have to do the same thing. nothing is happening without europe. and it's hard to see making actual progress as opposed to talking in an atmosphere of escalation with a gun to ukraine's head. if we are going to actually make progress, we will have to see the escalation. host: william pomeranz? guest: russia hasn't shown an inclination for the escalation so far. they have had over a hundred thousand troops at the border for several months now. it doesn't seem to be any indication that putin wants to back down. there doesn't seem to be any indication that he's going to make compromise. he has issued ultimatums that >> we're going to leave this discussion to fulfill our commitment to live coverage of

congress. the u.s. gavels in to establish a quorum to discuss legislative business in the second session of the 117th koong. members will vote to establish a quorum and conduct business under way shortly. you're watching live coverage of the house on c-span.

the speaker: the house will be in order. the the prayer will be offered by chaplain cepin. the house will be in order. chaplain cepin. cep cep would you pray with me. order our week, even as you order our ways and delight in the steps that we take. as we plan out this next year and all the obligations that fall within our professional and personal lives, determine the path our lives should go, that we would remain in our own gracious plan. when we think our thoughts are pure in our own eyes, measure our spirit. but if they should be wanting

your rateous plan, keep us in balance and everything we do, we would reflect and effect your purpose. in your steadfast love and faithfulness and receive our righteous intent. this evening, we commit the work of our hands and minds to you. we ask for your guyedance and strength your people and in your sovereign name we pray, amen. the speaker: the presence of the quorum. members will record their presence by electronic device.

r . [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: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. sperring as as the member designated by maxine waters, i inform the house that chairwoman waters will roord her vote as

present. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. lee of california, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. lee will vote present on the quorum call. as the member designated by ms. tlaib of michigan, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. tlaib will vote yes. >> as the member designated by ms. kim of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. kim will vote yes on the quorum call.

>> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. degette of colorado, i inform the house that ms. degette will vote present. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. smucker of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. smucker will vote present on the quorum call. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote present. as the member designated by ms. pressley, i inform the house that ms. pressley will vote present. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah. >> as the member designated by

misherrera beutler will vote yes on the quorum call. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> mr. defazio of organize, mr. did he fast ios yeoh will vote yes. ms. adams will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek reek recognition? >> mr. bera will record as present. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hagedorn of the great state of minnesota, he will be voting yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? jefer jefer -- jeffers jeffers snegd by chairwoman lofgren,

frows that ms. lofgren will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. matsui will record her presence. mr. cicilline: as the member designated by ms. bass of california, mr. torres of new york, ms. wilson of new york and ms. opinion agree of maine, those members will record their presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. perlmutter of colorado.

mr. perlmutter will record his presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mccaul of texas, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote yes on the quorum call. >> as the member designated by mr. boyle of telephone, i inform the house that mr. boyle will record his presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cartwright, pursuant to house resolution eight, i inform the house that mr. cartwright will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from hfl massachusetts seek recognition? >> pursuant to house resolution 8, mr. langevin will vote yes on

the quorum call. the speaker pro tempore: flop the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. alexandria ocasio-cortez and and ms. speier, i inform the house that ms. will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: mr. welch will vote yes and record his presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. mr. blumenauer and ms. bar began of california, mr. lowenthal of california, mre of wisconsin and mr. molt own of

massachusetts, you i inform the house those nine members will record their recognition. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by mr. he canin clause of massachusetts, ms. chu of california, ms. ledger and ms. frankel of florida, i inform the house that the members will record their presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. casten, i don't remembered that mr. casten will record his

presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek seek recognition? >> nows that mr. katko will vote yes and member of mr. kinzinger and i i inform the house that he will vote yes. >> as the member designated by mr. mondaire jones, i inform the house that mr. jones and ms. dan bury will record their presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. jerry nadler of new york and mr. andy kim of new jersey, mr. donald payne of new jersey, mr. sires of new jersey, ms. bonnie watson coleman of new jersey, i inform the house that all of these members will report

their presence. l. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? mr. kustoff: as the member designated by by ms. bonamici, ms. brownley and ms. meng, i i inform the house that they will report their presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr.connolly: mr. speaker, as as the member designated by of ms. titus of in evidence, ms. titus will record her presence. as the member designated by also by mr. kind of wisconsin, mr. independent kind will vote his presence and as the member designated by mr. price of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. price will record his

presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. swawzy, mr. swawzy will record his presence. smeagd mr. pocan, smogged mr. pocan will his presence. and mr. doggett will record his presence. and as the member designated by ms. iowa h jayapal will record her presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> as the member designated by mr. buchanan of florida, i inform the house that buchanan will record business presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> as the member designated by representative dwight evans, i inform the house that mr. evans will record his presence. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will record his presence. as the member designated by mr. panetta of california, i inform the house that mr. panetta will record his presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. pfluger of texas, i inform the house that mr. pfluger will vote present on the quorum call. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. deutch of florida, i inform the house that mr. deutch will record his present. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. omar of minnesota, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. omar will vote present. as the member designated by ms. bush of missouri, pursuant

to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. bush will vote present. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gaetz of florida, i inform the house that mr. gaetz will vote present by proxy on the quorum call. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following members, i inform the house that that the following members will record their vote as present. vela, napolitano, gonzales, roybal-allard, aguilar, and ruiz. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as the member

designated by the gentleman from texas, mr. babin, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote present on this quorum call. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will record his vote present. as the member designated by ms. porter, i inform the house that ms. porter will record her present. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote present.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. jacobs of new york, i inform the house that mr. jacobs will vote present on the quorum call. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, membermen mr. garamendi of california, i inform the house that mr. garamendi will record that he is present. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from hawaii seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. kahele of hawaii, i inform the house that mr. kahele will vote present.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. stanton, i inform the house that mr. stanton will record his presence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist, mr. lawson, and mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. crist, mr. lawson, and mr. cardenas will record present.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative david scott, i inform the house that mr. scott will record his presence.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. schrier, i inform the house that ms. schrier will record her presence.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lamb born of colorado, i inform the house that mr. lamb born will vote present on the quorum call. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congressman rush, i inform the house that congressman rush will record his presence. the speakerr

presence. a quorum is present. pursuant to section 11-a of house resolution 188, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from nevada, mr. amodei. mr. amodei: thank you, madam speaker. please join me in the pledge to our flag. and to the republic for which it .i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 861. resolved, that a committee of two members be appointed by the speaker to notify the president of the united states that a quorum of the house has assembled and that the house is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to. and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

pursuant to house resolution 861, the chair appoints the following members to the committee to notify the president of the united states that a quorum of the house has assembled and that the house is ready to receive any communications he may please to make. the clerk: the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, and the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. clyburn: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 862. resolved, that the clerk of the house inform the senate that a quorum of the house is present and that the house is ready to proceed with business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the

gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. clyburn: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 863. resolved, that unless otherwise ordered, the hour of daily meeting of house shall be 2:00 p.m. on mondays, noon on tuesdays, or 2:00 p.m. if no legislative business was conducted on the preceding monday, noon on wednesdays and thursdays, and 9:00 a.m. on all other days of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. clyburn: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the order of the house of january 4, 2021, provided for morning hour debate be extended for the remainder of the 117th congress except that

house resolution 863 should supplant house resolution 11. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. clyburn: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on january 6, 2022, at 12:47 p.m. that the senate agreed to senate concurrent resolution 25. senate concurrent resolution 26. that the senate agreed to, relative to the death of the honorable john hardy isaacson, former united states senator for the state of georgia, senate resolution 484. signed, sincerely, cheryl l.

johnson. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table senate concurrent resolution 25 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 25. concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the capitol for the lying in state of the remains of the honorable harry mason reed jr., -- reid jr., a senator from the state of nevada. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table senate concurrent resolution 26 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house.

the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 26. concurrent resolution providing for the use of the exhibition hall of the capitol visitors center in connection with the memphis services to be conducted in the rotunda of the capitol for the honorable harry mason reid jr., a senator from the state of nevada. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? mr. amodei: mr. speaker, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 864. resolved that thes who has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the honorable harry mason reid jr., a senator from the state of nevada. resolved, that the clerk communicate these resolutions to

the senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. resolved, that the when the house adjourns today, it adjourn as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased senator. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to. and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 188, and pursuant to resolution 864, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for morning hour debate and noon for legislative business, as a further mark of the respect of the memory of the late honorable harry mason reid jr.washington .

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