this problem? we have the federal reserve. if they spent that money that would lay off 2 million people to bring it under control. they don't want runaway inflation because it will cause real problems in the country. the real source of that is people who are passing bills that they don't know what is in them. we could pass it temporary bill to cover the expenses and get it in. we have people authorized to have this money. we have ftx spending money they didn't have. this is way beyond that. a major league beyond that. the source is i don't know what's causing this inflation. we are passing it on to a generation -- ben franklin says don't push things onto other generations. we are doing it in spades. other people have solutions but we cannot pass this bill.

host: the house will gather to consider this $1.7 trillion spending bill. the senate passed it h.r. 2617,n 1115 of title 31 united states code to amend the description of how performance goals acheerved, and for other purposes. relating to consideration of the senate amendment to the bill, h.r. 4373, making appropriations for the department of state, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and for other purposes, relating to consideration of the senate amendments to the bill, h.r. 1082 to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride hailing signage and study the incidents of fatal and nonget

fifthal assets for hired vehicles tone hands safety and save lives, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: refoard to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 1531, and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 170, house resolution 1531. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider -- take from the speaker's table the bill, h.r. 2617, to amend section 1115 of title 31, united states code, to amend the description of how performance goals-r achieved and for other purposes. with the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate thereto and to consider in the house without intervention of any point of order a motion offered by the chair of the committee on appropriations or her designee, that the house concur in the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment. that the senate amendment in the motion shall be considered as

read. the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranranking minority member of te committee on appropriations or their respective designees. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion. section. upon adoption of this resolution, the house shall be considered to have taken from the speaker's able, the bill h.r. 4373, making appropriations for the department of state, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and for other purposes. with the senate amendment thereto and to have concurred in the senate amendment. section 3. senate concurrent resolution 351 is herein adopted. section 4. house resolution 366 is hereby adopted. section 5. upon adoption of this resolution the house shall be considered to have taken from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 1082 to prohibit the unauthorized sale of ride hailing signage and study the incidents of fatal and nonfatal assaults and t.n.c. and

for-hire vehicles to enhance safety and save lives with the senate amendment thereto to concur in the senate amendments. section 6. house resolution 1382 is hereby adopted. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one hour. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, my good friend, mr. reschenthaler. pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection so ordered. mr. mcimofn: the rules committee met and report add rule, house resolution 1531, providing for consideration of a motion if offered by the chair of the committee on appropriations that the house concur in the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 2617. the rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and

controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. the rule further deems as passed the following, s.con.res. 51. s. res. 366. h.res. 1382. motions to concur in the senate amendments to h.r. 1082 and the senate amendment to h.r. 4373. mr. speaker, we are here today to debate a rule that would bring a consolidated appropriations act for fiscal year 2023 to the floor. i give my wholehearted thanks to all of our appropriators, especially chairwoman delauro and their staff for the work that went into crafting such a strong bicameral, bipartisan funding bill. this package offers tremendous investments in american families and workers while strengthening democracy at home and abroad. the spending agreement ensures permanent mandatory and continuous coverage for the 40 million children enrolled in medicaid and chip. it provides record medicaid funding for puerto rico and

permanent enhanced medicaid funding for all other territories. as well as the prevent pandemics act which uses lessons from covid-19 to improve our preparedness for future public health emergencies. and for the first time in more than a decade, we have provided more funding for the national lairve relations board which helps defend workers' rights to organize. there's also emergency disaster support to help victims of hurricanes and wildfires. address the water crisis in jackson, mississippi. and $1 billion for puerto rico's electrical grid. critically, this package includes language to reform the electoral count act of 1887. this is an imperative measure that will help prevent any future insurrections designed to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power like we saw on january 6. this bill received broad support in the senate with the votes of 18 republican senators, including minority leader mitch mcconnell and senate

appropriations vice chair shelby. senators can rarely agree what to get for lunch let alone a spending package like this. i want to be clear here. i'm not thrilled about everything in this package. quite frankly, the endless increases in defense spending year after year i find that to be appalling. we constantly hear from the other side that we don't have enough money to invest in the american people, there always seems to be enough to invest in the next weapons system that the pentagon doesn't even want or need. we have to control this unbelievable defense spending habit that we have here in congress. i hope we will do that in the coming months. i'm also thrilled that this bill includes a bipartisan agreement to permanently extend food benefit increases for parents with children. this will provide an eggs tra $40 per child per month for struggling parents to feed their kids over the summer when hunger is often the worst. let me just say while i support that i don't love the way we pay

for it by robbing peter to pay paul. and taking from our pandemic e.b.t. benefits. i find that to be obnoxious. as we approach the farm bill, we all need to be focused on making sure that we restore any damage that might be done by this offset. again, the give and take in negotiations requires compromise. mr. speaker, i look forward to a constructive debate here today on the house floor. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the distinguished gentleman from massachusetts, chairman of the rules committee, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. i just want to say that when i joined the rules committee, chairman mcgovern was incredibly welcoming. totally aboveboard. it's been a pleasure to work with you, mr. america govern, it's -- mr. mcgovern, it's a

pleasure we debate get to debate the last bill here for the 117th congress. an honor. i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. . i look forward to continuing to work with him in the rules committee. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, the rule before us today provides for consideration of a 4,000-page omnibus package that puts america last. this bill was crafted behind closed doors, it was released in the middle of the night, and it received absolutely no input from house republicans. so instead of responsibly governing, house democrats are trying to ram through trillions of dollars in new spending in the final days of this lame duck session. no congress in recent history, no congress in recent history has passed an omnibus appropriations bill during a lame duck session following a shift of power in the house. to do so this year would violate -- would be a violation of congressional precedent and a flag ran the disregard for the american people -- flagrant disregard for the american

people who voted in new leadership in the house. this omnibus package will not unleash american energy, it won't rein in out-of-control inflation, which is caused by reckless spending. and here we are, just three days away from christmas, and more than one quarter of americans are expected to go into debt over christmas costs and about half are saying that they're going to cut back on holiday shopping altogether. sadly, this comes as the majority of americans have already reported an increase in personal debt this year as inflation outpaces their income. so instead of working on providing americans with relief, this legislation is a last-ditch effort by democrats to force their far-left radical agenda on the american people before the clock runs out on the one-party rule that we've come to know in washington. further, despite the ongoing border crisis and democrats' eagerness to let title 42 expire, this package effectively reduces funding for border enforcement and fails to include tougher policies that would actually address the issue at

the border. specifically, this bill increases nondefense spending by $57 billion, yet there was no increase in funding for i.c.e. enforcement and removal operations and there's no increase for border patrol agent hiring which is already grossly underfunded. yet in this bill the t.s.a. received a drastic increase to give t.s.a. officers a raise. so, the men and women at the southern border that are stopping fentanyl from coming across the border, stopping terrorists, catching, apprehending terrorists on the southern border, they're underfunded yet the person that's taking your toothpaste at the airport, they get the raise. that's how backward this omnibus is. almost five million illegal immigrants have been apprehended at the southern border since joe biden took office. that's not including the one million gotaways that have not been apprehended at all. that's a million people that are in this country that we don't --

have no control over. we don't know where they are, they krolsed illegal will -- crossed illegally. illegal immigrants will now cost the taxpayers over $20 billion a year, on top of the trillions in spending democrats are trying to pass just today. so i urge my colleagues to oppose this rule and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm a little bit surprised that my friends are complaining about the process. senator shelby, who is a republican over in the senate, said, i was surprised that they, meaning the house republican, didn't enter into negotiations because they are the republicans in the house. they should have been at the table. but they chose not to come. which is kind of typical of what they do on everything. is they say no and do not want to be part of a constructive solution. i'm now happy to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, the chairmental of the democratic caucus and future -- chairman of the democratic caucus and future democratic

leader, mr. jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jeffries: thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding, and for your leadership in shepherding this legislation forward. i rise today in strong support of the rule, as well as the underlying spending agreement. this spending agreement was the product of bipartisan negotiations with democrats and republicans in the senate. i thank speaker pelosi, chairwoman delauro and all of the members of the house democratic caucus for their leadership in helping to make sure that this bill includes strong democratic priorities. this legislation invests in children and families, invests in education and job training, invests in the creation and preservation of affordable housing, invests in hardworking americans and organized labor, invests in research and development, invests in transportation and infrastructure, invests in technology and innovation, and invests in the health, safety and well-being of the american people. this legislation reflects

democratic values. democrats in the new year will continue to fight for lower costs, better paying jobs, and safer communities, and democrats will always put people over politics. happy holidays and happy new year. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. let's just talk briefly about all the junk that's in this omnibus. this omnibus increases funding for nondefense programs by 8%, in addition to the trillions of dollars that have been spent over the last two years. there's over $12 billion for the i.r.s., on top of the nearly $80 billion provided to the i.r.s. with the inflation reduction act. there's a 12% increase for climate research for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. you've got over $3 billion for pie in the sky renewable energy programs in the department of energy. that's a historic high, by the

way. you have a 22% increase for climate adaptation science centers, the u.s. geological survey. you have a 20% increase for the biden white house. a 125% increase in loan authority for the trust which is a parochial priority of speaker pelosi's that's already received $70 million in loan authority since fiscal year 2020. so think about that when you go to vote on this trillion-dollar omnibus, all the junk and wasteful spending that's in here. but for more, i yield two minutes to my good friend from indiana, the good doctor, larry bucshon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. bucshon: thank you for yielding. i'm against the rule and the underlying bill. it's a christmas tree of unnecessary earmarks. billions and billions of dollars of the american people's taxpayer money. you know the one thing that's not in there? full funding for our nation's

physicians. in fact, it's a travesty. in fact, there's a pay cut. the very people who hemmed get us through the pandemic -- who helped get us through the pandemic, and this is how we thank them. shortages, burnout, low morale, retirements, i wonder why. the american people should know what washington is doing to america's physicians and subsequently what's happening to the american people's access to quality medical care. washington, d.c., needs to wake up and reform the way that we fund our health care plans, both medicare and medicaid, and make sure the very people that are taking care of the american people are properly compensated for the years and years of training and expertise that is necessary to provide quality care in this country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized.

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i love my friends on the other side of the aisle. they complain, they're going to vote no, and then they're going to go home and do press conferences announcing all the members' projects that they got. but that's what we've come to expect from my republican friends here in the house. they don't want to come to the table, they don't want to be constructive, they're just no, no, no, on everything. they're more interested in twitter followers than on legislating. but that's they're problem. but that's not going to be the problem today -- their problem, but that's not going to be the problem today. i'm happy to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman very much. mr. speaker, there are no lame duck americans. the lights are on, the doors are open, they expect for us to work. i'm excited about this omnibus. i'm excited about the $800 billion that democrats were able to get for housing and safer communities. i'm excited about the stop

school violence act grants, the $50 million for community-based violence intervention. $95 million for the background checks. i'm excited about 40 million children being able to have good health care under medicaid. i'm excited about the enhancement of medicare and medicaid for my constituents. and i'm enormously excited about the $398 million , we have tried this over and over again, to transition the t.s.a. work force to pay parity with civil service employees performing similar work. as well as the dollars for refugee processing and shelter. and i'm excited about the dollars from the housing and urban development, for the 18th congressional district. for buffalo bayou, for the 18th congressional district. for riverside planning for restoration for the hospitals, $750,000. $4 million to deal with housing and urban development, transportation. i'm excited because -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: because we're doing things for families. mr. speaker, vote for this bill,

it's no lame duck. happy holidays. it's for the american people. and the democrats are standing tall. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. to my knowledge this is a lame duck session. i'm not sure if democrats are changed the definition of lame duck. i know they tried to change the definition of recession this year too. so i guess the language is constantly changing under this one-party rule here in washington, d.c.. but when we on this side of the aisle talk about inflation and the harm to the american families, this isn't something that's just theoretical. let's put this in context. since january of 2021, democrats have spent $3 trillion on partisan spending bills. again, this is a key driver of inflation. biden inflation is america's unwanted guest at the christmas dinner table for a second year in a row. with inflation remaining high, families across the country will pay 16.4% more for christmas dinner compared to last year.

the majority of americans reported an increase in personal debt this year. and the top reason given was rising inflation and declining real wages. as of december, the share of americans living paycheck to paycheck in joe biden's economy has risen to 63%. let that sink in. 63% of americans in biden's economy are living paycheck to paycheck. families across the country are still paying more for just about everything. fuel. fuel is up 65.7%. eggs are up about 50%. air fares are up 36%. butter and marge are in, they're up -- margerin are up. milk is up by about 15%. electricity is up by about 14%. and energy altogether is up over 30%. so that is what you expect in joe biden's economy and this $1.7 trillion spending bill will

do nothing more but drive up inflation even more and reduce real wages down further. for more on this, i yield five minutes to my good friend from the great state of texas, chip roy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. roy: i thank the speaker and the gentleman from pennsylvania. i can't help but be amused at the gentleman from massachusetts, says that we refuse to come to the table. as if the gentlelady who will soon be the chairwoman of reparations, ms. granger, my colleague from texas, doesn't want to sit at the table with colleagues on either side of the aisle to come to consensus about how to spend taxpayer dollars, or better stated, how to borrow money we don't have. as if that's actually true. what table is the gentleman referring to? what table does he want us to come sit down and negotiate? it's not this table. i don't have the power to offer an amendment on the floor of the house of representatives, despite being elected by 750,000 texans. i don't have the ability or the

right to be able to stand up for them and have a debate on the floor of this chamber. everything the american people is watching right now is a complete sham. it's a fraud. a fraud being perpetrated on the american people right before their eyes, right as we head into christmas. sitting here on the 23rd of december. 246 years ago those boys crossed the delaware, dealing with valley forge or the boys in 1944 fitting in fox holes over christmas. we have 18 republicans who joined with democrats in the senate, get on their fancy planes and go home, and we're sitting here trying to do the work of the people. not spend money we don't have. not drive up more inflation. not have 7,500 earmarks for $16 billion for pet projects across this country. what you see here on the floor of the house of representatives should make everybody ashamed. the people's house. not one amendment has been offered on the floor of this

body since may of 2016 in open debate. the gentleman from massachusetts dares to impugn the character of the appropriations chairwoman, kay granger, and those republicans he says won't sit at the table. when in fact what you see here is a 4,100-page bill cooked up by a handful of people behind closed doors, brought before the rules committee with no ability to offer an amendment, no ability to debate, no actual discussion on the people's house floor. and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know it. and we're spending money we don't have. go home and sell your projects, go home and talk about all the pork you're bringing home. but you're destroying the united states of america. absolutely destroying this body. absolutely destroying 24 body. the american people did not tend send us here to do that. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know that. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know full well that

this body is broken. but do not care. $45 billion to ukraine. have we had a full debate on ukraine? or did we take $45 billion of funding for ukraine, package it on a $1.7 trillion bill, invite the president of ukraine to address this body for theatrics, heading out for christmas, in order to jam through a big spending democrat priority bill that the american people resoundingly rejected in november. for 70 years this body when we have had a transfer of power in the senate we have not done this in a lame duck. that's what my democrat colleagues are doing. there are consequences to this. you can't go out and talk about inflation and talk about what

the american people are dealing right now when they are trying to fill up their tanks with gas, they are trying to have presents for their families, they are trying to pay their bills. then come here and dump hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy while the feds are raising interest rates, people can't afford to buy homes, and can't live, and say you are doing the people's work. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, night before last, were apoe plep particular -- apoe plep particular -- apopletic that mike lee had a bill that prohibits the border patrol from securing the border, he wanted to fix that, try to exextend title 42. my democrat colleagues rejected it. i sat here on the floor and we were more concerned about catching their flights for christmas coming to me and saying, we can't be here over christmas. why the hell not? the american people deserve us to be here over christmas. actually fighting for them instead of trying to catch planes while half this body are going to vote by proxy.

half this body is not even going to be here. and they are lying. they are lying on forms saying that they are voting by proxy for covid. and it's a lie. and have this body will do it. you know t and it's destroying this country -- you know it. and it's destroying this country. i'm not going to roll over on this. this is going to continue. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. roy: precisely what's happening to them by the people's house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. members are reminded to direct their comments to the chair. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i want to remind the members that the microphones are working. people don't have to shout. in any event let me say that it wasn't me who said that republicans didn't come to the table that. was republican senator richard shelby. i mentioned that earlier. i also want to say, there are people who come to the floor and yell and scream about the

process, yet what is their plan? their plan is vengeance. i want to take a moment to thank the 18 republican senators, including the senior senator from texas, senator cornyn, who voted for this bill. i don't think the senior senator from texas voted for the omnibus because he thought it was bad for texas or it would destroy the country. quite the contrary. i want to thank him for his vote. and i ask unanimous consent to insert the names of the senators, republican senators, who voted for the omnibus in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mb govern -- mr. mcgovern: i heard some of my colleagues on the other side threatening to vote any legislation in the future sponsored by republicans in the senate sending over to the house because they don't like their vote. leader mccarthy said, i quote, when i'm speaker their bills will be dead on arrival in the house. well, some of the 18 republican senators that voted for the bill

yesterday actually have some incredible legislation signed into law. for example, senator cornyn's bill, s. 48 # 34, protect our children act of 202 2-rbgs signed into law a couple days ago. that's protecting our children. would that be dead on arrival now? senator boozman's bill, s. 2102, expands access to mammograms for veterans. that passed and became -- passed in june and now law. is that not important? providing mammograms to our veterans? that would be dead on arrival under this new rule my republicans are saying they want to enforce? senator inhofe was the lead sponsor on s. 1790, the ndaa for fiscal year 2020 act. i just complained about how big the defense budget is. i don't like the fact that it's so overblown and bloated. i know my republican friends do. would they have blocked that bill because senator inhofe

voted for the omnibus? imagine veterans or children didn't get the aid they needed because of petty politics. that's not a way to govern, mr. speaker. this legislation will not only keep the lights on, but aid thousands of americans and provide -- the legislation that some of these republican senators brought forward, it's important that the president signed it. it will make life better for people in this country. i get it. this is the time of everybody's yelling and screaming and trying to score political points. at the end of the day, let us reflect what our purpose here is. that is to get stuff done and improve the lives of the american people. if you don't like the priorities in this bill, can you vote against it. 18 republicans, pretty conservative republicans, voted for it over in the senate. they put people ahead of politics. i applaud that. this is not a perfect bill. there are a lot of things in here i don't like. rather than yelling and

screaming and threatening revenge, maybe we sit down and people should sit down and talk and work things out and come to some sort of compromise. that's what they did in the senate. i hope that some of my friends will learn from that example. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: my good friend from massachusetts was talking about priorities. let's look at some of the national security priorities in this omnibus. $65 million increase for the united nations relief and works agency, which for those of you who don't know, produces materials promoting terrorism and anti-sesmtism. ash ash anti-semitism. let's talk about the u.n.'s commission of inquiry. i had an amendment in state and foreign ops to make sure no u.s. taxpayer dollars went to the commission of inquiry on israel. which does more than harass israeli allies and harasses the only jewish majority state in the world. yet that amendment that i had

was stripped out of this omnibus. this also allows the u.s. to continue to cooperate with the international criminal court which is deeply flawed. as a former j.a.g. i can tell you that court is incredibly unfair to u.s. service members as well as israel. this also underfunds foreign military financing requests from egypt and taiwan. so we give billions of dollars to ukraine, zero accountability for where those funds are going, no oversight on that. our allies in taiwan and equipped underfunded. for more on this omnibus to talk about it, i yield two minutes to my good friend from tennessee, tim burchett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for two minutes. mr. burchett: thank you, mr. cha chairman. thank you ranking member for yielding. i rise in opposition to this bill which i feel is full -- pump full of woke nonsense. this $1.66 trillion package, billions of dollars setaside for

lgbt centers, museums, hiking trails, pride centers, skate parks, solar panel projects, and other democrat priorities. we are giving $410 million to five middle eastern countries for border security while billions of dollars of our own border protection are prohibited. they are prohibited, mr. speaker, from being used to enhance border security. not to mention over $45 billion for ukraine, bringing up to $100 billion total. mind you, the democrats blocked the bill that would have allowed us to have some transparency and audit those funds and know where they went. these massive costs are not our responsibility. they are europe's, mr. speaker. my democrat colleagues not even keeping account of where this money is really going. $100 billion is about $200 million per congressional district. imagine what east tennesseans can do with that money or our southern border. if you are a republican and vote for this but claim to be a fiscal conservative, mr. speaker, are you a liar.

if you are a democrat and vote for this but claim to be against war, you are a liar. we only have ourselves to blame, mr. speaker, and those 20 million so-called conservatives that decided to stay home for whatever reason this past election year. i yield the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, let me just say that i'm proud of the work that the rules committee has done over the past two sessions. and i just want to contrast than and what we have accomplished to the party of no. when we took over we had -- we passed a new rules package, bipartisan support for the first time in over a decade. we had the first ever office of diversity inclusion to recruit, train, and develop, and promote, and retain congressional work force that reflected diversity of the american people. we established a select committee on the modernization

of congress, which has already led to real changes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our congressional community. we required a member day hearing so that all members had a chance to be heard across the congress. we implemented a consensus calendar to expedite consideration of ideas with broad bipartisan support. we had remote voting by proxy and remote committee proceedings to keep congress functioning during a once in a lifetime global pandemic. over a dozen hearings and round tables and site visits in at least eight cities and numerous discussions on social media exploring what it will take to finally end hunger in america which led to the first white house conference on hunger nutrition and health in over 50 years. first ever congressional hearing for medicare for all. first ever congressional hearing on seat ago delegate from the cherokee nation. landmark legislation that president biden signed into law will have a positive impact for generations to come. the american rescue plan. the bipartisan infrastructure law to rebuild america and reinvest in our communities.

the inflation reduction act to lower prices for consumers and invest in clean energy to address the climate crisis. the safer communities act to reduce gun violence, respect for marriage act to guarantee civil rights for all americans. chips and science act to turbo charge american manufacturing and requiring legislation to have a hearing and markup before being considered on the floor. we set an example of disagreeing without being disagreeable even during polarized times like two presidential impeachments. one journalist praised our hearing in the rules committee as a master class in what civility and respectful disagreement should look like in congress. i just want to say none of these accomplishments would have been possible without the staff on the rules committee. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the names of all staff, democratic and republican, who have spent countless hours at the rules committee over the last four years working late at night, early in the morning, and every time in between to help bring legislation to the floor to

improve the lives of the american people. i also want to thank the house and senate clerks who have been working around the clock trying to get the omnibus text to us as quickly as possible. their work has not gone unnoticed. i think it's important for us to reflect on the hard work of the people who serve all of us in this congress. i'm proud to have worked with all of them on both sides of the aisle. with that i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. this only underfunds border security give a few stats. this year 98 suspected terrorists have been apprehended attempting to cross the southern border. more than 14,000 pounds of fentanyl seized in fiscal year 2022. that was just what was seized. we know that we only seize 5% to 10% of the fentanyl coming across our border. that has deadly consequences for americans. there's been a 94% increase in fentanyl deaths since 2019.

to put that in context, that's one fentanyl overdose every seven minutes in the u.s. for more context on that, that would be the equivalent of one commercial airliner going down every single day in this country. it is an unmitigated disaster. it's being caused because we have such a porous southern border. i would like to yield two minutes to my good friend from the great state of texas and former chairman of the rules committee, pete sessions. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. sessions: thank you very much. i appreciate the gentleman from pennsylvania. today america faces the congress. as we debate, yes, debate just days before christmas, in the 20 years i spent on the rules committee i do know that the staff and the members do hard work. i respect them for that. but the differences between our parties appears at the rules committee. for eight years republicans, six

of those years as me as chairman of the rules committee, held government spending completely flat. discretionary spending. and yet we see what's happening now is a good bit of that discretionary spending, they are moving to mandatory spending. mandatory spending that will put a burden on the taxpayer of this country. not just $4,100 pages. not just $1.700 billion but actually empowering government to intrude into the lives of american citizens. over $20 billion will be given to the i.r.s. this next year over this year. yet the federal government under president biden does not even have government employees reporting to work. . they stay at home and we have 87,000 new

i.r.s. employees. what we have today are the difference between the priorities of the american people, people who want to have jobs and careers, people who want to be safe in their own homes and open border with this president and democratic party is assisting illegal immigration into this country with a limited amount of money. detaining people at the border is important for national security. this next year, the texas delegation will engage on this issue on the floor. and i want to thank the speaker for this time, but let them know the american people will hear from the republican party next year. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from

pennsylvania. mr. reschenthaler: i yield to the next speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: we are two days away from christmas. the christmas season is the season of giving, but in congress it appears the season of giving will line the pockets of democrats' special interests and stick the hardworking americans with the tab the. that's what this omnibus does. my friend says no it's the democrats who have put people before politics. they are so giving that they are putting the people before politics. what does that mean? what is the definition when you are so caring and care so deeply about the people that you put them first before any politics? let's look, because that's what they say this omnibus does for

them. guess how many pages, over 4,000 of pet projects, pork and progressive priorities. guess how much it costs? $1.7 trillion and add it all up and the pay-go, we are talking more than $2 trillion. that is looking out for them. that's who wrote it. two retiring senators who face no accountability from the voters. now they probably cared about the people. they cared so much about the people, senator leahy gets numerous projects named after himself, because the people wanted that. you know who requested that? one person. no people, just leahy. shelby gets something named after him, too. speaker pelosi, she gets a couple things named after her,

because the people are more important than the politics, because that's what the people of america want right now. just when it was made public, so the people would know how hard the democrats worked for them. in the dead of night at 2:00 a.m. before christmas. the democrats care so much about the people that they are home at the people and not here to read the bill or even vote on it. i'm not sure you don't put a medal in here for the people who don't show up for work because they care so much. this is a monstrosity and one of the most shameful acts i have ever seen in this body. the appropriations process has failed the american public and there is no greater example of the nail in the coffin of the greatest failure of a one-party rule of the house, the senate and the presidency of this bill here. you controlled it all.

mr. speaker, i just heard him brag about how great the rules committee is. they are so great, because they care about the people. they care so much about the people, they never did their work. the senate didn't pass one appropriation bill. not one, so the people could read it or have debate. they passed a continuing resolution for the people so government wouldn't shut down. what date did they pick? right before christmas so members won't be here and read the bill and vote by proxy. they care so much about the people, they created a system toll control the floor, where they have all the votes in their back pocket so the people have no say. the country is tired of it.

mr. speaker, i know you are busy reading, but i do this to be true, the country is tired of it, you know why? they told you last month, they told you last month, you don't put before -- politics before people. they tired you. they fired you. they chose a new direction by electing a house republican majority for the 118th congress. if you dearly cared about the people, why wouldn't you let everybody read it or debate it or simply wait 11 days. just wait 11 days? the people have spoken they don't like that you put yourselves before them and didn't show up for work. so you stuck it to them one more time but did it in a manner so

big that we never seen it before. 11 days this current debate isn't just about bad policy, but a slap in the face of every american that voted. which raises the question, what exactly are we voting on? i'll guarantee not a single member who bill vote yes can tell you what is in it because no one has had the time to read it. maybe my good friend on the rules committee, he might be at the groundbreaking for elizabeth warren's new swimming pool in massachusetts. that's putting people before politics. i don't know if you are going to go to the leahy senator center he requested. itner went before the people, but you know best, mr. speaker.

you knew the people wanted it. leahy requested it and will never have to stand before the people again. here are some of the worst parts, first to state the obvious, it spends too much. increasing the deficit and fueling more inflation. the democrats have been fired. they had four years. let's look at recent history. when republicans had the majority in the house for eight years, and you look at discretionary spending from the day we got the gavel to the day we handed it back, you know how much it increased? zero. you had it for four years before you got fired again. you know how much it increased? discretionary spending, one-third, over $440 billion.

you want to know why we have high inflation, you are in the majority and wasted it and spent too much and you harmed the american public, the worst thing any government could do to the public is bring inflation and that's what you are continuing. this bill increases the baseline spending by $134 billion. american hardworking taxpayer, you added $1.5 trillion to the national debt and drowning in $131 trillion. i don't remember the people requesting that, but your definition, that's what you did. and what kind of projects are such high priorities? you have to increase spending by so much?

well, left-wing pet projects. let's look, for example, of what the people really requested here. $2.35 million for the leahy center in vermont named after senator patrick leahy. who requested it? patrick leahy did? who wrote the bill? chairwoman delauro says it fills 98% of the democratic members' request in the house, $5.4 billion for democratic projects. i'm not sure your definition of people, i guess those numbers that you are really look after, that would be politics. our economy is already in a dire condition and passing this omnibus supercharges that

disaster. you know what? inflation is higher today than 11 months og ago when president biden said it peaked. families are paying $400 per month. why? because you put them before your politics and didn't know they wanted to pay more. last month our deficit was nearly $250 billion. another record you own, a record for the highest for the month of november. it was fueled by 55% increase in interest rates. why? because you owned the majority, the house, the senate and presidency. meanwhile, personal credit card debt exploded by $400 billion in the third quarter. that's another record you own for the third quarter.

inflation is the economy's number one problem. the federal reserve continues to raise the rate. why? because you took the majority. raising rates and you still don't get it. democrats want this bill to put more pressure on the working family. because you know better than the working family apparently. americans have had enough. that's why again, millions voted to fire the democrats on one-party rule. mr. speaker, second, the omnibus spending bill intensifies the crisis at the southern border. now i know, mr. speaker, maybe the rules chair will say they are all putting the people before politics. that's why the president said there is more important things to do than even visit the border. he hasn't had much time in 40 years of lented office to visit

the border. since taking office, and having one-party rule, the democrats and biden's open border policy has caused the worst border crisis in american history. you can try to ignore it, but 11 more days, since you won't show up for work here, you know longer will have that opportunity. we are going to take our work to the border and have our hearings on the border. all you have to do is open your eyes and see what you created and see the disaster that has become of your legacy. on this administration's watch, record numbers of illegal border crossings, deadly drugs and even terror suspects have come into our country. i remember almost two years ago on a tour of the border speaking

to the agents, you learn a lot if you are willing to do that and told me never before have they seen people coming across the border that they catch on the terror watch list. i went to a press conference after and told the american public what we had learned. i would assume everybody, especially, mr. speaker, when the rules chair says he cares so much about the people that they would be concerned because he knew what has happened when terrorists have come to america before, that they would want to rally together and protect america. no, mr. speaker. congressman gallego called me a liar and said he had as much clearance as i did, but this could not be true. and lmp o and behold, d.h.s. came out and said, tried to deny

the facts, now we know it's a record-setting number. how many people on the terrorist watch list is too much for you? how many? how many before they act again? if you don't want to do that, we now have caught enough fentanyl in the last year to kill every single american. every single one of your cities. if you listen to the people and stop playing politics, they'll tell you to stop it. there's enough now to kill 10 times over every single american. my good friend, mr. reschenthaler just recently told you, today, as many sit home and let someone cast your votes, 300 americans will be

poisoned and die from fentanyl because of lack of action. what does this do to stop it? nothing. .ics . . it reduces the number of i.c.e. detention beds. these facilities that eventually release even more migrants across the country. meanwhile, this disastrous bill reduces funding for border technology that would prevent more illegal border crossings in the first place. this bill funds, you should brag about this, 300 additional border patrol agents. but as you brag about that, there will be 3,000 illegal border crossings in one single day just in el paso. one overpass in el paso, and seven weeks, 70,000 people came

to that one location. but i know you care about the people on the border because you say so. it's just not the border of america. because in this bill that you say you put people before politics you put $410 million for border security in jordan, lebanon, egypt, tunisia, and oman. you will fund walls and technology to protect the middle east, but not to protect america. what's worse, you brag about it. when the public ask you about it, you tell them to shut up. you know best. you are putting their issues first. you are too busy to go to the border to see what's happening. i want to you look in the eye of a parent when they come to you and tell you their child just

died from a fentanyl overdose. not because they purchased fentanyl, but they purchased xanax or something else. but it's so rampant it's laced in everything we see. sure, try to explain to them how you put them before politics when you pass this bill. this omnibus will continue to fully fund the i.r.s. including the 87,000 new agents that do nothing to protect you, the family, or your business from being targeted by the government. but don't fear, mr. speaker, you told the public that you put them before politics. remember earlier this year the democrats funded 87,000 new i.r.s. agents and approved $85

billion to spy on americans spending $600 or more. we go christmas shopping this year, you spend $600. don't fear the democrats looked after you. they have an agent following your e every snead. need.you can trust them. listen to what we found on the twitter files. the collusion between big tech and the f.b.i. and the intel community. you can trust the intel community. remember those 51 individuals, mr. speaker, the haydens, bren nans, they told the american public don't play politics. all of this stuff is just russian false. i want to tell you that two weeks before an election because you can trust me. well, now we find the truth. it's clear that instead of focusing on actual threats to our country and the people, they colluded with the private

companies. by the way of personnel and direct payments s there any money in here for the f.b.i. to pay twitter to go after americans? because you know best what they want. you wouldn't want to do that with politics. why does the f.b.i. want to go after them? because they want to go after free speech because they may be talking about politics. those people must not know that they are putting people before politics, too. they are taking care of those people. shut them down. not only is it wrong, it's illegal. it is time congress conducts real oversight and accountability in 11 days. i promise you this, house republicans will begin that on the very first day. but this bill will give biden administration a free pass. this bill provides the f.b.i. with $375 million for a new headquarters. over $11 billion in funding.

i guess this congress of democrat majority right now doesn't care if the f.b.i. spied on you. if the f.b.i. went after you simply because you wanted free speech. i guess they believe in that. i guess that's what you mean by putting people before politics. don't listen to the people because if they talk about something other than your politics and what you agree, you should shut them down. fund something that does that. oh, probably the sacred of all the democrats' power before they were fired was the woke-ism. buried in the omnibus is more money for woke-ism in the government and military. the woke left wants to further divide americans against each other based upon race, sex, and background. they want to teach our kids that america is inherently bad and that you should distrust and hate your fellow americans.

instead of strive to be a more perfect union. we look to the threats around the world, the rise of china, the threat from africa to asia. you brag about what you did for the pentagon. where did you put the money? $8.6 million for gender advisor programs at the pentagon. that's going to strengthen our ability to protect america. $200 million for gender equity fund. you want to make sure it works everywhere, gender programs in pakistan. not sure how many americans requested that. but then again you were looking out for the people.

$575 million for family planning in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity. $4 million for shared equity housing models. these type of woke handouts should not be funded by taxpayers. they go against everything we stand for as americans. most americans share dr. martin luther king's belief that the content of character matters more than the color of your skin. for all the reasons i have laid out, the very end this will cost you more than $2 trillion. more than 4,000 pages is a train wreck. jam-packed with woke-ism, washington special interests, and wasteful spending that means more crushing debt to $330 million americans in generations

to come. it will make the border worse. it will make inflation worse. it will make the economy worse. it will make government worse. the american people are probably asking themselves how did we get into this mess? i'll tell you how. democrats failed to do their job. mr. speaker, if someone wants to challenge me on that, why did the american public fire you just a few months ago. why did you wait to pass this bill if it was so great until after the election? why did you allow the senate, two senators, to write it that can't be held accountable. to name things after themselves. why did you pass the c.r. to push it against christmas with a storm before our very eyes.

why is the majority of democrats not even here? if you think it's so good. this is your legacy. i feel sad for you. more importantly, the damage you have done to america. during last year, democrats controlled the house, senate, and the presidency. they yet to fill their most basic task. senate democrats passed zero appropriations bills out of their committee. they passed zero appropriations bills off the floor. mr. speaker, they didn't do a damn thing. they went 0-12. instead of following the law and funding the government by september 30, they did what they do best. they create add crisis -- created a crisis. they didn't let it go to waste. we all remember what speaker pelosi told us about obamacare. you have to pass it to find out what's in it. that's exactly the same. they waited until the last

minute in the lame duck congress to dump more than 4,000 pages with $2 trillion into the laps of the american public. do you have time to read the bill? no do you have time to debate the bill? no. do we mark up the bill? no. the members of congress here to vote on it? nope. it's all right. we got your votes in the back pocket. i don't know that the american people asked for that. in 11 days this all changes. we are going to reclaim this body's integrity and service to the american people. after this institution covers itself in disgrass -- disgrace one last time under democrat one-party rule. a new direction is coming. 11 days republicans will deliver. i request a no vote on the omnibus. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: after listening to that it's clear he doesn't have the votes yet. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: mr. speaker, with that i would like to yield two minutes to my good grend the gentleman from pennsylvania, scott perry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. perry: i thank my colleague, the gentleman from pennsylvania, for the time. mr. speaker, this is completely disgusting. everything about it is disgusting. the fact showed up in the middle of the night. the fact we knew for a year, essentially a year, everybody in this place knew what was coming. that this had to be done. the folks on this side of the aisle made sure, made sure we are going to do this right before christmas. we all know it's going to

happen. everybody has to get home for christmas. not troops overseas, they won't be home. you folks are. this is not about america's priorities, this is about your priorities. your personal priorities. we know that because your names are on these things. somebody wrote this. somebody wrote in here that we are going to protect tunisia's border, egypt's border, not anything to protect our border. somebody wrote that. i know you are all over there talking about it. somebody's got a name attached to that. you are proud of it. this is a christmas tree of 7,000 of your priorities. not america's priorities. this does nothing, absolutely nothing to fix our border. nothing to fix the fire of fentanyl that's raging across the united states of america. absolutely nothing at all. does nothing to fix the fact that people that i represent can't afford butter, milk, bread, gasoline, energy. does nothing to fix any of that.

these are about your priorities. my friend on the other side of the aisle says we are not willing to be constructive. forgive me. forgive me for voting no and not being constructive in playing a part in you destroying our country. our country is sick of what you're doing. this is why you are doing it now. friend on the other side of the aisle says, well, this is about getting things done. people on this side of the aisle don't want to get things done. look at what's in this bill, ladies and gentlemen. this isn't about getting things done. this is about getting things. before you are done. that's what this is. that's why it's happening now. that's why it's happening the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. perry: the american people are sick of this and must end. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, let me just for the record, the minority leader came to the floor, was criticizing community projects, maybe he doesn't know this, let me inform him, that

over 100 of his members on the republican side requested and received community projects. all of which i'm happy to say were vetted. maybe he is suggesting they should all give them back. because i know they are going to vote no on this bill and go home and do a press release and press conference. he ought to understand that the saying, physician, heal thyself. over 100 members on that side requested community projects fully vetted. we are not questioning whether they are good or not. their communities requested them. community support. that's on your side. i reserve my time. mr. reschenthaler: i would like to yield two minutes, louie gohmert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gohmert: i thank my friend,

you serve on the judiciary committee together. 4, 155 pages and doesn't include the couple of pages explanation, definition and all this other stuff. at least with obamacare, 2, 500 pages. i read it, highlighted, made notes. this is 4, 155 pages and haven't had a chance. well, the house rules make sure that you can't shove a bill through without people knowing what's in it. and that's the rule that requires that the bill be read. but the majority for a few days more decided we don't want people to know what's in it. and as speaker famously said, we got to pass it and find out

what's in it. and that's why the majority in the rules committee and this rule said, we consider it as already read. because we don't want you to know what's in it. that is dangerous, because there is so much garbage. there are people maxing out credit cards to get gasoline and this bill is going to do for inflation -- i won't go there. but it is going to do a lot of damage for inflation and people that can least afford it can be harmed tremendously by the callous treatment that the rules of the house have gotten and that the people that are hurting across america. it should be voted down and we should have time to look at exactly what's being given away. i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i am proud to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, speaker of the house, ms. pelosi. the speaker: i thank the gentleman for yielding and his extraordinary leadership as the chairman of the rules committee for so many years. thank you, mr. chairman and members of your committee for bringing us to the floor for this very, very important legislation. this will probably my last speech as speaker on the house floor and hope to make it my shortest. members have planes to catch, gifts to wrap, carols to sing, religious services to attend to. and in terms of singing songs, one i think of at this time and in this setting is a british --

english song "christmas is coming, goose is getting fat, please put a penny in the old man's lat. we have needs for our country. large defense appropriation ever and again, to help us honor our oath of office to protect and defend and what the constitution says, provide for the common defense. but at the same time, please put a penny in the old man's hat and address the needs of america's working families with special focus on our children. i rise in strong support of the bipartisan government funding bill for us today to keep from shutting government down and meet the needs of the american people. i applaud chairwoman rosa

delauro and she is a maestro with a baton and has done a great jb in terms of how we allocate our resources and there is plenty in the bill outside the realm of the appropriations committee. i want to commend chairman pat leahy, vice chair richard shelby and congratulate them for their service and congratulate as they end their terms of service. and i thank staff on both sides of the aisle and capitol and put out my brilliant policy director, richard and robert, alex and so many other policy professionals, again on both sides of the aisle who helped

strengthen the bill. mr. speaker, this bill is about our heroes, honoring our heroes. our heroic veterans with a major increase in national health care that falls under the nondefense discretionary even though it is part of our national security. honoring the heroes of 9/11 to families that have been wrongfully den the eyed and our firefighters and first responders, heroes, those who have weighed in when emergency did disasters call upon them and extraordinary heroes in ukraine, fighting on the front lines for democracy and we proudly deliver another round of security com and humanitarian aid. and it really as the president

of ukraine said the other fight, it is about working together and what a special honor it was for us to be on the floor when president zelenskyy talked about the heroism, hope of the people. and people who make work, our families grow and communities thrive, security for our children, securing investments for health, education, economic well-being and president biden forming 10 million jobs in the private sector but with public soley to enable that to happen. this bill puts people over politics. mr. speaker, it was sad to hear the minority leader say that this legislation is the most

shameful thing to be seen on the house floor in this congress. i can't help but wonder had he forgotten january 6? this is the deed of immense patriotism and where we form the electoral college act of 1897 to thwart attempts to disrupt the peaceful of transfer of power. and mr. speaker, this is truly a package for the people. and with immense gratitude to chairwoman rosa delauro, patrick leahy, vice chair shelby, i urge strong bipartisan aye vote and yield back. and wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe holidays. merry, happy han cow --

hannukah. be safe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. reschenthaler: i yield two minutes to mr. mike garcia of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. garcia: it is 24 degrees outside the chamber right now and a kid from southern california that is especially cold. right now as we speak, our nation has $31 trillion in debt and suffering from record high inflation and about to vote on $1.7 trillion spend ising bill that will aggravate these things and more than half of the members of congress have not shown up to vote on this bill, not to engage and debate. the democratic party has not allowed us to bring this through

the committees, through markups, just bringing it to the floor. mr. speaker, that is cold. the fact that this bill pays more credence to the borders of four nations like tunisia -- the speaker pro tempore: members are invited to take their conversations off the floor. mr. garcia: the fact that the speaker of the house speaks of the personal desires and necessities of members of congress over and prioritizes that over american citizens is cold. the fact that this week had more members of congress to listen to a speech by the president of a foreign nation than to vote on the annual operating budget for our entire nation is cold. we have to do better. we knew this budget was due on september 30 of this year. yet, we decided to wait.

the appropriations committee, the republicans within the house appropriations committee worked our tails off to make sure we had something that was responsible and gave back to america and provided for security of americans and the democrats in this house and the senate failed to bring that budget forward until the last minute. it's cold outside, but what we are doing to the american people is so much colder. this will aggravate our debt and add the to inflation. and families are making decisions to whether to buy their kids presents. the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. reschenthaler: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from georgia,

mr. andrew clyde. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. clyde: if every senate republican did our job we wouldn't be in this mess. yesterday, 18 republican senators voted for $1.7 trillion omnibus bill in order to skip town. those senate republicans got played by the democrats as expertly as my wife plays the violin and republicans will do the same thing and get played the very same way as the senate hoping to quickly pass this spending bill with no questions or accountability. americans deserve the truth. a vote for this bill will increase inflation as americans struggle. bolstering foreign nation' security while ignoring our southern border, rubber stamping like lgbtq friendly museums and

empowering a.t.f. with more money. and putting $45 billion into ukraine with zero accountability. and greenlighting another year of big government socialist agenda before the democrats' one-party rule. a vote for this bill is a vote for america last. reject the swamp status quo and vote no and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. reschenthaler: i yield one minute to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. higgins. mr. higgins: witness then the demise of the nation once great, witness the arrogance of thieves

in suits from their wealth and comfort as they spend the american treasure of generations yet unborn. witness as they smile in full knowledge that they're comfortable with taking the position that they are better managers of our nation's decline. but witness ye also that the american people have had enough. we struggle, we, the people. americans from sea to shining sea cannot pay for groceries or fuel. they're cold and hungry and feel betrayed by this body and i understand that sentiment and passion because i share it. i thank the gentleman for my

time. and i stand opposed to this omnibus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: may i inquire -- i am told that his veterans' bill is in the omnibus. he has a bill in this omnibus. may i inquire how many more speakers? mr. reschenthaler: no more speakers and am prepared to close. mr. mcgovern: thank god. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: i am prepared to close. in modern american history, a lame duck omnibus package has never been passed before the new majority takes over, where is the claim there is a threat to democracy the institutional integrity doing this unprecedented step. . .

this is side lining the republicans by providing large funding increases for democrat priorities. this is on top of the out-of-control spending that's led to historic inflation rates this year. why are we not cushing wasteful government spending -- curbing wasteful government spending? why are we not unleashing american energy dominance? why are we not investing in our law enforcement officers? this omnibus does nothing to effectively address any of the crises we are currently facing. for those reasons, i urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you. mr. speaker, the decision before us today is clear. either we choose to do the job the american people elected us to do and vote for a good bipartisan, bicameral bill, or we shut down the government two days before christmas as a

massive storm wreaks havoc on americans' holiday travel plans. it's as simple as that. games like the one house republicans are playing, by using this bill as a political wedge to threaten their counterparts in the senate, is equal parts dangerous and destructive. as republican senator kevin cramer said, and i quote, the reality is this kind of chest thumping and immaturity doesn't instill confidence in their ability to lead, end quote. you know, you hear it all the time. don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. i'll be one of the first to say that this bill isn't perfect. it doesn't address everything i wanted, nor does it address everything in the way i wanted. but it's a good bill. it was put together through hours of hard-fought negotiations that involved members in both chambers from both sides of the aisle. it's not anyone's fault but their own that house republicans chose to walk away from the negotiating table.

at the end of the day, we are here to lenl slate, to get -- legislate, to get stuff done. we are here to help the american people and that requires us to keep the lights on. the last time republicans held the majority in the house, they left us in a prolonged government shutdown that cost our country and taxpayers over $11 billion. i can promise you the democrats have no plan of letting that happen under our watch. we must pass this rule and the underlying bill and get it to the president's desk. mr. speaker, i urge a yes vote on the rule and the previous question. i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts yields back. without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the lyings. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution is agreed to and -- for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. reschenthaler: yes, mr.

speaker. on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. 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 california rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of california, district five, jimmy gomez, california, scott peters of california, sean patrick maloney of new york, bobby rush >> grijalva oful. arizona and jackie speier of california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. weber: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. burgess, mr. duncan, mrs. flores, mr. gonzalez, mr. gosar,

mrs. hartzler, mr. mccaul, mr. rice, m they will all vote o on this 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 mrs. kirkpatrick, mr. sires, mr. pascrell, ms. johnson, ms. titus, ms. wattson coleman, -- mrs. watson coleman, mr. welch, mr. defazio, payne and higgins, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. spartz, mr. long, mr. buchanan, mr. baird, i inform the house that all of these members will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new hampshire seek recognition? mr. pappas: mr. speaker, as the member designated by axne, bustos, mr. krishnamoorthi, kuster, langevin, lee of nevada, lynch, moulton, o'halleran and trahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on

h.r. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. obernotle of california, i inform the house that mr. obernotle will be a no. 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 and ms. jayapal of washington state, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on house resolution 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. bacon of nebraska and mr. hern of oklahoma, i inform the house that mr. bacon of nebraska and mr. hern of oklahoma will both vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. neal of massachusetts, mr. lawson of florida, mrs. demings of florida, mr. doyle of pennsylvania, ms. dean of pennsylvania, ms. scranton of pennsylvania, ms. houlahan of pennsylvania,. mr. davis of -- m mr. --

mr. davis, mr. kildee and mrs. fletcher, they all vote yes. >> as the member designated by ms. stefanik and mr. jacobs of new york, i inform the house that both members will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative sanchez, i inform the house that representative sanchez will vote yes on h.res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. turner of ohio, i inform the house that mr. turner will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north dakota seek recognition? mr. armstrong: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. curtis, mr. moore, mr. owens and mr. stewart of utah, i inform the house that they will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. malliotakis

from the state of new york, i inform the house that ms. malliotakis will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ferguson of georgia, mr. lahood of illinois, mr. budd of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. ferguson, mr. lahood and mr. budd will all vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. greene of georgia, mr. crawford of arkansas and mr. brooks of alabama, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. herrera beutler of washington, mr. joyce of ohio, ms. conway of california and mr. laturner of kansas, i inform the house that these members will all be voting no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition?

mr. raskin: as the member designated by ms. slotkin of michigan, mr. pocan of wisconsin, ms. moore of wisconsin, and mrs. hayes of connecticut, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on house resolution 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. amodei, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from delaware seek recognition? ms. blunt rochester: mr. speaker, as the member designated by members crow, degette, omar, khanna, ryan, larson, quigley and schrader, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, thank you very much. as the member designated biably gimenez, posey and -- by gimenez, posey and steube of florida, these gentlemen will be voting no on this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek

recognition? ms. clarke: mr. speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman velazquez, congresswoman grace meng, congresswoman barragan, congresswoman sewell, congressman veasey and congressman suozzi, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hudson of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. hudson will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition? ms. davids: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cleaver, i inform the house that mr. cleaver will vote yes on h.res. 1531. 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 chuy garcia, swalwell,

napolitano, costa, garamendi, vargas, brownley, roybal-allard, newman and kahele, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by meeks, beatty, shontel brown, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on house resolution 1531.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. miller-meeks of iowa and mr. kelly of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mrs. miller-meeks and mr. kelly will be voting no on h.res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by -- mrs. fischbach: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. stauber of minnesota and mri

inform the house that both members will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. kelly of illinois, ms. stevens of michigan, mr. huffman of california, mr. foster of illinois, ms. schakowsky of illinois and mr. cohen of tennessee, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that all of them will vote yes on h.res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. bilirakis: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. cathy mcmorris rodgers of the great state of washington, i inform the house that mrs. rodgers will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree, mr. cartwright, mr,

dr. bera, dr. lowenthal, mr. kind, mr. desaulnier, mr. blumenauer and mr. gallego of arizona, i inform the house that these 10 members will vote yes on h.res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cardenas and aguilar, i inform the house that mr. cardenas and mr. aguilar will vote yea on h.res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gibbs of ohio, ms. herrell of new mexico, mr. smucker of pennsylvania and mr. gooden of texas, i inform the house that all four members will vote nay on the rule. thank you.. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the

gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> representatives kilmer, delbene and mcbath, these members will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. meijer, i inform the house that mr. meijer is going to vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. tlaib of michigan, i inform the house that ms. tlaib will vote yes on h. res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representatives castro and doggett and lofgren, chu and

ruiz, these members will vote yes on house resolution 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wagner of missouri, mr. rogers of kentucky, mr. desjarlais much tennessee, mr. lamalfa of california, mr. palazzo of mississippi, mr. lamborn of colorado and mr. sam graves, these members will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. brown from maryland pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. brown will vote yes on house resolution 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by mr. issa and mr. rogers, these members will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> to my classmate the retiring speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe courtney of connecticut, joe neguse of colorado, joe morelle, melanie stance bury, representative leger fer december, pressley of massachusetts, all these members will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. mace, ms. let low, mr. carter and mr. johnson, mr. babin, mr. meuser, mr. van drew, mr. jackson, these members will vote no on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gottheimer, i inform the house that mr. gottheimer will vote yes on h. res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. carter and mrs. miller of west virginia, they will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker as the member designated by mrs. luria of virginia, i inform the house that mrs. luria will vote aye on h. res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

mr. bepts of oregon, mrs. mclean and pling grothman and mr. tiffany will vote no on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. trone of maryland and ms. sherrill of new jersey, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on h. res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. barr and mr. mchenry, they will be voting no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. escobar, mr. gonzales, mr. scott, mr. smith, mr. cuellar and mrs. lawrence, i inform the house that these members are a yes on h. res.

1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mike simpson of the state of idaho, mr. simpson will vote know on h. res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. you bush and ms. owe cast ms. ocasio-cortez, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hice, i inform the house that mr. hice will vote no on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congresswoman manning of north carolina, i inform the house that congressman manning will vote yes on house resolution 1531. and mr. speaker, as as the member designated by congressman

price of north carolina, i inform the house that congressman price will vote yes on house resolution 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. wenstrup of ohio, i inform the house that mr. wenstrup will vote nay on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida and mr. waltz of florida, i inform the house they will both be voting no on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. clyburn of south carolina, ms. castor, frankel, miss rice and mr. auchincloss, these members will vote yes on h. res. 1531.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. steel of california, mr. katko of new york and mr. luetkemeyer of missouri, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker i'm correcting an inadd vert ent for mr. carter of georgia and mrs. miller from west virginia, they vote no on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does south dakota seek recognition? -- for what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition?

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. dean, i inform the house that she votes yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. moolenaar of michigan, i inform the house that mr. moolenaar will vote nay on the rule.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: as the member designated by mr. neal, he votes

yes. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 215, the nays are 206. the resolution is agreed to. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

pursuant to house resolution 1531, house resolution 366 is considered as adopted. house resolution 1382 is considered as adopted. senate concurrent resolution 51 is considered as adopted. the senate amendments to h.r. 1082 are considered as agreed to. and the senate amendment to h.r. 4373 is considered as agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. roy: mr. speaker, i make a motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. roy: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: i'd ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are

ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. miller of west virginia and mr. carter of georgia, they will both vote yea on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. wenstrup of ohio, i inform the house that mr. wenstrup will vote yea on the motion. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, on behalf of representative tlaib of michigan, i inform the house that representative tlaib will vote no on the motion to adj adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. obernotle of california, fo were form observer -- i inform the house that obernotle will be a yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, mr. sires, pascrell, ms. johnson, titus, watson coleman, welch, defazio, payne and higgins, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to adj adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. meijer from the great state of michigan, i inform the house that mr. meijer will vote aye on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i inform the

house that mr. bentz, mrs. mcclain, mr. grothman, mr. tiffany will vote aye on adjournment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of california, jimmy gomez, california, scott peters, california, sean patrick maloney, new york, bobby rush, illinois, raul grijalva, arizona, and jackie speier, california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the motion to he recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ferguson of georgia, mr. budd of north carolina and mr. lahood of illinois, i inform the house that mr. budd, mr. lahood and mr. ferguson will all vote yea on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i would like to

correct the record. as the member designated by ms. speier, mr. grijalva, mr. rush, mr. maloney, gomez, thompson, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. bacon of nebraska and mr. hern of oklahoma, i inform the house that mr. bacon of nebraska and mr. hern of oklahoma will both vote yea on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. meeks, ms. shontel brown, mrs. beatty, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. kelly, ms. stevens, mr. huffman, mr. huffman and ms. schakowsky and they are all going to vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. laturner and mr. joyce, these members will be voting yes on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cleaver, i inform the house that mr. cleaver will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative sanchez, i inform the house that representative sanchez will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gottheimer, i inform the house that this member will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. spartz, mr. long, mr. buchanan, mr. baird, all of these members will vote yes on the most to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. crawford, mrs. greene and mr. brooks, those members will vote yes on motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, the following members vote no, neal of

massachusetts, lawson from florida, demmings from florida, doyle from pennsylvania, dean from pennsylvania, scanlon from pennsylvania, houlahan from pennsylvania, davis from illinois, kildee from michigan, fletcher from texas, they all vote no on adjournment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hice of georgia, i inform the house that mr. hice will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> hi, mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. courtney, mr. neguse, mr. morelle, mr. schneider, ms. statistic stance bury and williams, keating and pressley of massachusetts, i inform the house that these members will

vote a resounding no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north dakota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. moore, mr. curtis, mr. owens and mr. stewart of utah, they will vote yes on motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson and ms. jayapal, these members will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. bush mr. gonzalez, mr. gosar, mr. mccaul and mr. rice and mr. williams, they will vote yes on the motion to leave this place. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. trone of maryland and

ms. sherrill of new jersey, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. moolenar, he will vote nay on the most to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congress members swalwell, napolitano, costa, garamendi, vargas, brownley, roybal-allard, newman and kahele, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. amodei, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote yeah. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. bush and ms. ocasio-cortez these members will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. jackson, mr. van drew, ms. van duyne, mr. meuser, mr. babin, mr. johnson, mr. carter, ms. let low and ms. mace, these members will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cuellar, ms. escobar, mr. smith, mr. gonzalez, mrs. lawrence and mr. scott, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

mr. loudermilk, ms. wagner, mr. rogers, mr. lamalfa, mr. sam graves, mr. lamborn of colorado, mr. palazzo of mississippi and mr. desjarlais of tennessee, i inform the house that all these members will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. pingree, mr. cooper, mr. kind, mr. gallego, mr. cartwright, mr. desaulnier, ms. porter, mr. lowenthal and dr. bera, they will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by members steel of california and luetkemeyer of missouri, these members will vote no on the

motion to adjourn. as the member designated by mr. katko of new york, i inform the house that mr. katko will vote yes on the rule -- i'm sorry, on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by chairwoman velazquez, congresswoman meng, congressman tom suozzi, congresswoman barragan, congresswoman sewell and congressman veasey, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. turner of ohio, i inform the house that mr. turner will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from delaware seek recognition? >> as the member designated by members crow, degette, omar,

connor, connolly and quigley, these members will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. stauber of minnesota and both members will vote aye on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative bishop, bennie thompson, congresswoman delbene and mcbath, they will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. miller-meeks and mr. kelly, miller-meeks and kelly will be voting yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new hampshire seek

recognition? >> represent bustos, kuster, langevin, trahan, i inform the house that they will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar, mr. waltz of florida, they will be voting yes on adjournment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. ag did you lar and -- mr. aguilar and mr. cardenas, they will vote no. >> as the member designated by mr. gimenez, mr. posey, they will vote yes on this motion. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. brown from maryland, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house

that mr. brown will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hudson of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. hudson will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. clyburn, murphy, castor, frankel, rice, auchincloss, bonamici -- just making sure, i think that's everyone -- i inform the house that these members will vote nay on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. luetkemeyer of missouri and

mrs. steel of california, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on motion to adjourn. as the member designated by mr. katko of new york, i inform the house that mr. katko will vote no on motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. miller, mr. mchenry, mr. hice and mr. barr, these members will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representatives chu and ruiz of california and representatives lofgren of california and representatives doggett and

castro of texas, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. mcmorris rogers, i inform the house that she will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. smucker of pennsylvania, misherrell of new mexico, mr. gooden of texas, mr. gibbs of ohio, i inform the house that all will vote yes on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from delaware seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

mr. torees of new york, he will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congresswoman manning of north carolina, i inform the house that congressman manning will vote no on the motion to adjourn. as the member designated by congresswoman adams of north carolina, i inform the house that congresswoman adams will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. malliotakis from the state of new york, i inform the house that ms. malliotakis will vote yea on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? mr. fulcher: as the member designated by mr. simpson of idaho, i inform the house that mr. simpson will vote yes on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. connolly: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. luria of virginia, i inform the house that mrs. luria of virginia will vote no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. stefanik and mr. jacobs of new york, i inform the house that both members will vote yea to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by ms. moore, mr. pocan, ms. slotkin and mrs. hayes, i inform the house that these members are voting no on the motion to adjourn.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 19 3-rbgs the nays are -- 193, the nays are 227. the motion is not adopted.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the concurrent resolution, s. connres. 52, providing for correction in the enroll. of h.r. 4373 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrentres. lotion. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 52, providing for correction in the enrollment of h.r. 43 3. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the conversation of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolutionis agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1531, i call up h.r. 2617 with the senate amendment thereto and i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the clerk will report the title of the bill, designate the senate amendment and report the motion. the clerk: h.r. 2617, an act to amend section 1115 of title 31 united states code to amend the description of how perform apes goals are achieved and for other purposes. senate amendment. ms. delauro of connecticut moves that the house concur in the senate amendment to the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution

1531, the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally duaded and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees. the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. granger, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the senate amendment to h.r. 3617. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the house will be in order, please. ms. delauro: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the fiscal year 2023 government funding legislation before us, passed the senate yesterday on a 68-29 vote with the support of all democrats and 18 republicans. it's a package of 12

appropriations bills -- >> the house is not in order. ms. delauro: it is a package of 12 appropriations bills that makes critical investments in program ours communities need. the bill also inclods legislation to continue the support for the ukrainian people in their fight against russia's ruthless aggression and help areas of our nation devastated by natural disasters. for the second year in a row we included community projects, over 7,200, to meet urgent needs in districts all over the nation. these bills tackle our nation's toughest crises, help the working class, and create opportunities in national security. i have spoken at lept about this bill, i am proud of it, i urge my colleagues to support it and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i rise today in opposition to h.r.

2617, an omnibus appropriations package to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year. first i have concerns about the size and scope of the package. it totals almost $2 trillion. and it comes after nearly $3 trillion of spending was pushed through this congress. this $3 trillion was enacted completely outside of the normal process and many programs received staggering increases. this record high spending has been a key driver of inflation. it has led to record high prices for the american people and for everything from gas to groceries. instead of reflecting the economic realities we face, the package of bills before us represents continued spending in areas that have already received large increases.

second, this omnibus package bails out the administration for many of their self-inflicted wounds on issues like the border crisis and the energy crisis. in closing, i'm disappointed that i'm unable to support this bill that funds our nation's military at the authorized level. but the excess spending on nondefense programs in this bill is just too much to gain my support. nears reasons, i urge my colleagues to vote no and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. mr. granger: mr. speaker, as i said before the bill before us did not include or reflect the economic realities we face. i urge my colleagues to vote no and i yield back the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from connecticut.

ms. delauro: before i conclude i'd like to thank and congratulate chairman leahy and vice chairman shelby for their work over the last few years and wish them the best in retirement. i thank the members of the committee, marcy kaptur, mike quick lee, matt cartwright and others. i want to acknowledge david, lucille and tim who will not be here with us next congress and acknowledge them for their outstanding careers. let the me thank subcommittee ranking members for your partnership and collaboration on these bills. a special thank you tulle you are staff. staff director and clerk, robin, deputy staff director matt washington, who will we miss dearly upon his departure early next year. i'm grateful for the staff of all the subcommittees who are with us here on the floor today. sacrificed sleep and time away from their families to help us complete the appropriations process including our

subcommittee clerks, martha, bob, chris, scott, matt, derek, who we recognize and thank among his upcoming retirement. rita, faye, steven, nicole, aaron, jenny, and christina. front office staff, caitlyn, donald, jason, adam, rakell, alex, tom, ryan, sebastian, celine, robert, my personal office staff, becky, jack, kate, ken, harper, marie, john, jamie, and daniel and molly and marrone. i want to say a word, you are the best and the brightest. to the minority staff i thank you, to annmarie, johnny, alec, eric and the rest of the minority clerks and staff, i look forward to working with the

incoming chair, congresswoman granger, as we move into the 118th and thank her for her cooperation. next year we will be the first ever committee of the house of representatives or the united states senate and it's just not the appropriations committee, any committee, we will be led by all four corners by women. i urge a yes vote and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 1531, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having

risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. granger: as the member designated by -- >> as the member designated by ms. escobar, mr. cuellar, mr. smith, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. spartz, mr. long, mr. buchanan, mr. baird, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the omnibus. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. jayapal of washington state and ms. wilson of florida, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by mr. crawford, ms. green and mr. brooks, i inform the house that these members will vote no on final passage. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the great state of new jersey seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. ann kirkpatrick, albio sire, bill pascrell, eddie bernice johnson, dina titus, bonney watson cole map, peter welch, peter defazio, donald payne and brian higgins, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. gimenez, steube and posey of florida, i inform the house that these members will be voting no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe courtney of connecticut, joe neguse of colorado, joe morrelle, frank mrvan, melanie stansbury and

theresa leger fernandez, in a key ma williams of georgia, william keating and ayana pressley of massachusetts, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by msms. stefanik and ms. jacobs of new york, i inform the house that they will be -- ms. stefanik will be voting no mr. jacobs will be voting aye on the omnibus. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representatives zoe lofgren, judy chu, and raul ruiz of california, and representatives lloyd doggett and joaquin castro of texas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does think the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. steele of california and mr.

mr. luetkemeyer from missouri, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the omniand as the member designated by mr. katko of new york, i inform the house that mr. katko will vote aye on the omni. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. clyburn and ms. castor, frankel, bonamici, rice, and mr. auchincloss, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. burgess of texas, mr. duncan of south carolina, mr. gonzalez of texas, mr. flores of texas, mr. mccaul of texas, mr. rice of south carolina, mr. williams of texas, they will all vote no on this bill, a.k.a. the grimple that stole christmas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- >> as the member designated by congress members chuy garcia, eric swalwell, grace napolitano,

john gare mean dee, juan vargas, julia brownley, lieu kill roybal-allard, marie newman mr. kahele, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. miller, west virginia, and carter of georgia, vote no on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek reck thition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. joyce beatty, gregory meeks, shontel brown, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. miller of illinois, mr. barr, mr. mchenry, mr. hice, mr. bishop, they will be voting no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, you look good up there. as the member designated by ms. kelly of illinois,

ms. stevens of michigan, mr. huffman of california, mr. foster of illinois, ms. schakowsky of illinois and mr. cohen of tennessee, i inform the house that these members will all vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. bacon of nebraska and mr. hern of oklahoma, i inform the house that mr. bacon of nebraska and mr. hern of oklahoma will both vote no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. josh gottheimer, i inform the house that mr. gottheimer will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. amodei, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member

designated by representatives bishop, thompson, mcbath, kilmer and dell bene, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. bob good of virginia, mr. andy harris of maryland, and mrs. lauren boebert of colorado, i inform the house that these members will vote no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mike thompson of california, jimmy gomez of california, scott peters, california, sean patrick maloney new york, raul grijalva, arizona, jackie speier, california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. wenstrup of ohio, i inform the house that mr. wenstrup will vote nay on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. brown from maryland, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. brown will vote yea on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. meijer from the great state of michigan, i inform the house that mr. meijer will vote no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from delaware seek recognition? ms. blunt rochester: mr. speaker, as the member designated by members crow, degette, omar, khanna, ryan, larson, quigley, schrader and mr. torres of new york, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition?

>> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. budd of north carolina, mr. lahood of illinois and mr. ferguson of georgia, fo i inform the house that -- i inform the house that that they will all vote nay on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the good gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. esteemed speaker, as the member designated by mr. trone of maryland and ms. sherrill of new jersey, i inform the house that these two members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. bentz, mrs. mcclain, mr. grothman, mr. tiffany will vote no on senate amendment to h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member

designated by congresswoman adams of north carolina and congresswoman manning of north carolina, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north dakota seek recognition? mr. armstrong: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. curtis, mr. moore, mr. owens and mr. stewart of utah, i inform the house that mr. curtis, moore, owens and stewart will vote no on 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, the following members, mr. neal of massachusetts, mr. lawson of florida, mrs. demings of florida, mr. doyle of pennsylvania, ms. dean of pennsylvania, ms. scanlon of pennsylvania, ms. houlahan of pennsylvania, mr. davis of illinois, mr. kildee of michigan and mrs. fletcher of texas all vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member

designated by mr. moolenaar of michigan, i inform the house that mr. moolenaar will vote nay on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative sanchez, i inform the house that representative sanchez will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, mr. waltz of florida, i inform the house that they will both be voting no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cart mr. cartwright of pennsylvania, ms. porter, mr. kind, dr. bera, dr. lowenthal, mr. desaulnier, mr. blumenauer, ms. pingree, mri inform the house that these 10 members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. fleischmann: thank you, mr.

speaker. as the member designated by mr. desjarlais of tennessee, mr, mr. lamborn of colorado, mr. graves of missouri, mr. lamalfa of california, mrs. wagner of missouri, mr. loudermilk of georgia, fo were form these -- i inform the house that these members will all vote nay on h.r. 2617. and, mr. speaker, as the member designated by pll hal rogers of -- mr. hal rogers of kentucky, i inform the house that mr. rogers will vote yea. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. smucker of pennsylvania, mr. gooden of texas, ms. herrell of new mexico and mr. gibbs of ohio, i inform the house that all four members will vote nay on h.r. 2617. thank you, sir. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from minnesota seek recognition? mrs. fischbach: mr. speaker, as

the member designated by mr. stauber of minnesota and mrw york, i inform the house that both members will vote no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. issa of california, i inform the house that mr. issa will vote no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. malliotakis from the state of new york, i inform the house that ms. malliotakis will vote nay on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. mace, ms. letlow, mr. carter, mr. johnson, mr. babin, mr. meuser, ms. van duyne, mr. van drew and mr. jackson, i inform the house that these members will vote no on h.r. 2617. merry christmas, speaker.

the speaker pro tempore: i thank the gentleman. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. ocasio-cortez and ms. bush, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the distinguished gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. bilirakis: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. mcmorris rodgers, i inform the house that -- ms. -- mrs. mcmorris rodgers, i inform the house that mrs. mcmorris rodgers will vote yea. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. obernotle of california, i inform the house that he'll be a no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hudson of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. hudson will vote nay on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. miller-meeks of iowa and mr. kelly of pennsylvania, i inform the house that they will be voting no on -- i mean on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, -- mr. soto: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. aguilar and cardenas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the distinguished gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. ocasio-cortez, i inform the house that this member will vote no on h.r. 2617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new hampshire seek recognition? >> as the member designated by axne, bustos, mr. krishnamoorthi, kuster, miss lee, lynch, moulton, o'halleran and trahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rogers of alabama, i inform the house that mr. rogers will vote no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. moore, mrs. hayes, mrs. dingell,

ms. slotkin and mr. pocan, i inform the house that these members will all vote aye on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new hampshire seek recognition? mr. pappas: mr. speaker, as the member designated by langevin of rhode island, fo were form mr.ing an -- i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on h.r. 2617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? ms. clarke: mr. speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman velazquez of new york, congresswoman grace meng of new york, congressman tomp suozzi of new york -- tom suozzi of new york, congresswoman barragan of california, congresswoman sewell of alabama and congressman veasey of texas, i inform the

house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition? ms. davids: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cleaver, i inform the house that mr. cleaver will vote yes on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek

recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. turner of ohio, i inform the house that mr. turner will vote no on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? mr. fulcher: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. mike simpson of the state of idaho, i inform the house that mr. simpson will vote no on

h.r. 2617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by mr. brown of maryland, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that that mr. brown will vote -- that mr. brown will vote yea on h.r. 2617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. luria of virginia, i inform the house that mrs. luria of virginia will

vote aye on h.r. 2617. and that's it.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. tlaib of michigan, i inform the house that ms. tlaib will vote present

on h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. laturner of kansas, mr. joyce of ohio, and ms. copway of california, these three members will be voting no on h.r. 2617. and mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. herrera beutler of washington and mr. kinzinger of illinois, i inform the house that they will be voting yes on h.r. 2617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by danny davis of illinois, he votes yes on h.r. 2617.

>> as the member designated by mr. hall rogers of kentucky, i inform the house that mr. rogers will vote nay on h.r. 2617. thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 225, the nays are 201, voting present, one. on this vote, the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider -- for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. roy: reserving the right to reject. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman is recognized. mr. roy: i would note $1.7 trillion is moving off the floor without a physical quorum present. there were 218 votes cast by proxy on the rule and 226 votes passed on final. can the speaker advise whether there is a physical quorum present as required under the constitution and whether there is any recourse for any member under our rules to challenge a ruling if there is a quorum? the speaker pro tempore: the chair would note that a quorum was indeed present? mr. roy: under what rule when there are 226 votes cast by proxy, i.e., not physically present in the chamber. pursuant 3-e, carried forward of house resolution 8 members casting their vote or recording their presence by proxy are

present under a quorum. mr. roy: do i have any recourse to ask the speaker to count the physical present members here in the body? the speaker pro tempore: the chair rules that under the rules of the house, a quorum is indeed present. mr. roy: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman withdraws his reservation. without objection the motion to reconsider is now laid on the table. pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bill was signed by speaker pro tempore delauro on friday, december 23.

the clerk: making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year september 30, 2023 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 1917, an act to modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs and for other purposes. fivment members, pursuant to section 1 of house resolution 1230, the house stands adjourned until noon on tuesday, december 27,