ms. lee: i rise to oppose h.r. 4665 and yield as much time as i may consume. this bill would impose devastating cuts on programs meant to keep both america and the world safe and with all due respect to my friend and colleague, the chair of this committee, i am not an adversary of the united states. democrats are patriotic. we want our country to lead in global security and peace. this bill does just the opposite. this republican bill would slash the allocation for international programs by nearly one third to a level not seen since 2009. to my republican colleague -- do my republican colleagues really think our international challenges have shrunk? i don't know what world they're living in. the bill undermines the fight against climate change and it would destroy our influence at the united nations during a time when china and russia are working to expand their voice and their role. most outrageously, the bill would gut programs intended to help the most vulnerable people in the world, under

ms. lee: is this the names -- the names are going to be dragged, as you know, through the political mud. that's not fair. these people are public servants. this public servant had 40 years in the media and facilitated getting many usgam staff out of afghanistan and overseen the inspection of usgam's and audience of 410 million. once again, if you have an issue with the policy, let's discuss that but why in the world do you want to continue penalizing public servants representing the administrations that they serve and our country, of course, and their dedication to the united states and to their careers. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. burchett: mr. speaker, misusing federal tax dollars is part of our policy. i suggest to you we need to get a new policy. this is what's wrong with this country. it's wrong with when we tell our children it's ok

ms. lee: i rise to oppose h.r. 4665 and yield as much time as i may consume. this bill would impose devastating cuts on programs meant to keep both america and the world safe and with all due respect to my friend and colleague, the chair of this committee, i am not an adversary of the united states. democrats are patriotic. we want our country to lead in global security and peace. this bill does just the opposite. this republican bill would slash the allocation for international programs by nearly one third to a level not seen since 2009. to my republican colleague -- do my republican colleagues really think our international challenges have shrunk? i don't know what world they're living in. the bill undermines the fight against climate change and it would destroy our influence at the united nations during a time when china and russia are working to expand their voice and their role. most outrageously, the bill would gut programs intended to help the most vulnerable people in the world, under

ms. lee. ms. lee: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you to all of you for being here today. as we work to identify solutions and improvements to this process for us to have a panel such as this is extremely helpful. so we are very grateful to have your years of experience and your background working in this subject matter here with us today. both your written testimony and what you've shared with us during this hearing. we have a number of us commented and i think it bears noting again here today, the good work and integrity of so many of the men and women of the f.b.i. who work out in field offices across this country. however that said, we are of course theer address a very specific and serious concern which is the misuse of fisa and surveillance techniques and i believe there's broad agreement here that we have much-needed reforms to discuss. i'd like to go back, mr. schaerr, to some of what you testified about in parts of your written testimony that you submitted to us. so we know that 7

ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: just a slight moment down memory lane, ms. goitein. i'm going to ask you to get in the weeds and used against dr. martin luther king and the whole landscape of civil rights' activists and workers, minimize civil liberties of african-americans in the 1950's and 1960's. what was needed to be able to protect americans and i think it's important to indicate that the process was that if there was communication and it was with a foreign operative, foreign citizen, f.b.i. would not be targeting you, but were targeting that foreign citizen or the communications. how did we mess up so badly? ms. goitein: wow! that's a tough question. what i would say is that fisa was enacted in 1978 required the government to obtain an vizzized -- individualized warrant when placing a wiretap to collect communications between, even foreign targets and americans and that was the safeguard. the american constitutional right they had. what section 702 did is got rid of that requirement and the government as long as they are targeting the foreigner. that's not what

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, cassidy, crime ir, duck werth, fisher, gillibrand, heinrich, hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, kennedy, markey, mcconnell, ossoff, padilla, romney, rosen, schatz, scott of florida, smith, and white house. no senator voted in the negative. mr. graham, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. van holl

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: she is recognized. ms. ckson lee: i thank the gentleman very much. i just got off the telephone with one of my chief law enforcement officers in houston, texas, in harris county, who just simply thanked us -- begged us not to shut down the government. as everyone knows i was on the floor just an hour or so ago saying breaking news, i am against a government shutdown. we'll fight against a government shutdown my good friend on the other side of the aisle is complaining that the senate did their work. such an amazing, overwhelming majority. let me tell you how we can solve that before i get into discussion of why we're standing here today. put the senate bill on the floor. that is, the rules that are the operational underpinnings of the house and senate. they sent it over. we put it on the floor. you don't like it, you change it and send it back. but you're engaged in stopping the shutdown. but no. if we do nothing, and sit here tonight, the government shutdown in particular is going to impact the gross domest

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me take a moment to offer my deepest sympathy to the people of california, her family and people of this nation for the passing of senator feinstein. this is a serious moment in history. this is a serious moment for patriots and persons courageous enough to do the right thing. i started out this morning by saying it will be the american people that will suffer. it will be my neighbors in houston and fellow texans. we have a solution and i think it should be very clearly stated what my friends on the other side of the aisle are arguing, they are arguing chaos and confusion. they are arguing no solution. they are shouting from the top of their lungs to be heard and to generate excitement and social media, but we have a very calm solution. the senate has voted 77-19 to put forth a reasoned extension keeping the funding and making sure our military is being paid, not cutting off women and infants and taking care of the firefighters in the west who are suffering after fight

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. ckson lee: let me take a moment to offer my deepest sympathy to the people of california, her family and people of this nation for the passing of senator feinstein. this is a serious moment in history. this is a serious moment for patriots and persons courageous enough to do the right thing. i started out this morning by saying it will be the american people that will suffer. it will be my neighbors in houston and fellow texans. we have a solution and i think it should be very clearly stated what my friends on the other side of the aisle are arguing, they are arguing chaos and confusion. they are arguing no solution. they are shouting from the top of their lungs to be heard and to generate excitement and social media, but we have a very calm solution. the senate has voted 77-19 to put forth a reasoned extension keeping the funding and making sure our military is being paid, not cutting off women and infants and taking care of the firefighters in the west who are suffering after fightin

they are from somewhere else or ms. lee's district and have their outfit at the mccarran airport and they fly over there and keep their trash all the way until they come back at mccarran. i think it would be a great thing. well, i am running short of time. you want a quick second round? >> i could ask more questions. >> mr. reynolds, what type of feedback are you receiving and how are you collecting it in regards to the staggered attendance through grace or -- through glacier park another parks? mr. reynolds: we started the pilot programs and i think glacier needs to move next to a more formal planning which would involve public involvement. they have gotten positive comments about the overall experience. they have, as you mentioned in your earlier remarks, frustrations about ordering, but the park has responded to those. a quick example, they have been watching the feedback to the point where they changed on the fly how the tickets were allocated and they also have change the hours so you can come into glacier if you perhaps

ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. vote: the clerk: mr. casey, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. boozman, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. moran, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the presiding officer: mr. sande rs, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. sullivan, aye. mrs. capito, no. vote: mr. romney no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. r- the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. scott of, florida, no. the clerk: mr. president manchin, no -- mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senato

ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: people of america are suffering. we've repeatedly told them that they are our priorities, but the people of america are suffering. why my colleagues insist on a government shutdown, which is what they are doing? blatantly they have violated the very agreement that speaker mccarthy and the president of the united states agreed to to be able to go forward on a funding scheme that would save the american people. but yet we stand here today where my very constituents in houston, texas, are going to have the soldiers that serve in our nation's military not paid. it's going to have $2 billion in loans to small businesses not given. it's going to stop $800,000 children not getting nutrition. it's going to top 456 million people from getting housing and yet we are standing here, that we are patriots. i don't want a government shutdown. food safety will be in essence in jeopardy. law enforcement will not be paid. these are the people who say we are pro-law enforcement but yet they will not be paid. and what goes on with the s

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. the clerk: mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. the clerk: mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, feinstein, fetterman, hassan, kelly, king, klobuchar, murray, schatz, stabenow, welch, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- cornyn, cotton, crapo, daines, kennedy hyde-smith marshall ricketts wicker the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. hoeven, no. t

ms. jackson lee held. he brought in three survivors of human trafficking.t was a very well done hearing. we heard their stories. they were brave. this is a real issue, a real atrocity that is occurring at our border, and to act like this is some kind of political stunt is a shame. >> mr. chairman, if i may, i wanted to give you some time. i'm going to reclaim my time. >> gentleman reclaims. >> look, let's just talk about the difference in two years. historic historic lows in 45 years of illegal drags gration. biden's the person at the helm who enacts laws many response to we, the people, historic lows of illegal immigration. now we have the most illegal immigration in our country's history. decisions matter. a lack of leadership on this front matters. people are losing their lives. children are being sold into the sex traffic, slave trade because of decisions that are being made. in 2022 human trafficking arrests have increased 50%. 72% of trafficking victims are immigrants. now, mr. jones, a minute ago you talk about some things that we have to be concerne

ms. jackson-lee is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman.e of the republicans' goals today include solving americans' problems of which they are concerned of. there are many reasons, mr. attorney general, that prosecutors decline to bring charges. one of those reasons is that they don't have any evidence for a conviction. that is the justice way. that is just in america. let me raise these questions and concerns with you today. as we all know, republicans have repeatedly alleged that the doj and the fibi are conspiring to give hunter biden special treatment in the investigations. they've demonized law enforcement officials working in this case at every turn which has led to increased threats against fbi officials, law enforcement of which they pretend to support. i want to place into the record two excerpts from recent transcribed interviews and i would ask that a copy be made available to you. the first is from a june interview with jennifer moore, fbi's former executive assistant director for fema. the fbi had received so many threats that

ms. jackson lee, the ranking member, is unable to join us for health reasons. in her stead i will recognize ms. dean for an opening statement. >> i thank you mr. chairman for convening this important hearing today. i think all of you for being -- thank all of you for being here, in the audience and those who have come to testify. it is an important hearing to discuss the deeply disturbing and pervasive issue that is plaguing our country and our world. child exploitation. i'm standing in for ranking member sheila jackson lee who regrettably cannot be with us today. and i'm honored to be in her stead. i know that the subject is deeply personal to her as it is to me. because although the united states is a nation known for its foundational ideas of liberty and protection of citizens we continue to struggle with the existence and prevalence of child exploitation. it takes on various forms ranging from child labor and six -- sex trafficking to the tradition of csam online, harassment, and sex extortion. perpetrators of these repulsive crimes hide within our society p

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- bennett, cantwell, durbin, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, kelly, lujan, menendez, merkley, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, schumer, sinema, tester, warnock, warren, and welch. ms. klobuchar aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, capito, cassidy, cotton, graham, hagerty, johnson, kennedy, lankf

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ms. jackson lee: i do. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: the strength of america is in her workers. and today i rise on the floor of the house to stand with the u.a.w. workers around the nation and those that are striking now in the midwest. there are u.a.w. workers in texas and i stand with them. can we at least understand that the value of what these workers are advocating for are american values. health benefits. the ability to have a permanent job. the ability to have compensation. to be able to buy and keep a house. or to provide for your family or to buy a car that you make. this is a crisis that does not have to be. i ask and encourage the big three, the automaker, sit with the u.a.w. workers and resolve this the american way. and that is with fairness and justice and equality for all. u.a.w. is fighting for american workers. american workers over the decades and centuries have helped build this nation. let us not continue a stri

ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. lee, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 96. the nays are zero. and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the senator from florida. a senator: mr. president, i was governor of florida from january 2011 to january 2019. mr. scott: and we had a variety of disasters. we had four major hurricanes. we had wildfires. we had flooding, a variety of things. and what you find out in that role as governor is you find out the importance of the federal government. the fema is very important to disaster relief. disaster relief is partially borne by whoever is impacted, family or business. partially it's impacted by the city or county, partially by the state and partially by the federal government. my experience with fema is they're hardworking individuals that work ha

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- collins, coons, cortez masto, gillibrand, graham, heinrich, hickenlooper, sanders, sinema, and welch. senators voting in the negative -- cotton, crapo, grassley, marshall, mullin, ricketts, thune, and tillis. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. paul, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. sulli

ms. jackson lee of texas. n >> i will yield to the next individual. >> ms. garcia, you are recognized. >> ms. ramirez. >> i'm sorry. >> thank you chairman. h and ranking member thompson. we have been here for about an hour and a half and i want to thank you for this hearing. po this hearing should be shedding light on the pressing issues surrounding immigration policy. what is causing migration? and how do we make hisure the p children we talk about, the children that i know personally, are cared for. instead, i think we continue to politicize the issue that both sides need to address which is immigration reform. i actually want to get back to why we are all here today. the american people expect us to do our job and to solve the problems. they expect us to have unbiased people who are witnesses here o and provide us an opportunity to shed light on how we look forward. and as i think about the t hearing now and hearing the witnesses, i think about just last year, how a horrific domestic terror attack in buffalo new york, supermarket, left our nation reeling.

ms. -- >> chairman bigs -- behalf of ranking member jackson lee and testing which members of the subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to testify. my name is vanessa. i am asian american. i am a survivor of child sexual abuse in the philippines. and today i am a founding member of the global survivor network an international group of survivors and a human rights advocate i was only eight years old and when the abuse started. it finally stopped when i found the courage to pick up the phone trembling my hands shaking. called my best friend at school and she answered -- my hands shaking still. told her i don't want to be here anymore. i need help. i was put in a shelter home in the philippines where there were so many children like me. i became a part of a survivor group healing together and advocating for protection together. today i don't speak just for myself. but i speak on behalf of all of my brothers and sisters in our survivor network group. julie is one of my survivor sisters. she was seven years old. she should have been going to school playing with friends. instead she was taken i

ms. jackson lee: in my meeting last week with the president of ukraine we spoke about the devastation oftolen children from ukraine by the russian fighters, children now that have been taken, reprogrammed and not returned to their families, today we voted to continue to support ukraine in its democratic fight for freedom and democracy against the tyranny of russia. i stand here today introducing the bill that is -- that i'm joined by joe wilson and other members is a bill to address the stolen children of ukraine that have been taken to russia. this act is dedicated to a young .who was shot dead in the car with his grandmother and this was put at risk. millions of children have been deprived of their education. more than 6,000 children in the custody of russia and 43 camps and facilities when the russian government has interred children. and demand that the children of ukraine be returned to ukraine. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. grothman: i would like to speak for one minute. mr. grothman: we just add anot

ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- blackburn, cotton, graham, hagerty, hyde-smith, kennedy, marshall, moran, paul, ricketts, rounds, rubio, schmitt, and vance. senators voting in the negative -- cardin, coons, hassan, heinrich, murray, schatz, sinema, and welch. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. carper, no. mr. hoeven, aye. ms. collins, aye. mr. cruz, aye. mr. merkley, no. t

lee, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. tuberville, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. preerts -- mr. peters, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. vance vote: the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. : vote: the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 89. the nays are 8. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: mr. president, two hours ago senator schumer announced that we will be voting on the commander of the marine corps, army chief of staff, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it's about time. i've called for individual votes on these nominees for almost six months. instead of v

lee -- ms. lee. >> r thank you, chair comer and the ranking member mr. raskin. it's great to be on the committee. when i first came and i looked up on the wall and it is all the incredible former chair of the house oversight committee elijah cummings into reminds me of the first meeting, the committee meeting in the chamber. i can tell you it was incredibly powerful. i don't know mr. turley if you know, do you know what the subject matter of the hearing was? >> i don't. >> it was around insulin, price gouging of insulin and the first witness was a mother of twins who had to ration her insulin between two children. it was incredible because at that moment i thought this is exactly the committee i i want o ber on, here doing what is need for the american people and fighting back against greed and a number of broken systems and processes that i think again leave many families behind. here we are though, doing the bidding of a twice impeached indicted former president instead of working for the people of our country. mr. o'connor -- ms. o'connor, do you know this nu

ms. lee: i rise on behalf of the autoworkers powering the big three and all workers on the front thriefns fight for a future with fair pay, dignity and the right to benefit from the hard work being hoarded by corporate c.e.o.'s. in 2022, ford's c.e.o. made $2 million, g.m.'s made $29 million. right now the maximum pay for big three u.a.w. workers is $66,000. you can't even see the line because that's how little they're paid in comparison to their corporate bosses. it would take a u.a.w. employee a maximum salary almost 440 years to make what the c.e.o. of general motors makes in one year. yet the c.e.o.'s lie that their workers, quote, threaten our economy. let me be clear. any company that can afford 40% raises for c.e.o.'s already rake manage millions can afford 40% raises for their workers who our clean energy economy depends on. these workers don't threaten our economy but c.e.o.'s do. to the big three, pay those workers what you owe them. don't act like you forgot. solidarity forever. i

ms. jackson lee. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman and again, i said i would come to the floor and each time would say that i do not want a government shutdown. i don't want the american people to suffer. and i want the government to be able to function. as an almost 20-year member of the authorizing committee, homeland security, i am stunned at the lack of concern that my friends on the other side of the aisle would have on a government shutdown on homeland security. these are extensive government employees, many of them represented by the american federation of government employees. t.s.o.'s would continue to work in the transportation administration, but so many will be working without compensation. if we are concerned about the border, i don't know why the southwest border initiative is out, why money for that is eliminated and opportunities for shelter services are eliminated when we realize throngs of people are coming here that are having the ability to apply for asylum. the chair: the gen

ms. jackson lee from texas. >> mr. chairman, none of the republicans' goals today include solving americans' problems of which they are concerned of. there are many reasons, mr. attorney general, that prosecutors decline to bring charges. one of those reasons is that they don't have any evidence for a conviction. that is the justice way. that is just in america. let me raise these questions and concerns with you today. as we all know, republicans have repeatedly alleged that the d.o.j. and f.b.i. are conspiring to shield the biden family from public criticism and giving hunter biden special treatment in its investigation. they have demonized law enforcement officials working with this case at every turn which has led to increased threats against f.b.i. officials, law enforcement that they pretend to support. i want to place to the record two excerpts from recent transcribed interviews and copies be made available to you. first is from a june interview with jennifer moore, f.b.i.'s former executive assistant director fo

ranking member ms. lee is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. delivery for america plan perfectly the part about the consolidation of sorting and delivery centers is intended to improve performance and finances. these changes will have major effects on all our local communities and postal workers that raises concern about the syntax that other concerns being heard by leadership. section 31 of the postal accountability and enhancement act requires the postal service to engage and share data with these communities and stakeholders prior to implementing a realignment on the consolidation plan. mr. dejoy how does the postal service comply with this committee and agent requirement prior to the release particularly about the restructuring of facilities? we made the determination that we complied with every aspect of the law and regulations with regard to the plans. as we move forward we communicate and i can't tell you the amount of communications we have had with congress and other stakeholders. so far we feel very comfortable in terms of what we did

ms. lee votes no. mr. kosar votes no. ms. crockett. ms. crockett votes no. mr. goldman. mr. moscowitz. mr. moscowitz both no. ms. tlaib votes no. mr. chairman. mr. chairman votes aye. mr. fallon is not yet recorded. >> aye . >> that was mr. langworthy of new york recorded. mr. fallon votes i. mr. langworthy votes aye. >> mr. timmons is not yet recorded. mr. timmons votes aye. >> mr. kosar is not recorded. mr. kosar votes i -- eye. >> mr. connolly votes no. not yet recorded for krishnamoorthi . mr. krishnamoorthi votes no . >> how was mr. armstrong recorded? >> mr. armstrong is loaded aye. >> mr. chairman, however my recorded? >> ms. mace is reported as a voting aye. >> mr. donald's is not yet recorded. mr. donald's votes yes. >> have i been recorded, madam clerk? it is mr. raskin. >> mr. raskin, you are reported as voting no. >> mr. gomez, you are recorded as voted no. >> how on my recorded. >> ms. cortez is reported as voting no. ms. brown is not yet recorded. ms. brown votes no. >> will the clerk please tally the votes. >> mr. chairman, the aye is 20 and no is 18. >> i do

ms. lee votes no. mr. kosar votes no. ms. crockett. ms. crockett votes no. mr. goldman. mr. moscowitz. mr. moscowitz both no. ms. tlaib votes no. mr. chairman. mr. chairman votes aye. mr. fallon is not yet recorded. >> aye . >> that was mr. langworthy of new york recorded. mr. fallon votes i. mr. langworthy votes aye. >> mr. timmons is not yet recorded. mr. timmons votes aye. >> mr. kosar is not recorded. mr. kosar votes i -- eye. >> mr. connolly votes no. not yet recorded for krishnamoorthi . mr. krishnamoorthi votes no . >> how was mr. armstrong recorded? >> mr. armstrong is loaded aye. >> mr. chairman, however my recorded? >> ms. mace is reported as a voting aye. >> mr. donald's is not yet recorded. mr. donald's votes yes. >> have i been recorded, madam clerk? it is mr. raskin. >> mr. raskin, you are reported as voting no. >> mr. gomez, you are recorded as voted no. >> how on my recorded. >> ms. cortez is reported as voting no. ms. brown is not yet recorded. ms. brown votes no. >> will the clerk please tally the votes. >> mr. chairman, the aye is 20 and no is 18. >> i do

ms. jackson lee. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from georgia for working together with mr. harris. every time i come to the floor i say i don't want a government shutdown. having been through them and see the desperation that comes upon the american people and i'll do everything i can that is within reason to make sure we do not have it. as i present this amendment and thank the committees for allowing this amendment to be in, i just take note of the funding cuts in rural electric cooperation and the shocking cuts in w.i.c. that's what i think has to be fixed and the american people are not aware. i am grateful of the jackson lee amendment, number 18, increases funding that includes grant research for the 1890 land grant universities which are 28 historic black colleges and universities. this amendment would decrease funding in another account, the association of public and land grant universities, council of 1890's and includes all the historically black colleges. and at least 19 universities have

. >> i recognize ms. lee for five minutes of questioning. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you administrator reagan for honoring this invitation to be here today. as the first black woman, i recognize the weight of responsibility on your shoulders as the epa's first black leader. your tasked with leading an agency that works to address and combat environmental racism and the lingering effects of red lining that they've had on the quality of air and water in our communities. last week, secretary granholm from the department of energy sat before this committee. the amazing things going on in my district and the abundant opportunities the future holds for clean, renewable, energy economy in the region. today, i look forward to discussing with you the opportunities we have and must take to rectify the mistakes of the past that separated, stifled at times utterly destroyed environments and communities that have been prominently populated by black and brown individuals. i'm not okay with communities like the one i'm from in western pennsylvania. being sack official lambs in

ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. plicts -- mr. mr. ricketts, no. mr. tillis, no. ms. collins, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. hoven, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: -- the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 44. and the motion is agreed to. mr. mene

the chairman recognize ms. leer 5th minutes. >> 3 hours and 45 or so minutes into this the republicans own witnesses have confirmed that they have seen no evidence of any evidence. i think that if my republican colleagues had so-called smoking gun they would have presented it by now and would have talked about it -- >> can the gentle lady read a bank statement. >> we are sitting here with no fact witnesses and no evidence in this sham so-called impeachment to distract from their inability to fulfill their basic duty to fund and run our government. republicans know the american people don't want their shutdown. so instead republicans on this committee are attempt to go divert and distract the american people's attention by spending taxpayer dollars on this sham impeachment hearing two days before they shut the government down and hope that the media and i don't just mean fox news will fall to their scheme in fact, in chairman comer's district republicans shutdown would cost 8,930 constituents his paychecks and in ji