now i'd like to turn to mr. miller and mr. ferreira. by previous agreement you have a combine five minutes to allot between the two of you as you see fit. you are now recognized for your testimony. >> thank you, chairman, ranking member cloud, and members of the subcommittee. thank you for inviting the association of organ procurement organizations to testify at this hearing. aopo is a nonprofit organization that leads the organ donation community through innovation, advocacy, and education to pursue the day when every donation opportunity results in life saved. my name is joe ferrara and i am the president of aopo joined today by steve miller who is the aopo's chief executive officer. i am also the president and ceo of the nevada donor network. a national and world leading opo serving most of the state of nevada. as a first generation american son of parents who emigrated to the u.s. in the 1960s in pursuit of the american dream, i consider it a true honor to address you, the leaders of our great country. my mother is a former school t

mr. smucker votes aye. mr. hearn votes aye. this is miller votes aye -- mrs. miller votes aye. mr. reed? your rice? -- mr. rice? mr. lahood? mr. chairman votes no. >> the court will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, i have 25 no's and 15 ayes. the amendment fails. mr. rice? >> how am i recorded? >> belatedly. [laughter] >> i would like to be recorded. aye. >> that's ok. without objection, mr. rice's vote is recorded. >> hold on one second. get that done, quickly. i'm ok but we have to pay more attention. >> i apologize. >> mr. reed is recognized as well. >> mr. reed is recorded as aye. >> but that objection, the clerk will re-report the tally. >> 25 no's and 17 ayes. >> in them and fails. -- the amendment fails. we will pause for a moment while technology updates. [applause] [laughter] >> i think that might be applicable in a couple of instances. do we have the next amendment yet? technology having been updated, we will proceed. rather than nimitz to the nature of the substitute? the gym and from missouri has a minute. mr. thompson has reserved point of order. the gentleman from m

mr. miller, with this help opos perform better? don't you help think it would help if more data was public? >> when i can say is that we are committed to helping follow-up with you on our transparency efforts. i can't speak on behalf of another organization. >> i will now turn to you, dr. karp. as a transplant surgeon, you need the best information about an organ. i am horrified to hear about a case in which a blood type was incorrectly identified, affecting two organs. one recipient died and the other was gravely hurt. should the government take a more improved, and closer look, at improving the technology used for tracking donations and transplants? >> yes, absolutely. it's awful to consider that someone getting a lifesaving operation can have that procedure delayed, become injured or worse, because of lack of care by one opo, which we heard from our prior witnesses. my time has expired and i yield back to the chair and ranking member on this excellent hearing. thank you for including me. >> thank you chairwoman. is congressman c

mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, madam speaker. i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to discuss the crisis along our southwest border during the ongoing public health emergency. last week, the department of homeland security office of inspector general released a report entitled "d.h.s. needs to enhance its covid-19 response at the southwest border." the d.h.s. o.i.g. findings highlights what republicans have been saying for seven months, that u.s. customs and border protection does not conduct covid-19 testing for migrants who enter custody and is not required to do so. further, the report notes without stronger covid-19 preventions in place, d.h.s. is putting its workforce, support staff, border communities and all communities and migrants at greater risk of contracting the virus. it's our responsibility in congress to ensure our frontline workforce, including the

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mrs. hartzler: president biden claimed this week it cost zero dollars. what's the truth? let's find out what's really in this trojan horse of a spending bill. the largest tax increase in american history. a business tax that's going to be higher than communist china which is our number one adversary, putting us as a competitive disadvantage and causing jobs to go overseas. the highest inflation in four decades, already families are being hit with high costs at the gas pump and grocery store. it's only going to get worse with this bill. $630 billion for the green new deal. and this includes a $7.5 million to create a civilian climate corps which would create over a million climate activists at taxpayer expense. $80 billion to double the number of i.r.s. agents. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania rise? >> seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tem

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mr. miller, mr. miller, acknowledge that there was no confusion. but we have evidence of western total support from the radical position in russia. you're just have to read the newspapers in the west, north and russian. well, that wraps up from election headquarters for this. our rest assured our team of anchors and correspondence are going to be with you throughout the next 2 days is voting right through to bringing you the all important results on monday morning. continued coverage for you here. and also we're going to bring you updates on that breaking news story that we're covering. the stay with the updates coming your way in just 30 minutes time. the news join me every thursday on the alex simon show. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. me the with with the hello in welcome to cross talk. we're all things considered. i'm peter lavelle, western civilization and culture have been infected by a mindset that price is ideology over competence and virtue over reason. and de

misses miller. misses miller. mr. evans. mr. rice. misses miller. mr. chairman. >> the clerk will please report the tally. >> 25 no's and 16 ayes. >> the amendment fails. are there other commitments to the amendment? >> mr. chairman? >> the gentleman from kansas, mr. estes. mr. thompson. >> i reserve a point of order. >> the gentleman will proceed. that should take only a couple of seconds. the tillman is recognize. -- gentleman is recognize. >> thank you. this is priorities, the opportunity to choose between something in insurance companies. there is a tendency to paper over the issues with more spending. that approach is fiscally irresponsible and unsustainable. when it comes to obamacare, we have seen this play out time and time again, instead of working to solve the major underlying issues with the health care system, many have been willing to spend taxpayer funds to prop up a flawed system. $200 billion to keep the illusion going that obamacare is affordable is throwing good money after bad. kansans i want represent do not want obamacare insurance

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and if i could go with mr. miller first, and then alphabetically, ms. hogsett, mr. mayer and ms. denbow. >> thank you very much for the question, representative clyde. as we say in our written testimony as our policy principles indicated and as we have heard from several other witnesses today, it does seem like 72 hours does hit kind of the sweet spot, if you will, for a variety of different reasons, you know, i don't want to be due publictive of some of the other points made here but just to put a fine point on something, you know, when we're talking about the cyber security information sharing act of 2015 or if we're talking about incident reporting requirements here, you know, the goal of these, hopefully, of these bills and laws is not to just share the information or just, you know, provide an avalanche of information or as much as possible. really do need to report information in a way that is going to be usable, not only by cisa, but by critical infrastructure, by other companies, such as fire eye, that are working, you know, on the front lines of these incidents, so 72 ho

when basically mr. miller, mr. miller acknowledge that there was no confusion, but we have evidence of western total support from the radical position in russia. you're just have to read the newspapers in the west. not rushing. yes, i was interested to get you on the other foot to get some context. i really appreciate your input to my guest dmitri babich political analyst. and we are going to wrap it up from our election headquarters here for the fat dates coming away in just 30 minutes of to see in the, the brands in the back trying to call the deal extremely irresponsible and narrow minded president biden. and his foreign policy has once again generated attention with one of our allies, while motivating an adversary to take action against even more. who will bring you the world's reaction, as well as how china might potentially respond to the new deal. and ukraine might be the new home for the us army iron down. but what does that mean for us? russian relations going forward. we will explain. and in washington, d

mrs. miller: this is outrageous. the biden administration has a double standard treating american citizens worse than foreign nationals. this is what it means to put america last. instead of addressing the root cause of biden's border crisis, house democrats are now ramming through president biden's reckless $4.3 trillion socialist agenda which includes amnesty and free college for illegal immigrants. americans want secure borders and sound immigrations, open borders is the end of america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> madam speaker, to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend -- and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> the ways and means committee went in to markup a $5.3 trillion spending bill and when done they had a $4.3 trillion spending bill. i don't know how it happened but have a suggestion on how it possi

miller? mrs. miller votes aye. mr. blumenauer? mr. blumenauer votes no. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell votes no. mr. higgins votes no. mr. evans? mr. evans votes no. mr. chairman? chair neal: no. >> mr. chairman votes no. chair neal: is the clerk prepared to walk with the kelly? >> yes, mr. chairman, i have 25 nays and 18 ayes. chair neal: there being 25 nays and 18 ayes, the amendment fails. mr. wenstrup -- dr. wenstrup. mr. thompson? rep. thompson: mr. chairman, i have a point of order. chair neal: make sure it is in everybody's inbox, who is participating remotely. we will hold off for a couple of seconds. we are prepared to proceed, and the gentleman from ohio, dr. wenstrup, is prepared. dr. wenstrup: thank you, mr. chairman. this is allowing to self identify earnings in order to receive paid benefits. you heard that. self certified. the word appears no less than five times in the description for the application of this program. self certification in any program is ripe for fraud. only the very naÏve would think it is not. just look at the damage that has been done over t

mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. i request unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize a group of good samaritan who is rekently brought iowan i.c.e. -- ice to iowa. they joined dozens of recovery teams across the nation to perform disaster relief efforts and search and rescue operations in louisiana after hurricane ida. thanks to their generosity, the the new sharon fire department has aided in recovery efforts both in the hawkeye state and elsewhere across the country for 16 years. in 2018, the new sharon fire department assisted local texas recovery teams in the aftermath of hurricane harvey. and last year they helped local communities devastated by hurricanes laura and sally. thank you to the new sharon fire department and the citizens of the county for answering the call to serve and being incredible examples of generosity and selflessness of iowans. mr.

mrs. greene: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. greene: i've entered articles of impeachment on president joe biden. the reason why i have done so is for his disgraceful actions having to do with afghanistan, abandoning americans, arming a terrorist nation, the taliban, which is treason, giving aid and comfort to our enemies. but also -- i've also introduced articles of impeachment for the national security crisis created at our southern border which today is actually being invaded. but heading into this week, perhaps the most evil and disgusting thing that is going to happen in this 117th congress is the bill that's going to be introduced that makes it a federal law to allow abortion up until the day of birth. this wall says in god we trust, and if that is the case, then this congress will reject this evil bill and prot

miller meeks, for five minutes. mrs. miller meeks: thank you. i rise today to recognize a individual from our district to keep both americans healthy, allen johnson, a professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at the university of iowa has been selected for the 2021 excellence award for hypertension research by the american heart association's council on hypertension. this award by the american heart association is given to members of the scientific community who have had a major impact in research that has contributed to better understanding, the causes and effects of hypertension. : it's a cardiovascular condition and is a major contributor of both strokes and heart attacks. i'm proud of professor johnson into his research and effects and causes of treatment of this condition. i congratulate him for earning this prestigious award. mr. speaker, september is childhood cancer awareness month. i would like to take a moment to thank my district for their work in treating and researching childhood cancer. a staple to my distric

miller? mrs. miller votes aye. mr. blumenauer? mr. blumenauer votes no. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell votes no. mr. higgins votes no. mr. evans? mr. evans votes no. mr. chairman? chair neal: no. >> mr. chairman votes no. chair neal: is the clerk prepared to walk with the kelly? >> yes, mr. chairman, i have 25 nays and 18 ayes. chair neal: there being 25 nays and 18 ayes, the amendment fails. mr. wenstrup -- dr. wenstrup. mr. thompson? rep. thompson: mr. chairman, i have a point of order. chair neal: make sure it is in everybody's inbox, who is participating remotely. we will hold off for a couple of seconds. we are prepared to proceed, and the gentleman from ohio, dr. wenstrup, is prepared. dr. wenstrup: thank you, mr. chairman. this is allowing to self identify earnings in order to receive paid benefits. you heard that. self certified. the word appears no less than five times in the description for the application of this program. self certification in any program is ripe for fraud. only the very naÏve would think it is not. just look at the damage that has been done over t

mr. hearn votes aye. misses miller votes aye. mr. chairman votes no. >> with the clerk report the tally. >> i have 25 nays and 18 ayes, the amendment fails. are there any amendments to the amendment and the substitute? >> i have an amendment at the desk. i reserve a point of order. >> mr. thompson has reserved a point of order. the gentleman will be recognized as the amendment is passed out. >> you can see me now? >> no, i cannot proceed. you are good. >> thank you, mr. chairman. democrats spent the past few days talking about how to make the tax code fair. in typical fashion, many provisions of this bill apply only to a segment of the workforce. i am talking about the segment that is unionized and in some cases, it applies only to unionized companies. this is not uncommon. it is typical for democrats. i will start by saying i support workers being able to unionized. i support unions being able to negotiate with companies. i think every worker should have the opportunity to join a union if they so choose. i also believe that every wo

mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated ms. stefanik of new york, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote no on the ocasio-cortez amendment number 40. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated mr. lawson, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote no on ocasio-cortez amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. stanton, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. stanton will vote no on the ocasio-cortez amendment. as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote no on the ocasio-cortez amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. carter of texas, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the h

miller votes aye. mr. chairman votes no. chair neal: the clerk will report the tally. >> i have 25 aye's and 18 a -- 25 nays and 18 ayes. chair neal: the amendment fails. are there any other amendments to substitute? the gentleman from georgia. dr. ferguson: i have an amendment. mr. thompson: i reserve a point of order. chair neal: the gentleman from georgia will be recognized as soon as the amendment is passed out. the german is recognized to speak on his amendment. dr. ferguson: thank you, mr. chairman. after the tax cuts and jobs act, we saw something remarkable throughout america. so many new small-business owners, so many different types of business owners, innovators, people growing businesses and we saw the lowest unemployment among our latino community, our african-american community, americans -- it was really quite remarkable to see the advancement. i know, in my district, many, many folks that prior to the tax cuts and jobs act, really struggled to start operate and grow a business and they found tremendous succes

and we have mr. john miller the senior vice president of policy and senior counsel for the information and technologyn industry council which represents the leading information communication technology company. and then to be back before the subcommittee the senior vice president for cybersecurity and innovation and with the sector coordinating and finally we have the managing director of security and operation for the american association also cochairs the working group for the pipeline of the coordinating council of the natural gas sector without objection the witnesses posttreatment will be inserted in s the record i now ask each witness to his or her statements for five minutes. >> you may be muted. >> thank you chairwoman clark and other members of the subcommittee to talk today about this incident reporting topict we have far as the efforts and appreciate the open dialogue with you and your staff public-private partnerships are critical to the success in full disclosure programs and development

mrs. miller-meeks: as the member designated by ms. stefanik, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote no on the cana amendment. on the khanna amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated mr. mceachin, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mr. mceachin will vote yes on the amendment. as the member designated ms. porter, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on the khanna amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. babin of the great state of texas, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote no on amendment 28. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: madam speaker, as the member designated mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. pane will vote yea on

it's the full screening, it's everything that whatever mr. miller said, i don't know, i wasn't in those meetings, but it doesn't make sense with what is being reported, or what he may have interpreted. so the process itself is set up that these people get fully vetted. they will be american citizens. the ngo studied this process back in 2015 and learned that afghans become residents faster than other groups. they're not asking for handouts, they're not asking for welfare. we're just their safety net. >> anybody who understands refugees knows that when they come to this country, they want to prove themselves. they want to prove themselves that they can be law-abiding contributors to this country, people who want to make a new life here. go ahead. >> many join the military. i'm talking to one right now, an iraqi siv who proudly graduated from marine boot camp and has turned around to help other sivs go through the process. i went from fighting isis in 2018 to coming here, getting his visa, turning right around to go back into the military and s

mr. miller concedes he has things in his younger days he's not proud of. in later days -- he denies this, he's been accused of striking a former girlfriend at one point. you have a 37-year-old cuban american football guy, ohio, stanford guy, great resume, versus is trumpy candidate with a. >> if it was a case on the merits, i think the neutral observer would say better candidate x to run in election x. but that's not the situation right now. i think it's important to note that the former president is celebrating. this is part of the problem. people who speak out against trump don't do so until they are on their way out the door by and large except for in a very, very small substantive cases like the liz cheneys and adam kinzingers. it becomes too hard and they go. then there's nobody left except for the trumpy people. it's like a self-cleansing situation in a way. i don't mean to use that word lightly. >> this is the first of those. -- it's not the first republican who clashed with trump to exit. we saw a huge numb of republicans either retire or decide no

mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to mrs. miller of west virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. >> i rise in support of this bill and four amendments. the first amendment would require a report on the status of women in afghanistan. the rights we fought to secure for them are in dire peril. the second will hold the administration accountable by requesting a report on the amount of money and materials left behind in afghanistan. the third blocks any funding for intelligence sharing and ensures no taxpayer dollars are wasted working with the taliban and captain be trusted after the deadly attacks at the airport. a memorial for the 13 servicemembers who perished securing the airport. they lost their lives by protecting americans and their allies. we need to never forget their sacrifice. i yield back my time. >> the jam reserves. smith schmidt i have no further speakers. i reserve my time. mr. rogers: i yield four minutes to the ranking member of the natural resources key, my friend and colleague from arkansas, mr. the speaker

. >> mr. finch? >> yes. >> mr. good? >> yes. >> ms. henson? >> yes. >> ms. miller? >> yes. >> mr. peter? mr. peter? mr. chairman? >> you are on mute. >> chairman votes no. >> is there anyone who is wishing to change other vote? >> can you hear me? >> peter votes no. >> are there any other members wishing to vote or change other vote? >> on that boat, yes is 16, no is 21. >> the emotion is not agree to -- motion is not agree to. i want to start by thanking the members of this committee, we have worked together on this legislation. we want to thank the 13 committees of restrictions who collectively spent more than 165 hours working out this package and debating more than 850 amendments. it in flex the -- it reflects the urgency. this investment in our nation out of the american people has resulted in serious deficits in our society. spanning every sector from jobs to the climate crisis, housing to health care. an ongoing covid pandemic and economic fallout has only exacerbated these crises. we are at an inflection point for our nation. the future of millions of americans are at stak

miller, i immediately thought of that. this looks like something from australia, but not something from america. rachel: yeah it's really scary. i've been talking to people, douglas, as well as some of my college-aged children. what concerns me about all of this is that we aren't, especially young people, aren't concerned with these regulations , that they're accepting this kind of, i don't know, it feels like almost like a police state when it comes to covid. they are accepting the mandates, they're submitting so easily, is this what our futures going to look like, because it seems like it's only those of us who are middle age who are going this was america, reweb, but for our young people we're normalizing this kind of infringement on our first amendment. >> well exactly. obviously, a lot of people, most people, including most young people, want to get going again, they recognize that the vaccine is the best way out of the eternal lockdowns we otherwise might face, so it's understandable that there's an impetus to want t

mrs. miller? mrs. miller voice aye. mr. bloom'no ur votes no. >> mr. lahood? mr. chairman? mr. chairman votes no. >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. callan -- mr. chairman, i've .5 nays, 17 -- 25 nays, and 17 ayes. >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. >> i reserve a point of order. >> the gentleman is recognized to speak on the amendment as soon as it is passed out. >> thank you, mr. chairman. president biden and the congressional democrats are sabotaging america's jobs or with crippling taxes and is is policies that hurt working families and main street businesses and will drive u.s. jobs overseas. the underlying bill demonstrates democrats are more interested in green deals than in protecting mainstream families and businesses and their pocketbooks. the additional wasteful spending , hundreds of dollars of wasteful welfare, to bring back the superfund taxes that will cause all americans to pay more the pump, and burn the working class by increased inflation on thousands of everyday fossil items. my amendment is simple, it appeals -- repeals the pre-new de

misses miller? >> misses miller in west virginia votes i. mr. peter? mr. peter? mr. chairman? >> you are un-mute. -- on mute. >> mr. chairman votes no. >> is there anyone who -- any member who wishes to vote or change their vote? >> can you hear me now? peter's votes no. >> mr. peters votes no. >> are there any other members wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the eyes are 16, the nose or 21. -- ;i's are 16, the no's are 21. >> i want to thank members of staff of this committee, members of colleagues and leadership in the white house. we have worked together on this legislation. i particularly want to think the 15 committees of jurisdiction who collectively spent more than 165 hours marking out this reconciliation package and debating more than 850 amendments. the attempts are commendable and reflects the urgency of the challenges we face as a nation. decades of disinvestment in our nation and the american people that resulted in serious deficits in our society, spanning nearly every sector, from job care to the climate crisis. educa

mrs. miller of west virginia. wipe without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: madam speaker, i rise today to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. for over 18 years this policy resulted in the discharge of honorable servicemembers due to their sexual orientation, on december 22, 2010, the don'ts ask don't tell repeal act was signed into law and it ended 10 years ago. as a long time supporter of repeal, years of determination have paid off. and lgbtq service memberships are part of our dense and deserve our gratitude for the sacrifices they make. join me in commemorating this historic

miller. hello? moderator, we can go to another line and mr. miller can call back in. >> you have two questions remaining. >> hello? moderator, maybe go to the next line? >> you have one question remaining. >> can you hear me now? it's david pilpel. on this item, i am deeply engaged in the mta muni 2022 network plan and preparing a detailed comment letter. the board of supervisors passed their resolution. file number 210820 seeking a restoration plan for the end of year. that plan is due by september 30th. i'm looking forward to seeing this in writing and not just by power point. there are both macro and micro issues here, all with fiscal operational and policy implications. please post or send me the ridership chart that director heminger discussed and the transit riders letter that was referred to. there have been a few efforts like a comprehensive operational analysis in the late 1970s that was implemented in phases between 1979 and 1983 and adjusted throughout the 1980s and 1990s. and more recently the transit effectiveness project between

mr. esses votes no. misses biller but -- misses miller votes no. mr. chairman? the chairman votes aye. >> be prepared to announce the boat. -- the vote. >> mr. chairman, i have 25 ayes, 17 nos. >> the ruling of the chair is sustained. are there additional amendments? the gentleman from nebraska. >> i reserve a point of order. >> mr. thompson has reserved a point of order. the amendment will be distributed in the members for doing this remotely should see this in their inboxes momentarily. >> thank you very much. >> pulled on one second. -- hold on one second. >> yup. >> the gentleman from nebraska mr. smith is asked to speak on his amendment. >> i have some feelings on the family proposal. we are asked to be approved 24 hours after the text was approved and this will have major consequences for every family and small business in america and they deliver -- and they deserve a -- they deserve better. this is not the first time our committee has considered family leave issues step earlier this year and in 2019, we had full committee hearings on a different proposal

mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated ms. stefanik of new york, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition >> madam speaker, as the member designated mr. stanton, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. stanton will vote no on the motion to recommit. and as as the member designated mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated mr. perlmutter, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. perlmutter will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> madam president, as the member designated mr. grijalva, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vo