The chair the gentleman will suspend. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from new york, the gentleman from new york, mr. Serrano, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Mr. Serrano sorry for interrupting you, mr. Chairman. My amendment is very straightforward and prohibit funds allocated in the bill being used for the construction and operation of private forprofit prisons. The use of private the use of private prisons in our country is in a crises. People are being locked up in a facility that doesnt respect basic human rights. One in four people behind bars worldwide is in a United States jail. Thats right. The country with less than 5 of the worlds population accounts for a quarter of all the worlds prisoners. In fact, our prison population has continued to increase over the past few decades even as statistics have shown a decrease in crime. According to the f. B. I. , violent and Major Property crimes are at a historic low. Nevertheless, more and more ame
Merry christmas, mom. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. In washington. Why do today what you can put off until next year. They are really pun thing all the Big Questions into next year. Were bringing a clean, vanilla cr, no cleans, no sneaky things, a continuing resolution to get us through this moment to get us into next year. January 19th is the day were hearing. These issues are going to have to be addressed then, if not all on that date. Gop senators are at odds over the funding of certain programs. We have maintained our position all along. We want a clean bill, and thats what we hope happens. We hope it happens soon. Ultimate question, is there any danger that the government will shut down . No. What gives you that comfort . No one wants to do it. A day after they delivered on the promise of big beautiful tax cuts on the white house lawn, republicans are now racing to keep the lights on with a stopgap government funding bill in january. Here are some of the items theyre lea