Increase spending by 324 billion over two years. Also suspending the federal debt limit until july of 2021. Live to the house floor. O tempo house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, rabbi gershon avtzon, from cincinnati, ohio. The chaplain almighty god, master of the universe, i invoke your blessings today on the members of the honorable institution, the house of representatives of the United States of america. May they humbly serve their constituencies, aware that creating just legislation is one of the seven laws that you, almighty god, gave all humanity through noah as detailed in genesis. Almighty god, as a descendant of hasidic jews who fled the stalin regime who persecuted religious observance, im especially grateful an blessed to be in america, the country called the nation of kindness by the great spiritual leader of our generation. We thank you for the freedom we have here to practice our faith and we pray for those who still suffer persecution around the world. While legislating, by definition, includes differences of opinion and rigorous debate, i pray that we nevertheless anticipate our shared Bright Future and the time the redemption and thus remain one nation, under god, indwissable, with liberty and justice for all, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Payne. Mr. Payne i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman from ohio, mr. Wenstrup, is recognized for one minute. Mr. Hair will entertain wenstrup i would like to take this opportunity, mr. Speaker, if i can be recognized for a minute. To thank the rabbi for coming to the capitol today. To share with us a time in prayer. A time when we often need it. America has been through many battles. We have many debates. But we always come out strong and we come out together at the end of the day. I think thank the rabbi for his kind prayer and thoughtfulness as we proceed forward as a nation. And with that, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. Mr. Paine mr. Payne mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the donald m. Payne Senior InternationalDevelopment Fellowship program. My father, the late donald m. Payne, was committed to human rights at home, in africa, and around the world. Im honored by the payne fellows commitment to my fathers legacy. I have developed a deep appreciation for everything they have done to uplift humanity. Im proud that the fellowship named for my father helps talented young people enter thes usaid Foreign Services program. Today the payne fellows are leading the charge on some of the greatest global challenges of our time. Sin its inception in 2013 since its inception in 2013, the program has trained 50 talented young individuals who come from diverse backgrounds to enrich and enhance the usaid foreign service. This year i hosted one of the payne fellows in my office. Mcleet, her intellect, work ethic, humor, and positive attitude will truly be missed in my office. The day after her arrival, she was writing questions for me that were used in Homeland Security subcommittee hearings. Again i want to thank the usaid and the payne fellows for their commitment to providing humanitarian efforts while in support of americas foreign policy. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Its been five years since the largest single wildfire in Washington State history, the carlton complex fire. Raged through North Central washington, burning more than a quarter of a million acres and leaving more than 500 homes and structures destroyed in its path. Mr. Newhouse the communities, small businesses, and families still today continue to rebuild and work to address the longterm consequences of this disaster. While the devastation was heartbreaking, what we saw on the ground was a testament to the resilience and spirit of washingtonans. As well as the again rossity and bravery of those from across the region and the nation generosity and bravery from those across the region and nation who came to the aid. Those frightening days of late july, 2014, more than 2,ul800 firefighters from across the country poured in to assist the firefight. Today i rise to recognize the heroic efforts of those thousands of firefighters, first responders, and volunteers who worked tirelessly and at great personal risk. Mr. Speaker, thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Mcgovern mr. Speaker, hirme this afternoon to raise strong concerns about a rule that the Trump Administration recently announced on eliminating broad based categorical eligibility. If implemented, this rule will cut three Million People off snap. 30 of which are elderly, 7 are children. In addition 500,000 kids will lose access to free school meals. Ill put it simply, this will increase Food Insecurity and hurt working families. President trump wants to literally take the food off the table of working families so that he can give tax breaks to the well off and well connected. This proposed rule is against the will of congress. Last year we worked in a bipartisan farm bill and despite some discussion on this, congress agreed to let states maintain their flexibility to accommodate lowincome households. That is why i encourage my colleagues in the house and senate to join me and fight every battle this administration wages against those who struggle. Let us demand an end to this president s cruelty and let us work to end hunger now of now. I yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. For what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the life of a very special man and my good friend, roy bates of winchester, kentucky. Mr. Bates, a true patriot, passed away on july 4, 2019. Appropriate on independence day. He was quite eager to serve his scontry and attempted unsuccessfully to enlist in the navy and army when he was not of legal age. In 1950 when he was 18 years old, he enlisted in the marine corps and went to paris island for training. He was assigned to company c, first battalion, seventh regiment, first division. Mr. Barr he was soon sent to korea to join his fellow marines. On september 1, 1951, just three days before his 19th birthday, mr. Bates was on patrol when his group was ambushed. They were taking heavy fire, crawling on his belly trying to reach cover he heard the dreaded click of the land mine beneath him. His heft leg was blownway and right leg sustained numerous wounds. Severely wounded he was carried off the field by two fellow marines, one of those who carried him off was killed in action a few days later. Many years later, mr. Bates was reunited with royce henry, the other marine who saved him. Mr. Bates spent seven years in and out of hospitals and had 32 surgeries. He received a purple heart as well as numerous other medals. He married his wife, betty, and had four children. He returned home to winchester where he always cherished a deep love for his country and for the marine corps. He was a well respected member of his community who exemplified good character and a positive attitude all of his life. Mr. Bates and his fellow veterans are truly heroes. He willingly served to protect and defend the freedoms we enjoy today. He faced life with an unwavering faith in god and love of country. Im humbled to honor his life before the United States congress. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from New Hampshire seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Hend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman from is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to thank the house or halfing h. R. 3239, to provide humanitarian standards for migrants and refugees in customs and Border Protection custody at our border. Ms. Kuster having visited the u. S. Mexico border now twice in the past 12 months, i know how desperately this bill was needed. We have good news and bad news. The good news is that the children, the Young Children are no longer being separated from their biological parents. Although we did see 310 children separated from aunts, uncles, and grandparents. The worst news was the migrants that we saw held in overcrowded conditions for up to 40 to 60 days without any access to sic Services Like a hot meal or shower or being able to brush their teeth. These are inhumane conditions and a human rights violation. Thats why i was proud to cosponsor the bill sponsored by dr. Ruiz to enact critical safety and nutrition and hygiene standards for migrants in custody. I was pleased that the house accepted my amendments to protect women from Sexual Assault at the border. And i yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Ms. Velazquez mr. Speaker, i rise to honor hector figueroa, a champion for workers, new yorker, and proud puerto rican who sadly passed last week. While he was relentless in advocating for members of his nion, he was also on the frontlines helping taxi drivers, fast food employees, and workers in every sector. To him, anyone who was oppressed was an ally, and he was ready to join them in common cause. Most recently, he was central to Building Support for relief in puerto rico after hurricane maria. Hes believed that everyone deserves respect, tended beyond his work as a labor leader. Hector created everyone from the youngest organizers to the most powerful elected officials with genuine kindness. Just last week, this house voted to raise the federal minimum wage. I like to think wherever he is that this will bring a smile to hectors face. We will honor his memory by advancing the process that enspires him. Hector always said, we will keep organizing. Yes, my friend, we will. I yield back. For eaker pro tempore what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . Good afternoon, mr. Speaker. By direction of the committee on rules i call up House Resolution 519 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 39, House Resolution 519. Resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h. R. 3877, to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985, to establish a congressional budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to temporarily suspend the debt limit, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget, and, two, one motion to recommit. Section 2, upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h. R. 549, to designate venezuela under section 244 of the immigration and nationality act to permit nationals of venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the judiciary now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 11628 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except, one, 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary, and, two, one motion to recommit with or without nstructions. Section 3, the requirement of clause 6a of rule 13 for a twothirds vote to consider a report from the committee on rules on the same day it is presented to the house is waived with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of july 26, 2019. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from colorado is recognized for one hour. Thank you, mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to by to my friend from oklahoma, mr. Cole, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. During consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for purposes of debate only. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is ecognized. I ask unanimous consent mr. Perlmutter i ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days to eth rhett their remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Perlmutter the committee met last night to approve rules for considering the bipartisan budget act of 2019 under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget and provides for one motion to recommit. The rule also provides for consideration of h. R. 549 this venezuela t. P. S. Act, also under a closed rule. The rule provides 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary and one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Finally, the rule provides sameday authority through the legislative day of tomorrow, friday, july 26, 2019. Mr. Speaker, im pleased were here today to bring up two important, bipartisan pieces of legislation. Let me start with h. R. 3877, the bipartisan budget act of 019. For months, House Democrats negotiated with the white house and the senate in order to agree on budget levels for fiscal year 20 so congress can complete all the Appropriations Bills and avoid another governmental shutdown like we saw at the beginning of this year. Despite resistance from my friends on the republican side of the aisle, the house is well under way with the appropriations process. Weve passed 10 of the 12 Appropriations Bills which fund nearly 96 of the federal government. Unfortunately, the senate has yet to take up any of the 12 Appropriations Bills and in fact, none of the bills have even been marked up by the senate. The bipartisan budget act will set overall budget levels to avoid drastic cuts next year and allow house and Senate Appropriators to negotiate final bills to avoid a shutdown and provide certainty to americans and all the federal employees who work for them. Importantly this bill will also raise the debt ceiling for the next two years. Put simply, we cannot put in jeopardy the full faith and credit of the United States of america. This bill rightfully provides the Treasury Department the ability to continue paying our bills and honor the commitments the u. S. Has already made. While members on both sides of the aisle may not like everything in this deal, it is a compromise which supports critical investments for all americans and i believe sets us on a strong path forward this fiscal year. The rule also provides for consideration of h. R. 549, the venezuela t. P. S. Act. This bipartisan bill was debated on tuesday under suspension of the rules and i was disappointed more of my friends from the other side of the aisle didnt join every democrat, 37 republican, and one independent to help get to the 2 3 vote required under suspension. Venezuela is currently in crisis. Their Democratic Institutions have been corrupted under the maduro regime and according to the u. N. Refugee agency and the International Organization of migration, more than four million venezuelans have fled the country. I want to applaud the work of representatives darren soto, mario diazbalart, and my friend Donna Shalala from the rule committees, for their work to advance this bill, to provide temporary protected status for venezuelan refugees already in the United States. Thats why im glad weve included this bill in the rule today to ensure this bill passes the house as soon as possible. Overall, mr. Speaker, this rule provides for consideration of two very important measures we need to get done before the upcoming district work period. I urge all my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying bills and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time they have gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I want to thank my good friend, the gentleman from colorado, mr. Perlmutter, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Cole were here today on two items, both of are actually bipartisan ideas. Those this has been an eventful week and month at the rules committee, im pleased that we are ending on such a high note before we return to our districts. Of course this rule is not all sunshine and roses. It does add sameday authority for any measure through tomorrow. My good friend, chairman mcgovern, had a term for this procedure in the last congress, he called it marshal law. I would remind my friends that pushing through bills on short notice at the last minute and using the martial law procedure is a recipe for potential disaster and is no way to make good law. Its also contrary to the demitment the democrats made upon taking the majority to provide 72 hours notice before bringing a bill to the floor today. The rule they a rule they already are violating with one of the measures today, albeit only by a matter ohours. I would also remind my friends that with consideration of the budget agreement today theres absolutely no other legislation that is so critical and that must be done this week to justify needing this extraordinary procedure. The only thing my friends would use this martial law for is to advance highly partisan messaging bill to appease some faction or other in their caucus aed of the recess. Thats a waste of the committees time and a waste of the houses time and i assure you youll have plenty of time for these types of bills in the fall. On a much more positive note, as i said at the start of my rashes, the two bills covered by this bill today by this rule today are actually bipartisan. We should all be encouraged by that. One bill, h. R. 549, the venezuela t. P. S. Act of 2019, was brought up on the floor on suspension on tuesday. Unfortunately, it failed to reach the required 2 3 threshold needed for passage under suspension of the rules. But i have every confidence it will eadsly pass the house later today under this rule. I look forward to supporting my friends on the other side of the aisle. Mr. Speaker, a lot of people talk about the need for bipartisanship around here. But in our second bill for today, we have an excellent example of what the word actually means. H. R. 3877 the bipartisan budget act of 2019, is as advertised. Its a bipartisan bill that sets budgetary needs for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. It suspends the debt limit until july 31 of 021 to prothect the full faith and credit of the nation. And it avoids devastating sequestration cuts. I said a moment ago that this is an excellent example of what bipartisanship means and i truly believe that to be the case. This is a bill that was negotiated between the president of the United States and the leaders of both parties in both houses of congress. Resulting in the kind of bipartisan, bicameral budget deal in which all members can have confidence. Is this bill a perfect one . No, of course not. No bill ever is. I myself would have preferred that this bill address entitlement reform and deficit reduction and im certain that some of my friends on the other side of the aisle would have prefered a lower defense spending number. Some of my friends on my side of the aisle would have prefered a higher defense spending number. But even when we both agree that this bill isnt perfect, it is still a good deal for the American People. I think this bill achieves four bipartisan goals that i would like to highlight. First, with the passage of this bill, we would avoid the horrific consequences of defaulting on our National Debt which would lead to an economic chaos, the likes of which none of us should ever wish to see. Second, in setting new budgetary level, we will avoid the automatic and devastating sequestration cuts that would have taken effect at the beginning of october of this year. Third, it allows us to move forward with clarity on the appropriations process for the coming fiscal year and probably for the fiscal year after that. And fourth, it allows the allows us to resume the process of rebuilding our military after years of underfunding left it with a severe readiness crisis. When the command for the chief tells us that he needs something to defend america, there can only be one answer and that answer is yes. Mr. Speaker, i think every member of the house can be proud of the work done by the leaders of both parties to get us to this point. All five of the people in question, the president , the speaker, the House Republican leader, the Senate Majority leader, and the Senate Minority leader, negotiated in good faith and produced a compromise bill that all five of them stand behind. In order to get there, every one of them had to give up some things. Thats what it takes to make a compromise and this is what makes this bipartisan bill possible. I know there are members of this house who are disappointed with this bill. I too, as i mentioned earlier, am not completely satisfied with it. I trust my leaders to negotiate on our behalf. When they came back with this deal, i trusted that this was the best compromise they could reach. Everybody had to give something to get something. And i trust that the leaders of my party achieved as much as they could in the course of the negotiation. The same should hold for my friends across the aisle with their leaders and of their party. Working together, all five did exactly what leaders are supposed to do. They led. In doing so, came to the best deal possible. Not for each party but for the whole nation. Now its up to the members of the house to say yes and move forward with the passage of this bill. With that, mr. Speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from colorado is recognized. Mr. Perlmutter i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Perlmutter mr. Speaker, i want to thank mr. Cole for his comments, particularly about the venezuelan t. P. S. Legislation as well as the bipartisan budget act. Duly, these are two bills that are supported by both sides of the aisle. Neither one is exactly perfect but theyre both good. And thats the kind of legislation we need to get through this body to the senate and to the white house. And with that, id like to yield four minutes to my friend, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Shalala. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from florida is ecognized. Ms. Shalala thank you very much. I rise in strong support of this rule and h. R. 549, the venezuela t. P. S. Act of 2019. This lifesave, Bipartisan Legislation to designate t. P. S. For venezuelans and i appreciate the generous remarks of Ranking Member cole. The socialist narcoregimes of hugo chavez and Nicholas Maduro have plunged venezuela into catastrophe. Veans way la was once a thriving democracy. Now the economy, the health sector, the education system, and virtually every Democratic Institution is in ruins. The venezuelan economy has completely collapsed an inflation is expected to reach 10 million percent this year, more than four million refugees have fled the continuous worsening conditions in venezuela. They fled to colombia, brazil, peru, and so many countries. They have come to the United States following the foot stoaches millions of refugees before them. Those who have helped make this the greatest country on earth. They have come to our shores in search of the freedom, democracy, and security that the maduro regime has stolen from them and so many venezuelans have come to south florida where they have contributed so much to our diverse community. In my district, there are approximately 17,000 venezuelanborn residents. So this is personal for us. These are our neighbors, our friends, our students, and our teachers. My constituents cannot safely return. As the vote on tuesday demonstrated, we are ready to take legislative action to allow veans way lans to apply for temporary protected status. T. P. S. Has bipartisan support in the house and in the senate but now its time for the senate to take this bill up. Our hope is that passage of this bill in our house will light the fire under the senate. Bipartisan t. P. S. Legislation has passed through the senate committee. Now more than ever, its time for them to take it up and to get t. P. S. Signed into law. T. P. S. Is a fundamental, literally lifesaving component to our approach to the crisis in venezuela. But t. P. S. Alone wont solve the crisis. The United States and the International Community must continue to put pressure on the regime to facilitate a peaceful change in leadership. We must expose the corrupt networks that prop up the maduro government and meet the urgent basic needs of the poor, the hungry, and the sick. Because our ultimate goal is to secure a stable and peaceful transition of power for the venezuelan people, i want to thank my florida colleagues, including lead sponsor mr. Desoto and mr. Diazbalart, as well as Debbie Wasserman schultz, and debbie mucarselpowell, but also our puerto rican colleague, jenniffer gonzalezcolon. I also want to thank chairman mcgon for his work to make sure this bill was included in this rule. Viva venezuela. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from florida yield back the balance of the time. The gentleman from colorado reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I want to begin by doing something unusual in rules debate. I want to agree with everything my good friend from florida had to say. Im very pleased with her work and my colleague, mr. Diazbalarts work on this legislation. As well as the other members that she mentioned. This is an important bill for us to pass. For exactly the reasons my friend laid out. The reality is we have an unfolding political crisis in venezuela. We have people that fear for their life. Frankly leaving a flattening economy. This country ought to be a refuge for people in those kinds of circumstances. I share my friends hope that we get this done here and we get action in the United States senate. I do want to advise the chair, mr. Speaker, that if we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to immediately bring up h. R. 336, the strengthening americas security in the middle east act of 2019, with an amendment that will make it identical to s. 1, which passed the senate in a bipartisan vote of 7723 earlier this year. This bill includes many critical provisions but most important sections of this bill is combating b. D. S. Act of 2019, which would allow a state or local government to adopt measures to divest assets from entities using boycotts, divestments, or sanctions to influence israels policies. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week the house passed h. Res. 246, a nonbinding resolution opposing the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. And while i appreciate the houses action in passing that resolution, we can do better in opposing this heinous practice than simply passing a nonbinding resolutions. Actions speak louder than words. We cannot just say we believe in something, we must do something. H. R. 336 would do something t would allow a state or local government to stand with us in defense the israel. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record, along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield three minutes to my good friend, the distinguished representative from tennessee, mr. Cue stoff, kustoff, for further explanation. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Kustoff thank you, mr. Speaker. I want to thank my good friend from oklahoma, mr. Cole. H. R. 336, the strengthening americas security act in the middle east act is the house companion to s. 1. This bill was so important that the United States senate made it their top legislative priority and pass it with overwhelming bipartisan support. H. R. 336, a bill introduced by Ranking Member mccaul, combines four various policy initiatives that deal with the United Statesisrael relationship. This legislation authorizes assistance in weapons transfers to israel. It extends defense cooperation with jordan, and establishes additional sanctions on individuals supporting the syrian government. Most importantly this bill allows states to die vest from entities divest from entities that are boycotting israel. Just this week the house passed with bipartisan support a resolution opposing the antiisrael, antisemitic boycott divestment and sanctions movement also own as b. D. S. That resolution was a great steppingstone. But we need to do more. Now we must pass legislation with some teeth. There is no doubt that israel is our greatest ally in the middle east, and its the only jewish state. Since her birth 71 years ago, the u. S. Israel relationship has continued to grow stronger as we find new means for cooperation and ensure the safety of her and her people. Its time for the democrat leadership to bring this crucial bill to the house floor for a vote. Its vital for all of us to come together and show our support for israel. Its not solely republican and not solely democrat. We must continue to come together as a unified body to stamp out antisemitism and hate towards the only jewish state, israel. With that i yield back. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from colorado is recognized. Mr. Perlmutter thank you. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Perlmutter thank you. I would just say to my friend, from cussoff, he and i serve together on financial services, and there is agreement here. In fact, this resolution that he described as a great steppingstone we just took and passed the resolution two days ago with 398 aye votes in favor of that. Today, though, we are here to focus on two other things, both of which are substantial measures in and of themselves, and we can look forward to other measures involving the b. D. S. Antib. D. S. Movement or whatever we may be, but to deal with antisemitism, but today we are here to applaud a deal that was cut among all of our leaders, democrats and republicans, that eliminates drastic cuts, approves funding or funding levels for the next year to two years, and allows america to move forward without the real potential of shut down like we had for 35 days when the white house earlier in this year refused to deal on certain subjects and appropriations. Thankfully we got through that. I think at this point cooler heads have prevailed and we are moving forward on the bipartisan budget act. Then as ms. Shalala said, we are dealing with really a humanitarian crisis that exists in venezuela at this point to provide temporary protected status to those who fled their country, who are in america, many of whom are in florida, to provide them some protection while they are here. To make sure that they can comfortably, if you will, remain here and not fear that they are going to have to be deported back to venezuela where we know there is a lot of strife and danger. And i dont have any other speakers, and im going to reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from colorado reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Just briefly i yield myself such time as i may consume. I agree with my friend very much. These two pieces of legislation are excellent and they are must pass. I look forward to working with you on that. This is such an extraordinary outbreak of bipartisanship i think we should go for broke and bring up this other legislation as well, which is equally bipartisan, as my friend says. I dont want to waste this magic moment, mr. Speaker. We dont get many around here. With that id like to yield four minutes to my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from new york, mr. Zeldin. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Zeldin thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise in opposition to the rule urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that the house may take up h. R. 336, a bipartisan legislative package that would help fight back against the b. D. S. Movement, protect u. S. Security in the middle east by strengthening our alliance was israel and jordan, and sanctions in fairous actors like it nefarious actors like assad. This passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 7723 in the senate. Surprisingly the major point of contention for this package is the combating b. D. S. Act of 2019, a bipartisan bill that garnered over 100 cosponsors last congress, that would help combat the b. D. S. Movement. It is ok to have reasonable legitimate concerns with any government in the world, including our own. But this hate philed movement is not hate filled movement is not all about affirming the rights of palestinians as some suggest. It is about delegitimatizing israel. By turning it into pariah state cut off from all trade, tourism, military, diplomatic, and slurel ties with the rest of the world. B. D. S. , whose founder was blatantly antiis he memberic, amounts to an economic war against israel with the goal of destroying it as the only jewish state on earth. I hear of College Students across our entire country who share personal, very personal testimonials of how they are being targeted antisemitism in the name of b. D. S. Thankfully this week the house passed House Resolution 246, a resolution to force fully condemn the d. B. S. Movement. Making a strong statement is great and should be celebrated. But we should make wake up the next morning asking ourselves, challenging each other to what we can do about it. S. 1 has already passed the senate. But its not being brought up in this house despite nearly 200 members signing the discharge petition. An over 100 cosponsors last congress. This bill does not impede the right of any individual american to boycott or criticize israel, as some suggest. Instead, h. R. 336 would combat the b. D. S. Movement by simply allowing state and local governments to have the right to counter the b. D. S. Movement by ending contracts with companies that boycott israel if they so choose while protecting u. S. Security in the middle east. There were 350 cosponsors on the statement made earlier this week. There were nearly 400 votes on the house floor. Republicans and democrats worked together through a process from drafting the legislation to getting the bill marked up in committee, to passing on the house floor, and we should celebrate making a great statement. Now we should be passing a bill with teeth. We could do it right now. If this bill gets added to the voting before we leave here this week, i guarantee it passes. Not only did we earlier this week make a strong statement to combat the antiisrael, antisemitic b. D. S. Movement, but we woke up the next day to challenge ourselves to do something about it and got it done. One thing thats concerning is that we keep asking for a vote n h. R. 336, and we are not getting an answer in response as to why its not coming up for a vote. Or when it will come up for a vote. And i would challenge anyone who has an answer to this question, please let us know. Because we dont know what else to do other than bringing up todays proposal, for example. But if this is something thats already passed the senate with a strong bipartisan majority, its the right thing to do. We almost unanimously condemned the b. D. S. Movement. And we are here on the house floor together with a bill that would pass strongly. Lets get it done. Lets get it done right now. There is a lot of people who would celebrate that big win. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from colorado is recognized. Mr. Perlmutter i yield myself such time as i may consume. I just want to continue to focus on whats before us today. Whats before us today is dealing with humanitarian crisis in venezuela, and dealing with the budget of the United States of america two accomplishments, both bipartisan, that i think will really assist and protect so many people who fled venezuela to america and particularly to florida, but also provides for funding caps that help us with veterans, with infrastructure, with Foreign Affairs across the board. Our military, the president tweet the the other day, this was the bipartisan budget act was a real accomplishment for veterans and our military, and i agree. Im sorry that mr. Zeldin and mr. Cole would like to bring up something else. In fact, i was fortunate enough to be in the chair when the b. D. S. Bill and the resolution, h. R. 246, i think it was, was being debated and passed by an overwhelming majority and wellly was a huge accomplishment, which im afraid the arguments that the gentlemans making now minimize what was accomplished just two days ago. Think we need i think we need to remain focused on these major pieces of legislation that will guide america for the next two years and will protect venezuelans who fled their country for at least 18 months. With that, i reserve the balance f my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Cole id like to yield an additional two minute it is my good friend from new york. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Zeldin thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman who just oke for expressing his gratitude and celebration for what passed earlier this week and i appreciate his support for what passed earlier this week. And i would actually suggest that doing something about that statement that we made is not minimizing the state thament we made, its maximizing the statement that we made. Were minimizing the statement that we made if we wake up the next day and decide that were not going to do anything about it by passing a bill with teeth. And again, i would ask anyone who has an answer to this question, when can we have a 336 . On s. 1 and h. R. Its a simple question. I dont have the answer to it. But if anyone can answer that for us, it would really help those who genuinely, sincerely, passionately believe in this legislation and know from my conversations with colleagues on the on side side of the aisle, i know of a number of colleagues who would enthusiastically vote for s. 1, h. R. 336. And i know of friends, colleagues on the other side of the aisle who have asked for a ote on s. 1, h. R. 336. And now would be a good opportunity, i dont know ypt to put the gentleman on the spot but if anybody can answer that question, were very interested in having a vote schedule on this bill. Lets maximize the statement that we made by adding that it will pass and it will go to the president and it will be signed into law and well celebrate not only a strong statement made but maximizing that strong statement made by doing something about it and passing a bill with teeth. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentleman from colorado is recognized. Mr. Perlmutter i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma. Mr. Cole i would advise my friend im ready to close whenever he. Is the speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole i yield myself the balance of my time. I want to begin by thanking my colleague for a good debate and frankly for both of us having the enjoyable and unusual position of being in favor of both pieces of legislation that are dealt with in the rule. I want to go back and talk just briefly about the venezuelan t. P. S. Legislation that our good friend and our fellow rule committees member, ms. Shalala, thats an important piece of legislation. Thats an important statement of american principles. I think its an important institutional moment for us as the house because i think were passing something jointly to try to get the other body to do something jointly as well. Im quite convinced if that got to the floor it would pass in a very substantial bipartisan way. Im gld to work with my friends to achieve this. I suppose im even more pleased about the bipartisan budget act. I want to again congratulate the five leaders on both sides of the aisle who actually got this done. The president of the United States sat down an negotiated this. We have a lot of people on my side of the aisle that are big supports of the president of the United States. I hope they show that support today by actually voting for the deal that he negotiated and has tweeted out that he supports. I want to congratulate in our own chamber the speaker and the republican leader, ms. Pelosi and mrs. Mccarthy, for also participating in that and working together. I know each one of them had to go back to their caucuses and probably deliver some news that possibly in those caucuses did not want to hear. Thats certainly true on our side of the aisle. I know its true on my friends side of the aisle as well. Thats what leaders do. They come to agreements they come back and explain to supporters, i couldnt get you everything you wanted. Even though i wanted those things too. But every now and then you need to sit down and put whats good for the American People first. We all know that a catastrophic debt ceiling crisis and default, what that would do to our economy, how many people that would put out of wok. We know what having an agreed upon deal in term of stability Going Forward for two years, means for the american military. But for every other agency of government as well. These are huge, huge wins, even if some sacrifice. Would i like to do more on deficit reduction and entitlement reform . I absolutely would. Well continue to work on that. Any time i come to an agreement that saves the economy that provides government stability, that give ours military the ability to plan and to rebuild itself over a twoyear period and that the command for the chief is asking me to do, im going to vote for that every single time. Im very proud to be voting for it with my friends on the other side of the aisle who also again have objectives in this that they werent able to reach. Finally, it would be remiss for us, i do this as seldom as possible, but i will praise the United States senate because the majority leader and the minority leader were also indispensable in debting this in getting this done and in many ways probably came to an agreement between themselves faster than the other parties involved. At the end of the day, both of those leaders, the majority leader and minority leader in the senate, had to go back and tell their caucuses look, this is the best deal i can get. Im not going to get everything i want. Were not going to achieve everything wed like to achieve. Again, i respect my colleague who look at the deal and say thats not good enough. Its a thats fine. But you tell me whats better that you can get passed. I see no alternative to this particular piece of legislation that is not worse. The worst thing to do would be to defeat this bipartisan budget agreement and then deal with sequester. Or a debt crisis. Or a shutdown. Or at best a c. R. That would project these quarrels forward into the next year. Its already a pretty tension political time. Between all sides. The fact that were coming together and making bipartisan agreement really reflecks well on our respective leaders on each side of the aisle and certainly on the president and i think if the members will vote in a bipartisan fashion, it will reflect well on them and the institution as well. So i know some touted that we could ever work together. I think this is the most significant thing we have done together. This year. And i just want to thank all concerned, mr. Speaker, i look forward to supporting it enthusiastically. I hope others of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle do the same. With that, i would while i oppose the rule i would urge the passage of both of these important pieces of legislation and look forward to working with my friends in that regard and yield back the balance of my time, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma yields back. The gentleman from colorado is recognized. Mr. Perlmutter i yield myself such time as i may consume and i thank my friend from oklahoma. I almost thought he was going to support the rule. I was not i just felt it was moving in that direction. But not quite. But i do want to thank him and particularly i think the 35 days that we were in shutdown mode at the beginning of this year, there were a lot of hard Lessons Learned by a lot of peopleful there were a lot of people a lot of people. There were a lot of people who suffered and starting with the people who needed aassistance in one way or another by federal employees who were in effect sitting at home waiting for us to open the government again. So im very pleased and id say to my friend, i think that hard lesson and we met pretty much every night in the rules committee, the appropriations committee, my friends my friend is an appropriator. Thats something that weighed heavy on all of us. I do want to aplude the republicans and the democrats, our leadership, and the white house in coming up with a compromise and i know there will be some on my side that will not support this. For a variety of reasons. And i know there will be some on mr. Coles side as well. But hopefully we can garner enough support, and i think itll be strong support today, for both of these pieces of legislation that are brought up under the rule. So mr. Speaker, i want to thank my colleagues for joining me to speak on the rule and these pieces of legislation. The rule provides for consideration of h. R. 549, the venezuelan t. P. S. Act, which we already know is supported by a bipartisan majority in this house. We also need and must pass h. R. 3877, the bipartisan budget act of 2019. This legislation will raise the debt ceiling for two years and increases Discretionary Spending caps for fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2021. The deal achieves parity between increases in defense and nondefense spending and lets the house and the senate get back to negotiate negotiation all of the Appropriations Bills so that congress can fulfill its constitutional duty of funding the government. As we look ahead to the next several weeks, which we will spend in our districts visiting with kits constituents and touring local businesses, i look forward to sharing with my constituents that despite our disagreements and everything they see on tv we can still come together and get things done. With that, mr. Speaker, i encourage a yes vote on the rule and the previous question and i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the resolution. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Mr. Cole mr. Speaker, on that i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma has requested the yeas and nays. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess for a period of less than 15 minutes. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of the Democratic Caucus spoke on the steps of the house this morning about their accomplishments in their 200 days of the house majority