Host caitlin emma from politico. Read more at politico. Com. Thanks so much for the update. Reporter thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] the house will be back shortly to vote on the rule for that fivebill package. Also in the upcoming debate, they will have final package passage vote on that first measure they started last week. The one that includes laborhealthHuman Serviceseducationdefensestat eforeign operations. Take you live back to the house floor now for that series of votes. Postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order. Ordering the previous question on House Resolution 445 and adoption of House Resolution 445 if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 445 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 30, House Resolution 445, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 3055, making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 3, 2020, and for other purposes, relating to consideration of the bill h. R. 2740, making appropriationers in departments of labor, health and Human Services, education and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purpose, and providing for proceedings in the period from june 28, 2019, through july 8, 2019. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned 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 232, the nays are 193. The previous question is ordered. The question is on the adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. Mr. Woodall i ask for 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 risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned 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 had this on this vote the yeas are 231, the nays are 195. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to House Resolution 436 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h. R. 2740. Will the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, kindly take the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h. R. 2740, which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill making appropriations for the departments of labor, health and Human Services and education and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose on tuesday, june 18, 2019, amendment number 61 printed in part a of house the t 116111 offered by gentleman from california, mr. Cox, had been disposed of. Pursuant to House Resolution 445, the amendment printed in part c of house report 116119 shall be considered as adopted in the house and in the ommittee of the whole. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in 116111 house report on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. Amendment number 63 by mr. Burgess of texas. Amendment number 64 by mr. Burgess of texas. Amendment en bloc by ms. Kaptur of ohio. Amendment en bloc number 4 by ms. Kaptur of ohio. Amendment number 89 by mr. Moulden mullin of oklahoma. Amendment number 90 by mr. Huffman of california. Amendment number 90 by mr. Graves of louisiana. Amendment number 97 by mr. Banks of tennessee. The chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this series. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 63 printed in part b of house report 116111 offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. Burgess, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 63 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by mr. Burgess of texas. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise nd be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 146. The nays are 288. The amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 64 printed in part b of house report 116111 offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. Burgess, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 64 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by mr. Burgess of texas. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. His is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 197. The nays are 237. He amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the quest for a recorded vote on amendments en bloc offered by ms. Kaptur from ohio on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc. The clerk amendments 65, 71, 88, 94, 105, 106, 108 printed in part a of house report 116 111 offered by ms. Kaptur of ohio. The chair the question is on the amendments en bloc. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 233. The noes 200. The amendments en bloc are adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendments en bloc offered by ms. Kaptur of ohio on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc. The clerk en bloc number 4 consisting of amendments numbered 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 78, 79, 81, 6, 77, 93, 95, 5, 86, 87, 92, 104, 99, 100, 101, 102, and 09, 110, 111, 112, 113 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by ms. Kaptur of ohio. The chair the question is on the amendments en bloc. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 382. The nays are 52. E amendment en bloc is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 89 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. Mullin, on which further proceedings were postponed on on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. Clerk the clerk will redesignate the amendment. The chair amendment number 89 printed in part a of house report 11611 offered by mr. Mullin of oklahoma. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 186, the nays are 248. He amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 90 printed in rt a of house report 116111 offered by the gentleman from california, mr. Huffman, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 90 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by mr. Huffman of california. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 233, the noes are 201. He amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 91 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by the gentleman from louisiana, mr. Graves, on which further proceedings were posted postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 91 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by mr. Graves of louisiana. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 162, the nays are 269. With one voting present. He amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 97 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by the gentleman from indiana, mr. Banks, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 97 printed in part a of house report 116111 offered by mr. Banks of indiana. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair on this vote the yeas are 132. The nays are 302. He amendment is not adopted. There being no further amendment, under the rule, the committee rises. Mr. Speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h. R. 2740 and pursuant to House Resolution 436, i report the bill, as amended, by House Resolution back to t resolution the house with sundry further amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. The speaker pro tempore the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the Union Reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h. R. 2740 and pursuant to House Resolution 436 reports the bill, as amended by the House Resolution 431 and House Resolution 445 back to the house with suntry further amendments adopted in the sundry further amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. Under the rule, the question is on the adoption of further amendments will be put engross. The question is on adoption of the amendments. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendments are adopted. 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 making appropriations for the departments of labor, health and Human Services, and education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for ther purposes. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The gentleman deserves to be heard. The gentleman may proceed. Mr. Speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. The speaker pro tempore is the gentleman opposed to the bill . I am in the present form. The clerk mr. Womack of arkansas moves to recommit the bill h. R. 2740 to the committee on appropriations. The speaker pro tempore can we possibly remove discussion from the floor . The gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Womack thank you, mr. Speaker. Here we are in the peoples with the ed responsibility of taking taxpayers money and making sure its spent properly with , and yet, we ht are about to vote on a bill that is set to top line numbers that has not been subject to debate in this chamber. Lets revisit how we got here. Our friends on the other side of the aisle said they were going to do a budget, and they didnt do a budget. They couldnt produce the votes. So then, they decided, mr. Speaker, they were going to do a caps agreement, and they proposed a caps agreement and only because of a selfexecuting rule did they deem the numbers to which the appropriators should write the bills. No debate. None at all. Just pull the numbers out of the air, put them in a selfexecuting rule, and thats what well write to. Mr. Speaker, this bill is going nowhere. It is a waste of time for the house of representatives to have been spending on a bill thats absolutely going nowhere. And my motion sends this bill back to the committee, where hopefully we can come to some form of agreement on a caps number. Now, weve got a lot to worry about. At the end of this year, if we dont have agreement, we are going to trigger a sequester that nobody wants. It would be devastating to our country. But instead of spending our time, mr. Speaker, on working out an agreement among ourselves that the people expect us to do its our job here we are spending our time, late night votes on amendments and then finally to move a bill across the floor of he house that is going nowhere. We are all frustrated by it. Last year, mr. Speaker, i spent the better part of a year with a number of my colleagues on this side and that side and some from the senate on a process reform package, and we got close to the finish line. We didnt make all the changes that everybody wanted. We didnt have the votes for that. And remember, the threshold for passage was five republicans and five democrats out of 16 people. Thats a pretty high threshold in this chamber, and we got our ive republicans to agree and i got to commend guys like john yarmuth and derek kilmer on the other side because they were yes. They recognized how important changing this process was to this institution. But four democrats voted present. Present. On a package that would fundamentally change for the better the budget and appropriations process that we use in the house of representatives, in the peoples house. The people deserve better, mr. Speaker. So it is my intent to refer this bill back to committee. Now, it doesnt stop there with just top line numbers. Besides the failure to write a budget, to have a debate on a caps deal, to put forth workable legislation, democrats have also neglected the humanitarian and security crisis at our border. Today marks 50 days since the administrations request forcep amental funds on our border. For supplemental funds on our border. You cant deny it. 4,500 people a day that we are apprehending. Weve tried 17 times to bring up legislation to address the humanitarian crisis on our border, and 17 times weve been denied. Food and shelter for migrant families and unaccompanied children, funding Urgent Medical care and transportation, paying the growing overtime cost for d. H. S. Men and women on the front lines. So mr. Speaker, my point is pretty simple. Its not cute. Its not a gotcha moment. Its not an underlying policy issue thats hard to explain. Its simply this, lets send this bill back to the appropriators, lets work collectively to get a caps deal so that we can save our country from us, and i yield back the alance of my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition . Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i rise in strong opposition to the republican motion to recommit. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Mrs. Lowey the gentlelady is opposed to the motion. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. Mrs. Lowey a budget, my friends, is a statement of our values, and an appropriations bill puts those values into action. Thats why this bill invests for the people. We have chosen to strengthen critical domestic initiatives that give every american a better chance at a better life. Weve invested in a mix of defense, diplomacy, development that will keep our country safe and restore our reputation in the world. This m. T. R. Is a chance, its an opportunity for republicans to share these priorities and explain how they do things differently. And with this m. T. R. , the minority is giving a clear answer. Hey have had no plan, no priorities, no idea of where we go for the good of our country. Instead of working to strengthen our nation, republicans only proposal is to slash funding that working families depend on. Just consider, my friends, the many critical activities that this m. T. R. Attacks. Head Start Centers for our children, childcare assistance for families, support for students and teachers, job training for unemployed workers, resources to address the opioid epidemic, lifesaving medical research at the n. I. H. , Water Infrastructure projects, Energy Efficiency and transformational science. All of these initiatives would be delayed, delayed, delayed. Mr. Speaker, the minority wants to tell you that this amendment is about responsible funding levels, and that couldnt be further from the truth. So let me set the record straight, my friends. Unless congress acts, unworkable budget caps that snap back into place in fiscal year 2020 will cause deep cuts to both defense and nondefense spending. This m. T. R. Would jeopardize our National Security. It would slash Critical Services for children and families and take our country back, back, back. We cannot, we must not allow our country to karine careen off this fiscal cliff. Instead, we must raise the caps, invest for the people, bolstering our National Security, addressing critical needs across our country. House democrats have made our position on raising the caps clear. It is time, my friends, for President Trump to rein in his assistant, mr. Mulvaney, and agree to a reasonable caps deal. But congress but congress cant wait for the white house to come to its senses. If we do, we might very well have another Government Shutdown. To that end, the house voted to deem funding levels that are reasonable, responsible, allows us to move our country forward. When republicans were in the majority, they also deemed funding levels, my friends. Unlike ours, however, their funding levels were wildly unrealistic. We have chosen a different path, and thats why i am so proud to support these bills, which ensures that america is safe, strong, and moving forward. This m. T. R. Sets us on a bleaker path, shutting families out of childcare, starving our schools, stopping lifesaving research, and sticking our heads in the sand on the climate crisis. The choice is clear. Vote no on the m. T. R. And lets send this for the people. Mrs. Lowey i yield back. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. The question is on the motion to recommit. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. I demand a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this fiveminute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a fiveminute vote on passage of the bill. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned 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 196, the noes are 231. The motion is not adopted. The question is on passage of the bill. Pursuant to clause 10 of rule 20, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members wilrecord their votes by electronic device. This will be a fivenute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore does any member wish to change his vote . On this vote, the yeas are 226 and the nays are 203. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . Mrs. Lowey i ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment of h. R. 2740 the clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming changes to reflect the actions of the house. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 3055. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mrs. Lowey mr. Chair, i yield myself the speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman will suspend. Punt to House Resolution 445 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house for consideration of h. R. 3055. The chair apoints the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, to preside over the committee of the whole. Mr. Blumenauer the house is in the committee of the whole house for consideration of h. R. 3055. The clerk a bill making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice, science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020 and for other purposes. The chair pursuant to the rule, general debate shall be concxds con find to the bill and not exceed one hour equally controlled by the majority member and the gentlewoman from new york and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Granger, will each control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. Mrs. Lowey mr. Chair, i yield myself such time as i may consume. I urge my colleagues to join me n support of this legislation. Today, we continue investing for the people with h. R. 3055, consisting of five fiscal year 2020r Appropriations Bills that offer a Brighter Future for American Families and make American Communities safer and stronger. This legislation invests in americas infrastructure. It would provide billions for the roads, highways and transit systems of tomorrow. It would strengthen and modernize public housing. It would expand programs to ensure that every community has clean and safe Drinking Water. And it would help bring the promise of broadband to more Rural Communities. This legislation would protect our environment, tackle the Climate Change crisis. It rejects misguided cuts to the e. P. A. And will expand climate research. And it would prioritize resilience to the effects of Climate Change in key federal programs. Finally, among many priorities, this legislation would strengthen our democracy, strong funding increases would enable a thorough and accurate 2020 crens us, improves civil Rights Enforcement and help protect Voting Rights. This legislation is the product of hard work and input from members on both sides of the aisle. I am very proud of our talented appropriations subCommittee Chairs and our outstanding staff. And i look forward to the discussion about more about what this package does for the people. I urge my colleagues to join me in support of this legislation. And i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady reserves. The gentlelady from texas. Ms. Granger i rise today in opposition to h. R. 3055. Unfortunately this appropriations bill and the bill that just passed the house are written to an unrealistic top funding number, 176 billion above the current budget caps. We do not have a consensus on a budget agreement for fiscal year 2020 which would lead to sequestration and lead to devastating cuts to our military. Moving the second appropriations package is another wasted opportunity. The funding levels are far from what the president requested and will support. This bill is 10 above fiscal year 2019. This package contains poison pill provisions that will likely lead to veto and Government Shutdown. The package jeopardizes our nations security and including prohibiting fnds for border wall. Limiting the president s response to a National Emergency and allowing Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to the United States. The bill allows taxpayer dollars to use lawyers for migrants and prohibits a question on citizenship to be added to the 2020 sense us. If this bill is census. The bill allows the regulation of Greenhouse Gas emissions on livestock. T supports the listing of sage grouse under the endangered species act which would impact and Mineral Development ment in 11 western states and includes three new regulations that would unfairly burden the trucking industry. The bill also prohibits the administration from setting reasonable fuel efficiency standards. The legislation attacks our Second Amendment rights by removing long standing firearmsrelated protections. The bill includes new language that was not voted on in committee, which would provide back pay to certain federal contractors who are affected by the Government Shutdown. This comes with a high price tag. C. B. O. Says it would cost 1 billion to implement this provision. It is disappointing this language is being slipped into this package. Perhaps even more concerning, we are considering tch bill before we address the crisis at the border. This situation is getting worse by the day and we must take action now. I am encouraged that they marked up a bipartisan bill in committee this morning and i hope we can move legislation through both chambers and get it signed by the president very soon. The bottom line is the priorities reflected in this bill are misguided. The bill spends too much and it contains partisan policy issues that will not make it into law. This package falls short of what our constituents and the American People expect and deserve. I know that my colleague and friend, chairwoman lowey has worked very hard to get us to this point today and she and her subCommittee Chairs included many priorities of members on both sides of the aisle. Unfortunately in balance, these bills are partisan measures and i cannot support them in their current form. I look forward to working with my colleagues to pass a commonsense Border Security supplemental bill and bipartisan budget agreement and then we can complete the fiscal year 2020 bills. We must give the president bills he will sign into law at more reasonable funding levels and without controversial riders. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote no on this package. And i reserve. The chair the gentlelady reserves. The gentlelady from new york. Mrs. Lowey i am very pleased to yield five minutes to the gentleman from new york, chairman of the commerce, justice and science committee, mr. Serrano. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Serrano id like to talk about the fiscal year 2020 c. J. S. Bill which is contained in part a of the mini bus. E agencies in this bill, the funding was totally inadequate. The president proposed to eliminate a large number of programs that members on both sides of the aisle supported. Thankfully with an allocation of 73. 85 billion, this subcommittee was able to address these problems and to invest in the future of our nation. This legislation makes significant investments in justice reform, Economic Development, and the science agencies. We increase funding for programs and Research Focused on Climate Change as well as for efforts to address gun violence and to implement the 2020 census. Let me highlight a few issues. In order to address the ongoing challenges faced by the Census Bureau leading up to next years census, this bill provides 8. 45 billion for the Census Bureau of which more the 90 directly funds 2020 census. This amendment is 2. 3 billion above the administrations very inadequate request. This prevents funding from being used to include a seasonship question on the 2020 census form. This bill also rejects the administrations proposed cuts to Climate Change programs. Provide over 2 billion for nasa, earth science, a significant increase over fiscal year 2019. As well as a 17 uncrease for noaa Climate Change research activities, significant increases are also included for noaa programs that address the impacts of Climate Change. To address the epidemic of gun violence in our nation, this bill increases funding for the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosive by 122 million over fiscal year 2019. We also provide 80 million for grants to help improve firearms, background checks, and 125 million for School Safety grants authorized by the stop School Violence act. To ensure our nations science agencies have the resources needed to continue our leadership in research and innovation, this bill adds substantial funding to nasa, the National Science foundation, and nist. The bill also includes strong funding increases for Economic Development activities and Infrastructure Improvements in hardhit rural areas and urban areas as well. In particular, for Economic Development. And the Minority Business Development agency. We also provide large increases for the Legal Services corporation for violence against women act, opioid reduction initiatives, and the first step act, among many others. In sum, theres a lot in this bill that both sides support from the sciences to Economic Development to justice reform. I want to thank the staff on both sides of the aisle who have worked so hard to put this bill together and to manage the many amendments offered. On the majority staff i want to thank our clerk, bob. As well as jeff, b. G. Wright, matt smith, shannon mcculley,. J. Loudermilk, and trisha castanett a on the minority i think stephanie and christian. I want to thank on my personal staff, marcus garza, angelle, matt. I want to take a moment to say that as you will hear, we dont always agree, mr. Aderholt and i, but its been a pleasure to working with him, in the Appropriations Committee, we try to find Common Ground. Even if he tells you he doesnt like the bill, i know theres a lot in here he likes. I am looking for maybe a mbe vote from him. I want to thank my chairwoman and ms. Granger. Its been said bore but it hasnt been said by me. We make history every day i this house, and what a historic moment that both the ranking and the chairwoman are both women. And thats the first time in history. So i think this is a good bill that invests in the people and priorities of this nation. I urge all my colleagues to support it. Thank you. The chair the gentleman yies back. The gentlelady reserves. Ms. Granger i yield four minutes to the gentleman from alabama, mr. Aderholt. The chair the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. Mr. Aderholt thank you, mr. Chair. Iise reluctant in reluctant opposition to h. R. 3055. Let me do say, i appreciate the efforts of the majority producing the f. Y. 2020 appropriations package that we will be considering today. As my colleague from new york referred to. This bill actually does address many priorities and concerns of members on both sides of the aisle, and certainly those of us from the republican side of the aisle, mr. Speaker, we do appreciate that. I am pleased that the bill provides Critical Resources for our worldclass Space Program. It funds nasa at levels necessary to work toward the completion of the s. L. S. And the exploration upper stage and provides strong funding to continue to develop deep Space Exploration technologies. This includes important funding for our federal Law Enforcement components and valuable support for our Law Enforcement partners back home. These resources will help eliminate the Sexual Assault kit backlog. It will support drug courts and other vital initiatives to address the Opioid Crisis and help put an end to human trafficking. The commerce, justice, science bill thats part of this package is a testament to the commitment that chairman serrano made to Work Together and as he referred to earlier, we worked very closely together. While we may not agree to everything in this bill, there was a lot we could agree on. Let me add that i appreciate the majoritys attention to Rural Development matters while crafting the agriculture appropriations part of this bill. I am particularly appreciative to the continued robust funding for the Rural Broadband program and what now chairman bishop and i worked on together to draft in the last congress. And yet the fact there are programs in this bill deserving a strong support does not negate the need for fiscal accountability. Unfortunately, the bills in this package have been written to an irresponsible top line number. The commerc justice, science bill alone, for example, includes 7. 5 billion adjustment for the 2020 census, plus an additional 2. 3 billion above f. Y. 2019 enacted level. Its money that the department of commerce said they dont need. I stand willing to work with the majority in good faith because if we are to avoid more continuing resolutions or even a protracted Government Shutdown or sequestration, we need to come together in a bipartisan fashion, along with the administration to agree on a realistic top line funding level. Finally, i have still have many unaddressed concerns that are in this bill. The bill lax additional money requested for nasa for establishing a permanent u. S. Space presence on and around the moon within the next decade. It contraconvenients existing law by funding lawyers for individuals that are here on our southern border without documentation, and it prohibits the Justice Department from using performance metrics to measure the immigration judge productivity. Lets be honest, an Immigration Court system with the docket approaching are 900,000 cases and no appreciateable case completion goal is a system divides toward those who dont have a lawful right to remain in this country. In addition, the bill eliminates several long standing Second Amendment protections that have enjoyed historical bipartisan support throughout the years. The bill also prohibits the Census Bureau from including a question just merely on citizen shup in the 2020 census. In closing, again, id like to thank chairwoman lowey and Ranking Member granger for their hard work and all of their staff and certainly id like to thank chairman serrano for his dedication and hard work on behalf of the appropriations process and on the United States of america. So with that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentlelady from texas reserves. The gentlelady from new york. Mrs. Lowey mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, the chairman of the transportation, housing, urban development subcommittee, mr. Price. Mr. Price mr. Chair, i thank our Committee Chair and am happy to se in strong support of the section of this bill which i had the most to do, namely, that appropriating for the departmentsof transportation and housing and urban development for the next fiscal year. It will make vital investments on behalf of the American People. I want to thank my partner, mario diazbalart, who formerly was chairman of the subcommittee, for his continuing cooperation, his collaborative approach and, of course, also, i want to express appreciation for our full Committee Chair, mrs. Lowey, for ms. Granger, our Ranking Member, for their cooperative approach to the kind of collaboration that inevitably must go into these Appropriations Bills. Im pleased to report, also, that in surveying the interest of members of this body, we were able to accommodate 90 , 90 of the member requests from both sides of the aisle. Division e of the measure is what were talking about, and ats the t h. U. D. Section thud section. It makes transportation and housing safer. It demonstrates our commitment to the most vulnerable among us. It mitigates the response to the impacts of Climate Change. Our bill includes 75. 8 billion in discretionary funding. Thats an increase of 4. 7 billion over the 2019 enacted level, and a 17. 3 billion increas above the president s totally inadequate budget request. Mr. Chairman, our nation is in the midst of an Affordable Housing crisis, and this bil dead indicates new resources to address it. Dedicates me resources to address it we increase funding for the home program by 500 million and provide the Community DevelopmentBlock Grant Program with 300 million above last years level. The home funding alone translates into more than 30,000 Additional Units of Affordable Housing. Our renewed focus on housing and Community Development does not come at the expense of Vital Transportation programs. On the contrary, the bill includes 1 billion for build grants, formerly called tiger grants, and we provide more than 3 billion in additional discretionary resources above the fast act authorization for highways, transit, and aviation projects. This funding will benefit every state and territory in the nation. We also robustly fund amtrak, competitive rail Grant Programs, and port and maritime infrastructure. Along with these investments, our bill reflects a renewed commitment to safety. A diverse list of hazards, ranging from rising accident rates on our natns highways to e highprofile max 8 line crashes to lead and carbon my knocks eyed issues, this Carbon Dioxide issues, we provide resources to meet these problems head on. We also prioritize assistance for vulnerable populations. Nearly 240 million is provided for construction of new Housing Units for the elderly and for people with disabilities. Programs serving veterans, the homeless, people with hivaids, Domestic Violence survivors, and youth aging out of foster care are robustly funded, including resources for new vouchers. Critically, the bill prohibits h. U. D. From repealing the equal access rule that protects lgbtq people. It also prohibits the department from moving forward with this particularly heartless proposal regarding mixed status families which would result in the expulsion of tens of thousands of children whose immigration status is perfectly legal. Finally, im proud that this legislation lays the groundwork to fully integrate resiliency principles, not only in disaster recovery, but in the full range of federal programs under the bills jurisdiction. For example, it requires h. U. D. Grantees to consider storm and Hazard Mitigation as part of their planning process. So in closing, mr. Chairman, this years thud bill makes forwardlooking investments in our housing and transportation infrastructure while ensuring concerted attention to safety, to the needs of the most vulnerable, and to resilience. This bill, im convinced, will benefit all American Communities, urban and rural, and it lays the foundation for Economic Growth and opportunity. I urge support for the legislation, yield back my time. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlelady from texas. Ms. Granger i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. Diazbalart. Mr. Diazbalart i rise in opposition to this bill at the moment. My primary concern with the bill is simple. An unrealistic top line number. If we dont act soon, sequester cuts will be the law of the land. These cuts would devastate our military and frankly cause nothing short of a National Security crisis. Sequester cuts will also cause serious harm to our key important domestic programs. Look, air Traffic Controllers could be furloughed and citizens could lose housing assistance, including veterans, the elderly, and the disabled. We must act with urgency to set a budget framework for this year. Im confident buzz of the leadership and leads of the Appropriations Committee, chairwoman lowey and Ranking Member granger, they were instrumental in finally getting us out of the shutdown and theyre going to be thankfully instrumental in this process as well and thats good news. But mr. Chairman, im also concerned about some partisan riders included in this legislation. In the transportationhousing part of it, riders in the bill would, for example, harm car manufacturing and consumers. They could place unfair burden on trucking companies, thats what the language would do, place unfair burden on trucking companies, particularly the smaller ones. Prevent the d. O. T. From recovering funds from the failed California Heights rail project. Funds that have not been spent. Now, while i have serious concerns about these riders and grave concerns about, again this body moving forward without a top line cap agreement, i will tell you that im gratele. Grateful. Im thankful if the work of my friend, i say that generally, my friend, chairman price, othen transportation and housing bill. Chairman price has been responsive, responsible, and has done a very, very good job listening to all the members from both sides of the aisle and im very grateful, mr. Chairman. This package has some good parts in it. Let me mention a few. Ports funding. Resources for veterans. Fund the stop School Violence act which is why we have to get the top line number thing done now. I would also add that the budget agreement must address the humanitarian crisis on the border. We dont have the luxury of time. Thousands of unaccompanied kids, children, their well intg at risk while we do not ask, while we do not act on this. Federal agencies are being forced to cope with the crisis without the resources they are asking for and need. And again, we have to act now because already the their educational services, their legal service, their recreational facilities are being curtailed or cut entirely because of not having the funds that they need, that theyve asked for, and that this congress has failed to act on. We must also provide immediate relief immediate relief to those individuals so therefore i have some concerns and i would respectfully ask for a no vote. Thank you. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlelady from new york. Mrs. Lowey i yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from georgia threrk chairman of the agricultural the chairman of the agricultural subcommittee, mr. Bishop. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Bishop i thank the gentlelady from new york, our appropriations chairman, for yielding, and i rise in support of h. R. 3055 and as chairman of the agricultural and Rural Development food and drug and related agencies subcommittee, im pleased to highlight the priorities funded in this bill. First id like to thank our Ranking Member, mr. Fortenberry he shares a deep passion for rural and farm communities that he so eloquently communicates often through stories of his childhood and his family. It has been a true pleasure to get to know mr. Fortenberry better during this process. Weve had many frank discussions about the priorities of our bill and hes made it very easy to continue the bipartisan spirit of the agriculture subcommittee. I also want to thank the members of the subcommittee, both majority and minority, for thoughtful and collaborative effort. None of this, of course, would be possible without the outstanding work of the subcommittee and the full committee staffs and our personal staffs. Soy give accolades to all of them. Few people may recognize the farreaching jurisdiction of the agriculture subcommittee, from food safety and Agriculture Research to Rural Development and nutrition assistance. The programs in this division touch the lives of every citizen on a daily basis. We rejected the administrations draconian cuts to programs that affect our Rural Communities and vulnerable populations. The f. Y. 2020 alquations of the allocations of the agricultural bill is 4 above the 019 enacted level and more than 5. 1 billion above the budget request totaling 24. 3 billion. There is over 38 billion in loans and grants for rural housing, community facility, water and wasteWater Infrastructure, including 680 million for broadband programs to continue bridging the Digital Divide between urban and rural america. Additionally, through a time of great uncertainty due to tariffs, low Commodity Prices and natural disasters this bill provides 1. Billion for farm programs including 30 million to assist the. Implementation of the 018 farm bill. It also prohibits the closure of county level Farm Service Agency offices to ensure that our farmest, ranchers, and producers receive High Quality Customer service. The bill includes 829 million for Natural ResourceConservation Service to maintain its core conservation mission. Theres also money for watershed and subdivision. The bill provides 6. Billion for Agricultural Research to ensure america retains its role as the leader of global agricultural science. In addition, to protect the integrity of the two usdas premier Research Agent sthirks bill prohibits the use of funds for any relocation cost associated with usdas proposal to move the Economic Research service and the National Institute for food and agriculture outside of the National Capital region. We held a hearing at which four farmers four former senior officials from both parties with 70 year of combined experience in individual agencies expressed deep opposition to this proposal and countless other stake holders wrote, called, and emailed, including the National Farmers union, the association of American Veterinary College the american statistical association, the National Coalition of food and Agriculture Research, 104 agriculture and science related organization, 24 departments of agriculture and economics. 37 deans, provosts of University Ag departments and more than 1,500 individual scientists from 47 states. The bill also rejects the proposed elimination of the foods for peace and mcgoverndole programs and provides increases for both of these programs. These programs send american commodities all over the world to address Global Hunger and are an essential tool for diplomacy. The bill fully funds the snap nd w. I. C. Programs to expected participation in 2020. The bill provides 10 million for School Breakfast expansion grant the first time the program has been funded since 2012. And it funds the summer e. B. T. Program at 50 million, a 22 million increase. The food and drug administration, the bill provides 3. 26 billion in discretionary funding which is 185 million bf f. Y. 2019. Increased funding is dedicated to fighting rare cancers, laying the foundation for more efficient generic drug revureks improving our response to food borne illness outbreaks and the continued implementation of the food safety modernization act. The chair the gentlelady the gentleman from georgia is recognized for 30 seconds. Mr. Bishop the bill funds Commodities Futures Trading Commission at 350 million, a his tore irk necessary, and long overdue increase. Im pleased it provides funding for several new programs authorized in the 2019 farm bill such as the 1890 scholarship program, the local Agriculture Program and the training and Outreach Program to name a few. Im pleased to say the bill make significant investments in tribal communities and the u. S. Territories. The development in developing the bill we tried to be responsive to as many member requests as possible and im proud of the bipartisan bill weve producedism urge my colleagues and this house to support it. Its a good bill and i yield ack. The chair the gentlelady from texas is recognized. Ms. Fwranger i yield five minutes to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. Fortenberry. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Fortenberry thank you, madam chair. First of all, madam chair, let me say how much i appreciate the counsel and guidance and partnership of the chairman bishop of the ag committee as well as chair lowey and Ranking Member granger as well as the entire staff for crafting what is substantially a very important and good bill for all of america. Agriculture is essential to americas well being and i want to commend again chairman bishop not only for his earlier generous comments but for his willingness to work hard to find a reasonable path forward to accommodate as many bipartisan requests as is feasible. Chairman bishop and i had a mum of very lengthy and considered conversations in crafting this bill and im grateful for his leadership. Before i delve into the substantial pluses and a few minuses of this bill, madam chair, i want to provoid a lit bit of additional context of the bigger agricultural picture across america where i live in nebraska and im sure its safe to say where chairman bishop lives in georgia, agriculture is essential to our way of life and essential to our culture. It really does define who we are as a people and production agricultural agriculture, corn, soybean, livestock, cover much of our landscape. These products are an important driver of americas export prowess. The efficiency, quality, and ingenuity shown by americas farmers provides Food Security for hundreds of millions of people across our own country and across the entire globe, many of whom are in very vulnerable circumstances. A notable point, madam chair, americans also enjoy the lowest grocery prices in the world. Agriculture, though, is more than production. From the use of sansed robotics to run dairy operations to enzyme extraction from ethanol production, to the enhancement of wetlands and improving crop yields anconner is vation stewardship practices, our farmers are contributing to Human Flourishing across our nation. Many of the technological investments that we see today have been made pble by the types of investments that are very much a part of this agriculture bill. I want to highlight three areas in particular. First the bills 3. 4 billion reflects a commitment to Rural Development and house, utilities, and businesses. Of particular note as the chairman mentioned is broadband. Working with chairman bishop, we included language to encourage the usda to consider the broader cial benefits when they seek resources in this bill. Its important we measure the impact of broadband and how it affects the coe system of livability. What do we mean by that . Its not just more wires. But livability from enhanced telehealth, telecommuting, precision agriculture and a multitude of other imaginative possibilities from these applications. This is what will make broadband an effective investment in our nations infrastructure. Second im pleased to see an increase of 185 million for the f. D. A. , the food and drug administration, with a particular emphasis on lowering the price of drugs in the generic drug program. Between investments in the year 2019 and investments in this bill, the agency will increase have an increase of 27 million to help expedite the approval of safe and effective generic drugs, increase competition, and lower prices. Chairman bishop has also made marked investments in food safety by lessening the burden on our state Health Departments and i think thats important. Lastly, when i met the chairman in his office a couple of weeks ago, i we found Common Ground as we often do. On how to grow the agricultural family. What do we mean . Well, this is a good example. Theres 5. 4 million in this bill for farmers markets and local food promotion programs which allow smaller, local producers to provide fresh products, gain a source of revenue and connect the rural to the urban and the farmer to the family. In addition to this program, the bill includes investments for tribal demonstration project, a Pilot Project with Food Distribution program for indian reservations and importantly we have a new urban agricultural office. Madam chair, at its core, this bill is about Food Security. Our diverse and plentiful food supply is made possible through the hard work of our farmers and ranchers and the Public Policies that assist them. We support research and development to the tune of 3. 3 billion, we support oversight of commodity markets, and for those in vulnerable circumstances, this bill provides important funding for all usda nutrition programs at levels that ensure all eligible participants will receive the assistance they need. Unfortunately, as our Ranking Member has consistently mentioned at every opportunity, we need a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on budget caps with a deal like that, we could be an open field running. Thank you, madam chair, i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman from new york. The speaker pro tempore the the gentlewoman from new york. Mrs. Lowey im pleased to yield 2350eu6 minutes to the the gentlewoman from minnesota, the chair of the interior subcommittee, ms. Mccollum. Miss ms. Mccollum i rise today to speak is on this bill. I want to thank chairwoman lowey and a Ranking Member granger for their leadership. I also want to thank Ranking Member joyce for his partnership and cooperation in 24 process and all the members on our committee for their contribution. The interior bill is a product of hard work collaboration. The subcommittee held 16 hearings. We received 6,500 requests from members of congress and we worked hard to create a bill that he reflects the priorities of the entire house. As a result, we have a strong bill before us today that makesry the cal investments for the American People and the planet. For fiscal year 2020, the subcommittees recommending a total of 37. 3 billion in discretionary funding. Thats an increase of 1. 7 billion over last years enacted level. Theres also an additional 2. 25 billion in fire cap adjusted funds for suppressing suppression operations. These critical funds allow the Forest Service to fight wild land fires without borrowing from nonfire programs. Some of the biggest increases in this bill go to honoring our federal trust and treaty responsibilities to provide for the health, safety, and education of our native american brothers and sisters. Madam chair, i want to thank representative joyce for his working with me to carry on this subcommittees nonpartisan approach to addressing the issues facing indian country. We can be proud that this bill continues to move us in the right direction. In fact, the bill invests over 10 billion to support and strengthen indian tribal selfdetermination, including 1 billion, the highest funding ever, recommended for the operation of native American Education programs. For many agencies in this bill, the Trump Administration proposed devastating cuts that we have rejected. The president s budget proposed a 31 cut to the Environmental Protection agency. That cut would have prevented from the e. P. A. From completing its mission to keep our communities safe and healthy. On President Trumps watch the americans know that their air quality is declining for the first time in decades. Today, this administration rolled out their dirty power plan which will contribute to 1,400 premature deaths annually. Democrats are fighting back in this bill with important investments to protect the air we breathe and waterer we drink. We boost support for the e. P. A. s clean air programs by 25. 6 million, and we increase congressional oversight of attempts to roll back on Public Health protections. And finally, we find the Drinking Water state Revolving Fund at the authorized level. We include funds for newly authorized grants to address to target Drinking Water and wastewater needs. We are working to reduce overflows and ensure all americans have access to safe Drinking Water. This bill also targets funds to address the crisis of contamination in our water supplies. President trumps budget also proposed radical cuts to the land and waterer conservation fund. Even though earlier this year he signed a bipartisan bill to permanently reauthorize the program. Instead, our bill chooses to invest, 524 million in the lwc to protect and preserve our landscape and biodiversity. Democrats also rejected the Trump Administrations cuts that would have decimated federal funding to research, combat, and adapt to Climate Change. Our bill boosts funding for Climate ChangeResearch Tracking and reporting of Greenhouse Gas emissions and energy and water efficiency programs at the e. P. A. It increases the ecosystems in climate related funding and the u. S. Geological survey and restores programs that calls for elimination in the fish and wildlife service. We recognize the importance of science to understand and address the impacts of Climate Change on our natural and cultural resourcings and our ecosystems and human health. I wam proud i am proud of the work that went into this bill. I thank our staff on both sides of the aisle on the committee and personal staff for countless hours they put into this bill. Thank you for your engagement and commitment. I know mr. Joyce will not be supporting this bill today, madam chair, i look forward to working with him in negotiating with our Senate Colleagues and this administration on the final bill we can both support. We have a good bill before us today and makes important investments and the health of our communities and our environment. I urge my colleagues to support it. With that, madam chair, i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman from ew york reserves her time. The gentlewoman from texas. Ms. Granger i reserve. The chair is recognized. Ms. Granger i yield five minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. Joyce. The chair the gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Joyce thank you, madam speaker. I thank the chair and my Ranking Member. I rise today in opposition to this appropriations bill at this time in its current form. Before i get into details i want to thank my friend and colleague, betsy mccollum, the chair of the interior and environment subcommittee for her leadership. I have had the honor of serving with her as the Ranking Member on the subcommittee with jurisdiction over appropriations contained in division c of this bill. Throughout the 16 hearings and briefings on this important issues under her jurisdiction, chairman mccollum has set the tone for civility, fairness, and many topics bipartisanship. Foremost among those topics is the indian country. Roughly one quarter of this bill is dedicated to programs for American Indians and alaska natives whose ancestors paid in advance with their life and land for their the basic services which this bill helps to provide. These are true have to do federal programs and continue to be a nonpartisan priority in todays hyper partisan environment. In addition, i thank the chair and her capable staff for making a genuine effort to accommodate bipartisan members requests in this bill and other requests addressing matters in our district that will be appreciated by our constituents regardless of party. In particular for great lake districts like mine her work has been extraordinary. There are several matters in this bill which concern me and need to be addressed before we can can reach a bipartisan agreement. Foremost is a proposed 5 overall increase for the interior Environment Programs in the absence of any new governmentwide budget agreement. Current law mandates a 9 overall decrease in this bill beginning october 1, 2019. Even if the bill before us today were to be enacted, all these programs would still be cut on that date. Thats why the bill before us today is completely unrealistic and nothing short of a fairy tale. House democratic leadership knows this already, thats why the bill contains so many member requests to pressure the members to vote for it and the senate and president to agree to more spending. But its giving supporters false hope and resolve about those truly concerned about driving our nation further into debt. There are critical programs in this bill that need more funding. But decisions about increases must be made empty context of a larger budget agreement so that increases can be offset elsewhere. The other area of this bill which concerns me is policy. This bill drops seven longstanding bipartisan policy provisions which will need to be added back before we can get to a future bipartisan agreement. Meanwhile, this bill also adds in several new poison pill riders limiting Domestic Energy and mineral production. Limiting our supplies of much need Natural Resources does not decrease our demand, it only makes us more dependent on other nations to meet that demand which not only a National Security concern but also an Economic Security concern. We cannot protect american jobs if we cannot supply them with the energy and raw materials. So as for accommodation of these funding and policy reasons can i cannot support this bill at this time in its current form, but i am committed to working with my colleagues as we move through the fiscal year 20 process to craft a bill that can can receive bipartisan support and keep government operating, continue our shared commitment to indian country, and conserve our nations natural, cultural, and Environmental Resources that we all care so deeply about. Until then, i strongly urge my colleagues to vote no on this package today. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair the gentlewoman from texas reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey madam chair, i yield five minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, the chairwoman of the milltary, construction, Veterans Affairs subcommittee, ms. Wasserman schultz. The chair the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. Ms. Wasserman schultz thank you, madam chair. Chairwoman, lowey, thank you for yielding and your hard work and leadership during this entire legislative process. The military construction, Veterans Affairs, and related Agencies Division of the bill highlights our continued commitment to our Service Members and their families and to our veterans. Constructing the barracks, bases, and facilities of our military and ensuring safe and adequate housing for our military families is crucial to our militarier readiness. Properly funding the department of Veterans Affairs is how we deliver the promise of medical care and other benefits our veterans earned through their service to our nation. The related Agencies Division including the American BattleMonuments Commission and arlington cementary demonstrates to the world how we honor the contributions and sacrifice of those who served. Thats why i am a proud this bill includes 108. 4 billion in discretionary funding, 10. 4 billion above the f. Y. 2019 enacted level for military construction it provides 10. 5 billion. And department the Veterans Affairs, it provides 94. 3 bill n discretionary funding, a 7. 7 billion increase enacted level. The bill we are considering today makes Smart Investments in critical projects and programs that make a real dinchings in the lives of Service Members difference in the lives of Service Members and their families. It includes an additional 140. 8 million to address housing issues that have come up recently and have really festered over far too long like mold, vermin, and lead that really have devastated our military families and that must be corrected and that this bill ensures the resources and language in our report to ensure that the military makes sure that they are not leaving our military families to deal with the fallout over this disgusting situation on their own. It provides 2. 3 billion in emergency funding to address hurricane damage in North Carolina and my home state of florida. We have also put an additional 40 million toward Energy Resilience at our military bases and provided an additional 60. Illion to clean up it will improve the quality of Veterans Health care by making significant investments in womens Veterans Health. Im proud to be the first woman in American History to chairer this appropriations subcommittee and making sure that our Women Veterans actually know that they are veterans. In fact, i know this is going to come as much of a shock to most, as it was to me, some veteran Women Veterans dont realize they serve a couple of years, they didnt actually fight in a war zone or were deployed to a war zone, they are veterans entitled to services at the v. A. Carving out for the first time gender specific funding to make sure that we can provide Health Care Services to our Women Veterans, do the proper outreach, and make sure we bring our Women Veterans into the v. A. System and take care of them as they took care of representing our country is essential. The fastest rising group of veterans who are committing suicide are our Women Veterans. We have to make sure that we are doing right by them. We have a whole health model we funded, Mental Health care and suicide prevention, homelessness assistance, rural health, and opioid abuse prevention. The bill also provides a 1 billion for Infrastructure Improvements to ensure the v. A. Has modern, safe facilities to he treat our veterans. As well as supporting continued implementation of the Electronic Health record and efforts to reduce the disability claims backlog. Im very proud what this bill does, but im also proud what it does not do. It does not fund a border wall, nor does it allow the president to go against clearly stated congressional intent and divert vital military conostrucks Fund Interesting previously approved National Security projects. There is a lot of talk, madam chair, about commitment to our military in this body, so there should be no question that funds should not be taken from vital previously requested and approved military projects that are absolutely a higher priority than any border wall. In fact, congress agreed to that very point in a bipartisan basis earlier this year after the longest shutdown in our nations history. Ill close by thanking all of my colleagues for their input on this bill. We are very proud, judge carter and i, that we were able to fund nearly all of the bipartisan requests that we received in our bill and it made the bill better. Before i yield back, do i want to thank my Ranking Member, judge carter, Ranking Member granger, chairwoman lowey, we worked very well together on the issues facing our military and our veterans. While we may not always agree, im proud to have you, judge, as my partner and we have a lot of work left to do and i appreciate your insight into these issues. Id also like to thank the staff of both the subcommittee and our personal offices whose expertise and commitment to our Service Members and veterans is evident every day. I went name them because im out of time but think know whoer and we appreciate them every day. The chair the gentlewoman from new york reserves. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. Ms. Granger i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. Carter. The chair the gentleman from texas. Mr. Carter i thank the gentleman the gentlelady for yielding to me. Let me start by saying, i want to thank the chairlady from texas, our raking member on our side, i want to thank the chairlady from new york, my good friend, mrs. Lowey, chairman of the full committee, theyre doing yeomans work with all these bill, and they are standing strong and doing a great job and were proud of them. It has been a joy to work with chairman wasserman schultz, she has been fair and equitable and a joy to serve with and i look forward to working together to make the bill better an better as we go through the process. I rise reluctantly in opposition to this bill. And i have mixed feelings about this package. It includes many good things and funds Important Programs. For example, the military construction and Veterans Affairs division includes 10. 5 billion to provide adequate training opportunities and modern facilities for our military. We want our military to be ready, lethal, and effective. This bill supports that. This bill also includes 140 million to support military families and to help the services adress the problems we have heard all about the privatization of military housing. For veterans program, the bill fully supports and implements the mission act. It also provides for 30 million to increase for Mental Health and 40 million increase for homeless programs. Hopefully that will help us reduce the scourge of veteran suicide and homelessness. These are all good things. They are things we need. I fear, however, that the majority is on a path that makes it difficult to reach an agreement before the start of the fiscal year. October 1 is coming on and approach very fast. We need a budget agreement for fiscal year 2020 and beyond sooner rather than later. Contsquenses of not having such an agreement are disrupt i and immense and no one wans sequestration or a Government Shutdown. Unfortunately, the budget numbers the house is operating under are not real and in no way to they reflect rereality of the situation on our southern border. This appropriations bill does not include funds to address the security and humanitarian crisis there and it also does not include 4. 5 billion the resident requested last month. Congress must act. I sincerely hope we are getting closer to an agreement on supplemental funding for the baggage. I encourage all of us to keep our eyes on the goal, a bipartisan bill that support ours troops and families and the nations veterans. I look forward to working with my colleagues on this as we go through the process and i thank me Ranking Member of Appropriations Committee for the time. I yield back. The chair the gentlewoman from exas reserves. Rs. Lowey i yield i yield a minute and a half to the gentlelady from alabama, ms. Roweby. The chair the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Roweby i would like to use my time to raise awareness that n improperly sized and improperly and properly configured is needed. The 187 was selected as a preferred location for the f35, the first aircraft to arrive in several years. Squadron operations require administrative training and support space as part of the Aircraft Organization maintenance shop. Currently, the existing facilities that service the f16 Red Tail Squadron are inadequate. Aircraft main nance resides in three temporary facilities or trailers. Much of the Space Dedicated for these functions is less than required for effective operation. The Aircraft Maintenance shop are 43 undersized and the required tool storage is cut in aircraft Parking Spaces in the hangar. I appreciate very much the chairwoman of this committee and the Ranking Members efforts to provide our men and women in uniform adequate and acceptable working spaces so they can do their jobs accurately and effectively. It is my hope that moving forward we will continue to Work Together to on this particular issue through the fiscal year 2020 appropriations process. Again, i too thank the chairwoman and certainly the Ranking Member for yielding me this very important time. The chair the gentleladys time has expired. The gentlewoman from texas. Reserves. Is recognized. Ms. Granger i yield three minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Hudson. The chair the gentleman from North Carolina is recognized. Mr. Hudson i thank the chair and thank the gentlelady for yielding. I want to thank chairwoman lowey an Ranking Member granger for their leadership and for working with me on this important amendment. As we experienced in april at my alma mater, u. N. C. Charlotte no community is immune if gun violence. The despicable violence and hatred we saw in our community has no place in our schools and our society. When i think back to my days as a student at myers park high school, i remember studying humanities in dave ladens class, having lunch with my friends, and look forward to friday night football games. I dont remember feeling scared or anxious and i dont remember worrying about my safety. I want my son and all of americas children to have that same experience. If theres any place our children should feel safe its in our schools. Thats why i and so many of us here in this congress have been working for years to address this issue and tack they will root causes of violence. I led efforts to pass the stop School Violence act last year. Under Republican LeadershipCongress Passed many bipartisan measures. To prevent mass violence. Including legislation to strengthen background check system. Improve Mental Health care. And give schools the tools they need to protect our students. Weve made some progress. But our work is not nearly done. What can we do to better identify and intervene with young people in emotional crisis before they reach a breaking point. What causes these emotional crises and what can we do to prevent them . Which are our which of our efforts to make our schools safer are working . I hope hope my amendment will lead to answers to protect our sunt our students and educator my amendment would double the money for research to study the root cause of gun violence including the impact and effectiveness of grants authorized under the stop School Violence act. This money would go to Grant Programs at the department of justice and Homeland Security dedicated to ending violence in our communities. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlewoman from exas reserves. Ms. Granger these bills are written to an unrealistic topline budget number. We still do not have consensus. This is another wasted opportunity. The package irresponsibly increases spend, jeopardize ours nations security and burdens industry with more regulations. I urge my colleagues to vote no on this package and yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady yields back. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey i yield myself the balance of the time. H. R. 3055 is a bill full of important investments that would make a real difference in peoples lives. It truely is a bill for the people. It would improve quality of life, strengthen communities and offer a Brighter Future for our nation. I urge support and madam chair, i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady yields back. All time for general debate has expired. Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the fiveminute rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 116118 modified by the amendment prinned in part a 116119 shall be considered as adopt and the bill as amended shall be considered as an original bill for the pup of further amendment under the fiveminute rule and shall be considered as read no further amendment to the bill as amnded shall be in order except those printed in part b of house report 116119, not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc, amendments en bloc and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of House Resolution 445. Each further amendment printed in part b of the report shall be considered only in the order pribted 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 except as provided by section 4House Resolution 445, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the committee on appropriations or her designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part b of house report 116119, not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read. Shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on proningses or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment, except amendments described in section 4 of House Resolution 445, and shall not be subject to a demand or division of the question. It is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition recognition . I call up amendment number 1, to division a of h. R. 3155. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 116119, offered by mr. Burgess of texas. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from texas, mr. Burgess, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. Mr. Burgess thank you, madam chair. This amendment increases funding for the keep Young Athletes safe act Grant Program by 2. 5 million. The keep Young Athletes safe act Grant Program provides funding for nonprofit, nongovernmental entities to safeguard amateur athletes in the Olympic Program against emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. The United States center for safe sport was created in the wake of the larry nasser abuse scandal and is a qualifying grant recipient. Congress only authorized 2. 5 million for fiscal years 2018 through 2022 for this grant. For comparison, the United StatesAntidoping Agency set to prevent doping in sport received 14 million annually. Haas year, safe sport said it needed at least 10 million to be table serve the Athletic Community and adequately investigate allegations of abuse. While no abuse in sport should be tolerated, the protection of our children from Sexual Misconduct should be a top priority. This amendment doubles the amount appropriated for the keep Young Athletes safe act Grant Program for a total of 5 million for fiscal year 2019, half of what is requested by the u. S. Center for safe sport and 9 billion below the u. S. Antidoping agency. Many of our Young Athletes go on to represent the United States in the world and in olympic competitions. They deserve to be safe, they deserve to be supported as they pursue their goals and dreams through sport. This is a burn amendment and i encourage my colleagues to vote in favor of protecting Young Athletes. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman from texas reserves. Does any member claim time in opposition . The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Burgess at this point, i am pleased to recognize the gentlelady from indiana for two minutes. The chair the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. Thank you, madam speaker. I rise today in support of the burgessbrooksdegettekuster amendment that would increase funding to keep Young Athletes safe program. Mrs. Brooks every young athlete who dreeps of the olympic stage should be able to compete and train in an environment that does in the sacrifice their personal safety for athletic excellence. Unfortunately, this has not always been the case. In 2016, my home newspaper, the indianapolis star, publied an investigative piece that exposed extremely troubling allegations u. S. A. L abuse at gymnastic programs across the country by a medical provider, a trainer of our young olympic gymnasts gymnasts. The u. S. Center for safe sport created in 2011 was finally recognized in 2017. It provides services to sports entities on abuse prevention techniques, policies, and programs. It also offers a safe professional, confidential place for individuals to report allegations of sexual abuse with he u. S. Olympic and paralympic movements. Our amendment today would increase funding for the Grant Program that works to quickly and efficiently as possible address the more than right now over 800 claims of alleged abuse currently before the u. S. Center for safe sport. It would also allow more investigators to be hired for expanded outreach and investigation efforts with athletes, coaches, across the country. Protecting our Young Athletes from abuse is critically important. I urge my colleagues to vote yes on the amendment. I yield back. Mr. Burgess i like wise i yield myself the balance of the the time. I urge colleagues to vote in favor of this amendment. Its an important amendment. We need to get this done. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas, from mr. Burgess. So many as are in favor say aye. In the opinionno f the chair, the ayes have it. He amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Madam speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 2, printed in part b of house report number 116119, offered by ms. Scanlon of pennsylvania. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. Scanlon, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. Ms. Scanlon thank you, madam speaker. Thank you for allowing me to speak in support of this amendment. Our amendment would increase funding for juvenile Justice Programs authorized by the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act, the jjdpa recently reauthorized under the leadership of my colleagues on the education and Labor Committee has been so successful that 47 states and six u. S. Territories voluntarily participate in its program. The jjdpa he provides federal funds to the states to decrease the incidents of juvenile delinquency and invest funds in diversionary programs to break the schools to prison pipeline. These programs have provided critical support to pennsylvanias efforts to reform the juvenile Justice System and advance evidencebased programs at the local level. Too often our most vulnerable youth have been caught in a vicious cycle of poverty and oppression which can land them in the juvenile Justice System. But wellfounded, thoughtful Justice Programs can can divert them away from the Justice System, and protect incarcerated youth while keeping our Community Safe n pennsylvania projects funded by the jjdpa have been used to train 425 officers in 67 counties in evidencebased effective and cuttingedge approaches to working with delinquent youth in way that is are equitable, fair, and targeted to their risks and needs. Increased funding will allow pennsylvania and other states to expand and enhance these Important Programs and help ensure that they are in compliance with updates to the law. Im grateful to my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee for increasing funding for these critical programs, but there is so much work to be done. My amendment would increase the total funding for these programs by 2 million, representing a modest step in the right direction and affirming the important partnerships created by the jjdpa to protect children, keep youth out of trouble, and keep our communities safe. With that, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. Does anyone claim time in pposition . The gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. Ms. Scanlon thank you, madam speaker. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment w that i yield back. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. On the in order amendment offered by the gentlewoman from pennsylvania from ms. Scanlon. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 3 printed in part b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . Mr. Rutherford madam speaker, aid like to sneak in favor of the amendment speak in favor of the amendment. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk offered by mr. Rut rutherford of florida. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from florida, mr. Rutherford, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair wreck recognizes the gentleman from florida. Mr. Rutherford i thank the ranking minority member forer this opportunity. Madam speaker, i represent three coastal counties along northeast Floridas Atlantic coast. One of the biggest grievances that i hear in our coastal fishing communities is that there is simply not enough days to fish for red snapper. Anglers tell me time and time again they cant fish without catching red snapperer. One diver even relaying to me that the red snapperer were so thick over the reefs you could literally walk across their backs. Even though federal regulators only gave anglers five days to fish in the south atlantic this year, down from six days the previous year. All of this because noaa simply does not have accurate data. Lack of data leads to short seasons orer even worse, no seasons or even worse, no seasons, which devastates both recreational and commercial fishing and significantly impacts floridas economy. To fix this problem my amendment will increase the funding in this bill for Data Collection of reef fish in the south atlantic by 3. 5 million which will bring it to a total of 5 million which is the same amount thats been used forer the last few years in the gulf of mexico where its been incredibly effective. The funding made available there to improve Data Collection in the gulf over the last few years has made significant improvement in gulf red snapper management. For example, in 2014 the gulf red snapper season was only nine days. Nine days. This year its 62 days. So by providing noaa with an increase for refish Data Collection in the south atlantic, we can ensure commercial and recreational fishermen have stable access to this crucial fishery and enough fishing days to maintain their businesses. We see in our neighbors along the gulf use this funding very successfully. The South Atlanta sic in dire need of the same success. Atlantic is in dire need of this same success. I urge my colleagues to support this simple amendment which will greatly affect the fishermen and economies along the south atlantic. With that, madam speaker, i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise . Mr. Serrano i rise to claim time in opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Serrano thank you. My primary objection with the gentlemans amendment is with with the offset. The National Telecommunications and information administration, or ntia, is not very wellknown by the American People, but it is quite important. He ntia is critical in the deployment of 5g Wireless Networks technology around the country which is an express goal of the majority of members on both sides of the aisle, as well as the white house. Additionally, ntia is working to expand first net which ensures cell phone connectivity for our First Responders in disaster scenarios. This amendment would cut ntias budget by 8 . For all these Important Programs to continue ntias role as a policy leader in the area of sign her security, artificial intelligence, and data privacy i can cannot support a big cut to this project. I oppose the amendment and i urge my colleagues to do the same. I yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. From mr. Rutherford, so many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. Mr. Rutherford wed like to request a recorded vote. The chair the gentleman from florida. Mr. Rutherford do you request a recorded vote . Mr. Rutherer ford yes. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida recorded vote, will be postponed. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek to be recognized . Designee of rise chairwoman lowey. To strike the last word. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for five minutes. Madam speaker, i am a strong , an ter of h. R. 3055 appropriation package that makes essential investments in Economic Development, the rule of law, agriculture, our public lands, the environment, and our military Service Members and our veterans. I rise today to highlight one particular sets of provisions in this appropriations package that are critical to the communities that i represent. R. Clyburn the 10, 20, 30 formula. This formula requires that at least 10 of the funds in the designated accounts be spent in counties with with a poverty rate of at least 20 for the past 30 years. The bureau has labored these nearly 500 counties as persistent poverty counties. They are both geographically and ethically diverse. Largely black. In the deep south. White in appalachia. Hispanic in the southwest. And native americans all across the west. They are politically diverse as well. With nearly 3 4 of them epresented by republicans. 1 4 by democrats. The Appropriations Bills reported by the Appropriations Committee apply a 10, 20, 30 formula or similar funding set aside to 17 different accounts, three more than in fiscal year 2019. 16 of these accounts are in the package we are considering today , ensuring persistent poverty counties receive much needed funds for Rural Development. This 10, 20, 30 formula has worked well. This year marks the 10th year or 10th anniversary of the first time it was enacted. In the american recovery and reinvestment act. Where it was applied to three accounts. In the decade since, thanks in no small part to former appropriations Committee Chairman hal rogers, and former speaker ryan, 10, 20, 30 accounts have made thousands of investments in persistent poverty counties totaling billions of dollars. One of those investments was in brownsfield cleanup at the at the for the urban, kentucky, which is in escrow. In estell. Estell county, kentucky, in the sixth Congressional District of kentucky. Represented by mr. Barr. Community groups have long sought to restore this theater, which chosed in 1993, but previously were unable to address the community. Thanks to 102030, the river city players and community at the a Community Theater group, is working to reopen the venue which has the po ten lrble potential to contribute to the revitalization of the entire area. In addition to the expansion of the 102030 formula in the bill i appreciate the language in the Committee Report which is express support for new targeted census for high poverty tracks that may be not be persistent poverty counties but often just as much in need. I look forward to working with the Appropriations Committee to build upon this progress to include high poverty census tracks in fiscal year 2021 and working with my friends, barbara lee and stacey plaskett, to ensure all of the necessary communities and territories are included. Madam speaker, there are many reasons to support this ppropriations package. For its longstanding collaboration on 102030 and i am hopeful that members of both ides of the aisle will support targeted investments in persistent poverty communities by supporting this bill. I yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. It is now in order to consider amendment number 4 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek reck snigs . The clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 4 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Scalise of louisiana. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. Scalise, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. Mr. Scalise i bring a bipartisan agreement that is cosponsored by congressman Cedric Richmond and congressman garrett graves and what this amendment is designed to do is highlight the fact that as we are embarking upon another mission, now to mars, an Ambitious Mission to get men back into space, ultimately to go become to the moon that we also want to make sure that as we are investing billions of dollars in this incredible equipment and Incredible Technology that america has been so ingenuetive in design, that we also make sure were maintaining those facilities that are key components to building a lot of that technology and billing these massive rockets like the s. L. S. For orhine. For orion. Im proud we have the Michaud Assembly in new orleans, in congressman richmonds district, has been key to the Space Program back to the apollo days. Theres tremendous pride with the work force and these massive facilities that help design and build this Incredible Technology that allows these missions to the moon and these missions to mars ultimately. So as america is embarking on this Great Mission and am Ambitious Mission, we should always continue to achieve, weve got were proud of our administrator of nasa who came from this house, served in this house and is now very engaged in making sure that this next Ambitious Mission to both the moon and to mars is being carried out properly and again we wanned to highlight the fact that as were doing this we want to make sure were maintaining those facilities that are going to build the massive rockets and other technology and equipment that will get us there. So with that, madam chair, i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back. Does anyone claim time in opposition . For what purpose does the i claim time in support. Im sorry, i claim time in opposition although im not opposed to the amendment. The chair without objection. The gentleman is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I rise in support, as i mentioned, of this amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana. Nasas plan for facilities to support our human Exploration Mission is not sufficient because nothing is more important than keeping our american astronauts alive and safe on these Exploration Missions, we will continue to support robust funding for nasa exploration, the funding mentioned here which is part of the s. L. S. , oh ryon, and Ground Support is critical and supports numerous nasa facilities and personnels a and i lews nasa engineers to support multiple companies with complex engineering challenges. Mr. Aderholt i urge support of this amendment, madam chair, and nasas programs, and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by mr. Scalise from louisiana. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 445, as the designee of the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. Lowey, i offer amendments en bloc which are at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. The clerk en bloc number one, amendments number 5, 14, 21, 59, 60, 7, 42, 45, 47, and 87, 4, 77, 80, printed in part be of house report 116119, offered by mr. Serrano of new york. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from new york, mr. Serrano, and the gentleman from alabama, mr. Aderholt, will each control 10 thins. The chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. Mr. Serrano madam chair, the amendments included en bloc were made in order by the rule. I support the amendment and urge its adoption and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from alabama is recognized. Back. Rholt yield the chair the gentleman yields. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Thank you. I urge adoption of the amendments en bloc and i yelled back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back. The question is on the amendments enblk offered by the gentleman from new york. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The en bloc ealts are agreed to. En bloc amendments are agreed o. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Serrano pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 445, as the designee of the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. Lowey, i offer bipartisan amendments en bloc which are at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. The chair en bloc number 2 consisting of amendments 6, 10, 27, 9, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 40, 41, 43, 8, 39, 56, 57, 0, 51, 52, 55, 88, and 90, 4, 86, printed in part b of house report 116119, offered by mr. Serrano of new york. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from new york, mr. Serrano, and the gentleman from alabama, mr. Aderholt, each will control 10 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. Mr. Serrano thank you. Madam chair, the amendments included in the en bloc were made in order by the rule and have been agreed to by both sides. I support the amendments and urge its adoption. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from alabama is recognized. Mr. Aderholt i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The question is on the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Serrano thank you, madam chair. I yield one and a half minutes to the gentleman from from t, connecticut. The chair the gentleman is recognized. I rise in support of amendment number 35 to establish standards for pimbings yritite nd concrete aggregate. Mr. Courtney its a material found in widespread use that after exposure to moisture causes the material to prematurely crumble and collapse because of rusting. Again estimates are as high as thousands of structures in the new england region, causing catastrophic losses to homeowners and municipalities. Y establishing standards for pyritite, nist could prevent or address the cost of mitigation. Currently its considered a cancer on property and makes it unmarketable. We would allocate money for research and require noyes Research Best testing and require nist to Research Best testing methods. This would utilize the worlds leading researchers to mitigate the cost of this problem. I urge adoption of the en bloc and thank mr. Aderholt and mr. Serrano for their kind support for this measure and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from new york eserves. The gentleman from alabama eserves. The gentleman from new york is ecognized. Mr. Serrano i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. Gonzalez. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Gonzalez i rise today to offer Bipartisan Solutions to a problem. I would also like to acknowledge my friend and colleague, the gentleman from ohio, congressman stivers, for his support in this effort. This problem is in the backyard of every south texan or any resident along the border. The problem is an immigration system that is illequipped to process immigrants on our southern border. I assure you, we understand the complexity of the problem with more compassion than anyone in this country. The only way to relee pressure in this Pressure Cooker of a system is to process these questions more efficiently. In 2016, we had the record breaking number of cases, we had 521,000 cases. The number now is 876,000 cases waiting for asylum in this country. I ask a simple question of the executive office of immigration review irk asked, what will it take to get these cases processed and up to date so that immigrant mace have a hearing on their claim within the same year . The answer was to increase agencys ability to hear cases which means more judgesmark benches, and more support staff. Thats what my amendment seeks to do. The only way we could reach these detentions is to act immediately. I ask for your support. Thank you and i yield back. The chair the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from alabama is recognized. Mr. Aderholt thank you, madam chair. I rise in support of this en bloc amendment. Id like to thank chairwoman lowey and chairman serrano for working with our side of the aisle to include many provisions important to many of our members here on the republican side. Included in this en bloc group of amendments are several nasa and sciencerelated items that i whole heartedly support. Congressman babins amendment enables the office of space commerce and the office of commercial Remote SensingRegulatory Affairs to better assist American Companies to be competitively global while maintaining necessary requirements for consultation with relevant agencies. Representative fosters amendment emphasizes the need for nasa to move forward a demonstration stage of using safe, lowenriched uranium for pow thorne moon and in space, including thermal Nuclear Propulsion to mars. With that, i appreciate chairman serranos decision to offer this bipartisan en bloc amendment and i urge my colleagues to support it and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman from alabama reserves. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Serrano i hope everyone votes for this and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from alabama is recognized. Mr. Aderholt i yield. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentleman from new york. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The en bloc amendments are agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 7 printed in 119. B of house report 116 it is now in order to consider amendment number 9 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition . Mr. King thank you, madam chair. I seek recognition to take up amendment number 9 made in order by the rule. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 9 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Ing of iowa. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from iowa, mr. King, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa. Mr. King thank you, madam chair. I appreciate being recognized and the opportunity to take up amendment number 9, king number 9. What it does is it addresses the circumstances of the underlying bill and strikes lines 14 through 18. Lines 14 through 18, the affect of that language is that it prohibits the u. S. Census from asking the question as to whether a respondent to the census is a citizen of the United States. There are people that have political reasons to want to prohibit asking that question. But this great nation of the United States of america has an obligation to know what percentage of the people within the United States, with all of whom will be counted in the census, whether theyre qualified to be counted in the census of the United States is be a homosapien. Thats all. So we have several categories. We have categories of u. S. Citizens that need to be counted. We have categories of lawful permanent residents that need to be counted residence that need to be count residents that need to be counted. And we have illegal aliens that also will be counted. I wanted our commerce secretary to go further and to count each of these categories separately and ask the question, if youre a citizen, say so. If youre a noncitizen, but youre lawfully present in america, tell us by what Legal Authority you are. And if youre unlawfully present, give us that answer too. So we can look at the whole crosssection of the 326 or 30 million americans that we are and under the configuration of our people. And our Founding Fathers called for a mandatory census at the end of every 10 years for the purpose of reapportionment and redistricting. So its been so very important that for redistricting purposes, when we count the American People, that we know what categories they fit in. The Commerce Department has dialed this down from the bill that i introduced and they simply ask to separate the difference between u. S. Citizens and noncitizens, which puts illyle aliens and other visa holders illyle aliens and other visa holders in the same illegal aliens and other visa holders in the same category. The legislatesy of that question is important legitimacy of that question is important and its important that we understand that the voices in this congress be the voices of american citizens, not the voices of illegal aliens. Theres a study that was done two censuses ago that showed that six Congressional Districts in california theoretically could have been represented by all illegal aliens. And so that diminishes and dilutes the votes and the representation of american citizens. Furthermore, when the electoral votes are cast for the votes of president of the United States, those electoral votes are added up, they need to also total illegal aliens in the United States of america. So for this, i bring this language, this amendment, to correct this language which is in the underlying bill, and assure, assure that we count citizens separate from all the rest, but remind people that even though id like to be able to count legals and illegals in separate categories and visa holders in separate categories, that isnt even proposed by our census department. This is a mild approach by the Trump Administration and its seeking to be undermined by the language that exists in the underlying bill. So i appreciate the attention and i will reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Does anyone claim time in opposition . The gentleman from im sorry, for what purpose does the gentleman rides rise . Serser i rise in opposition to the mr. Serrano i rise in opposition to the amendment. The question of citizenship was under unilateral decision under secretary ross last year. Secretary ross chose to overrule recommendations from nonpartisan experts at the Census Bureau and ignore the potential impacts including the question would have on Response Rates to the census without rigorous testing and analysis. Even more recently, additional evidence on the other sides attempts to abuse the census in an effort to gerrymander the district has come to light. Files recently discovered from a Republican Redistricting specialist revealed that the Citizenship Question would result in a structural electoral advantage for republicans and nonhispanic whites. The Voting Rights act this nt excused the as nothing more than a ruse and a solution in search of what they view as a problem. It is unfortunate that they have turned to the census to play this political game, to undermine the American People. Most changes to the census undergo years of testing and analysis before being added to the census forum. The reason we have that process is to better understand the impact a change can have on the Response Rate and accuracy of the census. It allows for the bureau to better plan and adjust its operational and outreach strategies. Since it is only testing the impact of the question this summer, would with results anticipated in october after critical mile stones have passed. The Administration Leave noes time for census to mitigate the potential impacts of what they may find. Wilber ross refused to listen to the expert advice of advocates and experts at the bureau who did not recommend adding an untest questioned so late in the process. Additionally, there is no doubt that including this question will have a serious negative impact on the selfResponse Rate of the census. People will simply choose not to respond to the census form and the bureau will be forced to engage in expensive in opinion person followups that was not originally assumed in their cost estimates. This should not be an issue that divides us. It should not matter whether you live in a red or blue state or whether you represent an urban or rural district, the question will impact everyone. This amendment will reduce the accuracy and crease the undercount in places like florida, texas, alabama, michigan, california, and new york. This in turn will affect reapportionment and the distribution of federal funds for the next decade. And many of the communities we represent. We can and should do better. Our constitution is clear. It requires that we count all persons every 10 years. In conclusion, the issue is very simple. If you represent a community that will be undercounted by this question, then you should oppose the amendment. If you support the petition of the constitution, then you should also oppose this amendment. I urge a no vote. And i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from iowa is recognized. Mr. King thank you, madam chair. Id be happy to yield to the gentleman from alabama. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from alabama is recognized. Mr. Aderholt madam chair, i rise in support of the amendment. Unfortunately there is a campaign that seems to be of fear that surrounds this Citizenship Question. Its really it really should be an educational campaign. Id like to just reiterate some important facts about the census itself. The proposed question regarding citizenship status only asks if a respondent is a citizen. It has already been pointed out it. Does not ask if the respondent is here lawfully or not. Also a persons response if they are not a citizen is not does not provide the government with any reliable information about whether they are lawfully present in the u. S. Furthermore, by law, the Census Bureau cannot and it will not disclose anyones response or share data from which any individual can be identified. With i. C. E. Or any other federal agency. Fortunately the Census Bureau is deploying expert communicators and trusted messengers to conduct local outreach in hard to count communities and motivate each and every person to respond to the census. A successful 2020 census will provide a full and accurate and a secure account of every person thats lived in the United States while gathering the data vital to both understanding our nations changing demographics and bolstering the enforcement of the Voting Rights act. The Citizenship Question does not threaten anyone. The bill includes the outreach sources needed to make this fact abundantly clear everyone to. Inclusion of this provision will only to everyone. Inclusion of this provision will only serve to sow more confusion and make the 2020 census more difficult. For this reason i urge a yes vote on the amendment. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from new york is ecognized. Mr. Serrano madam chair, the gentleman is correct. There is a campaign of fear. But its not by what were doing here. Its what wilber ross wanted to do. The constitution is clear. Count all the people. Not the white, not the blacks, not the hispanics, not women, not men, republicans or democrats. All the people. And so its really strange to me that people in many districts that do not support opposition are not yelling. After all, you may not like undocumented people in your district, but if they get counted, they bring more federal dollars, allow for more redistricting properly, and so why would you oppose that . Let us stick to the constitution. Yes, there is a campaign of fear. It is freer to try to put into people who are undocumented to say, were going to ask for your citizenship, although were not supposed to ask you that. Were going to ask you that and maybe that will turn you away from filling out the form which is what will happen and we will not get an accurate count. Lastly, it is in everyones interest in this country to get an accurate count. I reserve. Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. The gentleman from new york. Is recognized. The gentleman from new york is the only person with time remaining. Mr. Serrano i have no time remaining . The chair the only time. Mr. Serrano i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. The amendment is not agreed to. Mr. King madam chair. The chair the gentleman from iowa is recognized. Mr. King i ask for a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 11 printed in 119. B of house report 116 for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . Mr. Posey i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 11 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Posey of florida. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445rks the gentleman from florida, mr. Posey, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. Mr. Posey thank you, madam chair. Its about time for a bipartisan amendment after all that stuff. And were going to offer one here. Thats why i rise in supporter this in support of this amendment offered by my colleague, frederica wilson, and myself. The amendment highlights the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission to the moon and back, which launched from nasas Kennedy Space center. 9 it was the greatest technological feat in the history of mankind. And what makes it even more remarkable is when we think back 50 years ago, this is all done with slide rules. Our daughters iphones have thousands of more power than all the Apollo Computers combined. This amendment is offered to honor Neil Armstrong and his fellow astronauts buzz jaled run and Michael Collins and the men and women of nasa and the contractors in virtually every state across the nation who made that possible with the support of the american tax taiers taxpayers, without whose support the Apollo Program would not have been possible. Space exploration is one of the greatest examples of American Leadership and the boldness of the human spirit. Its important to our National Securitying our Technology Local advancement and the survival of our species. Space is also vital to the american economy. The space industry generates more than 400 billion in economic activity. In florida alone, the space Industry Impact totals over 19 billion annually and 130,000 jobs. In recognition of the historic achievement of the apollo 11 mission, i want to urge my colleagues to cosponsor House Resolution 433, a bipartisan resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the apoll low 11 moon landing. Thank you, and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. For what purpose does the gentlelady from florida the hair recognizes the mr. Serrano i commend the gentleman and his cosponsors on this amendment. The chair does the gentleman claim time in opposition . Mr. Serrano although im not opposed to it, i claim the time. The chair without objection. Mr. Serrano i commend the gentleman and his cosponsors on highlighting the 509 anniversary of july 2, 1969, of sending a man to the moon. I have no objection to the amendment and yield a minute and a half to the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. Wilson. The chair gentleman yields. The gentlelady from florida is recognized. Ms. Wilson madam chair, i rise in opposition though im not opposed to the amendment. Im pleased to join my longtime friend and colleague from florida, congressman bill posey in supporting amendment number 11 which we coauthored. Our amendment equally increases and decreases nasas exploration account by 1969 to highlight the 50th anniversary of apollo 11 mission which occurred july 20, 1969. This amendment is part of a yearlong, bipartisan effort we have undertake ton commemorate the 50th anniversary and to honor the incredible women and men who contributed to the missions success. And empower the next generation of astronauts and aerospace engineers. In the 114th congress, we introduced and secured passage of the apollo 11 50th anniversary commemorative coin act signed into law by president obama. Proceeds from the sale of the coin will support Aerospace Education and scholarships. When you think of the most aweinspiring events of the 20th century, Neil Armstrong taking the historic first steps on the moon and declaring, thats one step for man, one giant leap for mankind certainly comes to mind. I want to especially acknowledge the work of ms. Katherine johnson, a pioneering africanamerican mathematician whose calculations ensured that the apollo crew landed on the moon and returned home safely. American Space Exploration continues to inspire our next generation of pioneers and innovators, although this ambitious array of missions an destinations and support thousands of jobs in my home state of florida and throughout our nation. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bipartisan amendment and thank congressman posey for his leadership on space issues. Yield back. The chair the gentleman from ew york is recognized. I urge support and yield back my time. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from florida is recognized. Mr. Posey id like to yield to my good friendage staunch supporter from beavepl, mr. Aderholt. The chair the gentleman is recognized. The gentleman from florida yields. Mr. Aderholt thank you, madam chair. I would like to rise in support of amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. It is in human nature to explore. Warner von brawn and his team in huntsville, alabama, designed the rocks that took us to the moon. The Marshall Space Flight center, just north of the district i represent in alabama, put the shuttle through fullscale stress tests as president of the certification. Now the most powerful rocket in the world is 80 assembled. The s. L. S. Will launch from Cape Canaveral of as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11 mission to the moon, we further honor by pushing ahead with the s. L. S. Mission which will land the first female american astronaut on the minnesotas surface. With that, madam support of this amendment and yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from florida is recognized. Mr. Posey again, i ask my colleagues to join congresswoman wilson and i in supporting this bipartisan amendment and cosponsoring House Resolution 443. Id like to thank congresswoman wilson for her working with me on this issue and many other spacerelated issues and id also like to thank our staffer, general nye and joan is week et, for their help in moving this forward. Thank you and i yield back the remainder of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa from florida. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. He amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 12 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 12 printed in part b of house report 116119, offered by mr. Scott of virginia. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from virginia, mr. Scott, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. Mr. Scott thank you madam chair. I rise in support of this amendment. Its straightforward amendment, transferring 13 million if the federal prison detention account to support local delinquency prevention grants authorized thunder ejuvenile justice and delinquency prevention act. As i was honored to work with my colleague from North Carolina, virginia foxx, eauthorize this and it passed without on circumstances signed by the president late last year, included in that bill was an overhaul of title 5 00 of the act which authorizes grants for local delinquency prevention. That overall included provisions of the youth promise act which i first introduced in 2007. The youth promise act model is based on what we all know that evidencebased prevpk and intervention programs can stop young people from head do you think the wrong path, instead, keep them on the right track, usually save manager money in the long run than the programs cost. I reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. Does anyone wish to claim time in opposition . Madam chair. The chair for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise . Mr. Aderholt i rise in opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Aderholt i rise in reluctant opposition to the amendment. The u. S. Marshal service supports detention of all who are remanded to the custody of the attorney general ahead of trial or sentencing. One of the largest segments of average daily population of 161,000, 31 are held on drug charges, 24 are held on immigration charges, and 14 on federal on firearm charges. Moreover, the detention of virginias for these offenses is on the rise. The u. S. Marshal service cannot afford to see this account reduced by this magnitude. Theres some dangerous offenders out there. Again, i think this is an Important Program but i dont think its the best interest to pull this money from the United StatesMarshal Service and therefore i urge a no on the amendment. The chair the gentleman eserves. The gentleman from virginia is recognized. Mr. Scott i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from North Carolina, ms. Foxx. The chair the gentleman yields. The gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized. Mrs. Foxx i thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam speaker, this amendment is about preventing harm to communities and supporting local control. The youth Promise Program was enacted as a part of the broader and very bipartisan juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act authorization. These were focused on giving states and local authorities the ability to help prevent delinquency and put these young people on a path to success. Delinquency prevention is the key to helping local communities thrive and the youth Promise Program will be a critical tool in their work. I particularly like this program because it is not a one size fits all approach as washington so often wants to do. Rather this program is a complete toolbox of options for states and local officials to determine what is needed to help them address the problems they may be facing or even better help young people before theres real trouble. That is what prevention is all about. I also like this program because it was the essence of true bipartisanship and it was the authorizing committee coming together to evaluate the need, consider the evidence, and develop a better plan to help people in need. I should not be surprised but i was when i saw the Appropriations Committee continued to Fund Projects rather than building off the hard bipartisan work of the authorizing committee. If we want washington to work work we need to start by having the appropriators work more closely with the authorizers. While this amendment will not address all of these issues, it is a start. These funds will help make this a program that we will be able to assess and hopefully see some real success. I was pleased mr. Scott and i were able to come to agreement on positive terms that will help young people in all of our communities last congress and i appreciate working with him now on this continued priority for our commet. I urge support of the amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlewoman yields. The gentleman from virginia. Mr. Scott i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from alabama is recognized. Mr. Aderholt i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields. The gentleman from virginia. Mr. Scott i yield myself the balance of the tile. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Scott madam chair, investments in prevention can avoid the necessity for incarceration. Texas found this out several years ago when their Appropriations Committee was told that they needed to come up with 2 billion, one state, 2 billion in prison construction to deal with their increasing prison population. They instead invested about 10 of that in prevention, Early Intervention, an rehabilitation, effectively, and found that after that investment they didnt need to build any new prisons at all. Thats the focus of this youth promise act. I hope we can adopt the amendment and focus on prevention, Early Intervention and rehabilitation rather than just mass incarceration. I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. He amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 13 printed in part b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition . Mr. Walberg i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 116119, offered by mr. Walberg of michigan. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from michigan, mr. Walberg, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. Mr. Walberg thank you, madam chair. I rise today to support my bipartisan amendment which would help provide critical protections for all americans and their right to due process under the constitution. My amendment would prohibit the use of funds for adoptive seizures. These forfeiture option prossvide a loophole that help local Law Enforcement evade stricter state laws like my own in michigan governing civil Asset Forfeiture. By biseizing property and transferring it to federal authorities in exchange for up to 80 of forfeiture proceeds. Ive worked to shine a light on this. Isnt a n, terry household name for sure, but his story serves as a cautionary tale. He was small grocer who had tens of thousands of dollars seized by the i. R. S. Without any criminal charges filed against him. He was a lawabiding citizen, in fact, and he had to fight in court to get his hardearned savings back. The department of justice Assets Forfeiture Fund contains proceeds from equitable sharing agreements between the federal government and local Law Enforcement. These arrangements create perverse incentives to seek out forfeiture opportunities and its used to circumvent state and active civil forfeiture reforms again, like those that have been reformed in michigan. Whats worse is civil Asset Forfeiture disproportionately effects minorities and individuals who cannot afford to represent themselves. I would like to thank my colleagues, representatives raskin, mcclintock, rush, amash, cardenas and gabbard, for their support on this amendment. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Does anyone claim time in opposition . For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Serrano madam chair, i claim the time in opposition although i do not oppose the amendment. The chair without objection. I rise to claim time in opposition. Im opposed to the amendment. The chair the objection is heard. The gentleman from alabama is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Aderholt thank you, madam chair. I rise in opposition reluctantly to my good friend from michigan. And like i said, theres some issues here that i think we do need to be made clear. The memo would reverse the july, 2017, order from attorney general sessions, which included safeguards to ensure such adoptions are legal and conform to the department of justice policy. Adoptions allow the federal government to recover funds that are proceeds of or that are connected with federal crimes, but where property happens to be discovered by local Law Enforcement. Moreover, this type of federal and local corporation fosters important collaboration between agents and officers. We should not return hastily to the Administration Policy under the obama administration, but rather continue to review carefully the practice of forfeiture adoption as a part of a broader discussion of Asset Forfeiture reform. Violent crimes, gangs and drug violet crimes, gangs and Drug Trafficking are a prorks problem. Not take we should not take away power from Law Enforcement. With that, i would recommend no and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from michigan is recognized. Mr. Walberg thank you, madam chair. I appreciate the comments of my good friend and colleague from alabama. Were not attempting to take away civil Asset Forfeiture as a tool. Were simply saying, due rocess ought to be carried out in every part of our judicial process and our Law Enforcement process. Were talking about people here, for instance, terry, who was informed by his Insurance Company that they would not insure any assets that at his grocery beyond 10,000. So he took his 10,000 or less, whatever it was, each day in and it made a pattern. And ultimately 35,000 of his hardearned assets were frozen. For smalltime grocer, 35,000 is life and death. For his business. All were asking is that due process be followed. Attorney general holder, i think, saw the error of our way when he reversed and made revisions that ultimately attorney general sessions reversed as well. I think we need to go back. We still have the opportunity, use the process but use it with due process, thats all i ask. I continue to reserve. The chair the gentleman has the only time remaining. Mr. Walberg i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. He amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 15 printed in art b of house report 116119. All at purpose does right. It is now in order to consider amendment number 16 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Mr. Blumenauer madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 16 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Blumenauer of oregon. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon. Mr. Blumenauer thank you very much, madam chair. I am pleased to be here today to be able to deal with the first significant piece of legislation on the floor of the house this congress dealing with legalization of cannabis. Theres been a change in this country over the course of the ast 25 years as we have seen 47 states legalize some form of cannabis. But there is an area that is deeply troubling and this relates to tribes. Tribes have an interest in being able to conduct activities that deal with cannabis. But currently the strictures of the federal government has dealing with it being legal, and the manyfold connections that tribes have with the bureau of Indian Affairs and so forth makes it something that they dont feel comfortable doing. There are tribes that are moving forward. They want to be in this area. It is a multibilliondollar growth industry. It provides opportunities for health, Economic Development, recreational activities. The states have been granted a certain amount of latitude moving into this space. But the tribes have been denied. This amendment is very simple. It just says that the department of justice will not interfere with tribal decisions dealing with cannabis. Its ironic, this is a substance that has been used by tribes for healing going back millennia. And theres an opportunity for them to be able to be part of an Economic Opportunity that is taking place across the country. We need to grant them that authority. Approval of this amendment says , department of justice, leave them alone. Its similar to what we have enacted since 2014, dealing with medical marijuana in the states. It is something that continues as federal policy and well be talking about that in another amendment. I hope that there is a recognition that tribes deserve this latitude and this empowerment. And that we vote in favor of it, allow them to proceed as has taken place in states around the country. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Does anyone claim time in pposition . Seeing none mr. Blumenauer i think thats a good sign, madam chair. Im not going to log this any further. I respectfully request that the body supports this amendment, it will make a great deal of difference for native americans and be a step towards normalizing this relationship. And i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from oregon. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. Mr. Blumenauer on that i would ask a recorded vote request a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, plaur blumenauer i take it back mr. Blumenauer i take it back. The chair the request is withdrawn. Mr. Blumenauer the request is withdrawn. Im getting ahead of myself. The chair the amendment is adopted. It is now in order to consider amendment number 17 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Mr. Blumenauer i have another amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 17 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Blumenauer of oregon. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon. Mr. Blumenauer thank you very much, madam chair. One of the areas that has been most gratifying for me has been watching what has happened in a revolution in cannabis policy. Starting in 1996 with the state of california, we have watched states across the country have their voters step up to make legalization with medical marijuana and more recently with adult use. Additionally, there have been states that have taken action dealing with medical marijuana in a specialized form for children with extreme seizure disorders. 47 total we now have states that have some form of cannabis that is legal. Were watching the growth of this industry, a multibilliondollar industry. Were watching state after state move forward. Every one of us on the floor of the house who are here now represent areas that have taken action. We have had imbedded in our legislation protections for medical marijuana. And this would simply extend that same protection to prevent the department of justice interfering with adult use. I strongly, strongly urge that we build on the legacy that weve had in the past, that we move this forward to allow the federal government to start catching up to where the rest of the states are. And i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his ime. For what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition . Mr. Aderholt i oppose the amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Aderholt thank you, chair. I rise to oppose the amendment. This proposal would prevent federal Law Enforcement from enforcing current law. From protecting Public Health and ensuring Community Safety. Under the controlled substance act, the Drug Enforcement administration defines schedule one drugs as having no current acceptable medical use and a high potential for abuse. According to the National Institute of drug abuse, there is no scientifically recognized medical benefit from smoking or eating marijuana plants. Claims of benefits from smoked or ingested marijuana are anecdotal and generally outright fabrication. It is established by fact that such marijuana use has real health and real social harms. This is true especially for children. Young children with developing brains and those with impaired physical conditions, as well as psychological conditions. New data shows crime and Health Problems for marijuana use and trafficking and in particular in states that decriminalize use. This amendment thats before us sends the wrong message about widely abused drugs in the United States. The Drug Enforcement agency has more young people receive treatment for marijuana dependency than for alcohol and other Illegal Drugs combined. The amendment ignores the problems of abuse and sends the false message to youth that smoking marijuana is healthy. So i urge rejection of this amendment and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Mr. Blumenauer mr. Chairman, how much time do i have remaining . The chair the gentleman has 3 1 2 mibs re minutes remaining. And is recognized. Mr. Blumenauer i would yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from new york. Mr. Serrano i thank the gentleman. I rise in support of the amendment. This amendment is consistent with the trend in recent years to acknowledge that states, d. C. And the territories are taking charge of their marijuana policy. I urge the amendment be agreed to. Thank you. The chair the gentleman from oregon is recognized. Mr. Blumenauer i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman has the only time remaining. Mr. Blumenauer ok. Then i would recognize the gentlelady from the district of columbia for 1 1 2 minutes. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Norton i thank my good friend for yielding and i believe, despite the opposition from our friend on the other side, that this amendment has bipartisan support. I want to thank my good friend, congressman blumenauer, for introducing this important amendment with me to prohibit the department of justice from interfering with state cannabis programs. I especially appreciate the that congressman blumenauer ensures the amendment covers the district of columbia and the territories in prohibiting the department of justice for using its funds to prevent jurisdictions from implementing their own medical and Adult Use Marijuana laws. The district has insisted that they crease interference of Adult Use Marijuana. And i appreciate that d. C. Is included with the states that have the same goal. This amendment is a breakthrough. He district has long sought so that cannabis with all other issues are treated for the people who live in the Nations Capital who pay the highest taxes per capita in the United States with the same equality that is due them. Here, with this bill, as with all other matters, we so insist. I thank my good friend for yielding and for cosponsoring his amendment with me. The chair you have 1 3 4. Blumenauer braur im pleased to partner with the congresswoman. And i disagree with my good friend from alabama. If we were rescheduling drugs today, cannabis probably wouldnt be scheduled at all. And what would be schedule 1 is tobacco, which is highly addictive and deadly. Widely known there are medicineal purposes to use cannabis. Thats why the voters in the gentlemans own state just approved medical marijuana. They are not goofy or misled. They understand there is compelling evidence. And meeting with professionals can understand that. One of the reasons we dont have the research is because the federal government has interfered with research in terms of cannabis. But the evidence is clear. You can find that out with children in your state that use medical cannabis to stop extreme disorders or people using to stop the nausea associated with chemo or veterans that use it for ptsd or chronic pain. This is what the American People have demanded. Why it is now legal in 33 states, it has some version in 47. It is supported by 2 3 of the American Public and 90 for medical marijuana. Its time that we extend this protection to the state legal activities so they can drive and move forward. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. And members are reminded to address their comments to the chair. And the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from oregon. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. And the amendment is agreed to. The gentleman from alabama. Mr. Aderholt i ask for a recorded vote. The chair punt to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from oregon will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 223. And for what purpose does the gentlewoman from alabama seek recognition . Of ms. Se as the designee walorski. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 22 116119 n house report offered by ms. Sewell of alabama. The chair the gentlewoman from alabama and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from alabama. Ms. Sewell i rise today in support of this amendment. It has been over four months since the department of commerce submitted their auto 232 report to the white house and neat they are congress nor the public has seen that report. Congress gave section 232 authority to combat legitimate National Security threats, not to keep secrets from congress and the American People. Unform, i think i know why this administration has not submitted this report. Its because the hardworking americans designed bill and service are not a threat to our National Security. The auto workers in my district in alabama are terrified that any day President Trump will announce tariffs threatening jobs in the auto sector. That is why 106 democrats and republican members have joined congresswoman walorski in signing a letter to urge them to abandon their tariff threat. And the public deserves to see the report. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment to make sure that we are calling upon this administration to be transparent and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair does the gentlewoman reserves . Ms. Sewell i reserve. The chair the gentlewoman reserves. Any member claim time in opposition . The gentlewoman from alabama. Ms. Sewell i ask for unanimous consent for adoption of this amendment. The chair does the gentlewoman yield . The chair will put the question. And the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from alabama. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 30 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . Mr. Bost i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 30 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Boston of illinois. The chair each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. Mr. Bost i yield as much time as i may consume. My amendment provides a muchneeded increase of 3 million in funding to the International TradeAdministration Enforcement and compliance to enforce the countervaling law. My proposed offset is similar in reduction in International Trade administration global markets. This program will receive a substantial increase funded by the administrations request. I want to thank the committee for its work in this regard to help fund trade enforcement but much more must be done. Trade remedy enforcement is about protecting our manufacturing workers, our businesses from illegal trade practices that cost jobs and harm our economy. Look no further than my district when u. S. Steel announced it was eyedling operations because of Illegal Dumping and subsidizing steel imports. When it comes to the nation that is depaged in illegal trade practices, businesses are booming and no Manufacturing Business is immune from harm. The number of antidumping and countervailing duty cases has steadily increased over the years. In addition, even when the United States has acted to protect our market, nations like china, have found ways to circumvent these protections to continue dumping products into our country. These are most important shield against illegal trade practices. However, these cases are very complex. The investigations are time and labor intensive and they require the collection and analysis and vast quantities of data. They require through investigation and verification of information from foreign respondents. While im pleased the enactment of the Bipartisan Legislation i sponsored has sped up the process, cases can take months before determining its delivery. By then, it may be too late for victims of illegal trade practices. Many businesses that are victims of these trade practices dont have the resources to avail themselves of these remedies. They and their workers are relying on us to provide a fair and level Playing Field. Policy makers must set priorities. I fully support the efforts to assist our businesses to export to foreign nations. The United States has the most open and competitive market in the world. Its well past time other nations follow our example. At the same time, our First Priority must be to protect our workers and businesses from unfair competition. Additional resources from the department of commerce, enforcement and compliance, will not only help with those that have filed petitions. It will permit the agencies of self to selfinitiate investigations by practicing particularly for those workers and firms that dont have resources and administrative capacity to file these themselves. T will help combat the illegal circumvention of products through other nations. I urge the house to adopt my amendment and i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Any member seek time in opposition . For what purpose does the gentleman from alabama . Mr. Aderholt i rise to claim time in opposition, although im not opposed to the amendment. The chair without objection. Mr. Aderholt i rise in support of the gentlemans amendment and i appreciate his work on behalf of the domestic manufacturing. This amendment would highlight the importance of the duty and countervailing duty investigations into threats posed to american businesses from Foreign Companies selling products to the United States commonly known as dumping and as well as threat of imported countries that benefit of Financial Assistance in the form of a counteravailable subsidy. This amendment would encourage better utilization of resources pursuant to u. S. Law. Although most antidumping and countervailing duty investigations are filed on behalf of an industry, dumping and therefore unfair zizzation of imports in theses, countervailing duty investigations can be selfnirbletted by the department of commerce. His selfnigs of this duty and countervailing duty is an important tool in cases where a u. S. Industry consists of Small Companies or is fractured and members of that industry cannot meet the threshold necessary to file a petition. The United States needs to strongly enforce our trade laws and not allow our manufacturing capacity to be degraded in the face of unfair trade practices and hurt employers, workers and communities. These investigations are crucial and important tools in the effort to ensure that a level Playing Field allows our businesses and industries to compete. I think this is a good amendment and i ask my colleagues support it, and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields. The gentleman from illinois. This is an issue we have dealt with in this nation for a long time. This gives us to aggressively go after those who are illegally transporting those goods that are hurting american jobs. For the sake of our american jobs and businesses, i ask for the support of the body and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 31 printed in part b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . I have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 31, plinted in part b of house report number 116119. Offered by ms. Clarke of new york. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Clarke, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. Ms. Clark i thank you, mr. Speaker. I am proud to be offering this amendment to prohibit the Census Bureau from sharing the data it collects with otherer federal agencies along with my colleague, congressman cisneros. We do this by requiring the Census Bureau to uphold its statutory confidentiality obligations. The white house is trying to ilence immigrant families. And make them afraid to paragraph tiss mate in the census. If the Supreme Court doesnt strike down the Citizenship Question, sadly it appears they may not, immigrant families in districts like mine may choose not to participate, afraid that their citizenship status will be shared with i. C. E. That means my state will receive less representation in congress and new yorkers will be left without a voice in the halls of congress, as well as the consummate commensurate federal funding we will need to dequately deal with the actual population that has been ndercounted. The constitution says the census is supposed to be a complete enumeration. That means each and every person is supposed to be counted. However, it is clear that the white houses Citizenship Question is a blatant attempt to undercount immigrant families and exclude them from our democracy. We also know the census has a history of violating its statutory obligation not to share personal data. During world war ii ancestry information was used to identify japanese americans for internment. And just last june a d. O. J. Attorney suggested in an email that the department should not say too much to congress in regards to the confidentiality of census responses in case the issue, quote, comes up for renewed debate, end quote. That is unacceptable. Census responses must be confidential, period. Full stop. If my amendment passes during the f. Y. 2020, no funds will be spent to violate the law and share census information with i. C. E. , Law Enforcement, or otherer federal agencies. The white houses Citizenship Question is a blatant attempt to undercount immigrant families and exclude them from our democracy. This body must stand up and say no. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The gentlewoman reserves. Does any member seek time in opposition . Seeing none sorry. I seek time in opposition although i am not opposed. The chair without objection, the gentleman is recognized. I rise in strong support of this amendment. I certainly understand the concerns of potential misuse of census data. Thankfully misusing census data is a felony, punishable up to five years in prison. By 250,000 fine. Put another way, by law the Census Bureau cannot disclose anyones responses or share data from which an individual can be identified with i. C. E. Or any other federal agencies, that is in current law. I join my colleague in opposing the use of any funds that would be made available to violate the Confidentiality Laws that govern our census and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Ms. Clarke mr. Speaker, i hope that what my colleague has said on the other side of the aisle is true. And im happy to hearer him stand shoulderer to shoulder with shoulder to shoulderer with this side of the aisle to say anyone in violation of this will have to stand the consequences. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the aye vs. It. He amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 34 printed in art b of house report 116119. It is now in order to consider amendment number 36 printed in part b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition . Mr. Banks i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 36, printsed in part b of house report number 116119, offered by mr. Banks of indiana. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445,er the gentleman from indiana, mr. Banks, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana. R. Banks thank you, mr. Chairman. It is long past time we get serious about putting our fiscal house in order. His Division Cost nearly 74 billion which is an increase of nearly 10 billion from the fiscal year 2019 enacted level. My amendment is simple. It cuts spending in this division by 14 er while exempting amounts made available to the department of defense. This reduction would bring the nondefense spending in this division down to the level required to avoid busting the budget caps. And avert triggering a sequestration which harms ourer National Defense. Unfortunately,er the spending package we have before us continues to propel us down the path of reckless spending that brought us to having a National Debt of 22 trillion. With these mini bus packages my friends on the other side of the aisle are proposing to bust the budget cap by nearly 90 billion when all is said and done. This will force dangerous cuts to our National Defense through sequestration and that is wholly unacceptable to me and my constituents in northeast indiana. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and with with with that i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. Does any member seek time in opposition . For what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise . Mr. Serrano i rise in strong opposition to the amendment. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Serrano the amendment if adopted would pose serious risks to our economic and National Security. It would undermine our efforts to help create jobs, address the deadly Opioid Crisis, increase critical scientific research, and Legal Services for underserved communities. A 14 decrease forer the department of commerce for the department of commerce cost over 30 commercial Service Posts and 10 domestic offices and dismissal of hundreds of commerce personnel that support and create u. S. Jobs by leveling the Playing Field for u. S. Businesses in overseas markets. Cut over 1 billion from the u. S. Census bureau which undermines the Census Bureaus ability to invest in a critical Information Technology nfrastructure to safeguard census data has it moves to an Online Platform and limits the ability to o conduct important outreach and followup activities in hard to count communities clueing rural parts of the country. This amendment would also cause massive cuts in an array of agencies and programs critical to National Security, anticrime efforts, and the actually required 020 census. It would slash funding for efforts to create jobs, fix aging infrastructure, and respond to the reality of Climate Change. Urge i urge a no vote and i reserve my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. Gentleman from indiana is recognized. Mr. Banks mr. Chairman, with the otherer side is proposing is both reckless and irresponsible. My colleagues on the otherer side of the aisle want to bust the budget caps to fulfill liberal Spending Priorities and end the pros in the process put our National Security at risk. In indiana, hoosiers understand that you cannot spend more than you take in. Its long past time for washington to adopt that hoosierer common sense. My amendment is simple. It reduces spending in this division by 14 . It protects our defense priorities and brings us closer to avoiding the devastating harm to National Security that would result from sequestration. Mr. Chairman, i am not going to give up. I am going to keep coming back to this microphone over and over and over again to propose 14 across the board spending cuts to each of these divisions. Its what my constituents in northeast indiana expect me to do and its whats going to motivate me to keep coming back to try to restore some fiscal sanity to this body. With that i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. Thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Any member the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Serrano briefly in closing. We get folks on the floorer who tell us how much money we have to cut from the budget, from the appropriations, but they really never take time to ask their constituents who they feel about new roads, about hospital health, education, about Climate Change, about other issues. You would be surprised how many people who may not scream out in support or against a certain amendment would feel the pain of our cutbacks and would not be for them. I urge a no vote on this amendment. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from indiana. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. The amendment is not agreed to. Mr. Banks mr. Chairman. I ask for a recorded vote. The chair pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from indiana will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 44 printed in art b of house report 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Mcnerney i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 44, printed in part b of house report number 116119, offered by mr. Huffman of california. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from california, mr. Huffman, and a member opposed each will have a five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Huffman thank you, mr. Chair. 24 bipartisan amendment would stop the National Oceanic and spheric administration from moving forward with a rule making that would change the federal consistency process under the Coastal Zone Management act known as the czma. The purpose of the czma is to give coastal states strong voice in federal agency decisionmaking for activity that is affect the states coastal uses and resources, including outer Continental Shelf oil and gas development. Federaler consistency is the cornerstone of the czma, it provides a platform and process for coordination between states, industry, and stakeholders, helps anticipate and proactively avoid conflict, and helps protect the interests of coastal communities. Its a prime example of successful coptive federalism and its key to Longterm Management of coasts around the country. Noaa published an advanced notice of proposed rule making in march regarding changes to the federal consistency regulations to make the process, quote, more efficient. But there are already clear guidelines and timelines for federal consistency review, and it has a proven track record of efficiency and cooperation. Its clear there is no need for noaa to change the process. Maintaining the federal consistency process is especially critical now as this administration continues to look for ways to get around the clear opposition to offshore drilling from coastal states, communities, elected official from both sides of the aisle. Earlierer this week state representative peterer mccoy, a republican from South Carolina, wrote an oped about why the czma is so important. The consistency review authorities under czma have never been more important than right now. This move to potentially alter czma would undermine states take away our ability to guard our coast lines. All of us know firsthand how important czma is to protecting our coastal districts. We have to ensure that states are able to fully weigh in on federal activity off their shores. They are the ones most at risk, their businesses, communities, land, and waters will be left to deal with the economic and environmental costs of offshore oil and gas development. With that i urge an aye vote on this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair does any member seek time in opposition . Seeing none. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Huffman i request an aye vote. The gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment s agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 49. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Jeffries i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 49, printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Jeffries of new york. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from new york and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. Mr. Jeffries i thank the chairman, the distinguished the gentleman from from the bronx for his leadership in connection with this bill. There is a growing culture of corruption that is festering within the department of commerce that should trouble americans regardless of political affiliation. Absolutely essential that we continue to support the oversight that is independent and those who have the responsibility to police bad actors and explore waste, fraud and abuse. This amendment will increase support for the office of the Inspector General at the department of commerce. This office serves an incredit apply vital function. It provides independent and objective oversight for an agency that is led by secretary whour ross, junior, someone has from time to time, found himself in hot water with ethics experts here in this town. Meeting even the minimum ethical standards, the government sets for its executive Branch Officials seems to be a significant challenge for our secretary. Last february, the office of government ethics which is run by a trump appointee declined to rtify ross 2018 Financial Disclosure report because it was not accurate and he was not in compliance with his ethics agreement at the time of the report. These kinds of disclosures are important. They allow the u. S. Government ethics watchdogs regardless of political affiliation to identify potential conflicts of interest. E was alleged last summer by the citizens for response pilt and ethics in washington who allege that ross worked on the Trumps Administration steel tariffs and promote liquid natural gas at the same time that he held financial interests in companies that were impacted by these policies. We dont have time to explore the potential concxds con iggetflicts and those detailed by for example magazine that caused that publication to say that the secretary of commerce uld rank about the biggest grifters in the American History. He is a Public Servant and should be servinging the publics interest and not his own personal financial interest. As appears to be the case in his ighly to add a Citizenship Question and then be deceptive about the motives. Th all all of this misrepresentation, we need to make sure that the department of ommerce is independent Inspector Generals office has the resources and capacity to police the bad behavior that may result in waste, fraud and abuse of american taxpayer delars. Apparently the Trump Administration doesnt see it that way. The fiscal budget cuts funding for general oversight operations by approximately a Million Dollars which will result in a personnel reduction of at least seven positions. At a time when oversight has never been important, we must not allow this to go into effect. I urge a yes vote and send a message to this administration that we wont be drifted by anyone, even the secretary of commerce. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. And i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Does any member seek time in opposition . For what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise . Mr. Aderholt i have apparel men temporary inquiry. If a member quotes a reference to a newspaper that impugns the character of a cabinet official, does that violate the house rules . The chair the chair will issue an advisory opinion. Does the gentleman seek time in opposition . Mr. Aderholt no. The chair does any member seek ime in opposition . Without objection. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Serrano i rise in strong support of the amendment. The Commerce Department has illustrated that it requires additional oversight. This requires the Inspector General to provide transparency to congress on what secretary ross is up to. I urge a yes vote. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from has yielded back. Mr. Jeffries i thank the distinguished chair and my friends on the other side of the aisle. As i understand it, the rules as it relates to permits applies to president and the Vice President the chair the gentleman will suspend. He yielded back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment s agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 53. I have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 53 printed in part been of house report 116119 offered by mr. Cunningham of South Carolina. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Cunningham i rise in support of my straightforward commonsense amendment that will increase programs and help insure that veterans have access to the resources they deserve to reintegrate in their communities. As a nation, we have the responsibility to ensure that the prave men and women who are wounded in service to our nation receive the care that they deserve. Veterans treatment courts assist veterans involved in the criminal Justice System who are experiencing traumatic brain injury, Mental Health trauma as a result of their military service. And studies those they work. And Community Support and peertopeer and able to increase participating veterans overall quality of life. Through the bureau of justice assistance, the d. O. J. Provides financial and Technical Assistance they need to development and my amendment would increase funding for this program by 2 million so federal assistance is available to those of my constituents. This is particularly important to low country because my district has the highest concentration of veterans and as the representative, i make sure they have the support they have earned. And i ask my colleagues to join me in supporting my amendment as well as the underlying legislation. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Does any member seek time in opposition . Seeing on none, the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. Cunningham i thank the embers for constructing this important legislation to make strides, supporting Law Enforcement and investing in important scientific research. I thank you for ahow long this amendment to come to the floor. To ensure that the courts across the country can provide this for our veterans and i urge my colleagues to support my amendment. And i yield back. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment s agreed to. Now in order to consider amendment number 54 printed in art b. P. Of house 116119. Mr. Cunningham i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 54 printed in part b of house report 116119 offered by mr. Cunningham of South Carolina. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 445, the gentleman from South Carolina and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Mr. Cunningham i rise today in support of my commonsense amendment to the appropriations bill that blocks all fiscal year 2020 funding for noah to approve gun blasting in the atlantic. These are called i. H. A. s. In order for them to receive, they must have authorization that harm or disturb Marine Mammals such as whales. Noah should five which are being challenged in court by 10 states, 16 towns and various conservation and business groups. If a judge finds that these i. H. A. s are unlawful, my amendment would prevent noah for noaa. It would prevent them from approving applications that would expose mammals. Seismic louder than all the explosives. They fire air guns every 10 seconds for days, weeks and sometimes even months on end and this could go from Marine Mammals from fish to plank ton. Seismic blasting is a key step to this administrations ultimate goal and bringing drilling. Offshore drilling activities are threat threat to hardworking americans and communities up and down the coasts have made it clear where they stand. They dont want drilling off their coasts. My amendment to the commerce, justice, science appropriations bill could protect the atlantic cost from expanded offshore drilling and unwanted seismic testing. And i reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Does any member seek time in opposition . Seeing none, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Cunningham i yield back. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. It is now in order to consider amendment number 58 printed in part b of house 116119. For what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Cunningham i have an amendment at the desk. The chair is the gentleman rising as the designee of the the gentleman from massachusetts . The chair the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Cunningham, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Cunningham thank you, mr. Chair. I rise again because there is no time to waste when it comes to protecting the north atlantic right whale, whose species and calving grounds are right off my district coast. There are fewer than 420 right whales left in the ocean. Without immediate federal action, the right whale could go extinct in the next two decades. Humans have killed nearly every right whale in our existence over the past two centuries. Today we are at a crossroads. We have a choice, we can be the generation that saves the right whale or the generation that allows their extinction. We can can act right now by adopting this amendment. It will provide targeted investments so we can betterer understand how both right whales and east coast economies can thrive. This is a unique opportunity. Few people in the history of earth have had the ability to help a species survive. In fact,er the opposite is true from the Passenger Pigeon who the western black rhinoceros, humans have driven the extinction of iconic species through centrist of choices. It is a choice to hunt the right whale to near extinction. It is a choice to jeopardize the right whale by drilling off our coasts or harmful seismic air gun blasting. Tonight it is a choice to protect the right whale and the hundreds of thousands of jobs up and down the east coast that rely on the healthy ecosystem that the right whale creates. So lets be the generation of leaderser that chooses to bring the right whale back from the brink. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. Does any member seek time in opposition . Seeing none, the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. Cunningham thank you. I thank my colleagues for their support on this issue. I want to single out my friend from across the aisle, mr. Rutherford, as well as mr. Huffman and mr. Grijalva, for their leadership on this issue at the Natural Resources committee. I also want to thank mr. Moulton for the opportunity to offer this amendment. Thank you, mr. Chair. I reserve the balance of my ime. The chair does gentleman yield . Mr. Cunningham yield back. The chair the question is on ott amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. He amendment is agreed to. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Serrano i move that the committee do now rise. The chair the question is on the motion that the committee rise. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The motion is adopted. Accordingly, the committee rises. The speaker pro tempore mr. Chair. The clerk mr. Speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h. R. 3055, directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. The speaker pro tempore the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the Union Reports that the committee has had under consideration h. R. 3055 and has come to no resolution thereon. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Certificate ran he yo mr. Speaker, i present a privileged reporter for printing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the rule. The clerk report to accompany h. R. 3351, a bill making appropriations for Financial Services and general government for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore referred to the Union Calendar and ordered printed. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 21, points of order are reserved. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Serrano mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow for morning hour debate and 10 a. M. For legislative business. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Serrano mr. Speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to adjourn. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The motion is adopted. Accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 9 00 a. M. 2078 morning for morning hour debate. Question of citizenship has been in the courts and elsewhere. How does the commerce piece of that spending package address the Citizenship Question . House democrats inserted language in the bill that would prevent the Trump Administration from including a Citizenship Question on the 2020 census. This issue is currently being deliberated by the Supreme Court, but House Democrats did allow an amendment to go up for debate last night and the amendment was offered by conservative steve king, hes looking to allow that question on the Citizenship Question, on the 2020 census. And democrats are also looking to insert some language in there that ensures privacy of information and other issues like that. But by and large democrats are looking to block this language which they say will deter people from answering from the numbers being accurate and ultimately affect federal funding and resources to communities that host a large number of undocumented immigrants. Host on those 290 amendments allowed by the rules committee, you tweeted this, the break down, 90 commerce, science, justice, 35 for agriculture and f. D. A. , 69 interior, environment. 34 for the military constructionva. And 62 for transportation and housing and urban development. What are some of the key amendments youll be watching for . Some of the key amendments we are serning watching for affect the department of commerce. The census question. They affect the department of justice. And the hiring of Immigration Judges there. There is also some language that democrats are looking to add that would bar the department of justice from trying to overturn the Affordable Care act. There are a number of amendments in there a number of amendments offered bipartisan support for increasing funding when it comes to certain issues like School Violence or gun violence research. Certainly well be watching a ot of those. Cheechly what one element i was looking for that was not inserted were democrats were trying to firm language in the bill that would block the 2020 census question, but likely discussed the bill already does that. I assume it was taken out because it was duplicative. Another thing adopted last night by the House Rules Committee is a managers amendment that says federal agencies are allowed to hire daca recipients, which is something that sort of slipped in last minute. All of those things well be watching. Its unclear republicans are going to try to pull the same stunt they did with with the first mini bus where they were demanding roll call votes on every single thing. Its possible that this will maybe go speedier this time. Who knows, congressman chip roy has been very active on this front. Host this is the second of the three spending measures, last week taking up one. Now this five bill package. Thats nine of the 12. You tweeted this from the majority leader and the house is likely to consider can the third and final spending package next week. That combines the Homeland Security, financial service, and legislative branch 2020 spending. What issues do you see coming up on this bill . Guest there are a number of contentious issues with this last spending package. We sort of have the stragglers which, like you said, Homeland Security, parts of the legislative branch, and the Financial Services bill. The legislative branch measure was stripped out of the first spending bill package because it does not include language that would essentially block a congressional pay raise from taking effect. So if the bill is passed as it was drafted, members of congress would essentially see a 4,500 cost of living adjustment added to their salaries, and that measure is very politically touchy. Attracted a lot of pushback and ultimately House Democrats decided to take that out of the first spending package and deal with it later. We are going to be coming back to that issue. Also have the department of Homeland Securitys bill which as has been controversial all year includes a number of provisions that would sort of knock the Trump Administrations immigration policies while providing humanitarian aid and funding for the department of homeland securitier. Dealing with the stragglers and problem child i guess of this fiscal 2020. Host let me ask you one thing briefly. Because its come up several times with on these debates, republicans in particular bringing up the issue of Border Security, you tweet retweeted this from your political could he colleague, senate Appropriations Committee has approved a 4. 6 billion border supplemental. When is the senate likely to take that up . How soon will the house get around to Something Like that . Guest i think it seems like both chambers are looking to take up the package before the fourth of july recess. Like you said, the senate Appropriations Committee this morning quickly, very quickly, passed a 4. 6 billion bipartisan bill to a address president Donald Trumps 4. 5 billion funding request. The bill is sort of a compromise. Neither side exactly gets what they want. It includes provisions blocking the use of funding for a barrier at the southern border, while at the same time it fulfills a lot of what President Trump was seeking in humanitarian aid. In the house, however, there have been a lot of disagreements. I think lawmakers, for example, congresswoman rosa delauro, who is the chair of the laborhhseducation spending panel, shes been racing to convince her colleagues this is something that needs to come together. But a number of democrats have pretty strong reservations a and want strong conditions and protections on the money. They say they dont want to offer the president a quoteunquote, blank check. Whether or not democrats are able to assuage some of those concerns from their fellow democrats, there is a lot of consternation about not funding what they see as the president s harsh immigration policies, so whether or not they are able to assuage some of those concerns and ultimately produce something thats bipartisan kind of remains to be seen. Host caitlin emma covers appropriations and budget issues for politico. Read more at politico. Com and on twitter at caitlinz emma. Hoss serves the state of alabama. A member of the Armed Services committee and the freedom caucus. Good morning to you. The president talked about immigration last night and the idea of some type of effort concerning Illegal Immigrants next week. Do you think those things are going to pan out . I hope so. Lets be real clear. I just saw the interview with your previous speaker who seemed to be for open borders and as many immigrants as we could possibly get. I had serious disagreements with him on a number of fronts