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>>he returning now on the agenda government funding to avert a partial government shutdown friday at midnight. also on the floor, a measurto expand -p can tal and legislation that would detain migrants for theft-related crimes. that bill is named after lincoln rile -- laken riley, a student who was allegedly murdered last month by a venezuelan migrant who entered the country illegally. u'

the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray

with me.qe hear the prayers, o lord, of those who have seen affliction. the cries of those who find themselves in darkness without any light. for the people of ukraine who this very day endure the precariousness of their future, the peril their livelihoods, the poverty of hope, the pain of death. in all this time under siege,■8e been a testimony of faith in the face of adversity, trusting in your protection, certain of your deliverance. god, now their souls are bereft of peace, they have lost the memory of happiness. we lift our prayers on behalf of those who have lost their voice. may our prayers of intercession reach your ears. call again to their mindshat your steadfast love, o lord, never ceases. your mercies will never come to an end.

this day your mercies are new again for great is your fai faithfulness. loving god, be their portion that they would find their hope in you. in your merciful name we pray. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last das ouse the approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson: everyone, including our guests in the gallery, please join in. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute spesde of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. rose: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks.

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. rose: mr. speaker, during a rare visit to the southern border last week, president biden expressed a dire need for congressional republicans to, quote, show a little spine, close quote, and pass border legislation. let's bele republicans have passed legislation. the secure the border act of 2023 would require construction of the border wall to restart, increase the number of border patrol agents, and strengthen and streamline our existing yl asylum process. lastly, it would put a stop to the biden administration's massive catch and release operation. more than one million illegale d into the united states on parole under president biden. a blatant abuse of executive parole authority under the law. furthermore, mr. speaker, none of the president's open border policies require an act of

congress. just as reversing them won't require new legislation. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend tempore: witht objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, today i rise to recognize our american revolution, general polaski. born in poland int on to serve as a central figure in the barr confederation organizing his fellow poles to fight forhe liberty against political control by the brutal russian empire. though the barr confederation ultimately failed, never lost his dedication to the fight for liberty. unable to return to poland, he came to the aid of the continental army and the coloni.

ben ming franklin wrote that he was, quote, famous throughout europe for his bravery in defense of the liberties of his country. he became the father of the american cavalry, bringing his equestrian skills to our fight for independence. though he did he dyed heroical, leading the charge during the siege of savannah, he continues to inspire us to this day. this week of -- this month ofng march the first monday in march asasmir polaski kay. i join my fellow polish americans in celebrating this true champion of freedom and liberty for all. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. cline: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. se the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cline: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to honor a remarkable american hero, major

frank t. brandon, on his 104th birthday yesterday. from new york to virginia, his legacy is woven into the fabric of our nation through his service in the army air corps during world war ii and his 54 years of serving our country. during world war ii, as a member of the army air corps, he showcased extraordinary heroism as a glider pilot in the treacherous skies of operation gatherman occupied netherlands, after his aircraft was shot down and captured, he endured cap at this time until the liberty of general patton's forces. he continued to serve in the u.s. air force until june of 1966. he retired with the rank of major. his strengths an inspiration did not go unrecognized. he's received many awards for his years of service including r award, and personal recognition from president george bush and bill clinton. as well as a citation from=b

secretary dick cheney in commemoration of his 50 years of government service. as we celebrate his century plus four, we salute major brandon■5e sacrifices but also for his lifelong service to our commonwealth and country. happy birthday, on behalf of virginia's 6th, i extend our deepest gratitude and best wishes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wiscoin seek recognition? south carolina. the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: whoever it is, thank you. madam speaker, to address the h. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, madam speaker. during the state of the union speech tomorrow, biden will blame others for the border crisis which biden alone created. since biden has taken oice, ills have crossed the borders, including over 20,000 military men from dictatorships in

yesterday elon musk shocked american exposing biden secretly flew 320,000 unvetted aliens into the u.s. musk warned, the groundwork is being laid for something far worse than 9/11. this administratning voters anda national security threat. that is why groups fight to stop voter i.d. requirements. end of quote. when america is attacked, voter i.d. should be mandatory for fair elections. safety of american families and -- is endangered by biden quest for more voters. in conclusion, god bless our troops who successfully protected america for 20 years as the gba the afghanistan safe haven to america. we do not need new voter laws, we need to enforce the existing laws. for dictators as more 9/11ders attacks on america are imminent as warned by the f.b.i. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from wisconsin seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro temporehe gentls recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to congratulate the 12 young athletes from across the seventh district of wisconsin who brought home 2024 individual state wrestling championship titles.f2 mr. tiffany: liam, owen, colton, gauge, wyatt, iam coy, matthew, ava, and madison left it all on the mat to bring home state championship a special shoutout to dawson of cumberland high school and coy of aimry high school on becoming four-time state champions. being only two of 29 ever to do this in wisconsin. again congratulations to all o

these athletes. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? >> madam speaker, by direction of the cmi resolution 1052 and k for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 64, house resolution 1052. resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2799, to make reforms to the capital markets of the united states, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services or their respective designees. after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on financial services now printed in the bill, modified by the amendmentt a oft of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the house and in the committee of the whole. e all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. no further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules. each such further amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent

and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. all points of order against such further amendments are waived. at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the committee shall rise and report the bill, amended, to the house with such further amendments as may have been adopted. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, anonthereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. section 2. upon adoption of this resolutiol it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h.r. 7511, to require the secretary of homeland security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the united states with theft, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waedll be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment

thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary or their respective designees, and, two, one motion to recommit. mrs. houchin: for purpose of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, pi yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized for one hour. and without objection. last nige rules committee met and produced a rule. h.res. 1052, providing for the house's consideration of severa, the expanding access to capital act, to be considered under a structur rule t provides for one hour of debate.

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services or their designees, and providessf for oe motion to recommit. additionally, the rule also provides for h.r. 7511, the laken riley act. h.r. 7511 would be considered under a closed rule and also provides one hour of debate. equally divided and controlled by and ranking minority member of the committee on judiciary or their designees, and provides for one motion to recommit. madam speaker, i rise in support of this rule and support of the underlying pieces of legislation. beginning with h.r. 2799, the expanding access to capital memf the financial services committee i am glad to see this important legislation before us today. . i'm happy it makes in order all the bipartisan am the last few years we've

seen fewer companies take advantage of opportunities to raise capital largely due to burdensome compliance obstacles. it's crucial american entrepreneurs have the tools they need to grow their businesses and that we create opportunities for individuals to invest and save for the future. this bill aims to strengthen our public markets, expand options for companies to raise capital and empower americans, giving them more choices to invest and grow their wealth. by cutting the red tape and creating new avenues for economic growth, we can create jobs and opportunities for american workers. business owners and investors. we can put america back on the path to prosperity and safeguard our future. i'm proud to have one of my own bills included in this legislation, the regulation a-plus improvement act included as part of this bill package. the bill would raise the cap for regulation a and allow for morecompanies to raisy

from everyday investors. at a time when many americans are feeling the effects of inflation, this legislation could not be timelier. it can help create jobs and grow the economy. our capital markets in these united states are the cornerstone of our economy and among our greatest strengths. this bill ensures entrepreneurs and investors can take full advantage of what our markets have to we can give small businesses and investors alike all the tools necessary to achieve the american dream. madam speaker, unlike thezp■ previous bill i discussed, i'm deeply saddened to be on the floor discussing the situation at hand and angry we find ourselves here. it's unfortunate we must have this necessary conversation driven by the tragic eventsz■0w senselessr of laken riley. this legislation and the underlying rule is a response to the brutal murder of laken in

georgia. her life was cut short by a suspect who is an illegal immigrant with prior arrests in both new york and georgia before allegedly committing this crime. this bill requires the department of homeland security to issue a detainer for■(■( any alien inadmissible to the united states charged with, arrested for, or convicted of burglary, or shoplifting, and as i.c.e. describes it themselves, detainers are, quote, an effective tool in keeping criminals out of local communities by allowing i.c.e. to take the citizens within the in jail. if the immigrant is not in custody they are required to take custody. h.r. 7511 allows states to bring civil action against the federal government for failing to enforce immigration laws, inc parole, detention, and visa

removal sanctions that we know this administration is not enforcing. simply put, thistanding in court and recourse for their constituents who are victims of the enforcement decisions or lack thereof of this administra like the very ones we're talking about today. the biden administration's failure to secure our southern border has emboldened the criminal cartels leading to increased drug trafficking, overdosed deaths, human smuggling, and the influx of dangerous individuals into the country. these threats extend far beyond border states, affecting every corner of our nation. every state is now a border state. unfortunately, laken's story is not unique. speake johns recently documented over 100 similar situations where american citizens have been victims of trials committed aliens, underscoring the

urgency of addressing our border security crisis. the border is no longer a matter for debate, it's a and demands immediate action. we cannot simply hold hearings and discussions in washington, we need real solutions to protecresident must take decisive action to secure our border, starting with signing this critical bill into law. i look forward to the house completing its consideration of both pieces of legislation and i urge the passage of this rule. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is now recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, madam speaker, and i want thank the gentlelady from indiana for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, we're here today to debate a rule to bring two more maga messaging bills to the floor, renamed the expanding access to

fraud act, is yet another republican attempt to help wall street and their friends at private equity firms, while undermining protections for retirees and other mom and pop inveors. are just obsessed with helping their friends on wall street. it's pathological. they can't help themselves. they come t about helping regular people, but every single bill they pass is about helping the big oil companies, the big phrma companies, the hedge funds, the lobbyists, and today is no exception. today republicans are also bringing to the floor h.r. 7511, the laken riley act. let me be clear, what happened to laken riley is a terrible, terrible tragedy. a 22-year-old nursing student who everyone says was a deeply compassionate person wtq everywe she went.

laken had her whole life ahead of her. my own daughter is 22 and i can't even begin to■k.. what this family is going through right now. my heart breaks for them, and they are in my prayers. this should happened, and there's no question that the person responsible for her death should go to jail for the rest of their lives. but madam speaker, i have to say that i am appalled by my colleagues across the aisle who are using this horrible c■rime to score political points. it's really sick, to be honest. and i think they ought to be ashamed of themselves if they any shame left. the bill that we are dealing with here today was referred to the judiciary committee. there was hearing, no markup. the bill wasn't even reported out of the committee of jurisdiction. i mean, my republican friends used to say they

cared about regular order. obviously that's no longer the case. i mean, the of the judiciary committee did not even have an opportunity to be able to refine this bill or amend this bill. they just rushed it to the floor because they release. look, let's call this out for what it is. we are here with this bill because donald trump demanded that maga extremists make the border their top issue ahead of the election. he wants republicans to politicize the border at every turn, including politicizing this awful tragedy. he's calling the shots here, and he wants to use this as an opportunity to say that democrats somehow support killers. what a nasty, rotten thing to d especially after republicans are the johnson who killed a bipartisan border security deal. they killed the deal. the■6 strongest, toughest border security bill we've ever seen come

before congress, a bill that was negotiated by a very■■ conservative republican, senator from oklahoma. but rather than try to find a solution and fix the problem, donald trump said to them, no, i just want the issue, do nothing. do nothing. and now they have the nerve to come down here and lecture us. give me a break. now, meanwhile, democrats are working to actually keep our country safe. democrats want broken immigratin system. democrats want justice for victims. and we want real solutions that help make our community safer from all criminals. again, we try to work together with republicans in a bipartisan way, and t rejected r attempts every single time. and by the way, madam speaker, i really wish our friends across the aisle would show this same passion for the lives lost to gun violence in our country

every single day.ple died and or 400 people were injured in las vegas. they were all real people, mothers, fathers, children, where was the republican outrage then? silence. 19 kids were shot dead in their classroom in eovaldi. nothing from our republican colleagues. nothing at all. no reaction at all.3 12 children die every day from gun violence. where's the republican legislation to save their lives? and if you don't want to vote for that legislation, where's the republican willingness to allow us to bring bills to the floor to deal with the violence in this country? nothing. you know, the beauty of our job is that we are in a position where we can something about these tragedies.

laken's and others. we could have worked together here to address this trageher to address the tragedy of gun violence. and unfortunately, republicans only talk about crime and violence when it suits them, and that's all it is, talk. to claim that this bill is being brought forward because republicans care about securing the border when they thanked one of theghest bipartisan bills ever is a joke. it's a joke, madam speaker. let's make something abundantly clear, this bill will do nothing to solve any of the problems at the border, not a thing. you know what this bill does? it says let's put more people in immration detention, including those in the u.s. under a lawful status, like dreamers and t.p.s. recipients. but let's not allocate any more money to actually detain these people. you've got to love these

people. they're unbelievable. our border security already does not they need to detain everyone the law says they should detain. and why don't they have the resources to do republicanse voted time and time again, multiple times, multiple times, agai providing the funding that they need. and now the other side brings a bill to the floor, not to fix a problem, but to detain even more people with no new funding to do it. you can't make this stuff up. you really can't. these b to the floor, these speeches that they are making about border and immigration, look at how they vote. look the at how they vote. they don't want to secure the border. they don't want to fix this issue. they want a campaign slogan for donald trump. that's all this is about. it's been their playbook since they took the

majority last january, and it's a real shame. again, wower to do something. to actually solve some of these problems. and rather than coming together in a bipartisan way, and that's what the senate tried to do, my republican friends in the house have rejected every single attempt to try to find common ground to bring something forward that can actually pass the house, the senate, and be signed into law. they're not interested in solutions, they're interested in just complaining. how pathetic. with that i reserve my time.eaker pro tempore: t he gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from indiana is recognized. mrs. houchin: thank you, mr. speaker. you know what's a joke, the joke is that the bill that democrats proposed in the senate with some republican supprongest border bill in history. that's the joke. that bill would do nothing more than codify

joe biden's broken border policies. and republicans in the house won't codify asylum seekers crossing multiple countries to get to the united states. republicans in the house won't codify letting illegal aliens into our country in record numbers. we will not normalize the broken border policies that have led us here to this point today. my colleague claim just a politl ploy, that we are doing whatever donald trump wants us to do. we are doing what the american peoe wan us to do. donald trump didn't make this a top issue for american voters. joe biden did by failing to border, by failing to protect americans. he has failed on every measure on this front. given the biden reluctance to issue any detainer requests, this bill, h.r. 7511,

mandates that i.c.e. dictate a retainer and take custody of aliens that commit crimes. in riley's case the suspect was arrested in georgia for theft and wa fingerprinted when i.c.e. was made aware of his crime through nix. if t■he alien had already been released by a state or local law enforcement, they could have apprehended him. the suspect in riley case was not detained and paroled and violated the nationality act and it would give the state standing to sue on behalf of the citizens for the harm caused by the failure to enforce existing immigration law. so this is not a political ploy. this is not a political ploy, this is a responsible to a prevt further tragedies. i ask my friends on the other

side of the aisle, what will it take to get democrats to care about actual border security? how many americans have to die of fentanyl overdoses or become victims of violent crime? what will it take? mr. chairman, i would like -- mr. speaker, i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. langworthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman fm new york is recognized for four minutes. mr. langworthy: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman from indiana for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, the american people arck and tired of the new status quo at our nation's borders. the crisis that president biden and secretary mayorkas have done nothing to stop is now affecting every state and every town, every village and city endangering the liv american citizens. a 22-year-old woman, laken riley, in georgia was brutally murder by an immigration who should have been locked up. he entered the united states

illegally thanks to president biden's to uphold our laws and secure our border. he was given a one way ticket on the taxpayers' dime to new york to democrats in new york, has been declared a sanctuary city. again, this is a self-de self-imposed crisis on the american people. after being arrested in new york city for child endangeredment, he was released back on to the streets. why, you might ask? because once again the policies of the left. new york state's disastrous bail reform laws have turned the state's justice system into a revolving door for violent offenders. democrats in new york city, new york state, and right here in washington they know damn well this is the result of their senseless policies. the biden administration's border c york's bail reform, they have shattered lives, not just in my home state of new york, now also in the state of georgia.

how many more american lives will i■et take r us to close the border? how many violent crimes will it take for this administration and democratic leaders in cities and states across this country to end their disastrous policies that are endangering the american people and threatening the sovereignty of this country÷ i strongly support h.r. 7511, the laken riley act, and i'm a proud co-sponsor because enough enough, mr. speaker. house republicans have passed one measure after another this congress to bring security, real security back to our border and real change that ensures the federal government upholds our immigration laws. our solutions have been greeted with a resounding opposition from the same democrats whose policies have led to this crisis on our border, the crisis in new york city, and a horrific tragedy and murder in georgia. i strongly support passage of the rule today and i urge my colleagues on the other side of

the aisle to wake up to this thf citizens and noncitizens alike have endured and support h.r. 7511, the laken riley act. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlelady from indiana reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i frm new york, republicans now own this issue. your inaction is one of the reasons why we are not making more progressnthe gentleman whos in the rules committee last night bragging about the fact that republicans increased border security funding in their homeland security bill last year. bragging about it. well, congress 101 tells us that once you pass a bill in the house you need to send it over to the senate for them to consider it. and the bottom line is, maybe the gentleman has an answer, why is your homeland security appropriations bill from last year still sitting in this house? why was it never sent to the

senate? again, i say to my friends who are watching here today, look at their actions. don't look at their words, look at their actions. and the gentlelady from indiana was talking about the negotiated bipartisan compromise in the senate as it was somehow a reflection of president biden's priorities. let me remind her that mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader, said it was one of the toughest immigrationor security bills that he's ever seen, but let me also remind her that the person who was the chief negotiator, senat oklahoma, is the second most conservative member of the senate. you can't get any more conservative than him. by the way, the man my friends are also afraid of, donald trump, said when he endorsed senator lankford he's one of the toughest guys around on the border. this is all about not coming up

with a solution. floor, they complain, they complain, they point fingers, but they will not work with us on a solution. it is mind-boggling to me. it is cynicle. my friends -- cynical. my friends are in charge of this place. they know they are in charge of the house by only a small margin. they know that democrats control the senate by a small margin. and they know we have a democratic president in the white house. so theen not a ploy, what else would you call it when you bring a bill to the floor that bypass the committee of jurisdiction, no amendments can be made in order, and bring nowhere in the senate, and you know it will not become law. what do you call that? it's either a ploy or total waste of time. we spend an awful lot of time doing nothing around here.

yelling and screaming. when i problems, my friends don't want to do it. my friends, because of your inaction, because of the bills that you have blocked repeatedly, including a supplemental request by president biden for an additional $13 billion for border security, actions have resulted in us not being able to make more progress. my friends own this issue. you own ty issue. you own the fentanyl issue. you own all of it. and i think the american people are seeing through all of this. theng a bill like this to the floor to exploit a terrible tragedy, a bill that will do nothing, a bill that you know is really, r. i have news for my republican friends, if you want to get stuff down, you got to work with us. i get it. you're in charge. you probably get more than i would like you to get, but the

ea you somehow -- you are in control of everything, that this is a dictatorship, not yet, not yet. i know that may be something we might have to deal with down the road, but not yet. right now we are still a deliberative body. this is still a democracy. if you wanttuff done, you have to work with us in a bipartisan way. if this is all about show business, about press releases, fine. have at it. give more speeches. more complaints. i'm telling you, the american people are getting tired of it. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. membs are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. the gentlelady from indiana is recognized. mrs. houchin: thank you, mr. speaker. i just want to comment on my colleague's comments about -- th"fis not going through a regur process. just not really correct. the house judiciary committee has held seven hearings on the state of our southern border.

they hel aliens and the biden administration's lax immigration enforcement in the interior of the country. in addition, section 4 of h.r. 7511, was marked up in february. we heard a lot from my colleague on the other side of aisle -- >> would the gentlelady yield? mrs. houchin: i will yield. mr. mcgovern: i have to same factsere have been no hearings n this bill. there was no markup. and no vote to report the bill out of committee. that is a fact. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mrs. houchin: my colleague on the other side of the aisle says this is on us, on republicans because of our inaction. we passed h.r. 2, the actual bie ever seen. we passed h.r. 2 eight months ago. maybe more. and 211 house democrats voted no to that bill. that bill has been sitting in the senate unmoved ever since.■

senate republicans even rejected the disastrous border bill ultimately that codified all of joe biden's terrible border policies. i ask why would this bill go nowhere? why would we not want to hold illegal aliens accountable? why want to detain illegal aliens that commit crimes such as theft, larceny, violent crimes. why would we not want to move this bill forward in the senate? i hope my colleagues in the senate on both sides of the aisle would s i yield four minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. roy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for four minutes. from indiana. i would note as a point of clarification the legislation on the floor, there is two main parts. the first part that the gentleman from massachusetts referring to did not go through committee. he is correct. the part that dealt with the detainers relative -- hold on.

the part that deals with the i.c.e. detainers relative to theft, burglary, etc. the second half of the with stas to be able to get into court to challenge the administration's lawlessness with respect to peel roan and asylum, that part did go through committee and that was debated, that part. i'm acknowledging the first half didn't. the first half,x■he part that deals with theft, burglary, so forth so we can have an i.c.e. detainer placed, is detdare deao laken riley. what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not want to talk about and what we will not hear then this room talk about, is laken riley. my colleagues doth protest too much about a bill named after someone who was harmed given the extend like a whole website dedicated to the bills that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle find a way to name

after somebody in the wake of an messagecy. the fact here is we have a young woman, 22, who was killed by someone who was released under mass parole by the policies of this administration, by this president, by this secretary of homeland security only the second secretary to be impeached in the history of our country, because he's violated his oath to the constitution, ignored the laws, and endangered the american people. the sile president of the united states, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the radical progressive democrats trying to remake america with wide open borders, do talk about laken riley. they do not want to talk about kayla hamilton, a 20-year-old, with autism, in aberdeen, maryland. a 17-year-old illegal alien from el salvador was released into the country as an unaccompanied alien minor, killed kayla hamilton. ra in july of 2022.

i do not believe that the president of the united states to talk about kayla hamilton.ant i don't believe that my democratic colleagues want to talk about aiden clark, a 10-year-old boy in ohio, killed by a 35-year-old illegal alien, who struck a school bus full of kids. i don't think they want to talk about montgomery county, maryland, who was killed by somebody from venezuela who was similarly released under mass parole under the policies of this administration, under this president, under this secretary of homeland security. they don't want to talk about that 2-year-old. they don't want to talk about the adolescent girl raped by a honduran released into the united states, again under these whocies, in louisiana. the simple fact of the matter is that's not what my colleagues want to talk about. the young t. girl, a cheerleader, found dead, murdered, in the bathtub, by her

mom when her mom was expecting to see her at a cheerleaderring event. they don't want to talk about that. the president of most assuredlyt talk about those americans tomorrow night in this room. he won't. he will try to hide behind senate bill. he'll try behind a senate bill that would have had no chance of passage. they knew it wouldn't pass. would he hide behind a bill that would codify the mass releases endangering the american people. a senate bill that would have not fixed the parole policies that resulted in the death ofle. these are facts we know to be true. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to hide behind the senate bill because they know that their policies are indefensible. this legislation is one step in order to honor the memory of laken riley. i urge my colleagues to support it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from indiana reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts virginia tech. mr. mcgovern: -- the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr no

longer a serious place. my friends are turning the house of representatives into a debate club. none of this is serious. the gentleman comes up and therr here. that the committee of jurisdiction actually did its job because half of the bill was subject of a hearing previously? now my republican friends are coming to the floor praising half regular order? i don't know. when i was in grade school, that's 50% is a failing grade. my friends are failing on regular order. if you serious about this, you would -- you want to get something passed, you would conduct yourselves in a different manner and and invite democrats to be able to offer ideas and try to work things out to see whether you can have a bill that actually had a chance of going anywhere in the senate or being signed into law. but that's not what's out. ..

the gentlemen reads the name of the victims. key read the names of the 21 victims in■j were -- in uvaldi who were murdered by a man with a gun. i could go down the list and name all the children that were killed, all the mothers and fathers that were killed. the real challenge for this institution is to actually try to come together in a bipartisa way and solve problems and do something. i don't know how my friends could go home and claim that they're doing anything and be able to point to nothing that ever makes it past the finish line. i mean, we're in a divided government. i wish we weren't. i wish democrats were in control of the house, the senate, and the white house all at once. we'd get a lot more done. when we were, we actually got se done, but that's not the reality. so we have to deal with the reality, and the reality is it you want to get anything done, you have to work in a bipartisan way.

and you have to respect, at least some semblance of regular rushed to the floor without a single hearing or markup or no amendments or nothing, th jurisdiction didn't have a chance to report it out? it's awful. mr. speaker, i want to urge we defeat the previous quest i will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up h.r. 12, a bill that would ensure every american has full access toealth care, including abortion care. since the wrongly decided dobbs decision, every state across■( america hasn in some way. unfortunately, many republican led states cheered on by republican members in this chamber have passed laws to either ban some or all abortion care. republicans have made it crystal clear that banning abortion nationwide is their goal. and if care is not

dangerous enough, extreme republicans are now doubling down on their attacks on women's reproductive freedom by supporting a bill to ban i.v.f. nationwide. and that criminalize reproductive health care. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record along with any traneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. and mr. speaker, to discuss -- the speaker pro tempore: w ithout objection. mr. mcgovern: to discuss our proposal, i'm happy to yield two minutes to gentlelady from ohio, ms. brown. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady is recognized. ms. brown: my guest tomorrow will be ms. annette watts, the mother of brittany watts, at the state of the union. last year she dealt with a common medical problem, she had a miscarriage. instead of receiving care, she was charged with a crime. mr. speaker, this is ca of the cynical,

sinister, violent, vicious, blatant, barbaric, callous, and cruel agenda to deny women their rights. their right to i.v.f., to contraception, to miscarriage care, and yes, an abortion. one in three women live in states that have passed abortion bans and now face health issues far more dangerous than the procedure itself. like maternal accept us. and black women -- like maternal septis. and black women on the front line are more likely to miscarry, more likely to nee an more likely to die during pregnancy, and yes, more likely to be targeted. it restore rights rather than restrict them. we must pass the women's health protection act because everyone deserves access to reproductive care. i urge my colleagues to

vote no on the previous question so is we can bring up this important legislation, and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentlelady from indiana is recognized. mrs. houchin: mr. speaker, i'd like unanimous consent to submit for the record an article dated october 28, 2022, in "fortune" magazine by the associated press, fentanyl and related drugs are killing more people than or cars combined. many victims don't even realize they're taking it. the speaker pro tempore: w ithout objection. mrs. houchin: mr. speaker, 2021, there were double the amount of overdose deaths than firearm deaths in the united states. and the increase in overdose deaths particularly due to fentanyl are a direct result of joe biden's broken border policies. and with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady reserves.

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, in 2021, u.s. citizens made up 86% of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers. 10 times greater than convictions of offense. and over 90% of fentanyl seizures occur at legal crossing points orehicle checkpoints, not on illegal migration routes. so u.s. citizens subject to less scrutiny when crossing legally are the unanims consent to insert into the record an article from the kato institute entitled, "fentan smuggled for u.s. citizens by u.s. citizens, not asylum seekers." the speaker pro tempore: w ithout objection. mr. mcgovern: i will say to my fend from indiana, the republican friends own this issue now. you chose to do something and not do anything. you chose to follow the orders of donald trump. let me read to you the quote from oklahoma's

own senior senator, james lankford, and he said this on fox news, he said, quote are we as republicans going to have press conferences to complain the border is bad and then intentionally leave it open? that's exactly what house republicans are doing, complain, complain, complain, and then say no, no, no, we don't actually want to do anything about the border, we just want to compla. again, let me read that one more time. this is senator lankford, the second most conservative member of the united states senate who said, quote, are we as republicans going to have press conferences and complain that the border is bad and then intentionally leave it open? that's exactly what house republicans are doing, complain, complain, complain, and then they say no, no, no, we don't actually want to do anything about the border, we just want to complain, end quote. senator till us, hardly -- senator tillis, hardly a progressive, working on this deal called out house republicans as well and said, quote,

don't pretend the policy they negotiated isn't strong. if you want to admit you' afraid to tell trump the truth, that's fine. but for you to take a look at this framework and say it's a half measure, you're not paying attention or not telling the truth. so, mr. speaker, again, this issue now is wholly owned by they had every opportunity to try to do something, from rejecting president biden's request for additional funding for the borde border security to telling the senate that any border security bill is dead on arrival, that is now with you. the other side own this. and with that i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman reserves. members are reminded to direct the gentlelady from indiana is recognized. mrs. houchin: mr. speaker, i just would have two words to say, h.r. 2.

we passed that eight months ago. that was the border security act. own that. 211 democrats voted against that legislation. i would also like to note that since joe biden took office, of crossings, 7.5 million people have crossed into the united states illegally and been paroled into the united states under joe biden's watch. and that has been going on for three years under the biden administration. so it's not republicans that own this issue, it is democrats. and with that, i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. roy. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman from texas is recognized for four minutes. thank the gentlelady from indiana. my colleagues want to, as i said before, hide behind the senate legislation to try to sugges addressing the issue. well, everybody who has been paying attention to this issue knows we did in fact pass legislationnder a o

that directly address the issues plaguing daily basis. and this is a real issue. again, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to gloss over the real impact, not just on texans, but as the folks i met with in san diego last week, what's happening to them and what's happening to their schools, what's happening to their jails, what's happening to their communiti, people in to have spent $12.5 billion to try to deal with the border security, now having some success, by the way, doing our part to try in texas, you're seeing the flow by the cartels move to arizona and california, which is no great thing for the country, but at least trying to relieve the pr of ranches, the number of people i deal with all the time, but also the migrants. we just gloss over the little girls getting sold into sex trafficking trade. we gloss over the family in a stash house who my friend who is a federal judge had to throw the book at somebody who was using this mom and her daughter to hold for

ransom $25,000 against somebody here illegally in baltimore. this is happening every day in our country. i-35 and i-10 intersect san antonio, which i represent, is a major thoroughfare of trafficking of these human beings. this is all happening on the watch of the executive. my colleagues want to try to pin the failure of open borders on a congress for failing to give what? more legislation and tools to a president who has the tools to necessary to se the border? president biden could deal with the border right now. and everybody knows that. by enforcing the law, by enforcing existing law, law that requires detention, law that requires you to detain people who come to the united states, who because we are a people who want to give people some sort of chance if they're dealing with a claim for asylum because they fear political

persecution or religious persecution, but most americans believe we detain,■2 claim, determine if it's legitimate, and do not allow our government, our executive branch, our president to make a mockery of the laws by using parole and asylum authority to flood the american people with millions of people. and we know this to be true. my colleagues on the literally no defense to the reality that millions have been released into the united states. millions have been flooded into our communities, our schools, our hospitals. and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle just kind of smugly smirk at we to deal with in texas, what sheriffs have to deal with in texas, what we have to deal with in our schools and our communities. when we have to find the dead migrants on our ranches, because that's what happens. the president of the united states, is he going to sit up there tomorrow night and talk about the dead we find on ranches in texas? is he going to have the nerve to do that?

or talk about the 53 migrants who died in a tractor-trailer in san antonio last year in the texas heat? is he going to have the nerve to do that? no. because it's his policies and his choices to ignore the law. and my democratic colleagues want to say it's us when we passed legislation to try to force the president to do what is his job and duty under the constitution, andy temerity to y it's onous, when in fact it's our democratic colleagues who refuse to actually hold the executive branchuntable as is required under the constitution under separation of powers. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman yields ba■ck. the gentlelady from indiana reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, let me say two things, yelling doesn't solve the problem. andthe aisle is glossing over this issue. i just spent the last 30 minutes telling you how ridiculous the legislation my republican frien bringing to the floor is and complaining about the fact every chance you get to fix the

problem, you choose not to. by the way, it wasn't my words that iquoting, it was republican members of the senate, impeccably conservative senator lankford and tillis. my friend is making it clear, it's his way or the highway. that's not a good attitude to have when u're in a divided government. anyway, if that's what it is, that's what it is. i would remind my republican colleagues, they keep up bring -- they keep on bringing up their vaunted h.r. two. and i would rind my last week senator cruz had a amendment to the c.r. to bring up h.r. 2, their bill, their solution. and it gets 32 votes. that's less than a 1/3 of the senate. i don't know about you, but i think that's a pretty good indication that h.r. 2 ain't going anywhere. so it's dead. so maybe we ought to

come together and figure out what we can do together. and for the life of me,hy republicans are reluctant to do that. i mean, this is not a debate club. it's not supposed to be a debate club. this is supposed to be a place where we solve problems and pass legislation to help protect and defend this country. and instead, all we get treated to are release bills, maga bills, yelling and screaming and whenever, but never -- and whatever, butsolution. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from indiana is recognized. mrs. houchin: i would like to ask if the gentleman is prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: i s the gentleman prepared to close? mr. mcgovern: i am. mrs. houchin: so am i.x< the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman from massachusetts is recognized to close. mr. mcgovern: how much tim .the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 8 3/4 minutes remaining much. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker,

debate the very real domestic and global challenges facing our nation, house republicans have chosen to waste time on sham impeachments, silly censures and extreme policies that will never, ever, ever become and the two bills that this rule would bring to the floor, they fall into that category. this is not serious measure -- . democrats have come to the table with real solutions on the border, real solutions on immigration, and instead what we get is garbage like this. i've said it before and i'll say it again. republicans own this issue. their side own ts. they own the border. they own the fentanyl crisis, they own all of it because they repeatedly reject our attempts to work that's both on border security and nearly everything else that has been brought up in this congress. and because oficans absolutely o work with house democrats, the democratic majority in the

senate or the democratic-held white house, because house republican leadership continues to bow down to the most fringe maga members of their ultraslim majority, this body no longer functions under regular order. in fact, we don't function. this is not functioning. the last bill to become law that came through the rules committee was nine months ago. let me repeat that. the last bill to become law.2 tt came through the rules committee was nine months ago. house republican leadership has lost six rule votes since june, 2023 -- january, 2023. and every week, every week there is a legitimate question of whether republicans even have the votes to pass their own rules and bills. i've never seen such dysfunction. i've never seen such incompetence. house democrats have rescued this failing house republican majority at nearly every turn.

last year house democrats ensured that the u.s. didn't de. that was a big deal. because if we didn't help, we would have defaulted on our debt. house democrats have kept the g.o.p. leadership wasting time pursuing unrealistic, draconian spending cuts. it has been our votes that have kept the lights on since september. we believe in governing. we believe that shutting the governme a bad, terrible, awful idea. and house democrats have advocated time and time again for viable solutions thate impos most care about. but -- and here's the sad thing -- but republicans would rarely play like politicizing this horrific crime. than do anything to actually keep our country safe. opportun. the stars are aligned. conservative republicans are

working with moderate and progressive democrats, are working with the president of the united states to try to come to some sort of a compromise that will make a difference. and the response by theouse republicans is, forget about it. my way or the highway. no, donald trump says we need the issue. don't ever, ever come up with a solution. don't solve problems. you know, let's just keep the issue. let's keep the press releases coming. let's continue to exploit tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. enough. enough. this is not a debate club. this is the united states house of and all of us, democrats and republicans, have an obligation to do our job, to make sure we keep the government running, to make sure we are solving problems. and i plead with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, you know, join with us, join with the c republicans in the senate. let's do something. and instead we've got this. how pathetic.

with that, mr. speaker, i yield back my time.ote no on this rule, no on the previous question, and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from indiana is recognized.■■ç ms. houchin: thank you, mr. speaker. i prepare to close and i yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. houchin: weaveefore us the opportunity to move legislation that could unleash growth and increase prosperity for americans across the country in the expanding access to capital act. this bill empowers americans with the tools they need to grow their small businesses and secure their financial futures. we need to focus onn our economd combat inflation. however, time and time again this administration's policies seem to hinder rather than facilitate business in america and it defies logic. in contrast, this legislation streamlines regulations, expands opportunities for ecoprocnomic growth, and enables more americans to invest in their future. in turning to h.r. 7511, the

laken riley act, it aims to strengthen our immigration laws. in h.r. 7511, we mourn the deatf laken riley and other victims of the biden administration's open-border policies. and we denounce president biden's open-border policies. we're not politicizing. this is a response to a tragedy and a hope that we would prevent a similar tragedy moving forward. no family should have to endure what laken's family has experienced. we owe it to laken'snd parents nationwide to ensure something like this never happens again. this border crisis is real. it has devastating consequences. laken's story is sadly not unique, as the speaker has docued. there are00 stories across the country just like laken's. i hope the house can speak with one voice on this bill and

together do what the american people have been asking us to do. secure the border. institute policies that will protect americans. and american families. i look forward to moving these bills out of the house this week and i ask my colleagues to join me in voting yes on there the r. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time and move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: th orde previous question on the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opion o the chair, the ayes have it. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker. the yeas and nays, please. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from massachusetts requests the yeas and nays. 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. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed.

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on the motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or votes are objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time.

s. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. granger: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, h.res. 1061, providing for the concurrence by the house in the state amendment to h.r. 4366, with an amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of

the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1061. resolution providing for the concurrence by the house in the senate amendment to h.r. 4366, with an amendment. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from texas,ms. granger, and the gentlewomanrom- texas, ms. granger, and the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, will each control 20 minutes. for what purpose does the gentleman from california se recognition?■7 mr. takano: mr. speaker, i claim time in opposition. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentlewoman from connecticut opposed? ms. delauro: no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california will control the 20 minutes in opposition. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: . speaker, unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.

ms. granger: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this six-billpriationkage. i'm glad we are here to consider full-year bills and i want toand in this process. with the odds stacked against us, house made progress in how we fund the government. we drafted the most conservative bills in history. members submitted over 1,000 amendments, we considered house bills individually on the floor. and avoided a massive omnibus measure. in total, we increased defense funding and made targeted cuts. we also made -- maintained our

legacy under my colleagues on the other side of the -- want to remove. this bill honors our commitment to our veterans, strengthens our energy agencies accountable, supports our farmers and ranchers and makes our transportation system safer. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: thank you, mr. speaker. it is regrettable that i must rise in opposition to the measure befores.uished over it e simple reason. veterans' lives are on the line. i have the greatest respect for my colleague, the ranking member of the appropriations committee, and i know it was a difficult road to get to this point. and i also appreciate the work of our democratic leader to try and find consensus. there are many good things in

this bill, things that will benefit everyday americans. but as ranking member of the house veterans' affairs committee, this bill comes at the expense o vulnerable veterans and therefore i cannot support it. however, i want to be clear that i am not asking my colleagues to oppose the bill. mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from kentucky, the chairman of the commerce, justice, science subcommittee, and dean of the house of the speaker pro tempore: for what amount of time? ms. granger: three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> i thank the chairlady for yielding. mr. speaker, as chairman of the subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies, i rise in support of

the appropriations act that we're considering today. mr. rogers: the fiscal situation facing the nation requires congress to make significant spending reductions, while maintaining strong commitments the safety, security and well-being of the american people. after tough but fair bipartisan negotiations, we've produced a strong bill that prioritizes everyday americans while right-sizing the bureaucracy. make no mistake, mr. chairman, many agencies with important missions face reductions under this legislation. we believe it's important to reverse the out-of-control growth of the federal government

and that is reflected in this agreement. the c.j.s. bill scales back-b spending by holding most agencies to 2023 levels or lower. agenciesir core missions and responsibilities. despite limited we maintain robust funding that prioritizes the fight against fentanyl, support for local law enforcement, and efforts to counter china by supporting innovation, space exploration and scientific research. we we utilizing the power of the purse to address the weaponization of the

federal bureau of investigation and the overreach of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. to tt end, the f.b.i. and a.t.f. will be receiving less money than last year. in addition, the c.j.s. bill contains two new policy■ct the american people. one, prohibits the department of justice from targeting parents who exercise their right to free speech at local school board meetings. the other prohibits the department of justice from investigating churches on the basis of their religious the bill supports local law enforcement by including critical funding for burn justice

grants and cops hiring grants. i ask an additional two minutes. ms. granger: i yield. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman isutes. mr. rogers: this will empower our local police departments to ensure they have the resources they neighborhoods. law enforcement plays an important role in the well-being of every american in everynal district. passage of this bill today sends a strong message, we have their backs. in closing, i want to thank chairwoman granger. she's been a trooper in toughircumstances and has done a wonderful job, and i congratulate her. i also want to thank the

subcommittee, ranking member mr. cartwright. he's been a valued partner and colleague in this effort. i also want to thank all membere subcommittee for their help and assistance, as well as ranking member delauro. this legislation■y is a product of good faith, bipartisan negotiations. it's a win for the american people. so i urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman from kentucky yields back. the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, the distinguished ranking member, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. delauro: i rise in support of this legislation which provides funding for domestic programs which curb the rising cost of living, that creates

higher paying jobs, that confronts the climate crisis. it honors our commitments to the american veterans and protects women's rights. in a divided country, i'm pleased democrats and republicans in the house and senate united and produced legislation to make the government work for the people. they're computing people over application and followingy're putting people over politics and following the law. it fully funds w.i.c. and prevents five million people from losing their housing. it increasing our investments and infrastructure and creates jobs. it resres funding for rail and transit systems. these funding bills, the product of bipartisan negotiations help keep our community safe and

healthy. we're keeping the government open and moving legislation forward. this legislation does not have everything either side may have wanted but i'm pleased many of the extreme cutss propoy house republicans were excluded. house democrats rejected outright women health re these domestic programs empower and protect middle class families. it helps americans contend with an elevated cost of living. this bill flights inflation and supports key lifelines such as food assistance and ensuring people in of ours do not go hungry. i urge swift passage of this package and look forward to finalizing and passing the remaining 2024 funding

bills in due time. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. i yield to the ranking member from idaho, mr. simpson, for four minutes.mpore: t he gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. simpson: i rise in support of the propriations act for 2024. i'd like to commend chairwoman granger for her leadership of the appropriations committee and to getting the first six bills across the finish line. i'd like to thank the ranking member subcommittee member pingree for her part on this bill. we reached a compromise to stop the shutdown and maintains

our lands and needs. it provides nondefense top line resources totaling $38.9 billion, nearly 4% below the fy-2023 level. cutting funding is never the national debt in excess of $34 trillion, we make tough choices in this bill to rein in federal spending. last congress alone, $3 trillion was spent outside the normal appropriation process. that's $3 trillion additional dollars. i have said repeatedly, simply holding funding flat is not enough. we must curb out-of-control spending and get our budget back on bill does that and heads us in the right direction. we reduced funding across most agencies and bureaus and the environmental protection agency is cut by nearly 10%. despite the reduced allocation, the bill provides for an additional $34 million for health care, law

enforcement, and related programs across indian country. and for the indian health services, the bill continues advanced appropriations totaling $5.2 billion. that's a program, the advanced appropriation ranking member pingree when she was chairman of this committee, and we've continued that. the bill also fully funds payment in lieu of taxes program. let me explain that that program is vitally important to%o public land states because we can't collect taxes on federal lands within those states. this is supposed to make up for the taxes that would be -- would come from those lands if they were held in private lands. so this is vitally important to public land states. in this program. it also provides an

additional $260 million to maintain wild land firefighter pay without irresponsible budget gimmicks. in terms of policy, the bill maintains long-standing legacy riders to prevent the s.a. listing of sage grouse and prevent livestock producers from burdensome greenhouse gas permitting requirements. the bill bolsters our energy independence by encouraging domestic production of critical and rare earth minerals and rejects administration proposals to increase offshore energy inspection fees and authorize onshore inspection fees. and for my constituents in idaho, i'm especially pleased the bl blocks the lava ridge wind project until the interior secretary analyzes, in consultation with, in consultation with local officials and stakeholders. and they look at alternative plans to reduce the harmful impacts of this project. in closing, i want to

thank all the members for their work on this bill. it is hard to reduce spending but yet we've been able to do that. and i'd like to congratulate the staff on both sides of the aisle. while we were home they were working on this bill all night long. i'd like to include the staff on the other side of the rotunda. these bills are hard to compromise but we were able to get it done. it represents a fair compromise that allows us to meet the spending levels agreed to in the fiscal responsibility act and manage our public lands. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this piece of legislation and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio, the ranking member of the water and appropriations subc ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady is

recognized for two minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you, mr. chair. i rise in support of this bill, the fiscal year 2024 energy and water bill that ushers in new horizons for jobs and progress for our region and nation. our bill assures investments in modernized energy production vital water infrastructure, and nuclear national security, all essential for american independence inside our borders. this bipartin water bill funds e u.s. department of energy, corps of engineers, bureau of reclamation, and regional commissions and impactg every corner of our nation, including the appalachian, delta, denali, northern border, southeast crescent,uthwest bordd the great lakes region. u.s. energy independence in perpetuity is our consistent, paramount, strategic goal. each year our nation makes significant progress towards it.

this bill ensures our nation's nuclear security assets, including the nuclear navy, are modern and ready as a deterrent and to safeguard our security. with vladimir putin's recent threats of launching nuclear weapons in europe and former president donald trump's appeasing reaction, this bill is needed as an affirmation of american will to protect and defend our people and ensure our nation's security posture against all enemies. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bipartisan bill and thank our able chair, charles fleischmann, for his dutiful and responsible duty to our nation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from oklahoma, the chairman of the transportation, housing, urban development subcommittee and member of the speaker pro tempore: t he distinguished

gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for three minutes. mr. cole: i thank you and thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i want to thank the speaker of this house. this deal would not have come together without his leadership and support. i want to thank chair granger and ranking member delauro for their work and leadership for putting a package together that can get across this floor in a bipartisan manner. i would be remiss not to thank my negotiating counterparts, ranking and senator shots and ranking member smith on the other side of the rotunda and were terrific to work with. and finally and always, we have outstanding is staff. we all know that and this wouldn't be here witht to focus my remarks on the portion of the bill i had the most to do with and that's the transportation, housing, and urban development portion. there are four areas in that bill that i'm especially proud of. first, members of both

parties and both sides of the aisle -- excuse meot of the rotunda worked really hard on safety first, safety for people flying, safety for people that are traveling by rail, safety foren and women on the highways. and we met the requirement there and fully funded all those agencies. second, this is probably the most robust funding the federal aeronautical agency has ever received. we have money in there for 1,800 new traffic controllers who arey needed. we have additional money for technology and for infrastructure programs and simulators to make sure they get the most up t training we possibly can provide for them. so that was a real accomplishment and marries up very nicely with the f.a.a. re-authorization bill that i hope we pass later this congress. third, we maintained the safety net for people in public housing. we all know what has happened to the cost of rents and housing, and frankly, we didn't want to put anybody out of

their home, and we avoided doing that. to me personally, we have historic gains for indian housing programs and indian road programs in ts bill. none of that could have happened without the people i thanked earlier, the speaker, particularly the chairwoman, and ranking member of the subcommittee and my negotiating partners. i urge passage of this legislation, mr. speaker. i'm very proud to be associated and very proud it will come to and move across thi floor as it should in a bipartisan fashion. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california mr. takano: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, the distinguished member of th the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. bishop: i support this bill, including the. and related agencies. the ag bill effects the lives of every single american, rural,

you cannerren and suburban -- urban a every single day, and ensures americans have access to abundant, safe and affordable food, fiber,ed me sip and medical device -- medicine and medical d helps prevent hun, fully funds snap, as well as w.i.c. the bill is free from almost all of the extreme policy riders in the previous versions and it rejects interference with americans' health care and reproductive freedom, as well as attacks on diversity, equityclu. it protects the ag secretary's authority to use the c.c.c. and cuts to agency borrowers who helped farmers who feed our country. it rejects severe cuts to rural electric coops and the program which helped rural businesses save on energy costs and helped make rural energy grids more sustainable and resilient. it protects small, medium poultry producers and promotes industry competition to reduce the cost of food. it makes crucial investments in rural housing, rental

assistance, as well as the food safety and inspection service. while the÷ base not the best, it brings us closer -- while the bill's not the best, it brings us closer than the earlier versions to meeting the essential needs of the american. i want to commend president biden, the bipartisan leadership and the staff of the house and senate appropriations committees and i urge my colleagues to support the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california reserves. mr. takano: mr. speaker, ir proe gentleman reserves? mr. takano: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: before i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, i want to thank him for his important contribution to this bill. he's been wonderful to work with and i appreciate that very much. i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, the chairman of the energy and water subcommittee, mr. fleischmann, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. fleischmann: thank you, mr.

speaker. and i thank our wonderful chair for yielding time toppreciate yd words. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the appropriations act for fiscal year 2024, particularly the energy and water development appropriations bill. as chairman of tt subcommittee, i worked hard to ensure the bill includes many house republican priorities. a e bill advances our national security, our energy security and our economic competitiveness in a fiscally responsible manner. to support our nuclear depermit, the bill funds the -- deterrent, the bill fundssecurity nuclear n and increases it almost $2 billion above fiscal year 2023. specifically, the bill fully funds all major weapons and infrastructure modernization

activities, including the w-93 warhead, the nuclear c-launched cruise missile, which is a variant of the b-61 gravity bomb, and the restart of plutonium pit production capability. ing on the nondefense -- on the nondefense side of the bill, i was very pleased to be able to secure the department of energy office of science, including fusion energy science. this funding will enhance america's role as the global leader of scientific discovery and lay the foundation for future scientific breakthroughs. the programs funded in the energy and water bill also help improve our nation's energy security. to reduce our reliance on materials, the bill provides strong support for the full spectrum of production technologies. remaining the leader in nuclear technologies will ensure reliable energy here at home and will help allies across the

globe. the bill sentencehergy's nucleae program and also redirects previously appropriated funds to higher priorities. specifically $2.8 billion to develop a domestic capability from producing l enriched uranium, including low enriched uranium that will be necessary for upcoming advanced reactors and $910 million to support advanced modular reactor design and deployment activities. there are many other important provisions in this energy and water bill, but before my time is up, i want to congratulate chairwoman granger on bringing together this appropriation package. i'd also like to acknowledge the efforts of our colleagues across the aisle, especially my ranking member, ms. kaptur, and our colleagues across the capitol. finally, i'd like to thank the staff for all their hard work throughout this past year.

our majority staff, angie, perry, nooera, ritchie, scott, angelina and janet. and my personal office, daniel and ian. and on the minority scott, jocelyne and adam. this is a strong bill for america, with many house republican priorities. i urge my colleagues to vote yes. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from texas reservings. the gentleman fm california. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from florida, the distinguished ranking member of the military construction and veterans' affairs appropriation the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. was was thank you, mr. speaker -- ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. as the milcon v.a. subcommittee ranking member, i support minibus not only because we blocked nearly all poison pill policy riders, but it includes major democratic priorities. we restored military construction funding to budget request. dedicated resiliency in pfas remediation funding.

we held strong on providing $121 billion for v.a. medical care, increased and protected funding for gender-specific care for women, and blo attempts to further restrict women's abortion access and counseling. i'm so pleased my friend, chairman carter, and i joined forces to end harmful v.a. research on dogs, cats and nonhuman primates within two years. they built a in ins but that lowers costs, creates jobs and fortifies america's energy independence with cutting edge climate research. in other parts of this bill, i'm proud we fund everglades restoration at the president's budget request of $415 million. president biden has delivered time and time again for florida's environment and everglades restoration specifically. this funding allows restoration projects like the e.a.a. reservoir to continue to move forward so that we can save america's everglades. and finally, these bills provide millions of dollars for community project funding back home. i secured more than $15 million

in local projects headed toward broward county, and community as i cross america will see similar -- across america will see similar assistance. that means funding to house veterans and help raise local streets in hollywood to mitigate climate change, it means vital help for law enforcement to conduct more detailed investigations of human trafficking cases. i was able to secure support local reef preservation, genetic disease research, water, sewer and drainage upgrades, as well as help fix nagging local infrastructure repairs that my constituents navigate every day. for all these reasons, i urge my colleagues to support this minibus and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from california. eserve. the speaker pro tempore: reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california. the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from maine, the distinguished ranking member of the interior and environment appropriations

subcommittee, ms. pingree. the speaker pro 4rmpore: the ecognized. ms. pingree: thank you very much. thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank you to the gentleman for yielding the time. i too rise to support the consod appropriations act. i particularly want to thank ranking member delauro for her leadership and perseverance in y chair and the committee -- on the committee, chairman simpson, who is a pleasure to work with and i appreciate your collaboration and partnership through thi process. thank you too to chairwoman granger for your work on this and to all of the staff who have made all the difference in us being able to put this my collen said, this wasn't necessarily an easy bill. it's never easy to make cuts to programs that i consir do. but i am pleased that this bill continues our investments to care for our planet, to fight the climate emergency, and meet our trust obligations to tribal nations. this bill rejects the $13 billion in devastating cuts

imposed in the house replirigint include more than 100 poison pill policy riders. the bill provides necessary resources to deal with the threat of wildfires in the west and provides additional funding to continue the infrastructure investment and jobs act pay firefighters. the bill also protects arts and humanities, maintaining the enacted funding level for the national endowment for the arts, and+éw the national endowment fr the humanities, supporting arts in communities across this country. and finally, this bill supports native american families by investing in a strong and resilient indian country. including through education and health care programs. these are important investments to all americans and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from californive,. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas reserves.

the gentleman from california. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from of the commerce, justice andmber science appropriations subcommittee, mr. cartwright. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. kriet kriet i thank -- mr. cartwright: i thank the gentleman. i this bill. the commerce, justice and science division of this bill preserves solid funding for an array of important public investments. for example, the manufacturing extension partnership program, , that's so important. the bill provides strong and continued level funding for noah science. but before i go on, i have some thank yous to hand out. we have incrediblydw staff. bob bonner, shannon mcculley, faye, nora spent countless

sleepless nights working on this enormous project for this bill. and we can't leave out chris bigelow, rakell spencer, adam wilson, jason gray. these people have been indispensable in putting legislation. monumental piece i'm thankful for the very hard work of chair kay granger and chai hal rogers, my counterpart on commerce, justice and science. also for the members of my subcommittee on the democratic side, grace meng of new york, dutch ruppersberger and david trone of maryland, joe morelle from new york. they've all worked hard on this, mr. speaker. and i'm thankful for the very, very hard work put in by ranking member delauro and especially for our leader, hakeem jeffries. these people together forced the removal of nearly 70 bad policy

riders, covering environmental policy, immigration, women's health, culture war issues and more, including the removal of more than a dozen harmful gun riders. this b#rillt funding for community policing, local justice assistance grants. it rejects the g.o.p.'s proposed cut of $400 million from the f.b.i. the f.b.i., which protects us from all sorts of murder and mayhem. the elite police force of our nation. we couldn't cut it like that and we wouldn't let it happen. this bill provides $13 million in increase for programs undere, continued level funding for grants under the community violence intervention and prevention programs. the stop schoolld abuse act grants. it's level funding for correctional officers and the bureau of prisons isf $8 millior the d.o.j. anti-trust division to help keep prices low in this country

from us if we don't enforce our anti-trust laws. i'm also proud that we secured continued level funding for the. in summary, the c.j.s. appropriations agreement represents a solid effort to preserve these priors and i do urge our fellow members to support it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: i reserve. the spea gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to my colleague and friend from the state of texas, chip roy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. for two minutes. mr. roy: i thank the gentleman from california. i would note that we've only really had now two people speak in opposition to the bill out of the 40 minutes it's been on the floor. and that's just the reality of what we dole with the matter isf

this is a shell game. last year republicans were presented with a bill that was supposed to cap spending at $1.59 trillion. now we have legislation that will do no such thing. republicans will go around and they'll talk about how they scored major wins. how they somehow delivered for the american people. the fact of the matter is, we did no such thing. we signed up for caps at $1.59 trillion. we could have had $1.56 trillion if we would have passed a c.r. this year that would have triggered the caps. $1.47 trillion, but we're not doing that. we're going to blow the lid off of caps ath $1.66 trillion. that's what we're actually going to do. while my republican colleagues are going to run around and say that they somehow delivered cuts bylo saying $24 billion of cuts off of a c.r. that not one member of this body could come down to the floor and explain. and i would take that

challenge. if any member could explain to the american people in terms they could understand, explain it, exactly what the cuts look like. because what you'll get are things like oh, we cut 7% out of the f.b.i. you is 95% of that cutll is eliminating an earmark from richard shelby because richard shelby is no longer here project building in alabama. and they're going to say oh, look, we're cutting the department of justice and the f.b.i., but the truth of the matter is we didget any of the major wins that we worked all last year to get. all of these things like funding the sanctuary cities refusing■ to report criminal aliens, gone. all these measures are not in the bill. i rise in opposition to this legislation. i hope my republican colleagues will oppose deliver for the american people the way we said we would to cut spending and secure the border of the united states. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: t

he gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas. mr. granger: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the eaker pro tempore: t he gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i need touchup a light on an ugly truth buried deep in section 413 of j-ówthis bill. what is this section all about? when a veteran applies for benefits they've earned, they're screened to make sure they're confident to use those benefits and not taken advantage of. if a veteran is determined to be medically incompetent they're appointed a fiduciary and referred to the criminal backgrsvnd checks system known as the nix list. medical incompetent tensey is based on sczophrenia and

dementia and serious health conditions. and there are very serious reasons why people with those conditions should not bese a firearm. it's also the case that firearms are used in 68% of veterans' deaths by suicide. suicide is a serious problem among veterans and since i've had the honor to be on the veterans' affairs committee, i fought to stop the scourge of veteran suicide. why on earth would this congress cede one more important safeguard against a veteran's death. i cannot and why i cannot support this bill. republicans have pushed this type of provision for over a decade. i know because i fought every year against this provision. and they have done so with misinformation and fear mongering. and democrats have successfully fought this legislation in committee which is why republicans did not have the courage to bring■1 this to the floor in the light of

day and have this body consider it through the normal process, the regular order. instead they crammed it into this must pass bill, the backdoor of a spending bill. they abandoned all their other priorities because they wanted this so badly. they wanted so badly to make sure that vulnerable veterans could access more firearms. this is wrong. lives are on the line. veterans lives are on the line. i will not agree to legislation that will cause more people's lives to be lost to gun violence. house democrats have been working to put people over politics, but it is clear that the republican majority is content to put politics over veterans. including prioritizing politics over veterans lives.nimous consent that the statement of administration policy on h.r. 4366 and a statement from the

giffords organization, which both speak to the harm of this provision be entered into the record, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: w ithout objection. mr. takano: i will not rest until this rider is gone from any future appropriations bill and urge my colleagues to join me in that effort. but for now i must oppose this bill. there are a lot of good reasons, there are a lot of good things in this bill, and i don't ask my colleagues to join me in a greaf respect for my good friend, the ranking member of the appropriations committee, ms. delauro, and the significant amount of work that went into this. but i must follow my conscience because of my responsibility to ra speaker, and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady from texas yields back her time. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: i have no

spur speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: i sadly must oppose the bill but do not urge my colleagues to do the same and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1061? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to -- the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i dem the speaker pro tempore: t he yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient nbe, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.■ ■

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