leencouver, thanks very much. now let's take a look at some of the day's her news. the driver who plowed into a at a of, demonstrations white nationalist rally charlottesville leicester has been found guilty of first-egree murder. jury took less than a day in ruling against james feels for hise rin the death of other h -- heather heyer. he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. kineople have beenle two attempted bank robberies in northeast brazil. they opened fire when they were surprised by police. six robbers and five hostages including a child died in the shootout. in france, a massive security operation is underway in preparation for more antigovernment protests this weekend. 90,000 police officers will be on duty with armored vs deployed in paris. fears of a repeat of last week's violence on the streets has led to some shops and major tourist attractions including the eiffel tower being closed. the bbc's lucy williamorn set this r lucy: the champs elysees is again preparing for

lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: does the senator modify her request? ms. murkowski: i believe there is an objection to the request. the presiding officer: is there an objection to the original request from the senator from alaska? mr. lee: yes, i object. the presiding officer: the senator from utah's objection is heard. mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i find it unfortunate that the addition of two words is somehow unacceptable to the members of this body. two words, two without objection, so orders which, by the way, would put utah in the same category as alaska and wyoming. what do those states have in common? they've been repeatedly been victims of the antiquities act. you see, in every single state -- colorado and west of colorado, the federal government owns at least is 15% of the lan. in many of those states, it is much more than 15% of the land. in my state, it is two-thirds of the land, about 67%. what that means is that we have to get permission from the federal government to do just abou

lee in san francisco explains. there is going to be a hearing on friday in canada, and that would essentially see ms meng extraditedthe us. we understand she faces charges that she violated us sanctions with iran. we have known for some time that the us department ofjustice has for some time that the us department of justice has been for some time that the us department ofjustice has been looking into huawei and its activities in relation to iran, but we haven't seen any relation to iran, but we haven't seen any more relation to iran, but we haven't seen any more detail about anything that they potentially may have found. i think that is going to become more clear at that hearing on friday, huawei saying they have had very little information. they have said as faras very little information. they have said as far as they are aware, ms meng hasn't done any kind of wrongdoing, and added in a statement earlier that it complies with all sanctions on the market is that it operates. but this but, of course, is going to heighten tensions between the us and china —— this move. as cfo of huawei, ms meng was one of the leadin

said it was not aware of any wrongdoing by ms meng and the chinese embassy issued a statement demanding her immediate release. our technology correspondent, dave lee, told me what's likley to happen next. their is going to be a hearing on friday in canada and that would potentially see meng wanzhou extradited to the us, where it is understood she faces charges she violated sanctions, us sanctions with iran. we have known for some time that the us department of justice has been looking into huawei and its activities in relation to iran, but we haven't had any or detail about anything that they potentially may have found. i think that will become more clear at that hearing on friday. huawei saying they have had very little information, they have said that as far as they are aware, meng wanzhou hasn't done any wrongdoing and added ina hasn't done any wrongdoing and added in a statement earlier that it complies with all sanctions in the markets that it operates. this move, of course, will heighten tensions between the us and china, because as cfo of huawei, she is one of the senior business figures in china. will be interesting to see the fallout this

lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: does the senator modify her request? ms. murkowski: i believe there is an objection to the request. the presiding officer: is there an objection to the original request from the senator from alaska? mr. lee: yes, i object. the presiding officer: the senator from utah's objection is heard. mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i find it unfortunate that the addition of two words is somehow unacceptable to the members of this body. two words, two without objection, so orders which, by the way, would put utah in the same category as alaska and wyoming. what do those states have in common? they've been repeatedly been victims of the antiquities act. you see, in every single state -- colorado and west of colorado, the federal government owns at least is 15% of the lan. in many of those states, it is much more than 15% of the land. in my state, it is two-thirds of the land, about 67%. what that means is that we have to get permission from the federal government to do just abou