Legislative work at 3 30 p. M. Eastern. Four Small Business related bills on the calendar today. Also a republican effort to censure Intelligence Committee chair adam smith at 6 20 eastern. Votes at 6 30. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of the new workweek, we ask your blessing on the members of this peoples house. May they be led by your spirit in the discernment that they undertake amid the pressures of contentious deliberations. All through the week, may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will now be led by the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Cohen. Dave cowens mr. Cohen 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 the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Cohen to address the house for one minute and respect the constitution of the United States. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Cohen today President Trump held a press conference and he referred to the emomolments clause in the constitution as the phony emoluments clause. Well, i take an oath to support the constitution, as does he, as do all 435 of us. And im also the chairman of the subcommittee on jish on the constitution judiciary on the constitution. I take hum raj umbrage at his remarks. The emoluments clause was the dutch put it in their documents to protect from foreign influence. It was said at the Constitutional Convention that a violation of the emoluments clause could result in impeachment. No wonder President Trump thinks its phony. Theres nothing phony about the emoluments clause, the impeachments clause, article 1, Congress Powers or separation of the differentiate branches, the three branches of government. I respect the constitution and i wish the president would as well. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, this marks one year since the u. S. Mexicocanada agreement. The usmcas undo the dugoutedly a win for missourians and for undoubtedly a win for missourians and all americans. The agreement will bring 176,000 new jobs and will spur 63 63 billion in new economic activity. Mrs. Hartzler benefits of usmca will be felt across diverse industries, including many of our manufacturing industries, agriculture and Small Businesses. While also supporting technology and innovation. But month after month this congress has been subject to missed opportunities for our producers and consumers, as we have been refused the chance to vote on the usmca. This needs to change. Instead of house leaders squandering precious legislative time bringing up impeachment inquiries, they should be bringing up the usmca for a vote. Let us hope that we get this opportunity soon. That would be a positive win for all americans. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. For what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition . I seek 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. Madam speaker, i look forward to welcoming Vice President mike pence to Pleasant Prairie, wisconsin, on wednesday. Agriculture and manufacturing are vital to wisconsin and our nation. However, unfair trade practices are hindering our manufacturers ability to create jobs. Usmca is an important and improved trade deal between canada, mexico and the United States. Thats why passing usmca is important. Mr. Steil usmca helps small family farms. Usmca supports american workers. Usmca is a win for wisconsin. Vice president mike pence and i will be in Pleasant Prairie to push usmca across the finish line. The Trump Administration has done a great job negotiating this trade deal. Its now up to congress to pass usmca. Lets get this done. Madam speaker, bring usmca to a vote. Wisconsins workers and farmers are depending on it. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. On october 3, ian allen cochran, ale at that entered young man from brandon, mississippi, joined our heavenly father after a courageous fight with a rare form of brain cancer. Ian graduated as ana student from brand an a student. He was a member of the tech club, served as president of the chess club, and was a talented soccer player. Ian was well liked for his humor, talent and highspirited attitude. Mr. Smith everyone who knew ian remembers his lighthearted and friendly approach to life. Mr. Guest as members of their Brandon Baptist church family, my family and i join ians parents, joel and kim, his sisters, hope and kayla, his grandparents and extended family and friends in remembering and celebrating his life and the positive mark he left on all of us who knew him. Madam speaker, i now ask this body to join me in a moment of silence to remember ian cochran and to thank our heavenly father for the joy of ians life. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Lamalfa thank you, madam speaker. I rise today to highlight the failure of House Democrats to n a fair and transparent toward impeachment. We have yet to hold a vote on whether or not to actual leadership a true impeachment inquiry. Instead, democrat leaders have simply decided it for themselves. That goes against all precedent established in this chamber and under the constitution. Last week i intended to attend their closeddoor impeachment hearings or to simply view testimony transcripts but was promptly asked to leave. This is exactly what a partisan, secretive and unfair process looks like. Why would members not have access to an unclassified hearing and view materials that should be public, as they normally would . What is this there to hide . Last week remember whip Steve Scalise filed a rule change to allow all members of Congress Access to documents related to the impeachment show and the documents associated with it. I am fully supportive of this rule change. Well vote on this measure soon. And now my colleagues from the other side of the aisle must show the American People whether or not they support giving them the transparency they deserve in this process. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bill was signed by speaker pro tempore raskin on friday, october 18, 2019. The clerk senate 1196. An act to designate the facility of the United StatesPostal Service located at 1715 leonard drive in sun prairie, wisconsin, as the Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Office building. The speaker pro tempore the chair now lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. Madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on october 21, 2019, at 10 19 a. M. That the Senate Passed senate 2258. And senate 2635. That the Senate Passed, without amendment, h. R. 1396. Signed, sirn sincerely, cheryl l. Johnson. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. Madam, pursuant to section 1k of House Resolution 895, 110th congress, and section 104c of House Resolution 6, 116th congress, i transmit to you notification that the following individuals each have signed an agreement not to be a candidate for the office of senator or representative in or delegate or resident commissioner to the congress for the purpose of the federal Election Campaign act of 1971, until at least three years after they are no longer a member of the board or staff of the office of congressional ethics. Vid skaggs, allison heyward, belinda pickknitty, michael arnes, paul vinovich, lynn westmoreland, omar ashmrari, any chow, helen eisner, mary flannagan, samuel mchale, abriel piper, Jeremy Ritter weissmann. Copies of the signed agreements will be retained by the office of the clerk as part of the records of the house. Signed, sincerely, cheryl l. Johnson. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 12 had been a of rule 1, the 12a of rule 1, the house declares the we want to be in poogs to furnish our own position to furnish our own brain power. The only way were going to ever be able to do that is to educate women and minorities in the stem fields and that comes in many categories. Weve even coined a phrase more recently called blue collar stem. Here no amount of ph. D. s or graduate degrees might even be necessary to have those skills, to be innovative and to be a good work force. That is producing some some of the innovation. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern n cspan2. The new cspan ipso survey on voting and elections found 60 of americans want to amend the u. S. Constitution and elect the president by popular vote rather than the electoral college. 38 want to keep the current system. While only 1 3 of republicans support the change, 84 of democrats and nearly 2 3 of independents favor the popular vote for president. Americans do not want to change the way votes are counted in most states and localities, where the person with the most votes wins, even if they do not receive a majority of the votes. This winner takes all system still has the support of 61 of americans. Only 37 want to change to a ranked choice system. Such as one recently introduced in maine in which voters secondchoice candidates are taken into account if no candidate gets a majority of the votes. Support for rank choice systems is strongest amongst independent, but its still under half among that group. You can read the full results on these issues and others such as americans views op voting discrimination and voter fraud at cspan. Org