ms. amodei: reclaiming my time, with all due respect, the definition of a c.r. is you go forward. there is nothing to block in going forward with last year's -- that language still applies. thank you, good morning, and god bless america. the speaker pro tempore: i think the gentleman yielded back his time. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i'm proud to yield three minutes to the democratic whip, congressman clark. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. clarke: we just received a 71-page bill that is about keeping open our federal government, something democrats have been pushing for months. we are asking for 90 minutes to be able to read this bill and come to the floor with an informed vote. that has been denied.

the chair will remind members of the house that at the time of the motion to adjourn was demanded, we were debating h.r. 5860. the time remaining for debate is six minutes on the majority side, five minutes on the minority side. debate will resume on h.r. 5860 and the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. who claims time?

the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is prepared to close. ms. delauro: we are not prepared to close. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. -- . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: just to reiterate what i said earlier and we now have the language in both the senate bill and the house bill. this -- and it's really not so clean a continuing resolution as it has been portrayed. this strikes the member pay prohibition. in effect giving members a pay raise. let me just explain. if you have a copy of the bill, which is on page 7, in the

senate bill there's language that the legislative branch appropriations bill, what division it is, etc., section 6, provides really what it does is the senate -- the senate bill prohibits the movement toward a member pay raise. now, what the house republicans have done is, page 7, line 13, is what they do, they just drop that part of the -- of the language that comes from the senate bill. in essence, what they have done is to provide themselves with a pay raise. i would just -- i would ask you, i understand what you're saying.

but what you need to do is, i don't know if -- you haven't given us time read the 71 pages, i'm hopeful that all of you have had the opportunity to read the 71 pages. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. once again, the chair would like to remind his colleagues that in keeping with the proper decorum on the floor, please direct your comments to the chair. the gentlelady may resume. ms. delauro: thank you. i yield one minute to the distinguished democratic leader, the gentleman from new york, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. jeffries: i thank -- i thank

the distinguished gentlelady -- i thank the distinguished gentlelady from connecticut, rosa delauro, for her leadership over my colleagues and government. i rise today to have a conversation with the american people. strap in, this may take a little while. we want to talk about why we are here at this moment on the brink of a shutdown that was entirely unavoidable and has been brought to us by the extreme maga republicans. who have decided that rather than pursue the normal legislative process of trying to find common ground, not as democrats or independents or

republicans, but as americans, rather than try to pursue policy achievements through the normal legislative process, that they want to threaten the american people with a shutdown. to try to drive your extreme agenda down the throats of the american people. why are we here? at this moment? on the brink of a catastrophic shutdown that will hurt everyday americans. hurt children. hurt families. hurt older americans, hurt veterans and hurt the economy. why are we at this moment, when from the very beginning we have said that there's an opportunity to come together in a bipartisan way, consistent with the spending agreement that house republicans themselves negotiated. themselves negotiated. and from the beginning of this process we have said nothing

more, nothing less. simply, keep your word. with respect to the agreement that you negotiated. and what's -- just so that -- just so just so the american people understand. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. mr. jeffries: so so -- just so the american people understand when we say an agreement was negotiated, how did we get to this point. heading into the -- heading into this congress, we said that we

are willing to find common ground with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, whenever and wherever possible. in the best interests of the american people. governing in a bipartisan way in the same way that we govern in the previous congress. we passed bill after bill after bill to make life better for the american people and so many of those legislative efforts whether it was the infrastructure and jobs act where we created millions of good paying jobs for hardworking every day americans. to fix our crumbling roads, bridges tunnels, our airports, water and sewer system, mass transportation system. and it was bipartisan. largely democratic in the house, but bipartisan. we passed gun safety legislation

for the first time in 30 years. why? because we believe we should do something about the gun violence epidemic in the united states of america with the urgency of now. and not as some of my colleagues want to do, unleash weapons of war that are not used to hunt deer, but used to hunt human beings and shred children. we worked in a bipartisan way to pass the safer communities act to make progress for the american people. and we worked on the chips and science act that will bring domestic manufacturing jobs back home to the united states of america. as opposed to our jobs moving in the other direction.

and to invest in science, technology, engineering, math, to ensure that our young people have the skills to succeed in the 21st century economy and are competitive to continue to elevate american exceptionalism. that was done in a bipartisan way. and there were some areas where our republican colleagues refused to do what was right in our view for the american people. and that's why in some instances we needed to just act, to put people over politics, people over politics. and so that's what we did. with the american rescue plan and inflation reduction act. but our bipartisan track record continues. we stood up for the men and women who have served this

country and who are exposed to burn fits or tox -- burn pits, toxic substances and agent orange. under the pact act we stood up for our veterans for millions to get the health care that they deserve. and we got the pact act over the finish line. once again, it was bipartisan in nature. we understood there were grave threats to our democracy because of what occurred with the former president of the united states of america, who incited a violent insurrection and tried to potentially use some loopholes within the electoral count act to effectively steal

the election, undermine the preliminary of fair and free electrics, halt the peaceful transfer of power. so we held a commission, a committee on the leadership of benny thompson who did an incredible job of presenting the facts to the american people. and so january 6 committee explored the consequences of what happens when one individual and people who blindly follow him could undermine the very fabric of our democracy. it's important to note the january 6 committee was also bipartisan in nature.

it was bipartisan and every single witness that was presented worked with the former president and there is still more that needs to be done in that regard, but one of the legislative results of the january 6 committee's wonderful presentation and exploration was that we passed reform to the electoral count act to strengthen the institution of our democracy as part of the preliminary that we -- presume that we never allow an individual sitting at 1600 pennsylvania avenue trying to undermine democracy. we won't do it. and that bill was bipartisan in nature. also passed the american rescue plan in a moment of great

crisis. the very beginning of the previous congress. in the midst of a once in a century pandemic that cost so many lives, so much pain, so much suffering, so much death. and we moved decisively under the leadership of president biden to pass the american rescue plan. put shots in arms, money in pockets and kids back in school. we passed the child tax credit as part of that that reduced child poverty in america by half, by half. and not a single republican would join us as part of the effort. to make sure that the american dream is alive and well in every single zip code. and we reduced poverty and these were things that were done for

everyone, every single american, regardless of zip code, rural america, usual and america, suburban america, small-town america, appalachia. that's what we were able to do with the american rescue plan and ahollywood the united states of america to emerge as the strongest economy as any advanced economy in the world. that wasn't a guarantee. we know we have more work to do. we have more work to do. and we want to get to work. but instead of getting to work on behalf of the american people solving problems, joining and partnering with us in a manner that is designed to find common ground, extreme maga republicans have been marching us to a

dangerous shutdown, which we'll get to in a moment. but we ended the previous congress bypassing the inflation reduction act, striking a dramatic blow against the climate crisis, setting our planet on a sustainable trajectory forward, the largest investment in combatting the climate crisis in the history of the world, because we recognize that these extreme weather events will not go away on their own. and america is leading, thanks to our former speaker and house and senate democrats and president joe biden. in that legislation we addressed the issue of health care affordability because we understand that the american people are dealing with grave

challenges as it relates to their cost of living. and in the inflation reduction act, we began to address that in a serious way, strengthen the affordable care act, lowering health care costs and driving down the high price of life-saving prescription drugs for millions of americans including taking the price of insulin which prior to the passage of the inflation reduction act would cost the average american family $4,000 a year and drove it down to $35 a month. and we are just getting started. and so that -- that's a track record coming into this congress. and as the american people are

suffering from what has been characterized as a republican civil war and apparently it's base a handful of the more extreme members on the other side of the aisle have concluded that what's necessary is to try and hijack the institution to jam their right-wing ideological views down the throats of the american people because they understand that otherwise these extreme policies cannot be achieved throughout the normal legislative process. but we are supposed to believe that the chaos, the dysfunction, the extremism is largely the result of the narrowness of the republican majority. we had the same exact majority extremely narrow on the other

side of the aisle and instead of chaos, dysfunction and extremism, we got things done tore the american people. same exact majority under the leadership of speaker pelosi and jim clyburn and steny hoyer. that's the context coming into the moment that we're in right now. historic dysfunction that we've seen. so we are on the brink of a government shutdown. and at the 11th hour, legislation is dropped on the american people and we're told that you have five or 10 minutes to evaluate legislation that is more than 70 pages long and expected simply to trust the word of our extreme maga republican colleagues. the american people deserve better.

they deserve better. and so we're working through evaluating that legislation on behalf of the american people. and when we have had time to evaluate the bill that was dropped on the american people on the 11th hour, immediately after what took place yesterday on the floor of the house where extreme maga republicans put on the floor a continuing resolution that imposed 30% or more draconian cuts on the american people, including cutting the social security administration by 30%. devastate social security and the ability of the administration to administer it

on behalf of older americans in this country. we need to evaluate whether in this bill that you just dropped upon the american people at the 11th hour as they try to cut social security, because that's what you tried to do yesterday. we need a little time to evaluate whether you are trying to slash public school funding while we are concerned about whether the republican majority is trying to slash public school funding because you put forth a bill that did just that. yesterday, would devastate the ability of american children all across the country to be able to learn in a manner that gives them the best opportunity to succeed and pursue the american dream. some versions of the republican

spending bills would slash title 1 funding which goes to the most vulnerable children amongst us by 80% effectively shutting down public education in many parts of this country. i think it is a reasonable thing for house democrats on behalf of the american people to have time to evaluate what you are trying to do with public education in a bill that house republicans dropped on the american people at the 11th hour. . we also are very concerned that from the very beginning of this congress, you have had an objective to criminalize abortion care and to impose or march us toward a nationwide ban. and we want the american people to understand. that on this side of the aisle we don't believe that our

colleagues on the republican side should threat on a government shutdown as part of their effort to criminalize abortion care. that shouldn't happen. that should not happen. but that's what you are trying to do in a defense bill that you just passed. this week. so we need an opportunity to evaluate. on the four corners of a bill that you dropped on us, mr. chairman, that the republican majority dropped on us at the 11th hour, what it does to reproductive freedom. i think that's what the american people would want us to do. and let us be clear to the american people. house democrats believe in a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive healthcare

decision, period, full stop. and the republican majority wants to undermine reproductive freedom. so we are trying to evaluate in a bill dropped on the american people at the 11th hour whether anything in the four corners of this bill would undermine reproductive freedom. now, earlier in the year, my republican colleagues threatened to default on america's debt. which connects to the moment that we're in right now because it ultimately resulted in republicans agreeing to topline spending numbers. and so as part of what has brought to us this moment, because an agreement was reached in may. to avoid any shutdown drama.

by setting topline spending numbers at the insistence of house republicans. who then went into the oval office with president joe biden who was negotiating in good faith arrived at topline spending numbers, bill was presented on the house floor, more than 300 members of congress voted for it including 149 republicans. a majority in the senate that was bipartisan in nature. sent to president biden's desk. signed into law. setting top line spending numbers. as part of an effort to avoid a reckless government shutdown. and it took less than a week for the republican majority to break its word. in the agreement that you --

that house republicans themselves negotiated. which is what leads us to this moment right now. the nerve of even threatening a catastrophic default. in and of itself. highlights the extremism that has permeated this chamber from the beginning. -- from the beginning of this congress on january 3. because the full faith and credit of the united states of america and protecting it is a constitutional responsibility that we all have. and by the way, when democrats were in the majority and someone was in the white house from the other side of the political aisle, someone who we strongly disagreed with, the former president, we raised the debt ceiling three times. no gamesmanship. no partisanship.

no showmanship. we raised it three times. which is why that is simply what should have occurred this time around. but as part of extracting policy changes that the american people don't support, we were threatened with defaulting on our debt. for the first time in american history. would have crashed the economy, sent the stock market spiraling downward, triggered a job-killing recession. and under the leadership of president biden we reached an agreement to avoid a catastrophic default. in that agreement we protected social security. protected medicare. protected medicaid. protected veterans. protected public education. protected public safety. protected our efforts to combat the climate crisis and protected the american people. and as part of that -- as part

of that, we reached topline spending numbers. that republicans negotiated. and then immediately broke the agreement. to bring us to this point. and that's very unfortunate. because all of this could have been avoided. we have a bill in the senate that shortly would have ended the government shutdown, if in fact, as we have consistently asked for this, bipartisan spending agreement emerges from the senate, makes it way over to the house, and if you put the bipartisan spending agreement emerging from the senate on the floor of the house of representatives and allow for an up or down vote, it will pass and the extreme maga republican

shutdown threat would end. that's the way. -- that's the way to proceed. so why can't playmy republican colleagues commit to doing just that? is this really a serious effort to end the government shutdown threat when it's in the d.n.a. of many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to shut down the government? not hyperbole. let's check the historic record. 1990's. republicans shut the government down twice. when bill clinton was president. the ransom demand at the time was, we want to slash and burn medicaid. end medicare.

as the american people know it. and unless that were to happen, we were told by republicans that they would shut down the government. and that's exactly what happened. twice. in the 1990's. in order to try to slash and burn medicaid and adversely impact medicare. it's in the d.n.a. of house republicans. how do we know that? in 2013, the american people were forced to deal with another reckless, dangerous government shutdown. for 14 days. house republicans shut down the government. why was the government shut down in 2013? because the demand was made inherently unreasonable, that president obama should repeal

the affordable care act. a signature legislative accomplishment that has been a force for good in the united states of america. and we declined, politely, to take away health care from millions of americans. we declined politely to allow house republicans to impose. a situation in america where more than million people would have lost their protection for pre-existing conditions. we declined to allow house republicans to impose an age tax on older americans. which would have dramatically increased health care costs. and because we decline to do those things, house republicans chose to shut the government down in 2013 for 14 days.

it's in the house republican d.n.a. and in the 2018-2019, we faced the longest government shutdown in american history. 35 days. of devastation visited upon the american people. unnecessarily so. what was the extreme ransom demand at that particular point in time? the demand was to waste billions of dollars of taxpayer money on the former president's ineffective, medieval border wall. which by the way he said mexico would pay for. and then you turn around, the house majority at the time,

turned around and tried to stick the american taxpayer with the bill. an ineffective solution to the issues around immigration that we should necessarily confront. and so because we declined respectfully to pay that ransom note and stick the american people with billions and billions of dollars for an ineffect i have border wall that the previous president promised mexico would pay for, because we declined, it shut the government down for 35 days. it's in your d.n.a. the interesting thing about that government shutdown is that while we had take then majority in january of 2019, the government shutdown started in late december. and so in other words, the government shutdown started with a republican in the white house

and republicans in the majority in the house and in the senate. you shut yourselves down. at that particular moment. it's in the d.n.a. and so that is the back drop. that's the context for how we arife at this moment -- arrive at this moment. after the district work period, throughout the month of august, we came back to the congress. ready, willing, and able to get things done for the american people. to find common ground. to put people over politics. which is what we are committed to doing every single day we're here in washington. and when we came back in september, that's what house

democrats were prepared to do. and we were told that to the extent any illegitimate impeachment inquiry would be launched, that it would be done so only with a serious up or down vote. on the floor of the house of representatives. that's what we were told. by house republican leadership. that's not what happened. instead of coming back to washington in september, knowing we were faced with the possibility of an extreme maga republican government shutdown, and being laser focused on finding the common ground necessary to fund the government in a way that protects the health, the safety, and the economic well being of the american people, instead of doing that, without a vote on the floor of the house of

representatives, house leadership announces an ill he gite mat impeachment -- an illegitimate impeachment inquiry. no evidence of wrongdoing against the president no evidence of an impeachable offense. no evidence that high crimes or misdemeanors were committed by the president no evidence that the president broke the law. how do we know that? your own witnesses told the american people that two days ago in a hearing that house republicans called. so for three weeks, instead of focusing on solving problems for hardworking american taxpayers, house republicans launched an ill legis mat impeachment inquiry when house republican witnesses have now testified

before the american people that no evidence exists to justify impeaching the current president. and so that is part of the context. of why we're here. house republicans wasting time, doing the bidding of the former president, the insur exist in chief who -- the insur exist doctor insurrectionis in chief called for. on a reckless political stunt. that's why we're at the brink of the government shutting down right now. that was week one when we came back. the week of september 11.

what happened in week two? week two, the week of september 18, house republicans, my colleagues decided that you were going to try to jam extreme right-wing policies down the throats of the american people, strip away reproductive freedom, criminalize apportion care, bully the lgbtq community, cut public education, cut public safety, cut affordable housing programs, cut the ability for veterans to receive the nutritional assistance that they needed. week two, you decided, the house majority, mr. chairman decided to go to the floor to pass bills that would do knowing to make life better for every day

americans, do knowing to avoid a catastrophic shutdown, do knowing to find common ground in a bipartisan way. but during the week of september 18, the decision was made to try and jam extreme right-wing policies down the throats of the american people. and not a single bill was passed, because house republicans had an inability to get their act together with each other. colorful words were used them, i won't use them on the floor. they are part of the public domain, as part of a civil war, shooting at each other and fighting with each other. house democrats are here to fight for the american people, that's what we should be doing.

not fighting each other as part of the republican civil war. but last week, time was wasted by house republican colleagues fighting each other and what has been described as a republican civil war, colorful language not used by democrats not to describe what was taking place on the other side of the aisle but used by house republicans to describe each other. i won't call out any individual members, including a former speaker, paul ryan, disagreed with him on a whole host of issues, but believed in the institution, made the observation that house republicans are dysfunctional and need to get their act together. that's wall ryan. former speaker. that same sentiment was echoed

by current house republican members. so last week, you wasted time fighting each other as opposed to finding the common ground necessary to reach a bipartisan spending agreement. the chair, former chair, top democrat on the house appropriations committee, rosa delauro made it clear from the very beginning, she was ready to sit down and talk to her republican counterpart any time, any place, ready, willing and able to find bipartisan common ground. but we couldn't find a partner on the other side, so we proceeded in conversation with senate democrats and senate republicans and the biden administration. all in alignment in a strongly bipartisan bill to avert a

government shutdown earlier this week. that passed in a motion procedurally to advance the legislation 77-19, strongly bipartisan. and we were a part of those conversations thanks to rosa delauro. that's a bill that would avoided the government shutdown and give us another 45 days or so to work through the normal appropriations process and reach common ground. but instead of partnering with house democrats, senate democrats, senate republicans and the biden administration, house republicans decided to go it alone, fight a civil war. stand on an island on your own.

so last week, nothing happened. -- on the floor of the house of representatives. and that brings us to this week. this week, we returned earlier and had every opportunity. we continued to say we want to partner with our republican colleagues to find the common ground necessary to meet the needs of the american people and avoid a catastrophic government shutdown that will hurt every day americans, hurt children, hurt families, hurt the middle class, hurt all those who aspire to be part of the middle class, hurt working families, veterans, the sick inflicted, hurt the least and those left behind. we said from the very beginning that we were ready, willing and

able to find the bipartisan common ground and meet the needs of the american people and avoid a catastrophic government shutdown. but instead, my republican colleagues spent this week peddling more chaos, more dysfunction and more extremism, trying to jam extreme right-wing policies down the throats of the american people. cutting social security, slashing public school funding, criminalizing abortion care, including in the department of defense bill that house republicans advanced earlier this week to restrict military service women from being able to travel in order to seek

reproductive health care. and threaten a government shutdown unless the american people would be forced to agree with a policy that they don't support. spent this week doing things like that. yesterday, a bill brought to the house floor to cut spending by 30% or more in a manner that would do things like take food out of the mouths of women, infants and children. we will never let that happen, not now, not ever. not in america. we will never let that happen. but that's one of the extreme right-wing policies that my

republican colleagues spent this week, threatening to do, threatening to do, bringing us to the brink of a government shutdown. now from the very beginning, there was a clear path forward, because a spending agreement was reached in may. that everyone in this town agreed to abide by as a matter of law. house democrats, house republicans, senate democrats, senate republicans and president biden. so -- so why have we spent the last several weeks here in the house of representatives trying

to break that agreement and threaten a reckless government shutdown? which by the way will have catastrophic consequences for the american people. we want the american people to know that we are going to do everything possible to stop extreme maga republicans from shutting down the government. we are fighting on their behalf to put people over politics. that's why we're here. that's why we're making this fight. and we want to do it in a bipartisan way. so we're in the process of evaluating the legislation that was dropped on the american people at the 11th hour. and once we conclude that expeditious review of the four corners of the legislation, we

can make a decision as to the best path forward. when we have said all week that the only path forward is a bipartisan one, a bipartisan bill working its way through the senate right now. senate democrats and senate republicans coming together to meet the needs of the american people. so we're evaluating the four corners of the bill to see if it does what's necessary as part of our effort to fight for things like lower costs and better paying jobs and safer communities, building a healthy economy for hardworking american taxpayers. why? because as house democrats, we're committed to an economy that is built from the middle out and the bottom out, not the top down, not the top down.

and so we're in the process now of evaluating whether there's anything in the four corners of this bill that would impose upon the american people the trickle-down economic scheme that has been such a disaster for the american middle class and for all those who aspire to be part of the middle class. i think the american people deserve an opportunity for their elected representatives, democrats and republicans to evaluate the legislation that is in front of us. that's the least that can be done. when we know for decades house republicans and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have

imposed big tax cuts that benefit only the wealthiest amongst us and undermine the ability of the american people to truly pursue the american dream. it was done most recently in 2017. the house republican majority signature legislative accomplishment was passing the g.o.p. tax scam, where 83% of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1%. in fact, at the end of the day, this is all about fiscal responsibility, we want our republican colleagues to explain why in a bill that benefit only a handful of americans that you stick the american people with

$2 trillion worth of debt. because the g.o.p. tax scam was not paid for at all. and so house republicans dropped a bill on the american people at the 11th hour earlier today. and all we're simply saying is we want time to evaluate whether there's anything within the four corners of that bill that would impose some trickle-down economic scheme. i have come to the conclusion over the years that trickle down means only one thing for every day americans. you may get a trickle, but you are guaranteed to stay down. that is what trickle-down economics is all about. at the end of the day, we need to evaluate where we are because house republicans started this

congress by saying any bill that is brought before the peoples' house will be done so in a manner that allows for 72 hours of review. that was the house republican policy, 72 hours of review. of many like many other thing that was been broken promises throughout this do-nothing republican congress, you promised the american people would have 72 hours to review any bill brought before the american people. and you dropped this bill at the 11th hour today and gave the american people minutestoe valuate it. that's unacceptable. it's un-american. it's unreasonable. the american people deserve

better. the american people deserve better. because at the end of the day, what we are endeavoring to do is to try to figure out where we are at. on behalf of our quest to lift up the great american dream. for the middle class. and all those who aspire to be part of the middle class. to do things that are pro-american. pro-worker. pro-labor union. pro-entrepreneurial. pro-small business. pro-job creation. consistent with our views that in america, when you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to provide a

comfortable living for yourself and for your family. educate your children. purchase a home. and one day retire with grace and dignity. is that too much to ask? that's what we're fighting for. on behalf of the american pe people. and all we want is time. just a handful of moments to be able to evaluate. is there anything within the bill that was dropped on the american people at the 11th hour, notwithstanding the fact that the american people were promised 72 hours for any bill, let alone consequential legislation. we just want to be abletoe valuate within the four corners of the agreement where things are at. in terms of uplifting that basic american principle.

and so as i mentioned at the very beginning of my remarks, house democrats continue to stand ready to find common ground. with our republican colleagues. whenever and wherever possible. however, we will oppose republican extremism whenever necessary. we will oppose any efforts to cut social security and medicare. we will oppose any efforts to slash public school funding. we'll oppose any efforts to undermine american democracy. we will oppose any efforts to flood our communities with weapons of war. we will oppose any efforts to undermine the progress being made on the climate crisis. we will oppose any efforts to

undermine the great american dream. we will oppose any efforts to undercut public education. we will oppose any efforts to walk away from the people who keep us safe. at our border and around the united states of america. we will oppose any efforts to undermine the ability of the middle class to continue to thrive in the united states of america. and all we're doing is making sure that we can assess the four corners of the legislation that is before us, avoid a catastrophic government shutdown for people over -- put people over poll tirks and make sure we can continue the great american dream. that you don't undermine freedom. you don't undermine reproductive freedom. you don't undermine the things that are necessary for every single american. to thrive. in every zip code. throughout the land. in urban america. in rural america, in suburban

america, in smalltown america. in the heartland of america. in appalachia. that's all we're doing. and when we complete our review we'll come back to the floor, we'll make a decision, and as democrats, we'll continue to put people over politics and continue america's long, necessary, and majestic march toward a more perfect union. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. without objection, the gentleman from florida, mr. diaz-balart, will control the time for the majority. the gentleman is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from the state of nevada, mr. amodei.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. amodei: thank you to my colleague from florida, and thank you, mr. speaker. you know, there's been a complaint -- there's been a complaint -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members are advised to take their conversations from the floor. the gentleman may resume. mr. amodei: thank you, mr. speaker. there's been some indication that -- of concern because the bill on the floor lacks language to prohibit a cost of living increase that doesn't exist. and that was not given. and which has no appropriation in the existing fiscal year budget. normally that would be the end of the discussion. however, i guess, being generous here, out of an abundance of

caution and respect for those bill-drafting experts in the senate, fixing that to include the senate's genius language in this measure is something that is imminently doable in short order unless it becomes midnight because we have to have a couple more september students. -- september state of the unions. therefore, even though it was not included in our legislation, even though there is no existing cola or appropriation for it if that's the only thing, i'm going to say that real slowly if that's the only thing that's wrong, then it's imminently fixable for that belt and suspenders insurance policy for those who would support the bill, but for the lack of that

language. we shall see. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is prepared to close. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, may i first inquire how much time i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 4 1/4 minutes remaining. the gentlelady has 2 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. diaz-balart: i would like unanimous consent to extend the time per side for 10 minutes to speak. we have further people. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. diaz-balart: at this time, mr. speaker, thank you for your indulgence, i would like to

reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized, with 12 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, house republicans have shown they are unwilling and unable to govern. some have shown they are willing and able to abandon our allies. russian tyranny and aggression threaten more than just ukraine's borders. we learned in georgia and we learned in crimea if you stand by while russia takance inch, they'll take a mile. vladimir putin must be held to account for upending europe's security in peacetime for a pointless, bloody war which has disrupted energy markets and triggered food insecurity around the world. we must be clear about what this means. plain and simple, this is a -- 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 act like the leads of the free world. we must not abandon our position as the world's beacon of democratic values. we must not surrender our global influence to russia, china, or any group that threatens democracies. members of this body have come together again and again to reaffirm our commitment to helping ukraine defend itself against vicious invasion. let us keep the government open and let us proceed to make sure that we do not abandon our allies. i yield back. i reserve. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from florida. with 14 1/4 minutes remaining. mr. diaz-balart: thank you for letting me know, mr. chairman. i would like to yield to another fellow appropriator, the gentleman from california, mr. valadao.

two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. valadao: i would like to thank my friend for the time. we're at an important moment in our history. we're all frustrated, myself as an appropriator, we have gone through this process. there was an effort to bring bills up sooner. we all would have liked those to come up sooner. but playing games and dragging this out, watching members drag the process out further than it needs to be is not helpful. we need to get this passed, and get this over to the senate as quickly as possible. the american people want us to get this done. last lot of efforts that need to move forward. we need to continue the process of appropriating. i think we've got a commitment now from leadership to keep us here over the next two week which i think is the right thing to do, to finish the appropriations bills. we have done quite a bit obviously moving the four bill office the house floor is a huge step for us. we've got two more to move out of committee and i think we'll do that soon enough. the reality is we need to finish

our work. these 45 days will give us the ability to do that. it makes a difference for the american people. makes a difference for us here in congress. sadly it's something we need to do. but ultimately we've got a vote here in a few minutes. i ask that all my colleagues support the c.r. and get us through those 45 days so we can finish our work. mr. speaker, i yield back to the gentleman from fray. -- from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i think it's important to note here that first of all, very interested that there was a rereading of the bill as it came from the house. and from the senate. and that there is a view that it needs to be reviewed in some way because in fact as the bill stands there is a pay raise. that is being done. noition which there is student

loan efforts that are thwarted as well, making it more difficult for about 4 -- 45 million borrowers to be able to get the kinds of services that they need. but i really want to make the point, i have had the opportunity to chair the appropriations committee for two years. and for those two years, with i think a three or four-person majority, that with the assistance of colleagues in the house and in the senate and last december it was honestly just in the senate because house republicans refused to participate in the negotiations,

and i think there were very few in the continuing resolution that we put forward, republicans, who voted for a continuing resolution. i think if i recall the number precisely it was nine. but it allowed us to be able to hammer out the bills over the next several weeks until december. at that juncture, we -- what we did was we came together, we -- we hammered out the bills. we made sure that no one got what they -- everything that they wanted. but we could pass the bill. now i move forward to what happened in the last may. and last june. when there was a budget agreement that was hammered out by the president and by the speaker of the house. and to be very honest with you, i did not vote for that budget agreement. i would have never let this

nation default but i was very concerned about the harm that was going to be done to the people of this country through the appropriations process that was established by the majority. and that was to significantly cut $142 billion from the services that we provide. and that is education. it is mental health services. it is medical research services. all of that i viewed was going to be curtailed. but it is the law of the land. the law of the land, when the house passes something, the senate passes something, the president signs the bill, it is the law of the land. but the speaker of the house and republicans in this house walked away from that agreement. and that is why we stand where we are today in this effort. i reserve.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. members of the house, please take your conversations from the floor. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i would now like to recognize the distinguished gentleman from new york, an amazing leader, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. d'esposito: thank you, mr. speaker. just over three hours ago we walked onto this floor with a plan and an opportunity to make sure that our government continues to work. but instead of moving that plan forward, we've spent the last

hour hearing from a member on the other side of the aisle, trying to gain c-span ratings and i believe a contest of how many times we could hear the term maga. we are here this afternoon to keep our government running. and over the last hour i walked across the street to my office taking calls from constituents on long island in new york's fourth congressional district, whose homes and cars were destroyed yesterday after a massive amount of rain and flooding. and these are individuals who are democrats, who are republicans, they're not calling because they're from a political party. they're calling because they're americans. and they're pleading with us to keep our government open. they're pleading with us to do the job that we were sent here to do and to govern. and that's what we have the opportunity to do.

is to cast a vote. cast a vote today to continue, to make sure that our government continues to run. that our government remains open, so we can do the job that we were sent here to do. and that's what i urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. today you're not making a partisan vote. you're making a vote in support of the united states of america. you're making a vote in support of residents back home who need our help. you're making a vote in support of moving this country forward. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i would now like to yield to another great leader from the state of new york, mr. molinaro.

for 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. moolenaar: having listened for 45 minutes, mr. speaker, i'm amazed and confused as to what exactly my colleague across the aisle thought we were doing in this very moment. in just moments we have the opportunity to avert a federal government shutdown. it's a responsibility that we have to ensure that the people who work for this federal government have the supporting and the backing of those employments. it's critically important to the men and women who serve and sacrifice across the globe that they know that we have their backs. it critically important that those in law enforcement, emergency response, and those all across this country know that in this moment, we vote yes to keep this government functioning. ms. delauro: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady continues to reserve. the gentleman from florida.

mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, also i believe i made a mistake before when i may have called you mr. chairman, when we're not in the committee of the whole. my mistake. mr. speaker, i would now ask unanimous consent that the text of h.r. 5860 as proposed to be adopted, unless under suspension of the rules, be modified by the amendment that i've placed at the desk. i've been making some technical mistakes but i got it right, i think, now. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the modification. the clerk: modification to h.r. 5860 offered by mr. diaz-balart of florida. and section 101-9 of division a, before the period, insert the following. comma, and section 6, in the matter preceding division a of public law 117-328. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the modification is agreed to. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, i am now prepared to close and so therefore i will reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut.

are you prepared to close? ms. delauro: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. delauro: i would once again really like to reiterate what i have been saying all along and which i said in the last several days. we had the opportunity to -- walking away, when this house has overwhelmingly in the last two days, the majority has demonstrated that we want to provide support for ukraine's self-defense. we had several amendmented, a biggs amendment -- amendments, a biggs amendment, a gaetz amendment, a greene amendment, all of which resulted in overwhelming support for ukraine. i continue to believe that this is an appeasement strategy of the far right and in fact does not have a majority support in

this body. but i believe that standing with our allies does have the support. and i would reiterate that our own department of defense, some think that i believe my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have great regard for, listen to, support their efforts, increase funding for defense, care deeply about this issue of our national security and our ability to be able to defend our allies overseas. you all have a great affinity for this effort and i applaud that. but that seems now to be being abandoned and that the department of defense view, in the words of the undersecretary,

says that they cannot do without this funding. and i would remind you that they, in a very, very specific and poignant letter, lay out the bottom line is we cannot sustain adequate levels of ukraine assistance with transfer authority only. and the delay to additional funding would be perceived by ukraine as a sign of wavering u.s. support and likely as a betrayal of our previous commitments. the united states betraying our commitments to ukraine is essentially the bottom line on this continuing resolution. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida is recognized with 10 1/2 minutes at his disposal. mr. diaz-balart: mr. speaker, thank you. and i thank you for a job well done. i just would like to remind everybody that before we can fund anything else, ukraine, we have to start by funding the government of the united states of america. and we've been on the floor for a while now and i just -- let me just boil it down to this, if i may, mr. speaker. if you want to shut down the government and all that entails, and then there's an opportunity to do so by voting no. but if you want to keep the federal government working and open and allow the democratic

process to proceed, then all of us have the opportunity to do so very simply, after all of the words are spoken, to just vote yes. it could not be simpler, mr. speaker. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 5860, as modified. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: 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