Number of veterans related bills today. Youre watching live coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. November 12, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable g. K. Butterfield to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi. Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We ask your special blessing upon the members of this peoples house. They face difficult decisions in difficult times with many forces and interests demanding their attention. Give them again rossity generosity to enter into their work. May they serve you in the work they do as you deserve. Give of themselves and not count the cost. Fight for what is best for our nation and not count the political wounds. Toil until their work is done and not seek to rest. And labor without seeking any reward other than knowing that they are doing your will and serving the people of this great nation. Bless them, o god, and be with them and with us all this day and every day to come. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings house his ed to the approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. Mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman the state of washington seek recognition . Pursuant to clause 1 of rule i demand a vote on the speakers approval of the journal. The peaker pro tempore question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The ayes have it and the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from the state of recognition . Ek i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. The pledge of allegiance will be ed now by the gentleman from washington, mr. Larsen. Larsen 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 the state of washington seek recognition . Unanimous i ask consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Larsen mr. Speaker, i rise to express my support for h. R. Export e United States finance agency act, which uthorizes the exim banks charter for 10 years. Jobcreating success story. For years i met with manufacturers in northwest Washington State who rely on the compete in a global marketplace. Since 2014, companies, suppliers, other manufacturers rely on the t who exim bank generated nearly 24 value. In total export vigsa claire, incorporated, a small veteranowned business em im exim funds geophysical resource investigations. Exim bank levels, enabling people to respond to foreign its backed by support. It supports boeing, americas largest exporter, and i 18,000 current y employees at Boeings Everett plant, which depends on the exim bank to have guaranteed credit or loans. Be an attractive alternative to china by eploying a strategic approach, by combining protections, workers rights, supporting good law nance and the rule of and thats why i look forward to voting for the bill this week to muchneeded certainty for the nations manufacturers. Mr. Speaker, i ask for unanimous consent that my comments be ncluded in the record and ask my colleagues to support 4863. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman yields back. Are there further oneminutes . Oneminutes . Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house untiless the house gaveling out. Working on a number of veterans related bills today with votes expect the at 6 30 eastern time. Also on the agenda this week, reauthorizing the exportimport bank. Follow the house live here on cspan. Our cspan campaign 2020 bus team is traveling across the country. Visiting key battleground states in the 2020 president ial race. Asking voters, what issues they want president ial candidates to address during the campaign. An issue i want the candidates to focus on in this election cycle has to do with Environmental Justice and environmental rights. Coming from michigan, growing up here, i have seen the consequences of the water crisis and currently the detroit water shut off which doesnt get enough attention in my opinion. I want to see the candidates come out strong with policies that will fight environmental racism and Environmental Justice broadly. I think this next election will be pivotal for our nation. We are going to be looking forward to hearing about all the things that are important in the economy. Im particularly interested in their thoughts on the National Debt and health care. I feel those are two items that are intertwined. I know here at the state level nearly half of every dollar we spend is on health care. I know we are running a massive debt nationally, probably over 22 billion, trillion dollars at this point. That deficit is of considerable concern given the warnings presented by prior auditor against jens generalsp and generals and the public in general. What id like to see the candidates for the u. S. Presidency most highlight is climate change. Economic development is important, but we cant do Economic Development if we dont have an environment within which to do it. Id like to have prioritized making certain our world is a better world in which to do Economic Development for our kids and grandkids in the future. Voice from the campaign trail. Part of cspans battleground states tour. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer will rolled hold a meeting on the program known as daca which was argued today at the supreme court. Well have that live at 2 po eastern. This week the House Intelligence Committee holds the first public impeachment hearings. The Committee Led by chairman adam schiff will hear from state department officials. Starting wednesday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan three top diplomat in ukraine William Taylor and Deputy Assistant discriminate george kent will testify. Friday at 9 00 on cspan2, former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, maria yvonneo vitch will appear. And ahead of the hearing seeking witness testimony from the depositions. You find those transcripts at cspan. Org slash impeachment. Washington journal continues. Ist Adam Guillette president of accuracy in media