the bill requires the f.c.c. to show the public what it has just voted on by publishing the text of the rules within 24 hours of the filing of the last statement. this should not be too difficult. normally the f.c.c. does a reasonable job in publishing its new rules fairly quickly after adoption, however on more controversial items, the dockets aren't available until much later. the lifeline order adopted on march 31 was not available for 27 days. nearly a month. the f.c.c. should not be delaying publication on controversial items. it should seek to add information rather than appearing to hide the ball. at the same time, we recognize that the f.c.c. must have the ability to respond to dissenting statements that criticize its decisions. accordingly, we worked with our colleagues to ensure the commission had fair opportunity to address dissents and still make sure that new rules became available to the public in a timely way. in other words, so the commission can do its work back and forth among commissioners, fin

fitzpatrick on for their work on the bill. i encourage my colleagues to provide this regulatory relief to our nation's small innovative companies and join me in supporting h.r. 4139. i reserve the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from alabama is recognized. ms. sewell: mr. speaker, i yield myselfuch time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is so recognized. ms. sewell: i rise in opposition to the fostering innovation act. this bill permits certain public companies that would be valued at more than half a billion dollars to avoid an independent audit required by the sarbanes-oxley act of 2002 for up to a decade. while i support legislation that wld enable emerging growth companies to use valuable resources to remain competitive, stable and ultimately successful, i believe that this bill is -- as currently drafted is overly broad and would potentially undermine critical investor protections and impede confidence in our capital markets. ultimately, the audi

urge support of the bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time has expired. the question is will the house splulls and pass the bill h.r. 897, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- mr. defazio: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman ask for the yeas and nays? mr. defazio: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. ordering the previous question h.res. 732, adopting h.res. 732, if ordered, agreeing to motion to instruct on s. 524 and s

the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the nays are four. he bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. barletta, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4843, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 423. h.r. 4843, a bill to amend the child abuse prevention and treatment act to require certain monitoring and oversight, and for other purposes. the eaker pro tempore: question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vot

the proceeds will be depositted in the treasury. this bill is in line with what we have been urging all federal agencies to do, consolidate, reduce their space and sell unneeded properties. the municipality of anchorage requested this land to be made available. the city council passed a resolution thanking the delegation for supporting this legislation. i'm very excited to get this land into the city of anchorage for development purposes. i support passage of this legislation and i thank you and i reserve the rest of my time at this time. . mr. carson: i rise in support of this bill to convey nine acres of property in anchorage, alaska, to the local municipality in exchange for the fair market value. g.s.a. and the archivist, mr. speaker, have come to the conclusion that this is no longer needed by the federal government. a house version of this bill was reported out of committee by voice vote and was subsequently passed by the house. selling this property to the city of anchorage, alaska, at its fair market value protects the interest of tax

c, when the committee rises and reports the bill back to the house with a recommendation that the bill do pass, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. section 2, section 508 of h.r. 5055 shall be considered to be a spending reduction account for purposes of section 3-d of house resolution 5. section 3, during consideration of h.r. 5055 pursuant to this resolution. esolution. ection 3034 shall not apply. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for one hour. mr. newhouse: during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. i yield the customary 30 minutes to the lady from new york, ms. slaughter, a good friend of mine from the rules committee, pending such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. newhouse: mr. speaker, on mo

therefore, i thank the bill's sponsors for the contribution this bill makes to address the opioid abuse as well as to our congressional oversight efforts. i urge support of this important bill, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time as you may consume. mr. conyers: thank you. , rise in support of h.r. 5052 opioid program evaluation act, otherwise known as the open act . the open act is part of a comprehensive bipartisan series of proposals being considered by congress to combat the opioid epidemic abuse that is afflicting millions of americans. for example, the comprehensive opioid abuse reduction act will provide critical funding, assistance to astates so they can create and implement a wide variety of strategies, including alternatives to incarceration that are designed to reduce opioid abuse. these grant programs have treme

the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: -- the title of the bill. the clerk: house calendar number 111, h.r. 4957, a bill to designate the federal building located at 999 norbling avenue northeast in the district of columbia as the ariel rios federal building. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 401, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote of the motion of the the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, to suspend the rules and

the energy and water bill is the second bill we will consider on the floor this year. over and over again the majority has promised to return to regular order. well, without a budget resolution and this promise has clearly not been kept. the fiscal year 2017 energy and water development bill would allocate $37.4 billion in discretionary funding, $260 million above the fiscal year 2016 levels and $168 million above the administration's request. while this allocation is an improvement, the majority's continued disfunction jeopardizes congress' ability to meet the significant challenges we face including many in the bill before us. for instance, the bill does not adequately invest in infrastructure development. the american society of civil years estimates the united states must invest $3.6 trillion in our infrastructure to ensure public health and safety. and yet the army corps of 6.089 ers is funded at $ billion, which is billions of dollars short which is what we need to meet our infrastructure needs. additionally, this bill does not adequately fund programs to combat

agency for international development, the bill provides a . tal of $119.1 million, includes funding for public education efforts aimed at reducing mosquito exposure. the remaining 19.1 million is to manage and oversee these programs. as i noted earlier, we've taken the fiscally responsible step of offsetting every dollar spent in this bill. to go even further and to ensure accountability, transparency and effective use of tax dollars, we have included strong oversight requirements. for instance, the department of health and human services, the state department and usaid are required to submit spending plans to congress and we have directed $2 million for g.a.o. and inspector general oversight. the bill reit rates current strong protections against the use of any funds for abortions. the white house request earlier on made none of these oversight efforts, allowing broad transfer authorities across the entire federal government and creating slush funds with virtually no limits. this bill guarantees that every cent goes to address the problem at h

the bill that has been passed in the house and the senate has put less money into readiness than the president asked for. why? and i'm not saying that there is anything in this bill that you can't make an argument for as being important. the problem is, it doesn't add up and leaves us in a position where the military is continually having to stare at a cliff knowing that the money isn't going to be there. i want a more sensible process. we should fund the base budget at the level that it is funded at. and if we don't find that sufficient and i know that just every member on the republican side doesn't find that number sufficient, then provide the money. this isn't a matter of saying what's that got to do with this, if you aren't willing to provide the money, starting them or telling the military that they have to have a fixed number of members of the army and the marine corps and then knowing that the money isn't going to be there a year from now is not helpful. we have to bring some san and we haveo the -- to bring a sanity to the budget process. that is a big problem that we need to

the bills that will fund the pentagon and overseas operations. >> the biggest bill that congress passes each year. >> even if they are not failing, they are passing. cloudre passing under the of real frustrations and real anger and veto threats. i don't think anybody likes it. i've heard republicans who support the democrat side. why does this have to be happening here and now? it is interesting to see who is blaming who. i don't think anyone is happy, this just seems to be the necessary existential context. the defense department tends to move ahead of the country on these things. >> before run out of time, if this unusual? >> the chairman seem to indicate cap and frequent. -- seemed to indicate that it happened frequently. to make sure that planes are flying and people have enough training. that this is an unnecessary burden put on defense spending.

the state legislature passed the bill almost unanimously. now the governor says he'll sign it. but critics argue the bill confuses the purpose of hate crime laws. >> law enforcement and ems are not parts of people's forever identities and should not be included in the hate crimes bill. >> reporter: the black lives matter movement exploded after the police shooting of michael brown in ferguson. one of the organizers said the louisiana bill dilutes the power of hate crime legislation. >> if everyone is a protected class, then really no one is a protected class. >> reporter: overall fatal shootings of law enforcement personnel have decreased since the 1970s. but in 2016, there have been at least 20 officers shot and killed in the line of

that's the wrong approach. we pass this bill today, work will continue tomorrow on fully funding an effective and comprehensive plan to stop the virus. we're doing this. as we gather the information we can need to move forward. this bill responsibly and effectively provides the needed funding for the government is ready now to help those in need. we could argue about process in this chamber all night but that will do nothing to help the women and children facing very real health dangers caused by the zika virus. what will help them is passing this critical, targeted, responsible legislation now which provides needed funding now where it can actually be used. our subcommittee chairmans cole and granger, thank you for your leadership on this issue. i urge my colleagues to support this important bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the ranking member on labor-hhs, the articulate gentlelady

mile the milcon v.a. bill has many positive attributes, one item i'm not particularly pleased about is the inclusion of bill language that limits erformance awards. this language this may have long-term consequences compounding the very problem it attempts to address. all this language will do is make the v.a. a less attractive option that other agencies when it comes to recruiting and obtaining executive leaders and not having the talent it needs to solve the problems it faces today. this is an issue that must be addressed as we move through this process. turning away from the bill, our committee was off to a very fast start. however, because of the budget resolution impasse, we have had to wait a month for the bill to be able to come to the floor. as a result, we will not be able to get back to regular order this year and with roughly 45 days left in the legislative calendar, it will be impossible to fulfill our obligation to the american people and pass all 12 bills through the house. we are in this situati

it the motherhood bill. g.s.a. already requires that employees be give lactation space. but we discovered that some employees at the smithsonian were not getting it, when i called the smithsonian, they immediately provided it. no new space, just space for a mother to pump or to nurse a baby. so i've simply added visitors and guests to federal facilities, to those who can use this space. this is a tourist mecca, the nation's capital. so there will be some nursing mothers. could i have another minute? mr. carson: mr. speaker, i yield jealingt an additional three minutes -- the gentlelady an additional three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for an additional three minutes. ms. norton: thank you, mr. speaker. the benefits of breastfeeding are well documented. that children's immune systems build up. studies have shown that even risks of asthma, diabetes and the like, are reduced from breast-fed babies. benefits to nursing mothers as well. risk of diabetes and cancer even reduced. so

the bill requires e.p.a. to evaluate chemicals based on risk, not cost, risk, and considers the impact on vulnerable populations. this is really critical because the old law was useless. it was thrown out in court. so all of these fixes make the bill better than current law. looking forward, i think it's important to note that the new law which i'm so hopeful will pass hopefully today if we can will only be as good as the e.p.a. is good. with a good e.p.a., we can deliver a much safer environment for the american people, safer products, less expose sur to harmful pox -- exposure to harmful toxins and better health for our people. if there is no action, i want to underscore this, states will be free to act, and that is a very important point. so my message to the states is, do not dismantle what you have going. rev it up because you still have the ability to be leaders of protecting your citizens from toxic chemicals. compared to where we started, the improvements in this bill provide a much better balance betw

green for yielding me the time. my bill, h.r. 982, the examining opioids treatment infrastructure act is bipartisan. if we are going to get a handle, we have to know what we are dealing with. we need data and need to what capacity we have in place and what capacity we need to treat this epidemic so we can make smart and adequate investments, which is why we need this bill. this directs a study of the inpatient and outpatient of the availability throughout the u.s. as well as an assessment of the needed types and numbers of treatment options. it seems simple but there is no better place to start with an understanding of the addiction treatment infrastructure that we have versus the need that we have for that infrastructure. . my office -- my office often gets calls from parents wanting to share their stories of the children they've lost to addiction. while opioid addiction may start in many ways, it ends with a scientifically understood, increasingly treatable medical condition in which the biochemical pathways necessary to

the bill gives e.p.a. more direct rules to obtaining testing information on chemical substance, an improvement over the lengthy process they now face. it restructures the way existing chemicals are evaluate nd having a scientific guideline. trade secrets submitted to e.p.a., ensures the agencies uses only high-quality science in their decisionmaking. it updates the collection of fees needed to support e.p.a.'s implementation of tsca and finally, it organizes the federal-state regulatory relationship in a way that helps global commerce. an action already taken by the states. i ask my colleagues to support this landmark legislation. thank you, mr. speaker, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this aft

the appropriations bill, the defense policy bill on wednesday night. eir passing under the cloud of real frustration and real anger. veto threats and sometimes. i don't think anyone likes it. i have heard republicans tha

the time. this bill runs to september 30, the senate bill runs until september 30 of 2017. so, they're not materially that different. what we've said is we would deal with next year's problem in the appropriations process for this year. again, i know my friend's concern is legitimate. i do. i don't have any doubt about it. but i point out one more time, $600 million has been appropriated. or been made available. this is an additional $600 million. this $1.2 billion for the time of this fiscal year is actually more than the administration had planned to spend in this period. it reaches into next year. but they'll have it available for this year, if they need it. they've got another almost $2 billion in ebola slash other infectious diseases money. and they have the assurance that additional things are coming. the only difference here is, are you going to pay for it? or are you just going to add it to the national credit card, another $2 billion roughly on the national debt, when you have the resources and

i urge my colleagues to support all the bills, underlying bills, but vote no on the previous question so we can bring this appropriations bill up to actually fund them. i urge my colleagues vote no on the previous question and also to vote no on the rule. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. as you have heard and we have spent the last about 40 minutes talking about, the opioid epidemic is out of control. but we have the opportunity today to start addressing that problem in a meaningful way. the rule provides for consideration the legislation that will enact measures to address this problem through multiple avenues to ensure we are taking a competitive approach to stop -- comprehensive approach to stop this scourge. it keeps the promise that we won't sit idly by while people continue the battle of addiction and die. for that reason i urge my colleagues to support the rule and both h.r. 5046 and h.r. 4641, with that, mr. sp

rush for managing the bill so successfully, i believe, or the opposition to the bill, i should say. mr. speaker, today we are considering the house amendment to s. 2012, the mistitled north american energy security act of 2016. this legislation once again shows us the vastly different paths taken by the two chambers of congress. on the one hand, this senate energy bill that the house intends to go to conference on, it passed by a vote of 85-15 because it's balanced and because it contains a number of nonenergy provisions that the public supports overwhelmingly such as permanent funding for the land and water conservation fund. on the other hand, the house energy bill was the result of a highly partisan process that the president threatened to veto. as we prepare to head to conference, we have a second chance to do things right and to produce a new bipartisan energy bill. unfortunately, that is not what we are doing today. the republican majority has decided to replace the consensus senate bill with a new pro-polluter package that dwarfs the original h.r. 8. when crafting the house am

the wrong direction for the bill. wrong direction for national defefpblets i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. byrne: mr. speaker, i wish we didn't have to deal with environmental issues on the armed services committee. but unfortunately we have military bases all across the united states where they are being limited in what they want to do, what they potentially could do by other federal agencies using their powers to tell our defense folks that they can't do things that are important to carrying out their military mission. so i heard my colleague and i know of his service on the natural resources committee and the good work of that committee, but when you have those agencies beginning to impinge upon our ability to deliver on national defense, i think that is under the jurisdiction of our committee and we have gotten waivers to be able to take these issues up from those committees, including the natural resource

but the bill will be dropped soon, and still is open for amendment process along the way, and i think you will see other people trying to do amendments on this bill. some will be successful, some won't. mr. timiraos: and what happens if this bill can't get past congress? what is going to happen to puerto rico if this legislation falls apart at the five-yard line? rep. bishop: armageddon hits, the millennium starts, entire world collapses, thermonuclear war all over the place. this is so significant for puerto rico, that 3.5 million americans are down there, they are in dire straits, there has to be some kind of structure. it is a problem that has developed for decades but it needs to be addressed quickly, it needs to be addressed soon, addressed in the proper way. we can't screw it up. i mean, it is that bad. if puerto rico spins out into economic chaos, we may never have a chance of recovering again and you are going to hurt people, and that can't be. that is why this cannot be seen as a partisan bill. i truly anticipate and expect a majority of republicans and majority of democrats

twice over because the appropriation ommittee bill contains the same language. i understand despite another of their rules that prohibits legislating on an appropriation bill. the republican leadership included the text of h.r. 5233 and appropriations for what appears to be a very good reason. they recognize that that's the only chance they have of enacting the text of the rule before you. and that is to provide -- to do so in an appropriation bill. so they are doing it twice for good measure, but the only way it's going to pass is attaching it to some must-pass bill. the senate, and i say this on this floor, does not have the otes to pass h.r. 5233 itself. and even if it did, the president of the united states, who has long supported budget autonomy, butt it in his own budgets -- put it in his own budgets, said he would veto it. the statement of policy that came out yesterday indicated that. this may be news to some members of this body, but i am the only member of congress who is elected by the almost 700,000 american citizens who live in the district of colum

that remains the base of this bill. that remains the heart and soul of this bill. the final version, the bill we're considering now, has been posted online for almost a week under the house rules. that needed to happen. it happened late last week, and that's been publicly available for some time, certainly enough for all members to dissect and digest it. and so i encourage final positive action on this bill to move us forward in a significant way, and with that, i yield to the chairman of the committee who has been a great leader to advance this cause, senator inhofe. mr. inhofe: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: first let me thank the senator from louisiana. it's been a -- it's been a long fight, a long time. of course we understand that bonnie lautenberg, who has been a very significant part of the discussion as we go along, she is here today. she is living this historic day with us. i say historic day because the united states senate can take the final steps necessary to send the frank r. lautenberg chemical safety for

the bill is passed. >> mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 240. the nays are 179. the the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is on the question on the adoption to commit s. 2012. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 2012, an act to provide for the modernization of th

look, this is the practical purpose of this particular bill, the stay language in this bill has a reason for being there so that the oversight board can get up to speed and be running before the lawsuit starts. there is another provision in the bill that allows the oversight board to intervene in lawsuits, but without the stay the time for that intervention would be expired before they could be up and running in this act. the stay is a very short duration. there are other provisions in this bill that allow aggrieved parties to seek relief from the stay. if there is no stay, it would simply be a race to the courthouse and a frenzy that would add chaos back rather than trying to bring some kind of order which is the purpose of having the oversight board in the first place. whatever the intentions of it, this simply gives some of the litigation funds the ability to do nothing more than go into court very quickly and without the ability of organizing before that simply happens. i have to poet vote no on this particular amendment. and i yield back. to me, myself. for what i had. is in there a

on this bill and frankly, i don't believe that this is even germ main to the energy and water bill. this amendment is the first of many possible attempts to tie the hands of the administration from implementing an important international agreement that will result in exactly the opposite of what the gentleman infierce. the plan of action that was greed to by several countries, closed the four pathways which iran could get to a nuclear weapon. we do not gain anything on the united states to the agreement. the president has repeatedly said he will take aggressive steps to counter any steps and this includes restrictions on nuclear and ballistic arms and travel bans as well as cargoo spppingses. international spptors are on the grouped and irpe is on the ntrusive regime to monitor a monitor program. nspectors will remain to monitor. 3658 days a year. for decades to come, they will have access to the nuclear supply chain. that is an incredible achievement the expertise in the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear materials play a critical role in ensuring that iran is meeting its commitments. e

people want it read that and the rest of the bill. i don't think it's asking too much for allowing members of the united states senate to understand a bill to have the opportunity to -- i don't -- i could -- there are some, there is no doubt about that -- the presiding officer is a very studious man. maybe he'll read every page of that bill. most senators won't. but they'll mawk sure their -- but they'll make sure their staff reads every line. why? because they need to do that. this bill was marked up in closed session. it was marked up privately. no press was there. it was done in the closed rooms over in the ruvment ssell building. i believe that's where the hearings took place. where the markups took place. we have amendments that we want to offer. we have a caucus tomorrow to talk about that. we have a number of senators who are preparing amendments. they want to discuss it with the rest of the democrats prior to moving to this bill. when we come back -- because we're out a week for the memorial day recess -- it would stome me it w

legislation snuck in the bill and kept in the bill despite a bipartisan effort to remove it sends exactlyhe wrong signal and it says that we are so concerned about discriminating against a group of lgbt americans that we are willing to destroy the bipartisan cooperation we should have on a defense bill. so my amendment today gives us another chance. it gives us a chance to correct some of the damage done last night by the misguided efforts of some members of this body. and what it would say is quite simple is that we shall not do anything in this bill that controw convenients the executive orders of the president. it's pretty simple. we should not be spending taxpayer dollars to promote hate and we should not be justifying that by some religious exemption when in fact the language in the defense bill simply rolls back the anti-discrimination provisions that the president put in executive order to those contained in the original civil rights act and the a.d.a. it is specifically designed to exclude lgbt americans, and in doing that, it aligns itself with the parallel efforts we see happeni

not only are we passing the bill but we're passing a good bill. and i want to thank the subcommittee staff for their work. interestingly enough, the staff had only 12 days from receiving a notional allocation, which is how much we can spend, to help us produce a bill and report it for subcommittee consideration. so let me thank tyler owens, adam damelly, jennifer armstrong, and on our minority side, doug clapp, chris hanson, samantha nelson and time deikstra for their hard work. i'd also like to recognize the work done by senator alexander's personal office and my own in helping get this bill passed. and frankly i want to thank the floor staff on both sides of the aisle. they were really helpful and in addition to that, they were patient and willing to provide some guidance. so i thank them as well. i yield the floor, mr. president. the presiding officer: under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. the question now occurs on flake amendment number 3876. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes have it. the ayes appear to

now, in previous versions of the bill. it was different where federal fund did see the oversight board. this version does not have that. this board is to be paid with territorial funds. >> all right. is there further discussion, if not, do you? please. >> my concern, mr. graves, is that this could affect the board's ability to perform its work. the truth of the matter is when you look at this bill, it doesn't provide any authorization for federal spending in puerto rico, it doesn't. there's no provision here assigning funds. but the way the board works, it can be staffed internally using puerto rico funds, but also federal agencies may assists the board on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis. and i want to -- i'll be quick. i wouldn't want to discourage that from happening. so all my intent here is simply to make this work and i see where you're coming from, obviously, this is not a bailout and you want to send that message loud and clear, i join you there. but i'm concerned that i don't want to -- for this language to

allegation before the bill was even file before any of us david read the text was that this bill was a bailout. i'm trying to make that crystal clear and prevent that from happening. we are not preventing and in the future we could be given an opportunity perhaps to vote up or down on efforts that could be made in the future to directly appropriate funds. >> will the gentleman you for further codification? we have heard from republican leaders it would be no taxpayer dollars used to bailout at five, and that's what you're going to do with this, right? >> i am trying to prevent this bill, make it clear that this bill is not a bailout. that this bill does not provide, does not authorize any federal funds. i can't control what people in this room may be in the future, and other members of cosmic of run-ins on any future i want to make it clear this bill is not a bailout. >> would the gentleman yield for another question? >> sure. >> unless this is change they were going to be thousand and thousands of acres that were owned by the department of interior that were being sold, and the m

i think it strengthens the bill. i think it is very important that the office of women's health is added to the task force. so many of us have had the opportunity to visit nick ues in hospitals and -- nicus in hospitals and have seen drug-addicted babies. i believe that office of women's health is critically important. so far women's health has not been given the proper attention it deserves, and i would ask for support of the amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. brownley: i yield the manager here a minute of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. i just want to urge all my colleagues on this side of the aisle to support the bill as well. thank you. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from california is recognized. bounlbounl i thank the gentleman from new jersey and -- ms. brownley: i thank the gentleman from new jersey and thank the gentlelady fro

, the defense bill. but democrats are going to proceed deliberately. we're going to hold republicans to their word on the budget agreement. we're going to do our jobs as we want them to do theirs. our armed forces and middle class americans deserve nothing less. mr. president, i would ask consent that this next statement appear in the record at a different place. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, my friend, the republican leader talked about ruby paone. i have so much admiration and respect for her that it's hard to put into words. a young woman from north carolina, 1975, came to the united states capitol overwhelmed by everything, overwhelmed especially by this huge building she was going to work in. ruby was excited for her first day at work at the senate reception desk. as she proposed the capitol realizing what her new job was all about, a new city set in, she said and i quote, "walking into this building i was overwhelmed." she remembers. it's understandable. she felt

my amendment will strip this provision from the bill. mr. chairman, when i first entered the workforce in the early 1980's i was paid minimum wage of $3.35. we are asking the young men and women of puerto rico to make just $.90 above that. in fact the last time the minimum wage was this low in the united states was 25 years ago. but in today's dollars, workers haven't had a minimum wage this low since 1940. the young men and women of puerto rico are american citizens, and they don't deserve to be treated like second-class citizens. the workers being affected are not high school students with a summer job. they are young people setting off their careers, many of them struggling to pay student loan payments to become self-sufficient. i am also concerned that there is nothing in this hill that would prevent an employer from laying off older workers the first chance they get just like a good bring cheaper labor. the people of puerto rico are already dealing with an increasing challenging economic environment. lowering the wage with only an insult

the bill we're debating right now. these bills are an important first step and we must continue to work together to end this devastation and help the families crushed by this crisis. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana yields back. the gentlewoman from indiana reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. esty: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield to my good friend and fellow nutting mer, mr. hines. -- nutmegger, mr. hines. mr. hines: i'm delighted to join my colleague in connecticut, representative esty, in supporting this motion to this is an ause issue that deserves a meaningful commitment of resources to address the problem plaguing every town and city in connecticut and in this country. this year we'll see 30,000 fatalities to this opioid risis. this nation suffered just shy of 50,000 fatalities in the entire vietnam war. in duoyears, the opioid crisis will claim more americans than died in the vietnam war. yet we this week we decided to roughly $106 million available in thi

the control board will work. >> another revised version of the bill is expected next week. they hope to have a voting committee the week after, possibly on the floor of the house by the end of may. then were getting to june and in the senate we don't know. by this time, people are thinking we might not be able to get a bill until september. is that too late for puerto rico? >> it's already late. into aalready humanitarian crisis. >> septic tanks in public school are overflowing. now with the zika virus that makes it worse. we haven't been able to pay the to the therapists for kids with special education. we haven't been able to pay the full amount of bus drivers to take kids to school. we are struggling to pay the fuel to patrol cars and firefighters. it's an everyday job of borrowing from peter to pay paul. into anmething getting unsustainable atmosphere. we've been struggling here but we are getting to the end of the road. we have been there for the united states every time that they asked us to fight for them. in a conflict or any war. our infantry division were granted t

they sent kpix 5 an e-mail stating the bill is not a balanced or workable solution. the concern, it would pay doctors too little and give health plans too much. she just wants a solution. >> patients should not have to deal with this on top of their illness. >> reporter: she fought the bill but it took her 8 months. in the mean time the bill was sent to collections and ended up on her credit report. allen martin, kpix 5. >> last year lawmakers tried to pass a similar bill, it failed. the california medical association fought that one as well. >>> you might call it the dumpling dash. they packed packed the mall in san jose today, waiting hours for a taste. this is the chain's first restaurant in the bay area. it is known for its soup bumplings. they do not take -- dumplings. they do not take reservations. [ talking at the same time ] >>> walnut creek 84 degrees. look at daly city, 30 degrees cooler, 55 along the beach. great view, telegraph hill, 52 in san francisco. 59 oakland. concord 63 degrees. livermore 52. concord 52. pacifica 54 tonight and san jose 54 degrees.

the bill before us is not perfect. is a carefully crafted compromise which seeks to improve the quality of life for families on the island. this amendment should be defeated because it will significantly lengthen the time it takes for the bill to take effect by requiring the secretary of treasury to issue guidance regarding the eligibility of companies to take a foreign tax credit in connection to taxes there imposed on the island. the people of puerto rico waited long enough for some action by congress, this amendment is not necessary and all it will do is create harm and lengthen the process of doing some actual relief. i oppose the adoption and urge my colleagues to do so as well and i yield back. >> further discussion? >> first of all, this excise tax mister fleming is referring to in his amendment is in lieu of income taxes. it's not a typical excise tax and treasury has taken the position that the tax, they excise tax may be credited against income reported by american controlled foreign corporations doing busines

we're not moving forward with the bill. for some reason, the majority leader is having to file cloture and then we wait a few number of days and then we take up the bill and then maybe we don't finish the bill, while we go into recess. don't we owe the men and women in the military better than that? shouldn't we take up this bill and dispense with it?, d do a conference with the house and send to to the president's deck so that the president of the united states will sign it and the men and women of the military are better-equipped, better-trained and better to defend themselves in this nation? or are we going to go through some kind of foolishness of having the majority leader having to file cloture and then we wait 48 hours and then maybe -- it's, it's, it's -- it's being totally divorced from reality of what is happening in the world. just a few days ago a brave young seal was killed -- was killed up in syria. a young man named keating. i happen to know his name very well. now, the president of the united states still won

that we view -- have the viewpoint that earlier in the week, we brought forth a bill in the sed 40-2 e of armed services. and that bill was brought forth to the rules committee and we held hours and hours and hours and hours of hearing that republicans and democrats were not only welcome to attend but did attend. and that the debate on the issue that we had was very full and brought forth not only at the rules committee but also on this floor, and that a decision therein was made, and that the opportunity for our members to vote is exactly what they did. and i'm sure the gentleman would want every single member to vote and have time to think about that vote until the time that the vote closed. and that is exactly what happened. so the characterization that discrimination would not be fair or correct. i appreciate the gentleman allowing me a chance to amplify that every member of this body is entitled to their vote. and every member of this body, without questioning, in my opinion, that vote, should be afforded that opportunity. and so i stand on behalf of republicans to say that we fo

then we intend to spend the -- send the bill to the president's desk. i hope that each and every one of you will be back here when we sign this bill. this opioid epidemic is something that we have to get of.op i'm very proud of the republicans and democrats that have come together to address this situation, because this really is about people's lives. it is about whole communities are being torn apart. i believe we can win this fight and we must. questions. reporter: i've been reading the joint statement that you and mr. trump put out a few minutes ago. i know this is the first meeting. [inaudible] you're having trouble -- mr. ryan: that is true, we do want to beat hillary clinton. reporter: that can't be the only point of unity here. you're having trouble passing a budget here in the house. what makes you think you can get on board with some of the things that donald trump is talking about when it comes to policy? mr. ryan: let me say. is i think we had a very encouraging meeting. it's no secret that donald trump and i have had our differences. we talke

the table. host: will there be a bill that's passed on the house for -- house floor? guest: paul ryan has a lot at stake, he has put his stamp of on this bill. he said he wanted to get something done by march 31, they blew the deadline. they missed the deadline. deadliness to work on when they don't get stuff done. so there's going to be the bailout next week it's going to be talked about, there are a lot of people still on the fence. we are waiting to see what the revisions of this bill look like. people i'm talking to say they are close on getting some agreement. but the proof is in the pudding. closed: one of the architects of that bill is the chairman of the natural resources committee, who is our guest next week on newsmakers. i want to think whether you talking -- both of you for talking to us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up, republican rights michelle obama gives the commencement address a

what they would be and that the heart of the bill would not be changed. for the protesters today, those words do not mean an awful lot. any changes he would agree to would because medical. they say this is an attack on workers rights. -- any changes he would agree to would be cosmetic. they say this is an attack on workers rights. we will continue to hear more from you throughout the afternoon. we will be taking a close look at how many people turn out. let's take a look at paris's most famous museum, the louvre. the pyramid which has almost become as iconic as the eiffel tower has disappeared. well, kind of. >> blink and it is gone. the famous louvre pyramid. the glass structure has been transformed and turned into an optical illusion. the french photographer has long said the streets are his own open-air museum. fitting that he has turned his eye on the facade of the world's largest museum. >> the only way to make it disappear by playing with the architecture. from one point of view making it completely disappear like a magician. but also making it look