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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 room, washington, d. C. , july 19, 2022. I hereby appoint the honorable Sheila Jackson lee 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 chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me . Loving god, you have called those who believe in you to live in community, to love and support those in need, to encourage each other in the faith. God, at times, these seems like such easy tasks. All we need do is look around us and we see fellow human beings in great want for so many things. And yet, we are reluctant to act, not knowing where to start, whom to help first, or what the right help is for us to give. Open our eyes to those who are hungry, who need clothes, who thirst for the water that will satisfy their deepest needs. May we be the hands that lead even the stranger to find shelter in your care. Likewise, call us to ask how we can be of encouragement to one another. How do we serve one another that together we would be stepping stones and not stumbling blocks to the peace you would have us enjoy . Despite our differences, despite our disagreements, cause us to look into the eyes of the other and see your image so then we may then be at peace. God of love and peace, be with us this day in your holy name we pray, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 11a of House Resolution 188, the journal of the last day proceed days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from michigan, mr. Walberg. Mr. Walberg 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 up to 15 requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . Ms. Brown madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Ms. Brown madam speaker, it has been more than three weeks since the Supreme Court ignored the constitutional right to privacy that guaranteed women could make their own Reproductive Health decisions. Now, states are encouraged to restrict our ban abortion and Birth Control. We are now witnessing the horrifying consequences of an extreme agenda to criminalize womens Reproductive Health decisions, including the arrest of doctors. Americans overwhelmingly support protecting womens reproductive rights and i stand here today to affirm their voices and carry out their will. Last week, House Democrats passed two strong bills to defend womens right to decide, and this week we will once again ensure progress, not regression, when we pass the right to contraception act. Far right extremists continue to rage war on to control womens reproductive rights, but well continue to put people over politics and ensure Birth Control access for all. And with that, madam speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition . Mr. Walberg unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Walberg thank you, madam speaker. I rise today to offer my heartfelt congratulations to superintendent Mike Mccarran as he celebrates his retirement and recognize his many years of service. His contributions to the community are worthy of recommendation. Throughout his career, mccarran served many roles with the education system, including as a history and english teacher in the Frazier School district. Assistant principal at tecumseh high school. As well as a middle School Middle school in tecumseh. He would become the superintendent of tecumseh schools. In total, Mike Mccarran dedicated 56 years of his career to education. Madam speaker, i ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating the retirement of Mike Mccarran. Im proud to honor his work, accomplishments, and Significant Community impact. We thank him for his Outstanding Service and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from california, for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . To address the body for one minute, without objection. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Correa madam speaker, today i join the American Lung association in recognizing an outstanding american in california, lynn, chairwoman of the san manuel band of mission indians. On august 25, chairwoman valbuena will be honored by the American Lung association for his contributions to health care, both to her tribal nation and to other tribal nations across the United States. Lynn has devoted her entire life to serving her tribal nation and her community. In april, she was sworn in as chairwoman for the fifth consecutive nonconsecutive time. I extend my congratulations to chairwoman valbuena for this welldeserved recognition. Again, congratulations, chair chairperson valbuena. Keep up the good work. I yield. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Lamalfa to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Lamalfa thank you, madam speaker. Speaker pelosi and her sham partisan committee are desperately trying to distract the American People from all the crisis their partys philosophies have caused. No political soap opera can distract the American People the pain theyre feeling at the gas station, the Grocery Store and electric outlets or the tightening of their Purse Strings thanks to the democrats wage killing price hikes. Its been 18 months and washington failed in the democrat oneparty rule. Gas is at an alltime high and were heading into a recession. Why is Speaker Pelosi and her sham january 6 Committee Still obsessing over the president while President Biden lives rent free in democrats heads, republicans are trying to rein in reckless spending to bring down inflation and restart American Energy dominance. Democrats should take notes. The polls show the American People want these solutions. Enough of this nonsense january 6 witchhunt. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the body for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. I rise today to recognize the legacy of chief Master Sergeant james m. Mccoy of omaha, recognizing his life of service, both public and private, the United States lost an outstanding leader and certainly nebraska lost a friend. Born in creston, iowa, he entered at air force at 18 in 1951. Mr. Bacon he was named sixth chief Master Sergeant at an part of the air force. He was an exceptional person, eventually being named one of the 12 Outstanding Airman with his assignment during the pacific air force. In 2007, this air mans Leadership School was named for mccoy, and in 2016 he was inducted into the Strategic Air command hall of fame. Just recently in 2021, the air force association awarded mccoy its Lifetime Achievement award. On behalf of the First District of nebraska, i thank him and his family for his Great Service to his community and his nation. Thank you, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognize fligs . 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. Madam speaker, i rise today to celebrate a win for american familiarers, ranchers and agriculture producers. With the cost of ammonium nitrate, rising at record highs. Since march i have been urging the federal trade commission to end tariffs on trinidad and toe baggo and they did that. They rejected on imposing duties in its determination that antidumping activities surrounded u. A. N. Fertilizers did not harm the u. S. Farther lieser industry. They have finally responded to my three letters dating back to march. Mr. Man all urging reconsideration of the initial duties. Im proud to lead the charge on this effort. I will continue to monitor the situation and look forward to seeing the immediate removal of duties on imports from trinidad and toe baggo which is the most tobago which is the partial remedy of fertilizer facing the u. S. Farmer. With that, madam speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the body for one hour one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. The gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. 48 years ago this week on july 20, 1974, the Turkish Military invaded the republic of cyprus, in direct violation of the charter of the United Nations and international law. To this day there has been no accountability for the deaths, displacements and destruction caused by this illegal occupation. I urge the president , secretary blinken, and this body to join calls for the immediate removal of turkish troops, the return of property to rightful owners and reunification of cyprus. Ms. Malliotakis today, they face more aggression and continued threats from turkey under president e erdogan that hs ordered repeated flyovers on the greek eislands. Despite turkeys aggression, President Biden plans to sell u. S. Fighter jets to turkey. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for supporting our amendment last week to prevent this sale and our efforts to deliver justice in cyprus once and for all. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. The gentleman from tennessee, for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Seek 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. Madam speaker, today i rise to bring attention to President Bidens securities and Exchange Commissions proposed Climate Change rule. As tennesseans suffer from the impact of record breaking inflation that have driven the cost of almost everything through the roof, President Biden and his s. E. C. Are trying to implement a regulation that will make it harder and more expensive to produce the food and fiber that feeds the world. Mr. Rose we saw just last week that inflation is showing no signs of slowing down. The Climate Change rule proposed by bidens s. E. C. Will only make it worse as the farmers and ranchers who work so hard to feed us will spend Copious Amounts of time and effort and money to comply with this rule if even possible. Bidens s. E. C. Has clearly overstepped its bounds as congress has never given them the authority to regulate carbon emissions. If President Biden were serious about lower prices, he would immediately hit the brakes on this proposed rule. Thank you, madam chair. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Recognized for one minute. Ms. Garcia madam speaker, i rise today to in support of House Democrats and their efforts to protect women and their fundamental reproductive rights. In ply home state of texas, more than 50,000 women had an abortion last year. These are women who made an extremely personal and intimate health care decision. Based on whats best for them, their families, and their future. Yet, maga republicans have never wanted these women to have these fundamental rights, and they aim to strip away their freedoms. But to all the women and the families who may be scared and listening across america right now, please hear me now. House democrats have your back. We trust women. We are fighting for you. We have always have and we always will. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield back the remainder of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Ms. Scanlon madam speaker, by direction of the committee on rules i call up House Resolution 1232 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the rulings. The clerk house calendar number 87. House resolution 1232. Resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2 b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h. R. 8294, making appropriations for the departments of transportation, and housing and urban development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2023, and for other purposes. The First Reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees. After general debate 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 11755 shall be considered as adopted in the house and in the committee of the whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the fiveminute rule and shall be considered as read. Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 or clause 5 a of rule 21 are waived. Section 2. A, no further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution considered pursuant to subsection b , amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of this resolution. B, each further amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 of this resolution shall be considered only in the order printed 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, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. C, all points of order against further amendments printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. Section 3. 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 a of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. Section 4. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to five pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. Section 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee Shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the house with such further amendments as may have been adopted. In the case of sundry further amendments reported from the committee, the question of their adoption shall be put to the house en gros and without division of the question. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. Section 6. During consideration of h. R. 8294, the chair may entertain a motion that the committee rise only if offered by the chair of the committee on appropriations or her designee. The chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill, as described in clause 7 of rule 18. Section 7. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h. R. 8373, to protect a persons ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a Health Care Providers ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. The amendment printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution 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, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce or their respective designees, and, two, one motion to recommit. Section 8. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h. R. 8404, to repeal the defense of marriage act and ensure respect for state regulation of marriage, 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 further amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary or their respective designees, and, two, one motion to recommit. Section 9. A, at any time through the legislative day of thursday, july 21, 2022, the speaker may entertain motions offered by the majority leader or a designee that the house suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule 15 with respect to multiple measures described in subsection b , and the chair shall put the question on any such motion without debate or intervening motion. B, a measure referred to in subsection a includes any measure that was the object of a motion to suspend the rules on the legislative day of july 18, 2022, in the form as so offered, on which the yeas and nays were ordered and further proceedings postponed pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20. C, upon the offering of a motion pursuant to subsection a concerning multiple measures, the ordering of the yeas and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules with respect to such measures is vacated to the end that all such motions are considered as withdrawn. Section 10. House resolution 1230 is hereby adopted. Section 11. Clause 7 of rule 13 shall not apply to any resolution introduced prior to the date of adoption of this resolution. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized for one hour. Ms. Scanlon madam speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to my colleague from pennsylvania, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. During consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Ms. Scanlon madam speaker, on monday the rules committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 1232, for three measures. First, it provides for consideration of h. R. 8294, under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and Ranking Member of the committee on appropriation. Makes in order 190 amendments, provides en bloc authority, allows the chair the ability to off up to five pro forma amendments, and provides one motion to recommit. Second, the rule provides for consideration of h. R. 8373 under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce. Selfexecutes a managers amendment, and provides one motion to recommit. Third, the rule provides for consideration of h. R. 8404, under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equaled divided and controlled by the chair and Ranking Member of the committee on the judiciary and provides for one motion to recommit. Finally, the rule provides the majority leader or his designee the ability to en bloc requested votes on suspension bills this week and deems passage of House Resolution 1230. Madam speaker, todays rule provides for consideration of three important bills. One that is part of the regular process of funding the government for the next year. And two that are emergency measures to respond to the ongoing assault by an extremist right wing minority against americans individual rights and liberties. The first bill is a package of bill called the mini bus. This package of six annual Appropriations Bills provides funding for the federal government for the next fiscal year, for a wide array of important government programs, food and farming, transportation, housing, conservation, and Environmental Protection, veterans programs, Community Development, and general operations of the federal government. Thanks to the strong leadership of House Democrats on the Appropriations Committee, todays bill makes Major Investments to meet the needs of americans at this difficult point in time. When we talk about these huge budget bills each year, it can be overwhelming. Lets look at concrete examples of how these bills are going to benefit our country. This budget bill will increase funding for Veterans Health care by 20 billion. Helping the v. A. To meet the health needs of our nations veterans. In addition to funding Traditional Health services for veterans, this bill will expand Mental Health care, including suicide prevention. It will improve Womens Health care, homeless assistance programs, Substance Use disorder programs, and invest in medical research to address veterans unique health needs. With the lack of Affordable Housing being one of the major issues impacting our communities across this country, this bill will increase funding for housing by 9 billion and provide 140,000 more families and seniors 140,000 more families and seniors with stable and Affordable Housing. It will get lead and radon out of Public Housing units. And construction of new units much Affordable Housing this bill will provide a 7 billion boost for the department of the interior and the Environmental Protection agency. Which is funding for our national parks, our land and Water Conservation programs, and for enhanced enforcement of our Environmental Protection laws. So that americans of all ages and backgrounds and our children can have clean air to breath and water to drink and enjoy the natural wonders that our amazing country has to offer this bill provides 2 billion increase for programs that support public health, Rural Development, and fight hunger. Vital funding for snap and w. I. C. Will increase access to Healthy Foods for the 40 million americans who rely upon our nations antihunger programs. Improving their health and lowering the cost of living for those in need. Funding for the f. D. A. Under this title will improve the safety and availability of baby formula. It will strengthen oversight of our food and drug safety laws, and support supply chains for critical drugs and medical devices. Funding for Rural Development will provide grants and lowcost financing to expand broadband and fix Water Infrastructure in Rural Communities, promoting community and Economic Development. The bill also provides an additional 4 billion in funding for Government Operations so that our federal agencies can do the work that we all rely upon. Among other things, this boost will help the i. R. S. Improve its processing times and provide more taxpayers with help when filing. A stronger i. R. S. Will also be able to better enforce our tax laws to make sure that billionaires and large corporations pay their fair share. This funding will more than triple the Election Security grants program which provides funding to the states to secure our federal elections by purchasing new technology and keeping ahead of bad actors who try to attack our elections. This funding has helped to make the u. S. Election so secure that anyone who says the 2020 election was stolen is either a liar or a fool. And this funding will encourage Economic Development by funding the Small Business administrations lending programs and the treasury Departments Community Development Financial institutions. Combined these programs are often the main source of financing for minority and womenowned Small Businesses, many of which are increasingly leading wait in creating jobs and economic opportunities. The mini bus also makes Major Investments in our service members, by increasing funding for housing and childcare on military installations. This funding will provide more Childcare Services for the 1. 2 million children of active Duty Service Members as well as the ability to construct and remediate thousands of substandard units of military family housing. It allows members of congress to better represent their districts and exercise Congress Responsibility to direct federal spending rather than delegating it. Community project funding allows members to support smart, high Impact Investments in their districts in a way thats transparent andet ethically sound. I thank the Appropriation Committee for their work to responsibly reinstate this opportunity. Because of these rules changes, i have been able to bring millions of dollars back to my district for a variety of locally backed efforts ranging from Mental Health programs to Community Centers to work force development. Madam speaker, obviously, i could keep going on about the Amazing Things this bill could do but altogether the minibus is a strong investment that will help working families and Small Businesses and local communities as well as helping to fight inflation, create jobs, and support Economic Development. Funding the government is congress primary responsibility. Its right there in the beginning lines of article 1, section 8 of the constitution, that congress has the power to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. With consideration of these six Appropriations Bills this week and the other six later this month, House Democrats are meeting their responsibilities to the American People by passing a budget on time. I say House Democrats because im concerned my republican colleagues may follow their recent practice of refusing to work in a bipartisan manner to fund the government. Or to solve problems for the American People. And then voting against this bill when it comes to the floor. And, of course, over in the 5050 senate where 10 republican votes are needed to pass a budget bill, the senators havent begun consideration of any appropriations packages. Just like last year, house dems are passing funding bills on time while republicans in the senate are holding up the process for months by slowwalking negotiations and refusing to compromise. Last year this obstructive behavior by Senate Republicans meant that congress didnt pass its 2022 budget until we were halfway through that year. That meant by the time the federal government received its 2022 funding it only had six months left to use it. Thats irresponsible. Its not good business. Its not sound government. At every turn the filibuster and stone walling stonewalling but republican senators squash everything that comes their way. Madam speaker, this rule brings two other critically important bills to the floor. It provides for consideration of the right to contraception act, a bill that would codify fundamental privacy rights relating to purchasing, using, and providing contraception and the respect for marriage act which would codify the right to samesex marriage in federal law. These are two basic freedoms that the overwhelming majority of americans support and that most americans are surprised to learn are now under threat from an extremist rightwing minority in our Supreme Court and Many Republican state legislatures across the country. In the wake of the Dobbs Decision, we immediately saw a number of states implement or try to pass abortion bans and the practical and tragic consequences of those decisions are growing every day with women and girls unable to get the health care they need, whether its a 10yearold rape victim in ohio being denied medical care in her home state or a woman with an Ectopic Pregnancy in missouri whose Health Care Providers are withholding what is standard medical care because they fear prosecution under these laws. These tragic stories will continue and they will get worse. This is the world we live in in the aftermath of the extremist Dobbs Decision, but the impact of the Dobbs Decision does not end with abortion care. The extremist rightwing majority on the Supreme Court has put our country down a perilous path. Theyve shown judicial review, no originalism. This is just politics by other means. The majority in dobbs and others who hold this minority view are pushing a rightwing agenda that can be summed up as this for all their talk about states rights and individual freedoms, the Supreme Court will uphold the rights they support and take away the rights they oppose. The two bills we consider today respond to the immediate threat, articulated by Justice Thomas in his concurrence in the Dobbs Decision, that he wants to overturn decisions that protect rights to contraception, samesex marriage, etc. And its not just Justice Thomas. Thomas Alito Justice Alito has joined him in similar concurrences and he wrote the majority decision in bes do. Rightwing in dobbs. Rightwing legislators are saying what they want to do and introducing bills to do that, to undermine the right to contraception and to undermine the right to samesex marriage. These are not hypotheticals but very real threats. So in response to this insanity, the house will must vote this week on the right to contraception and the respect for marriage act. Right to contraception act would ban states for use, prescription of, contraception, including Birth Control, i. U. D. s, condoms and other products that aids in family family. Respect for marriage act will protect the thousands of samesex marriages and families across this country who are now justifiably afraid that their families are under attack. And i cant tell you how many constituents, colleagues, friends, their children that im hearing from in the wake of this decision and in the wake of Justice Thomas explicit threat. Both of these bills will protect rights enjoyed by americans that are now being threatened by the Supreme Court, minority view, and their coconspirators in the Republican Party. Im glad were bringing these bills up for a vote so we can see whos going to vote for them and whos going to vote against them. Im confident that House Democrats will provide the votes necessary to pass the bills. Its time for our colleagues across the aisle to stand up and be counted. Will they vote to protect these fundamental freedoms or will they vote to let states take those freedoms away . Today well find out and then well see what our colleagues in the senate do. Were going to put these bills up for a vote and the public can see on the record how their representatives and senators respond. At least everyone will know where their elected officials stand. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman reserves. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Reschenthaler i thank the distinguished gentlewoman from my home state of pennsylvania for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized for such time as he may con the gentleman is recognized for such time as he may consume. Mr. Reschenthaler thank you, madam speaker. The rule before us today makes in order three pieces of legislation, including h. R. 8294, a bill to fund six of the 12 Appropriations Bills. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, i want to say im extremely grateful to Ranking Member granger and also chairwoman delauro for all the hard work that they put in and also that committee staff, i know a lot of efforts went into this legislation. Unfortunately, the product before us was flawed from the very start. As House Democrats drastically underfunded our National Defense while providing major increases to the same social programs that have already received trillions of dollars in funding under the Biden Administration. Its clear that the democrats outofcontrol spending has been the key driver to inflation. But dont take my word for it. La larry sommers, former Economic Advisor to President Biden, went so far as to call the American Rescue plan, and i quote, the least responsible macroeconomic policy weve had in the last 40 years, end quote. Again, that was larry sommers, democrat advisor to the president. And you know what, he was right. Last month inflation hit 9. 1 , thats the highest inflation rate in my lifetime. Its the highest inflation rate since 1981. President bidens inflation crisis has cost the American Worker over 3,000 in annual income and skyrocketing and the skyrocketing cost of goods and services will cost the average American Family over 6,000. Thats whats so nefarious about inflation. It hits the working class and those on a fixed income the hardest. Yet, the Big Government democrats with their reckless spending policies have these six bills before us today included in the package. The six bills included in this package received a total of an increase of over 11 . With some accounts like the federal trade commission and office of Personnel Management receiving double digit or triple digit increases which will fuel additional inflation. The defense appropriations bill had just a 4. 4 increase. Additionally, instead of addressing record high gas prices, democrats are pushing this partisan Green New Deal initiative that will only worsen Bidens Energy crisis. Under this measure, offshore oil and gas activities are restricted and oil and gas inspection fees are increased. This is just going to drive up the cost of energy for working families. H. R. 8294 also includes numerous farleft radical liberal policies like allowing taxpayer dollars to Fund Abortions and keeping our critical and Strategic Minerals in the ground. Alarmingly, it includes provisions that threaten our National Security, including allowing for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, which houses some of the worlds most dangerous terrorists. Also failing to modernize the Nuclear Weapons stockpile and complex and providing incentives for illegal immigration. Further, the rule before us today provides for consideration of h. R. 8373, which goes far beyond supporting access to contraception. Let me just be clear about this point. Not a single state in the union, not a single General Assembly in any state is debating considering making contraception illegal. This poorly drafted bill has extreme provisions that could harm the health of women, send taxpayer dollars to planned parenthood and abortion and other Abortion Providers and force people to violate their religious and sincerely held beliefs. I, therefore, urge my colleagues to oppose this rule and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. Ms. Scanlon thank you, madam speaker. These Appropriations Bills are not going to make inflation worse. Its a badfaith argument. Look, inflation is bad. Its eating away at family paychecks, not just here in america, but all across the globe. My colleagues cited the recent inflation figures here in the u. S. The theyre worse overseas. The economic shocks in supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and then exacerbated by russias invasion of ukraine are hitting hard, yes, here at home and all across the world. But there are things that were doing to bring those prices down, and Economic Indicators prices are starting to come down. Doesnt deny the real pain were all feeling now. Second, which spending would he have eliminated . Would it have been the funding to develop vaccines and therapeutics . Maybe the funding to keep people in their homes during a pandemic . Would it be the funded that supported Small Businesses over the last several years or maybe just the paycheck protection funding . Its a hollow argument. Its worth noting we are not seeing any alternative solutions. So with that, madam speaker, i would yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, distinguished member of the rules committee, ms. Ross. Ms. Ross the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. Ms. Ross thank you, madam speaker. I rise today to discuss the urgent need to protect access to contraception. Just a few weeks ago, the Supreme Courts decision in dobbs vs. Jackson Womens Health organization stripped millions of women of the right to abortion care. After this decision, draconian abortion bans in states across the country immediately went into effect. In my own state of North Carolina, Republican Leaders have made it abundantly clear that they will take any opportunity to restrict our rights. But perhaps even more sinister than this decision are the opinions that accompanied it. Justice Clarence Thomas concurring opinion laid the ground work for even greater government interference in the personal and family decisions of our people, including the right to use contraception. Make no mistake, the American People will not go backward on contraception. We must codify grizwald vs. Connecticut which has protected womens rights about their own contraceptive health care for years. This critical legislation will s safeguard contraception and its access in the face of these extreme attacks. Americans overwhelmingly support the right to contraception. So madam speaker, i hope to hear from my colleagues across the aisle about how they could do anything other than support expanding contraception in the wake of the Dobbs Decision. If my colleagues want to prevent abortions, why would they restrict resources to women who want to avoid unintended pregnancies . I fought to expand access to contraception in North Carolina with support from legislators on both sides of the aisle. 20 years later, its extremely disappointing that we could be going backward. But women across the country are the speaker pro tempore the gentlewomans time has expired. Ms. Scanlon i yield another minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized for another minute. Ms. Ross women across the country are more determined than ever to combat these relentless attacks on our freedom. I support the rule and the underlying bills. Thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. The gentlewoman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Reschenthaler my friend and colleague from pennsylvania asked me which programs i would cut funding from. Like this was a checkmate in floor debate. Its not because the answer is obvious. I have an extensive list of where i would cut. Just for starters, lets look at some of the increases in the appropriations package and of course where i would cut. We got a 20 increase from the Environmental Protection agency. 20 increase. That could be cut. 1 billion increase for the Internal Revenue service. 1 billion. That could be cut right there. 30 increase from the federal trade commission. That could be cut. Dont take my word for it, not one but two of the commissioners at the f. T. C. Say they dont need this increase. There is money you can cut right there. 12 increase to maintain and emprove federal buildings. I dont know if anybody across the aisle has paid attention. Most of the people in these federal buildings have been working remotely from home for the last two years. Yet we need to increase funding to federal buildings literally sitting empty as people work from home . Then we have a lot of bad ideas regarding climate. 100 million is provided for the president s proposal to use the defense production act authorities to accelerate domestic manufacturing of select clean energy technologies. That can be cut. While we are talking about the shift to clean energy technologies, lets be honest who benefits from this. China. Because they are the one that is are selling the rare earth elements that are going into things like solar panels. By the way they are bringing more Nuclear Power plants online, more coalfired plants online while we hamstring our economy and Energy Sector to these absurd Climate Change proposals. Thats just ive got more, but for the sake of time and brevity ill save them for later if the issue comes up. Additionally, this notion that inflation is a worldwide issue. Im not sure when we stopped teaching economics in school, but we are the Worlds Largest g. D. P. If we have inflation, the world has inflation because we literally export it. Thats how economics works. To blame ukraine, ukraine might play a part in this, but who is to blame for ukraine . President biden. It was the weakness and vascillation, his surrender in afghanistan that embolden putin. It was the vascillation, the minor encouraging comment he had that gave putin the green light to invade. Had he just been more resolute in our National Security, we could have deterred this invasion. So he owns ukraine as well. The gentlewoman from North Carolina brought up dobbs. I just want to quote the actual decision because i think a lot of the points in dobbs were taken out of context. The court made it clear in that decision that the decision on abortion should not be, im going to quote, not be misunderstood or mischaracterized to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion, end quote. The court went out of its way to state that they are not concerned about contraception. Desite the gentlewoman from North Carolina saying otherwise despite the gentlewoman from North Carolina sailing other wise. The leak of the dobbs draft court decision, since that point theres been 70 Violent Attacks and threats on churches, Pregnancy Centers, and prolife organizations. These attacks consist of vandalism. They consist of destruction of property,arson, and even included protestors reaching the Arizona State capitol forcing legislators to evacuate. Radical proabortion groups have proudly declared, i quote what they are saying, open season on prolife Pregnancy Centers. These organizations are providing Critical Resources to pregnant women, infants, and families. Republicans want to protect Public Safety. We want to ensure prolife organizations can continue helping women and babies in need. Thats why if we defeat the previous question i will personally offer an amendment to the rule to immediately consider h. Res. 1233, a resolution affirming the importance of prolife crisis Pregnancy Centers. Condemning the Violent Attacks by far left extremist groups, and calling upon the Biden Administration to use all appropriate Law Enforcement authorities to uphold Public Safety and protect the rights of prolife facilities, groups, and churches. Madam speaker, id also ask for unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with any extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Reschenthaler thank you, madam speaker. Here to explain the amendment is my good friend from louisiana, the vice chairman of the republican conference and sponsor of the resolution, mike johnson. I yield him seven minutes. Mr. Johnson thank you, my friend. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for seven minutes. Mr. Johnson thank you, madam speaker. I want to thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for handling the rule and highlighting this very important issue. As he said if the previous question is defeated republicans will amend the rule to immediately consider House Resolution 1233. Thats the resolution that condemns the spait of attacks that have recently occurred against prolife facilities, groups, and churches in the wake of the dobbs opinion. Madam speaker, these acts are reprehensible, but we shouldnt be surprised they are occurring across the country. They have gone unchecked for far too long. Ever since the draft dobbs opinion was inexcusably leaked to the public in that unprecedented act. Republicans immediately condemned that leak as a threat to the institution of the court itself, as a threat to the justices themselves, as individuals, and as a threat to our very republic. The democrat leadership of this body did nothing. Weeks went by as tensions grew, protestors h harassed city and Supreme Court justices, a clear violation of the black letter federal law. Republicans filed a resolution condemning those acts. The democratic leadership of this body did nothing. Even as threats continue to pour in against the justices and their families. The senate acted. They unanimously passed legislation to extend security to the families of the justices. I and many of my colleagues repeatedly called upon the speaker of this house to bring this legislation to the floor so we could pass it here and send it to the president s desk. You know what we got . Nothing. It was only until an attempt was actually made on the life of Justice Kavanaugh that the speaker finally gave in. She finally brought that legislation to the floor so that we could push back against the angry mobs. Madam speaker, the leadership of this body has another opportunity before them today to once again push back against the mob. This has gotten out of hand. Radical leftists were emboldened by the inaction of this body in the aftermath of a leaked opinion and now they targeted their violence against the very groups that care for women and their unborn children in their most vulnerable moments. Its unconscionable. Heres a short list of some examples. On may 3, 2022, individuals vandalized the Care Net Pregnancy Center in frederick, maryland, with proabortion graffiti. May 5, portland, oregon, vandals smashed windows and spray painted graffiti. May 7, vandalizing a Pregnancy Center. Forced birth is murder. May 7, fort collins, colorado, they i wanted my body, my choice on the doors of a catholic parish. May 8, mothers day, breaking into the right to life office in oregon, throwing two molotov cocktails at the building. May 8, proabortion messages like abortion is a right, fake clinic, liars on the side after prolife Pregnancy Center in manassas, virginia. A Nonprofit Center in madison, wisconsin was set ablazed and vandalized with the words if abortions arent safe you arent, either. May 13, activists left threatening messages on the Pregnancy Center in maryland. If abortions arent safe, neither are you. You are antichoice, not prolife. May 18, vandals targeted a womans faithbased medical clinic, defacial the sign and vehicles. May 25, linwood, washington, antilife activists smashed windows and vandalized the next step Pregnancy Center. June 2, james claimed credit for an attack which they broke windows including god loves abortion. At the Pregnancy Center in des moines, iowa. Capitol hill Crisis Center in washington, d. C. , was the target of left wing abortion extremists who threw red paint on the door. This goes on and on. I have pages and pages of these. I dont think i need to belabor the point. Its every day. Its out of control. Im going to tell you this last one, july 11, the one on the list here, activist vandalized the womens new life clinic in baton rouge, louisiana, spray painting antilife messages. That last one is personal to me. The women as new life clinic stands next to the Abortion Provider in baton rouge. Has offered hope to countless women over the years. Womens new life clinic is doing extraordinary work. Im proud to call many of the leaders of that clinic personal friends. They do not desoift treatment they endured. They certainly deserve the support of the house of representatives in condemning violence from the radical left. Americas care Pregnancy Centers provide absolutely essential services in all 50 states. 2700 of these care pregnancy certainties, they serve millions of women every year. Supported by 10,000 medical professionals. I used to serve as Legal Counsel to a number of these groups. Im telling you this from personal experience. Madam speaker, i could go on all day with these examples. I spare you. I would assume you recognize the obvious. When will this body stand up against the mob . When will we restore law and order . Chuck schumer stood on the steps of the Supreme Court itself called out justices kavanaugh and gorsuch by name. We would release the whirlwind. Here it is. This shouldnt surprise us. Our side is ready to act we are ready to do something. We have an obligation and responsibility to do it. I urge a no vote on the previous question. And i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. Ms. Scanlon thank you, madam speaker. Im so happy that my colleagues are rising to condemn Political Violence. But i find it disingenuous and maybe a little onesided when they only condemn Political Violence that they disagree with. This p. Q. Condemns violence, as my colleague just said, against the radical left but not the radical right. They are conveniently ignoring decades of violence, harassment, and even murder of aabortion care providers and harassment of those seeking such care on a daily, weekly basis. Why are they surprised by this Political Violence on this topic when this is a model that the antiabortion forces have utilized for decades . Also on a more practical note im stunned that my colleague is seeking to reduce funding for the i. R. S. Any responsible member of congress who prioritizes constituent services knows that we receive hundreds and hundreds of calls every year, particularly in recent years, from people who are struggling to get a response from the i. R. S. , who are struggling to get their much needed tax refund. Who are struggling to get payments or straighten out difficulties. Why is that . Its because the i. R. S. Has been underfunded for decades. The i. R. S. Is facing a crisis with retirements and with the inability to attract talent given the tight labor market. We need to fund the i. R. S. Again so that billionaires and corporations, large corporations pay their fair share. With that i yield a minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Garcia. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. Ms. Garcia thank you, madam speaker. Its been interesting to listen to the debate. I feel like its a rerun of the Judiciary Committee which we all serve on. I think we should be we should tell the folks across the aisle to just spare us the indignation of this Political Violence because as the manager so aptly characterized, they wrote the book on it. I can think of at least one doctor that was murdered. And i think many others injured. Bombings, harassment, ridicule. Its just beyond the pale of what has happened to Abortion Providers in the last decade. I want to get back to appropriations because, madam speaker, thats what i came to talk about. The f. Y. 23 appropriations mini bus bill is something that i support. Im pleased that many of the projects that were included in my request will come to fruition. One of the six projects included in the bill is 4 million for the target hunger campus he and Education Center which will focus on hunger, hunger prevention and nutrition, education for my constituents. I also included 3 million for Affordable Housing, Construction Projects in my district for Community Development which of course will help us resolve some of the homelessness issues. This bill also includes a request for almost 3 million for enhancements to t of hufts technology trij brij the gentleladys time has expired houstons technology bridge. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. Ms. Garcia thank you. I think that when this talk about cutting and they talk about inflation, this is what they want to do is stop a hunger project in my district. Do they want to stop making sure our kids get a good education . What is it they are doing. Finally, madam speaker, just quickly, i also support, of course, the bill to protect a womans right to Birth Control antiright of and the right of same sex couples to marriage. There are so many reasons to support this bill and underlying bills. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlewoman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Reschenthaler there is an i dont want to call allegation or insinuations, the only time i speak to condemn violence is violence i dont agree with. Let me be clear. I condemn all acts of Political Violence. I have been very consistent on that. So have my colleagues across the aisle. Great example. The first time i ever spoke here on the house floor was in support of a resolution rejecting White Supremacy and i talked at length at that time of a tree of life synagogue shooting that occurred in squirrel hill, pennsylvania. As you know, im from the south hills of pittsburgh. I have a lot of friends that actually attend that synagogue. Again, the first time i spoke on the house floor was to condemn violence. So i just want the record to reflect my consistency on this issue and the consistency of my issues. I wish my friends on the left would condemn violence that the left has done. It seems they cherrypick their own outrage. But lets just get back to economics. Again, there was this there was this notion floated that inflation is just is not as bad here as it is internationally and this is a global problem. Again, its a global problem because were the Worlds Largest g. D. P. Were exporting inflation. But even with that said, inflation is far worse here than it is in the developed world. Our inflation by reference is 9. 1 . Japan is at 2. 4 . The u. K. Is at 9. 1 . They are the same as we are. Italy is at 8 . Canada, 7. 7 . France, 5. 8 . Again, all those countries i listed, nations of the developed world, have inflation thats lower than where we are with the exception to the u. K. Which is the same. In brazil, i should say this about brazil. Its at 1 in brazil. So this idea that everybody is experiencing inflation and that we have it easier is just not accurate when you look at the numbers. Now, i gave a list what i would cut from the budget. It wasnt an exhaustive list and neither is this. I will give a few more examples. 75 million is allocated for Public Housing, Energy Efficiency, and Climate Resilience upgrades. That could be cut. Theres 75 million right now. Funding for the f. D. A. And lets not forget, the f. D. A. Was the agency that dealt to prevent the infant formula crisis. Theyre awarding them with a 10 increase. That could be cut. Whats so insulting to the 10 increase to the f. D. A. Is at the same time democrats want to increase the funding to the f. D. A. Again, the agency that led to the Baby Formula Shortage you have farmers and ranchers that are struggling to make ends meet and to actually harvest food because the rising fuel cost and fertilizer cost and theres no increase to them. I think one of the most outrageous items that can be cut is the 90 million thats going to presidio park, a park thats an incredibly in an incredibly of a lieutenant affluent area of San Francisco. That park is getting 90 million. When those around that park can fund it. And, again, whats so insulting about this, were not even getting allocations to places like yellowstone and yosemite that are Actual National parks. Those are some of the areas i would cut. With that i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. Ms. Scanlon madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Jackson lee. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. Ms. Jackson lee i thank the gentlewoman. I thank the speaker as well. Let me, as well, rise in support of and with rebuttal to my good friend, my other good friend from pennsylvania. It is wellknown that the appropriations process is an investment in america. And so i rise to support the appropriations that will be presented to us and in this rule, thud, energy, water, Financial Services, interior, military construction and veterans. Do our military personnel not need better schools, bases, facilities, both in the United States and across the world . So investment in the American People i will never run away from and i hope the senate does not as well. The question of inflation, i want to remind my good friend from pennsylvania, my other good friend, prices at the pump is going down. Because its not pertaining to one administration. Its continuing. The past administration dug the hole of the inflation we are now in today. I also want to make sure that every aspect of reproductive freedom is protected in the and the contraceptive legislation should be supported because people are running for their lives, women are running for their lives because they dont have the lack of fear that they could be arrested, stopped, or a doctor could say, sorry, i cannot help you in your desperate time of need. This rule is very important. I support the underlying bills. Finally, let me, as i was here as we debated this concept of whether or not you are free in your private rights to a decision of who you love, i support h. R. 8404, the rule provides for this because it says the full faith and credit given to Marriage Equality. I want the Lgbtq Community in houston to hear me, the caucus to hear me. We are hearing your voices as well, and i want you to know that this bill includes for the purpose of federal law rule or regulation in which marital status is a factor and individuals shall be considered married if that individuals married is valid in the state which the marriage was entered into outside any state. If the marriage is valid, the marriage could be entered into, it could be safe. I believe we should codify this law continuously. And i ms. Scanlon madam speaker, we are short on time but i yield an additional 30 seconds. Ms. Jackson lee i thank you so very much. I believe this is key to rejecting the interpretation of justice Clarence Thomas who indicated or speculated that other provisions or rights under privacy may be in jeopardy. We should not jeopardize someones right to love who they want to love or interracial marriages, marriages of any kind, and i support the respect for marriage act and the underlying rule. I yield back. I thank the gentlelady for her graciousness. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Reschenthaler thank you, madam speaker. I would just like to inquire to my friend from pennsylvania if theyre ready to close or if they have any further speakers. Ms. Scanlon i am prepared to close when the gentleman is ready. Mr. Reschenthaler thank you. I appreciate it. Madam speaker, i have no further speakers at this time and i yield myself the balance of the time i have left. Since democrats jammed through their 1. 9 trillion stimulus bill last year, inflation is at over a 40year high. The value of american paychecks has also fallen and families are paying more for just about everything. Yet, the rule before us today makes in order a funding package that provides doubledigit and tripledigit increases for nondefense programs that will further fuel bidens inflation crisis. And by the way, while these while this bill is providing doubledigit and tripledigit increases for nondefense programs, the Defense Budget has only increased 4. 4 . Thats appalling. H. R. 8294 also is packed with farleft liberal wish lish eye wish list items like taxpayer funded abortion rather than policies that will address bidens economic crisis and fix our supply chains, secure our border, invest in National Security, and bring down gas and electricity costs through Domestic Energy production. Clearly, the democrats spending and policy priorities are out of touch with everyday americans, and thats just not me saying that. According to a poll, a shocking 75 of americans are experiencing hardship because of joe biden and House Democrats inflation crisis. In the majority and the majority of americans expect the economy to get worse this year. This bill, like the democratic party, is tone deaf and out of touch. I, therefore, urge my colleagues to vote no on the previous question and no on the rule. And i yield the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania yields the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. Ms. Scanlon madam speaker, todays rule is a testament to the hard work and leadership of the Appropriations Committee led by chairwoman delauro. I applaud the efforts of my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee and their staff. To prepare legislation that meets the needs of everyday americans, to grow our economy from the bottom up and the middle out rather than relying once again on the failed trickled down economics of the last 50 years. Given the draconian consequences of failing to pass a budget, i encourage my colleagues in the house and senate to move quickly in negotiating a final budget bill so we can fund the government on time. Its the responsible thing to do. We cannot afford to govern from c. R. To c. R. Or to pass a budget bill halfway through the fiscal year. Im also incredibly grateful to my colleagues on the energy and Commerce Committee and the Judiciary Committee for stepping up to prevent legislation to protect fundamental american freedoms that have been placed at risk by the rightwing majority of the Supreme Court in overturning roe v. Wade. I urge my colleagues to protect the right to contraception act with the act of that name and prepeel the repeal the statutory ban on samesex marriage and support the respect for marriage act. When its more important than ever for elected members of congress to use their legislative powers to protect and expand americans personal and fundamental freedoms. So, madam speaker, i ask my colleagues to vote for the rule and the underlying legislation. I yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the resolution. The speaker pro tempore 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. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Reschenthaler thank you. On that id request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3s of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the chair will reduce to five minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the resolution. This is a 15minute vote. Inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia rise . Ms. Wexton as the member designated mr. Gottheimer, mr. Foster, mr. Houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. Crist will vote yea on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Gohmert and mr. Carter, i inform the house they will both vote no on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise . Mr. Correa madam speaker, as the member designated by Congress Members barragan, kehele, leger fernandez, and castro i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Salazar, i inform the house that ms. Salazar will vote nay on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition . Ms. Kelly as the member designated by mrs. Demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. Demings will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana rise . The gentlewoman rise . As the member designated by mrs. Walorski, i inform the house that mrs. Walorski will vote no on the previous question. Mr. Evans as the member designated by mr. Mfume, i inform the house that he will vote yes on the resolution. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from West Virginia rise . As the member designated by mrs. Miller of wven, i inform the house that mrs. Miller will vote no on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Bennie thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Thompson will vote yea on the motion to move the previous question on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise . Mr. Cohen madam speaker mr. Fleischmann madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Desjarlais of tennessee, i inform the house that mr. That mr. Desjarlais will vote nay on the previous question. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise . Mrs. Beatty as the member designated by mr. Troy, i inform the house that the member will vote yea on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Smucker of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. Smucker will vote no on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Joe wilson, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Wilson will vote nay. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from New Hampshire seek recognition . Ms. Kuster madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Pingree and ms. Meng, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise . Mr. Pallone madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Sires, mrs. Kirkpatrick, and mr. Pascrell i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from florida rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Cawthorn of North Carolina and dr. Gosar of arizona, i inform the house these members will vote no on ordering the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise . Mr. Fleischmann thank you, madam speaker. As the member designated by mr. Fallon of texas, i inform the house that mr. Fallon will vote nay on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by million sessions of texas, i inform the house that mr. Session also vote nay on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise . Mr. Neguse madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Porter and ms. Williams, i inform the house that those members will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina rise . Mr. Mchenry madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. Taylor will vote no on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise . Mr. Bier madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Connolly, kind, ms. Newman, ms. Moore, mr. Boyle of pennsylvania, and mr. Mceachin i inform the house that these six members will vote yes on ordering the previous question. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 219. The nays are 199. The previous question is ordered. The question is on the adoption of the resolution. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Reschenthaler thank you, madam speaker. I request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays have been requested. Pursuant to section 3s of House Resolution 8, 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. ] spe speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Desjarlais of tennessee, i inform the house that mr. Desjarlais will vote nay on the rule. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise . As the member designated by mrs. Demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. Demings will vote yes on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from West Virginia rise . As the member designated by mrs. Miller, i inform the house that she will vote nay on the rule. As the member designated by mr. Doyle of pennsylvania, ms. Newman, ms. Moore, mr. Kind, mr. Eachin, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. Res. 1232. Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Louie gohmert, mr. John carter from the great state of texas, they will both vote no on the rule. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise . Mr. Pallone madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Bill pascrell, mr. Albio sires, mrs. Ann kirkpatrick, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Joe wilson from South Carolina, i inform the house that mr. Wilson will vote nay on the rule. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise . Mr. Bishop madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Bennie thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Thompson will vote yes on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Sessions of texas, i inform the house that mr. Sessions will vote nay on the rule. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from New Hampshire rise . Ms. Kuster madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Meng and ms. Pingree, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. Walorski, i inform the house that mrs. Walorski will vote nay on the rule. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lawson of florida, mr. Brown of maryland, ms. Wilson of florida, and mr. Mfume of maryland, i inform the house that they will vote yes on House Resolution 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Smucker of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. Smucker will vote no on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise . Mr. Correa madam speaker, as the member designated by Congress Members barragan, kahele, leger fernandez, and castro, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. Salazar will vote nay on the rule. The speaker pro tempore thank you. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise . Mrs. Beatty madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Troy, i inform the house that the member will vote yea on House Resolution 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by dr. Gosar of arizona, mr. Cawthorn of North Carolina, i inform the house that these members will vote no on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Fallon of texas, i inform the house that mr. Fallon will vote no on the rule. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina rise . Mr. Mchenry well done, madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. Taylor will vote no on the rule. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise . Ms. Wasserman schultz madam speaker madam speaker madam hello. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise . Ms. Wasserman schultz madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. Crist will vote yea on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise . Mr. Neguse madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Porter and ms. Williams, i inform the house that and the distinguished parliamentarian, mr. Smith, that these members will vote yes on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia rise . As the member designated by mr. Foster, mr. Gottheimer, ms. Houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. Res. 1232. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 219 and the nays are 200. The resolution is adopted. And without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to h. R. 1232, House Resolution 1230 is considered as adopted. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york, mr. Nadler, seek recognition . Mr. Nadler madam speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1232 i call up h. R. 8404, the respect for marriage act, and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 8404, a bill to repeal the defense of marriage act and ensure respect for state regulation of marriage and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the bill is considered as read. The bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary and their respective designees. The gentleman from new york, mr. Nadler, and the gentleman from ohio, mr. Jordan, each will control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. Nadler. Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h. R. 8404. The speaker pro tempore granted, without objection. Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend for just a moment. The chair will receive a message. The messenger mr. Speaker, a message from the president of the United States. The secretary mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore mr. Secretary. The secretary ive been instructed by the president of the United States to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, h. R. 8404, the respect for marriage act, would reaffirm that Marriage Equality is and must remain the law of the land. Over the past several decades, millions of lgbtq people in loving and supportive relationships have married and formed families, particularly after the Supreme Court ruled in oberkfell and hodges that the constitution protects Marriage Equality. An estimated two million children are being raised by lgbtq families today. An enormous body of Research Shows that stable and loving families are the foundation for childrens wellbeing and success and children do best when their families have the critical Legal Protections to care for one another. Thankfully, Marriage Equality remains constitutionally protected. And there is no indication that it will be overturned in the foreseeable future. It is and should forever be considered settled law. Nonetheless, the Supreme Courts recent decision in dobbs vs. Jacksons women health, which extinguished the constitutional right to an abortion, has raised concerns among some people that other rights in the constitutional right to privacy may be at risk, notwithstanding the courts assurance that dobbs was limited to abortion. This includes the right to Marriage Equality. In fact, in a concurring opinion in dobbs, justice Clarence Thomas explicitly called on the court to reconsider its decisions protecting other fundamental rights, including the right to samesex marriage. And although Justice Thomas did not mention the right to interracial marriage, that right relies on the same constitutional doctrines as the right to samesex marriage and, therefore, it could be vulnerable to legal challenge in the future as well. Even if we accept the courts assurance in dobbs, that its decision does not call other rights into question, congress should provide additional reassurance that Marriage Equality is a matter of settled law. All married people building their lives together must know that the government must respect and recognize their marriages for alltime. The respect for marriage act, which i introduced with the cochairs of the lgbtq Equality Caucus, the chairs of the congressional tricaucus and the House Democratic caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries is an updated bill i first introduced in 2009. The first provision would repeal the defense of marriage act, doma. The 1996 law that discriminates against married of samesex couples. It remains on the books and must be removed. The bill would also enshrine Marriage Equality and ensure that states give legal effect for out of state marriage regardless of state,ries, ethnicity of individuals in the marriage. This provide additional stability for the lives that families have built upon the foundation of fundamental rights. Congress must pass this to dispel any concern or uncertainty. And must pass the respect for marriage act to enshrine the equality and liberty that our constitution guarantees. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan i yield myself such time as i may consume. We thought the democrats were obsessed with President Trump, but Justice Thomas is a close second. This bill is the latest installment of the Democrats Campaign to attempt too intimidate the United States intime court. And started when President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh and attempted to derail his nomination and saw schumer stand on the steps, a leader in the legislative branch and threaten Supreme Court justices, he said, quote, i want to tell you gorsuch, i want to tell ucav no, you released a world wind and you will pay the price and wont know what hit you. Last month, a crazed individual attempted to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh in his home. An attempted assassination attempt on a sitting justice. For months the democrats have pursued this narrative that the Supreme Court is somehow illegitimate. Members of the committee have introduced a bill to pack the court to add four associate justices to our hiest court. The committee has held hearings that can be interpreted to lay the groundwork for an attempt to impeach Justice Thomas. Today they bring forward a bill that is completely unnecessary. Why are the democrats going down this path . Because they have nothing else. We are debating this bill today because it is an Election Year and inflation is at a level not seen in 40 years. Highest inflation rate. Price of gas, price of food and daily necessities have skyrocketed. We are debating this bill because illegal immigration is at unprecedented levels. We have already surpassed the prior years total for environs counters at southern border and we still have three months left. We are debating this bill because they cant talk about the fact that our country is gripped by Violent Crime every day. Americans are being assaulted, robbed and murdered in our cities. The democrats have no answers and hope that a manufactured crisis will help them in november. The democrats want the Supreme Court can step in. That is not true. The very decision that democrats say creates this threat explicitly denies it. Heres what the court said in the Dobbs Decision, should not be misunderstood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion. The court condemned that Dobbs Decision stated, perhaps this is designed to stoke unfounded fear in our decision that our decision will imperil other rights, closed quote. It is this unfounded fear. We are here for political messaging. Democrats cant run on their record or any accomplishments less than four months before an election and stoke unfounded fears. I hope we can defeat it and i hope it doesnt pass and it is expwrun necessary and wrong and mr. Speaker, we reserve the balance of our time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemanreserves the balance of his time. T the gentleman from new york ties recognized. Mr. Nadler i now yield two minutes to the chair of the Equality Caucus, distinguished the gentleman from rhode island, mr. Cicilline. Mr. Cicilline mr. Speaker, todays vote is about love, love that couples have for each other and the governments role in respecting that love regardless of sex or ace. Same sex couples get married for the same reasons others, to make a lifelong commitment to the perp they love. Our government has rejected that love and that their marriage wasnt valid. The Supreme Court made clear that this rejection of interracial and same sex couples and commitment to one another was unconstitutional. We have the opportunity to uphold that and protect the right to make this commitment. We have the opportunity to send a clear message that the federal government will continue to recognize same sex and interracial marriages. And to mr. Jordans suggestion that this is not necessary, tell that to the millions of lgbtq families that are worried about Supreme Courts intention to rip away. They have taken away the rebrowedtive care. This is real for families and talk about inflation, all families are dealing with cost of food and fuel and there is another fear about the sanctity of your marriage. This is about femme fairness ensuring that people can marry the person they love. If it is not necessary, then vote for it. Reaffirm it. But dont hide behind that to justify your refusal to vote for Marriage Equality that every single american has the right to marry the person they love. Eye yield back. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentleman from new york. Mr. Nadler i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from texas, a member of the Judiciary Committee, ms. Jackson lee. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Jackson lee i thank the response senior of this legislation and leadership of our chairman and as well, the millions of families that are families. My good friend from ohio started out with the litany of violence of which none of us, none of us stands for. Believe in the freedom of speech, the right to petition. But there are countless acts of violence against those who are seeking reproductive freedom and countless acts of violence against the lgbtq. Listen to the violence against transgender parents or the violence that started in the early days of this community seeking freedom and rights. I know it well from the lgbtq and the caucus and the leaders who started out. I know that they suffered from just a simple position that they were different. So i rise in support of the constitution of the United States of america because that is what the respect for marriage act exemplifies, it exemplifies a recognition of the constitution and as the legislation says, the full credit and faith to on Marriage Equality. I believe that our friends have gotten it wrong. There is a constitutional right to privacy and moraley there is a right to love who you love and establish a family as you desire. It is horrific to believe that with the elimination of the precedent of 50 years of roe v. Wade, one justice said wait, there may be more, there may be an ending to Marriage Equality. There may be an ending to any number of con constitutional rights. I support h. R. 8404 respect for marriage act cod tying the constitutional right to privacy and the constitutional right to marriage. I ask my colleagues to vote for this legislation. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan the gentlelady used the word violence, violence, 50, 50 crisis Pregnancy Centers and churches have been attacked in the last 11 weeks. 50 in 11 weeks. You think about that, as i said in my opening statement, the leader of the senate stood on the steps of the Supreme Court and said to two specific justices, you have unleashed a whirl wind and will pay the price. The speaker of this body waited four weeks to give protection to Supreme Court just ises families after she posted where their kids go to school and church. After that bill came out of the senate unanimously, we had the assassination attempt on one of the very justices that the Senate Democrat leader had referenced on his comments on the steps of the Supreme Court and the attorney general of the United States refuses to prosecute anyone who has protested indirect violation of a statute while the case was still pending in front of the court, directly on point. So violence, yeah, we have concerns. We all have concerns about violence but i want everyone to understand what is going on as we speak, 50 Pregnancy Centers and churches in 11 weeks. I dont know if we have seen anything like that that attack on the prolife community and even a witness who came in front of our committee, came back a second time had to bring security with her threats against her life. I yield to my good friend and the Ranking Member on the constitution subcommittee on the Judiciary Committee, my friend, mr. Johnson, as much time as he may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Johnson i thank my good friend, champion for freedom from ohio, mr. Jordan. There you is a lot to talk about today but i have to comment on what he led in with and this violence we decry. It is a double standard, because these care Pregnancy Centers are a vital institution. They are in all 50 states and they are doing vital work every single day and help millions of american women every year and employ and work with over 10,000 medical professionals and you know what their goal is . It is to help women who are in difficult pregnancy situations, to help the women, to help them care for their unborn children. Who in the world could be opposed toe that . Senator warren came out and sleeked they need to be put out of business and need to get rid of these centers. It is incredible and the debate on the floor, i went down of all those 50 occurrencees, and there are more where violence has been perpetrated against these centers, these people who are do doing extraordinary worng. I could not list all of them and the vandalism and the destruction and the molotov cocktails and spray painted on the facilities and these individuals who care about sanctity of human life in america and yet there is complete silence on the other side. That is a sad statement about where we are. I used to be legal couple for a number of those care Pregnancy Centers. Let me get to the issue of the day, this bill is another exercise which is completely clearly unnecessary. And the sponsors know that that we are in a divisive time in our country and doing this any way. This bill is more of the same. Yet another effort to delegitimatize the Supreme Court and been doing it in earnest. Not only did senator schumer call down the whirl wind on justices gorsuch and kavanaugh and led to a planned assassination of Justice Kavanaugh, all the lawless protests on their lawns, threatening their families. It is unconscionable and yet crickets from the other side. Its a lawless approach to the lawlessness of the radical left. This is another effort to delegitimize the Supreme Court. Its also a continued disregard, utter and total disregard for the regular order in this bill. And ill explain in just a moment why thats so perilous with a bill like this. Its also more desperation to focus on anything other than their policy failures, which mr. Jordan articulated just a few moments ago. Nonetheless, there is a bill before us today and its simple fear mongering. There is a partisan bill to make partisan arguments and to run ads in election cycle. You know why we say that . Because its very clear, as mr. Jordan said, in the dobbs opinion which supposedly precipitated all this, its clear if you read the opinion this is not only an unnecessary piece of legislation its divisive and misleading and they know it. Anybody can read the opinion for themselves. Justice alito wrote the majority opinion, of course, and he clarified. Im a constitutional law attorney. I used to litigate cases about the constitution and what it means and how it should be applied. I did that for 20 years before i got to congress. Scarcely, is this ever language written in a Supreme Court opinion. Let me give you the quote in case you missed it. Justice alito said in the majority opinion, quote, and to ensure our decision is not misunderstood or mischaracterized, we emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right. He continues, nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion, unquote. Did everybody hear that . Ill say that again. Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion. You know why . Because abortion is a unique area of the law. Its about taking the life of another unborn person, a person. So the court recognized thats different and distinct and Everybody Knows that. Everybody recognizes that. Even, even justice Clarence Thomas who they have worked so hard to demonize. If you look at page 119 of the opinion in fact, would you turn in your him nationals hymnals to page 119, abortion is unique. No party has asked us whether to decide whether the 14th amendment juriprudence should be questioned. Nothing in the courts opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion. You now what you know what, language is so clear. Anybody in this country can understand plainly what that means. Every civic student, every child. Apparently our friends on the other side dont like that language or they dont want to see it so they manufactured this crisis, this crisis, this demeaning, divisive debate trying to reopen a pandoras box that no one has opened except the democrats. This is Crystal Clear. We ought to take a moment to remember, too, what did not happen after the ruling after what happened after the dobbs ruling. Did anybody harass Justice Kennedy in his home after that was handed down . No. Did conservatives and those who adhere to judeochristians of the country, evangelicals, did they call to abolish the filibuster and add justices to the court . No. Because we respect the institutions of this nation. But that is exactly what were seeing from the left. A death threat on a justice, endless protests outside the homes of the justices. Threats on their children, threats to pack the court. Listen, we live in an extraordinarily divided time and reopening this policy with is under no threat of any judicial body anywhere seems the democrats is trying to stoke fear before the november elections rather than bringing the country together. Man, we could use an effort to bring the country together right now. To that end, since the democrats refuse to discuss what americans are most concerned with, ill just take one moment since we have the moment here to walk through the failures of the democrats time. I can tell you what my people are concerned about. Soaring prices at the Grocery Stores, gas pumps. They are worried about illegal immigration at the border, utter lawlessness that threatens the safety, security of our nation. Theyre deeply concerned about rising crime in our cities. Theyre concerned about the stu stunning inxe tension incompetence from the Biden Administration. This is what im hearing back home Holding Town Halls and talking to constituents. You know what, those constituents sent us here, the voters, the people sent us here to be their representatives, to work on their behalf, to work on behalf of them and their ability to provide for their families without little government overreach in their lives. From economic failures at home to failures on the border, the democrats have time and time again refused to work with republicans on how to address the issues at hand. You know what, today is another example. Its more of the same. Here we go. From one vote on an unnecessary bill thats only being used as a distraction from the failures that i referenced to a vote on a spending bill that will only make those failures worse. You know, i mentioned part of the problem here, too, is the democrats are rushing this bill to the floor outside regular order. I mean, they just completely defied regular order. They released the text for this bill only hours before its consideration in the rules committee. Its consideration in the rules Committee Last night. Democrats have held no legislative hearing, no markups on this bill. We serve on the Judiciary Committee. This would have been in our jurisdiction. Didnt bother to bring it to the committee. I remember from civics class, this is how a bill becomes a law. You go through the process. You go to the committee. We shouldnt even teach that to kids anymore because it doesnt happen anymore. You know what, that recklessness and that carelessness and that defiance of the rules and order and tradition here has real consequences. Because one of the consequences in the language of this bill just one by way of example is on page 3 of this private right of action clause. I mean, it raised a lot of eyebrows. We didnt have time to analyze that and debate it and thoughtfully talk about that approach. Would that declare open season on religious persons and institutions . I dont know. Its a question a lot of people are asking today scratching their heads. Again, we had no opportunity to delve into that, to talk about it, debate it. Nothing. And so they present this bill and they drop it on the country and, again, i just would reiterate in summary, people ask us back home, you know, whats the theres lots of problems with things going on there, but this particular bill, whats the problem . I summarized it by saying its unnecessary. Its divisive and its misleading. And whats worse is that the proponents of the legislation know that. I would yield back the balance of my time to mr. Jordan. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, much of what the prior two speakers said was absolute nonsense. Some was true. Unfortunately, pregnancy Crisis Centers have been the targets of terrorism and that is deplorable. But so have abortion clinics. They didnt mention that. Abortion clinics have also been the target of terrorists. The murder of a doctor comes to mind and thats equally deplorable and we should stop both of them if we can. The rest of what they said was nonsense. The Supreme Court, the logic, the substantive due process logic by which the court overthrew roe v. Wade applies equally to obergefell, to loving, the right to interracial marriage. Justice thomas mentioned that specifically. Yes, he said this case doesnt involve that. We are not deciding that, yet, which is the portion of his concurrence that mr. Johnson read. Read the rest of his concurrence. He said, specifically, that we should overrule or reconsider obergefell and lawrence, which was consensual which is gay marriage, which is consensual sodomy. He didnt mention loving, for some reason, interracial marriage, maybe hes intermarried and so is senator mcconnell. The same logic applies there. I dont want to that is nonsense. And note there is no they offered no argument against this bill at all. We didnt hear anything about the merits of the bill. And with that i yield one minute to the distinguished justice from tennessee, a member of the Judiciary Committee, mr. Cohen. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Cohen thank you, mr. Chair. Im in support of this bill and i think everybody should be supportive of it. It says each state shall recognize the other states marriages and not deny the person to marry based on race, gender, Sexual Orientation and urges the federal government to do the same thing. As far as what the Supreme Court said and we should listen to this and listen to that, the senate listened to gorsuch and kavanaugh when they said, roe v. Wade is precedent. You want to listen to them, alito when he was confirmed said roe v. Wade is important precedent. You want to listen to him . Listen to thomas who told you we need to look at these cases and we need to reconsider them and thats gay marriage. He didnt mention interracial which is on the same theory. Of course, hes involved with Justice Jenny but for that loving decision and he mentioned the other case, lawrence. Should so we should be concerned that the only reason to being against it is you wouldnt be i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan thank you, mr. Speaker. Id yield five minutes to the gentleman and my friend from texas, a member of the Judiciary Committee, mr. Roy. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Roy thank the speaker. I thank the gentleman from ohio. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle when they paint with a broad brush stroke, the language offered by justice Clarence Thomas, a justice i consider to be a friend and a great defender of the constitution, and a great member of the United States Supreme Court, despite being pillaried by the left and laid out as something other than the great patriot that he is. In his concurrence, Justice Thomas wrote, after overruling these demonth strablly erroneous decisions the question would remain whether other constitutional provisions guaranteed the myriad of rights that are substantive due process cases have generated. For example, we can consider any of the rights announced in this courts substantive due process cases are, quote, privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, end quote, protected by the 14th amendment. Now, we can have a robust debate in the Judiciary Committee about this whole issue. We didnt do that. This bill was dropped on the body yesterday afternoon an hour and a half before rules. I went and testified before rules. But we had no benefit of the debate in Judiciary Committee about the implications of this nor did we have the ability to debate the reality that the words that this codifies obergeflell or obergefell or loving. Its a full faith and credit issue. The rhetoric from the left is it codifies those two opinions. It does not do that because those opinions recognized rights under various legal theories. One of which is substantive due process which Justice Thomas is pointing out he has concerns with. Because Justice Thomas has concerns with how we make law, how we recognize law. He has concerns about that. The how. It matters. It matters. And thats what Justice Thomas laid out. He never said anything about his conclusion on those specific questions. But rather the how. As my colleague from ohio, my colleague from louisiana, both adequately laid out, the majority opinion lays out very specifically their view about the implication of the dobbs opinion on these other recognized rights, under the previous precedents of the court. But i think it merits noting that were talking about the substance of the issue that it does matter when the court steps in and makes law. Because we end up where we are right here. We end up in this situation where difficult decisions, for example, when does life begin . When does it begin . And when do we have a duty to protect that life . We can have a very robust debate in this body if we actually debate it on the floor of the peoples house but we dont. When does life begin . Its a implicated complicated question. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle really dont want to have that discussion, right . Does life begin at its up to the mothert its not up to the mother a week after birth, we as a society protect that life, right . Do you protect that life a week before birth . These are difficult, complex questions involving faith, involving values, involving life. No. No. We cant have a debate about that here because the court plucked that out from the people and the courts manufactured an opinion to define when life begins and how we should deal with it. Now with are talking about other issues, talking about marriage. We have had opinions that deal with marriage. Now my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to put forward a bill that is political in nature. They dont want to talk about inflation or wide open borders or rampant riel or the state of this country in decline heading into a recession where people are hurting across the country. They dont want to talk about that. So they bring forward a political bill. And want to take different issues and policy choices, marriage, marriage based on race, marriage based on sex that this body didnt define, that state legislatures did define in varying describable terms and the court in 2015 mr. Jordan i yield the gentleman an additional two minutes. Mr. Roy the court steps in in 2015 and thousand we are seven years in to recognition of same sex marriage. We could have a debate about the policy of that decision, but the court steps in and says there you go. And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to purposely for political reasons con flat different issues. And i think its important that my colleagues on this side of the aisle understand what we are doing here today, that we are going to vote on the recognition of marriage as a body, as representatives of the people, ok . Separate from whatever decision a court may make, we are going to make a decision the here about the recognition of marriages across state lines where there are differences of opinion still to this day about how one defines marriage. In the name of full faith and credit, you will go to the people of tech as by our elected representatives, to my republicans on this side of the aisle, republicans will be voting on this floor today on the question of whether the federal government should tell texas what marriages they have to recognize, irrespective of what the court has said. That is a vote, that is a choice, that is a decision and we should not hide behind the use of equal protection clause with respect to marriage not being impacted because of race, to then say that marriage must be recognized for samesex purposes by a vote by the body, by the people, its a choice and we should understand that today since we never had the luxury or the benefit or the responsibility of debating this in the Judiciary Committee where we should have debated it. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler much of what the gentleman from texas just said is iter but he made one correct point, he said the bill before us codifies the law and if it is not overruled by the Supreme Court, it is not. If it is overruled by the Supreme Court thomas said it might be, then passing this bill is vital. If you get married in texas and go to nevada, you dont get unmarried. Cant be married in one state and not married in another state. I yield one minute to the gentlelady from texas. Ms. Garcia thank you to the chairman and mr. Speaker, i want to say i think we do understand what we are doing here today and what we are doing is supporting peoples right to love and equal protection under the law, plain and simple. Extreme magga republicans weaponnize our government institutions turning them against the people they are called to protect. Respect for marriage act will make the law of the land. During pride month, the extreme texas g. O. P. Openly declared at their convention their home phobia and bigotry. And labeling samesex couples as having an abnormal lifestyle. We will not allow this rightwing obsession to impose on peoples private lives. To my colleagues and texas g. O. P. Marrying the person you love abnormal. It is none of your business. Abnormal is your obsession of what other people do in their private lives and in their homes. Love is love. Amore is amore. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan the chairman of the full committee is right this legislation would in fact codify the law, but what it would also do is reverse the law in 35 states where those states have said marriage should be what a traditional marriage. In 30 of 35 states, the people of those respective states went to the ballot and voted for that. So lets be clear. Codify what the court said in that decision, but it would undo what the people in the respective states, 35 states either in five of those states through their elected representatives through the legislature or 35 states where the people voted, it would undo that. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler the Supreme Court in that decision reversed the as of the decision of those people in those 35 states. I yield one minute to ms. Escobar. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Escobar the republicancontrolled Supreme Court havent just stripped women by overturning roe v. Weighed but Justice Thomas had attacks on private intimacy between adults. We voted to codify roe v. Weighed and this week the democratic majority is defending your right to marry who you love. I rise in support of the act. They are creating a group of secondclass citizens with limited rights. When they want to send these issues back to the state that is code that state legislative bodies can eradicate civil rights protection. Republicans are coming for you. Democrats, however, are with you. To the american public, take note of our votes and who is with you and who is not. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler i yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. The speaker thank you, im honored to see you presiding on this very important legislation and i thank the gentleman for yielding and for the leadership of bringing this important legislation to the floor. Mr. Nadler has been the lead on this for decades. Thank you, mr. Nadler. I rise in strong support for the respect for marriage act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to enshrine into law a fundamental femme, the right to marry whom ever you choose. As radical politicians continue their assault on democratic rights, they believe government has no place between you and the person you love. The Judiciary Committee chairman for persistent leadership on this issue. It was is 13 years ago, chairman and senator baldwin and feinstein introduced a bill to repeal the defense of marriage act. Defense of marriage proposed by someone who was married three times and dont know what marriage she was defending. I dont care how many times, but i care how they try impose hypocrisy on others. Thank you to the lgbtq Equality Caucus chair David Cicilline and all the members of the caucus for being tireless voices in the fight for full equality. Mr. Chairman, we are here because threeweeks ago the republican controlled Supreme Court overturned roe v. Weighed ripping away a womans freedom. These radical justices took a wrecking ball to precedent of the court and privacy in the constitution and placed our cherished freedoms on the chopping block. Dont take it from me as associate Justice Thomas declared in his concurrence, this is what he said, these are his words, in future cases, we should reconsider all of these courts substantive due process precedent, griswold, lawrence and others because any substantive due process decision is erroneous. We have a duty to on correct the error established by those precedents in total defiance of the precedents of the Supreme Court, in total defiance of what some of the candidates for justice on the Supreme Court testified that they supported, precedent and they vote against it and now want to go after other rights of privacy. Make no mistake while his legal reasoning is twisted and unfound, it is ruble that we take Justice Thomas and the Extremist Movement behind him at their and the decision was clearly wrong, plainly suggesting rightwing interests in taking aim at Marriage Equality. We must act now to defend samesex and interracial marriage from the bigot dry and extremism. In the wake of the Dobbs Decision with marriage rights in republican crossfires democrats are fighting back. With landmark respect for marriage act we ensure Marriage Equality remains the law of the land now and for generations to come. Importantly, this legislation will repeal the unconstitutional and discriminatory defense of marriage act. The republicans knew that the defense of marriage act was unconstitutional. You know how i know that . Because shortly thereafter they introduced a bill to make sure that the defense of marriage act was not subjected to judicial review. Some of them proclaimed that marbury versus madison which is principle of judicial review was wrongly decided and wanted to rig the process of judicial review from the defense of marriage act, recognizing, admitting that they knew it could not withstand judicial review. Ok, so while it was the dense of marriage to the dust bin of history in United States versus windsor, our bill finally takes it off the books for good. That way no future administration or majority in congress can wield this appalling policy as a weapon against an lgbtq loved one. This legislation guarantees that no married couple can be denied equal protection under federal law. This is really very important from tax provisions, Social Security benefits and more, even if the court were to erase marriage freedom. Timely, this legislation blocks states from denying recognition to valid out of state marriages even if a state were to enact heinous restrictions. Bypassing the respect for marriage act today, House Democrats in a bipartisan, bicameral and i. Mr. Sablan lute you, take another step to defend freedom for the American People. Last week our proud prochoice majority passed two major bills to restore and protect health freedom. And it will ensure that the fundamental right to travel and obtain needed health care remains in the hands of the American People, not in those of extreme rightwing politicians which is future House Republicans desire. Later this week the house will pass the right to contraception act. So that every couple may determine the size and timing of their families as protcted by grizz woald vs. Griswold vs. Connecticut. People, couples, contraception. Can you believe they are going after contraception . Believe it because they have been going after contraception for decades in the congress. And now the chief associate justice has given us clear warning that this is in their sights. The contrast could not be clearer. While democrats work to protect and expand fleem our country, republicans seek to punish and control our most intimate personal decisions. Mr. Speaker, it is outrageous and unconscionable that today a radical Republican Party seeks to wind back the clock on decades of hard fought progress. As we pass this landmark legislation today, we salute the generations of activists and advocates, organizers and mobile hizers mobilizers who fought the defense of the american ideal of full equality for all. I say often that our inside maneuvering can just go so far. The outside mobilization produces the best possible results. Personally, its with some emotion and i think about my close friends, the iconic phil lion and dell martin of San Francisco. They were an inspiration to so many of us in San Francisco and california and indeed the country teaching us that equality is not about tolerance. Its about respect. Its about taking pride. This bill makes Crystal Clear that every couple and their children imagine you if you are the children of Marriage Equality or interracial couple, and you see the congress of the United States and the Supreme Court of the United States making an assault on your parents marriage, how damaging that can be. This bill makes chris cal clear that makes Crystal Clear that every couple and their children has the fundamental freedom to take pride in their marriage and have their marriage respected under the law. With that i urge a strong hopefully strongly bipartisan vote for the respect of marriage act. I thank the chairman for his work and yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Speaker, the speaker of the house just said republican, quote, republicans knew defense of marriage act was unconstitutional when they passed it. Did the 118 democrats who voted for that legislation know the same thing . Did the president of the United States, president clinton, when he signed it into law did he know it was unconstitutional . I mean i have heard some ridiculous things said on the house floor in my home here in the United States congress, that one, that one was right up there. I yield two minutes to my good friend from i thank the gentleman from ohio. We have been treated to a master class of misinformation. The speaker also just said can you believe they are going after contraception . Give me a break. She knows thats not true. There is not a single republican even talking about that or any of these other categories of the law. This is designed to divide the country. This bill is a shameful effort of that. Mr. Nadler, when we were talking about our concerns about the care Pregnancy Centers being under assault, to make his case that prolifers are violent he referenced the terrible murder of an Abortion Provider in 1998. That was a quarter century ago. We are talking about the last 11 weeks. We have had 50 care Pregnancy Centers vandalized, attacked, molotov cocktails spray painted, threats being made to Supreme Court justices. There is no equivocation here at all. Mr. Cohen implied that the conservative justices misled the senate in their confirmation hearings. We got the receipts on that. Its demonstrably untrue. Justice alito, who wrote the majority opinion in dobbs said during his 2006 confirmation hearing that roe was, quote, an important precedent of the Supreme Court. It was decided in 1973. So its been on the books for a long time. He declined to call the ruling settled law. Justice thomas in 1991, he declined to comment on his views on roe at all. He said, quote, do i not think at this time i could maintain my impartiality as a member of the judiciary and comment on that specific case. Justice gorsuch, 2017 confirmation hearings, he said roe was vote, a precedent of the Supreme Court. It was reaffirmed in casey in 1992 and several other cases a good judge will consider it as precedent of the court worthy as treatment of a precedent like any other. However, he refused to signal how he would rule in future cases on abortion. Justice kavanaugh, 2018 confirmation hearings, ecod gorsuch by saying roe was an Important Press department. He indicated during his confirmation he would be open to overturning settled law, including roe, citing a long list. Justice barrett, just reserved. She was much more reserved on the roe precedent. Another minute. In her confirmation hearings in 2020 she said this, she said she was committed to obeying quote all the rules of starry desighsy, promising if a question comes up before me about whether casey or any other case should be overruled will i follow the law applying it as the court is articulating it. Applying all the factors reliance, workable, undermined by the later facts in law just as all the standards. I promise to do that for any other issue that comes up. She said that she had to remain neutral on it as an unpyre. The record is umpire. The record is clear. Anybody can google this. What they are presenting on the floor is not treuvment it is demonstrably untrue and doing it for partisan purposes. Every time they talk they reaffirm our position on that. I thank the gentleman for yielding. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from new york, a member of the Judiciary Committee, mr. Jones. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Jones thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today because the far right 63 majority on the Supreme Court is on a rampage against basic freedoms currently enjoyed by the American People. And is comparing opinion in dobbs justice Clarence Thomas gave us a heads up that the court is next coming for the ability of same sex couples to get married. I am one of only nine openly gay members of this body. For me, this is personal. I still remember where i was on june 24, 2011, the day the new York State Legislature passed Marriage Equality. I was living with my friends in new york city, but i was still closeted. I was so afraid, still, that someone might find out the truth about my being gay. Someone said i closed the door to my room and cried tears of joy by my lonesome. Finally my home state of new york had recognized me as a full human being. Affirmed all of those scary yet beautiful feelings that i had bottled up inside for decades. Wondering, hoping one day that the world would change. Four years later the Supreme Courts decision in owe beggar fell obergefell sent this message to millions. I remember being struck then by the words of Justice Kennedy who authored the opinion. Quote, it would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is they do respect it. Respect it so deeply they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope not to be condemned to live in loneliness excluded from one of civilizations oldest institutions. They ask only for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. Since obergefell nearly 300,000 samesex couples have been married. Imagine telling the next generation, my generation, we no longer have the right to marry who we love. Congress cant allow that to happen. Im proud to introduce along with my colleagues including representative nadler the respect for marriage act which would codify the right to Marriage Equality under federal law. We have to do more than that. We have to expand the Supreme Court of the United States to protect fundamental rights once and for all. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from new york, mr. The gentlewoman from new, mr. Maloney. Mr. Maloney mr. Speaker, the republicans want to talk about anything but Marriage Equality today. Its almost like they dont have any good arguments to make on Marriage Equality. Mr. Speaker, my husband randy and i have been together for 30 years. We have raised three remarkable kids from diapers to college dimas diplomas. During all those years, all that time together we have only been legally married since 2014. We had a 22year engagement before an eightyear marriage. When i was elected as a member of congress in 2012, my husband, randy, couldnt have Health Insurance through this body. His spouse i. D. Said companion on it. And we had to fight to get him on the security pins we all wear. But through hard work and historic coalition, through great allies and partnerships, love, won. On the day the Supreme Court decided we had equality rights for marriage in this contry, a bunch of us stood in front of the court and sang the national anthem. Because its a beautiful thing when your country catches up to you. And today we are going to vote for the respect for marriage act to decide and to make clear whether or not we will go back. Whether or not every american despite their race or their sexuality has the freedom to marry the person they love. Its a simple choice. I know where i stand. And every member of congress will get to stand and be counted today and you can choose betweee between you can choose between equality or discrimination. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan reserve, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from california, ms. Chu. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Chu mr. Speaker, i rise today in strong support of the respect for marriage act. To enshrine the right to marry the person you love under federal law by repealing the discriminatory defense of marriage act. In the wake of the Supreme Courts overturning of roe vs. Wade, the doors have been swung wide open for unelected judges to further strip protections from the American People. This crucial bill reaffirms our commitment to a promise of equality for all, erasing further discrimination still on the books against samesex marriage. And protecting the constitutional right to Marriage Equality, including interracial marriage. We will not allow the clock to be rolled back even further. Mr. Speaker, its imperative we pass the respect for marriage act. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Speaker, we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentleman from new york is recognized mr. Nadler i now yield one minute to is recognized. Mr. Nadler i yield one minute to the gentleman from wisconsin , mr. Pocan. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Pocan this is a simple bill. Whether or not you support current law on marriage in this country which includes for the lgbt and interracial couples across the nation. My friend from ohio said this bill is unnecessary. This bill is very necessary. Because the extremist packed Supreme Court recently took away a half century of law on roe n that decision justice Clarence Thomas said they should revisit on Marriage Equality. We have people in this house and senate, like senator ted cruz who said the same thing. Heres what i want, i want to make sure my husband, phil, can visit me in the hospital should i have to go back again like when i had a triple bypass a few years ago. I want to make sure my husband has my earned benefits for retirement and Social Security. I want to make sure that my husband is taking taken care of just like your spouses are taken care of. If i was the entity on the other side of the aisle i would be more concerned when my own members accused of having cocaine fueled orgies than worrying about the morality of my marriage. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Speaker, we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from texas, mr. Allred. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Allred we hold these truths to be selfevident. That all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the fur suit of happiness pursuit of happiness. With these words our founders summed up the entire theory of what has become our constitutional republic. Since the Supreme Courts ruling overturning roe v. Wade, we have seen unalienable rights, like the right to choose how and form a family with, openly questioned by justices on the Supreme Court and rightwing politicians. Mr. Speaker, love is love. It took us far too long to recognize the right for samesection couples to marry. Since it was, millions of americans came to expect they could fall in love and marry the person of their choosing. Their marriages, their i family, right, to life liberty and pursuit of happiness is worth protecting. I will proudly vote for this. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan . The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york. Mr. Nadler i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Norcross. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Norcross before is a bill, the respect for marriage act. I woke up this morning got ready to come over to the capitol and i glance over to pictures of my family. And i glanced to a picture of my ninemonthold grandson. Couldnt be happier. I couldnt be prouder of the two people who brought him into the world, my daughter and her wife. When my daughter told me she wanted to get marry, i said whatever good parent told her, if this is the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, i couldnt be happier. Shortly after that announcement when she told me she wanted to get married, her fee answer a had breadth cancer. Given all the complications with marriage and treatment, the decision to get married quickly was incredibly important. And as i stood at their wedding at a u. S. Court with a federal judge presiding over their union, i knew it was only made possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision. And today we consider that legislation, that same court has opened the door to dismantling families, like mine, splitting this guys family apart. We cant let that happen. We are talking about marriage, two committed people, to make sure they have a secure family and all we have to do is vote yes. Dont complicate the issue. It is that simple. I dont speak about religious beliefs of my colleagues, but what god would find fault in this . There is nothing wrong with this and pure love and what should all aspire to. I urge my colleagues to vote yes so we are equal in all states and i yield become. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time the gentleman from ohio. The gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentleman from new york. Mr. Nadler i yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. Langevin. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Langevin i rise in strong support of h. R. 8404 respect marriage act. I was deeply disturbed by Justice Thomas opinion in dobbs versus jackson which made Marriage Equality that he is intent on destroying. Marriage equality is at risk in america and we must pass legislation to enshrine the right to mary the same couples and interracial couples. When i was a state representative, i supported legislation to ban discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and discussed this bill with my late father who grew up during the civil rights movement. He firmly believed that all americans should be entitled to equal civil rights just like the jim crow laws that held discrimination, he said the mistreatment would mark a shameful chapter. When the Supreme Court legalized Marriage Equality, i fear that future is no longer guaranteed. I urge my colleagues to support this bill so Marriage Equality remains the law of the land. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york reserves. The gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york. Mr. Nadler im prepared to close. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan as i said in the outset and we think this legislation is unnecessary. Justice alito was clear, the Dobbs Decision should not be miss characterize doubt. The court the obergefell decision undid what 35 states have in their respective states. And this is going to go after that decision of the respective states and as i said the voters in those states and we have indicated this is an intimidate the court and senator schumers statement on the Supreme Court steps. And protestors at justices homes and we have had the democrats introduction to add four associate justices to pack the court and not focus on some of the things that are so pressing. I mean, mr. Johnson was right, when we talk about 50, 50 attacks on churches and prolife Pregnancy Centers in 11 weeks. In that short of time frame that sustained effort to go after the prolife community and places of worship is as wrong as it gets. I would love to have a hearing on that issue and what actions we might be able to do and to take to help stop that because thats not supposed to happen in our great country. I urge a no vote and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio yields. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler mr. Speaker, respect for marriage act provides additional stability for millions of married couples and families that devoted their lives around the guarantee of Marriage Equality. Nothing to do with attacks on abortion clinics or pregnancy Crisis Centers, it has to do with marriage. This repeals a discriminatory statute that the court has rendered in inoperative but remapes on the books. We need to fix the mistake that congress made a generation ago. As i pointed out before, the obergefell decision is the decision of the Supreme Court. If that decision is not overturned, this will bill is unnecessary, but harmless. If that decision is overturned, this bill is crucial. And we dont know what this court is going to do despite what Justice Alito said. Justice thomas has suggested that the decision on gay marriage ought to be overruled and we have seen them overrule precedent in dobbs. Who can be confident that the court will not overturn the lawrence decision or rather than the obergefell decision. Who can be confident of that . The answer is no one. And as to mr. The gentleman from ohios comment that the people i think he said 33 states or whatever have decided that gay marriage should not be and should be up to the people of each state, thats absurd. You cant be married and thats why we have one of the provisions in this bill and cant be married in texas and not be married in new york. You cant lose your marriage status by crossing the state line. This legislation is very necessary to make sure that people have the right to remain married, that people have the right to get gay couples have the right to get married and have the right to stay married and thats why leading National Organizations including the aclu, family equality, freedom for all americans, land of legal, leadership conference. The National Center for lesbian rights, National Womens law center and pflag. They know whats going on and what is at stake. I urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back. Pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the previous question is ordered on the bill. The question is on environs grossment and third reading of the bill. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The clerk a bill to repeal the deeps of marriage act and ensure respect for respect of marriage and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the passage of the bill. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. For what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition . Mr. Jordan ask for a roll call. The speaker pro tempore does the gentleman request the yeas and nays . Mr. Jordan i do. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition . Pursuant to section 9 of House Resolution 1232, i move to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 1286, h. R. 2024, h. R. 3222, h. R. 6337 and h. R. 7002. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the titles of the bills. The clerk h. R. 1286, a bill to accomplish and the states of South Carolina and North Carolina the Southern Campaign of the national corridor. Union calendar number 316, h. R. 2024 a bill to establish the Southern Maryland National Heritage area and for other purposes. Union calendar number 318, h. R. 2022 a bill to establish the alabama back Belt National heaterage area. Union calendar number 322, h. R. 3336, a bill to require the secretary of interior and secretary of agriculture to develop longdistance bike trails. Union calendar number 323, h. R. 7002, a bill to authorize the gateway arch to be eliminated by you blue and yellow lights in support of ukraine pursuant to House Resolution 1232, the ordering of the the yeas and nays are ordered to suspend the rules with respect to such measures is vacated to the end that all such motions as considered is withdrawn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from connecticut. Those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bills are passed for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition . Mr. Jordan 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 arisen, yeas and nays are ordered pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. Ms. Delauro i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous on h. R. 8294. The speaker pro tempore without objection pursuant to House Resolution 1232 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h. R. 8294. The chair appoints the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Manning to preside over the committee of the whole. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house for consideration of h. R. 8294 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk h. R. 8294, a bill making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and urban development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2023 and for other purposes. The chair pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divide and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees. The gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. Delauro, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Granger, will each control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from account k ms. Delauro madam chair, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Delauro over the last year, congress began to restore our investments after the years of disinvestments that working families, the middle class, and Vulnerable People believed was wrong. Spending has favored the biggest corporations and special interests who got hurt first in washington. But hardworking americans are still paying high taxes and have not seen a pay increase in years. The spike in the cost of living, gas price, and rent are blows to so many. That has guided our priorities and it has guided that in these bills. In the Appropriations Committee we were determined to put together bills that ensure we offset the rise in prices produced by blocked supply chains, the greed of oil companies, and the russian invasion of ukraine. H. R. 8294, the package of the six 2023 Appropriations Bills before us provides the critical Funding America needs. Instead of catering to big corporations and the belty, we wealthy, we uphold our commitment to this legislation that helps lower the cost of living, creates american jobs, gives working families a better shot, and supports Small Businesses. As we do so, we tackle our nation antiWorlds Toughest cry and the Worlds Toughest crises. We reach vulnerable americans by funding programs that keep roofs over the heads of millions and food on the tables of millions more. We strengthen nutrition assistance through w. I. C. , food stamps, the child nutrition programs like school meals. We increase access to Affordable Housing with rental assistance programs and improve the safety and Living Conditions of those in Public Housing. We also expand opportunities for the families with support for Home Ownership programs. These bills hope invigorate Rural Communities as we expand broadband, strengthen water programs in rural areas, and invest in Single Family home loans. We support native americans and honor the federal governments responsibilities to native families by investing in strong and resilient tribal communities, including through housing, education, and health care programs. We also transform the wasteways we meet the needs of our veterans who deserve and who have earned our support, including the 9. 2 million veterans who rely on the v. A. For their health care. By increasing funding for medical programs and for the First Time Ever we put v. A. Medical care into its own funding category so that funding for veterans does not have to compete with other critical programs. Supporting those who protect us also means protecting servicemembers and their families in communities all over this nation. We invest in our National Security, improve our military readiness through robust investment in Critical Military installations at home and abroad and the wellbeing of our Service Families and their families. Statement we also make our communities safer by supporting victims while fighting crime, violence, and corruption. This package strengthens our capacity to work for all americans. We assure the i. R. S. Has the resources to crack down on big corporations and the wealthy who do not pay their fair share and provide Better Customer Service to families navigating the tax system. And we protect consumers with more funding for critical Consumer Protection agencies by strengthening our food safety infrastructure including oversight of the baby formula industry. We do this while bolstering Economic Development in distressed communities, strengthening our economy and our Economic Growth by supporting Small Businesses and entrepreneurs as they pursue the american dream. We create jobs and we put americans to work rebuilding our infrastructure. We help Small Businesses grow and thrive. Foster the Green Energy Jobs of tomorrow. And support a killed and growing work force skilled and growing work force. We confront the threat of Climate Change and strengthen our resiliency on various fronts, including by investing in cleaner, safer, and more affordable American Energy. Advancing climate science, conserving our land and water, expanding environmental enforcement, and embracing stronger Environmental Justice efforts. Finally, with inclusion of nearly 2700 Community Project funding requests, totaling over 6 billion we are directly meeting the needs of americans everywhere in way that is will have a profound and lasting impact. When taken together this package meets the moment at a time when so many want to see critical changes in our priorities. It reaches every corner of our nation to give hardworking americans the middle class, and the vulnerable a bert shot. I better shot. I urge my colleagues to support these bills w that i want to say thank you to the subcommittee staff led by our clerks for all of their work. Christina with thud. Martha with agriculture. Scott with energy and water. Matt with Financial Services. Rita with interior. And jenny with milconv. A. I want to say thank to you awflt subcommittee chairs and Ranking Members for their efforts and their dedication to these efforts. Interior environment subcommittee chair pingree is not here today. But i want to specifically thank her for her work. This bill makes transformative investments in our environment and this is in large part because of her relentless advocacy. Again i urge support for the bill. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. The gentlewoman from texas is recognized. Ms. Granger madam chair. I rise today in opposition to h. R. 8294 a package of six Appropriations Bills. As we sit here today inflation is 9. 1 above last year. The highest its been in more than 40 years. Economists recommend American Household budget an extra 5,000 this year to cover rising pr prices. Thats over 400 a month. Many families simply cant afford this. Under this administration, prices of everyday goods are skyrocketing, for example gas prices hit an unprecedented 5 a gallon. Energy Services Like electricity and natural gas are up 19 . And groceries have increased over 12 , the highest jump since 1979. Americans are paying more for just about everything. The social spending push by members on the other side of the aisle is a key driver of todays inflation. Simply put, record high spending by the government means peo people means high prices for the American People. Unfortunately, the bills before us do not reduce spending or reflect the economic realities we face. Many of these bills receive doubledigit percentages increase including a 70 increase for Financial Services and general government. An 18 increase for interior and environment. And a 12. 2 increase for transportation, housing, and urban development. At a time when americans are struggling to pay for gas and groceries, the federal government should be reducing spending. We should prioritize core responsibilities such as our National Security and we must cut extravagant social programs. In addition to my concerns about funding levels, the policies proposed in these bills do not reflect a bipartisan agreement. In particular, the bills before us today drop longstanding prolife protections that prevent taxpayer funding for abortions. The bills allow for the closure and transfer of dangerous criminals from Guantanamo Bay to the United States and worsening our Nations Energy crisis. Just a few months ago we were able to come to an agreement and enact the fiscal year 2022 Appropriations Bills. Those bills continued longstanding policies supported in the past by members of both parties and brought new controversy provisions. I hope well be able to do the same this year so that those bills can can get to the president s desk and be signed into law. I urge a no and reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from texas reserves. The gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized the chair the gentlewoman from texas reserves. The gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. Ms. Delauro i recognize ms. Kaptur. The chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur thank you very much, chair delauro, for your leadership of this committee and service to the American People. Thank you also to Ranking Member granger as well as the dedicated staff. Special plaudits to Ranking Member simpson, a hardworking serious member of congress who devotes his considerable talents to real challenges facing our nation. Our 2023 energy and water bill takes a significant step forward to secure American Energy independence. To rebuild critical infrastructure. To restore scientific innovation. And to sustain life on our corner of mother earth. We meet at a time when lake immediate, once the largest Water Reservoir in the United States now is at record low levels due to a punishing western drought across seven sits sucking the Colorado River dry. London, england has experienced its hottest day at 104 degrees. Forest fires are rageling across europe and our nation as well. 6,600 wildland firefighters and support personnel are containing 85 large fires and complexes and have that have already burned over three million acres in 13 of our states. 14 new large fires have been reported, seven in texas, two in alaska, two in washington, and one each in arizona, california, and idaho. In addition, putins unjust war in ukraine crystallizes how essential having a comprehensive Energy Independent strategy it for our nation and economy and surely for our security. Americas been making great progress since the department of energy was established in 1977, but we are not at home plate in energy independence, but with this bill we are rounding second base. And running hard toward third on our way to home plate. We are diverse filing across many Energy Sectors that hold promise. And our clie and are climate friendly. Advanced nuclear, hydrogen, soler and wind, they are mall heat recapture, conservation, so much more. In traditional sectors since 2010 Oil Production has doubled and natural Gas Production is about 60 higher. Of course those supplies are finite. We must advance to Infinite Energy sources for the long haul of our country and world. Our bill invests over 56 billion for Americas Energy and water priorities while supporting goodpaying jobs across the country. Key investment include 48. 2 billion for the department of energy. 3. 3 billion above enacted. Within the department of energy as our citizens experience water shortages, wildfires, and fiercer weather events, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy receives record funding of 4 billion. Yes, 800 million increase above enacted. We live in unusual times. That includes a new office of state and Community Energy programs that receive 562 million to increase Energy Affordability at a time of inflation and transform our Energy Economy by working more cooperatively with state, local, and Community Level partners. Rpa e receives 550 million, 100 million before enacted to literally invent a new Energy Future for this country. The office of science receives 8 billion. 525 million above enacted so vital to Americas Energy i novation and research in the physical sciences. The new defense production act Domestic Clean Energy Accelerator receives 100 million to expand domestic manufacturing and help america lead in solar and other Clean Energy Industries that are being hacked every day by, frankly, our political enemies. We responsibly fund our Nuclear Deterrent while increasing funding for nonproliferation programs. The bill provides 11 billion, 2. 8 billion above the budget request to rebuild our Water Infrastructure and respond the speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. Ms. Kaptur might i have an additional minute . Ms. Delauro i yield an additional minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman the chair the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Kaptur these investment in the army corps of engineers and bureau of wr reclamation are critical to protecting communities in every district in our nation. Our bill increases funding for regional commissions which promote Economic Development and economically challenged regions. Our bill will strengthen the foundational components that underpin every aspect of decent life in our nation and represents a strategic investment in americas future. Without question. The chair the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. Ms. Granger i yield to the gentleman from idaho, mr. Simpson. Mr. Simpson i rise today in opposition to h. R. 8294, the sixbill fiscal year 2023 appropriations package. Unfortunately these bills are based on funding bills that passed the house without any republican support. Zero republican support. Like the president s budget request, it funds certain nondefense funds and short changes our National Security needs. The bill before us is below the budget request. And a budget request that many of us are you consider unefficient. We must uphold our deterrents posture and fund the activities to maintain a safe, reliable and effective stockpile. It cuts some of these programs below last year and leads other items completely out. On the other hand, the bill increases Energy Efficiency by more than 25 over last years and thats on top of the tens of billions of dollars in the infrastructure programs that are in early stages of implementation. The bill includes funding to use the defense production act for nonemergency issues. For instance, even the department of energy has indicated that there is no supply shortage of insulation, yet the administration is claiming it is such an emergency that it justifies use of the defense production act. With inflation at the highest level in 40 years, we need to be more jew dishous and where we aldate our appropriations. While republicans have concerns over the directions of this bill, there are programs that if considered individually, House Republicans could support. Strong support for the army corps of engineers includes specific Community Project funding and additional problematic funding that has been a bipartisan priority. Of great concern is department of Energy Nuclear energy program. It supports work for the Marvel Program and ensure a supply of enriched uranium which will be necessary for the next generation reactors and the National Laboratories infrastructure necessary to enable these activities to succeed. I would like to work with my colleagues and advance Small Modular Reactor program. The new scale m. S. R. Is the first approved design and we need to ensure this demonstration succeeds. And i thank the chair for that consideration and she has been a pleasure to work with. I would like to thank the staff and their hard work over the past several months, scott, brian, will on the majority staff, angie and austin and sarah on my personal staff. I would like to thank the chair woman and Ranking Member for their leadership and support of this important bill and doing it in regular order. The chair the gentlewoman from texas reserves. The gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. Ms. Delauro before i yield to the gentleman from North Carolina, i wanted to say chairman price, this is the last time he brings an appropriations bill to the floor of the house of representatives. And i just want to i say for all of us that his honesty, his integrity and his commitment to the legislative process and making it appropriate not phenomenal for the United States, its pretty extraordinary. And i say with a quote from cheryly chisholm, the first africanamerican woman elected to the house of representatives when she says that Public Service is the rent you pay for space on this earth. David price has paid that represent over and over and over again. Gives me great pleasure to yield six minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina, the chairman of the transportation, housing and urban Development Subcommittee, mr. Price. The chair the gentleman is recognized mr. Price i thank the chair for those kind and generous words. I rise in strong support of this critical legislation. As chairman of the transportation, housing and urban Development Subcommittee or th. U. D. , i thank my partner Mario Diazbalart for his cooperative and collaborative relationship including when our roles were reversed. The bipartisan work we do in assembling our subcommittee bills reflects an earlier era when appropriations presented a united front throughout this process. That era regret apply has passed. But the cooperative work remains at the subcommittee level and what we have done is made this a better bill and will achieve agreement eventually and finalized, th. U. D. Division a of the bill represents upgrading our crumbling infrastructure and homelessness crises, bolstering our resiliency in the face of Climate Change and natural disasters and remedying disparities in our housing and Transportation Systems whether eliminating public hazards in Public Housing. It includes 90 billion in discretionary funding over the current year and provides 76 billion to utilize the Highway Trust Fund as part of last years infrastructure and jobs act. For housing we ensure housing stability for five million by renewing all choice vouchers and renewing public assistance grants and several other initiatives. This is coupled with new investments including more than 140 thousand new tenant vouchers for lowincome people and 5600 new Affordable Housing for people with disabilities and veterans experiencing homelessness and youth aging out of foster care. The bill provides an 8 program for the home program and 11 increase for neighbor works and 29 for choice neighborhoods. A program that like housing for the elderly and people with disabilities, our subcommittee has brought back into production after they were on life support. I was able to see some of these investments firsthand in my home state in winstonsalem where i towered the choice neighborhood and there are important to come. Importantly the bill provides for the first Time Investment in manufactured housing by providing 500 million for a new program to preserve and revital is that has too long been overlooked. They have faced significant infrastructure challenges and this bill recognizes the opportunities that will come from direct investments in manufactured housing, a portion of our Housing Stock that provides for over 20 million people. On the transportation side, the bill upholds the commitment to respond to Transportation Needs for all modes, highway, transit, rail, bike and pedestrian and ports and invests in our passenger and freight rail system including a combined 1. 2 billion for the krissy program and the federalstate partnership for city rail. That remains a signature emphasis of our subcommittee. Im proud of this aspect of the bill as we build out the raleighrichmond corridor, washington to charlotte and eventually atlanta. These regional corridors represent the future of Passenger Rail in this count thri and critical to lowering congestion, lowering Greenhouse Gas emissions. And the bill provides row rough bus funding, 3 billion for new starts to create transit routes nationwide and 646 million to help transit agencies and improve. I want to thank the staff, our staff for their immeasurable contributions for this bill and guiding the members and staff on both sides of the aisle through this process starting with our chief clerk christina as well as josephine, win yes, half year and rachel, along with lee on my personal staff and doug for the minority. Since this is my last time presenting the th. U. D. And i want to mention the staff that have helped me since i took on the Ranking Member and then eventually the chairmans role, three previous clerks, kay, joe, matt and includes angela, sarah, becky, jenny and gladis and sean and norma. Hearty thanks to all of you. In closing, mr. Chairman, this years bill makes forwardlooking investments in our housing and transportation infrastructure while bolstering safety and uplifting populations and will lay a Strong Foundation for Economic Growth and resiliency. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation. The chair the gentlelady reserves. The gentlelady from texas. Ms. Granger i recognize the gentleman from florida the Ranking Member, mr. Diazbalart for three minutes. The chair the gentleman is recognized mr. Diaz balart i rise in opposition to the bill there are good things in this legislation and why i cant support it at this time. I thank chairman price for his work on the th. U. D. Portion of the bill and as the chairwoman said for his lifetime of Honorable Service and the committee will miss him and he is a privilege to work with. We always worked through disagreements in a respectful and open process. One example, mr. Chairman is the manufactured Housing Initiative that will help revitalize communities across the nation. We developed a program with deep understanding of policy. I know he feels it is a negative that he is a total policy wonk and see his policy involvement. The Appropriations Committee voted to name the preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for community enhancement, price. And i thank the chairman for his work on the port infrastructure. He and i and the entire committee has made safety a priority and this bill continues in that tradition. It modernizees air Traffic Control systems to make sure they are the safest and makes progress in rail and road safety and we support American Innovation whether automatic vehicles or to commercial space, this bill makes key investments in this area as well and over 300 billion to maintain h. U. D. Current rental systems. Those are things that once we do, we have to continue to fund every single year. And obviously, i smort renewing this assistance especially the elderly, disailed and our veterans. Much of the h. U. D. Spending will create new liabilities for future years. It expands section 8, a program we all know about by 1. 1 billion. This new spending would require several billions in Renewable Funding for renewing it in future years and becomes a detactor mandatory requirement. I cannot support the bill in its current spending level. It was written on top numbers and as a result, this bill as an overall increase of 12 over last year, which is again not acceptable. Inflation is at a 40year high. The chair the gentlemans time has expired ms. Granger i yield the gentleman a minute. Mr. Diazbalart contrary to what some say we cannot address inflation by spending more money. By continuing to spend more money. We need an agreement that reduces excessive spending, that balances defense and nondefense spending, and again removes all of the controversial riders. Once that happens, mr. Chairman, im confident that we will be able to reach an agreement that this house and the majority and minority can live with. Again i want to thank chairman price for his leadership, for his friendship, openness. I would be remiss if i didnt thank the chairwoman and Ranking Member of the full committee. I hope we have a bipartisan bill but until then i have to oppose the bill. I yield back. The chair the gentlelady reserves. The gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. Ms. Delauro i yield four minutes to the gentleman from georgia, the chairman of the agriculture and Rural Development subcommittee, mr. Bishop. The chair the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. Mr. Bishop i thank you. I rise in support of h. R. 8294. As chairman of the agriculture, Rural Development, food and drug and related agencies subcommittee, im pleased to highlight t