did trump call them and tell them to do this? i mean this is so, so unbelievably wrong. the gentleman from oklahoma has said some members have very strong moral objections to assisting ukraine. ok. i have strong moral objections to the billions and billions of dollars in blank checks given to the pentagon. i have strong moral objections to the fact that we refuse to ban the transfer of cluster munitions to other countries around the world. but guess what? it's our job as members of congress to weigh the pros and cons and vote yes or no. if people do not want to make those tough decisions, don't run for congress. i appreciate the gentleman from oklahoma supports giving ukraine the tools they need to defend themselves but what the gentleman is doing here is making it exponentially more likely this ukraine funding will

not become law. because if this doesn't make a difference, if these bills are moving together and this is all about giving people yet another chance to vote on something they already voted on, what's the point? i mean, the rule provides 30 minutes of debate on this side car ukraine funding bill. 30 minutes, 15 minutes on each side. boy, what a debate that's going to be. i mean, come on. i'll tell you what the point of all this is. let me read you the words of our colleague margry taylor greene when she left the conference meeting this morning, she told a reporter, and i quote, we're not funding ukraine. that's what i heard in there. end quote. let me inform the gentlelady we all had a chance to vote our conscious, up or down. those who voted to strike aid can go home and tell their constituents they voted to strike ukraine aid. it's not that complicated. what concerns many of us is the

signal these extreme maga republicans are sending to putin. putin is an authoritarian thug. what he's doing in ukraine is sick. his troops are shelling nuclear power plants, killing civilians, bombing hospitals, abducting women, massacring people. and my maga colleagues want to send him a message and that message is just hold on a little longer, wait a little longer and you can do whatever you want. this house had a vote. and we are here to overturn it. all because speaker mccarthy is letting extreme maga republicans blackmail him because he cares more about keeping his job than doing his job. and i urge a no vote. with that i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without

objection. mr. cole: thank you. i want to begin by reminding my friend -- again, we agree on this issue and both feel strongly in support of ukraine. i know my friend will vote accordingly, so will i. the reality is this measure actually makes it more likely that ukraine will get support, not less likely. as a part of the defense bill, that bill may or may not pass and my friends are united on that opposition. and that's their right to do so. but they actually do support this particular measure almost unanimously. why not take it out of a bill that may or may not pass the floor and have a separate vote? my friends will actually be able to vote to move forward something they agree with, and quite frankly, something the majority of my conference agrees with. so i don't see how this imperils ukrainian funding but makes it almost certain. moreover, i do believe discussion on this floor has considerable merit on this

issue. the reality is that we haven't had that discussion. and it's time we did. i wish the president who i happen to support in this instance, not every nuance of his policy. i think he was too slow to commit here, too slow to get aid there, has been unclear about what the final objectives of this exercise is, an exercise i remind everyone is extraordinarily expensive and over $100 billion invested and a request for more. you know, i wish the president would do that. the house is going to endeavor to do that to at least some degree through this discussion. but again, i think it's important to note, if you support ukraine, you should support this measure, because my friends, who i know sincerely do support that effort, are going to almost and probably unanimously oppose the defense bill in which it's contained. why in the world would they be upset because we take it out and put it on its own and make it

more likely to pass and frankly do what we're supposed to do around here, actually let every american see how his or her member of congress votes on this issue and how they choose to defend it. i just think it's the appropriate way to go. now, i'll be candid with my friend, as i always try to be, it also helps us pass the defense bill. we have some people, because they feel very strongly about this particular issue, that might not vote for the defense bill that otherwise will. so i'm not going to apologize because we strengthened our ability to actually move an important piece of legislation through. but the one thing we do do, and it's really not disputable, is we increase the chances that ukraine will get at least this $300 million of additional training aid that i think they ought to get. and my friends agree with. so having one more vote on the house floor, particularly at a time when we're having so many

does not seem to me to be a high price to pay. let me, too, mr. speaker, quickly address one other point my friend made. he talked about an imminent shutdown. we are coming close, and my friend is absolutely correct in that. i do remind him the rules committee actually passed a measure a week ago, i believe, roughly a week ago, that actually is an amendment that would continue funding the government while we work out our motions. that amendment can come out of the rules committee and placed on the floor at whatever time the speaker and the leadership of the majority choose to do that. so there are vehicles in place to act. i also remind my friend, of course the united states senate is doing the same thing. so, you know, i'd prefer not to get as close to the deadline but we're here. but it doesn't appear something is not being done and time is wasting. i expect we'll have a vote

relatively soon on continuing to support the government. it may or may not pass. i suspect the united states senate will have a similar vote. i suspect that one probably will pass and move to this chamber. so the idea that nothing is being done while trivialities are being debated i think is out of hand. that's not the truth. those issues are coming to a head right now. but again, once more i'll state the obvious point, if you care for ukraine, you ought to be voting for this measure. i will. i know my friends almost unanimously will and will ensure that important funding moves forward and we have a fuller debate on the house floor about american objectives, goals, the price tag associated with that. i think these are all good things, all things where the house is actually doing the right thing and frankly, where i think the majority is giving the minority an opportunity to move forward something i know they feel passionately about. i share that passion. and many on our side do.

so again, with that, mr. speaker, i would urge support for the rule which makes this possible and the underlying resolution, and with that, i would reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i appreciate the comments from my good friend from oklahoma, who he knows i have great affection for him. but i'm dizzy from all the spin, quite frankly. first let me say about the c.r., what we know may or may not pass in the house based on the fact that the freedom caucus seems to be calling the shots, will never pass the senate. we know whatever will come out of the rules committee the next 24-48 hours, whatever, if anything, will ever be able to get the votes not just among

democrats but republicans in the senate. secondly, we do know the senate is working in a bipartisan way. they already have moved forward with the process to bring up a c.r. and with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. but we know what they pass would pass this house if put on the floor. and the reason why this government will in all likelihood shut down is because the speaker of the house is so beholden to a small group of the most extreme members that he won't put that on the floor. he will rig it so we do not have a chance to be able to vote on it. that's how this government will shut down. secondly, my good friend talks about how it's really no big deal and just another vote and everybody should be happy. let me ask, if this were good for ukraine and ukraine's ability to defend itself against russia's illegal war, then why would members of the pro-putin

caucus even agree to this? if everyone genuinely thought there was no difference between keeping the funding in the defense bill and moving it separately, why insist on all of this? the answer is really simple, republicans who seem to be enamored with putin want this funding sent separately to the senate because they know that's their best shot to prevent this money from going to ukraine at all. in fact, when marjorie taylor greene left the republican conference meeting this morning and i quoted it already but i'll quote it again, she said, we're not funding ukraine, period. that's what i heard in there, end quote. and we all know there are senators like rand paul and tommy tuberville who will block a separate ukraine funding bill from moving forward. they're actively preventing the senate from completing its work as we speak. this is not a flaw in the side car plan, it's a main feature

and a goal. so let's be clear, this funding that we're talking about here is long-standing security assistance. it has been in the defense bill for years, even before putin invaded ukraine. this is not the supplemental funding that president zelensky requested when he met with speaker mccarthy last week. this is not the supplemental funding they requested in the emergency funding request and it's not the supplemental funding the senate is trying to put in their bipartisan c.r. so spare me the argument that somehow this is a good thing and it gives everybody a chance for their voice to be heard on this topic. if everybody wanted their voice to be heard on this topic, you would have speaker after speaker after speaker right now speaking on this bill and speaking about their concerns about our ukraine policy. there's no one over there. i mean, let's all be real here

with what's happening. the house already had its voice heard and it overwhelmingly voted to support funding in the defense bill, a 3/4 majority. you can't get that many people to agree on lunch in this place. and it's a majority of your majority. i mean, the pro-putin extremists didn't like the outcome so they talked the speaker into rigging the vote. that's what this is all about. and mr. speaker, so i am here to offer the house the opportunity to demonstrate for a third time that we stand by ukraine in their time of need. and i urge we defeat the previous question and if we do, i will offer an amendment that would strike the provision of the rule eliminating security assistance funding for ukraine. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment into the record along with any extraneous

material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, to discuss this proposal, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. mccollum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mr. mccollum: mr. speaker, the % trying to bring the defense bill appropriations act to the floor. three times it went to the rule committee. the first two times the rule failed on the floor and it failed in part because of a small minority of republicans do not support any ukrainian assistance, including support for ukraine that has been in the base defense bill for nine years. the republican conference knew for weeks that this was a problem for them, and that's why they've created this pseudomini bus that we're working on the past few days. it's loaded with extreme social policy riders to appease the far right so their party can even

advance a defense bill. earlier this week republicans could have used the rules committee to strip out the ukraine funding from the defense bill. they chose not to do so then. instead, the rules committee made two republican amendments in order to strike any ukrainian funding. then that amendment came to the floor and they asked the house to do its will. the biggs amendment was rejected by this house by a vote of 104-330. the gaetz amendment was also rejected, 93-339. in a closely divided congress, this is about as clearly a bipartisan vote as you can get. in both cases, the republicans and the democrats stood together with ukraine, but the republicans found out that they still had a problem with the extreme right in their party. even after the votes, the vocal republican minority threatened the speaker again to take down the defense bill, all because

the votes didn't go their way, so here we are today. the speaker has sent the defense bill back to the rules committee to override the will of this house. in its most basic democratic process of amending bills. it's ironic the speaker is so focused on passing the defense bill in such an un-democratic way. he has wasted weeks letting the far right abuse the republican majority while at the same time failing to address the impending government shutdown. today these extreme members are abusing the entire house of representatives. the lessons from the last three weeks could not be more clear. when you don't stand up to bullies, they continue to bully you and that's what's happening here. the bullies in the republican conference have won once again at the expense of this institution. and that's why i would ask my colleagues to defend -- to

defeat the previous question. let's stand up to the bullies in this chamber, let's strip this outrageous provision from the rule, and return this house to regular order. where every vote matters, and where the vote -- and when the vote of the majority of the house speaks, it is respected. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman reserve? mr. mcgovern: yes. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. cole: i wanted to address two points. one that my friend from massachusetts made about the potential of a government shutdown. as my friend knows, because we've spent a lot of time together, particularly recently, i'm very much opposed to a government shutdown. and i'm pleased we have a vehicle out of the rules committee to address that. it's not up to me to decide when it comes to the floor. but there is one prepared. and hopefully we'll have an opportunity to vote on it.

i remind my friends that during the debt ceiling crisis, they said, oh, my gosh, we'll never get out of this without defaulting the debt. my gosh, it's the end of the world. what did the house do? it passed its bill and had a negotiating position and sat down with the senate and the administration and negotiated a settlement. some like it, some don't like it. you know, it's like anything around here in divided government, it's a compromise. but the reality is, we moved and acted before the deadline. we have that ability and i suspect we will do that before the deadline. i also remind my friends, and again, they would degree with this, i think, the united states senate is moving, will present a vehicle, we may be in a negotiating position, they, by the way, never passed anything on the debt ceiling on their own. they waited to have a negotiating position from the house and then finally woke up and sat down with us. never moved their own vehicle. this is normal legislative process. that's an important question,

but i agree with my friend about the virtue of a shutdown. i think that's actually the sentiment, the overwhelming majority of the house on both sides of the aisle. so we've got something working on that, the senate has something, we'll see how that plays out over the next few days. in terms of this measure, again, i just -- i'm mystified by my friend's position. they're overwhelmingly in favor of support for ukraine. i share that position. as does the majority of my side of the aisle. right now, $300 million of that support is embedded in the defense bill that they themselves will oppose unanimously. we may or may not get everybody on our side. the reality is it's a very narrow majority, people can have a different opinion, we might or might not be able to pass it. but they support that particular measure almost uniformly. now when we take it out and say, here's something you support,

the majority of us support, why don't we not risk this in a bill that could go your way, why don't we advance this portion of this? that somehow is a problem? i see it as something that ensures this particular issue will almost certainly move through the house. moreover, i think it ensures a more robust discussion and an education on this important measure. the reality is, it's hard for the average american to follow this. we have not had a presidential address laying out the goals, the reason, the strategy for this. i think more discussion about ukraine on the house floor would be helpful, not unhelpful, particularly when i think the majority would very strongly, the chamber, come out in support. so i don't see this in any way as somehow damaging our ability, it sort of clarifies opinions on this issue in a very narrowly -- clarifies where opinions on this

issue in a very narrowly divide house is. i'm not going to apologize if this helps us get another couple of votes on a defense bill, move toward a conference with the senate on the appropriations front, that's all to the good. i don't have any problem with that. so if i can remove somebody's moral objection or concern, give them an opportunity to express their opinion, bu when i agree h it or not -- whether i agree with it or not and recruit additional support, that's good politics and procedure. i want to re-emphasize this. if you care about ukraine, you should like this. you should say, gosh, this at least makes sure that training money is going to get there. gosh, our chances of going there -- i won't have to vote against a bill that contains a measure i support. that measure's going to be taken out. i can support that measure, still oppose the bill if i wanted to. but at least this thing i care about deeply is actually going to be passed.

again, i think that's a prudent way to proceed. i think it's the right thing to do for ukraine. and i look forward at that time and that vote to actually voting with my friends on that measure. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i again, i have nothing but great affection for the gentleman from oklahoma. but, you know, again, we have to deal with the reality that we're now living in. this is a quote from minority leader mcconnell. he just tweeted it out today. mcconnell with the message to the house republicans on how a shutdown would impact the border. and mr. mcconnell says, shutting down the government is a choice and it's a choice that would make the crisis at our southern border even worse. and he says it's a choice because he sees what's happening here. he sees that the republicans in this chamber have made a choice to shut the government down.

and, you know, we didn't hear anything today about the border but yesterday or the day before we did, a lot about the border. and senator mcconnell says that it would make the crisis at our southern border even worse. so he is concerned, he's the republican leader in the senate, he's concerned by the action of the republicans in this house. he sees that a small group of republicans are calling the shots. i mean, they don't even represent the majority of the majority here. it is really quite extraordinary that we're at this moment. and rather than moving in a direction where we can get a bipartisan c.r. passed in both the house and the senate and one that will be signed by the president, my republican friends in the house are going in the wrong direction. we're running out of time. mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from illinois, mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. quigley: mr. speaker, i oppose this rule.

it concerns me that my friend, the chairman of the rules committee, and i believe i say this correctly, described this as part of the normal democratic process. if that's true, then, sir, that's the new normal and it's more evidence of dysfunction and the inability to govern than it is anything else. a few years ago fiona hill said that polarization in this country is now a national security threat. because it shows the rest of the world that we can't function. we can't govern. and no one outside this body is going to see this rule and this tactic as anything other than at least an attempt to defund the efforts to help ukraine. and i get it. the speaker has the sword over his head because of a few in the far right have disproportionate control. we're not talking about the tail wagging the dog, it's the tip of the dog's tail. and the rest of the world is

watching this. understanding the underlying reasons why this so matters. that ukraine's fight is the reason we fought the second world war. ukraine's fight is the reason we formed nato. it's the reason we formed the united nations. we simply can't let a sovereign democratic country get wiped off the face of the earth. and that we grew up hearing and believing never again. yet, as i stood in ukraine and saw the mass grave and heard of the horrors there, it will happen on a more massive scale if we don't act. to quote f.d.r. in his last inaugural, we have learned that we cannot live alone at peace. that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of our nations far away. he was right then, he's right now. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman reserve? mr. mcgovern: yes, i do. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume.

i didn't particularly come down here to discuss the border but i'm delighted to discuss the border. i'm glad my friends are finally interested in the border. we've watched for two years as this administration has turned a green light on the border and has escalated dramatically, the crossings. the border has been the biggest single disaster of the administration that frankly has been a failure in many different areas. but the border, uncontestedly, is, you know, a problem that is created by the administration, owned by the administration and my friends on the democratic side of the aisle that actually have presided over this mess. as a matter of fact, when we bring something onto the floor to keep the government open, i suspect there will be a border measure attached to it. my friends could then eagerly embrace that and actually do something to help on the border, a place where they fought us on h.r. 2, our border security bill. where they've done no oversight or excuse me, have done nothing

but support the administration that has engineered this incredible crisis. i remind my friends, a former democratic secretary of homeland security who i admire a lot, jeh johnson, was once asked what constitutes a border -- a crisis at the border? 1,000 illegal entries a day. what was the number yesterday? 10,000? 11,000? have my friends done anything about it? no. so we'll probably put something on this floor pretty quickly we already have with h.r. 2. you didn't vote for that. we'll now give you an opportunity to keep the government open and vote for border security, so you should be happy about that. so we're going to talk about the border, we'll do it all day long on our side of the aisle. finally, again, with all due respect to my friends, you're not going to support the defense bill. i don't have any problem with that. that's your right. you have some concerns, you have some criticisms. you are going to support -- you do support aid for ukraine. so we take it out, we put it out

there, say, this is something you can support, majority of our members support it too. but we have some that certainly do not. and are vocal in opposition. why don't we make sure this gets through? i mean, i'm just mystified that this is somehow a problem. we guarantee you something you want is going to pass the house and you're upset about it. you know, again, you can express your displeasure in whatever way you want. i suspect when the deal is here, the measure is on the floor, you'll actually vote for it. i'll be happy and proud to vote with my friends on that because on this issue i share their point of view. as somebody that supports ukraine, i think it's a good thing to make sure this portion is going to pass for sure, this portion is going to be visible to the world, there's strong bipartisan support. and we can move on. finally, again, i just go back to the shutdown discussion, if we're going to have that. i suspect we will in the next

day or two. they're having it in the united states senate. let's see how that plays out. but i do remember my friends telling me the sky was falling on the debt ceiling, didn't exactly happen that way. once the house actually passing is, it triggered a serious -- passed something, it triggered a serious discussion, it got to the senate which did flog to act and sit down -- which did nothing to act and sit down, we bargained the position and got it through. not everybody on my side of the aisle agreed with it. not everybody on my friend's side agreed with it, but it got done. i see the same prosexer i hope, working -- process, i hope, working out now. on this one at least, why don't we make sure we take care of this particular piece of ukraine funding? i'm sure we'll have a discussion about a larger supplemental and i look forward to that particular debate and discussion. but again, please don't be upset because we're giving you what you want in this area and ensuring that it actually passes and are trying to work with you on it. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: yeah, mr. speaker. yeah, a lot of democrats were sounding the alarm bells over the debt ceiling issue because our credit was actually downgraded. and that's not a good thing. and then after we got a deal, which, thank god we got a deal, the extreme maga republicans blackmailed the speaker of the house into not respecting that deal. and so we have a problem right now. i should also point out that, you know, we had a long discussion on the border, and again i'm still puzzled why you're bringing a homeland security appropriations bill to the floor that actually cuts funding for border security. i don't quite get that. and you added a provision that says that even if you pass an appropriations bill on homeland security, it is kept at the desk, it can't go to the senate

for a vote unless this crazy bill, h.r. 2, is passed by the senate and signed into law by the president, without even changing a comma. i mean, it is absurd that that is -- i don't know what brilliant legislative mind thought that up. but the bottom line is, this is not serious. and let me again read a quote from senator mcconnell. he said, a vote against a standard short-term funding measure is a vote against paying over $1 billion in salary for c.b.p. and i. krmpt e. agents -- i.c.e. agents. so i don't know how my republican friends are going to defend the border, maybe with volunteers. but come on. i mean, at some point we have to get serious.. and you can't make this stuff up, republicans are holding their first impeachment hearing today with just hours to go until a shutdown. what is wrong with them?

and breaking news, it was a failure. the hearing was a total failure. republican staffers are telling reporters it was, and i quote, an unmitigated disaster. another g.o.p. disaster said comer has lost control, end quote. another g.o.p. said comer's botch is bad. end quote. it was to be their big bombshell and was a total dud. not a single witness could come up with a shred of evidence against the president. let's see what they said. here's their lead witness, jonathan turley who they roll out every chance they can who is on fox news constantly. he said, i do not believe the current evidence would support articles of impeachment, end quote. that's their star witness. their other lead witness said, i'm not here today to even suggest there was corruption, fraud or any wrongdoing, end quote. the other members are saying

this impeachment inquiry is a sham is getting longer by the hour, and the clock keeps ticking towards a shutdown. of a bipartisan c.r. that can pass, here we are wasting time. mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to insert in the record an article from "the daily beast" entitled, star g.o.p. witness immediately pours cold water on biden impeachment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: again, the gentleman mentioned what's wrong with sending a separate bill to the senate? i thought i explained it. let me explain it in two words, paul and tuberville. these senators are unhinged. tuberville is holding up military promotions, and paul delays everything. and we see that he's trying to delay senate consideration on the c.r. but i mean, sending this over and expecting quick action, i

mean, we all know what's going to happen and we all know that the people like marjorie taylor greene who insisted on this did so because they think they have a better chance of derailing everything. i find it interesting, mr. speaker, that nobody put their name on this amendment. i don't know whose idea this was. i don't know who is the author of this particular provision to strip out ukraine money. but anyway, that's a mystery we'll have to try and solve. at this point i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from washington, the distinguished ranking member of the armed services committee, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain of personal attacks on members of this body or the u.s. senate. the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you very much, mr. speaker. if you support ukraine, you cannot support this rule. my overarching concern here is for ukraine. let's start with the fact that there's a ukrainian supplemental that's needed to continue our support that the house

republicans are refusing to bring to the floor in any form and have given no indication whatsoever they're going to bring that bill to the floor, which is frustrating because we had a number of votes on support for ukraine. it is very apparent that over 300 members of this body support that, the overwhelming majority of republicans, and yet as of october 1, our ability to continue to support ukraine also dice. so for all those members on the other side of the aisle who support ukraine, why are you letting that support die? why aren't you insisting on moving forward with some kind of vote on the supplemental to help them? then let's focus on this particular rule. what this rule does is it takes out the funding for ukraine. if you support ukraine, you can't vote for this rule because it undoes the vote we did yesterday. it very publicly, for putin and all the world to see, shows the u.s. house voting to cut the funding for ukraine.

that's what it does. and the only reason it's here is because the people who don't support ukraine want it to be here. now, tip of the hat to marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz and all the other folks who don't support ukraine and seem sympathetic to putin for reasons i don't want to think about, they're forcing this vote to advance their interests. that's fine. but for all the people who claimed to support ukraine on the other side of the aisle, how can you vote to take out the money you voted in favor of yesterday? i will share the chairman's mystification of what's going on here. i know there's a separate bill, a separate bill that will then fund ukraine, except that that separate bill is dead on arrival in the senate. it's not going anywhere. and also, the vote on the rule, the rule strips out the money from ukraine. that's what it does.

it undoes the vote from yesterday. believe me, the russians are good at propaganda. i've seen this propaganda and i guarantee you that what they will use and what a lot of our allies will wonder about, why did the united states house vote to strip the money away from ukraine that it had voted for the day before? it will be played as america backing off of its commitment of ukraine. so if you support ukraine, you have to vote no. the people who don't support ukraine are the ones who brought this motion. it's a free world and if you don't want to support ukraine, good for you for advancing this. but the people who support ukraine and standing up and voting for this, it's unbelievable we would undermine the support for ukraine given how important that fight is. we should support ukraine. please vote against this rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired.

the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thanks very much, mr. speaker. again, we talked a bit about the border which we're always delighted to talk about and happy to see our friends interested in it because they've been so uninterested. and i appreciate what leader mcconnell in the senate had to say about it. frankly, it would help anything he sends over here in terms of keeping the government open to actually put some border security measures in that particular piece of legislation. i understand there's some consideration about that in the senate. i would encourage the senate to do that. i think that would be a good thing. but again, the reality is my friends haven't cared about the border and we're probably going to give them a couple opportunities here in the coming days to show us that they do because the policies they've pursued and supported in this administration has advanced have been a disaster. you know it, i know it, we know it. there are 70,000 dead americans thanks to the fentanyl flow. there are tens of thousands of children that have been

illegally trafficked across the border. many border agents will tell you that we don't have operational control on the border. you don't want to do anything about that. but if you want to put it in a measure to keep the government open, then maybe you'll vote for that. we're going to hopefully give you that opportunity and again, we would encourage our friends in the senate, a democratically controlled senate to be fair, they've not done anything about the border. they've not taken up any legislation. maybe they'll finally do something. that's part of the frustration over here. to my friend from washington who frankly i have great admiration and respect and think he's one of the best legislators in this chamber, but i just disagree. the reality is none of you guys will vote for the defense bill that this money is in. what kind of message will that send overseas? if you bring down the bill with ukrainian support and you're going to vote against it unanimously, that's a great message? we're for ukraine but not for the vehicle which has ukrainian support and the defense of the united states?

that's your choice. you disagree with the bill. i get it. that's fair. but -- so you're concerned because we actually put it in a format you can vote for it and that it will pass with an overwhelming majority? that mystifies me. that just is bizarre to me. if you're worried about russian propaganda, the reality is when and if, and i hope you do not, but if you manage to bring down the defense bill with ukraine man money in it, you think russian propaganda will say gosh, that's ok, we won't say anything about that, of course they will. and your members will have voted to do it. we're offering you an opportunity here to actually make sure the money moves through the legislative process. so i think it's incredibly fair to do. mr. speaker, i'm happy to have had a robust debate on the border, on keeping the government open. the reality is here, we ought to do this for ukraine. we ought to make sure the money is going to be set aside, move

forward with the bipartisan majority. i look forward to voting for that. i suspect my friends will certainly oppose the rule. but you know, when that legislation comes down here, i bet you they all vote for it and i hope they do and would encourage them to do that. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering -- the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. i mean massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: is the gentleman prepared to close? mr. cole: i'm prepared to close whenever my friend is. mr. mcgovern: how much time do i have remaining, mr. speaker? the speaker pro tempore: 5 1/2 minutes, sir. mr. mcgovern: thank you. i yield myself the remaining time, mr. speaker. first of all, let me thank the gentleman from oklahoma. i think he did the best job he could defending this. he is very skillful in utilizing the english language and always appreciate listening to him on these matters. but we all know what this is really about.

we all had a chance to vote our conscience, up or down. those who voted to strike ukraine aid can go home and tell their constituents they voted to strike ukraine's aid. it's not that complicated. the fact of the matter is republicans haven't done a single productive thing this week. they passed only one appropriations bill all year. and they are sitting here wasting time while the clock runs out. and it's not just me saying that. listen to our republican colleagues. listen to mike lawler, and he says, quote, this is not conservative or republicanism, this is stupidity, the idea we're going to shut the government down when we don't control the senate, we don't control the white house. if the clown show of colleagues that refuse to actually govern does not want to pass a c.r., i'll do everything we need to do to make sure a c.r. passes, end quote. congressman mark molinaro, he says the goal here is to avert a shutdown. guess what? this procedural vote is his

chance to stand up and show the extremists. instead of wasting our time and the clown show, vote against this rule. congressman anthony esposito says he's ready to explore each and every option possible to ensure we don't shut the government down. if he's watching, vote against this rule. congressman dusty john says the government should not shut down, that would be an exceptionally stupid thing to do. i agree. so he should vote down this rule so we can get to work on preventing a shutdown. i'm going to say directly to all my colleagues, this vote is their chance to end the clown show. the only thing that matters around here is your votes. everything else is b.s. maybe they should focus less on getting quotes and more on how they vote. vote against this clown show. vote against this rule. by the way, it works. it works for the freedom caucus and for the most extreme elements of this chamber.

they vote down rules and they get these crazy things put into rules. they get everything they want. you know, it's enough of the talk. if there are moderate republicans out there who do not want this government to shut down, now is the time to put your vote where your rhetoric is. enough of the talk. we need action. and finally, let me say to the chairman of the rules committee, you know, the chairman said five days ago, quote, we will see how this week unfolds, end quote. well, this week has unfolded and the republican party is still at war with itself. and we are still no closer to avoiding a shutdown. what's happening here is so painfully transparent to anyone watching. it's because all kevin mccarthy seems to care about is keeping his job. he should care about what a shutdown would do to his constituents. but he doesn't. he appears to care more about keeping his job than doing his job.

and as i said last night and i'll say again, calling republican leadership a clown show is doing a disservice to actual working clowns. this process is one of the most rotten, corrupt, rigged things i've seen in all my time here. shame on the speaker. i have never seen anything like this. using the rules to overturn a democratic vote on the house floor. again, the vote was 339-93. 339-93. i mean, we don't get votes like that around here. and yet one member -- we don't even know who is the -- who is responsible for the language that we are dealing with here today. no one put their name on it. but this is awful. and i strongly reject this whole process. but i again make an appeal to the moderate republicans, if there are any out there, you know, stand with us.

show us with your vote that you want things to change now that you don't want a shutdown. vote down this sham rule and force the leadership to go back up to the rules committee and do what they should have done a long time ago, work on a c.r. to get a bipartisan vote in the house, a bipartisan vote in the senate and we can avoid a shutdown and prevent a lot of misery for millions of people in this country. shutdown is contrary to what you hear by many on the other side of the aisle are a bad thing. it represents a failure of this institution to do its most basic job, and that is keep the lights on. so i urge my colleagues to vote no so i urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. t the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of my type and i certainly want to begin by returning my respect to my good friend, the ranking member of the rules committee. we argue, we fight, we disagree, but i know we have great respect for one another. i certainly do for my friend.

great personal affection for him. and when we disagree, we might -- the tone might go up a little bit, but we remain good friends and the reality is, we have a good working relationship, one which i treasure. i will say on this one, didn't come here particularly to talk about the shutdown, but let's wait and see what happens. this has nothing to do with the shutdown. absolutely nothing. there's nothing -- so saying beat this rule and to say where you stand about the shutdown, they don't connect. this rule's about something else. it's about ukrainian aid and, frankly, it's also about enhancing the prospect of the defense appropriations bill -- that the defense appropriations bill will actually pass this body. i think that if you actually look at what this does, it enhances the chance that ukraine aid will survive, no matter what. my friends care about that. they're going to vote against a defense bill where the current

money is at. they're going to vote against it. every one of them. they're right to do it, they have disagreements with other parts of the bill. so we take a part of the bill they like, put it out on its own, you know, we're going to get a bipartisan vote on it, i think that's a good thing. i think that's something that should be celebrated and i think congress will have a chance to make a strong statement about ukraine. i'll actually be voting with my friends on the substance of the bill. that will probably be lost in the debate over the rule, but the reality is, we'll be on the same side because we have the same view of the issue. i think that's a very good thing. i think more discussion about ukraine in the congress of the united states is a very good thing. because i think we have some profound differences on our side of the aisle about the merits of this. i actually agree more with my friends, but i want to have the american people more involved in the debate. sadly, the administration hasn't really done that very effectively. they've been afraid for the president to address the issue for whatever reason. he ought to lay out our goals,

lay out our timelines, lay out the resources he thinks we need to be committed. i would give him the benefit of the doubt. i think rules -- war is pretty hard to plan and lay out. it's not like you're building a bridge, you know where you start and where you end and you know what you need. war is a contest of wills. the president, my free advice would be, it's time for you to talk to the american people and get them more deeply engaged in a project that you and i happen to agree on. we need you to use the bully pulpit more effectively than you have. in the meantime, let's do what we can in the house of representatives to educate people on this particular issue. again, i remind my friends on the government shutdown issue, we're probably going to put something on the floor and give you a chance to help on the border because you seem so anxious to do it. we certainly hope that senator mcconnell, and i know he's working in good faith, i have great respect for senator mcconnell, adds some border security to whatever the senate does, and i hope we do what we did in the debt ceiling, sit

down, negotiate, find some common elements. i thank my friend for reading all the republicans that think a republican shutdown is a bad idea. he probably didn't know that the speaker thinks that too. but most of us on our side do. how you avoid that, how you fund the government, what other things you do is another matter entirely. we're working on that. and we'll see how the weekend goes. finally, mr. speaker, before i yield back the balance of my time, i want to once again thank my friend for a robust debate. i look forward to working with him on the ukrainian issue, on a variety of fronts going forward. i would encourage my friends to care -- that care about ukraine to look at the defense bill as well. it needs to pass. worried about $300 million, a lot more important to pass an $880 billion bill that defends our country and puts us in a position to defend liberty, do that, you'll help ukraine. then we can help them separately with these funds and i'll work

with my friends on the supplemental. so, mr. speaker, i will yield back the balance of my time and move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker. mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. mcgovern: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. 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 adoption of the resolution. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 2 14-rbgs the nays are 210. the previous question is ordere. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: ski for a recorded vote -- i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays have been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 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 pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 217. the nays are 211. the resolution is adopted. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to house resolution 723 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4367. will the gentleman from texas, mr. webber, kindly take the chair.

the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4367, this the -- which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of homeland security for fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on wednesday, september 27, amendment number 80 printed in part b of house report 118-328, the amendment from the gentlewoman from new york, ms. malliotakis, had been disposed of. proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed, amendment number 66 by mr. norman of south carolina, amendment number 6, amendment number 69 by mr. more nan of

south carolina, amendment number 74 by mr. rosendale of montana. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote of h.r. 66 printed in part b of house report 118-216, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes preentrailed voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 66 printed in part b of house report 118-216, offered by mr. norman of south carolina. the chair: a recorded vote -- a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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 169, the nays are 261. the amendment is not adopted.

the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 67 printed in house report 118-267 on which further proceedings were postponed on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 67, printed in house report 118-216, offered by mr. norman of south carolina. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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 165, the nays are 163. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 69 printed in part b of house report 118-216, offered by the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. norman, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 69 printed in part b of house report 118-216, offered by mr. norman of south carolina. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote.

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 170, the nays are 2606789 the amendment is not a-- 260. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 74 printed in part b of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from montana, mr. rosendale, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 74 printed in part b of house report 118-216 offered by mr. rosendale of montana. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 will be 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

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 75, the nays are 347. the amendment is not adopted. there being no further amendments, under the rule, the committee rises. mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house has had under consideration the bill, and i report the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the

chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 4367 and pursuant to house resolution 723 reports the bill back to the house with certain sundry amendments adopadopted in the committee ofe whole. the further amendments specified in section 5 of such resolution is considered as adopted. under the recall the previous question is ordered. -- the rule the previous question is ordered. pursuant to the rule, further consideration of h.r. 4367 is postponed. pursuant to house resolution 723 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 4665.

will the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4665 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of state, foreign operations, relates programmed for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole house rose earlier today, a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 64 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett, had been post postponed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part d of house report 118-216 on

which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendment number 8 by mr. crane of arizona. amendment number 10, mr. crane of arizona. amendment number 13 by mr. crane of arizona. amendment number 15, mr. perry of pennsylvania. amendment number 17 by mr. gaetz of florida. amendment number 18 by mr. perry of pennsylvania. amendment number 20 by mr. perry of pennsylvania. amendment number 22 by mr. perry of pennsylvania. amendment number 23 by mr. ogles from tennessee. amendment number 27 by mr. kelly of mississippi. amendment number 36 by ms. plaskett of the virgin islands. amendment number 42 and 43 by ms. greene of georgia. amendment number 44 by mr. steube of florida and 45. amendment number 46 by gaetz of florida. amendment number 47 and 48 by mrs. boebert and amendment number 49 and 50. amendment number 58 by ms. hageman of wyoming.

amendment 63 by mr. burchett of tennessee. the chair will reduce to two minutes the maximum time for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 8 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. crane, on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 8 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. crane of arizona. the chair: a request for a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 will be 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 134, the nays are 298. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 10 printed in part d of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. crane, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 10 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. crane of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 will be 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 78, one voting present and the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 13 by the gentleman from arizona on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 13 printed in part d of house

report 118-216 offered by mr. crane of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support will rise. 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 102 and 386. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 15 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry, on which further proceedings were postponed and ayes prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 15 printed in part d of house

report 118-216 offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. 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 111 and the nays are 315. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment 17 on which further proceedings were postponed.

the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 17 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. gaetz of florida. the chair: 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 115 and nays are 312. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 18 printed in house report 118-216.

the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 18 printed in house report 118-216 offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support will rise. 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 86, nays are 3346, amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the

amendment. the clerk: amendment number 20 printed in part d of house report 118-216 of mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. members will record their vote by electronic device. this will be 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 13 3-rbgs the nays are 297, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 22 precipitationed in part d of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. the clerk: amendment number 22 printed in part d of house

report 118-216 offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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. members, 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 121, the nays are 311. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 23 pri printedn part d of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from tennessee, mr. ogles. the clerk will redesignate the

amendment. the clerk: amendment number 23 printed in part d of rouse report 1 -- house report 118-216 offered by mr. ogles of tennessee. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 135, the nays are 295. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 27 printed if part d of house report 11-216 by the gentleman from mississippi, mr. kelly, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by

voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 27 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. kelly of mississippi. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 199, the nays are 231. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the

request for a recorded vote on amendment number 36 printed in part d of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from the virgin islands, ms. plaskett, on i which the -- and on which the nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 36 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by ms. plaskett of virgin islands. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 will be 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 195, the nays are 236. the amendment is not adopted.

the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 42 printed in part d of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from georgia, ms. greene, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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 90, the nays are 342.

the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 434 printed in part d of house report 118-216 which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 43, printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by ms. greene of georgia. the chair: 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.]

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 92 and the nays are 339 --

the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 92 and the nays are 340. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 44 printed in house report 118-216 on which further proceedings and noes prevail. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 44 in part d house report 118-216.

the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in favor 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: the yeas are 120 and noes is 309, one present. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 45 by the gentleman from florida mr. steube and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 45 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. steube of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested.

a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a vote of two minutes. [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 104 and the nays are 337. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 46 by the gentleman from florida, mr. gaetz on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 46 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. gaetz of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise.

members will record their votes by electronic device. and it will be 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: the yeas are 219, the nays are 213, the amendment is adopted. the the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 47 by the gentleman from colorado mrs. boebert on which the ayes

prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 47 printed in part dmp of house report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. 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 151, the nays are 278. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 48 printed in part d of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert, on which

the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 48 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 will be 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 166, the nays are 265. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 49 printed in part d of house report 118-216 by the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 49 precipitationed in part d of house -- printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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. and this will be a two-minute vote.

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 197, the nays are 241. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 50 by the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. boebert, on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 50 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mrs. boebert of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members, you're going to record your votes by electronic devices and this is going to be a two-minute vote.

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the chair: on this vote the yeas are 191, the nays are 238. amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 51 precipitationed in part d of rouse report -- printed in part d of house report 118-261 offered by mr. vogels. the clerk: amendment number 51 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. ogandoles of tennessee -- mr. ogles of tennessee. the chair: a recorded vote has has been requested. those in support of the request for a 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 will be 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: the nays are 298. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote for amendment number 54 by the gentleman from texas, and further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 54 printed in house report 118-216 of texas. the chair: a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute

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the chair: the yeas are 198 and the nays are 232. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 57 by the gentlewoman from indiana on which the ayes prevailed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 57 printed in house report 118-216 offered by mrs. sparks of indiana. the chair: those in support of a recorded vote will rise. 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: the yeas are 1888 and the nays are 242. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote in amendment number 58 by the gentleman from wyoming on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 58 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by ms. hageman of wyoming. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. 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: the yeas are 213. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on number 61 printed in house report 118-216 on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 61 printed in house report 118-216. the chair: those in request of a recorded vote will rise. this is a going to be 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.]

is. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 215, the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote printed in part d of house report 118-216 by the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burr chet on which proceedings were postponed and it prevailed on voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 63 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. burr chet of tennessee. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is

ordered. and this is a this will be 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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 170, the nays are 260. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote is ordered on amendment 64 by mr. burchett on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 64 in printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. burchett of tennessee. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested. a sufficient number having arisen. members will record their votes by electronic device. and this is a this will be a two-minute vote.

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the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 171, the nays are 258. the amendment is not adopted.

for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i move the committee do now rise. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. >> the committee of the whole having had under h.r. 4665 has come to no resolution there on. the chair: the committee reports the cheat has had under consideration h.r. 4665 and has come to no resolution thereon.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california, mr. calvert, seek recognition? mr. calvert: pursuant to house resolution 730, i call up the bill h.r. 5692 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5692, a bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024 and force. and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuan t to resolution house 5330 the bill is considered read and it shall be debatable for 30 minutes controlled by the chair and ranking member of appropriations and their respective designees. the gentleman from california, mr. calvert, and the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. mccallum, each will control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. calvert.

mr. calvert: i ask unanimous consent all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. calvert: "sportscenter, " i rise today in strong support mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support to providing assistance to ukraine and the inspector general to oversee these and other funds provided by the american taxpayers. in 2016 the ukraine initiative, usai was created in response to increased russian aggression and these funds along with the national guards state partnership program with california and other efforts has transformed the ukrainian military from a remnant of the soviet empire to a capable and increasingly western fighting force. this funding is not sent directly to ukraine. since 2016, these funds have

been used to pay for the training of u.s. troops to provide ukrainian troops and u.s. manufactured weapons that we provide to ukraine. yesterday i supported an amendment preventing the appointment of u.s. troops to ukraine. this program allows us to train ukrainian troops so they can defend their own country. because of this initiative, the ukrainian people have degraded the world's third largest standing army and mobilized a continent against an evil actor. i was recently in germany meeting with ukrainian forces who were headed to the frontlines. i met grandfathers who had left their families in order to learn to operate tanks. young adults who signed up as interpreters and american troops who were eagerly training the ukrainian forces. they were all clear-eyed about their commitment to this fight. general williams, commander of the u.s. army forces in europe and africa said something that stuck with me. while americans are giving

precious equipment and support, ukrainians are giving their blood. this whole of nation effort to repel our common adversary deserves our support. i agree with my colleagues that the biden administration needs to define our military objectives in ukraine. we are and will continue to ask those difficult questions. i believe it's our duty to our constituents. i also agree we need enhanced oversight. the funding in this bill will be subject to all the new oversight provisions that are in the fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations bill. the bill also includes $20 million to fund a new special inspector general to improve end use monitoring and oversight of taxpayer funds provided to assist ukraine. pledge of allegiance -- mr. speaker, this sends allowed message to our partners in ukraine and i urge support of this bill and reserve my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. ms. mccollum: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: so moved. mr. mccollum: the the speaker caved again because they refused to write a bill to get bipartisan support. here we are debating the ukraine assistance again. as i said in the rules debate, we debated this funding twice yesterday. the biggs amendment was rejected by the house by a vote of 104-330. and the gaetz amendment was rejected by this house, 93-339. we debated this. this house considered similar amendments in the national defense re-authorization act earlier this summer. and at that time the greene amendment was rejected by a vote of 89-341 and the gaetz amendment was rejected by 70-385.

these amendments were rejected because a majority of this house stands for preserving democracy. we stand for working with our democratic allies in preventing vladimir putin through seizing land through force. and these amendments were rejected because of the strong bipartisan support for including consistent funding for ukraine in the base defense bill. the ukraine security assistance initiative has been part of the base bill since fiscal year 2015. the support has included training for ukrainian troops, . department of defense has mechanisms in place. that's the work of the d.o.d. security assistance group ukraine. i also have traveled and i traveled with subcommittee republicans and democrats to review the training and

equipping ukranians moving forward because i agree, congressional oversight is important. the funding has been critical to ensure that ukranians could withstand vladimir putin's invasion last year. congress started this after russia's after crima. five different chairs across both parties have consistently included this funding in the base defense appropriations bill and that includes chairman calvert, myself last congress, chairwoman granger when she chaired the subcommittee. we included this because putin threatens not just ukraine. he uses paramilitary groups like wagner, to destabilize african

nations. on february of 2022, he wanted to take all of ukraine and overthrow this democraticically elected government. russia fired crews missiles into shopping malls, schools, and even hospitals. it is clear putin is a war criminal and must be confronted. this congress has included funding in this base bill. to help ukraine fight back against this illegal unjust invasion of this territory and it's important that we along with our allies continue to support their fight for freedom. the rest of the world is watching including other authoritarian nations as the united states and nato continue to support ukraine. i urge my colleagues to join me

in others bipartisanly to support this bill one more time again. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from minnesota reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. calvert: i yield to the jag new jersey three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> i thank the gentleman from california and i rise in support of my bill h.r. 5692 ukraine security assistance and systemal appropriations act. mr. kean: everyone wants peace in ukraine as quickly as humanly possible. but there can only be a peace after ukraine's victory. victory in ukraine will allow america's enemies that the price they will pay is way too high

and deter putin from setting sites on allies and tell xi that the united states is willing to show. 5% of last year's defense budget u.s. security assistance to ukraine since the invasion began has helped ukraine degrade russia's military. i continue to support the ukraine is in the u.s. best interest. president biden has slow rolled the provision of critical weapons systems to f-16's to tanks. not wise statesmanship and weakness. this failed policy is prolonging the war. we must demand president biden send weapons to ukraine and utilize the security assistance authorities to support ukraine's

victory. ukraine security assistance initiative has been funded by congress for years against putin's illegal annexation of crima in 2014 and subsequent war. president trump used this funding stream to transfer javelin antitank missiles to ukraine. and also while supporting ukraine congress must ensure that all u.s. assistance is accounted tore by giving every single taxpayer dollar is spent with precision and my bill includes $20 million for additional oversight of u.s. assistance to ukraine. i had the opportunity to speak to president zelenskyy and i emphasized the importance of this oversight and also in the

u.s. security interest for ukraine to win as soon as possible and that's why i am asking my colleagues to support my bill to ensure that the $300 million for d.o.d. ukraine security assistance initiative becomes law. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. mr. calvert: reserve. ms. mccollum: i yield to the ranking member of the full appropriations committee, the gentlewoman from connecticut, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for three minutes. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i have witnessed a lot of surprising and at times, confounding things in my time in the house of

representatives especially in this 118th congress, but i do not recall a time that this body with an overwhelming bipartisan majority voted to appropriate funds that were then stripped from a bill in the darkness of night. 339 members of the house of representatives including a majority of the majority voted yesterday to include support for ukraine in the defense appropriations bill. 93 voted against it. then the republicans stripped the ukraine funding from the defense bill to play indicate an extreme minority over the will of the majority and prioritizing maintaining the gavel over responsible governing. russian tyranny and aggression threaten more than just

ukraine's borders. we learned in georgia and crima, if you stand by while russia takes an inch, they will take a mile. putin must be taken into account for a pointless and bloody war which has disrupted energy markets and triggered food insecurity around the world. we must be clear. plain and simple, this is appeasement like the world experienced in 1938 and which led to a cascading murderous result. ukraine's fight for democracy and sovereignty requires decisive action and absolute support from the free world. we must not abandon our position as the world's beacon of democratic values and must not surrender to russia, china or any group that threatens democracy. members of this body have come together to reaffirm our commitment to help ukraine

defend itself against this vicious invasion. we did so yesterday. regardless of which vote the majority is afraid of taking, democrats will not be afraid of supporting our allies. funds for the ukraine security assistance initiative should remain in the base bill. that's where they have been since 2015. republicans now have an $826 billion defense bill that does not include any assistance for ukraine, the most urgent security crisis that we face in the world, even if house republicans insist on upending our progress. we cannot abandon ukraine. i urge the speaker of the house to leave those who actually wish to govern, not those who seek to appease putin. we need to support ukraine. i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut yields back. the gentleman from minnesota reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. calvert: i recognize the gentleman from south carolina, mr.~wilson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the supplemental appropriations act. this month, the hudson institute addressed the top myths about usaid to ukraine revealing quote that every dollar in support of ukraine is authorized by congress and used for a specific purpose as of september 2023, u.s. has provided ukraine with $10121 billion. the vast majority of this funding never leaves the united states and instead supports american jobs. there has never been more accountability in place for u.s. foreign assistance with the u.s.-ukraine oversight

interagency working group. more than 160 officials across 20 federal agencies are monitoring usaid to ukraine. according to the keel institute, ukraine aid tracker are more than double those of the united states. russia is china's junior partner, a defeated mush yeah means a weaker china. japan's foreign minister said, it cannot be separated from european security. war putin started this with rule of law imposing deems -- rule of gun with opposing the democracies with rule of law and death to israel, death to america. we should support the supplemental of peace through strength. and why not victory. i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina yields back. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. ms. mccollum: i yield three minutes to the the gentlewoman from ohio leader here in u.s. congress, three minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you ranking member and yielding time. this bill provides critical military support for ukraine. i firmly stand on the side of ukraine, on the side of liberty and against russian tyranny. such support to ukraine is both necessary and noble. given the ongoing onslaught by russia is to do less for putin and his expansionist lethal ambitionons. it is rooted in u.s.-ukraine a

partnership that declaration of independences as a captive nation from the clutches of the soviet union when it collapsed in 1991. since that moment, the united states has backed ukraine, providing vital support for sovereignty, security and development through foreign assistance. the urgency of our cultural, political ties with ukraine has gained greater significance in the face of putin's unprovoked aggression. the free world cannot turn a blind eye to detain putin's after his 2014 annexation of crima. the inaction led to the events of february 24 last year when russian tanks rolled into ukraine to impose tyranny over 40 million people.

in response to that, putin has released a campaign of terror. he invaded, bombed cities, committed grievous war crimes with erasing ukraine's very identity. 120,000 lives have been lost, 170,000 have been injured. 20,000 wounded amputees are a grim reminder of putin's butch erie. ukraine has not surrendered. the free world must meet ukraine's sail vow. ukraine's defenses serves as a beacon of hope. they can overcome the enemies. there are implications for global security far beyond ukraine. ukraine's plight is not about its liberty but about freedom everywhere. funding for the ukraine security

assistance is not about financial aid but commitment to a free, sovereign. to the ukranians here in america and abroad know that the free world, everyone that represents a majority on both sides of the aisle here, all of our colleagues stand with you. freedom means never surrender. we stand by the brave people of ukraine with our help. the ukranians will defeat putin's aggression. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from california is recognized. . . . mr. calvert: i yield to mr. hill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mill: i rise in support of the bill. mr. chairman, after president obama's appeasement and inaction, putin took crimea

without firing a shot, invaded the dunbas and it was president trump that started sending javelins and lethal weapons to ukraine to defend itself and continued logistic support to the ukrainians that preceded his efforts and president biden has signed it into law in his presidency. and why these people with a passion for freedom demonstrated to the world that it's the best military in the territory of ukraine and russia stumbled from being the second largest power in the world militarily to maybe barely the second best in ukraine. mr. speaker, the price of less than one week of federal spending authorized by this congress, less than one week of

federal spending, we have seen the ukrainians decimate the russian military strength and set it back decades. pledge of allegiance, i support this measure and mr. speaker, i support this measure and head ukraines wins, tails, russia the invader, loses. we need to make sure they have the right strategy and has the right way to win and win promptly. and i support, too, the careful and prudent attorney general funding attached to this bill to make sure american taxpayer funds are spent in the right way to have a decisive defeat of the russians. so mr. chairman, thank you for the time to speak on this bill and i urge a strong vote and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas yields back.

the gentleman from minnesota reserves. ms. mccollum if the gentleman is prepared to close i'm prepared to close. may i inquire to how much time i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from minnesota has five minutes remaining and the gentleman from california has six minutes remaining. ms. mccollum: mr. speaker, as i said many times this week, this congress consistently provided this funding for the last nine fiscal years. i hope we'll work hard to make sure this funding returns in conference back to the base bill in the defense appropriations subcommittee. providing training and equipment to ukraine helped them withstand russia's full scale invasion and its continuing support to the base bill on a bipartisan basis is part of that effort. i had the privilege of meeting women from ukraine for the

ukrainian ambulance corps and they drive around in subcompacts and without bulletproof vests and whatever first aid equipment they can find to save lives. i've had the honor and privilege of meeting people going through our training courses that we do with nato and germany as the chair was referring to. i had the privilege before the invasion happened in february 2022 of meeting the mayor of kyiv where he was asking to make sure the united states had the right caliber bullets for the hunting rifles and some of the guns that the ukraine jab citizens and kyiv in the surrounding areas had so they could support our military shoot invasion occur and we did that and that was an honor to work with those who made sure that that happened. and then mr. speaker, recently i

had a friend from minnesota who was returning home from kyiv where she had not only a time to spend with her mother and go mushroom hunting and watch firsthand the post-traumatic stress family that her family is dealing with but saying goodbye to a cousin returning to the frontlines after healing from a wound. the ukrainians are fighting, fighting for their very existence and fighting for their strongly held democratic values that we share. and as i said, for their very existence. they're standing up to an authoritarian bully and we should continue to stand up with them and support them in the ways we have been doing. so i ask my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back the balance of my time, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from minnesota yields back. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. calvert: i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 5692 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields

back. pursuant to house resolution 730, the previous question is ordered on the bill. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: the bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024 and for other purposes. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman request the yeas and nays? the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote of the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed.

the speaker: pursuant to house resolution 723 and rule 13, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house of the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4665. will the gentleman from indiana kindly take the chair?

the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole of the state of the union in further consideration of h.r. 4665 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of state, foreign operations and related programs for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024 and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee on the whole rose earlier, amendment 64 printed in house report 118-216 offered by the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett, had been disposed of. it is now within order to printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman rise?

the chair: does the gentleman have an amendment. >> he does. the clerk: printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. burchett of tennessee. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. burchett: thank you, mr. speaker. this amendment would reduce the salary of the u.s. deputy chief officer to $1. the chief executive officer of global media is responsible for rehiring tara who misused dollars and lied on her resume. whistle blowers have come forward to speak of the rampant misuse of u.s. dollars and the deputy officer at global media is responsible for rehiring the individual that did so. there is no place for this officer in public service and requesting the salary for global

media to be reduced to $1. mr. speaker. the chair: does the gentleman reserve? mr. burchett: i do. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. the gentlewoman is recognized. >> i have to say how despicable it is to threaten the public servant's livelihoods. ms. lee: is this the names -- the names are going to be dragged, as you know, through the political mud. that's not fair. these people are public servants. this public servant had 40 years in the media and facilitated getting many usgam staff out of

afghanistan and overseen the inspection of usgam's and audience of 410 million. once again, if you have an issue with the policy, let's discuss that but why in the world do you want to continue penalizing public servants representing the administrations that they serve and our country, of course, and their dedication to the united states and to their careers. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. burchett: mr. speaker, misusing federal tax dollars is part of our policy. i suggest to you we need to get a new policy. this is what's wrong with this country. it's wrong with when we tell our children it's ok for these folks up here to steal because they're in the federal government. that's why nobody trusts us up here. we can cover this up with flowing words but the reality,

it is wrong to knowingly misuse federal tax dollars. and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. burchett: i yield. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee yields. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: i will ask the question again, who is willing to go into public service if their names can be dragged through the political mud like the other side, the majority is doing today. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman has the only time remaining. ms. lee: i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. ms. lee: mr. chair, i ask for a

recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee will be postponed. it is now in order to continue amendment 66 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. burchett: i rise to offer an amendment. the chair: does the gentleman have an amendment at the desk? the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 66 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. burchett of tennessee. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. burchett: thank you, mr. speaker. this amendment does one thing and would prohibit funding for the art and embassies program at

a time where the government is nearing a shutdown we don't need the state department spending hundreds of thousands on paintings and sculptures. during the shutdown at the end of 2018, the state department spent $84,000 on a bob dylan sculpture. mr. speaker, i submit to you i did not know bob dylan was a sculpture but his real name is bobby zimmerman but had a song out when he became a christian for a while called "you got to serve somebody" and we need to be serving the taxpayers up here and obviously we are not. we are $33 trillion in debt. the state department can continuities work without expensive art throughout our embassies. the government needs to cut its budget and there's no better place to start than on unnecessary and high priced art galleries for the state department. and i yield. the chair: does the gentleman reserve or yield? mr. burchett: i'm sorry, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee reserves.

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in opposition to this amendment. the chair: the the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: mr. chairman, this would eliminate funding for the arts in the embassies program, established by president kennedy 60 years ago, recognizes that art is a powerful tool of diplomacy. it offers ambassadors the opportunity to engage other nations in a different type of dialogue and connection. many of the artists featured in this program are homegrown american artists. it maintains overside and accountability. this program is this program is a public-private partnership and eliminating its fund something just ridiculous. let me just mention the shutdown because we're waiting. democrats aren't causing this shutdown. so to use waiting for a shutdown

or about to have a shutdown as an excuse for eliminating funding for the art in embassies is down right disingenuous. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. burchett: mr. speaker, i submit to you what's disingenuous is the fact that most of this art is never viewed by the public or the people coming in. it's put in these -- in the embassy back offices, it's not out front. it doesn't show anything about this country other than we are hiding this stuff in the back for the well-placed embassy employees. and the rank and file ones will never even see it. i submit to you this is another boondoggle, obviously. we need to start somewhere, this is a good start, mr. speaker. the chair: does the gentleman reserve? mr. burchett: i yield. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee yields. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman

from maine, the distinguished ranking member of the interior and environment subcommittee, ms. pingree. the chair: the gentlewoman from maine is recognized for two minutes. ms. pingree: thank you very much, mr. chair. and thank you to my colleague for yielding me the time. mr. chair, i rise in opposition to this very shortsighted amendment. as the chair of the congressional arts caucus, i strenuously disagree with the idea that this funding is wasteful or nonessential. and frankly, i think the amendment demonstrates a real misunderstanding about the nature of diplomacy. the art in the embassy program was established 60 years ago by president john f. kennedy. president kennedy knew something important, art is a bridge, it forges connections and it starts conversations that we may not otherwise be able to have. and it's one of the best ways to reflect our american values, ideals and our culture abroad. over 20,000 participants global

j taken part in the program -- globally have taken part in the program, which has presented exceptional works by american and host country artists in over 200 diplomatic properties around the world. it is also engaged -- it has also engaged over 200 american artists as cultural envoys, participating in workshops, collaborative art projects and public events, all to strengthen ties with local communities. the program does all of this on a shoestring budget, primarily facilitating donations from artists. it is not a frivolous expense. it is a tool of diplomacy. just as valid as any bilateral meeting or negotiation. it reflects our vibrant democracy. i urge you to oppose this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from maine yields back. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from california yields.

the gentleman from tennessee is -- oh, he has yielded back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 67 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. burchett: mr. speaker, i rise to offer my amendment. and i believe it's on the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 67 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. burchett of tennessee. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. burchett: thank you, mr.

speaker. this amendment does one thing, it would prohibit funding to the special presidential envoy for climate. this envoy has provided no discernible value to the american people and i remind you, he's nonelected, i don't believe he was even confirmed by the senate. but secretary kerry uses his position as special envoy to fly around the world in private and heavy-polluting jets so he can attend the coronation of king charles ii on the tax -- king charles iii on the taxpayers' dime. please remind me how this is helping the american people or even addressing his climate concerns. i would submit to you it's making them worse, according to their statistics, and facts. he recently stated the american people would need to contribute trillions of dollars to fix the climate. trillions of dollars. mr. speaker, this is nonsense. this special envoy should not exist. i'm asking to prohibit any funds for it. the chair: does the gentleman from tennessee reserve? mr. burchett: i do. i reserve. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in strong

opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: mr. chairman, climate change has resulted in las vegases upended in texas -- in lives upended in texas and florida and has led to extreme flooding in ka and vermont and throughout the -- california and vermont and throughout the country. these amendments today really give me a lot of angst. it seems like we have so many climate deniers who are putting forth amendments which really don't believe that there is a climate crisis. this crisis poses a threat to the stability of countries, heightens social and political tensions, and adversely effects food prices and availability, and this is according to our own military, which i will say it again, our own military has said this. the need for foreign assistance will only increase if we do not

address this significant driver of crises around the world. no country can solve the climate crisis alone. this requires a multilateral effort. secretary kerry is leading and lending with his energy and his talents and his experience and collaborating with other countries to address these concerns. his relationships with foreign leaders is a benefit to the united states and our efforts. again, we should be thanking people who are serving the american people, not demonizing them for it. funding the special presidential envoy and its office is a requirement if we are to protect national security, strengthen the economy and leave behind a safer planet for our children and our grandchildren. again, if i were a child today, i would be terrified about the future and what it holds for me in terms of will we actually have a planet for them to

inherit. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. burchett: thank you, mr. speaker. i would submit to you that having a multimillionaire fly around in a private jet does very little for the image of global climate issues. i would also submit to you that he has no scientific background, he has not been elected, nor has he even been ordained by our u.s. senate. so i would submit to you that this is not a good issue. and tying the hands of this country while the folks in india and china and some of these other people continue to pollute while we continue to tie our hands to me is counterproductive. and in saying that i would like to yield as much time as he would like to consume to my friend from the free state of florida. the chair: the gentleman from

florida is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. chairman. let me first thank the gentleman for yielding, but, more importantly, for bringing up this very important issue. i think this particular zarqawi, envoy, is -- czar, envoy, is really emblematic of a more serious issue. here we have a person who travels the world, as the gentleman has mentioned. in jets. going to, you know, royal coronations, royal weddings, lavish receptions in elite capitals around the world. and then lectures the rest of us and pats himself on the back. so i want to thank the gentleman for bringing this issue up. that is why in this bill we prohibit funding for all special envoys that are not authorized in law or that have not been confirmed by the senate. so therefore that eliminates 33

positions and their associated staff. this is potentially the most dramatic example of wasteful spending, of virtue signaling, while, frankly, wasting taxpayer money. so i want to commend the gentleman for bringing this to our attention. i don't think -- it's difficult to find a more obvious example of waste than the one that we're dealing with here. so i strongly support the gentleman's amendment and i also thank him for emphasizing it and bringing this issue forward. with that, i will yield back. the chair: the gentleman from florida yields. the gentleman from tennessee reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: let me just say a couple things with regard to secretary kerry. he can be doing other things with his life, quite frankly. yet here he is, trying to address this climate emergency,

which is real, and he's trying to address this on behalf of our country and for future generations. i really feel very ashamed of what is taking place here on this floor, especially as it relates to our public servants who are really trying to lead, trying to lead not only our country, but lead on a global scale to make sure that we have a planet for our children. thank you and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from california yields. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. burchett: -- the chair: the gentleman from tennessee yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee will be

postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 68 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. tenney: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the cl he canner will designate the anticipated. the clerk: -- the clerk will decimate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 68 printed in house report 118-216 offered by ms. tenney of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. tenney, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. ms. tenney: thank you, mr. chair. i rise today to introduce my amendment to reduce the special envoy to iran robert malley's salary to $is. while president biden has made a

series of bad political appointments, rob malle yervetion may be one of the -- malley may be one of the worst. he had a history of legitimatizing organizations like hamas, a u.s.-designated terrorist group, has blamed israel for palestinian terrorist attacks and has helped negotiate the disastrous 2015 iran nuclear deal. despite his history, the biden administration approved him as special envoy to iran, not only does mr. malley tarnish the great work of the late envoys, he's working to circumvent u.s. law by striking a deal with iran without first disclosing the contents of this deal to congress. the iran nuclear agreement review act, requires deals with iran must be disclosed to congress, whether in writing or not. however, mr. malley worked for years and according to some reports reached an oral agreement with iran, yet still nothing has been disclosed to

congress. in june, envoy malley was placed on unpaid leave due to an investigation into mishandling of classified information, which has been referred to the f.b.i. for criminal investigation. was malley handing over state secrets to iran? we still don't know. and the administration is refusing, again, to update congress. most concerningly, a recent bombshell report revealed that three top aides to malley were part of an iranian government network. that's right. the special envoy to iran's self-appointed top aides were potentially compromised iranian assets. this is beyond incompetent. this could be criminal. it could be treasonous, and it is the very definition of harming u.s. national security. while mr. malley is currently on unpaid leave, pending an investigation, he cannot be allowed to return to his post. for that reason, i urge my colleagues to support this

amendment. unfortunately, my co on -- co-lead on this is mr. ogles from tennessee. he's not able to be here much so, -- here so, mr. chairman, this amendment is simple. the american people should not be forced to support a top-level government official who surrounded himself with foreign assets from a designated sponsor of terrorism. if you care about u.s. national security, you should support this amendment. if you oppose a corrupt nuclear deal with iran and oppose the depends posit -- despotic iranian mullahs, you should support this amendment. i urge my colleagues to defund rob malley's salary and make it clear that this house stands against compromised foreign assets. with that, mr. chairman, i yield. the chair: the gentlewoman from new york yields. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. for what purpose does the gentlewoman seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in opposition to

the amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. lee: it's despicable to target dedicated public servants and threaten their livelihoods. in this particular case the amendment is targeted at someone on leave from the department. none of us have the information to judge the situation. as the state department has said, it is a personnel matter and it needs to take its course. it's in the a matter for congress. again, if my colleagues have an issue with the policy being pursued, let's discuss that. we should not penalize public servants representing the administration they serve and have dedicated their careers to the united states. let me just remind you that the iran nuclear deal did stop the enrichment of uranium in iran and the world, quite frankly, is less safe because of the previous president who pulled the united states out of the jcpoa. i urge my colleagues to oppose

this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman slow only -- is the only one with time remaining. ms. lee: i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinioner of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed. to -- is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 69 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. tenney: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. clip amendment number 69 printed in part d of house report 118-216, offered by ms. tenney of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. tenney, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york.

ms. tenney: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to -- in support of my amendment to prohibit any federal funds to be used to move the u.s. embassy in israel out of jerusalem. in october of 1995, congress passed the gentlewoman embassy act. this bill passed this chamber abia vote of 374-27 and passed the senate by a vote of 93-5. that's overwhelming. members spanning the political spectrum from speaker gingrich to senator kerry voted for this bill requiring the president to move the u.s. embassy in israel to its rightful capital in jerusalem. however, presidents bush, clinton and obama waive this every six month, claiming it would jeopardize the peace process between the israelis and palestinians. however it did nothing to help the peace process as palestinian terrorism continued to target israeli citizens. finally, 2019, president trump implemented this law and moved

our embassy to jerusalem, the undisputed capital of the state of israel. while some expressed opposition to this move, it would be ludicrous to have our embassy outside of the capital. we cannot go back. we cannot allow the biden administration to move the embassy. this was originally passed in 1995 on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve. the chair: prurp fuzz -- for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognize. ms. lee: mr. chairman, this amendment would prohibit funds to move the united states embassy in israel out of jerusalem. now the previous administration made the decision for the united states embassy to be located in jerusalem. and that decision is in effect. so let's not change our focus to keeping the government open on october 1 and not take the time

to debate matters that really are not issues. these matters are not open. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. ms. tenney: at this time, when israel faces some of its greatest threats such as iran and palestinian terrorism, we must stand resolute with our greatest ally in the middle east, israel. any attempts to relocate the u.s. embassy would delegit mys israel's sovereignty and be counterproductive. any theoretical negotiation must revolve around the fact that gentlewoman is the undisputed capital of israel and has been since ancient times. some of my colleagues argued that this amendment is unnecessary since president biden doesn't intend to move the embassy. if that's the case my colleagues should have no problem voting for the amendment. i urge my colleagues to stand with israel our greatest ally in the middle east and support the amendment which that -- with that, mr. chairman, i yield the

balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: once again this is a total waste of time. we're trying to keep the government open so that people's lives won't be disrupt. i don't know why we're doing this but i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, to focus on keeping this government open. i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york. those in favor say aye. pez poz. in the opinion of the -- in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. ms. tenney: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offer wide the gentlewoman from new york will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 70 printed in part d of house report 118-216.

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 70 printed in part d of house report 118-216, offered by mr. roy of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: i thank the chairman and i thank my friend from florida for all his work on this legislation. the underlying bill. and i offer an amendment that would prohibit any of the funding made available in the state foreign operations related programs appropriations act from being used to carry out president biden's executived off orders on climate change. i do want to pause for a minute before i describe my amendment to thank the gentlelady for our work together in trying to address ongoing authorize authorizations of the use of

military force that have long since come and gone and congress needs to act. congress needs to dispense with the 2002 and 1991 aumf's that no longer, i think, are relevant. i appreciate working with the gentlelady to that end. i hope we'll see some movement on that at some point. and ask leadership on this part of the aisle to physical low through and bring a vote forward. the senate has dispensed with 2002 and 1991 and we need to address them here. i would note in response to the gentlelady with respect to what he said to my colleague from new york about averting a shutdown and what are we doing here? what we're doing here is trying to move bills through regular order. now i have conceded i wish this were july or august or earlier in september. but we are in fact doing our job. only four times in 50 years, and i'm 51 years old, so four times in my lifetime have we managed

to move 12 appropriations bills through on time. that is absurd. and we're not going to do it this time. we're not going to get 12 bills through on time. but what we're trying to do is restore muscle memory in this place to actually do our job of getting appropriations bills out of committee, onto the floor, debated, passed, go to conference committee, and do our work of actually legislating. it's an important thing. and we should do it. again, i would have done it earlier but here we are. we ought to finish the job. if we do our job, we do our job tonight, hopefully the house will have moved legislation that will fund upwards of 73% of government. that's a good thing. and we can move forward with figuring out how to get the rest of our work done. and we can have a debate. but if there is any kind of shutdown, i want my constituents and the rest of the american people to understand that it is because the president of the united states and the senate

majority leader, a democrat, are choosing to shut down this government rather than shut down an open border that is damaging the united states, undermining our security, endangering our citizen, endaning migrant, empowering cartel, empowering china. rather than doing our job. 304,000 in august. encounters. 11,000 at eagle pass two nights ago. thousands of americans dieing from fentanyl poisoning. you say ok, why bring up amendments? we're trying to move forward this bill which deals with state and foreign operations and we have an administration that, while also ignoring the secure the border is jewing the state department and all the if you thinks of government to advance a radical clay mat ayen da undermining our national security and empowering our enemies. empowering china by pursuing more technology created by china rather than advancing things like american natural gas. so we believe it's important, i

certainly believe, in offering this amendment, let's not have funding to carry out the executive orders of the president that are marching forward in things like empowering john kerry to jet set around the world. to go around saying let's go combat climate change while i fly in my fancy jet. you know. meanwhile, india and china are pumping out coal faster than we can even talk about it. 1,100 tole cole-fired plants in china. they're building two a week. we think somehow we're going to convert our entire internal combustion engine fleet of cars in this country to e.v.'s? and solve the problem? when in fact it will at most dent co-2 by about a percentage point. let's get real. let's have policies that actually advance the cause of america. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from texas reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in strong

opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. lee: mr. chairman, president biden's executive orders on climate change were issued to ensure the united states focused on the climate crisis remains front and center. that is a climate emergency. it's clear from the science that the most existential crisis the world faces is from the growing climate crisis. without intervention, our warming planet will continue to have negative impacts on our country and throughout the world. climate related foreign assistance can help developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change. such as rising sea levels. drags and floods and build an energy grid that's con strucked for the next century. not the last one. this is not something we can wait to worry about. this is an emergency. rising coastlines and hazardous temperatures mean that there are countries that might literally not exist in a generation.

because of the changes that are already happening. once again i was in egypt, cop 27 conference, this is all we heard about. this is an emergency. and so let me just say, the need for foreign assistance will only increase. you know this. if we don't address the changes that we're seeing in the climate now. and yes to my friend and colleague, every now and then there are glimmers of hope on bipartisanship. i enjoy working with you and hope we can get the repeal of these aumf's to the floor. but let me just say, we have to find where we can find common ground. we're working to do that here in this body. but when it comes to shutting the government down, the president is not trying to shut the government down. every single hour there's a change in the goal posts from your side. no from our side. we're just wanting to keep the government open. so that people's lies won't be impacted. so we're trying to figure it

out. we have to have a partner. in trying to figure it out. hopefully we'll be able to pass a continuing resolution until we can get this resolved. hopefully in a bipartisan manner. thank you again and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: my democrat colleagues claim they're saving the world by pursuing renewable energy. they always neglect to mention the important part. the congo produces 70% of the world's cobalt, a chikey component of the e.v. batteries they promote. these mines are powered by what npr, that bastion of conservatism, described as modern day slavery. let's stop this foolishness. let's focus on putting america first. and let's make sure we end president biden's executive orders. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from texas. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: mr. chairman, finally let me just say, our young people are watching. our young people are relying on us.

to address this emergency in a way that's going to make sure they have a planet to live on when they grow up. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. ms. lee: mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman seek recognition? ms. lee: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed. in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. davidson: maimple, i have an amendment -- mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 71 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. davidson of ohio. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman

from ohio, mr. davidson, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. davidson: thank you, chairman. this amendment would reduce the salary of victoria newland to $1. she's currently the acting u.s. deputy secretary of state and the undersecretary of state for political affairs. presidents have come and gone but v victoria nuland remains at the state department. she's served in four administrations and normally such a long period of service would be marked with gratitude. so why propose to effectively remove her? president eisenhower cautioned us about people like victoria nuland who would put their own interest at odds with america's interests. we have come to call them endless wars with an american-last policy. but eisenhower called it the military industrial complex. she's exhibit a on how america could get in fewer wars if we cleaned house at the state department. and had a more focused foreign policy. officially the state

department's supposed to promote america's interests and if anyone at the state department has represented the neoconservative consensus that has left america less free and safe and more burdened bidet, it's secretary nuland. she hangs the american people out to dry while escalating tensions and pushing for regime change everywhere she can find an opportunity. from 2003 to 2005, nuland servessed a the principal deputy foreign policy advisor to vice president dick chainy. she championed the iraq war and created the case for regime change and nation building, though the official threat was weapons of m mass destruction ad ties to terrorism. from 2005 to 2008, during president bush's second term, nuland served as u.s. ambassador to nato. where she concentrated on strengthening allied support for nato intervention in iraq, dramatically expanding the scope of nato. in 2011, nuland became the state department spokesperson under hillary clinton.

yet again she cheered for another regime change. this time in libya. her campaign led to toppling the government, the murder of muammar gaddafi and an enormous and ongoing refugee crisis, one that continues out of iraq as well. similar to the effects in iraq, this intervention turned a once stable libya into a failed terrorist state. what was nuland and the party's resnons in the words of hillary clinton, quote, we came, we saw, he died. they left out the part about chaos and instability, rather than a solution to create and promote peace. they've promoted chaos and disorder. immediately after, her newest narrative to justify regime change in syria began. we still have u.s. troops in syria, that is a more effective way to fight isis than the way we fought for nation building in iraq. in 2013nuland was sworn in as the assistant secretary of state

for european andure asian affairs. while she couldn't get brigades of armor deployed to syria like she did in iraq, she swiftly started destabilizing things in ukraine. she used disposition toed me until ukraine's elections, manage violent protests on the ground, facilitate a coup and in addition she began to campaign for nato expansion. in 2017, nuland played an active role in spreading actual disinformation via the steele dossier whose claims had no factual basis.

i urge the biden administration to part ways with secretary nuland. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from ohio reserves. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in opposition that amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. lee: ambassador nuland has been confirmed by the senate several times. you know, i am telling you, if i were about to make a decision about my career, what i'm hearing today would really be very upsetting and i definitely would not make a decision to go into the foreign service. because my whole life could be destroyed if i made that

decision. it's really despicable that you're targeting public servants, threatening their livelihoods and really making your amendments a disincentive for people of great talent to serve our country abroad. it is really a shame and disgrace. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from california yields. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. davidson: i appreciate my colleague's comments and i hope that is the message you received. if you came to serve the united states government to advance your own interests instead of the nation's, i hope you choose not to go into the foreign service. that's exactly the message i want to send to victoria nuland and everyone else in the state department. and frankly i hope we go far beyond this and eliminate whole sections and floors of the current staff there. this amendment's a start. not a finish line. and i yield back after urging all of our colleagues to support

the amendment. the chair: the gentleman from ohio yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from ohio. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. ms. lee: mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. lee: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from ohio will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. diaz-balart: i rise at the designee for the gentlelady from texas, ms. granger. i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to discuss a very serious concern about the lack of cooperation from the government of the bahamas. it's something that concerns me

and my colleague from louisiana. i greatly appreciate the gentleman's concern and his passionate and relentless search for answers that unfortunately still remain after a horrific, a horrific tragedy that happened to one of his constituents. mr. chairman, i am grateful that he's standing up, i appreciate his concerns and i want to make it very clear that i share them. and obviously i want to work with him. again, i want to make sure that we continue to work to get these answers, to answers that he deserves, that his constituents deserve, that all of us are entitled to. and at this time i would like to yield to the gentleman and thank him, thank him for bringing this very important issue to the attention of the house and it's something that we will continue to pursue and with this, i'd like to yield to the gentleman from louisiana. the chair: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized.

mr. graves: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i want to start out and thank my friend, congressman or chairman diaz-balart, for his hard work on state and foreign operations appropriations legislation. i know he and his staff have worked tirelessly over the last several months to get this bill -- this bill in the position it's in now. i want to thank them for their hard work on this. earlier this year, back in may, a constituent, cameron robin, went on a trip celebrating his graduation from high school. went with probably hundreds of other high school graduates from the baton rouge area to the bahamas. they were out on a cruise in the evening and cameron went overboard. we were working literally overnight, i think we got the first call around midnight, and we're on the phone until 4:00 a.m. waking up admirals and captains and all kinds of folks from the united states coast guard and working with the about bahamian forces to make sure

there were appropriate search and rescue efforts to find cameron. regrettably, mr. chairman, despite the efforts of the united states coast guard and the royal abo bahamian defense force, cameron's body was never found. you can imagine the tragic impact on the family, on the students, on the entire community. mr. chairman, the bahamian government are our friends. they're allies, we're obviously very close, close economic relationships. the police in the bahamas conducted a very extensive investigation, they interviewed students who were nearby to find out what happened. they interviewed the captain of the vessel, interviewed everyone who was involved. and we've simply asked and, mr. chairman, you can imagine the family at this point, simply asked, could you please just share your investigation report? that's it. just share the investigation report. the family just wants to learn

as much as they can about this tragedy and i'm going to say it again, mr. chairman, cameron's body was never recovered. and the bahamian government, unfortunately, the royal bahamian police officer force has not provided anything. not provided any answers. we sent our coast guard over to do search and rescue missions, we had surface ships, we had helos, we had aircraft over there. and the bahamian government has provided nothing. they've been totally unresponsive. they haven't responded to me, they haven't responded to the state department. mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to include in the record a letter to the prime minister of the bahamas, prime minister davis, i'm not sure if it's under general leave or not, but ask unanimous consent for this to be included in the record. the chair: the gentleman's request will be covered by general leave. mr. graves: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i do haven a amendment that would -- do have an amendment that would restrict funds for the bahamian

government contingent on their cooperation or simply sharing information in discussing this with the chairman and the ranking member. we're not going to offer that amendment right now. but i just want to ask the chairman and i'd like to ask the ranking member if you all would please work with us on this. i'll say it again. the bahamian government are our friends, they're our allies. but this is a tragic situation, i ask you to put yourself in the place of the parents. try to work with us to help us get the information that the family is looking for. mr. diaz-balart: let me again thank you for bringing this forward. look, it's important that everybody realize, we're going to continue to work on this. there needs to be transparency and we need to get answers and you have my commitment that i will do everything and anything that i can to work with you to get those answers, to make sure that this american who was lost much too soon and that the family understands that

everything has been done to get those answers. thank you for bringing it up. and with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from florida yields. the chair understands that amendment number 72 will not be offered. it is now in order to consider amendment number 73 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. steube: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 73 printed in part d of house report 118-216 offered by mr. steube of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from florida, mr. steube, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. steube: thank you, mr. speaker. the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization, also known as unesco, is incredibly corrupt and mismanaged. this organization has a long history of anti-american bias

and anti-israel bias. they have even honored countries like china that consistently violate human rights. my amendment ensures that no taxpayer dollars go towards finding unesco. we must ensure that funds proponented by this congress are -- proposed by this congress are used in the interests of the american people. why would we give taxpayer dollars to organizations that hate america and favor our adversarys? president trump was right to remove our country's membership in unesco. it's unconscionable that the biden administration has chosen to rejoin unesco and with that pay over $600 million in back dues. funding unesco is the opposite of america-first. this congress should not provide a single dollar to organizations that seek to disparage america and our allies. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in opposition to this amendment. very strongly. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: mr. chairman, the

united states once again became a proud member of unesco this past july. this decision was a huge achievement, it involved several years of negotiation, and it absolutely is in the united states' interest. something only the united states should be able to decide. it is wrong to let another party make that decision for us. debates currently at unesco range from debates at unesco currently range from protection of world heritage sites, to the use of artificial intelligence, the need to respect media freedom, to equitable access to education, and importantly, the toll of the holocaust. the united states should be part of these discussions, making sure our values are reflected. and yes, we are fighting for our values already since we rejoined in july. we have been table successfully advocate for the direct

participation of israel in a recent meeting in saudi arabia. a diplomatic achievement in everyone's interest. participation in international institutions like unesco are in the best interest of the united states of america. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and i reserve the balance of my time. mr. steube: we have $31 trillion in debt. when i first came to congress, we had $21 trillion in debt, now it's $33 trillion, we're running a deficit every year, to give to an organization that's anti-america, anti-israel is not putting taxpayers' dollars to good use in the country. i ask members to support my

amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: mr. chairman, putting america first actually means our relationships throughout the world in terms of what we invest in and how we raise our concerns, our value, and what we do to bring the world together in peace and security. i yield the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 74 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the

gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. perry: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. clip amendment number 74 printed in part b of house report 116- 118-213. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania and a member opposed each will control five mines. the gentleman is recognized. mr. perry: i appreciate that the bill's drafters prohibit contributions to the united nations relief and work agency. unrwa. it's a nice-sounding name but what it does is not so nice. this amendment makes a bill-wide prohibits any funds being made available for unwra.

the issues with unwra has been well established and well known around this town and around the globe. they turned a blind eye to terrorists storing weapons at their facilities in 2014 and hired staff with tyings to terrorist organization. further, and almost maybe even more disturbing, the curriculum of unwra school which is uses the text boovbs the host government authorities has long contained materials that are anti-american, anti-israel, anti-semitic and supportive of violence. direct violence. it can't be understated. that's not histrionic. that's not hyperbole. that's what it is. as recently as 2022, watch dog organizations found that unwra educational material still contains anti-semitic and otherwise objectionable material. even though it's been brought up time and time again. yet we keep paying for it. and they keep doing it.

because they don't care. why would they care? we keep paying for it. not one more dime of our taxpayer money should go toward an agency that has continuously pr moted hatred toward this country. toward our taxpayers. toward the things we believein. and toward our allies. in particular, israel. i absolutely support -- urgent support of this amendment. i don't quite honestly understand why ugh to do this. but with that, i reserve the balance. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: you know, mr. chairman, stripping palestinians of food, housing, health care, education, and opportunities to strengthen their livelihoods only threatens to ignite further unrest, instability, and distrust. such a cutoff would not only affect the west bank and gaza,

but lebanon, syria, and jordan as well. now, along with our ranking member delauro, i have visited unwra schools and i can tell you these young people are grateful to america for our support. and yes, our absence, of course, invites other countries. i want these young people to remember who supports them. and who is looking out for them. this bill already putsever sight and accountability requirements on unwra before funding can be made available. a total suspension of aid would make it much harder for unwra to make sure that these controls are in place and to do proper monitoring while at the same time cutting off essential services to the palestinian people that currently are only provided by unwra. this is morally wrong. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman

reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. oversight. i'm sure there's always oversight. there's going to be oversight again with this bill and the next bill. with the authorization. the state department authorization. but the oversight and accountability hasn't gleaned any results. i've been in the hearings. i have seen the textbooks. i'm sure the gentlelady from the other side has seen them as well. as long as we keep paying, they're going to keep doing it. we can provide all the oversight we want to but in one is going to be held accountable you know how i know that in they've been doing it and no one has been held accountable. i'm sure they are grateful. i'm sure the students are grateful. to receive the textbooks. i'm sure the population is grateful to receive our money. as they thumb their nose at us and do things that are antithetical to every single person in this country that is paying the bill. it is long past time, it is long

past time that we say, enough. if you're not going to respect and appreciate what we give you, appropriately, then we're not going to give it to you until you can get your act together and stop espousing violence to the very people, bloodying the hand that feeds you. that's what this is, buying the hand that feeds you, mr. chairman. until they will not do that there's only one way to send a message, and that's to quit funding our own demise. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: a couple of facts. one, unwra reviews all textbooks used in its schools to ensure consistency with the united nations positions, educational appropriateness and unesco standards. secondly, unwra has a zero tolerance policy with regard to staff neutrality violations and takes all such violations seriously including those raised

by organizations. investigations are launched with involved staff members placed on administrative leave pending investigation. where allegations are found to be true and contrary to unwra's regulations and rule, appropriate disciplinary measures are imposed up to and including dismissal. like any other organization which we provide resources to, unwra has accountability meek niches in place and in fact follows up with regard to any charges that the gentleman has raised. so the damage that's going to be done through this amendment is damage that is really damaging first of all yes to the children who benefit from unwra investments from this country but it's also damaging to our, again, leadership as it relates to being a real leader in terms

of our efforts to seek global peace and security. that's what this bill really should be about. i yield the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california yields. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. let me just tell you what i think is damaging to our leadership. having our allies see us pay with our hard-earned tax dollars for their adversaries to promote violence toward them. i think that's damaging. and if i were these allies, i would be questioning how that's helpful. now, i'm glad that my colleague brought up the fact that thee the, you know, the textbooks are checked. and that we should know what's in them. there are constant reviews. so on and so forth. ladies and gentlemen, we can't trust the textbooks our schools in our own towns in this country. you think we know what's going on in the middle east with the money we're paying for theirs?

i suggest we don't. as far as consistency and educational appropriateness, let me remind everybody,s the same organization that pays stipends for people that go kill jews and americans. they pay stipends for. that so of course it's culturally appropriate. it's educationally appropriate. it's consistent. it's consistent with their message of hatred. and we're paying for it and that's why it should -- it should end now. i urge adoption of the amendment and i yield the balance. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i ask for a recorded -- a recorded vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania will be postponed. the chair understands that amendment 75 will not be offered.

it is now in order to consider amendment number 76 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. ogles: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 76 printed in part d of house report 118-216, offered by mr. ogles of tennessee. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. ogles, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. ogles: thank you, mr. chairman. april 15, 2019, under the leadership of president trump, islamic revolutionary guard corps was designated -- designated a foreign terrorist organization. that's important. because the irgc is guilty of killing and injuring thousands of americans. they maintain the largest

inventory of ballistic missiles in the region. they have developed a range of unmanned aerial vehicles. u.a.v.'s. they support terrorists in yemen like his boll lo and -- hezbollah and hamas. often times in violation of international sanctions that. i wield considerable influence on the government of iraq and frequently threaten the very existence of our ally and partner, the state of israel, like they did earlier this month. the president of iran just used the u.n. general assembly as a backdrop for calling for the assassination of an american citizen. or american citizens. and cited the elimination of soleimani, the former head of the irgc, as justification. iran willem ploy all tools and capacity in order to bring justice, they said, the perpetrate and -- perpetrator and all who had a hand in shul

mauney's killing -- soleimani's killing. we should spend no funds in overtiming that. this should be a bipartisan bill. it should have a vote. i urge adoption. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. diaz-balart: i claim time in opposition. though i'm not opposed. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: i rise in strong support of this amendment which would provide funds to eliminate the -- to list the iranian national guard as a terrorist organization. one of several provisions designed to counter iran's nuclear program and its terrorist activities around the

globe. in addition, the bill provides funding to enforce a future agreement, any future agreement, related to the nuclear program of iran until such agreement is submitted to congress and receives the advice and consent of the senate. not that complicated. so let's be clear. with the administration's recent decision to waive sanctions and facilitate a transfer of $6 billion to fund iran, the moolahs in -- the mullahs in iran this debate this issue, could not come at a more timely manner. i applaud the gentleman. i it's an issue all of us should be on the same side on as he mentioned because we have to continue to counter iran and strongly urge for the support of this timely and important amendment. i yield back.

the chair: the gentleman from florida yields. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. ogles: i support the chairman and i want to put a finer point on it. in front of the u.n. general assembly, and i continue, they will not rest until that is done, that being death to americans. the blood of the oppressed will not be forgotten and the ropes of the guilty will bring them to justice. these folks intend to kill americans. these folks intend to topple our ally which is israel and i will not stand for it. so i stand before you, mr. chairman, and i ask adoption of this amendment. i urge my colleagues on both side of the aisles. this should not be a partisan issue. we're talking about the lives of americans. mr. chairman, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the

ayes have it. mr. ogles: i request a roll call vote. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition. mr. ogles: i request a roll call vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from tennessee will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 77 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. massie: mr. chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 77 printed in part d of report 118-216 offered by mr. massie of kentucky. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, mr. massie is recognized and a member opposed. the chair recognizes mr. massie. mr. massie: this is simple, it

states none of the funds made available by this act may be used to transfer cluster munitions to any foreign country and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. dias-balart. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: i oppose the amendment which would provide a blanket to any cluster munitions to an ally or partner abroad. though the bill claims a halt, it does transfer where the dud rate is 1% or less. the bill allows transfer of related assistance where the purpose is for demilitarization or permanently disposing of such munitions. this amendment, however, goes beyond the restriction in this

bill. it would ban the transfer of those weapons to any foreign partner under any circumstances. whether to respond to a conflict in the korean peninsula or to support taiwan or in the event of a taiwanese invasion or any other event. i say it respectfully and would unwisely tie the hands of our military and any potential future conflict. so for those reasons i respectfully would urge to defeat this amendment and at this time i would reserve. the chair: the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. massie: mr. chair, i yield one minute to my friend on the other side of the aisle, ms. lee of california. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: i rise in support of my colleague's amendment and thank massie and mcgovern for offering it. cluster bombs are some of the

most inhumane weapons on earth. the united states should not use or stockpile these weapons and certainly should not be transferring them to any other nation. cluster bombs undermine our efforts to promote dignity everywhere at a time we're trying to mobilize the world in defense of human dignity in ukraine, our cause is undermined by the continued existence of these weapons in the united states arsenal. cluster munitions leave bomblets spread over an indiscriminate area, on laying undetonated for generations. unexplodeed cluster munitions have maimed or killed countless civilians over the past few decades including an outrageous number of children p. we're still spending millions of dollars to clean up cluster munitions used in southeast asia decades ago. we cannot be complicit in their further spread. nearly 125 countries have banned

their use by signing on to the united nations convention on cluster munitions. for years this bill, it has carried language -- i urge my colleagues to support this bill. may i have another 30 seconds. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. lee: nearly 125 countries banned their use by signing on to the united nations convention on cluster munitions. for years our bill has carried language severely limiting their transfer to other countries. but this is not proven to be enough. a complete ban is overdue and i'm proud to support this amendment and i urge my colleagues to support it and i yield back. the chair: gentlewoman yields. mr. massie: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from florida yields. mr. massie: i'd like to yield

two minutes to my friend on the other side of the aisle from nevada. the chair: the gentlelady from nevada is recognized for two minutes. >> i join my colleagues in support of this amendment to subvert more wide harm to civilians in areas contaminated by unexploded ordnance and we should ban these cluster bombs. thousands of communities across southeast asia and the caucuses and eastern europe face lingering dangers from land mines and explosive remnants of war dating back to world war ii, the indochina wars. and many pacific island nations are still contaminated by unexploded ordnance following world war two battles between japan and allied forces. ms. titus: cluster munitions continue to be legal decades long after they were deployed. laos the most bombed country per capita in history estimate

150,000 civilian casualties from unexploded remnants of war and cambodia and vietnam seen 105,000 casualties since 1975 respectfully. if you have visited these countries, you may have encountered little musical groups on the street of the victims of these cluster bombs. and as you heard, what's really tragic is about 2/3 of those who are injured or killed are children. the land in ukraine that has been contaminated by explosive ordnance has increased tenfold and now takes up 30% of the country representing an area the size of florida or twice the size of the entire country of portugal. there is a reason why a vast majority of the international community, our allies, banned cluster bombs and it's time for the u.s. to follow suit. i'm pleased to support this amendment and thank my colleagues for bringing it.

yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from nevada yields. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. massie: over the past year our country has been engaged in a proxy war with russia and we're on a path to a hot war where we'll be directly involved if we don't change that path now. it is short-sided to use cluster bombs there to transfer those munitions and will represent an escalation in the war that could draw us further into that conflict. and i agree with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, it's a good idea just not to transfer these to any other country. now, some have said on previous amendments on the floor to me, i think our military, we shouldn't be limiting our own military. it doesn't limit our own military. it says we will not transfer these munitions to other countries and think it's wise and is the prudent thing to do and we shouldn't provide them to any other country and certainly not under the guise of world peace because they last, as my

colleagues have said, for years and years in many cases. i urge adoption of this amendment and yield back. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from kentucky. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. diaz-balart: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from kentucky will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment 78 printed in part d of house report 118-216. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: amendment number 78 offered by mr. burgess of texas,

printed in part d of house report 118-216. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, and a member opposed will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i speak in favor of my amendment, the related appropriations act of 2024. this amendment would reduce foreign assistance to three central american countries based on the number of unaccompanied children from each of those countries that were referred to the office of refugee resettlement custody in the previous year. mr. speaker, for the last five fiscal years, the united states has provided more than $3 billion in foreign assistance for central american countries. for fiscal year 2022, the department of homeland security referred almost 130,000 unaccompanied children to the office of refugee resettlement.

47% of those children were from guatemala. 29% were from honduras and 13% were from el salvador. 11% were from other countries. on average, providing care for unaccompanied alien child cost the office of refugee resettlement $500 per day with the average length of stay in o.r. or custody being 30 days. this means the average total cost of care for an unaccompanied alien child in o.r.r. custody in fiscal year 2022 was $15,000 per child. but in aggregate it was $1.9356 -- it was nearly $2 billion to take care of these unaccompanied alien children. mr. speaker, this is a crisis that only continues to get worse in 2023 because of the very dangerous and volatile open border policies of this

administration. look, we know the deal in washington. if you want to make something important to someone, you make it about their money. i want these countries of origin to take better care of their citizens so they do not undertake the dangerous and irregular migration to this country. but for five years i've tried to push this point and those countries have done nothing to make it less likely that a child will undertake that dangerous path to come to the united states with irregular immigration. passing this amendment sends a very strong message, we need to incentivize these countries to better serve their children. after all, better serve their future. this amendment will provide a real tangible monetary incentive to those countries to combat factors that are driving irregular migration.

i urge everyone to vote for this amendment and i'll reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from texas reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: i rise in opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. lee: i can't imagine the dire straits that would lead me to send my child on their own on a pirilious journey to face an uncertain situation at the united states border. and no one does that willingly or without exhausting every alternative. i've been to the border many times. i was born and raised in el paso texas, in a border town p. i've talked to everyone who i meet and ask them about the circumstances and why they left their homes. 99% said they did not want to leave where they lived. no one wants to leave their homes. this is really an amendment that suggests the countries are intentionally sending their youth away or that somehow this desperation would be improved by

taking away the education, anti-corruption or nutrition programming that this assistance pays for is ignorant and best and cynical at worse. the gentleman's amendment cuts three times the assistance we provide to guatemala. that's three times, for the last full programming year. it cuts double the assistance for honduras and guatemala. it's unimplementable and really very cynical and dangerous. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment, and i yield bag the balance -- the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: i would only point out the american taxpayer is being hit twice in this exchange. they send tax dollars to other countries so those countries can take care of their own children. but they don't spend it on their children, they spend it on other things. so the american taxpayer has to

step up again and be charged again for the care and feeding of that child while it's in the custody of the office of resettlement. i wish this amendment were not necessary. i wish those countries would take care of their own citizens so it was not necessary for them to undergo irregular migration. over five years i have been trying. it has not helped. this is a way to get their attention. i urge support of my amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. diaz-balart: i ask for a roll call vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the

gentleman from texas will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. diaz-balart: i commend the chair for a job well done and i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 4665 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 4665 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair announcer: today the house is working on 20 24 spending for four departments and operations. members are considering bill that would provide $300 million aid to ukraine, and negotiations are legislation to fund tntire federal government continue off the floor as lawmaker face amid light deadline on saturday to avoid a government shutdown. right now the house is it a recess. when members return, watch live

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