connolly of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 172, the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. connolly: i thank the chair. h.r. 1, the for the people act of 2019, which i'm a proud co-sponsor of, delivers on the promise to reform american democracy by protecting voting ights and our elections. improving the transparency of campaign finance and promoting ethics and accountability. key to safeguarding voting rights censuring that our voting system is secure and free from interference by foreign actors. my amendment to h.r. 1 would help states implement voting systems' security improvements in order to enhance the integrity of our federal election infrastructure. adapted from the fast voting act, h.r. 1512, which i recently reintroduced with my colleague, representive jim langevin of rhode island, this amendment to h.r. 1 would award supplementary grants to state applicants based on evidence of previous election security reforms and plans for implementing additiona

in the fifth district of virginia the damage is real and lasting. it is necessary for the safe i have to my constituents to have the region designated as a high intensity drug area to give law enforcement the resources they need to continue this fight against drugs. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 22 u.s.c. 6913 and the order of the house of january 3, 2019, of the following members on the part of the house to the congressional executive commission on the people's republic of china. the clerk: ms. kaptur of ohio, mr. swosee of new york, mr. smith of new jersey and mr. mast of florida. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to prules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. eshoo: i move t

connolly of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 460, the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. connolly: the trump administration is threatening congress witith a furlough of 1 employees at the office of personnel management unless we, the congress, acquiesce to the administration's so-called plan to abolish o.p.m. altogether and give the trump white house control of government-wide federal employee policies. my amendment would put an end to the administration's plan to use e careers of 150 loyal civil servants as bargaining chips for the proposal to abolish o.p.m. altogether. this proposal lacks merit, justification, or even a coherent rationale and you don't have to take my word for it. the government accountability office testified that o.p.'s leaders have not estabished outcome-oriented goals, developed a cost-benefit analysis or implementation plans and have not fully involved or communicated their efforts with the congress, employee, and other key stake holders. both republicans and democrats have expresse

the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. cline: mr. speaker, we have no further speakers and i'm prepared to close. mr. cohen: then i'd like to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes to close. mr. cline: thank you, mr. speaker. again, i commend those who have pursued the introduction and passage of this important legislation and, along with the comments of my colleague from new hampshire we will never -- they will never be forgotten and we will continue to fly the pow-mia flag alongside the american flag. and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. as mr. cline said, this is a straightforward bill that would rightly require that the flag be flown effectively every day at certain locations of great significance to our country. it's an appropriate to honor all those who served -- served and those who remain missing because of

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. mceachen, for five minutes. the need for federal election reform, mr. speaker, in the 2016 and 2018 election cycles, we witnessed overt discrimination, disinformation, and intimidationantics aimed at disenfranchising our most vulnerable friends and neighbors. individuals and organizations intentionally aimed to spread the material regarding the time and place of elections, endorsements, and voter eligibility. moreover, the they tried to intimidate people at the polls n my hometown, the commonwealth of virginia, there were reports of a man holding a a trump sign on with a parking german shepherd in the group of his truck. that man broke no laws such efforts can kint fear with one of our basics rights as americans, the right to vote. as such i'm pleased h.r. 1 includes language from a bill introduced in the last congress with then ranking member nadler the deceptive practices and voter intimidation prevention act. this language will prohibit the dissemination of false information regard

the vice president: the gentleman from virginia. mr. riggleman: i ask unanimous consent to take from the peek ear -- speaker's table h.r. 3401 with the senate amendment thereto and concur in the senate amendment. this bipartisan bill passed with 4 votes and could be sent to the president's desk for his signature today. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has previously advised a unanimous consent request cannot be entertained . the wrelt from oklahoma. mr. cole: i yield to my good mr. rose.m tennessee, the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table h.r. 3401 with the senate amendment thereto and concur in the senate amendment. this bipartisan bill passed the senate with 84 votes and could be sent to the president's desk for his signature today. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has previously advised that a unanimous consent request cannot be entertained . the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i yield to my good friend from the g

beyer of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 172, the gentleman from virginia, mr. beyer and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. beyer: i yield myself such time as i may consume. and i'm pleased to offer this amendment with mr. butterfield. madam speaker, i'm the father of four and for the last 40 years years i have tried to take one of my children into the voting booth until they got too old to come in because i wanted them to see by example how important it was to vote. i tried to show them that this is a really big deal. our dinner conversations have always been about the world, the country and about politics and about government. because nothing is more important than our representative government than this idea of self-determination that every one of us has the obligation to be part of our political process. but sadly as we all know, way too many young people do not participate in our process. e get to 10%, 11%, under the age of 29 we are thrilled they show up. their voice is lost far too often

virginia foxx talk about that. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is promised to each us in our constitution, in our declaration of independence, not given to us by the constitution or by the declaration, but given to us by almighty god. so long as those babies have a chance to live, they can experience those rights, the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness. everyone hearing my voice has that right and was given that right. shouldn't they be given those same rights? without the right to life, we are a nation without the pursuit of happiness, without liberty. the supreme court erred mightily in this decision on january 22, 1973. we should be a nation of laws, a nation of life, and yet we seem to struggle with that proposition. lord, help us. i appreciate you, mr. chairman, for your indulgence in this and i yield back. mr. smith: i want to thank you for those comments. i want to yield to mr. jack bergman, my friend and colleague. mr. bergman: mr. chairman, truly, thank y

on friday, another 12 people lost their lives this time in virginia beach. 12 more families were ripped apart, another community forever changed. i know firsthand the devastation a gun can cause. the accidental shooting that ft me a quad drapliegeic and this is unimaginable. i see too many times to address the gun violence. we owe it to the family members and family and thousands more who will die this year. we know the policies that work. now who has the courage to enact it. i yield back sm the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> it is with great respect that i rise today to recognize the .r. o tmp c cadets from pine grove high school in pennsylvania and their commanding officer, lieutenant colonel. these cadets are traveling overseas to france to mark the 75th anniversary of d-day and honor the beginning of the march to victory. in addition to participating in the d-day parade, they are

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia, mr. cline, yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker, i thank the gentleman from virginia for his kind remarks in support and as well, i thank dr. burgess as well for his involvement and commitment to this legislation. i'd also like to thank the chairman and ranking member of the full committee, judiciary committee, for helping us move this bill very quickly and i thank the staffs of both the majority and minority who worked so very hard on moving this bill forward and i acknowledge in particular the staff on the subcommittee on crime for their particular help in leadership on this. i am glad we're talking about ealthy sport and the recognition and acceptance of those who work so long and so hard, many from their early years to be olympians, to play baseball, basketball, football,

connolly of virginia. let me also thank our ranking member, mr. mccaul of texas, for working with us on this bipartisan legislation. madam speaker, vladimir putin has left no doubt about his intentions to expand russian influence, undermine democracy, and splinter the alliances and agreements that have long kept russia in check. we've seen this through russia's direct attacks on democratic institutions, including our own. remember the presidential election of 2016. through a pernicious and widespread misinformation campaign designed to distort reality and in no clearer way through its illegal occupation of parts of ukraine and parts of georgia. it's shocking in the 21st century to see a country trample on a neighbor's sovereignty and seize territory by force. it goes against everything we've worked for since world war ii for a europe that's whole and at peace. it's been five years since russian forces moved into crimea and staged a sham election in an attempt to give their occupation a gloss of legitimacy. but there's nothing legitimate about it.

the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. cline: thank you, madam speaker. it's my pleasure to yield four minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. diaz-balart. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: thank you very much. let me first commend my colleague from central florida, mr. soto, for his leadership

i want to thank the gentleman from virginia for that very powerful statement. and also for the very hard and diligent work that you have been engaged in around the commission. and what you're doing each and every day to educate not only your district, but the entire country with regard to not only the past, but also where we must go from here. so thank you again. i'd like to now yield to congresswoman alma adams from the great state of north carolina, congresswoman adams serves on financial services committee and the education committee, but also i always have to say that i know her as an artist, as a professor, but also as a great public servant. so thank you again for being with us tonight. ms. adams: thank you very much, madam speaker. it is my privilege to be here tonight and i want to thank the gentlelady from california for not only her wisdom and guidance and for leading this session tonight, but for all of the distinguished work that she has done for so many years. i also congratulate the chair of the c.b.c., karen bass, for the leadership that she's pr

gosar: i now yield to my friend from virginia, mr. griffin. he represents the heart of virginia's coal country. i yield the floor. grinchgrinch i would like to -- mr. grijalva: what is interesting about this, i district and if we strike this down, are the independentians going to stop using coal, of course not? are the chinese going to stop using coal zph no. industries that are dependent upon our natural resources, coal, oil, natural gas, they will move to those countries and not have any effect on the environment. it was clearly thrown together quickly to get some press and unform 100 members of the body decided to sign onto it. we have heard all the things that could take a what occurred-down version. if we pass it and do what it says and read the words, it says, remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. t doesn't say reduce or remove harsardous greenhouse gases. ask my friend who holds a agree in the science and we have discussions on the floor, what appens if we eliminate water vapor, remove them from the atmosphere, what happens? mr.

from way down in virginia. and i feel like i'm walk, i'm continuing in his footsteps, as i strive to help my city become the 51st state. or to it no longer be a city where there is taxation without representation. imagine the outrage -- this is not a congress which likes taxes, particularly my republican friends. well, a lot of us have owned up to the fact that we became a great country because all of us pitched in, including paying federal taxes. but imagine paying federal taxes and you didn't have anything to say about the amount of those taxes. or anything else about those taxes. imagine being number one per capita in federal taxes to support your country. nd yet having no final vote on this house floor when those taxes are raised, when, for been a been a massive tax cut that went to the great benefit as it turned out of corporations and the very well off. for the district of columbia, i could speak on that bill but i could not vote on that bill even though i represent those who in pay the greatest amount ta

gri hall virginia i also rise in very strong support of h.r. 2030, the colorado river drought contingency plan and implementation act and i thank mr. grijalva for his leadership on this issue that is so vital to the seven colorado river basin states including arizona, california, colorado, nevada, new mexico, utah and wyoming. mrs. napolitano: the colorado river drought contingency plan, known as d.c.p. is a great achievement of collaboration, compromise and foresight, agreed to by the seven basin states after two years negotiations. as stated by my colleague on the other side is quite an important matter to the states. it reflects a realistic operation by water managers in the colorado river system of increasing water scarcity with the watershed in its 19th year of drought. that's a long time and i think this will help prevent it. collectively the basin states develop a practical, workable approach that provides for enhanced conservation and new tools to address shortages on the river system. this will allow california and other water users to store water in lake immediate for the goofed

once isis controlled the area roughly the size of virginia. and they imposed their twisted ideology on millions. they beheaded people, burned people alive, and traded women as sex slaves. we should never forget their brutality. and thanks to american leadership and our collected effort, we have stopped this brutality and millions of people have been liberated. but our work is not done. that is why nato is stepping up our training of iraqi forces so they can better defend their country and make sure isis can never return. this is also why nato supports our partners in the middle east and north africa. helping them to build up their intelligence services, border security, cybersecurity, and special operation forces. training local forces and building local capacity are among the best weapons we have in the fight against terrorism. prevention is better than ntervention. madam speaker, mr. vice president, some of you here today will -- have been affected by terrorism. you may have lost friends and loved ones. you know the reality of terrorism. i k

we've had the gentlelady, i see here, from virginia in the chamber. she talked about national security being placed at risk. the fact that we've done this to ourselves is really difficult, and i would just say to the president, madam speaker, that it's time to reopen this government. we've offered 11 versions of how to reopen the government, but i want to talk about some stories because the psychological effect that the gentlelady from maine talked about really has an impact on these employees. and i want to talk about a the man who works for national park service. he's in the natural resource technical division so what he does is he goes to the national parks and deals with faults and different kinds of geological problems that may exist, and they work throughout the year but particularly at the time when it is -- the parks are not very crowded. and this is something that is very important. he's worked for the park service for 19 years, and then all of a sudden he believes that nobody saw this coming and he's furloughed with young children and he des

beyer virginia. mr. heck of washington. mr. trone of maryland. mrs. beatty of ohio. and ms. frankel of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 26 united states code 2302 and the order of the house of january -- 23302 and the order o of the house of january 3, 2019, of the following members on the part of the house to the united states holocaust memorial council. e clerk: mr. deutch of florida. mr. schneider of illinois. mr. lewis of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair tea clares the house in recess -- declares the house in recess subject to >> live coverage of the u.s. senate over on c-span 2. we'll take you next to hear from jourmists talking with "newsmakers" about issues they .re taking about in and we begin with steve scalise on his new book on the day he s nearly killed during baseball practice. >> good morning,

the gentlewoman from virginia -- i'm sorry, north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 135, the federal employee anti-discrimination act. h.r. 135 amends the notification and federal employee anti-discrimination and retaliation act of 2002, commonly referred to as the no fear act, to better identify and correct instances of discrimination throughout the federal government. specifically, h.r. 135 requires federal agencies to establish a system to track equal employment opportunity complaints from beginning to end. this system must also track any disciplinary action that resulted in from a finding of a discriminatory act. if a disciplinary action is taken by an agency against an employee, boston the disciplinary action and the reason for the action must be included in the employee's personnel record. h.r. 135 implements notification and reporting requirements for instances of

virginia does. mr. speaker, if we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to consider house resolution 750, which expresses the sense of the house that it is the duty of the federal government to protect and promote individual choice and health ensures for the american people -- health insurance for the american people and prevent any medicare for all proposal that would outlaw private health insurance plans such as employer-based coverage and medicare advantage plans. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lesko: mr. speaker, i hear from my constituents regularly, and i have a lot of senior citizens, that they are afraid of a medicare for all approach. they understand that a one-size-fits-all government-run health care system will not work. that is because whether it is called the single payer s

i'll go to virginia and look at what's happening in virginia. virginia was named one of the top places to do business in 2019. it's because the state legislature has enabled businesses to prosper. they created the right mix of leveling the playing field through regulation for businesses. s no being -- not being overregular willer to but being sure to create fair and level playing field. that's role of government. that will not happen under a system of socialism where a government is in complete control. that's counter to what has made our nation great. we know that the proposals being made by the other side, that espouses these elements and underminnings doff -- underpinnings of socialism include things like medicare for all, a taxpayer-funded government-run health care system that would cost tens of trillions of dollars and force 15 million americans off their private or employer-based health care plans. as i as i talk to folks they say, hey, give me that choice. they want that liberty and freedom which comes to them under the constitution. the

abring tourism in virginia. he leaves an enormous industry in his community. he's survived by his loving wife, his six months and daughters-in-law, as well as his eight grandchildren. one of his favorite phrases was this, a rising tide lifts all boats. david lived by that. lifting up those around him in success. we will miss him dearly. i yield my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. . . for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker, i se today to honor my nephew, ian jake could be trone. this saturday he would have been 28 years old. born on december 31, but on december 31, 2016, ian died alone in a hotel room with a fentanyl overdose. he was a nice young man. he like many of us was destined to grow up, find a partner and start a family.

offered by the guest chaplain reverend meg peery mclaughlin from burke presbyterian church, burke, virginia. the chaplain: let us pray. o god our health and ages past, our hope for years to come and you we live and move and have our being. amid these public servants gathered to govern, we invoke your presence, o god, greater than we can ever grasp and as near as the intake of our own breath. expose our stubborn bias that deprives our life. reconstruct relationships to enliven joy in the work ahead. ignite our integrity and right size us in our britches. refuse our apathy with an outpouring of your hope. untangle our pride and pain, allowing room for your truth to reep in and guide our way. we make this prayer resting in the promise that we belong to .ou and thus to one another amen the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. williams. mr. williams: i pledge allegiance

leading an investigation into the assassination of saudi citizen virginia, "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. the report came out today. it's damning but not surprising but it mirrors the c.i.a.'s conclusions. i quote, it is the conclusion of the special repertoire that mr. khashoggi has been the victim of a deliberate, premeditated execution and extra judicial killing for which the state of saudi arabia is responsible under international human rights law. i'd like to introduce the u.n. report in the record if i may. >> you may. senator kaine: it finds six violations of international law. the prohibition against arbitrary deprivation of life -- >> all of this confirmation hearing will air later in our program schedule on the c-span networks. here on c-span, we're breaking away and going back live to the capitol hill to the u.s. house. they'll come back in and consider spending legislation for fiscal year 2020. they'll take a final passage vote on a bill started last year -- last week, i should say, on what almost $1 trillion in spending and they'll begin consideration of anot

mckinley of west virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mckinley, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia. mr. mckinley: thank you. madam chair, i rise in support of this bipartisan amendment to h.r. 2740. last fall, president trump signed into law comprehensive opioid package. included in that package was a power act which provides competitive grants to hospitals in high overdose or rural areas. sadly, congress has not yet funded that program. the grants included in the power act -- the grants in the power act will help provide emergency rooms the resources they need to offer overdose patients, not only for short-term care, but long-term treatment that is proven to help prevent repeat overdoses. this bipartisan amendment intro deuced by my colleague mr. doyle, of pennsylvania, would fund the grant program with the $10 million congress has already previously authorized. madam chair, if you -

griffith of virginia for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time, i would yield such time as he may consume to my riend from iowa, mr. king. mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker and i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding to me here this afternoon and i come to the floor of the united states house of representatives for the specific purpose today and that's to address an issue that has become a controversy. i regret that. i made a freshman mistake a week ago today when i took a call from a reporter from the "new york times" and that was a 56-minute interview without a tape and resulted in a long article in that article were snippets of the 56-minute interview. part of it was about the history of immigration policy in this country for over the last 18 or so years which i have been a significant part especially in iowa as we have a voice

what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia seek recognition? >> pursuant to clause 1 rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. >> i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make appoint of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question is postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from south carolina, mr.wilson. mr. wilson: everyone in the gallery including our guests, please join in. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mooney, is recognized for one minute. mr. mooney: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to welcome

waters: i yield the gentlewoman from virginia three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is -- is recognized for three minutes. ms. wexton: i thank the madam chairwoman for the yielding of the time. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 1414, the fincen improvement act. bipartisan legislation i introduced with my financial services colleague and fellow virginian, congressman riggleman. this is a practical bill that will help modernize the duties of the financial crime enforcement network, otherwise known as fincen. the mission of fincen is to safeguard the financial system from crimes or illicit use, such as terrorist financing. combat money laund -- financing, combat money laundering and promote national security through the dissemination of financial information and intelligence. h.r. 1414 would do three things to further their important mission. first, is in the area of investigation into terror financing. fincen is currently authorized to combat international terrorism but fails to mention domestic terror activities. with inte

from virginia's crop and live -- for virginia's crop and livestock producers this means expanding relationships with critical buyers in canada and mexico. and for central virginia's workers, today's vote carries with it a commitment from our trading partners to live up to their labor commitments. i know that central virginia's economy and the hardworking men and women who spur it forward have waited patiently for this day to arrive. i thank everyone for their work on this. mr. chairman, mr. ranking member, ambassador lighthizer and my colleagues on the working group. i urge my colleagues to support usmca and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: madam speaker, i'm proud to yield a minute and a half to the gentlelady from missouri, mrs. hartzler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized. mrs. hartzler: thank you, madam speaker. this week represented the best of times and the wort of -- worst of times. yesterday displayed the worst of times by impeaching the president for

facility in virginia that houses unaccompanied minors. i saw that both facilities were clean and the occupants were treated well. i even eight -- ate with detainees, and the food was good. prioritizing where d.h.s. should allocate its limited resources, my firsthand experience leads me to believe that hurricane response and thwarting terrorists are greater concern than prioritizing illegal immigrants. finally, the resolution, h.res. 576, is an inappropriate rush to judgment without gathering all the facts. first of all, the president released the call transcript with the president of ukraine text today. i read it. to me it's a big nothing burger. in fact, it demonstrates -- i'm glad the president released it because it demonstrates how the media and some of my democratic colleagues were totally false in their allegations. one of the accusations was that eight times the president talked about this biden with the ukrainian president. totally untrue. second, the department of national intelligence isn't testifying before the house intelligen

thornberry: i yield two minutes to the distinguished the gentleman from virginia, mr. whitman. mr. wittman: this is not a good conference report. this is a great bipartisan conference report. we made significant strides in a wide range of areas that improve our national security posture from installing a respect tabble includingine and even related efforts on the widow' tax and housing reform, this has become an impressive bill. i was concerned about our ability to complete the work in this conference report. when we initially debated this i voted in opposition because of various riders included. n conference we debated vigorously and we moved bipartisan support for our service members and their families. chairman smith and ranking member thornberry should be proud of this effort and our sea power projection exathes are more lethal. sea power projections subcommittee we authorized he three destroyers, two oilers and one frigate. we accelerate unmanned vessels. we continue to fully support the rapid development of the raider bomber and the columbia class submarine programs both esse

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. without objection. >> mr. speaker, when the american peole sent us to congress, they sent us here with policies they wished us to act upon. a wish list, if you will. and n in the holiday season, let's reflect on what we've delivered for the american people from that wish list. federal workers will receive a 3.1% pay increase and for the fit time ever, 12 weeks of paid parental leave. two important priorities that i've fought for since i was sworn into office. just last week we passed sweeping legislation that would help lower the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. without objection, so ordered -- ms. wexton: we've also ved for universal background checks, equal pay for equal work, a living wage for hardworking americans, equal protections for lgbtq americans, action on climate change, protections for dreamers and t.p.s. recipients, re-authorizing the violence against women act, and hundreds of other bipartisan bills. but, mr. speaker

connolly of virginia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-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 chair: on this vote the yeas are 246. he nays -- the chair: on this vote the yeas are 247. the nays are 182. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 14 printed in part b of house report 116-143 by the gentlelady from florida, ms. shalala, which further proceedings were postpone the and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 14, printed in part b o

my colleague from virginia, on the other side of the aisle, just gave my speech. the usmca is a very important document, a very important measure that we need to pass without delay. our trade with mexico and canada, our two most important trade partners in the world, needs ton secured so that we can start doing more business with them. it'll be very great for much in agriculture, dairy, forestry, autoparts, california wine, to have the stability of this. and it will show the rest of the world we're ready to do business and negotiate better deals with japan, china and others. let's get this done. let's not have the usmca vote held up any longer or have it become leverage for other things. i ask speaker pelosi, please bring this to the floor, because i think we can get many votes on both sides of the aisle and pass this right away. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous condition sent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my prarks -- my remarks. the speaker pro temp

walden: i recognize the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mckinley, an important member of the committee, for one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mckinley: look, let's be frank. senator leadership has already said they're never going to vote on h.r. 3. we learned today president trump made it clear he would veto it. what are we doing here? if lowering the cost of prescription drugs were really a priority for democrats, they would vote to adopt h.r. 19, the bipartisan alternative. instead, of -- instead of this politically charged bill. h.r. 19 has 35 bipartisan provisions that passed out of committee. includes 90% of the bill in the senate. h.r. 19 will not only lower drug prices but protect innovation and research into new medicines and cures for diseases like alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis, a.l.s., diabetes, parkinson's. the congressional budget office and council of economic advisors both concluded that h.r. 3 would prevent hundreds of new cures from entering the market. therefore i got to ask, the su

the gentleman from virginia. >> i demand a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested. those favoring a recorded vote will now rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the chair will reduce to five minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. vote.s a five-minute [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 are 202 and the nays are 221. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. >> i ask for the yeas and nays. i ask for a recorded vote, please. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote

for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in recognition of domestic violence awareness month and to acknowledge the strength of survivors and to call for an end to the abuse experienced by more than two million americans each year. throughout my career, i fought to end the cycle of domestic violence and my contributions in the house of delegates in virginia have helped make the state have. so toughest criminal pentz for domestic abusers. mr. cline: during that time i had legislation requiring domestic abusers to undergo counseling and a court mandated treatment program. i also worked across the aisle to make strangulation a felony in virginia in the criminal code. and make sure that abusers charged with such a crime would be denied the presumption -- have the presumption against bail. congress must strive to protect victi

and try and lump it west virginia else. and give moral equivalency -- it with everything else. and give it moral equivalency. but here we are again. here we are again. mr. speaker, i hope we're not here in another four weeks, because the first eight weeks we've been here twice. please let us get back to being the people that this country needs us to be. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: listening to the gentleman from georgia, i think i heard him say he and his colleagues are going to vote for this resolution and i'm glad to hear that, especially since i noted that after the march in charlottesville and the murder in charlottesville when a similar resolution was brought up, the republicans were then in control of the house refused to bring it to the floor. i'm glad they're willing to vote for this resolution today. i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from irginia. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm a jewish american woman who served for 20 years in uniform and continues to serve in the united

the team collects data on and reviews the death of all virginia residents who were pregnant within a year of their death, regardless of the cause of death, or the outcome of the pregnancy. we refer to these deaths as pregnancy-associated deaths. we use decisionmaking to determine the community, patient, facility, and provider factors that were contributed to the mortality in each case. the team also assists in determining whether or not the death was related specifically to the pregnancy and whether or not it was preventable. for death that we determined to be prevented, we suggest ways it could have been made and ended up in a better outcome instead of a death.

i came in with virginia together in 1998, i served on the armed ervices committee with walter. i was introduced to him by a man from mississippi named gene taylor. who said, there's more integrity in this man than any member of the united states congress. how right he was. walter would frequently come over to the corner as we referred to it. and confer with jack murtha. my mentor and arguably one of the most knowledgeable people in this chamber and in this body on matters of defense, on matters of military as he had served, as a colonel with distinction in vietnam. and walter would often probe mr. in iraq and the war he was by that vote. jack would counsel him and walter would walk away, jack murtha would add to the chorus of people who would say, what honor. what integrity. what thoughtfulness. at a genuine human being walter jones is who cares so deeply about the people he epresents and the feeling that he had not done the right thing. ith his vote for iraq. there are a number of reasons why jack murtha came out to ultimately oppose the war in iraq. but i'll always believe th

warner from virginia. madam e gentleman, speaker, my friend, the whip is frustrated, i suggest he call up his friends in the united states senate and say look, you ought to do this, you ought to to that, you ought to do the other. i think it's the right -- if they think it's the right thing to do, maybe they'll do it. but we intend to do our responsibility here. again, as i would hope that we could join together, we could join together in a defense of the congress' responsibility and not have any administration, republican, democrat, obama, trump, any president say no, i'm not going to give you any information. some other body is disposed of that question. well, some other body is not us. an we need to move ahead. on doing our responsibility. an hopefully again, i would hope you would cooperate. but we're going to continue to do the business of the people of this country as well. we have differences, i think this is a pretty historic week. we passed a disaster bill. we extended flood insurance. we ex-tande

wexton of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 713, the gentlewoman from virginia, ms. wexton, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from virginia. ms. wexton: thank you, madam chair. thank you also to mr. courtney for introducing this important bipartisan legislation. my amendment to h.r. 1309 is a clarifying amendment to ensure that nothing in this act shall be construed to limit or diminish any existing protections and relevant federal, state, or local law related to domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, or sexual assault. according toal 2016 osha report, approximately 75% of the nearly 25,000 workplace assaults reported each year occur in health care and social service settings. and workers in health care settings are four times more likely to be assaulted at work than workers in other sectors. these cases have led to psychological trauma, not only for the victim but also for those who witness the these attacks, as well as serious injury and even death. with workplace violence on the rise, it is vital that

at this time i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from west virginia, the gentlelady. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. miller: i rise to speak out against white supremacy. as a christian, i live my life by the guidance and teaching of jesus christ, and by the many great lessons in the bible. matthew 7:12 tells us, so whatever you wish that others would do to you do also to them. this is the golden rule that we treat every person as we wish to be treated. this is why i stand here today to say that there is no place for white supremacy, anti-semitism, racism, or bigotry of any kind in congress. thank you and i yield back my time to the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: thank you, madam speaker. i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from tennessee, a member of the judiciary committee, mr. cohen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, mr. n

the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. beyer, for five minutes. mr. beyer: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, my northern virginia district includes more federal workers, almost 87,000, than any other. and my people are suffering. this week we entered the second month of a shutdown which president trump began by rejecting a republican bill which passed overwhelmingly in the senate after promising he would in fact shut down the government. the undeniable fact that the president told senate republicans today to vote for the exact same bill they passed, exact same bill he promised to sign, this shutdown would end. he refuses to do so because his demands are unmet. his complaints of a crisis, madam speaker, are correct in one respect. they are a crisis for the people i respect, for people in every district across this country. president said many things since he promised to shut down the government but a few is directed to the federal workforce. i've gotten hundreds of calls, emails and letters and they are opposed to the shutdown. they talk about t

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i would like to raise the alarm and sound the alarm about the shutdown and how it is harming the people of central virginia. across the country, hundreds of thousands of federal employees are working without pay or furloughed, including critical law enforcement personnel. the best way to illustrate the destructive effects of this shutdown is to share a story from one of my constituents in virginia's seventh district. ms. spanberger: she said to us, my husband is a federal employee and the sole provider for our family. and right now we don't know when he'll get paid. because i got sick last year, we now have less money in the bank and we're not sure how we can hold on. while he could make more money in the private sector, my husband believes that working in a federal job is his way of m

the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from california virginia tech. mr. calvert: i have served on the appropriations committee for a long time and i'm proud of the work that we have been able to accomplish in a bipartisan and bicameral manner which is the history of the appropriations committee. unfortunately, the senate bill before us today forces us to choose between abdicating our constitutional obligations and underfunding important programs in a way that's unacceptable to me and my constituents. i'm afraid this is a a bad precedent and i hope this does not happen in the future that we just accept whatever the senate determines is the proper path forward. i'm just hardened by the democrats' closed process. it throws our bipartisan house priorities and will neither secure our borders nor reopen the government. rather than passing bills to score political points, i urge my friends on the other side of the aisle to work with us to find a solution that reflects the will of the house, will pass in the senate, and will be signed by the president. and with t

for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, inadvertently, representative brian fitzpatrick's name was added as a co-sponsor of h.r. 205 and i ask unanimous consent that his name be removed from that. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- gentleman seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 962, the born alive abortion survivors protection act, and is ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines consistently issued by successive speakers, as recorded in section 956 of the house rules and manual, the chair is constrained not to entertain the request unless it has been clear by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships. the gentleman has not been recognized for debate. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourn today it adjourn to mee

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentlelady from florida for her distinguished service as a secretary of health and human services and i thank her for yielding. i rise in strong support of this resolution. legal scholars from across the ideological spectrum agree this latest challenge to the affordable care act is legally frivolous. however because of the devastating impact it will have on americans it is critical that we use our authority to intervene on their behalf. if republicans successfully dismant they will affordable care act the consequence will be felt by all americans inclauding the millions of people with employer-sponsored coverage. they will lose protections for patients with pre-existing conditions. they'll lose prohibitions on annual and lifetime coverage limits. they'll lose access to low or no-cost preventive care and they'll lose the popular provision which allows young people to stay on their parent's insurance policies up to the age of 26. these protec

scott of virginia, pelosi. sensenbrenner, mccarthy. serrano, pelosi. sewell of alabama, pelosi. shalala, pelosi. sherman, pelosi. herrill, bustos. shimkus, mccarthy. simpson, mccarthy. sires, pelosi. lotkin, present. smith of missouri, mccarthy. smith of nebraska, mccarthy. smith of new jersey, mccarthy. smith of washington, pelosi. .mucker, mccarthy oto, pelosi. panberger, bustos. spano, mccarthy. pelosi. stanton, pelosi. stauber, mccarthy. tefanik, mccarthy. steil, mccarthy. steube, mccarthy. stevens, pelosi. stewart, mccarthy. stivers, mccarthy. suozzi, pelosi. walwell of california, pelosi. pelosi. aylor, mccarthy. pelosi. of california, thompson of mississippi, pelosi. thompson of pennsylvania, mccarthy. hornberry, mccarthy. timmons, mccarthy. ipton, mccarthy. pelosi. pelosi. tlaib, tonko, pelosi. orres of california, pelosi. torres small of new mexico, pelosi. rahan, pelosi. trone, pelosi. urner, mccarthy. underwood, pelosi. upton, mccarthy. mr. van drew votes no. vargas, pelosi. easey, pelosi. ella -- veterans daya, pelosi. -- vela, pelosi. velazquez, pelosi. visclosky, p