signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties . all time shall be equally allocated between the parties nd in no 70 shall debate continue beyond 150 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise to honor franklin hobson for 60 years of service in the fall creek volunteer fire department . franklin was a young man of 21 when he became a charter member of the fire department in 1957. since that time, he has been a dedicated leader in both the department and his community, including service -- servicing as the fire marshal. still active in the fall creek fire department

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate.

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally parties between the debate event shall continue beyond 1:50 p.m.. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. lavine, for five minutes. debat continue beyond 1:50 p.m.. each member other than the majority and -- mr. levin. for five minutes. without objection. mr. levin: i rise today to mourn the passing of the chinese human rights advocate xaoibo l prize laureate who died last thursday in china under guard. the world has lost an incomparably courageous activist who was dedicated to human rights and the rule of law and paid for them with his own freedom and life. his passing last week in ch

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend gary studniewski, st. peter's catholic church in washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, we give you praise and thanksgiving for the united states of america

isit ncicap.org] a we're expecting to hear from house speaker paul d. ryan in just a few minutes. we'll have it live here on c-span. meanwhile, the u.s. senate coming in at 12:30 eastern today. news that republican leaders plan to unveil a revised health care proposal that will allow insurers to sell austere plans not in line with the regulations imposed under the affordable care act. according to three republicans familiar with the plans, reported by "the washington post" and other news organizations. senate coming in at 12:30. reports are that the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, will speak at that time. follow that over on c-span2. we'll have paul ryan's briefing shortly. at noon eastern today, the house coming back into session to work on the 2018 defense programs and policy bill. legislation authorizing $688 billion in pentagon spending. lots of amendments to go through. expected late night tonight in the u.s. house. while we wait for the house to return, we'll -- we'll wait for the paul ryan briefing. we'll take you to this morning's "washington journal." congressmr of ariz

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the the spr

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize 16 individuals from the pennsylvania fifth congressional district who received prestigious fullbright awards during the 2016-2017 school year. congress established the program in 1946, promotes friendly and peaceful relations between americans and the people of other countries through international educational exchange. each year more than 3,000 u.s. stud

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, yesterday i had the privilege of touring pennsylvania's only state-owned two-year technical college, thaddeus stevens college of technology, named after an individual, former member of congress that served in the era of abraham lincoln in this chamber. i was pleased to be in lancaster with my colleague, representative smucker. thaddeus stevens college of technology provides a bridge out of poverty for som

mooney to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy.

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: it looks like the trump administration will give 1.2 million immigrants who have documents and turn them into undocumented immigrants. they have work permits. pay their full share of taxes and covered by u.s. labor laws and they are not undercutting the wages while being the livelihood of native born american workers. they are documented workers in the u.s. and have been here for mo

signed, july paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: mr. speaker, yesterday, secretary of homeland security john kelly met with members of the congressional hispanic caucus. who ked him about veterans are being deported. we asked him why american citizens were increasingly having their families broken up by deportation. why 800,000 young people who signed up for daca and hundreds of thousands of long-term residents of u.s. who have temporary protective stay turks he had

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus, for five minutes. mr. shimkus: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to ddress the plight of the people of eyopia. they have a population of more han 25 million or 35% of eyopia's total population. i speak here on behalf of my dissent.ho is of the coalition is dedicated to bringing the suffering of the aromo people and others

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties . all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. speaker, this past saturday i was a guest at lincoln united methodist church in chicago where we had an emergency meeting to discuss how we would defend daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals initiative, started five years ago. daca has allowed nearly 800,000 dreamers, immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children and grew up here, to work and live here if they meet certain requirements, go through a background c

other ways to get that back in again but not a very democratic move on behalf of paul ryan to say the very least small d. as in small did not a very republican move small are republican either this is you know you would think when both parties agree on something then the speaker of the house is has the responsibility for making that happen after seventeen years of continuous war is that the american people are tired of yeah and in a u m f that had to do with nine eleven and none of this has to do with nine eleven and none of it's crazy medea benjamin thank you so much thank you for having us coming up with trust in our democratic institutions declining and now can we the people reclaim what's right fully ours as marianne williamson and sam daly here as right after the break. i do not know if the russian state hacked into john podesta e-mails and gave them to wiki leaks but i do know rock obama's director of national intelligence has not provided read of it to support his claims of russia i also know he perjured himself in a senate hearing three months before the revelations provided by edwards he did no

other ways to get that back in again but not a very democratic move on behalf of paul ryan to say the very least small d. as in small the not a very republican move small or republican either this is you know you would think when both parties agree on something then the speaker of the house is has the responsibility for making that happen after seventeen years of continuous war is that the american people are tired of yeah and in a u m f it had to do with nine eleven and none of this has to do with nine eleven none of it's crazy medea benjamin thank you so much thank you for having us coming up trust in our democratic institutions declining now can't. we will people reclaim what's rightfully ours as marianne williamson and sam daly hear us right after the break. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand down and lose business is just the dance the right questions and demand the right answer. the. question. the mission of news with him is to go to the people tell their side

on their feet again so the notion and again i believe it is paul ryan who spoke about the social safety net as a hammock. people that damie d. mean the pe are, what they are about, their own character, they want to take care of themselves, they want to take care of their family. i have children and grandchildren, and i wanted to look up to me and say that i do my job. one of the big problems that we face in the middle of the country today, all over the country, people who are out of work are watching the fabric of their lives disintegrate before their lives. they are embarrassed that their kids know they are out of work and they can't afford to send their kids to college. they can't afford a vocational technical school, they can't pay for health care. so it is that issue for me that is critically important. and what i found, the social safety net first came under attack with newt gingrich and that was let's block grants for food stamps. let's eliminate the school lunch program. let's cut medicare by $270 billion, but with providing tax breaks for the richest americans. we fought back. we mobilized and fought back and defeat

d approach where it's our problem. >> strong language from lindsey graham. paul ryan wrote in part, this is a process to keep it alive, not to make law. he goes on to say that the senate is going to have to take up whatever final measure they can figure out first. he also says the priority is to get something repealed. so he does sort of have that ace in his pocket, in a way leveraged against the senate to come to agreement with the house, if they really don't want the skinny repeal bill to become law, anderson. >> fascinating that senators are going to vote for a bill that they actually do not want to become law. you still have a long night ahead of you. voting is to continue into the early hours. >> that's right. there is some action on the flor right now. you'll see some votes in a half hour. that's not actually vote of this marathon session that is technically part of this skinny repeal bill process. you're going to see, though, once that does get started later this evening tons of votes, potentially unlimited amendments. although eventually, they will get pared d

paul ryan call for a moment of silence on the floor of congress from manchester. good. delasco from moment of silence for the victim of domestic terrorism. let's just talk about this. [applause] i cry and i don't cry that often. the last time i cries when i walked past a mathilde casket in the museum. this young man had done everything right. it was squeaky clean. and i have nephews who are 30 and 33. and i pray for them every day. this is what black mothers and fathers f go through when their children leave the house. . . momma says i'm glad you're not male with my temper you would have been gone. i would have been gone a long time ago. but in any case it is a rightening situation and we have conscience have to continue to lift this young man up. as you said when wroa call the role of the folks who have been killed his name belongs in that role. and then other question we have to ask is who raised him? how did they raise him and what did they talk about at the dinner table. how did this person 20, you know, all of the races i don't mind. i mind them but if you're 80 and

priebus and paul ryan who said the next phase of the trump white house is going to be to disconnect itself from the republican party and go to war with the republican congress. and what do dwake up to this morning? a president tweeting that republican senators look like fools, democrats are laughing at them and ordering mitch mcconnell to blow up the filibuster. donald trump is the issue. it is not his staff. >> i heard an amen from you, a little bit there, michael steele. >> he hit it right out of the park. that is exactly the scenario that republicans have invited into their party. and they are going to have to live with it. this white house, this president in particular ideally would like the separation between himself and the party, why? because he's never been connected to it. he's agnostic on 90% of what republicans and particularly conservatives artic lit and he's philosophically anywhere at any given time and the philosophy is donald trump. and this is the reality of the party, you've seen it play out. you think you will get an agenda done on big stuff like infrastructure and tax reform when the president himself has not anchored the principles of where he wants t

signed, paul d. ryan, speak of the appoint the honorable james comber to act as speaker pro tempore on this -- comer, to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speak of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado, mr. coffman, for five minutes. mr. coffman: mr. speaker, it is my honor to today to recognize the long career and accomplishments of a dear friend of mine. professor venanda, who will be celebrating his 50th year teaching international law at the university of denver. a

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend gary studniewski, st. peter's catholic church in washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, we give you praise and thanksgiving for the on d states of america, the american creed you have endowed every person with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we know that true liberty or happiness is possible without recourse to your divine will. bless the members of this governing assembly with the wisdom of discerning, discerning your will, discerning our national affairs, and help them exercise their powers at the service of the rights of each citizen. bless this house and the country it serves with your protection and peace. are you a source of peace now and forever. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 2-a of house resolution 415, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. i

signed paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and north whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. : thank you, en madam speaker. today i rise to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the bombing in buenos aries argentina, of the jewish community center known as amia. it killed 85 people with hundreds more injured. yet, nearly 25 years later the jewish community and the people of argentina are still waiting for justice to be served. this was an attack perpetrated by iran and its terror proxy hezbollah. -- my eople here are he found clear evidence that linked the iranian regime and hezbollah to the attack and the attack a

mooney to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god, you created us endowed with freedom. we give you thanks for giving us another day. on the eve of america's national holiday, may all citizens be mindful of the wonder of our nation's inception. men and women of goodwill from various backgrounds and sections of the colonies, from disparate faith traditions came in prayer and united in political and economic autonomy, courageously placed their lives, liberties and fortunes on the line con found these united states. may all americans be renewed in their commitment to our representative government. may each american citizen expect intelligent participation in the political process so that the members of congress they elect might be states men and women who are able to represent the interests of their constituents, while also faithfully honoring their oath to defend the constitutio