the honorable kay graining aer of the state of texas has received one. the honorable bruce westerman of the state of arkansas. has received one. a speaker has not been elected. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the the chair declares the house

gooden of texas. jordan. gosar. jordan. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. scalise. graves of louisiana. jordan. graves of missouri. jordan. green of tennessee. jordan. green of texas. jeffries. greene of georgia. jordan. griffith. jordan. grijalva. jeffries. grothman. jordan. guest. jordan. guthrie. jordan. hageman. jordan. harder of california. jeffries. harris. jordan. harshbarger. jordan. hayes. jeffries. hern. jordan. higgins of louisiana. jordan. higgins of new york. jeffries. hill. jordan. himes. jeffries. hinson. jordan. horsford. jeffies. houchin. jordan. houlahan. jeffries. hoyer. jeffries. hoyle of oregon. jeffries. hudson. jordan. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. jordan. hunt. hunt. issa. jordan. ivey. ivey. jeffries. jackson of illinois. jeffries. jackson of north carolina. jeffries. jackson of texas. jordan. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. donalds. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. jordan. johnson of ohio. jordan. johnson of south dakota. jordan. jordan. jordan. joyce of ohio. jordan.

the honorable kay graining aer of the state of texas has received one. the honorable bruce westerman of the state of arkansas. has received one. a speaker has not been elected. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the the chair declares the house in recess subject to the announcer: following the second failed vote in the house to

island but planted texas flag on island again, texas land commissioner buckingham joins knee to talk good to see you. thanks very much for being here you had a meeting with texas border board of law enforcement yesterday to discuss this clearing the brush, vegetation, to better patrol protect that island tell us about it. >> absolutely, good morning to you, thanks for having me on, just imagine right across the river from 170 iraq island is most violent part of mexico along the border, full all thes weapons heard every night warning cartels leaving dead bodies in the street 170 acre likelihood no-man's-land a reason fighting each other over it ref um from mexican law enforcement from american law enforcement, so we took it over declared it texas. able to clear it taking away that sanctuary from most violent criminals. >> we've got drone footage showing right now from texas, and, i am told going to take a while how did the cartels get access to that just came in started using it? >> well, the island was formed, river, treaty from 1800s anything north of the center of the river, is, of

it's a beautiful day in texas. everything is sweeter, bigger in texas.nd the reason why we are here is because this has become the epicenter in texas for what is happening at the border and i got to tell you, the folks of texas are so fired up they feel like joe biden, kamala harris have abandoned the state of texas and its borders, guys. >> steve: lawrence, it's great to see you in north dallas right now at norma's. i know you have a whole collection of cowboy hats. how did you decide that was going to be the hat for today's big show? >> lawrence: well, this is a brand new one. i left my hats in new york in my office. and so we went to the state fair yesterday. and, you know, i have to get a new hat. i just had to. >> lawrence: you mentioned that you were there with the people who raised you. would your mother happen to be in attendance? >> lawrence: yeah. she is right in front of me. steve why don't you introduce us, lawrence. [sighs] >> steve: i will introduce you to momma jones. and she has been on the show before when we did our here, momma? how doe

williams of texas. johnson. wilson of florida. wilson of florida. jeffries. wilson of south carolina. johnson. wittman. johnson. womack. johnson. yakym. johnson. zinke. mr. zinke: the next speaker of the people's house, mike johnson. the clerk: johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will now call the names of the members who did not answer the first call of the roll. beyer. jeffries. boyle of pennsylvania. boyle of pennsylvania. correa. correa. gallego. jeffries. vicente gonzalez. vicente gonzalez. van orden. van orden. the speaker pro tempore: any members who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the tellers agree in their tallies the number of votes cast is 429, of which the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana has received 220 votes. and the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 209 votes. therefore, the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana, having received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of repre

the honorable kay graining aer of the state of texas has received one. the honorable bruce westerman of the state of arkansas. has received one. a speaker has not been elected. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the the chair declares the house in recess subject to the announcer: the house is in recess. earlier jim jordan failed to get the votes needed in the second house speaker te he plans to keep running for the speaker's position. when members return, watch live coverage here on c-span. >> since 1979 in partnership with the cable industry, c-span provided a view of committee meetings and c-span gives you a front row seat to how issues are debated and decided with no commentary and no interruptions and completely unfiltered. c-span, your unfiltered view of government.

and i used to do a lot of films in texas. i probably shot nine of my 150-200 films in texas.ood environment. but it's left to the past 8, 9 years and time to bring it back. lost it to other states that do have state -- income taxes. and they've done it with tax incentive that way. >> trace: is it beneficial, george, quickly, for you to make a movie down in texas than maybe other states? >> look, not yet. the incentives aren't in place right now. it's sort of like putting the cart before the horse. you wouldn't want to spend a lot of money in texas until a sustainable program is in place for film. dennis and i are advocating to state wide elected leaders in texas to grow the film industry here and make texas the film capital of the world. >> yeah, we were able this last session to raise that from 40,000,000 to 250,000,000 which is quite a leap from what it was. we would like to grow that. you know, these incentives wouldn't be like being a government handout. we are doing this towards really private industry, taking over on its own. >> trace: let me just put this up on the scr

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in the texas capital.re is nothing more important than we could be doing, than this right here, worshipping and praying in the middle of the capital. throughout the session he talked about how his faith informed his politics. schatzline and other conservatives voted to restrict drag performances, and to hire religious chaplains as unlicensed mental health counselors. in public schools. he spoke with nbc news for the new podcast, grapevine. you believe in the fundamental separation of church and state? >> i believe that church and state, in the constitution, what was written about it was written to keep the state out of the church, not to keep the church out of the state. >> that belief has pushed some teachers out of public education for good. amanda guthrie was an award winning world history teacher in grapevine, before she quit, halfway through last school year. >> i think they want to defund public education, create a, essentially, segregated school system. and whether that be segregated by race or reli

north texas classrooms.espondent antonia hilton went to the classroom to talk with students who were there dealing with the consequences. >> reporter: in pockets of north texas students are worried about politics and religion creeping into their classrooms. >> even though we live in a conservative area, most kids are fine with learning about different identities, about learning about people of color and lgbtq people. >> it's frustrating, strange, and hypocritical to see the in god we trust signs being put up everywhere while at the same time books are being removed from our library shelves. >> i think i've learned more about politics in the last year than in my entire life. >> more than you wanted to. >> more than i wanted to. and now that is all i can see in my school, all i can see is people pitted against each other. >> reporter: over the course of the last two years school boards in the grapevine, colleyville, school districts restricting instruction on race, gender and sexuality and removing access to h

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new je jersey, on the committee of global holt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. our great friend and ally israel with significant assistance from the united states continues to respond to the cowardly hamas invasion that includes hamas' psychotic terrorists butchering innocent civilians, rape, hostage take, the beheading of babies and daily indiscriminate attacks that are reminiscent of nazi buzz bombs and v-2 rockets. mr. smith: prime minister netanyahu said in the past he would never allow a second holocaust, nor should we. anti-semitism is at the root of hamas' violence against israel and every jewish man, woman, and child. israel's right to defend itself from this brutal invasion is absolute. hamas' 1988 charter explicitly demands the destruction of the state of israel and pr claim, quote, israel will exist and will continue to exist until islam will obliterate it, close quote. article 7 of the h

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to help fortified texas and the southern border. thanks for joining a sheena. it is the world being given an accurate view of what the situation regarding the southern border of the united states in regard to who is crossing many are crossing and what is happening to not only those who reside in texas, but also those who make it across yes, so thank you. i appreciate that questions so very much unfortunately. no. um, for, for whatever reason, um, most of the coverage of any border within the united states and the apprehensions that we're seeing is not being covered in just 3 years fiscal years alone. and actually, we're still, we still have a few more months left of this fiscal year 2023. we have seen over 6000000 apprehensions in the united states. 6000000. that is more then the population of more than nearly 30 states worth that we're seeing encountered. and that's just the known, the known encounters that's not including the known god of ways and the god ways that are unknown. so the ones that are not apprehended or encounter cvp

they cannot stop in texas. those migrants once they're on the bus, they're getting out of texas. >> hundreds of miles. >> yes, about seven or eight hours. and if you're going to l.a., eight hours. you have one bathroom, and the bathroom cannot have number two. it can only be number two. but you have women's tampons, babies' diapers, everything in that one bathroom. it will start overflowing and leaking down the thing. we'll tell them stop using that after that. >> reporter: urine going down the aisle? >> yes. have i pictures of it. it's disgusting and it's inhuman. >> reporter: it all began when the state of texas contracted a bus called wynne for more than $100 million to transport the migrants north and out of the lone star state. in turn, wynne hired a security firm called mayhem solutions. that's when david dillard, an army veteran who served in afghanistan and iraq was i.r.a..ed to supervise security on those buses. >> we were making an incredible amount of money. i was getting paid $450 a day in the begin

just had a press conference down along the southern border inside here in texas, where i'm out in texas with representing nearly 25 governors, 25 governors of different states and demanding that border security is pushed to the top as a priority because of this massive influx that we are seeing, it's absolutely unprecedented. and yet the media was, for the most part, pretty quiet. this is unprecedented. the measures nearly half of the country are actually half of the country standing together and saying enough is enough. this is unsustainable. we cannot do. we cannot take this ar, resources are dwindling, we don't have anything left to get. and yet there are caravans of thousands of more coming through the dairy and gap right now as we speak. and, and yet there's, there's no end in sight. and then from there, once there apprehended along the border, they are then bust into or flown into transported into using united states taxpayer dollars into the interior. they're not just staying along the southern border where the northern border, their bus into the interior i have met. so many from

gooden of texas. jordan. gosar. jordan. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. granger. scalise. graves of louisiana. jordan. graves of missouri. jordan. green of tennessee. jordan. green of texas. jeffries. greene of georgia. jordan. griffith. jordan. grijalva. jeffries. grothman. jordan. guest. jordan. guthrie. jordan. hageman. jordan. harder of california. jeffries. harris. jordan. harshbarger. jordan. hayes. jeffries. hern. jordan. higgins of louisiana. jordan. higgins of new york. jeffries. hill. jordan himes. jordan. hinson. jordan. horsford. jeffies. houchin. jordan. houlahan. jeffries. hoyer. jeffries. hoyle of oregon. jeffries. hudson. jordan. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. jordan. hunt. jordan. issa. jordan. ivey. jeffries. jackson of illinois. jeffries. jackson of north carolina. jeffries. jackson of texas. jordan. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. james. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. jordan. johnson of ohio. jordan. johnson of south dakota. jordan. jordan. jordan. joyce of ohio. joyce of ohio. jo

carter of texas? carter of texas? cartwright? >> yes. >> yea. qasr? >> yes. >> yea. case? >> yes. >> yea. caston. >> yes. >> yea. castor of florida? >> aye. >> yea. castro of texas? >> yes. >> yea. chavez? >> no. >> nay. mccormick? >> yes. >> yea. chu? >> aye. >> yea. siscomani? >> no. >> nay. clark of massachusetts? >> aye. >> yea. clark of new york? >> yes. >> yea. cleaver? >> yes. >> yea. kline? >> no. >> nay. cloud? >> no. >> nay. clyburn? >> yes. >> yea. clyde? >> negative. >> nay. cohen? >> yes. >> yea. cole? >> no. >> nay. collins? >> no. >> nay. comer? >> no. >> nay. connelly? >> yea. >> yea. correia? >> yes. >> yea. costa? >> aye. >> yea. courtney? >> aye. >> yea. craig? >> yes. >> yea. crane? >> yes. >> yea. crawford? >> no. >> nay. crenshaw? >> no. >> nay. crockett? >> yes. >> yea. ceo? >> aye. >> yea. cuellar? >> yes. >> yea. curtis? >> no. >> nay. davis of kansas? >> aye. >> yea. davidson? >> no. >> nay. davis of illinois? >> yes. >> yea. davis of north carolina? >> aye. >> yea. dean of pennsylvania? >> aye. >> yea. diget? >> yes. >> yea. dela cruz? >> no. >>

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texas. the question about now comes as president biden and his administration have faced a lot of pressure from democrats and republicans about the state of the border, concern about the influx of migrants coming across the border so the timing aligns with that, but that said, there is no good time for president biden to be trying to do this given his own constant criticism of the construction of a wall during the trump administration and given the onslaught of criticism that democrats brought against the border wall from the years trump was in office. host: president biden insisting again yesterday that border walls don't work but waving some of these regulations and environment of standard you work referring to dishy you were referring -- standard you were referring to. guest: that is something republicans are seizing on, the idea that president biden, who said walls do not work, is now green lighting construction, additional construction, of the wall, so it is this tricky balance where th

gooden of texas. jordan. gosar. jordan. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. scalise. graves of louisiana. jordan. graves of missouri. jordan. green of tennessee. jordan. green of texas. jeffries. greene of georgia. jordan. griffith. jordan. grijalva. jeffries. grothman. jordan. guest. jordan. guthrie. jordan. hageman. jordan. harder of california. jeffries. harris. jordan. harshbarger. jordan. hayes. jeffries. hern. jordan. higgins of louisiana. jordan. higgins of new york. jeffries. hill. jordan. himes. jeffries. hinson. jordan. horsford. jeffies. houchin. jordan. houlahan. jeffries. hoyer. jeffries. hoyle of oregon. jeffries. hudson. jordan. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. jordan. hunt. hunt. issa. jordan. ivey. ivey. jeffries. jackson of illinois. jeffries. jackson of north carolina. jeffries. jackson of texas. jordan. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. donalds. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. jordan. johnson of ohio. jordan. johnson of south dakota. jordan. jordan. jordan. joyce of ohio. jordan.

legislative session, pastor and north texas representative nate schatzline led a prayer in the texaspping and >> there's nothing more important than we could be doing than this right here, worshipping and praying in the middle of the capitol. >> reporter: during the session, he voted to restrict drag performances, and to hire religious chaplains as unlicensed mental health counselors in public schools. he canceled an on-camera interview, but agreed to speak to nbc news for the new podcast "grapevine." agreed to speak to nbc news for the new podcast grapevine. what we heard from lgbtq children right now is this slate of what we hear from lgbtq children right now is that this slate of bills has made them feel less safe in their community. how do you square that reality with your christian faith? >> i think christianity is always rooted in truth. and our emotions are always going to tell us things you know what we have never done is encouraged hatred towards that community >> reporter: do you believe in the fundamental separation of church and state >> i believe that church andf the sta

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jake elsy just voted not for jim jordan, a republican from texas. now we have five. >> yeah, so now the best he could do is 215. if all democrats are there for jeffries, it would be 212. then five for other candidates. again, remember how the majority is determined, a majority of all those present and voting for a candidate. so, it is 215, 212, 427, five votes for other candidates, so the magic number, again, if all these democrats continue to vote, will be 217. at 215, jordan will be short. so the question now, the question now becomes simply how many more from that list have we been tracking, how many more vote against jordan? he's already at five to go against him here. the question now is how big does that number become and what is he facing in a second ballot? >> let's listen back in to the vote and we'll find out exactly how many he will have to get if he's going to turn things around on another vote. let's listen. >> jordan. >> fletcher. >> jeffries. >> flood. >> jordan. >> jordan. >> foster. >> jeffries. >> fox. >> jordan. >> jordan. >> fran

jackson of texas. jordan. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. candice miller of michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. clerk will continue. the clerk: jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. jordan. johnson of ohio. jordan. johnson of south dakota. jordan. jordan. jordan. joyce of ohio. jordan. joyce of pennsylvania. jordan. kamlager-dove. jeffries. kaptur. jeffries. kean of new jersey. jordan. keating. jeffries. kelly of illinois. jeffries. kelly of mississippi. jordan. kelly of pennsylvania. boehner. khanna. khanna. jeffries. kiggans of virginia. mccarthy. kildee. jeffries. kiley. jordan. kilmer. jeffries. kim of california. jordan. kim of new jersey. jeffries. krishnamoorthi. jeffries. kuster. jeffries. kustoff. jordan. lahood. jordan. lalota. zeldin. lamalfa. jordan. lamborn. lamborn. jordan. landsman. jeffries. langworthy. jordan. larsen of washington. jeffries. larson of connecticut. jeffries. latta. jordan. laturner. jordan. lawler. mccarthy. lee of california. j

. >> legisladores de texas van a intentar buscar en el capitolio estatal soluciones a la llegada masivainguna ayuda a los que no tenemos quiÉn nos reciba como tal. >> esta es la situaciÓn que muchos migrantes encuentran al llegar a texas. al tiempo que la crisis en la frontera continÚa aumentando, en septiembre la patrulla fronteriza aumentÓ 200 mil arrestos y muchos residentes fronterizos estÁn pidiendo soluciones al presidente biden para controlar el flujo de migrantes y minimizar los gastos econÓmicos que se utilizan para detenerlos. >> estÁ permitiendo casi todos los inmigrantes que estÁn entrando ilegal al paÍs que se queden y entren al sistema de asilo. >> el gobernador greg abbott quiere implementar medidas mÁs estrictas, pero el legislador demÓcrata eddie morales represenante de eagle pass tiene un plan que dice es humano, mÁs productivo y de gran beneficio para su estado. >> los que vienen es porque quieren una mejor vida, y obvio de que tambiÉn el estado de texas y todo estados unidos necesita de este tipo de labor de los migrantes, pero debemos hacerlo de una manera en orden.

"the texas tribune" says lubbock county is the latest texas county to approve an abortion travel ban.pproved an ordinance banning anyone from helping pregnant women travel on county roads to obtain an abortion in another state. texas bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy. the travel ban can only be enforced by private citizens filing civil lawsuits against people who assist texas women in getting an abortion. it does not punish women seeking an abortion. >>> "the atlanta journal constitution" says the atlanta -- the georgia supreme court is allowing the state to continue to ban abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy. the court rejected a lower court ruling that said the ban was unconstitutional because it was enacted in 2019 when roe v. wade allowed abortions past six weeks. the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year. >>> and "the billings gazette" reports a montana man linked to a missing arizona teenager faces child pornography charges. alicia navarro was 14 when she mysteriously disappeared from her arizona home in 2019. she reappeared this summer when she walked

back into texas? or somewhere else?ere is about 48 hours before joshua number would be executed in new york. back in the station, deputy nicolette thought back on that long chat he had with tim dean. and there, on that body cam video, was a back and forth that stopped him cold. >> so are you gonna go? >> well i got a family friend those gonna see but. >> or is that it? >> all the way up in new york. >> new york, the scene of the crime. deputy nicolette relay the information to the fbi. >> when i said that he was going to new york. everything changed, at that point. >> tim dean's cities come to new york. he's armed with more than one handgun. he's also got an ar-15 with him. a shotgun. >> how does explain all that's the deputy on the side of the road? >> i guess it's not uncommon for people to be in possession of weapons in kansas. but, it becomes instrumental when he admits that he's going to new york. as far as you know, tim dean did not have relatives in new york. >> but he did, they learned, have a fresh frontal pick

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pfluger of -- pfluger of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 756, the gentleman from texas, mr. pfluger, and a member opposed will have five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. pfluger: thank you, mr. chairman. it's unfortunate we have to be here to talk about this. as a member of the energy and commerce committee, as a representative of one of the most important energy production areas in the country, this is a national security issue. the biden administration's assault on our base load dispatchable generational electricity has resulted in record high prices for consumers. limiting resource and adequacies throughout the country and threatened our grid reliability. just a few weeks ago, the department of energy's assistant secretary for electricity testified before our committee, energy and commerce. regarding policies to enhance the reliability and the efficiency empowering american homes. at this hearing, i'm sad to say this, mr. rodriguez, who is the head of electricity at the d

rodgers, the gentlewoman from texas, mr. arrington, the gentleman from texas, mr. fallon, the gentleman from new york, mr. molinaro, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. camak, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clarke, the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. the gentleman from california, mr. lieu. the gentleman from washington, ms. delbene, the gentleman from south carolina mr. clyburn, mr. neguse why colorado, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. escobar, the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. underwood, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. w. the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, the gentlewoman from california, ms. jacobs, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. crockett, and the members of the louisiana delegation, mr. graves, mr. higgins, ms. ledlow, mr. carter. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. >> mr. speaker, the speaker-elect, mike johnson from the state of louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to orde

jackson of texas. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. jackson lee. >> the distinguished gentleman, hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> jacobs. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> james. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. jayapal. >> hakeem jeffreys. >> jeffries. jeffries. >> jeffries. [ cheers and applause ] johnson of georgia. >> freedom for women, i cast my vote for hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. johnson of louisiana. >> johnson. [ cheers and applause ] johnson of ohio. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. johnson of south dakota. >> johnson. >> jordan. >> johnson. [ applause ] joyce of ohio, joyce of ohio. >> johnson. joyce of pennsylvania. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. kamlager-dove. >> the honorable hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> kaptur. >> jeffries. kean of new jersey. >> johnson. keating. >> jeffries. >> jeffries. >> kelly of illinois. >> jeffries. kelly of mississippi. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. kelly of pennsylvania. >> mike johnson. >> johnson. >> khanna. >> jeffreys. >> jeffries. kiggans of virginia. >> mike johnson. >> kildee. >> hakeem jef

roy of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 756, the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: i thank the chairman. the amendment i have here fully defunds the office of renewable energy. the fy-2003 omnibus gave it hads 2 billion and we believe we should defund it entirely coming on the heels of the $1.2 trillion if you believe the reports of the impact of the so call inflation reduction act that we believe is additional spending the market does not need. and if people want to go get electronic vehicles and people want to spend their money for something good for them, great. but to have this office continue to be funded and perpetuate this when the office's mission is to equityily translate to'6" energy by 2030, we're undermining our economy in the process making us beholden to china and undermining our ability to actually have a serious policy in the middle east, by the way. right now we don't have sanctions in place, allowing iran to make billions, upwards of $

imagine if texas was taken over by mexico, and mexico for 50 years held texas under its thumb and controlled all electricity, all towers, it controlled all commerce. and they were randomly building settlements all over texas. and to protect the settlements they had to set up barbed wire, check points all across the entire state, and let's just say that routinely the mexicans come in and bulldoze down texas, texans' fields and plants and take over the homes bulldoze entire buildings. that's what israel does to the palestinians, and they've been doing it for 50 years. now, if mexico did that to texas, would we tell texans, you know what you need to do? you need to sit back and just take it, just accept the fact that they've taken over your place? we have no response -- host: no response needed from washington in your mind? caller: of course, washington needs to obviously condemn what hamas is doing, because hamas are a bunch of psychopath i can idiots, but they need to put israel on the spot and say you can't keep doing this to the palestinians for the next 50, 100, 200 years, because it's lik

this 3-year-old from texas has seen it all.ep at a time. >> hey, everyone it's journey castillo. >> reporter: meet journey castillo, the youngest person to visit all 63 national parks. her achievement making headlines and getting laughs. >> a 3-year-old from texas has become the youngest person ever to visit all 63 u.s. national parks. unfortunately, in the talons of an eagle >> reporter: behind the remarkable journey, mom and dad valerie and eric >> at first, we weren't doing it as a goal. when we first went to yosemite, she was six months old we have a video. we were in front of this amazing waterfall, and the waterfall was blowing our hair it was so majestic, and she laughed and giggled. it was so fun. >> reporter: by the time journey was 10 months old, the family had visited 20 parks some of her first steps happening on a hike. >> you know, i think she's at an age now, she really soaked in a lot of these parks that we went, to the energy from them. can you feel it. >> reporter: the family sharing that energy with followers

the gentlelady from texas. >> mr. chair, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from nevada. >> the gentleman from nevada is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the chairman of the legislative graunch subcommittee and appropriations which has very specific jurisdiction over member pay, i just want to say plainly and unambiguously, in the 70 pages in this thing directly or indirectly, there is nothing, there is nothing that will lead to a member pay raise. that will be next week where it is appropriately considered on the floor in terms of cost of living or other things on the floor. floor in terms of cost of living or other things on the floor. ms. delauro: will the gentleman yield? mr. amodei: yes, i will. ms. delauro: i would make reference to page 7 of the 71-page document, and in the senate bill they include a line that says -- the senate bill includes the blocking or the prohibition on a member pay raise. that has been dropped from the bill that has just been proposed. ms. amodei: reclaiming m

host: that was texas. outside of capitol hill reporters heard from florida democrat moskowitz on the events of today. >> that's a big moment for short people with mchenry. reporter will democrats some sort of legislation that we empower patrick mchenry as a temporary speaker? mr. moskowitz: democrats are committed to trying to get the house opened. yeah. if that resolution comes forward to open the house to give the pro tem temporary powers, i would support that. reporter: do you think there are a number of colleagues that feel the same way? mr. moskowitz: i think a number of my colleagues see what's going on. jordan is going in the opposite direction. they are clearly broken. they have put the entire u.s. government in chaos. democrats are here willing to do what is needed to work with them to try to get it opened. reporter: have you gotten direction on democratic leadership how to vote? mr. moskowitz: no. there is no resolution. we have to see the resolution and read the details. generally conceptually i