house appropriations committee chairman, hal rogers, says republicans are drafting legislation to get the money to families. fannie mae and freddie mac are relaxing rules... keeping banks from approving mortgages during the government shutdown. typically, fannie and freddie require lenders to verify a borrower's income with the i -r-s before closing. but last week, some lenders reported they could not approve the mortgages because the shutdown severely interrupted the i-r-s's operations. the mortgage giants say lenders could continue to issue new loans even without the i-r-s confirmation. borrowers who apply for mortgages will still need to sign an income verification request ... but verification can wait until after the government shutdown ends, and lenders can use other means to verify the income. today, president obama will nominate janet yellen to serve as the next chair of the federal reserve. if she is confirmed by the senate, she will be the first woman to head the central bank in its 100-year history. she currently serves as fed vice chair rumor has it... "apple" is set to unv

hal rogers. mr. rogers has provided me and i hope i provided him some bit of working knowledge of what we were trying to accomplish, a house and ccommodate senate members to complete more work on appropriations. that is still a part of the goal that we're going to tonight to go to conference so we can fund the government and get it done right. i would like toll yield three minutes to the distinguished the gentleman from kentucky, the gentleman from from the appropriations committee, mr. rogers. >> the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for three minutes. mr. rogers: thank you for those kind words and likewise, i have relied upon the gentleman for advice all through this process as well and i appreciate his leadership in this body, especially as chairman of the very important rules committee. the senate has just rejected the house's third attempt to avoid a government shutdown. this body has voted time and time again to keep the lights on in our government and to stop the train wreck that is obamac

in fact the house appropriationings chairman hal rogers told some reporters here that the president would like the shutdown stopped and we republicans agreed to try to find the conditions to have a funding bill to end the shutdown. so the republicans went in to tack about the debt limit, but the of the got the ball rolling. we are told they're going to have discussions here on capitol hill, over at the white house probably through the night to find that magic deal. independents the without apparently just issued a statement saying that the president's meeting was as follows -- after a discussion, no specific determination was made. the president's goals remains that we pay the bills, reopen the government and get back to the business of growing the economy. this is a big deal. >> it could be. having been through several of these, we'll find out. as you know, we have tonight both senator whitehouse of rhode island, and senator cruz of texas, but the point i was going to make, which i think is close to what ted was saying earlier -- if we were not in the middle of a budget shutdown, the num

house appropriations committee chairman, hal rogers, says republicans are drafting legislation to get the money to families. the n-f-l has narrowed its list of choices for the 20-18 super bowl to three cities. its selection committee says indianapolis, minneapolis and new orleans are in the running for super bowl 52. a final decision is expected by may of next year. researchers at u-c berkley and northwestern university say they've found a gene...which can predict how much our emotions affect our relationship. married couples who had a short version of the gene were most likely to be unhappy in their marriage, emotionally... while those who had one or two long versions of the gene... they weren't as bothered by the emotions of the marriage. the rumors are true. kris and bruce jenner announce they are separating. after 22 years of marriage the couple say they are living apart... and are much happier that way. coming up... five ways you'll be impacted... if the government defaults on its debts. is this food getting further into the marketplace and you're not warning people? and next...

according to hal rogers, the republican chair of the house appropriations committee. this is his job to get bills through to fund the government. he said the president forced the issue and kd i want to talk about reopening the government. that's where it stands. it is much more productive than we've seen at all. this is the first real discussion that both sides have had since this whole crisis began. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. i want to go to jim acosta now at the white house. it seems that the republicans were so optimistic but the white house now saying, no specific determination. we're not saying there is a deal. obviously more positive than before but not exactly what we're hearing from the republican side at all. >> well, i think because as the white house has been saying all day long, they have been seen a specific piece of legislation. but they are starting to talk. pass good sign. they are saying no specific determination was made, i have heard from administration officials a few things. yes, no deals have been reached yet. the talks are going t

that's what i should be in a room right this very minute with my house counterpart, congressman hal rogers, the republican chairman, a fine, honorable man from kentucky, and my democratic counterpart, congresswoman nita lolowe loweym new york. and i should be in there with richard shelby, another fine gentleman, a fiscal conservative, my partner. we should be there doing it. but that's not what we're talking about. we're not talking about what is the house number, what is the -- the senate number, what is the best number to fund our government and do it in a way that's smart, effective and frugal. oh, no. the big fight is over obamacare. that's not what it should be. we've had something called continuing resolutions before. a continuing resolution should have another word in it -- funding. it is about the continuing funding resolution. and it's to keep government funding while we resolve our disputes. they were always, one, short term. number two, they focused on fiscal differences, where did we disagree on fiscal matters? now, there is disagreement. the house marked up their bills primari

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i appreciate chairman hal rogers for bringing this bill to the floor today, and i urge all of colleagues on both parties to vote in support of this legislation. i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina yields. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, a member of the armed services committee, mr. turner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. turner: thank you. i want to thank chairman frelinghuysen for his dedication and commitment to the important issue of our strategic assets. when looking to the nnsa they have had for a number of years difficulty in getting support from this administration for the important efforts of modernizing our nuclear weapons infrastructure and ensuring this strategic asset that are so essential to our nation's security. this issue also is one that represents, i think, a great analogy to the difficulty that we are having in resolving this conflict. we have the president of the united states who open

i would like to ask the majority leader, the majority leader has said, i have said, hal rogers, chairman of the appropriations committee has said, and others have said that the sequester will not work, -- will not work. that the sequester will undermine the ability of america to invest in its growth nd opportunities and its ability to compete globally so that we can create jobs here in america. the majority leader has made an observation, mr. speaker, that the sequester, he didn't think, was the way to go and i share that view and i share very strongly the view of mr. rogers that in fact the sequester was -- could not be implemented in a way that was consistent with the interests of our country. so i want to ask the majority leader, mr. speaker, whether or not he shares my view that the conference focusing on what we can agree on, not what we disagree on. but the conference, one of its objectives should be replacing he sequester with a with a formula that gets us to a place where we are bringing down our expenditures but at the same time making sure that we rotect the mandatory expenditu

hal rogers, the republican chairman of the appropriations committee doesn't like that number. the subcommittee chairman doesn't like that number. we're saying, ok, yes, we'll take your number. let's keep government working for our people. now, the house majority leader -- i used to be majority leader -- or as i refer to the good old days. he said this, we're trying to get the government open as quickly as possible. that's 12:05 p.m. today, ladies and gentlemen of this house, mr. speaker, it's 12:05 p.m., five minutes after noontime right now. you can get it open as quickly as possible, if that's what the majority leader wants to do, mr. cantor, bring that bill to the floor and our side will overwhelmingly help you pass it and get government open for the people. now, the chairman of the republican policy committee said this. he echoed cantor and said this -- i don't think anyone wants to stretch this out for two weeks. but what we see today is little tiny slices of bills. it will take weeks and perhaps months to open at the rate they're going. i don't think anyone, lankford say

rogers, the chairman of the appropriations committee, conservative republican from kentucky, says does not work and cannot work and break the cycle of manufactured crisises that do nothing to help our economy and in fact are doing it great harm. so the question, mr. speaker, we must ask ourselves is -- how do we reach a solution? how can this congress achieve the big balanced deal that our constituents from us? first and foremost, we must end the shutdown. mr. speaker, 200 democrats, we have a vacancy, 200 democrats will vote this very day, this very hour to open the government. that means, mr. speaker, we only need 18 republicans. the previous speaker said it's unacceptable where we are, we can change it and we can change t within the hour with only 18 republicans joining 200 democrats to say let the people's government be open. let the people's government be serving them. first and foremost, mr. speaker, we must end this shutdown and take action to prevent the united states from defaulting on its bills for the first time in history. a solvent nation should not be taken hostage to acc

there's no doubt, the chairman of the thousands appropriations committee, congressman hal rogers, a wonderful gentleman but i will tell you he is a rock-ribbed no-nonsense fiscal conservative. but that's okay by senator barb because you know what? that's what compromise is. that's doing what colin powell asked us to do. let's talk things over. let's find that sensible center. let's make sure we run the united states government in a smart, frugal, effective way. that's what it would take, and, you know what? we're ready to do it. but we need -- i need speaker boehner to pass the short-term c.r. so we can even get into the room to do this. so when you say, senate democrats won't negotiate or won't compromise, it's not true. also, i heard the junior senator from kentucky say that the senate hasn't approved appropriations bills. the appropriations committee, despite being hamstrung by not having a budget, reported 11 appropriations bills. eight of them were supported by republicans. by august 1 our appropriations committee had marked up every single bill except one -- interior. we had marked it u

i would yield to the chairman of the full appropriations committee, the honorable hal rogers from kentucky. >> i rise to support this bill. i could not believe my ears when the jonah who just spoke said he opposed to the opening of these icons for mertens to visit. -- americans to visit. i cannot believe he would oppose that. city draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the country, all over the world. in fact every year to turn these visitors away from the highlights of this country is unbeaten fitting of a capital city. ourover the country, national parks reserve our richard national heritage and serve as a reminder to all of us of our history and the vast beauty that makes this nation great. this is a portion of the claim continuing resolution i introduced several weeks ago. this is a piece of it. with that in mind i certainly endorse this path forward. to keep these programs, parks, memorials, and facilities operational, this bill provides funding at the current annual rate of approximately $3.2 billion. this is $2.4 billion for the national parks. 700 $75 million for the s

hal rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding me this time. and i say to my colleague from north carolina, my friend, whom we've served together with on the appropriations committee and subcommittees for a number of years, i say to him, where are -- is the bill for secret service? stay tuned. where's the bill for i.c.e.? stay tuned. where's the bill for border patrol? stay tuned. and be ready to talk about those when they come up shortly. now, i rise in support of this bill which will help ensure that our government can help prepare for emergency situations. as you well know, you can never be too prepared. over the past year, we've seen the damage natural disasters can wreak, from hurricane sandy in the northeast, to the tornadoes in the mid west, to the raging wildfires out west, no area is immune to mother nature's wrath. and now with a tropical storm brewing in the gulf of mexico, we are reminded once again that disaster can strike when you least expect it to or when you can at lea

i think they make good sense and i have had several conversations with chairman hal rogers about how we will effectively move these bills over the next few days as necessary to ensure that the review of essential items of the government -- we make sure that they are backed up with regular employees and lastly that we pay them. i want to thank each of you for being here today. i've yield back time to the general woman from north carolina. >> thank you mr. chairman. i don't really have any questions i want to ask what i want to thank our colleagues for the work they have done on bringing these bills forward and i think it's appropriate that we moved them out of the committee as soon as we can and bring them to the floor as soon as we can. thank you very much. >> the gentleman yields back. the general woman from new york is recognized. >> thank you at your chairman. it certainly is important and we try tried to make that point before monday evening. from what i am hearing some of the agencies that -- are not too happy about it. we would like to have the whole thing funded as we all wait