White house were with the senate or with thehe hous [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] the u. S. S who has gaveled back into session. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speakers table the bill h. R. 6395 with the Senate Amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate Amendment and request a conference with the senate. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 6395, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities for the department of defense for military construction and for Defense Activities of the department of energy to describe military personnel strength for such fiscal year and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to the request of the gentleman from washington . Without objection, the request is agreed to. Wi
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 17, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable david n. Cicilline 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 the assistant parliamentarian. O father of mercies, god of all comfort, our only help in time of need, we humbly beseech thee to behold, visit and relief all our servants for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon us all with mercy. Comfort us with goodness. Preserve us from the temptations of the enemy, and give us patience under our aflick shun. In our good time restore us to health and enable us to lead the residue of our lives in thy fear and to thy glory and grant finally we may dwell with thee in life everlasting, main. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967,
Legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Neal madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Neal first, thank you. We are here today in these very trying and unprecedented times to act on an emergency interim funding package that i am pleased has strong bipartisan support. But we did not arrive here without significant efforts by our democratic colleagues. When we began negotiation was the senate, we were presented with an insufficient proposal that did not address the Public Health crisis that has now claimed the lives of nearly 48,000 americans. The measures that we fought for will now bring real leaf to the American People relief to the American People, and prioritizes resources to combat this virus. This means more funding for hospitals and Health Care Workers. It also means resources designat
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. April 23, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable kathy castor to act as splote on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. 7 the speaker pro tempore the a prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send your spirit of peace and comity among the members of the peoples house. These are days of great political, social, and economic stress in our nation, and those whose work is to legislate through this pandemic are naturally under considerable pressure. Give us all patience, especially with one another. May all our citizens in the midst of great turmoil be filled with gratitude for those in our nation whose work must go on when it would be so easy not to assume their responsibility to do so. Continue to bl
We will come to order we welcome the acting commissioner of cbp mark morgan thank you for being here today we look forward to getting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements fiscal year 2021 the budget proposes 15. 6 billion of Discretionary Spending by cbp and increases 714 million above the current your level of the total includes 2 billion of 82 miles of barriers and 625 over the current year appropriation for nearly 80 percent of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns for spending another 2 billion on border barriers but aside from any debate this administration continues to circumvent the will of congress by diverting millions of dollars for what congress specifically appropriates for this activity. The house bill does not include the funding. Even more to the point of funding proposed would crowd out other investments we all agree our high priority. For instance it is unclear how many officers are funded or sustained in this Budget Congres