mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, we brought a bill to the floor that the gentleman spoke about that prohibited pay for delay. prohibited drug companies from paying generics not to bring their drugs to the market so that drug price the would be lower for consumers. r. speaker, of the 194 republicans, maybe even 98 republicans, i don't know how many were elected at that point in time, five of them voted for t. 90 voted against it. it also said that we wanted to protect that no one with a pre-existing condition would be denied health care. five republicans voted for that bill. six years, the republicans, mr. speaker, were in charge. totally. there was no effort to bring a bill to this floor, to bring drug prices down. and in fact americans know drug prices didn't come down. the president was a republican. house was a republican. senate was a republican. they didn't bring a bill to the floor, mr. president -- mr. speaker. two of the three proposals in our bill are also in the grassley bill. and, mr. speaker, we

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, and further when the house adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet on tuesday, september it shall convene at noon for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed, s. 178, the user human rights policy act of 2019, in which concurrence of the house s requested. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks in the record and to include therein extraneous material notwithstanding the fact that it exceeds two pages and is estimated by the dire

joining me now is the president of the european investment bank than ohio welcome mr hoyer now there's been a big push to see financial institutions invest more in dealing with the climate crisis what is the i e be doing. be the u. bank is the by far biggest multilateral and international lender when it comes to climate projects we have been very active when it came to be raised 4 years ago we're going to have seen that become a good idea of nations has made progress but not enough we have behind schedule when it comes to the carbonation objectives so we need a fresh start and it's so encouraging to see that this general assembly seems to be a very exciting one. a quantum leap in effort towards decarbonise ation. now earlier this year the i announce it would stop the financing fossil fuels can you get us up to speed in terms of how much has been achieved in this regard. well pretty much we have been out of court filings are for a very long time out of the other hand i must say that our energy living policy is not a resource dependent it's emission dependent and we believe that the gas

mr. hoyer, you ever discussed we need to focus on prevention efforts. it includes in keeping schools safety and making sure that individuals who exhibit behaviors that are a threat to themselves or others do not have access to firearms or other dead lie weapon. to do this effectively, we need to make sure students know where to report suspicious activity and how to speak heeek help. mr. hoyer, what have you found to be best practices for building a comprehensive prevention approach that ensures student experiencing a mental health crisis. >>. >> that was something pretty simple. one of the things we are advocating for is suicide prevention. >> yeah. >> there are proven on the shelves. columbia protocol, fairly simple, one card and six questions. it tells you the question and how to responds to the answer. i will sit here with you and pat you on the back and i would sit here with you until somebody comes down. i it empowers people, colleagues and family members to ask the question and get people to seek help. we are eradicating and funding and our friend

steny hoyer. [cheers and applause] >> hello, houston. hello america. i am so pleased to be in houston with all of you and with the prime minister. and with all of you. i will be keeping my thoughts with all those affected by the terrible flooding has occurred here in houston. we pray for them. . pray for their safety [cheers and applause] like all of you i am honored to welcome prime minister modi to the united states. to the united states, of which of course we in maryland think houston is a part. bringime minister, i greetings from the congress and from our speaker, nancy pelosi. [cheers and applause] rep. hoyer: i am glad to be here with many old friends and many thousands of new ones. we have come here for the same purpose. to celebrate the growing partnership between india and america. to democracies, committed the same vision of the future. know,ision, as all of us is based on the hopes and the shared dreams of our people. both nations shaped by the legacy of british colonialism, both nations deeply cognizant of the price of freedom. we hold the

i know mr. hoyer has prepared for this. he wants to pass the voting rights act as soon as possible. can, shall we say, take advantage of the beautiful words being said, whether it is about selma or our history and how we have to go forward and do this, as we had done before, in a bipartisan way. america, we rededicate ourselves as a nation and as a people to our ongoing pursuit of a more perfect union. justice.rty and mercy for guidance, and courage, as we seek to write the injustices of the past and forge a more hopeful future. sung byo beautifully the howard university singers. say, we take our lead from them. rising sign of our new day began. let us march until victory is done. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, once again, the howard university singers. ♪ nobody turn you around walking onto freedom land don't let no hatred turn you around don't let it turn yuo around don't let no hatred turn yuo around keep on walking keep on talking marching onto freedom land injustice turn you around walking keep on talking marching onto freedom land ain't gonna let nob

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i want to thank mr. mchenry for his leadership as ranking member of the committee and for his bringing this to the floor. i want to thank my very good friend, not my republican friend, my very good friend, fred upton. for his work. his leadership. on this piece of legislation. annie kuster iend for her leadership. this is personal for me. i am so happy to rise in support of this legislation. i went to georgetown law school. and i set up practice just about five or seven miles from here in the late 1960's. and in the 1970's, late 1970's, i had a law clerk. he also went to georgetown law school. he was a young, bright, extraordinarily able individual. his name was steve. steve is now a district -- federal district court judge in new hampshire. andad an extraordinary wife her name was krista. steve and steve and christa became dear friends of judy's and mine. i had enough time to sail when i had a sailboat, steve and christa from time o time would go sailing with judy and me and perhaps some of my children.

but i know one thing we could do, and i know mr. hoyer has prepared to put it on the floor when everybody is ready. it's to pass the voting rights act as soon as possible. [applause] so that we can, shall we say, take advantage of the beautiful words that are being said, whether it is about selma, or about our history, or how we have to go forward and do this, as we have done before, in a bipartisan way. here in america, we rededicate ourselves as a nation and as a people to our ongoing pursuit of a more perfect union. with liberty and justice, justice, justice for all. , fore pray for mercy guidance, and courage as we seek to right the injustices of the past, and forge a more hopeful future for us all. as was beautifully sung by the howard university singers, as they sang, "we take our lead from them. facing the rising sun as our new day began. -- rising son of our new day begun, let us march until victory is done. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, once again, the howard university singers. ♪ don't you let

i know mr. hoyer has prepared to put it on the floor when everybody is ready. it's to pass the voting rights act as soon as possible. [applause] so that we can, shall we say, take advantage of the beautiful words being said, whether it is about selma or our history and how we have to go forward and do this, as we had done before, in a bipartisan way. here in america, we rededicate ourselves as a nation and as a people to our ongoing pursuit of a more perfect union. justice. justice. justice for all. we pray for mercy for guidance, and courage, as we seek to write the injustices of the past and forge a more hopeful future. it was so beautifully sung by the howard university singers. as they saying that -- as they sang, " we take our lead from them. facing the rising sun as our new day began. let us march until victory is done." thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, once again, the howard university singers. ♪ don't let nobody turn you around don't let them turn you around keep on walking keep on walking onto freedom land don't let no hatred

the clerk: mr. highwayerer of -- hoyer of maryland moves that the question be laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on laying the resolution on the table. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair -- for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. mccarthy: i demand a recorded vote on this matter. the speaker pro tempore: the -- a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the five-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a five-minute vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal if ordered. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas 22

mr. hoyer: i have a motion at the desk. the clerk: mr. hoyer moves that the resolution be moved on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the question is to move the resolution on the table. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from california. >> i ask for a recorded vote and let it be resolved that the house of representatives -- the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. by electronic -- pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this five-minute motion on the vote to table will be followed by agreeing to house resolution 576. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker p

mr. chairman, having been here during the clinton impeachment -- mr. chairman, having been here during the clinton impeachment proceedings, i would have expected you would understand the gravity of this inquiry and not cut this house's knees out from under it or potentially keep members of this committee from being involved in the proceedings by sequestering proceedings to the subcommittee level. you at least owe it to the american people to have this inquiry be on display in front of the full judiciary committee. for that reason, i urge adoption of the this amendment, and i yield back. >> gentleman yield? >> sorry, i yield to the ranking member. >> i appreciate it. you just brought up an interesting point. i have right here the chairman was here and was very vocal in the clinton era impeachment issues on how this is supposed to go about and how you actually are supposed to do this. it's ream interestilly interest what was needed back then is not needed now because frankly there's a serious problem. they don't have the votes to go to the floor. so now

lowenthal: thank you, mr. chair. i would now like to yield five minutes to the gentleman, cunningham from south carolina. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for five minutes. mr. cupping ham -- mr. cunningham: mr. chair, i rise in cunningham support of m h.r. 1941, the coastal and marine economies protection act. my bipartisan bill permanently protects the atlantic and the pacific coast from the threats of offshore oil and gas drilling. it reflects the tremendous importance that members of both parties place on healthy shore lines and state and local economies that depend on them. this bill acknowledges that if we don't act drilling rigs could soon appear off of our beaches. folks from up and down the coast of my district understand that opposition to offshore drilling is not a partisan issue. whether it be a first grader like anna of upstate, south carolina who rallied 70 signatures to stop offshore drilling. or a group of mayors like billy, pat, tim, jimmy, or john who worked tirelessly to d

mr. nadler: the judiciary committee will please come together. a quorum being present, without objection, the chair will declare for recess at any time. the chair may postpone further proceedings today on the question of approving any measure or matter or adopting amendments for which the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to notice, i call the chair's resolution for investigative procedures for purposes of markup and move that the committee agree to the resolution. the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: resolution for investigative procedures offered by chairman jerrold nadler. the committee issued multiple discovery requests to individuals with potential information relative to its investigation into the alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power by president trump, his associates, and members of his administration. whereas special counsel robert mueller's report released on april 18, 2019, found that the russian government interfered- mr. na

mr. nadler: the judiciary committee will please come together. a quorum being present, without objection, the chair will declare for recess at any time. the chair may postpone further proceedings today on the question of approving any measure or matter or adopting amendments for which the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to notice, i call the chair's resolution for investigative procedures for purposes of markup and move that the committee agree to the resolution. the clerk will report the resolution. clerk: resolution for investigative procedures offered by chairman jerrold nadler. whereas the committee issued multiple discovery requests to individuals with potential information relative to its investigation into the alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power by president trump, his associates, and members of his administration. whereas special counsel robert mueller's report released on april 18, 2019, found that the russian government interfered - m

mr. nadler: the judiciary committee will please come together. present, without objection, the chair will time.e for recess at any the chair may postpone further proceedings today on the question of approving any matter or adopting amendments for which the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to notice, i call the chair's resolution for procedures for purposes of markup and move that the committee agree to the resolution. the lerk will report resolution. the clerk: resolution for investigative procedures offered chairman jerrold nadler. committee issued multiple discovery requests to individuals with potential its mation relative to investigation into the alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power by president trump, his ssociates, and members of his administration. whereas special counsel robert mueller's report released on found that the russian government interfered -- mr. nadler: without objection, the resolution is considered as and open for amendment

mr. nadler: without objection, the resolution is considered as read and open for amendment at any point. i will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. the resolution before us represents the necessary next step in our investigation of corruption, obstruction, and abuse of power. this committee has already covered the central findings of the special counsel's investigation. the president's 2016 campaign asks for and received the assistance of the russian government. key figures from the campaign then lied to federal investigators about it. the special counsel found that at least 10 times the president took steps to interfere with the investigation. in at least five of those incidents, the special counsel concluded that all of the elements necessary to charge obstruction of justice had been met. our investigation is not only about obstruction. our work must extend beyond the four corners of the mueller report. we have a responsibility to consider allegations of federal electi

i am owey: mr. speaker, very pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman maryland, the majority leader, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the maryland is m recognized for one minute. thank you very much, mr. speaker. irst of all, i want to start with congratulating chairwoman lowey and ranking member granger on working together. i want to congratulate the members of the appropriations committee. i know there wasn't always agreement. i'm hopeful, as we go forward, agreement on the individual bills or the minibus that we will ultimatelyfund to -- fund government in a timely fashion. they worked together toward that objective. i want to congratulate all the members. speaker, i am also proud of 96% of that we funded through this ouse prior to june 30 of this year. that has not been done in over a decade. it was the hard work of the chair and the ranking member and the committee, even though there was not agreement on the substance at end, without that cooperation, that could not have ha

i yield to the distinguished ajority leader, steny hoyer. mr. hoyer: read the bill. read the amendment that you offer. eric cantor called m.t.r.'s a gimmick. this is the gimmick of gimmicks. it disease nothing for -- it does nothing for veterans health care. not a single thing. you know it, i know it, everybody in this house knows it. ll it does -- all it does is try to delay this bill for 0 years. and they're going to all vote against the bill. will not. it does nothing for veterans -- if the gentleman cared about veterans' care he would have offered it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it, the motion is not agreed to. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee. green: i request 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