natural gatt or a lot more hydro, or a lot move nuclear power. going back to a discussion, that nuclear power is generated from uranium we're dependent on russia now. we have to buy our uranium, most of it, from russia or kazakhstan to generate our nuclear power. when we talk about low cost solar energy, i have a real problem with that. maybe it's low cost in the united states because we pay solar farm developers 30% of their costs with our tax dollars. if you build a solar farm, you get a 30% tax credit back. so spend $1 million, you get $300,000 back from your fellow taxpayers. if you build a windmill, you get 2.7 cents per kilowatt hour. maybe that's the way it's lower cost but if it's truly lower cost, why doesn't the number one manufacturer of solar farms in the world, why are they building

50 giga watts of coal-powered plants every year? that's china. china who we rely on to buy not only the elements and minerals we need to do electrification but china who grows most of the solar panels with slave labor, they're building a big coal plant every five days. now, natural gas in the united states has caused us to be able to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions more than any other country in the world. we're only around 13% of the global greenhouse gas emissions now and china is over twice of that. but when we become more dependent on china, when we become more dependent on russia who are big polluters, then we're becoming more responsible for global greenhouse gas emissions than if we use our own energy and minerals to build things here, build them more efficient and more effectively than any place in the world. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. .

. mr. huffman: i'm glad to hear the gentleman talk about energy subsidies, and criticize the subsidies he believes should be questioned for can energy. i hope he has the same concern about the greater subsidies, especially considering the externalities, that taxpayers pick up the tab for from the fossil fuel industry. there's a lot of work we could do together to take subsidies out of the u.s. energy policy. i hope the gentleman would be interested in that. i assure him when it comes to the forestry, trees and air quality par of our conversation, the fires and air quality issues because of them are not something you can log your way out of. i know the gentleman is interested in forest manement and there's a lot we could work

on together, but some of the worst wildfires in california were through heavily cut over land, where there hadeen all the clear cutting anybody could ever want. the same can be said for some of the terrible canadian wildfires last year that gave us awful air quality right here in washington, d.c. much of that ripped right through heavily cut over clear cut lands. so logging, you know, is not the simple solution to these problems. a better solution is to step back and realize the climate crisis that's driving it and to begin working together to reduce the worst impacts of that crisis. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. westerman: i have no further requests for time, i'm prepared to close. i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is prepared to close. mr. huffman: i'm prepared to close as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized to close.

mr. huffman: obviously i oppose this bill. we have massive wildfires prork longed droughts, stronger hurricanes, coastal flooding all across this country, our communities are feeling the increased severity of tragic events from the climate crisis, sending us dire warnings. this crisis is real. it is hear. we need -- it is here. we need to act now for the sake of the planet and future generations. in the arctic, temperatures are rising four times faster than the global average. and the indigenous communities in northern alaska who are so disproportionately facing the effects of climate crisis, we must pay attention to the impacts on them the melting perm frost is creating the country's first but not last climate refugees. changing species my tbraition patterns are threatening cultural continuity. oil and gas drilling

exacerbatesthissing of not all alaskans share the same perspective on oil and gas development. the native american tribes are not a monolith. you can bet whenever my friends across the aisle can find some indigenous individual or advocacy group or other entity that supports oil and gas development, they're going to wrap themselves around tribal consultation and pretend to be great champions for indian country. in many other votes, when indian country opposes pipelines and dams and mining projects and other things that are against their interest, i'm afade the tribes are thrown under the bus by my republican friends pretty much every time. revenue from extraction often supports local governments and indigenous reg noel and village corporations. that's part of the consideration in alaska. but in so many cases, the tradeoffs create unacceptable impacts as well. that's why it is not a monolith when you talk to indigenous communities in alaska. this bill is an instrument of

blunt force that allows for extraction across alaska in places that are too special and too fragile to drill. it would reinstate oil and gas leases in the arctic national wildlife refuge, an area known as the sacred place where life begins. leases the biden administration canceled because they were based on shoddy, trump-era analysis would be put back in place. and the bill would withdraw the administration's rule to protect over 13 million acres of public land in the npra, a region already feeling the impacts of oil and gas development. it would undo protection of 125 million aches of the arctic ocean from offshore drilling. and it would undo the reinstate thoasm bexaring sea climate -- in the bering sea climate resilience effort that would be catastrophic. rolling back these protections is the wrong approach. we cannot simply give these lands and waters away to the highest bidder. i urge my colleagues to vote no

on this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. westerman: to close, i'm going to quote from the testimony of charles lampey, president of the corporation who testified on the biden administration's action in november. he said, quote, we do not approve of these efforts to turn our homeland into one giant national park which literally guarantees us a fate with no economy, no jobs, reduced subsistence and no hope for the future of our people, end quote. i urge all my colleagues to show their support for alaska and the alaska native communities on the north slope by voting for this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time for debate on the bill has expired. it is now in order to amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 118-477. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek

recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment printed in part b of house report 118-477 offered by mr. stauber of minnesota. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1173, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. stauber, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. stauber: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to offer my amendment that strengthens the underlying legislation to prevent the biden administration from taking further steps to block oil and gas production in the great state of alaska. in the bureau of land management's press release announcing the final npra rule, they teased future action by the administration to create new, quote, special areas, or expand/adjust existing special areas, end quote, within the boundaries of the national petroleum reserve-alaska.

these special areas are a means to lock up acreage from oil and gas production. there's no disputing. that my amendment prohibits the department of the interior from creating or expanding special areas without congressional authorization. when the administration announced its moratorium and canceled leases in anwr with -- and withdrew millions of acreage from development within the npra, the local alaska native communities on the north slope weren't given a proper heads up. just like members of the navajo nation heard about the chaco canyon withdrawal, alaska native leaders learned of these policy changes in the media. this administration did not even properly consult with the very communities this oil and gas development would benefit and it's clear why, because they weren't in lockstep with the administration's policies. mr. speaker, just this morning we had a hearing, i asked the secretary of interior five times

if she consulted with the north slope native american communities and she would not answer. i finally had to go get some emails where they requested a meeting with her and she denied meeting with them. so let's make it very clear, the alaskans on the north slope requested a meeting with the secretary of interior prior to this rule and she blew them off. she didn't have the courtesy to meet with them. after she was up there in alaska already. the administration also held an incredibly short public comment period on these actions and when the bureau of land management was pressed on this timeline, which was right in the middle of whaling season for the subsistence fishing communities that support oil and gas development, a b.l.m. official reported the administration wanted a short comment period to rush a rule through in order to prevent it from falling into the congressional review act window.

mr. speaker, not only did this administration fail to properly consult with local native alaskan communities on the north slope, but they have taken explicit steps to subvert congress' constitutional responsibility to serve as a check on the executive branch. this administration cannot be trusted to do right by the american people. policies coming out of this administration, especially energy and natural resources policies, undermine the american people, and the hardworking men and women who stand ready to responsibly develop our vast natural resources. that's why congress must take every stope prevent the administration from pushing forward these policies. we must close every loophole that might be out there to shut down domestic energy production. this includes preventing the administration from creating new or expanding existing special areas within the npra.

they can't be trusted to do the right thing by the american people and the alaska native communities on the north slope. so congress, we must step in. i urge my colleagues to join me in voting for this amendment as well as joining me in voting for the underlying legislation. the skiian communities des deservethis. they have been producing energy under their feet in their natural resource space for years. the energy production, we want to be energy independent. and again the oil and gas royalties will help the north slope communities, mr. chairman. i said 10 minutes ago, they havn e.m.r. hearing stating that these royalties help us live. help us buy our food. help us build our infrastructure. without those revenues, they can't do it.

they can't -- they simply can't do it. in fact at the e.m.r. hearing there was a resident in tears, mr. speaker, because of this rule. it's going to be devastating for her and her family. to be able to live on the north slope comfortably. and actually, mr. speaker, my good friend from louisiana, i actually liked his expression. and i think my colleague on the other side of the aisle may be offended by this. but you know, my good friend from louisiana actually said, he actually said -- can i have some more time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. huffman: i rise to claim time in opposition to the amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. huffman: thank you, mr. speaker. we have a process problem. last week the rules committee issued a notice for amendment submission for this bill, 16 amendments were submitted 12 from democrats, four

mr. republicans. we really should be having an open, robust and lively debate. but no. the amendments, debate this afternoon, will be really quick. because all six natural resources bills up this week with all six of those bills, this is the only bill that was open to any amendments and republicans made only one, this one, this fossil fuel industry wish, that was the only one made in order. republicans have made a mockery of what they promised. and boasted about in the early days of the congress. they guaranteed it would be a robust and open process. half the time the rules committee isn't even open. but when it is, it's cooking the books. like we see this week. with this one single amendment for us to debate. you know, with other bills that have been up this afternoon, the so-called mining regulatory clarity act, my colleague, representative leger fernandez, filed several amendments. amendments that ranking member

grijalva previously offered at the bill's markup that would prevent foreign bad actor, including adversaries like china, from mining our federal lands. something that's all too common today through their thinly-veiled american s subsidiaries. but no, that was not ruled in order. so we don't get to talk about it. yesterday at the rules committee hear, chair westerman said he didn't accept the amendment because it wasn't worded properly. well, this language was already in the republican's prized h.r. 1, where it was included as a republican amendment. so it's hard to take that argument seriously. maybe they realized h.r. 1 would never become law and that's why more than a year later republicans still haven't sent that bill even to the senate. or maybe they realized foreign bad actors also happen to be padding their pockets. if that's not the case i'm eager to continue working across the aisle to get these bad actors off our federal lands and we

will be following up. back to alaska. the amendment we're here to debate would do nothing but make the bill more extreme. it would prevent the administration from designating any further special areas without an act of congress, preventing further protections for an area that's so fragile, special and ecologically important. they blocked debate on every other amendment including my amendment to study the impacts on subsistence resources. another to print prohibit the secretary releasing the lease sale until revenue raised at least to the level c.b.o. estimates. and one to prohibit oil and gas leasing in the arctic ocean. representative peltola, the sole representative for alaska, file and amendment to protect the critically important bering sea climate resilience area but republicans refused to allow that to proceed. this is not good faith debate. i'll end with a word about my friend's statement that he asked secretary hollande repeatcally

about tribal consultation. he would have been well-served to listen to secretary haaland and learn a thing or to. she's the highest ranking indigenous person in american history and knows a thing or two about this subject including the fact that an -- a nonprofit advocacy group, the consultation that my friend was referring to is not a group she has to meet with or consult as part of tribal consultation. tribal consultation is government-to-government. that's how it works. and if there was a little if there was more listening and less screaming and table pounding there, might be a better understanding of tribal consultation across the eye. with that -- aisle. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has the only time remaining. the gentleman from california has the only time remaining. mr. huffman: mr. speaker, i urge no and yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: very good. pursuant to the rule, the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended. and on the amendment offered by

the gentleman from minnesota, mr. stauber. the question is on the amendment by the gentleman from minnesota, mr. stauber. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to ratify and approve all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental take statements and other approvals or orders issued pursuant to federal law necessary for the establishment and administration of the coastal plain oil and gas leasing program and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i have a motion

to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: ms. castor of florida moves to recommit the bill to the committee on natural resources. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 19, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it. the motion is not agreed to. m ms. castor: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 1-c of rule 19, further consideration of h.r. 6090 will now resume.

the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 6090. a bill to provide for the consideration of a definition of anti-semitism set forth by the international holocaust remembrance alliance for the enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws concerning education programs or activities and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to provide for the consideration of the definition of anti-semitism set forth by the international holocaust remembrance alliance for the enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws concerning education programs or activities and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no.

in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from north dakota rise? mr. armstrong: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on passage of h.r. 6090 will be followed by five-minute votes on the motion to recommit on h.r. 6285, passage of h.r. 6285, if ordered, the motion to recommit on h.r. 2925, passage of h.r. 2925, if ordered, and adoption of house resolution 1112. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned

coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 320, the nays are 91. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the motion to recommit on h.r. 6285 offered by the gentlewoman from florida, ms. castor, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will redesignate the motion. the clerk: motion to recommit h.r. 6285 offered by ms. castor of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the motion is on agreeing to the motion to recommit. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 201, the nays are 211, the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. >> i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. a members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 214, the nays are 199 with two voting present. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is question on agreeing to the motion to recommit on h.r. 2925 offered by the gentlewoman from new mexico on which the yeas and nays are ordered the clerk will redesignate the motion. the clerk: motion to recommit offered by ms. leger fernandez of new mexico. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to

recommit. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of reprentatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

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the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 2 10rbgs the nays are 204. the motion is adopted -- 210, the nays are 204 the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on adoption of house resolution 1112 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1112. resolution denouncing the biden administration's immigration policies. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on adoption of the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of

representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 223 and the nays are 191. the resolution is adopted. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourns to meet at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow and further when the house adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at noon on monday, may 6, 2024, for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the house will be in order.

the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, give up groups is the new term coined by our brave border patrol for assembly of about 10 to 30 migrants who cross north across america's southern border where there is no wall or barrier and who don't even attempt to evade border patrol. rather, the give up groups know that if they falsely claim asylum, president biden will facilitate their parole into our country. mr. lalota: not only that, the

biden administration will give them a pair of crocs, a sandwich, a sweat suit and a plane ride to a city like new york. i learned about them this past weekend on my fourth trip to the southern border and this new tactic is another way the migrants are taking advantage of president biden's terrible border policy. madam speaker, secure the border and to stop these give up groups, president biden should reinstate the 64 successful trump-era border policies. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mere hours after this house finally passed critical security

aid for our democratic allies, i found myself on a train in the countryside of war-torn ukraine. along with a bipartisan group of colleagues, we were the first four members of congress to celebrate our bicameral accomplishment with ukraine's president. ms. dean: he shared with us that the world watched that vote and he shared his gratitude, the gratitude of a president, of an army, and of a nation. we were grounded by this victory and clear-eyed about victories yet to come. ukraine must defeat putin's illegal, barbaric assault on democracy. our aid package will bolster their fight, provide training, equipment and weapons to ukraine, as well as replenishing our own u.s. weapons stock. while abroad we met with ukrainian military and 82nd airborne division and they feel a sense of purpose, a sense of

history and their role in it. bypassing aid to ukraine, we fulfill our obligation to lead and meet our obligations. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. ms. maloy: i -- >> new york state doesn't see a tax it doesn't like. we are looking at $15 cash grab to enter manhattan, shifting traffic to the outer burros of new york city and trying to get back on our feet. it is unconscionable that the biden administration rubber stamp the cash grab of the m.t.a. at the request of the new

york governor without requiring an impact statement as required by federal law. the nepa process is clear and this is a clear violation which is why myself and others, including some in this chamber have sued to try to stop this cash grab. we call on the biden administration to reverse course. do not allow this toll to go through. you are hurting the people of new york state and new york city center. and i hope my colleagues will join my legislation to stop it. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to call for real action on the social security fairness act and have it be brought to the floor. there are over 300 of us who

have signed on to this bill and once you hit 290 it should come to the floor. now the bill itself will be a game changer for public employees who are retired and aren't getting all of their social security even though they paid into social security. the bill aims to ensure retired public servants receive their full social security benefits and people are working to pay their bills. and americans pay into social security and have for decades so they can receive their hard-earned dollars. by fixing the program, mill i don't knows, millions of families will know their full social security benefits will be there for them when they retire. people come up to me and say if this passes, we are talking

$2,000. please bring it to the floor. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: i rise today to recognize the heroic actions of two clacks ton high school students. andrea and marissa were at their local dairy queen when they witnessed a medical emergency. both of them jumped in to perform c.p.r. on the man. their situational awareness saved a life that day. while many people may know the basics of c.p.r. it can be challenging to put it in high pressure situations. they demonstrated selflessness by stepping up. they want this to be aware of your surroundings and be km

compassion nature and honored by their city council and my pleasure to honor these outstanding individuals here today. thank you for your actions and example. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. takano: i pay tribute to an outstanding servant justin maroro. he joined my team in 2018 and i came to trust his analytic mind to sort through the bills going on the floor and his judgment and prudentens, he secured me legislative wins, but his service was connected to the success of our nation, not just the success of his boss.

while my heart is heavy about the loss of a highly valued lieutenant, justin assumes a rule as to the assistant to the the secretary of defense and thank you and all i ask you to do is continue to do great things for us all. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. kiley: the spread of encampments and antisemitic activities is deeply, disturbing, disruptive and dangerous. we are seeing scenes that defied what i spented to see.

ucla jewish students being physically blocked from going into the library and university administrators have allowed this to happen. it never should have gotten to this point. enough is enough. i am calling on university leaders to work with law enforcement to immediately clear the encampments and arrest lawmakers and put a stop. cancelling classes punishes all students and is not the answer. the education and work force committee is expanding its investigation to california and the chancellor of u.c. berkley will be testifying. we are watching our universities and hold university leadership accountable for inaction. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from hawaii seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

>> madam speaker, this friday at kilo pier pearl harbor, relinquishes command and closes four decades of service to our nation. the admiral has ex policemen if i filed. and relate particular about the challenge we face and toke cussed on the path we must take. his rock has been his wife laura and we owe them a true debt of and the admiral courted admiral nimmets and said it is a great and admiral, you have more than met your responsibility and truly grateful. and god speed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition?

>> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to honor the life and service of the first naturalized to become a flag officer in the united states officer, rear admiral chinning. he was born in 1946 and family emgrated to the united states to escape the chinese communist party. because he was not a citizen, he was not deterred. he attended the college of william and mary and joined the navy in 1958 and one of the first officers to earn the rank of officer. chang and dedicated the rest of his life for promoting young asian americans.

he passed away in october of 2017 and embodied what it meant to serve our great nation and carve future generations for asian-americans and privilege to honor his legacy today. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: thank you. madam speaker, the relationship between poland and the united states and the chiropractics of poles and polish americans since our american revolution in 1776 are legendary as polish constitution day approaches, our bipartisan will recognize the 105th anniversary of diplomatic

relations between poland and united states and began on 1919. our nation's friendship dates back to polish generals who know we serve during america's revolutionary war fitting for america's independence and famed pianis trve traveled to the united states to promote the idea of an independent poland. president wilson delivered a speech to congress on january 22, 1917 advocating for polish independence. pay tribute to the chiropractics of poles to liberty on this ump as poland's first president is that every pole is born with a freedom gene. thank you, madam speaker.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i rise to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> with california's pick wildfire season approaching, mrs. kim: our constituents are facing wildfires. first responders' ability to defect wildfires and securing -- securely during a wildfire is a matter of life and death. that's why i am thrilled that the house this week passed the fire weather development act which i helped introduce with representatives garcia and caraveo. this bill includes two bills that i worked on that boosted technologies and public safety communication standards which i introduced after hearing from local, state and federal first responders. i am proud to co-lead this

commonsense bill and will continue to fight to get this across the finish line to improve wildfire whed readiness and protect our communities. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from hawaii seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> the united states public healthservice commission corps is one of the nation's uniform service branches on the front lines of public access. since wildfires destroyed lahaina, 36 officers have been deployed to help with environmental health and critical care and made sure that first responders got the mental health support and biurveillance to monitor toxic

response. understanding the impornce of meetingeople where they are they provided services at schools and shelters and community events. working with entities developed a cultural and enhancing their ability to care tore our. the next time you think our uniforme branches, remember the men and women of the public health corps. when the well-being is on the line, when you need the they will be there. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent toddress the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to honor terry andeon, who recently passed at his home in greenwood lake, n york. honor and distinction as a with

marine and journalist. in 1985 reporting on the lebanese civil war as the chief correspond interest he was abducted and held hostage for seven years. he never lost his sense of humor or firey spirit. after his return to freedom, his extraordinary humanitarian efforts uplifted lives in our. he co-founded the vietnam children's fund and it was my privilege to fight along side to fight veterans' homelessness. my thoughts and our whole community thoughts are with his friends and colleagues that come from a life well lived and grounded in service. i want to share words from terry himself. if you keep the hatred, you can't have the joy. i think we can all learn

something from mr. terry anderson, a true american patriot. i yield back. . . . . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. stevens: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of the news that the u.s. drug enforcement administration will soon reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. reclassifying marijuana from a schedule i drug to a schedule iii drug, while not legalizing marijuana, is an important step in normalizing cannabis use in the united states and recognizing that marijuana is not cocaine and it is not heroin. the order will broaden access to the drug for medicinal purposes and move us further away from a time of prosecution and incarceration for simple

possession, something that has had damaging effects to black and brown communities across this country. i commend president biden for his important work on this issue. from pardoning thousands of americans convicted of simple possession of marijuana to reviewing all federal marijuana law, the biden administration is taking the necessary steps to improve marijuana policy in the united states. promises made, promises delivered. thank you, president biden. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute, madam speaker, and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. adams: thank you, madam speaker. in the face of tragedy, we often find ourselves angry and disillusioned. but, madam speaker, i rise today because i'm thapgful. i'm thankful for the strength of the charlotte community. i'm thankful for the law enforcement personnel that put their lives on the line each and

every day to protect us. and i am thankful for the four officers that made the ultimate sacrifice in charlotte this past monday. u.s. deputy marshall thomas weeks, a 13-year veteran of the u.s. marshals, a husband, dedicated father of four children. charlotte police department officer joshua iyer. six-year veteran of the department who was recently named employee of the month. joshua leaves behind his wife and their beautiful 3-year-old son. department of adult correction officer same pelosi and aldon elliott, both 14-year veterans of the department. officer pelosi was a loving husband, a devoted father to his two sons who are set to graduate from high school and college in just a few weeks. officer elliott also leaves behind a loving wife and one child. and so as we mourn these four men and pray for the speedy recovery of the four other officers who were injured, let us never forget to be thankful

for the heroes that walk among us, to the families and colleagues, these men -- colleagues these men leave behind, your community is with you. we are here for you. and we are lifting you up in prayer. the days and weeks ahead will be difficult. but together we will persevere because we are charlotte strong. may the memories of these officers be the light that guides us forward and provides comfort to those who are mourning. i yield back, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: address the house, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i wish there were many, many minutes, but let me take this one minute to say to the american people, we are better than this. and to offer to all of those who

are in pain, those who feel that they are not respected, who have come from the mideast, and believe that people do not respect them, yes, you are. this is america. we believe in free speech. free expression. and for those who are palestinians, we respect your view, we respect the view of those who are from israel. and we must show that as we go home to honor our communities, we must show that. we must also stop anti-semitism and show who we are. for if we show them who we are, that is who we are. we must show that freedom of religion counts in america. freedom of religion, freedom of speech. and, yes, we must honor those law enforcement officers who have fallen in the line of duty. this week they have died. we want them to know that they will not be forgotten. and so i stand here today as i

started. madam speaker, we are better than this. we are americans. we will always fight for freedom. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: we'll always fate for your freedom. we'll always fight for your ability to say that. and i will leave this floor right now to say that speech and words are important, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: thank you forgiving me the time and yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. this is to advise that i am exercising my authority to designate an acting inspector general of the department of commerce, i have directed that jill basinger, who is currently serving as chief of staff in the office of inspector general at the department of the interior, shall serve concurrently as acting inspector general of the department of commerce, effective 30 days from today. in january, the inspector general of the department of

commerce resigned and the deputy inspector general began performing the functions and duties of the inspector general in an acting capacity. i have determined that during this period of transition, the office of inspector general, o.i.g., at the department of commerce would benefit from leadership brought in from outside of the office. in a letter to the president dated march 18, 2024, the chairman of the ranking member of the house committee on science, space and technology committee stated that they had reached the same conclusion after a 10-month investigation. the attached letter from the council to the president, ed siskel, provides additional details regarding the committee's investigation. jill basinger is well positioned to provide independent and strong leadership to the o.i.g. at the department of commerce. she has an exemplary track record in the office of inspector general at the department of the interior and previously at the office of

inspector general at the department of state. her leadership, experience, deep understanding of the mission of inspectors general and expertise in oversight and investigations will help the o.i.g. perform its vital role for the department of commerce. signed, sincerely, joseph r. biden jr., the white house, may 1, 2024. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on oversight and accountability and ordered printed. under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from utah, mr. moore, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. moore: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. moore: thank you, madam chair. this is an important week in the house of refnts as we discuss several issues important to the americans across the country. from standing up for jewish

students in the midst of dangerous anti-semitic rhetoric and demonstrations being tolerated at universities across the country, to denouncing the biden administration for their mishandling of the crisis at our southern border, it was also lands week this week and the house republicans proudly championed and passed legislation that will unleash american energy, promote outdoor access and support local communities. in my home state of utah, we are deeply concerned about the biden administration's federal land overreach that is stifling economic growth, national security and recreation opportunities. i want to thank my colleague for joining me in evening on a fly-out day, no less, and i will gladly yield to the gentleman from kansas, mr. mann, so much time as he may consume. mr. mann: i want to thank the gentleman from utah, my friend, for having this special order tonight. to once again highlight the failures of the biden administration on our southern border. since president biden's first day in office, he has failed our nation by refusing to secure the

southern border. during his first year, president biden reversed several of president trump's policies that were effective in addressing illegal immigration. president biden stopped construction of the border wall, even though it was already funded. instead, he paid contractors $6 million a day while he studied the border. president biden ended president trump's remain in mexico policy before the supreme court forced him to reinforce it. president biden came into office hyperfixated on implementing radical policies to appease progressive activists and in turn he has left our southern border wide open. since he was sworn in, there have been more than 9.2 million illegal immigrant encounters across the country, nearly three times the population of my home state of kansas. millions of those immigrants have slipped into the country. there have been at least 350

encounters with individuals on the terrorist watch list and more than 24,000 encounters with chinese nationalists. make no mistake, the mexican cartels have been empowered by president biden's failed policies and they are cashing in by helping people all across the globe illegally enter our great country. as a result we've had more drugs on our streets and crimes in our neighborhoods. fentanyl has poured into the country while human trafficking and uncontrollable crime run rampant. under president biden's policies, every state is a border state. border security is national security and enough is enough. house republicans voted again this week to make our nation safe and restore order to our nation's immigration system. it's time for president biden to work with house republicans to secure the southern border for good. thank you again for having this special order hour and i yield back. mr. moore: thank you to the

gentleman from kansas and we appreciate the chair for the time today on this special order. and i will yield back the remainder of my time to the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back.

under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentlewoman from california, ms0 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mms. jacobs: thank you, madam speaker. three years ago during my first year in congress, i froze my eggs which means i went through the first initial stages of i.v.f. except that after egg retrieval,

my eggs were frozen and stored. for weeks i took hormone pills, gave myself injections and went to the doctor for checkups. then i had a procedure to harvest my eggs. many people use i.v.f. if they're single or lgbtq+, if they're older or experiencing fertility issues or have suffered multiple miss carriages -- miscarriages. but no matter the reason for i.v.f., it should be a valid and viable choice for anyone. but unfortunately i.v.f., like many other reproductive health care options, is under attack in the courts and here in the halls of congress. 184 of my republican colleagues have co-sponsored legislation that supports fetal personhood. giving embryos the same full legal rights as a person. this fringe ideology is dangerous and could be used to prosecute people for miscarriages or for having an abortion and could potentially effect access to birth control too. and it could threaten access to

i.v.f. during i.v.f., doctors often create more fertilized embryos than they plan on using because some may be genetically unviable or result in miscarriages. i have 17 mature eggs frozen. patients like me pay for the storage of our eggs orem brieos and eventually -- or embryos and usually some are dough flaited for -- donated for medical research or destroyed. but fetal person legislation and even court rulings like the one in alabama could force patients to pay for storage of their embryos forever, or leave clinics liable to criminal charges if embryos are damaged. that's why at least one i.v.f. clinic in alabama is ending the service. and this is just the beginning. last week supreme court justiceo acknowledged fetal personhood in his line of questioning in a case that could decide the future of emergency abortion care. so i say this to my republican colleagues. you can't support fetal personhood and support i.v.f. access. you can't falsely claim to be

pro-life and then rip away people's dreams of having children and you can't hide and try to bury why you true end goal. so i call on all 184 house republicans, including speaker johnson, who have co-sponsored legislation that would treat embryos as children and threaten access to i.v.f. and other reproductive health services, come to the house floor, publicly remove your name from this bill, prove that you support i.v.f. access, prove that you support families and prove that you're not a hypocrite. ... i will now yield as much time as he may consume to my colleague from colorado, mr. neguse. mr. neguse: thank you, representative jacobs and madam speaker. let me thank representative jacobs for her determined leadership on this issue among many others. i stand here in solidarity today with representative jacobs, representative wild, the leaders of the pro-choice caucus in the

united states congress to help shine a light, as my colleague from california has done so well, on house republican hypocrisy. in february, as we now know, the alabama supreme court issued a dangerous ruling that upended fertility care and opened the door for extremists to push through their destructive agenda. in the months that followed, as representative jacobs referenced, many house republicans have rushed to this house floor to any tv camera that they may be able to find to express their support for i.v.f., the reproductive technology in question. to them, i say the same admonition that representative jacobs offered. your actions have clearly shown otherwise. they have already shown who you

are and what you believe. make no mistake, madam speaker, if given the chance. unfortunately, extreme members of the republican caucus will find every opportunity to deprive americans of their fundamental freedoms, criminalizing abortion nationwide, prosecuting the doctors and nurses willing to perform life-saving care and pursuing this dangerous legislation that representative jacobs so eloquently described. and we of course are already seeing the consequences of that extremism across the country, in ohio, in alabama, and in florida where just today, today a ban on abortion past six weeks of pregnancy has taken effect. the american people will not

stand for this. house democrats will not stand for this. we will keep pushing back against these plans to drag americans back to the laws of the last century, and we will keep working to protect the right of every woman to make her own health care decisions. i want to again salute representative jacobs, and in particular, i want to salute representative wild who introduced legislation that this body must pass in the days and weeks ahead. i salute her for her leadership and determination on behalf of every american in our land. with that, i yield back back -- yield back to ms. jacobs. ms. jacobs: i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: under the policy of january 9, 2023,

representative ms. wild is recognized the remainder of the hour as designee of the minority speaker. ms. wild: i want for acknowledge that as of today, florida's cruel and inhumane six-week abortion ban has taken effect. attacks on our basic freedom will not stop. though days like today are difficult, it also reminds us of the stakes we are facing in this fight. i for one am proud to stand here and declare my unwavering support for reproductive freedom. when the supreme court took the cruel but unsurprising step to overturn roe vs. wade, my heart broke for all the women whose basic reproductive freedom would now be in jeopardy. as a mother, a lawyer who used to represent health care providers, and as a sitting member of congress, i have

always believed that private medical decisions should be kept squarely between a woman and her health care providers. and after my immediate horror at the dobbs decision faded, i started thinking about what other opportunities this would open up for far right extremists to further control women's bodies and their health care decisions. it's why i worked hard with my staff in the year after dobbs to draft and introduce the access to family building act, which would codify a right to in vitro fertilization and other assistive reproductive technologies at the federal level. because i knew that extreme politicians intent on controlling women's bodies wouldn't stop at abortion rights, they were coming after all forms of reproductive health care.

one month after i introduced this bill on the house floor, the alabama state supreme court made the heartbreaking and cruel decision to classify frozen embryos as children, throwing i.v.f. patients and providers into a state of confusion and panic, and we heard it almost immediately, clinics that stopped doing the procedures at all, women who were in the middle of an i.v.f. treatment cycle who literally had to just stop. on the heels of the alabama decision, more than 150 of my colleagues signed on as co-sponsors of the bill. numerous health care and advocacy organizations endorsed it, including the military families association, and constituents across my community and throughout the country shared their own difficult fertility journeys. as someone who struggled with infertility myself, i know how

heartbreaking and expensive this process can be. and i know for sure that politicians and courts should not have a say in how anyone chooses to start or grow their families. and don't let anyone tell you that it's just rich career women seeking to defer their childbearing years who rely on i.v.f. over the past several months, i've been in close contact with veterans and cancer patients, men and women, by the way, who have spoken about their own i.v.f. needs and that their fierce that this safe and reliable procedure may now be in jeopardy. the reality is these are the stakes we are dealing with. and the reason we're gathered here tonight is to shed light on additional pieces of legislation that some of our colleagues have

introduced or supported, which, if enacted, could have the same repercussions as the alabama decision. it's important to note that not everyone on the other side of the aisle is aligned on this issue, and i applaud the handful of my republican colleagues that have signed on to the access to building families act to product i.v.f. and other forms of reproductive assistance. but there is a real and present threat that exists right here in congress of extremists that have signaled their explicit attention to attack i.v.f. and other forms of reproductive health care at the federal level. make no mistake, any of these national bans that have been talked about or proposed that would classify frozen embryos as children would supersede state level protections, thereby

throwing i.v.f. access into complete jeopardy nationwide, including a state like mine, pennsylvania, which currently has no such restrictions. a federal ban would absolutely affect every woman and couple in pennsylvania and throughout the country trying to start a family that was experiencing infertility issues requiring them to avail themselves of these type of reproductive technologies. that's why i'm not going to stop fighting to protect it, and it's why i'm proud to have received such overwhelming support for the access to family building act, and i hope that we will soon be able to bring this to a vote on the house floor. and with that, i reserve. and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back.

under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, for 30 minutes. mr. roy: i thank the speaker. i would note that today we've seen around the country an extraordinary display of anti-semitic activity on college campuses throughout the country, columbia university, u.s.c., even in austin, texas, at the university of texas near where i live, and a city that i represent in part. we saw today protesters replacing the american flag with a palestinian flag in chapel hill in north carolina. we're seeing all sorts of derogatory actions and statements being directed to our jewish brothers and sisters in

this country. and it should not be tolerated, it should be called out. it is unacceptable. it is not speech. it is not speech. it is not speech when you're engaging in the kind of conduct we're talking about where a young jewish man was being denied entry into a building, being asked whether he was zionist. this is not speech. this is action. these encampments where you take over a university, state-owned or private, in particular the university of texas, a state university, and you take it over. at u.s.c., you deny the ability of parents and students who have worked to graduate. you're blocking access. this is not speech.

let me be perfectly clear. the university of texas president jay hartzell and the leadership of that university are doing the exact right thing by clearing out the people in encampments taking over the university. president ben sass, university of florida, is doing the exact right thing by saying the university of florida is not a daycare, that these are adults and know full well what they are doing and will get the consequences of their actions. that is leadership. that is leadership. the university of texas has allowed free speech multiple times with respect to people who are protesting the conflict, protesting israel, supporters of the palestinians. i think there's been 13 or 14 events at the university of texas that have been officially sanctioned, other free speech. here's the thing, yet again today on the floor of the representatives we had another

show vote to make people feel good about themselves by passing a bill that says "anti-semitism" in the title and was put on the floor by the republican leadership, and was put on the floor by republican leadership despite knowing it was pulled from going through committee. we didn't have a chance to amend it. we didn't have a chance to discuss it, debate it. we didn't have a hearing on it. it was jammed through to take advantage of this political moment while all of these horrific things are going on around the country, republican leadership wanted to score political points, so they moved through legislation without the kind of deliberation, debate, that's supposed to be carried out by the people in this chamber. as a result, today, a significant number of my republican colleagues, including myself, voted no.

as a result, we will be accused of, i don't know, being for anti-semitic behavior, being accused by our friends and allies of not wanting to support israel, supporting our jewish american colleagues and friends, constituents, fellow americans. nothing could be further from the truth. but that is what will happen. and it will happen because we dared to stand up and say we don't believe in thought police. we don't believe that a bill should be brought to the floor of the united states house of representatives, having not gone through committee, that has a reference in it to international organizations definitions, literally in the statute, and then taking that international organizations definition and then literally in the statute

representing and referencing the examples of anti-semitic behavior. . now i find the vast majority of the things listed in that to be horrific activity, most likely if not certainly, anti-semitic, at least in most contexts. some of them are problematic in. totality they certainly raise first amendment concerns. they certainly raise concerns about something i've opposed to the best of my knowledge and ability, read thug pieces of legislation at every turn, every vote, to oppose the whole notion of hate speech, hate crimes, thought police, thought crimes, putting the government into your head and your motivations, when you're enimaged in criminal behavior. criminal behavior is criminal behavior. violating people's civil rights is violating people's civil

rights. but when we want to insert the government into what you're thinking and what motivates you, you are empowering that which should never be empowered. the ability of the government to police thought. to police speech. to police your views. not the views that carry out then the actions. the actions are the problem. police the actions. but yet that's what we did. and i am damn proud of my colleagues, particularly on this side of the aisle, who stood up and said no because it was a hard vote. because you know what i've got to spend my time tonight, tomorrow and this week doing? explaining to my jewish constituents, supporters, and friends, that i stand with them

unequivocally. they'll say what do you mean unegive displi you voted against a bill that addressed anti-semitism. and i'll say because, because the slippery slope of tyranny that led to the death, that led to the harassment, that have led to the abject discrimination and oppression of people around this world, those roads lead through the power of government bureaucrats and the expense of liberty. and liberty stops at the door of harming somebody. taking their stuff. blocking roads. doing the kinds of things that actually directly impact or harm people. not what you tnk. but that's what we do. we do things for political motivations. d the republican leadership knew it. and they put it on the floor anyway. and i'm sick of it.

i'm sick o my republican colleagues who want to go out and campaign for power, to maybe thane power, to come in here and do the very things we said we oppose. there's a bill in the house judiciary committee right now. that bill will say that the department of justice can go into a state and prosecute a cop killer if the local jurisdiction effectively refuses to do that. now, that sounds good, doesn't it if you're pro-cop if you're pro-police. and you've got a george soros prosecutor sitting in austin, texas, new york city, that is refusing to do their job, their duty, follow their conscience, to go prosecute a dangerous individual who killed a cop. you'd say well, chip, of course, bring in the department of justice and take care of that

horrific result. here's the problem. there's no end. the bill is based upon commerce. the gun transports in commerce. if the defendant has traveled in commerce. now you say chip, why does that mat her because let me ask you a question. the bill they've before the judiciary committee which is saying that if something is involved in commerce, the federal government, the department of justice, whether it's led by republican or led by merrick garland that that department of justice can come in, based on whatever rationale they want, and say we're going to prosecute this crime. against -- committed against a cop. why not against a nurse? why not against a doctor? why not a firefighter? why not a teacher? why not a member of the clergy?

it won't end. our founders didn't set up a federal police. our constitution does not contemplate a federal police. our government, our federal government, is not supposed to police us in our homes and our communities. it is egregious that there are cops who have been murdered and there are d.a.'s that refuse to do their duty to prosecute their killers. but i'll be damned if i'm going to empower a government to extend beyond its constitutional limits, using the same bastardized use of the commerce clause we have decried for decades because it has expanded a government that's nowty rankly using its power to go after the american people, go after former politicians including the former president. that is spending money we don't

have. that is using that power to regulate us to death. on virtually every bill that virtually every republican on this side of the aisle that claims to be a limited government conservative votes for. why? because they don't want the fraternalled or over police or other law enforcement organizations to come after them. last night, i didn't even have an amendment circulated yet. i simply begged the question, why are we putting forward a bill that expands the power of the department of justice under the commerce clause, no matter how meritorious our goal is of ensuring cop killers go to jail, why are we doing that? aren't we limited government conservatives who don't believe in expanding the use of commerce clause to expand the reach of the federal government? because it's used for thousands of other things we don't like. i hadn't even got then ink dry on the concept of an amendment

when someone in this body already notified police organizations and said, go after him. you know what? go ahead. i work for 750,000 texans. i respond to them. to god. and the constitution of the united states. i do not work for anybody in this chamber. i do not work for any organization. i don't work for any donor. i work for the people. and i work for a people who are sick and damn tired of this institution run by a bunch of people who campaign saying one thing and they get here and do another. $34.5 trillion of debt. $1 trillion every three months. we already spend more on interest than our defense. we're about to crack $1 billion of interest. they say we'll hit $2 trillion to $3 trillion of interest by 2030. our boarders are wide open. our kids are dying. we had austin, texas, four more people die from fentanyl

poisoning, a bunch of others had to be resuscitated with far can. the people of texas are continuing -- with narcan. the people of texas are continuing to deal with people striemg cross the border. it's not in the headlines, because the protests are in the headlines. but everybody in texas who can't afford their car, can't afford their home, can't afford interest on their mortgage, who can't afford to buy groceries, who are dealing with crime on the streets, dealing with open borders, they want some kind of sanity coming out of this institution. and what do we do? what do republicans do in all their infinite wisdom? we fund more of it. we fund the department of homeland security. again. we give the f.b.i. a brand new $200 million headquarters. you can't even make this stuff up. we give more power to the intelligence community to spy on americans. don't even protect americans.

can't even make it up. over the last 16 months, there's been a battle, which represents the larger war brewing, within the republican party because unfortunately my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are so far gone down the rabbit hole of radical progressive policies, that absolutely destroy our country every single day, littering our country with regulations, littering our country with all sorts of crime, littering our country with open borders, engaging in endless wars, all of the stuff that's happening because our democratic colleagues are frankly undermining the american dream and undermining western civilization and undermining everything we hold dear, there's been a battle going on for the soul of the party and the country within the republican party. i want to tell you, i'm not in the majority. i'm not.

you say chip, you're in the majority of the house. you have a razor thin majority. no, i'm not. i'm not the majority. i'm in the minority. a minority of republicans who try to wake up here and change this place rather than just campaign on it. that's the truth. right now president biden is considering bringing in refugees from gaza into the united states. now, i don't know what the background checks will be. i don't know what we'll do to ensure these are individuals that are not affiliated with terrorist organizations, since something like three quarts of the people of gaza support what hamas is doing in attacking israel, a large number of civilians were involved with the attacks on israel. the bill we just voted on last

week, the foreign aid package, $95 billion is it paid for? no. does it fund ukraine with no clear mission? yes. did everyone here who voted for it say, don't worry, that'll be the last. we get that money, president trump will be elected, it'll be over. the ink isn't even dry and they're talking about a ukraine package in the fall. more money for ukraine. do you think that'll be paid for? no. the money going to israel, $17 billion, was that paid for? no. the other money being used if n.g.o.'s and fitter that to hamas? yes. was there $5 billion in there that'll go to refugee assistance? yes. will that refugee assistance fund moving some of these folks from gaza to america? to be your neighbor?

yes. that's what we voted on. that's what we voted for. now thankfully, a majority of republicans voted against it. but our illustrious republican leadership brought it to the floor anyway. why? we are told we had no choice. there's no choice. that's always the excuse. always the excuse. meanwhile, here, in addition to the refugees that may be dumping in here from gaza in 2023, last year, an eight-month stretch, about 200,000 migrants flew into the united states via the president's parole program. 200,000. 80% of those folks went to

florida. thousands went to texas. thousands fled around our country. the american people have no idea how bad the border situation really is. our democratic colleagues are practically giddy, giddy at what they're getting out of the republicans in the house of representatives. which is nada. in terms of opposition. nothing. zero opposition to what our democratic colleagues are trying to perpetrate on the american people by way of a president ignoring the law, wracking up, i'm told, by independent outside organizations making determination of the cost about $800 billion to $1.4 trillion in student loan forgiveness. you can't even make this up. what do we do?

we pay for it. we keep paying for it. we're paying for the administration of it. we didn't put any blocks in place through the omnibus appropriations bill. we didn't get a single change to open borders. we didn't get a single change to the student loan repayments. or forgiveness. we didn't get a single change to the continuation of endless wars. we got negligible change on the fisas, spying program. but right now, we have a backlog of several million people waiting for court proceedings as late as 2035. 2037. .

i was talking to some friends who are a little bit on the other side of the aisle, you guys, you republicans have issues with immigrants. i said, well, let me ask you a question, how many people do you think are in the united states who are foreign born? i told them the answer. about 51.5 million. how many are legally coming every year? depends on the year but somewhere between 800,000, one million, 1.1 million, depends on the year. no other country is even close, by the way. but we're anti-immigrant because we think maybe we ought to pause for a second and maybe take stock of the state of our country? we can't pay for medicare, we can't pay for social security without printing money. hell, we can't pay for anything without printing money. here's what i would say to all my republican colleagues. enjoy it when i come down here to the floor and i file a bill

to raise taxes on whoever i decide needs to have their taxes raised on, and have you explain how you're voting for more spending for endless wars and endless conflict and $95 billion for ukraine and overseas conflict, and you're not paying for it. i tell you what, i'll give you the ability to pay for it. do you want to go out and sell tax increases to all your donor friends? go ahead. go ahead to my republican colleagues. because you've been taking a free ride on the idea of trickle down now for 25 years. now, i believe in low broad tax rates creating the maximum economic growth and opportunity and driving up revenues to the treasury without constraining the productivity of the american people. i believe that. but i don't believe in listening to people complain to me that

we're somehow obstructing the great ronald reagan's view of what we need to do through peace through strength to help other people around the world like ukraine and we're $175 billion in, they already know we want another $60 billion, $100 billion. hell, i saw a news account of $500 billion. who's going to pay for that? and i've had some of these people around town had the temerity to say chip, it's not that much money, it's about $175 billion. the real problem is medicare. let me ask anybody who wants to jump in here -- oh, that's right, there's no more colleagues here. do you think that if you can't vote against a gay senior center in massachusetts as an earmark that you're somehow going to go out and sell medicare reform? no.

you're not. you're selling a lie. you're selling a fiction that oh, trust me, one day when we get the full power in the house, the senate, never mind we don't have 60 votes in the senate, we'll give that excuse next year. we'll then -- trust me, chip, we'll do something like set a percentage of g.d.p. that we can tolerate as our overall spend level and we'll constrain and we'll fix this and we'll fix the doughnut hole and we'll fix all these things nobody in america knows about and we'll pass some bills and pat ourselves on the back and pass another 10-year budget that has all the cuts in the 10th year, and then when it comes to the tax cut time, we're going to be for those tax cuts. now again, i want to be very clear. i am for low taxes on the american people. let me even go further, if we're going to keep printing money, why do we have taxes at all?

i've asked that question in the budget committee. nobody can answer it. we're literally not going to adhere to a budget, balance the budget, constrain spending and do the responsible thing, which we never do, why on earth would we not just get rid of taxes? if you're going to spend almost twice as much as you take in, which you're getting dangerously close to, if you're taking $4 trillion and spending $3 trillion, why not print the $7 trillion. it's a genuine question. oh, chip, that would be responsible. we all know why. we're living like this is something that's not going to blow up on us. it is. for all my colleagues who said chip, 1980's, ronald reagan, he stood up and said tear down this wall, peace through strength,

build the military. you know what our debt to g.d.p. ratio was then? about 35%. do you know what it is today? about 120%, depending on which numbers you look at. it's insane. it's like oh, we'll send this because ukraine will stop putin. let's put aside whether that's even true or not. when are you going to pay for it? you're not. and then today, we're going to go put down a bill so we can feel good about ourselves so we can go to our jewish friends and say we passed an anti-semitism bill, pat me on the back, i'm anti-anti-semitism. meanwhile, you completely destroy any notion of the principle we should be against thought police. last year we set out to change

this place. i think we successfully did it for a while. we got seven appropriation bills passed out of the house chamber and we had votes on about 1100 amendments and passed the strongest national defense authorization act we've ever passed. we passed the strongest border security we ever passed in h.r. 2. we finally put to bed notions to do that you had to advance amnesty. we were over the course of the last year and a half move all of the spending debate to the point where nondefense spending was held flat, the defense spending that went up was paid for by taking money out of the i.r.s. expansion and covid funds. we were having serious conversations across the ideological spectrum, getting votes on bills, having regular order, going to committee, voting on amendments, and this place was briefly working again. and right now, i've never seen it worse.

bills being cooked up and back rooms being jammed through without going to committee, without amendment, many of which have miserable policies in them. we spent $1.7 trillion in omnibus spending with all sorts of earmarks and all sorts of funding for f.b.i. headquarters, continuation of broken and open borders, continuation of endless wars. we busted the caps. less than a year after passing the caps, we busted the caps. we then fund $95 billion of additional foreign aid after passing a re-authorization of fisa. i will note, conservatives jumped in there and i think we forced it down to a two-year re-authorization of fisa so we'll get another bite of that apple in two years. you're welcome. crumbs of freedom and liberty. but i'm telling you, if you want to save this country, you need to make sure we have a republican conference that is going to do what they said they

were going to do, you need to make sure the minority of us coming to the floor to fight for you are no longer in the minority. we have a little bit of time. i said goodbye this last weekend to my 89-year-old grandmother. she passed away sunday morning. i know she's up there with jesus, no doubt getting a laugh of some of my antics down here. wonderful woman. went to church every sunday. she lived right. she, her generation, all who came before her, they didn't fight as she did. she served for 35 years in the air force as a civilian at barksdale air force base in louisiana. neither she nor any of the other people who wore the uniform nor any of the 400,000 tombstones at arlington national cemetery or any of the tombstones sitting in normandy and celebrate d day

june 6 on the 80th anniversary, none of those people gave the last full measure of devotion or willing to risk the last full measure of devotion to mortgage this country away vote by vote, dollar by dollar, year by year. we have a duty right now to take our country back because the radical progressive democrats and leftists who want to destroy it and are going around city by city and university by university, they're not the majority. they don't represent a fraction of the people in this country who want to go about their job, honor god, take care of their family, work hard, earn a living, take care of their kids, start a business, achieve the american dream, and i'm here to tell you i'm not going anywhere. we're going to take this country back because they don't get to have it. but we have to stand up as a party and do what we said we're going to do or we'll be in the ash bin of history.

with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman have a motion? mr. roy: i move to adjourn, i hope. yeah. the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.

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