plaskett: thank you, mr. veasey. i first would like to thank the chair of the congressional black caucus, by friend and colleague, the honorable cedric richmond, for his leadership on this top exand on topics affecting black america across this great nation and indeed this evening, we are discussing not only minorities in this country but those downtrodden and other individuals around the world who look to america for refuge, strength, and democracy. i would also like to thank my colleague, the honorable mark veasey, of fort worth, texas, for joining me in chairing this special order hour and my congressional black caucus colleagues who are joining us this evening to speak on these important issues. mr. speakering we are here night to speak to those very -- those two very important issues that go to the fabric of our founding, our ability to grow and diversify as a nation by bringing in the tired and the poor, the innovator, the ones who bring new changes to this country and continue its dynamic growth, as well as vo

plaskett as delegate from the virgin islands. the honorable amata coleman raddy wagon as delegate from american samoa. and the honorable gre goreo sablan as delegate from the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands. pursuant to law and precedent, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives. for the 115th congress. nominations are now in order. the clerk recognizing the gentlewoman from washington, mrs. mcmorris rodgers. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: whether you are from the ever green state or badge state we gather here on the house floor representing very divee backgrounds and walks of life. this house, the people's house, the center of our government, is where views and beliefs of millions are represented, where ideas are considered, debated, and crafted into laws. no one understands this better than our speaker of the house, paul ryan, he truly is the people's speaker, because he understands the responsibility given to this body by our founders. it's our responsibility to protect the

plaskett as delegate from the virgin islands. the honorable amata coleman raddy wagon as delegate from american samoa. and the honorable gre goreo sablan as delegate from the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands. pursuant to law and precedent, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives. for the 115th congress. nominations are now in order. the clerk recognizing the gentlewoman from washington, mrs. mcmorris rodgers. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: whether you are from the ever green state or badger state we gather here on the house floor representing very diverse backgrounds and walks of life. this house, the people's house, the center of our government, is where views and beliefs of millions are represented, where ideas are considered, debated, and crafted into laws. no one understands this better than our speaker of the house, paul ryan, he truly is the people's speaker, because he understands the responsibility given to this body by our founders. it's our responsibility to protect

plaskett ase stacy the delegate from the virgin islands. and the honorable delegate from the commonwealth of the islands. pursuant to law and president, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house for the house of representatives for the 115th congress. nominations are now in order. we recognize the gentleman from washington, mrs. mcmorris rodgers. >> whether you are from the evergreens they are the badger state, we gather here on the house floor, representing very diverse backgrounds and walks of life. this house, the people's house, the center of our government is where views and phil of millionsof are representated. nobody understands this better than the speaker of our house, paul ryan. he understands the responsibilities given to this body by our founders. it is our responsibility to protect the constitution and the balance of power that representative government, the rule of law, and equal opportunity for all is protected in this chamber. by the people and for the people. just over one year ago when he picke

delegate stacy plaskett, virgin islan islands.ey. representative 58 evans, second district of pennsylvania. senator harris of california. representative lisa blount rochester at large. representative anthony brown fourth district of maryland. val demmings, 10th district of florida, representative al laws lawson, fifth district of florida. representative donald mckeep chin, fourth district of virginia. ladies and gentlemen, the congressional black caucus of the 115th congress, give them a resounding round of applause! [ applause ] give them a resounding round of applause! give them still another round of applause! when you understand what these people stand for, when you understand what these people do for us, when you understand how they fight for us, tirelessly, day in and day out, you will give them another round of applause. [ applause ] >> as the cbc of the 115th congress embarks on its critical work on behalf of the american people, they do so in faith. they do so with strength, they do so with amazing perseverance, they do s

they'll get stacy plaskett of virgin islands. bonnie watson coleman, 12th district new jersey.ia. representative lisa blunt rochester. at large, district of delaware. representative anthony brown, fourth district of maryland. representative val demi fourth district of florida. representative al lawson, fifth district of florida. representative donald mcgeechan, fourth district of virginia. ladies and gentlemen, the congressional black caucus of the 115th congress. give them a resounding round of applause. [applause] give them a resounding round of applause. [applause] give them yet still another round of applause. [applause] when you understand what these people stand for, when you understand what these people do for us, when you understand how they fight for us tirelessly day in and day out, you will give them another round of applause. [applause] as the cbc of the 115th congress in berks on its critical work on behalf of the american people, they do so in faith, they do so with strength and amazing perseverance. they do so with amazing humility they do it because they truly b

delegate stacey plaskett of the virgin islands.ive bonnie watson coleman. 12th district of new jersey. representative dwight evans, second district of pennsylvania. senator camila harris of california. representative lisa blunt rochester, at large, district of delaware. representative anthony brown, delaware.trict of representative anthony brown, fourth district of maryland. representative val demings, representative al lawson, fifth district of florida. representative donald mceachin, fourth district of virginia. ladies and gentlemen, the the essional black congressional black caucus of the 115th congress. give them a resounding round of alaws. give them a resounding round of applause. give them yet still another round of applause. when you understand what these people stand for, when you understand what these people do what these people stand for, when you understand what these people do for us, when you understand how they fight for us tirelessly, day in, day out, you will give hem another round of applause. [applause] senator c

plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to my colleagues. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak on behalf of opposition to h.r. 238. and express my concerns with the process and the need for this legislation at this time. as we all know, commotities futures trade commission is an independent federal regulatory agency that after the 2008 financial crisis took on more responsibility to bring greater transparency and oversight to the multihundred-trillion-dollar derivatives market. this new bill, h.r. 238, has new mandates and steps in it which will force the commodities and futures trade commission to redirect funding from its core mission to satisfy some of the new mandates within this rule. 238 sets a flat re-authorization level of $250 million per year for the next five years, despite the annual average budget request of the agency of well over $300 million since passage of dodd-frank. freezing the funding level makes the new rules almost impossible to enforce. while we understand the need for the end users, the work of this group must go forward.

plaskett and mr. veasey have accepted the challenge and the call and i want to tell them or express to them my greatest appreciation for the leadership that they are showing. i want to start my remarks again with -- it may be hometown pride, but i like the headline of the houston "chronicle" that says, powerful together. the numbers have not yet been fully calculated, but we know upwards of a million and maybe over a million persons around the nation and then they added individuals from foreign ountries, foreign-wide, and and i would take this title that represents, mr. speaker, the peaceful protests and i want to say it again and say it again two times, peaceful, peaceful protests that occurred on saturday, expressing the view of what america is really about. and i say that to my colleagues. they are about what the congressional black caucus is about. and i believe our chairman made the point that we come from diverse districts representing people of religious backgrounds and racial background and ec

plaskett: mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for one-hour debate. where the house is taking of a bill on motion funding by public and congress would chris smith of new jersey. what is significant about the house taking it up this week? >> this bill will prevent any federal money going towards abortion and it would prohibit a working coverage in obamacare or health-care plans if they cover abortions. this comes this week because the march for life is scheduled for this weekend. in recent years when the house has been controlled by republicans, they try to time in antiabortion bill for the march of life. >> are they allowing any exceptions? >> there are the typical exceptions for risks to the life of the mother, which has been controversial in the past because republicans have not included it. it is in there.