russian debt payments are due and it is uncertain that they can pay, which they are supposed to do in u.s. dollars. >> this is part of the russian economy being brought back into the stone age. whether it is next week or next month, russia will default on his foreign debt. they now no longer have real access to hard currency. the ruble has been destroyed. the stock market has been closed for three weeks. this is an economy sliding into the stone age very rapidly and default is going to be one of the attributes. it is sort of an abstraction for a lot of russians losing their jobs right now. it is up to these russians to think about this leader they have tolerated and how >> watch the rest of the washington journal segment on our website, c-span.org. we'll leave this here to take you live to the u.s. house of representatives for votes on

legislation outlawing discrimination based on hairstyle or hair texture and a bill to end forced arbitration, allowing people to sue instead. live coverage of the house here on c-span. the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 979 on which yeas and nays are ordered the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 979 resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 963 to amend title 9 of the united statescode with respect to arbitration and provide for consideration of the bill h.r. 2116 to prohibit discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. [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 virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, mr. trone of maryland and mr. suozzi of new york, they will vote yes on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative jamaal bowman, i inform the house that he will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, i inform the house that she will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek

recognition? mr. cicilline: as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by ms. titus of nevada, i inform the house that ms. titus will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, chairwoman lofgren, chairman scott, representative briere and representative broun, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that this member will vote yea on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. upton of michigan, i inform the house that mr. upton will vote yea on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote no on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. perlmutter: as the member designated by mr. joe neguse of colorado's congressional 2nd district, mr. neguse will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: as the member designated by mr. ralph norman, i inform the house that mr. norman will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? mr. courtney: as the member designated by house chair of the appropriations committee, rosa delauro and house vies chair of the sea power subcommittee, mr. golden, they will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on ordering the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. fortenberry of nebraska, i inform the house that mr. fortenberry will vote no on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by the following members, garamendi and bordeaux, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady michigan seek recognition >> as the member designated by marcy kaptur, i inform the house that she will vote yes on the

previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by mr. gimenez, i inform the house that mr. gimenez will vote no on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. sires, mr. peter welch, mrs. kirkpatrick, ms. bonnie watson coleman and mr. payne, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter and mr. connolly, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the

member designated by mrs. maloney of new york -- mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from dks seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. carter of the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote no on the previous que question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. carter of georgia, i inform the house that play carter will -- that mr. carter will vote nay on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. mchenry of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. mchenry will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. lesko, i inform the house that ms. lesko will vote no on the previous

question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, thank you. as the member designated by mr. taylor, i inform the house that he will be voting nay on the previous question. as the member designated by ms. salazar, i inform the house that ms. salazar will be voting nay on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. dean, i inform the house that ms. dean will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by dr. van drew of new jersey, i inform the house that dr. van drew will vote no on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 219, the nays are 204. the previous question -- the previous -- the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentlelady from minnesota seek

recognition? >> mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [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 pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by dr. van drew of new jersey, i inform the house that dr. van drew will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida and ms. titus of nevada,

i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. upton of michigan, i inform the house that mr. upton will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by the chair of the house appropriations committee, rosa delauro and the vice chair of the committee, jared golden, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. lesko of arizona, i inform the house that ms. lesko will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h. resolution

979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fortenberry of

nebraska, i inform the house that mr. fortenberry will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. connolly and ms. porter, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek >> as the member designated by mr. carter from texas, i inform the house that mr. cart already vote no on the rule -- mr. carter will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. lawrence: mr. chairman, as the member designated by ms. marcy kaptur, i inform the house that she will vote yes on 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. maria salazar from florida and mr. van taylor from texas, i inform the house that they will

be voting nay on the rule. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative jamaal bowman, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. dean, i inform the house that ms. dean will vote yes on h.res. 979.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. sires, mr. welch, mrs. kirkpatrick, mr. watson coleman and mr. payne, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 979.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, chairwoman lofgren, chairman david scott,

dr. schrier and representative shontel brown, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that the member will vote yea on house resolution 979.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress members bardo and garamendi, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res.

979.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. neguse of colorado's second congressional district, i inform the house that mr. neguse will vote yes on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. norman of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. norman of south carolina will vote nay on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. mrs. cammack: as the member designated by mr. mchenry of north carolina, i inform the

house that mr. mchenry will vote nay on the rule. as the member designated by mr. carter of the state of georgia, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote nay on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gimenez of florida, i inform the house that mr. gimenez will vote nay on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier of california, mr. hard over california, mr. trone of maryland and mr. suozzi of new york, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 979. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition?

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 219. the nays are 207. without objection -- the

resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion by the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3197. on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 3197, a bill to direct the secretary of interior to convey to the city of eunice, louisiana, certain federal lands in louisiana and for other .500s. 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. [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 gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by the gentleman from the great state of georgia, mr. carter, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yea on h.r. 3197. as the member designated by mr. mchenry of north carolina, i inform the house that

mr. mchenry will vote yea on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> thank you. mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe neguse of colorado's second congressional district, i inform the house that mr. neguse will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ralph norman of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. norman will vote yea on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. comely and mse that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. salazar and mr. taylor, i inform the house that they will

both be voting yea on h.r. 3197. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gimenez of florida, i inform the house that mr. gimenez will vote yea on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that that the member will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. lesko, i inform the house that ms. lesko of arizona will vote yea on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on

h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. upton of michigan, i inform the house that mr. upton will vote yea on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative jamaal bowman, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by dr. van draw of new jersey, i inform the house that dr. van drew will vote yea on h.r. 319. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. delauro of connecticut and mr. golden of maine, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fortenberry of nebraska, i inform the house that mr. fortenberry will vote yes on h.r. 319. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. dean, i inform the house that ms. dean will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman johnson, chairwoman lofgren, chairman scott, representative schrier and representative brown, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 319. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. desaulnier and mr. harder of california, mr. trone of maryland, mr. suozzi of new york, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on

h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. carter of the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. bourdeaux, mre house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3197.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on h.r. 3197.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. sires, mr. welch, mrs. kirkpatrick, mr,

ms. wattson coleman and mr. -- mrs. watson coleman, and mr. payne, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3997. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 3197.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? mrs. lawrence: mr. chairman, as the member designated by ms. kaptur, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.r. 3197. thank you, sir.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from roald seek recognition? -- rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, ms. titus of nevada, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3197.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 422, the nays are four. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20,

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4380 on whichhewhh the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will please report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 193. h.r. 4380. a bill to designate the el paso community healing garden a national memphis and for other purposes. 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. [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 rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. titus of nevada, the state where the federal government owns or manages approximately 87% of the land mass, i inform the house that ms. titus will vote yes on h.r. 3197. as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, home to

crystal river, the only place in north america where it is legal to have a supervised swim with a wild manatee, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gimenez of florida, i inform the house that mr. gimenez will vote yea on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative jamaal bowman, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote yea on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

>> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. salazar and mr. van taylor, i'd like to inform the house that they will both be voting yea on h.r. 43806789 thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? mrs. lawrence: mr. chairman, as the member designated by the champion of the midwest, marcy kaptur, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated by mr. connolly and ms. porter, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3197. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. carter of the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yes on h.r. 4380.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. dean, i inform the house that ms. dean will vote yes on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. lesko of arizona, i inform the house that mrs. lesko will vote yea on h.r. 4380. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. trone, mr. suozzi, mr. harder and mr. desaulnier, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. delauro of connecticut and mr. golden of maine, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on

h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. neguse of colorado's second congressional district, i inform the house that mr. neguse will vote yes on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following >> as the member designated by the following members, garamendi, they vote yes on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: sphrurp does the gentleman seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. upton of michigan, i inform the house that mr. upton will vote yea on h.r. 4380.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fortenberry of nebraska, i inform the house that mr. fortenberry will vote yes on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, chairman david scott, chairwoman zoe lofgren, dr. schrier and -- i inform the house that these members will vote yea on h.r. 4380. and representative -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by dr. van drew of new jersey, i inform the house that dr. van drew will vote yea on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h.r. 4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that mr. the member will vote yes on h.r. 4380.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ralph norman of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. norman will vote nay on h.r. 4380.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. carter of georgia, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yea on h.r. 4380. as the member designated by mr. mchenry of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. mchenry will vote yea on h.r. 4380.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. sires, mr. welch, mrs. kirkpatrick, mr. watson coleman, and mr. payne, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r.

4380. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative chantal brown, i inform the house that representative brown will vote yea on h.r. 4380.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 403, the nays are 25. 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. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20,

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6434 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 191, h.r. 6434, a bill to direct the secretary of the entireor to establish within the national park service a japanese american world war ii history network and for other purposes. 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. [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.] mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. desaulnier of california, mr. harder of california, mr. trone of maryland and mr. suozzi of new york, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6434.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. lesko of arizona, i inform the house that mrs. lesko will vote yea on h.r. 6434. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, chairwoman lofgren, chairman david scott, dr. schrier, and representative shon tell brown, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? mrs. walorski: as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. connolly and ms. porter, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. upton from

michigan, i inform the house that mr. upton will vote yea on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. perlmutter: thanks, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. joe neguse, colorado's second, i inform the house that joe neguse will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fortenberry of nebraska, i inform the house that mr. fortenberry will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. carter from the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. albio sires, mr. peter welch, mrs. ann kirkpatrick, mr. andy kim, mr. bill pascrell, mrs. bonnie watson coleman, and mr. donald payne, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. maria salazar and mr. van taylor, i inform the house that ms. salazar will be voting yea on h.r. 6434 and mr. taylor will be voting nay on 6434. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. courtney: as the member designated by the house chair of the appropriations committee, rosa delauro, and mr. golden of maine, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek

recognition? mrs. cammack: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. mchenry of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. mchenry will vote yes on h.r. 6434. and as the member designated by mr. carter of georgia, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. bourdeaux, mr. garamendi, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? willie o'ree mr. speaker -- mr. wilson: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ralph norman of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. norman will vote yea on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that m mr. lawson will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by ms. dean, i inform the house that ms. dean will vote yes on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that he will vote yea on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. gomez: as the member designated by mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative jamaal bowman, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 6434.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 6434. the speaker pro tempore: and for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by the champion of the midwest, marcy kaptur, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.r. 6434.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gimenez of florida, i inform the house that mr. gimenez will vote yea on h.r. 6434.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ralph norman of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. norman will vote nay on h.r. 6434.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by dr. van drew of new jersey, i inform the house that dr. van drew will vote yea on h.r. 6434.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, ms. titus of nevada, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6434.

the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 406 and the nays are 16. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> i stand here to recognize the incredible achievement of tara demoto winning the chevron houston marathon with 2:19:12 finish. that is 24 seconds faster than the previous record set back in 2006. this new record demonstrates her remarkable resiliency and highlights her overcoming

adversity. she is an ambassador for her sport and she is inpi expiring the next generation of virginia marathon runners. i want to congratulate chesterfield county and our entire commonwealth proud. we are the home of a true american champion. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> today i rise to honor roy and wilma brown, who celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary this monday. married on march 14, 1941, they have remained at each other side. through the ups and downs of raising five children on a family farm in the early days

with no running water or like that, the browns have no stranger to hardship but have always leaned on the lord. on their 69th anniversary, wilma said god has pleased us so much and we are thankful. today i thank the browns for serving as a reminder to us of the power and longevity of true love. may both wilma and roy have a pleased anniversary and this day serve as an inspiration for generations to come. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized. >> not holler was an illinois resident who passed away to stomach cancer to the e.t.o.

sterilization plant near his home. these cancerous chemicals are used to sterilize an assortment of food. the chemical is banned in other countries around the globe, it continues to be used in america for spices, dried herbs and much more. food sterilized with e.t.o. does not require food labeling. i'm introducing mat holler e.t.o. act. this would provide americans with the right to know if food has been treated by carcinogenic substances. let's increase transparency and bring cases like matt holler. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oklahoma seek

recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized. >> i rise today to honor the remarkable life of mrs. jasmine moran and oklahoma 5 philanthropist. she moved to seminole after meeting her husband an oilman in oklahoma. mrs. moran decided tore start her own in hopes of reuniting the city. she created a world class children's museum that atraghts 70,000 visitors a year. mrs. moran created an animal shelter. mrs. moran's generosity and commitment to the betterment of her community is truly inspiring. she will be deeply missed, there

is no doubt that through herselfless endeavors, her legacy will live on forever. this should stand as an inspiration to all. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i rise today to indicate that finally, finally, finally we have passed and signed into law the violence against women's act. after years of introducing it, passed in the house of representatives, we came together and today at the white house, relief has been given to the millions of victims of domestic violence and sexual

assault and provided the opportunity for enhanced police efforts for trying to stop the most dangerous calls to police officers. dealing with cultural groups that respond to this in a different way and once and for all stopping the raping of indian women and stopping prosecution. now we allow the courts on indian reservations to be able to bring people to justice. we have provided a place for abused persons to live and given more money to shelters and responded to advocates across america and i written and authored h.r. 1620. i thank all of those that brought that bill to law and now the president has done what he has wanted to do is have the violence against women act re-authorized. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentleman seek

recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> over the past few weeks, we made it clear how important it is for the united states to produce its own energy rather than rely on other countries for our supplies. the president and his allies made things very clear that this is not the thing they want to do. shutting down american energy production, but the reality truly is we can produce energy cleaner and more efficient than any other nation in the country. this administration decided to shut down america's pipelines and energy production and has done nothing but drive up the energy costs while threatening our sneurt and strengthen our adversaries around the globe. we cannot allow this to continue. under president trump's hard

work to increase energy production, his leadership we actually made energy independence instead of energy dependence during his time. america has the resources and ability to meet our supplies in need. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent that members may have five legislative days to include extraneous remarks on the subject of my special order. we have another crisis created by the policy choices of this white house. the national average price for a gallon price reached $4.32 and

that is the highest price in u.s. history. last thursday we learned that the u.s. inflation sored 7.9% over the past 12 months, largest spike in consumer prices in 40 years. and now the washington democrats' blame game is in full swing. at first, they said inflation wasn't happening and then inflation was merely transtower and then inflation only hurt rich folks. but latest fiction might be their grittest yet. that the past year of steady, year, past year now of steady price increases for gas and consumer goods and actually putin's fault. putin, he didn't kill the keystone pipeline. joe biden.

putin didn't do that. joe biden did that. putin didn't pass trillions and trillions of spending. joe biden and the democrats have done that. president biden should accept responsibility of the rising prices. he better or we are in for more and more pain. the president should do everything in his power to make it easier, not harder for america to produce more oil and gas and this would lower prices and make our country less dependent on foreign energy. president biden said he can't do much right now about the skyrocketing prices. the democratic caucus leader said it hasn't come up. really? you haven't made time to discuss any solutions to the number one

issue facing americans. now that congressional democrats know they are in a tight spot, they are trying to convince the american people that an american president can't control gas prices in the united states but russians can. good luck with that. i thank my colleagues for being here tonight for special order hour and i yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. meuser: i thank my good friend, the gentleman from louisiana, very much. we have a very, very serious energy crisis here on our home shores. the biden administration continues to point fingers at anybody but themselves. how many times have they done this before for the self-inflicted crisis? there are statements that this is putin's fault and the fact is that the numbers truly tell a

different story and do tell the truth. and this situation cannot be denied by many of my colleagues here in the house that we are issuing virtual propaganda about the realities of a national crisis. on january 20 of last year, gallon of gas cost $2.39 after a year with the biden administration and the house leadership supporting, we shut down the keystone pipeline and paused leases for energy development and haven't approved permits for drilling and threatened higher taxes on energy companies and yes, we warned banks and financial institutions not to make investments in our domestic energy industries. .

i can't do much right now to lower gas prices. yes, you can. yes, it can be done. and meanwhile, they're looking at iran, venezuela, saudi arabia, and up until -- new mexico, louisiana. create american energy and american jobs. we need to reverse the policies that have depressed production, throttled back investment, and let the -- madam speaker, energy security is national security. i think we've all heard that. it's never been more important to be reminded of it than today. we must reverse these damaging policies now and safeguard our nation's security for today and tomorrow. i appreciate it. i yield back. mr. johnson: i thank you my friend. from energy states like others, pennsylvania, louisiana, and we've been saying energy

security is national security and now everybody recognizes it. madam speaker, i'm happy to yield next to the gentleman from wisconsin, another gentleman that knows quite a bit about this, mr. tiffany. mr. tiffany: thank you, representative johnson. and thank you, madam speaker. two weeks ago we were here and we heard about how president biden was going to use every tool at his disposal, every tool to combat skyrocketing energy costs. now, this is the same administration that told us, the border was secure, and that was about a year ago, a little less than a year ago, the border was secure. and we saw once again record numbers of people coming across illegally. as the gentleman said, inflation is transitory. we heard his chief economic advisor, maybe it's not so transitory. and we're seeing record numbers now this month in regards to inflation. well, it all started january 20,

2021, with the shutdown of the keystone pipeline. and all the other actions taken to limit production here in america. we saw what is turning out to be a foreign policy disaster, the ok of the nord stream pipeline that's delivering natural gas to western europe. something the previous administration would never do. and this is all part of the green fantasy here in america that has become america's night mayor. -- nightmare. back home, $2.80 to heat your home with propostseason. it's -- propane. they paid 80 cents a gallon in august, 2020. that's what they're facing. and president biden came to my district right after -- right after the state -- state of the union speech. came to superior, wisconsin. and once again, we were anxious

to hear how he's going to use every tool, every tool possible to provide energy for america. but we didn't hear a thing about rerouting the pipeline through northern wisconsin that's held up because a permit is not issued by the governor of wisconsin and his department of natural resources. we didn't hear a single thing about line 5 that goes through the straits of mackinac that the governor shut down that permit last year, a major throughput to canada and the entire midwest. we didn't hear a word about rebuilding the refinery in superior, which we hope is completed soon. he went on a tour that the refinely produces all kinds of asphalt. don't you think that is a great time to talk about that? and he didn't propose a billion dollar investment to produce clean electricity with natural gas and we didn't hear a word about producing more fertilizer

for those farmers to grow our crops. we didn't hear a word about that. this president does not understand security, job security, thousands of jobs. two of the major pipeline manufacturers in the united states are right in wisconsin. we didn't hear a thing about economic security. the inflation that is in part as a result of these increased energy costs. and we didn't hear a thing about national security. and that's what's at stake, the biden administration has let us down on all three fronts, job security, economic security, energy security. mr. johnson: it's well said. when we think about energy states we think about texas first. i'm delighted to hyield to one f the great gentleman that represents the state so well, mr. babin. mr. babin: i want to thank my friend across the sabine river

from here, mr. johnson, for having this special order. well, president biden and the democrats hate the facts because the facts are not on their side. and if we're being honest, the facts haven't been on their side for a very long time. nevertheless, they continue perpetuating the lie that domestic energy is somehow bad and foreign energy is somehow good. so join me, let's take a look at the facts here. the refineries, petrochemical plants and american businesses in and around my district, the 36th congressional district of the state of texas are unmatched worldwide. for years, they have showcased what our country does best and that is producing superior, high-quality petroleum products by leading in technological innovation. the best and brightest americans are constantly discovering new ways to enhance safety, lower

emissions, and provide the world with affordable and reliable energy. but the leftist democrats, they don't seem to care. they would rather lambaste the american public for not buying a $60-000- -- $60,000-plus electric vehicle. they would rather tyrants become energy powerhouses than spend one cent supporting u.s. oil and gas jobs, american ingenuity, our our state-of-the-art -- state-of-the-art facilities. in the name of what? eliminating greenhouse gases? give me a break. here's a reality check. when we increase our dependency on foreign nations for our energy needs, we increase our carbon footprint. simple. america makes the cleanest energy on the planet, fact. foreign oil and gas are not produced using the stringent environmental regulations that we have here in america.

not to mention, foreign oil must travel farther on less safe and less environmentally friendly modes of transportation to get that product here. if biden and my democrat colleagues want to talk about cleaner energy, they must first accept the fact that we, america, lead in reducing harmful pollution worldwide. americans are sick of suffering from biden's anti-oil and gas agenda that supports dirtier energy, funds corrupt governments, kills their jobs, weakens our national security, and raises the cost of everything. i spent $125 filling up my ford f-150 pickup truck this past monday, just as an example. but here's the bottom line. if biden and the left honestly believe that foreign energy is the best option, then they really do not care about the environment or the security of our own nation, the united

states of america. acknowledge the facts. put america first. unleash our energy sector. help the environment and end our dangerous dependence on foreign adversaries. thank you and i yield back. mr. johnson: thank you, dr. babin. that is texas strong, as we expected. and madam speaker, one of the strongest republican delegations in the congress comes from another state, tennessee, and i am delighted to yield next to one of the hardest working men in congress, mr. rose. mr. rose: thank you, chairman johnson, for yielding time tonight. madam speaker, despite what president biden and congressional democrats have to say, higher prices at the fuel pump are not because of a putin price increase. the price of a gallon of gas increased from $2.31 a gallon since president biden's inauguration to $3.48 the week before putin's invasion of the ukraine. that's a 50% increase before the

invasion of ukraine even began. but make no mistake. the biden administration is doing everything they can to blame the increase on russia's invasion of ukraine. they've turned to their allies in the main street media to carry their talking points, but i urge all americans to not let the headlines or tiktok influencers to influence you. this is part of their anti-energy policies, not putin's invasion of ukraine. unfortunately, we all knew this was coming when president biden said on the campaign trail that he would, quote, transition away from the oil industry, closed quote. on his first days in office, president biden declared war against american energy. he moved his plan into action by canceling the keystone pipeline and other projects, imposing new regulations on the oil and gas

industry, and stalling new leases on oil and gas projects on federal lands. if the president has a legitimate plan to lower energy prices and fight inflation, we, the american people, would love to see it. but until we do, i can only guess the president's plan is what he's done since taking office. spend trillions of dollars and hope americans purchase expensive electric vehicles. that's not a plan. it's a pipe dream. the truth is that this is not the america president biden inherited. under president trump, america was energy independent. even a net oil exporter. inflation was well under control. gas was less than $2.50 a gallon, and our enemies were our enemies, not potential trade partners. but the price of a gallon of gas along with inflation has increased every single month since president biden was inaugurated. and the resulting harm to our

country has been mostly self-inflicted and largely driven by democrats' massive deficit spending and by the fact that the president has declared war on u.s. oil and gas industry from his first day in office. every step he has taken to hinder the oil and gas industry diminishes capitalism, the very engine of our economy, and our relatively high standard of living. whether it's in our schools or with our health care decisions, president biden's administration wants you to do what they say instead of trusting what has made us the most prosperous country in the history of the world. republicans in congress stand ready to implement policies to make america energy independent again. it's time for the president to reverse the war against american energy and recognize that the solution to his energy crisis exists right under our feet. still, the president refuses to

pull his head out of the sand and to tap into it. he will stop at nothing to satisfy his left-wing base even if it is at the expense of everyday hardworking americans who i am proud to represent in middle tennessee. thank you, chairman, and i yield back. mr. johnson: appreciate that, mr. rose. a lot of common sense there and we will stay on this theme for the great state of tennessee. and madam speaker, i am happy to yield next to another gentleman from that great state, more common sense from mr. burchett. mr. burchett: thank you, chairman johnson, for heading this up day after day. it's greatly appreciated. thank you, madam speaker. i just wonder, have the democrats been to the gas pumps lately? i used to love to go to the gas pumps and talk to folks to see about what's going on. now honestly, i'm afraid to make eye contact with somebody because they are going to light you up, madam speaker. they are going to tell you --

and i know we see these cute stickers that don't -- it's not my thing. i don't want to cause any vandalism of our president pointing at the pump saying i did this, but the truth is, he did do this. if they would listen to what's going on, they would know that america is ticked and they should be. national gas average today is $4.30 a gallon. average a year ago, $2.87. in 2020, oil was around $17 a barrel. and today i believe it's dropped to $95. i heard someone from the white house earlier bragging about how the oil has dropped. that is the washington way. not talk about how it was a year -- a couple years ago at $17. talk about how it's dropped from over $110 down to $95. madam speaker, we need to turn the spigots back on. we need to get back in the oil business. the oil and gas companies have

the -- they've been told -- we've been told they've got the permits and then they boast about that they're not drilling because of it. the truth is, madam speaker, is not enough pipelines have been permitted to move the product. if they get it, there's nowhere for it to go. there's no storage capacity. there's no way to move the product. the pipelines have to be completed. and that is part of the master plan here. when as has been stated by meals on this floor many times, $7 .00 a gallon. that is no way to drive innovation. innovation is driven through creativity and not by crooked politicians and evil folks. electric cars, they are not affordable yet. over $50,000 a car. you have over eight adaptors on the plugs and takes several

hours. i don't know if you have driven across country, stopping eight hours another a truck station is not my idea of a vacation. democrats are doubling down. it creates higher energy and increases costs for businesses and everything is up. you look at the price of fuel. i filled up my daughter's diesel the other day and it cost me over $100. we can increase our economy and show the world that we are leaders. as the ukranian stated this morning, our president needs to lead the world. it's a shame when a country that small has to call on a great power as america and tell its leaders to lead. until things change, biden's

economy is a bust. i want to thank you and yield the remainder of my time and i appreciate chairman johnson and his behavior. he has raised more than this. mr. johnson: you have been faithful participant in the special order hours. it is so important. i'm happy to yield next to another gentleman to deliver this message to the american people, the great gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa. mr. lamalfa: i thank my colleague, mr. johnson, for getting the message out. because that is really important. we are talking to the public about this situation. that we don't have to be in. we have seen with the fairly new biden administration that inflation has risen tremendously. i don't get pleasure on bagging

on the president. but you have to go to the core of issues and the policies in place have harmed the u.s. economy and harmed regular families of the the cost of fuel has been a noticeable part of this. my home state of california, we always enjoy extra costs because of the way things are done there. four bucks for the rest of the country, it is 5.50 in my home state. this surge is affecting everybody and greater burden on rural residents. we have to drive longer distance and their jobs on the basis of fuel. and there is less exports of things that are produced in rural america, less services, less employment because of the high cost of everything. we are talking to some truckers

and they can't deliver anymore because they can't afford the fuel. imagine that when you go to the retail level and can't get the normal things off the shelf. there are less food choices. you are waiting longer for parts. when rural residents have to drive longer to do anything, take kids to school, get to health services, pick up goods you need to do your job, it is that much greater a burden at these prices. take law enforcement, for example. cops, rural ones, they have a lot of driving to do and their costs are going through the roof. counties, small cities are bearing a greater burden to keep patrols out there. that is a detrimental effect. farmers, we are getting ready to

plant our crop. i don't want to know the price, but it will be so high and passed on the shelves all across the country and the farmer is going to get out of business if he can't get the price. they produce the thing that people eat, wear clothes, the wood and the paper products we use for homes and business is. it is high time we take action and produce the energy in this country because we can, we should and we can affect the world market and russia isn't making a killing because it is a supply and demand issue. and bring this back in line and better in position and our colleagues in the western part of europe and triple putin's

ability to make a killing. i thank you for the time and i yield back. mr. johnson: there are so many consequences to these bad policy choices. madam speaker, i yield to another faithful messen engineer for the truth in america, mr. clyde. mr. clyde: while the war in ukraine is heartbreaking, we cannot turn a blind eye to the crises president biden has done at home. last week, inflation hit another 40-year high of 7. #% in february continuing to impose a hidden tax on every american. prices at the pump, utility bills and costs in the grocery line keep getting worst. instead of reducing government

spending in order to alleviate the pain, president biden pivots to offer deceptive excuses. he told us that inflation was transitorn, then he told us inflation is a good thing. really? so when that messaging failed, the talking points went to corporate greed. the biden administration enjoys pointing fingers at other. in light of russia's illegal invasion of ukraine, the administration convenient scape goat is russian president putin and putin's price hike. make no mistake, inflation was skyrocketing long before putin's

troops set one foot into ukraine. they -- these are most certainly president biden's price hikes and he is responsible and no one can hide the truth. americans can't afford to buy more. instead of playing the blame game, the biden station and congressional democrats must reverse course on wasteful spending and failed economic policies. we must return to the america first principles that help the american people thrive. thank you, and i yield back. mr. johnson: you have a way of putting so clearly and so consistent. i'm happy to yield next to the great gentleman from the state of florida. came to congress after 26 years of distinguished service as a naval aviator and knows of what

he speaks. mr. franklin: as my colleagues have shared, the biden administration has had self-inflicted cries sees. run-away inflation. and you could say they are having a record year. record high inflation, record violent crime, record gas prices, record numbers of illegal immigrants, seizures of illegal drugs. the common denominator is the president himself. the president listened to the state department over the recommendation of his generals which led to the disastrous withdrawal of afghanistan and shut down american energy production long before russia invaded ukraine.

he flowedded our economy with trillions in free money and created rampant inflation. his policies have led to two million people coming across our southern border and more than the population of 15 of our states. every single year. these disasters were completely self-inflicted and american families are paying the price. despite our political differences, i take no joy in watching this administration failed. when our president fails, america fails. america deserves a true leader. if the president is incapable of lieding, he has the duty to surround himself with smart people to give him good counsel. listen to the smart ones and not those with a track record of

failure and then act on it. the president should focus on american energy independence which will bring down gas prices at home and help our allies and not talking to a venezuelan dictator. i also needs to stop the out of control spending and reinstate tough border policies to protect our communities. for the sake of our country, this administration must stop administrating and implementing the worst idea of the d.c. political class and lead decisively. mr. johnson: thank you for bringing that wisdom to the floor tonight. there has been a theme with all of my colleagues who participated in the special order hour. we have an energy crisis, the latest crisis because of terrible policy choices from this white house and the

democrats in congress. it is just plain and simple. it seems like a decade ago now, but just a little over a year ago, if you rewind to the trump years, you can recall and everyone will know more objective truth and facts how well we were doing in all of these areas. president biden came in and did the opposite. when president trump came in and i remember the first time he spoke with the house republicans in our conference and he told us among the first commitments he made to us and this is january of 2017, just taken office and he spoke to us and said i don't want to talk about energy independence but energy dominance. and from an energy state like mine, louisiana delegation was delighted to hear that because we know what it means for our state's economy and the stability and security of our

entire country. and i tell you what. more objective facts president trump delivered on that promise and in a very short period of time we became energy independent but energy dominant and became a net exporter. the economy was doing well. we had the best economic numbers in the history of the world, not just the history of the united states. prior to covid, we had the best economy because of the policy choices that were made. we advanced these policies through the congress and president trump led on this. because of that our energy stability and energy security all of that was well in place and president biden comes in and he does instinctively and does the opposite and reversed all of those great trends as has been articulated, among the first

executive orders, immediately in january of 2020, he killed the keystone pipeline. 42,000 jobs related to that project and killed overnight and the energy independence and dominance and then he issues the moratorium on federal production on federal land. that killed a state like louisiana. and that is a big part of our economy and the other energy states, it was devastating. at the same time, he is killing the keystone pipeline, he is ending federal production on federal lands. putin's project. he fuels the war machine for putin because he can supply oil all over western europe and that filled his covers. these stickers that i did that

sticker that has president buyen's picture but i see them all over louisiana. and it's devastating. president biden is pointing to the sticker shock and the cost it is to fill tanks. picture is worth a thousand words. he is responsible. these are the results of policy choices. and mr. franklin said these problems are completely self-inflicted and because that, let's remember they can be easily reversed. the president is doing what he's done since he took office, he can reverse course and fix this. i don't know if it's because he's beholden to the climate agenda or if he has an ulterior moment, i'm not sure, but my constituents are asking that question openly right now. millions pop millions of

american people who are suffering because of these policies are beginning to ask that as well. madam speaker, i'm delighted to yield to the gentlelady from california, ms. steele who has a few more things. mrs. steel: i'm a little late because of education committee, we're doing markups right now. i rise to address the ongoing energy crisis and the impact it's having on families in orange county. the picture you see here a snapshot of what gas pries looked for my constituents in the past week but i heard last week, same time, this is in my district but in sacramento that we have actually hit other $9 per gallon. these prices have increased 30% in the last year. gas prices in orange county and across the country are rising. every single day. one reason for these

skyrocketing costs is policies enacted by this administration that have weakened our energy independence and made us dependent on foreign oil. with the president taking the necessary step of banning russian oil it's even more important we return to our former energy independence. we cannot turn from one foreign dictator to another to meet our energy needs. we have the resources right here to bring down costs and produce the cleanest energy on earth. i urge all my colleagues to join me in pursuing policies to secure or energy independence. thank you and i yield back. mr. johnson: thank you, mrs. steel. so grateful you came to participate. we know you are very busy, in the education and labor committee, thank you for your

hard work. we're wrapping up our special order hour, there was a lot going on on capitol hill today, grateful to my colleagues for coming in and sharing this important message for the american people. there's a lot of spin going on in the country right now, from tiktok influencers to media types engaging in spin for the white house at their request. the american people see through it. they're make, being made, to make difficult choices for their families. hard working americans are suffering because of these policy choices. there is crisis after crisis after crisis, everywhere we look, because of frankly put, poor leadership in the white house. i believe that we'll have a change in all of this come november in the next election cycle and with the presidential election that will follow two years later. it can't happen soon enough. the white house has shown no intention, no indication, that they'll reverse policies as they should, as we mentioned a moment

ago, could be easily done to alleviate the pain for all these americans. but for whatever reasons they will not do it. madam speaker, i will wind down this evening. i want to thank my leagues for being here, participating in this really important special order hour and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. members are reminded to refeign from engaging in personalities toward the president.

the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. frankel is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. ms. frankel: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, this month is women's history month. i think you're making history, madam speaker, today. one of the youngest women ever to be elected from california, and actually in the country. women are making history. madam speaker, i am pleased to be here. hopefully we'll have a few more

speakers here today but i do want to start, madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. frankel: thank you. you know, i'm going to take a page out of the book of our great first lady, jill biden. i attended a ceremony over at the white house where she and the president celebrated women's history month and she started out with a salute, i think, to, if you can think of anybody who you want to give a shoutout to, she gave it to her own mother. i'm going to start with that too. because you know, most of our mothers, they're not very

famous, and it's not like they made history, but the fact of the matter is, moms are probably the most influential people in the world. in fact, if you r go to a -- if you ever go to an event where someone is being honored who the first person they thank? it's their mother. so i'm going to start with -- this women's history month, my remarks, by thanking my mother, dorothy frankel. and let me just say this. who has inspired me in every way and now at 96 years old, i will say with a mind better than mine, maybe that's not saying much, but with her full faculties and the energy to live, i'm going to say thank you, mom, like all the other

moms who give us the unconditional love and the support, whether the sun is shining or the rain is raining. so today, i think we have some other people here. before i continue my remarks, i would to yield to a very special friend. oh. she's on the telephone. ok. so i'll keep going. i want to talk about some people who may be, there we go, representative jackson lee, would you like to approach the well, or approach the podium? i want to yield -- this is one -- we talk about making history. i'm going to yield to one they have most dynamic members of the house of representatives, she's from texas, she's got her hands

full. i mean, i'll tell you what. i don't know whether it's more difficult today being from texas or florida, i think our governors are in some kind of contest with each other, but i'm going to yield to the amazing lady from texas, sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from florida for, first of all, all of her leadership in leading the women's caucus for a very sizable period of time and to give us the opportunity to speak about women today and to remind us that we really start out with a very important woman, and that is of course our mothers. so why don't i, as well,

acknowledge my mother who served her community but more importantly her profession and she was proud of that in nursing. at the time she was a vocational nurse. and she wore the uniform with pride. she was a mother with pride. she was a wife with pride. she was really our rock and she did things that showed her sacrifice. she loved her profession. she loved nursing. she was our at-home doctor. probably the doctor for the neighborhood. but in order to ensure that she was home during the day, she made sure she took the night shift. the night shift in a hospital is a challenging shift. we can see all of the great and wonderful things that nursing has generated, the heroes of today, the sheroes of today, as we went through two years of

pandemic. my mother was a shero many, many decades ago. it came -- came to love the uniform, came to love those white, sparkling shoe she is wore so proudly. came to las vegas and honor her sacrifice and how much she gave to her family, her job, her profession, her church. ida lee jackson is one to be honored. along with her mother, my career bennett, my other grandmother, olive jackson, my aunt, barie bennett, and vicki and audrey. all wonderful women. today i come to join my colleagues to be able to talk about women and to celebrate as the president did in women's history month just 24 hers ago. but then to celebrate again as i mentioned, now in law, now the law, and that is the violence against women act that almost a

decade, it seem, even though we wasn't back as far as 2013, seems i've been doing this for a decade. i remember standing next to president joe biden on the re-authorization of the violence against women act in 1996. i call the image me in short statute, joe bide minnesota tall shah institute. but one of great compassion. i loved hearing him speak today, how culturally out of step men were, or the community was, or the nation was in trying to understand why he would be engaged in fighting against domestic violence. i remember him today saying they asked me whether or not he had come from a family of domestic violence or he had abused his wife or known someone in his family who had experienced that and he looked at them incredulously and said no, it's something to care about. domestic violence kills, sexual

assault can kill, rape kills, and it destroys lives. from very little girls and very little children, boys or girls, to adulthood. we loved him for saying that. out of that passion came the first violence against women act. centered around domestic violence. it grew to focus on the wide breadth of sexual assault in this nation. speaking to the head of the major chiefs at the white house, she reaffirmed the fact as a chief of police of a major city that domestic violence calls are the most deadly for law enforcement officers and don't end well in many instances for our families. it is appropriate in this month of women's history that we also have a curated response by putting into law, after so many years of trying, introducing over and over again this legislation and finally h.r.

1620, became law. as the senate passed that bill with an enhancement of what we had included which was the work dealing with native americans, the work dealing with providing for housing, the amount of money, $1 billion, to cover the many new issues dealing with women dealing with cultural organizations, different women from different ethnic language, respending to the needs they have. reals you groups. we had cultural training for young men and boys. we wanted to make sure that we did not in any way undermine, undermine what the president had dreamed about when he first introduced this legislation, i believe in 1994.

so i wanted that to be part of women's history month because it was a long journey. let me thank all the advocates who year after year, month after month, day after day, second after second, minute after minute, hour after hour met with all of us to try to work to enhance and to be assured of the best kind of legislation that we could secure. today was a celebratory day but i really focus on it for saving lives. i just imagine somewhere in america today is a woman being abused. a woman suffering and we a woman suffering and we now have a law that her state and federal government, law enforcement, can maybe intervene and her days of being abused will be ended. i do want to also acknowledge, as i move toward the historic women,ed kind of work women do -- the kind of work women do, and i just want to make sure

that we talk about daycare owners. this is the ginger bread school. and i want to thank the owner for taking the children of mothers who work day in and day out, hourly wages, night shifts, i remember my mom, as i said, working night shift. and she's there for them. these are the kind of women in women's history month deserve honor and respect and thank her for it. then i want to acknowledge the fact that women are in the medical profession. we used to take them for granted. there were a rising number of women becoming doctors. but we did not take them for granted in the horrors of the pandemic, of covid-19. because we were desperate for those who were testing, when the vaccine came, were vaccinating. but most importantly, it was those nurses at our bedside, those on vent lazers, those --

ventilators, those in hallways, those who were suffering. covid-19 was devastating and deadly and it was the nurses and the medical professionals. many, many women who provided the kind of support that maybe got us through. i want to thank those late-night shifts. i want to thank those tear, those collapsing on sidewalks outside of hospitals saying, how much more can i take? and they took more. and they kept going on and on and on. i pay tribute to the millions of medical professionals that were women. i support all of them. but i particularly support those who are women. so let me just use -- today we had a hearing in the budget committee on the question of how the pandemic impacted women. and just want to make one point about that. it was unanimity and certainly

it was recognized by one of our witnesses that the idea of child care being only 7% of your income under the build back better act would be transformative. that child care keeps women out of the work force, but more importantly, it takes 25% or 50% even of their income. remember, they still are lowest paid. and so we realize in this women's history month there are many things that we need to do to improve the lives of women. with that in mind, i want to now cite some of the women that should be honored, who have done great things. first, i do want to acknowledge the paycheck fairness bill that we did this year. the child tax credit. driven by women, joined by great men, but driven by women and really saving the lives of families all over america. i'll acknowledge vice president kamala harris, the first woman of color to serve in the highest offices of the land, as vice

president of the united states, a woman of indian descent and african descent. it is important to take note of the fact that an estimated 10 million people in this country, as i spoke earlier, experience domestic violence. that's why we celebrate this month with the passing of that bill. i just want to give a roll call to the many pioneering women that should be recognized today. shirley chisholm. barbara jordan. and as well those early pioneers, harriet tubman, who led the underground railroad and slaves to freedom. sojourner truth, an abolitionist, and as well a suffragette, who said the words, ain't i a woman? rosa parks, who refused to get up so that she could sit -- so that others might walk and others might run toward justice. astronaut, my dear friend, macay gemmerson, a houston resident. first african-american woman to go into space.

mathematicians like kathryn g. johnson, dorothy vaughan and mary jacksonn this

nef newness, that she'll be greeted by those who look to her credentials and her constant excellence that she has shown. women have always been challenged as to whether or not they could do the job. i leave you with the names of gandhi of india.

ellen sirleaf of liberia, angela merkel of germany and many others. i know there are millions of women that we've left out, but today we come to celebrate under the leadership of lois frankel and as well the democratic women's caucus, to be able to once and for all put a mark in this congressional record to say that we pause, to say thank you to women, that we pause to say thank you to the new and many members of the united states house of representatives who have grown and grown, members who happen to be women. the few women that were here when i came in 1995, we have ex exponentially grown in excellence and we have brought a new face, a new perspective. i remember those days, sitting, lonely on the judiciary committee, with pat schroeder, as day after day our friends on the other side of the aisle brought up partial birth abortion. and over and over again patted myself -- patty and myself tried

to explain that these are decisions that are health decisions that should be left to the mother, her faith leader and her doctor. it's sad that the state of texas has failed to remember such and continues te as it relates to ce and the ability to seek a lawful abortion as they may desire. with their church, their doctor and themselves. and last point that i want to make, that mothers have to deal with, and that is the horrible actions of governor abbott dealing with transgender children. i want to stand on this floor today, that this is part of women's history. because it was the parent, but the mother, leading out to protect their children from the abuse of this governmental agency. suggesting that you could not have trans medical care, trans-affirming medical care. that you as a mother could not protect your child. thank you to the mothers who stood up, thank you to the court that indicated that you to, governor abbott, was wrong

yesterday, wrong today and wrong tomorrow. these are our precious children. these are precious lives. these are precious families. these are precious mothers. so my tribute to women today includes my tribute to the fighters that have always stood up for what is right, what is conscious and what is justice. either in fighting for democracy, fighting against the terror of january 6, fighting for women's rights in the violence against women act, fighting against abuse, fighting to stamp out hunger, fighting to stamp out anger and fighting in ukraine to be able to stand against a despot called putin who is violent and is a war criminal for killing children. and, yes, the mothers in my state who are standing for their trans children. i offer them my greatest respect and dignity as we salute women's history month. with that, i yield. m ms. frankel: thank you,

representative. this representative's going to go down in history as one of the most articulate fighters for justice we have ever seen. i want to just give you a special congratulations for all the work you did on the violence against women act that was celebrated today. thank you, representative jackson lee. all right. i have another, madam speaker, i now yield to another -- i would say another historic woman from the state of california, very prolific, very prolific. and she -- but just -- i'm going highlight a couple of things. she brought to this venue the #metoo movement. she's been the champion in changing military law to protect people from sexual violence. and, look, i could go on and on. she is my co-chair of the women's caucus. from the great state of california, the great jackie speier. ms. speier: i thank the

gentlelady from florida and my friend and co-lead on the democratic women's caucus. i must say, she is always the shining light when it comes to finding purpose and the opportunity for women to succeed and you have proven yourself over and over again as we have seen our numbers of women grow here in the congress of the united states. and to my good friend, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, today was a great day of celebration as vawa was re-authorized. i know you concur with me that when president biden said, why don't we make this permanent, that's precisely what we should be doing. but somehow it is a law that has to be re-authorized every five years. it used to be almost something

that we did both in a bipartisan fashion and re-authorization was almost automatic. but more recently that wasn't the case. so to congresswoman jackson lee, thank you for the very complete and comprehensive review of women in america that you just provided us. so as we celebrate national women's history month, we were all asked to talk about someone that we wanted to pay special attention to. and i decided that i was going speak about a particular group of women who represent what the essence of womanhood is. which is that they are tenacious, that they are courageous, that they are gritty and they will go wherever they

need to go to achieve their goal. you know, there was called the night of terror in 1917. in november of 1917. during that withhold period of time -- whole period of time, women would march every day here in washington, d.c., thousands of them, and they would -- for the first time they went and picketed outside the white house. it had never been done before. and they chained themselves to the sigh loan fence -- cyclone fence at the white house and on this night in november, 1917, there were 35 of these women who were arrested. and they were beaten and they were spat upon and they had rotten eggs thrown in their faces and the food they were given in jail was so bad that many of them went on a hunger strike and then they had tubes put in their noses to force-feed them. one woman was struck between the eyes and lost one of her eyes. and what were they doing this

for? so women could get the right to vote in the united states. because up until that time women were, for all intents and purposes, chattel. and there were people like george bernard shaw who said, if women got the right to vote, there would be a crushing tax on bachelors in america. another one from the seneca falls review said, if women got the right to vote, they would become thin-lipped, fat-handed and flat-chested. oh, my god. i mean, those were the kinds of those were the kinds of thoughts, that somehow women tnt have the mental capacity to vote because in their skull they only had puppies and chocolate and babies that were in their brains. that somehow that was the kind of political cartoon that was represented. and certainly, women who were menopausal couldn't vote because they were near extinction.

and women who were pregnant or having children couldn't vote because they were lactating. i mean, you name it, they come up with it. but having said all that, and there were true sheroes of that generation, i want to speak tonight about a different group of women who are fighting for the lives of their countrymen and women and that is the strength of the ukrainian women. here's a ukrainian woman, here's someone, bloodied by putin's weapons systems. she's still standing. she's still alive. we can't say that about all the women in ukraine. you know, the world looked on in horror, absolute horror, as images of injured and murdered ukrainian women and children

have spread around the globe. when the hospital in mariapol was bomb and we saw pregnant women holding their belly, climbing downstairs, and then we saw a stretcher of a woman on a towel that looked like it was, you know, a colorful towel she brought with her to the hospital even. the photo of this pregnant woman who was rushed out of the maternity hospital last week made my blood run cold. the news yesterday that she and her baby had died outraged me. when she realized, she was taken to another hospital. when she realized she was losing her baby, medics said that she cried out, kill me now.

her pelvis was crushed. her hip detached. and the baby was delivered by c-section but showed in signs of life. she died shortly thereafter. that's an imprint on my mind that will never leave me. should never leave any of us. because what's happening to women in ukraine is sinful. it's immoral. it is in fact a crime against humanity. now putin's forces also killed tatiana, her son, mylovia, 18, and her daughter, elice, 9, as they tried to flee kyiv with a church volunteer. she work forward silicon valley

software company and was married to her husband of 23 years. he said, and i quote, i have lost everyone. and have lost the meaning of life. now, women in russia are suffering too. and they are showing lots of guts. they're speaking out against putin. here you see a woman, her name is marina ofsyanokova. she ran onto a live tv set on a russian tv station, the most-watched news program in all of russia, to protest the war. her sign, which is written both in english and in russian, reads, no war. stop the war.

don't believe the propaganda. they are lying to you. now after she was taken into custody, she was questioned for 14 hours. she wasn't allowed to sleep, to access her family or lawyers. and she refused to recant her message. so somewhere in russia right now is marina. another courageous woman. who is speaking truth to power. and russian mothers are angrily demanding putin to be held accountable for using their sons, as many as 6,000 of whom have already been killed in ukraine, using them as cannon fodder for his egotistical legacy project. i'm also in awe of the brave ukrainian women literally leading the fight to protect

their country. nearly 22% of ukraine's armed forces are female. 22%. here you see them. in their camouflage. the 22% is one of the highest percentages of females serving in the military in the world. you know, in the united states, it's only something like 18%. and more women are joining the fight every day. every woman member of ukraine's parliament, not every, i should say, even women members of ukraine's parliament have taken up arms to defend their homeland. think about that, i think about how many of us women parliamentarians in congress would do the same? good opportunity for us to do some soul searching. we must have the backs of all

ukrainian women. i'm proud that the united states has imposed unprecedented sanctions and export controls on the russian economy. just last week we stood on this floor and passed a bipartisan $13 billion aid package for ukraine to assist the military and provide for the humanitarian needs. today, the president announced another package of weapons that are going to be sent to ukraine, including javelins and switchblades and body armor and helmets and drones, all in an effort to try and provide more protection for the people of ukraine. we must hold putin accountable for the immeasurable death and suffering he has brought in. doing so, i hope we can show a fraction of the grit and perseverance of the ukrainian

people and east paryblly -- especially the women of ukraine. with that, madam leader of this special order hour, i yield back to you. ms. frankel: thank you, representative speier. i tell you what's really hard -- it's really hard to follow those remarks. i think all of us, all americans, really all people around the world who have been following the brutality of putin's war, our hearts are breaking. thank you for highlighting the special plight of the women. you know, it's almost hard to talk about anything after that. but i do want to say this. it's been, for about 200 years, women have been fighting for rights. and for rights that white men and then eventually black men

had but we still are fighting for them. i was just thinking back to my own childhood. they had limits on how many girls could get into law school or medical school. there were no sports scholarships available. if you were a marred woman you could only get credit in your husband's name. abortion was illegal. i guess i could -- and equal pay was not even a concept. not even a concept. we did finally get the right to vote after women were arrested and chained themselves to the white house. you know. so women if you look back in history we have been fighting very hard to get our rights. and i want to thank, i know representative jackson lee, you highlighted some of the victories over the years and

some of the women who led the way, whether it was with title ix or roe v. wade, the bill just signed, celebrated today by the president. the equal pay act. the paycheck fairness act. i mean, a lot has been done but wait. they're all in jeopardy. it's just shocking that after all these years of fighting, every one of these rights are in jeopardy including the right to vote. including the right to vote. which is why, i know my colleagues here would agree, we must have an equal rights amendment. because we must have described in the u.s. constitution equality for men and women that cannot be changed at the whim of

a political body. so with that, ms. sheila jackson lee, would you like to -- fores. ms. jackson lee: if the gentlelady would yelled to me. ms. frankel: yes, i yield. mdz jackson lee: let me talk about the growth and bounty of the democratic women's caucus. coming together now, generations of women, freshman classes, sophomore class, some of us who have had the period of serving for a period of time. what and amazing power base we have created. thank you, lois frankel for your leadership. brenda lawrence. jackie speier. the way you have guarded and guided this privilege, but this power. and i do think it's important to put in the record the singular work, she will not say singular work, but we were all glad to

join her this particular young soldier came out of the breadth and depth of hew, out of texas, but to be able to honor the life of a young woman that simply wanted all her life to join the united states army. and now, jackie speier had been working on the issue of sexual assault along with our good friend in the senate, senator jill brand, in the military and the lack of justice that we were seeing all time, this had been going on for a very long time. i think it's important in this women's history month to say that we together made history with your legislation that respobded -- responded to the heinous crime of killing of officer gillian, a precious young woman who growing up as a little girl wanted to be in the

united states military. i thinks the point that should be made. only in this recent time can young girls want to grow up to be generals, astronauts, presidents, scientists and others, because as lois indicated, and as you did, the abuse that was laid upon women for even thinking about equality or justice or voting, and then of course i must say african-american women found themselves at the lowest rung of the ladder. and suffered the continuing lingering history of slavery. the rape that was put upon them. the tending to whatever child was born and then of course tending to the fields. but here we are today with a little bright light and i'm going to say little bright light because then lois laid out all the things we need to do. the e.r.a., we hope to get this

new justice. but i wanted to take a moment just to respond and build upon this vile war criminal who seems to be, or seems to have in ukraine, and god bless the soldier, the men, the men that stayed behind to fight, but the toll has been so brutal on the women of ukraine and that even in the last 24 hours women are leaving safe places in poland and romania and coming back to ukraine, demanding that they fight. and that they stand with the people of ukraine for the democracy that they love. and the death toll is brutal. the way they're dying is brutal. and to be running with your child, thinking you're protecting them. and to have the greatest moment of your life, the birth of a new baby and you die and the baby dies and you're -- your whole inardz are crushed. but besides the women that are

left behind in pools of blood, then the women who are escaping with their children who have nothing. this has been found around the world, in sudan when we were fighting against genocide, the victims were women who were trying to hold on to families. in rwanda, in places in in rwanda in places in south and central america. the missing mexican women that we've been working on for years. my previous member from california had led us in this fight. and we're still fighting. or in the united states, the missing girls. and human trafficking that is a scourge today. and the dominant population of human trafficking are girls. and girls who are tending to their daily duties of going high school and all of a sudden they walked away and they're in human trafficking. or they're being trafficked. so we've got a lot to fight, we've got a lot to put on the record today.

this month. we've got a lot of grandmothers to thank. a lot of moms to thank. a lot of firsts to thank. we've got a lot of poets who have described our lives, a lot of writers who have described our lives. we have a lot of children who simply say thank you. and i guess i don't want to leave the podium. i want to yield back. i must thank the teachers. because if ever people were elevated to know how much you appreciate women, this two-year, three-year period of the pandemic really laid it out. you were either sacrificing as a mother because you were wearing 25 hats and a lot of them dealing with home schooling and trying to make do. you were a nurse, you were a teacher, you were simply in the fight. you were a doctor, a hospital administrator, an e.m.s., a fire person, a police person, and you were in here dealing with just

the pit of covid-19 and what it was doing to our families. could you have been in the funeral home business as a woman. and you were dealing with these circumstances. so let me just give a big thank you this month and host: that if i've not called -- and i hope that if i've not called your name i give a big overall thank you to all of you women. we recognize all of our gentlemen, but today all of you who stood in the gap during a time in america's history that no one ever expected. so thank you to congresswoman frankel and speier and all the women being on the floor today, to be able to honor women's history month. and then of course international women's history month, to be able to say thank you. i want to say thank you to the pakistan women, i was at the embassy last night. pakistan embassy. i don't want to leave the floor without saying i met a lot of

pakistani americans who were there celebrating women's history month and to honor pakistani american women. thank you. i yield to you. ms. frankel: i will just say, representative jackson lee, it is a joy to be on the floor with you. thank you very, very much. you made my job very easy. i yield again to the great lady from california, jackie speier. ms. speier: i thank the leader of our caucus, ms. frankel. you know, i'm just going to close with some expectations. i am leaving congress this year. and i want to convey to you and to the leadership of the democratic women's caucus and to all of my colleagues how important i think that you are as guardians of womanhood. and our job is never done.

so while we may celebrate the small victories from time to time, the e.r.a. is not part of our constitution. of the 193 chris in the world, -- countries in the world, 165 have the e.r.a. in their constitutions. the united states does not. 24 little words. 38 states have passed it. we have this deadline that we have struck from the legislation in the house, and the senate hs not taken it up. fem side -- femside -- femicide. task force huge problem in latin america. there will be a presentation this friday on that. the 5,000 missing native american women in this country that really we had no cognizance of until we had a native american woman in the congress to talk about it. and finally, a new issue, probably not a new issue, but

one that has just percolated to the surface and that is inmates, female inmates in federal prisons who are raped by the wardens, the chaplains, and the guards. congresswoman bass and swalwell and i went to the federal criminal institution in dublin this week. now, at that one prison, federal correctional institution, at that one prison the warden had raped inmates, the chaplain had raped inmates and two of the guards that we know of have raped inmates. it is profound that we change

the culture in these prisons to prevent that from happening and from training our guards and leadership of those facilities to treat these women with a certain amount of dignity that you would just provide to another human being. we've heard about the kinds of things that are said about them. they're called hos and just horrible things that make you realize that we still have a lot of work to do. so as i conclude, let me just say that you are the guardians of womanhood for the future and i will look on with fondness and great appreciation. with that, i yield to the gentlelady from florida. ms. frankel: thank you. you're going to be missed. i know you're going to go on to bigger and better things and you have made your mark in the history of this country, for

sure. so i want to thank my colleagues, sheila jackson lee and jackie speier, for coming to the floor. you gave us a great education tonight and i appreciate that and i'm just going to conclude, madam speaker, the way i started. which is a thank you to all those millions and millions of unknown women who lift us up every day, who dry our tears, who share our happiness, their unconditional love and that's our mothers who are probably the most, as i said, the most influential part of the history of the world. and with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 188, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for morning hour debate and noon for legislative business.