short-term government spending bill and later, work on the defense programs bill. recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlemanis recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: over the past week, we have seen tragic images coming from del rio, texas, kara vans of migrants, families sleeping under bridges and border patrol overworked and overwhelmed. this board is a picture of chaos and incompetence and a crisis. when president biden picked vice president he said she had a plan to stem the surge of migrants. was the plan to tkeus phapt will title 42 and return to mexico, which would have prevented this crisis? was the plan to release hundreds of thousands of migrants into the country each month without a covid test? was the plan to give the cartels control over the border and disrupt local communities? if that was the plan, we can't afford it anymore. this is more than a disaster, it is a direct threat to american safety. the president often says we need to examine root causes to solve the border crisis. well the chaos show the radical democratic policies. time for congress to hold this administration accountable and secure the border. we need to hear right now, it seems the vice president is more interested in visiting talk shows and football games than visiting the border. madam vice president, this isn't a news cycle to hide from. it's humanitarian, national security, and public health crisis that must be stopped. the american people need action and answers. not the largest amnesty plan in american history. do your job before the crisis gets worse. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: chairs are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> to ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, later this afternoon, the house is set to consider a continuing resolution on the federal budget. instead of taking time to hold meaningful discussions about budget offsets and reforms, speaker pelosi released bill text less than 24 hours before a scheduled vote. mr. keller: make no mistake, speaker pelosi and house democrats have no interest in reining in washington's outrageous -- outrageous spending or our national debt, now over $28 trillion, which our children and grandchildren will have to repay. earlier this year, house democrats rammed through a partisan appropriations package that cracked the door for open -- cracked the door open for the far-left priorities. today, they are blowing the hinges off that door and setting the stage for their $3.5 trillion tax and spend package which will devastate america's families and sending inflation soaring to greater heights. that's not responsibility. that's not good governance. it's certainly not good stewardship of americans' taxpayers' -- america's taxpayers' dollars. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: madam speaker, i rise today to recognize september 21 as world alzheimer's day. alzheimer's is a cruel disease that attacks a person's quality of life. people living with alzheimer's lose their memories, their independence, their relationships, and ultimately, their lives. beyond the patients, caregivers and loved ones endure immense financial difficulties. 16 million americans provided $18. -- 18.5 billion of unpaid care for a loved one living with alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. at this very moment, as i am speaking on the floor, another american has developed this deadly illness. we have the resources and the great scientific minds to find a cure for alzheimer's. we must invest to find innovative treatments and cures. americans deserve a health care system that can treat alzheimer's better than we do today. in honor of those who have battled and continue to battle this disease, let's work together to raise awareness and promote innovative treatments. we must fight relentlessly for our constituents and their families impacted by alzheimer's. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? mrs. wagner: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. wagner: madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 3755, the deceitfully named women's health protection act. this legislation constitutes a radical assault on the sanctity of life and the dignity of the most vulnerable americans. i am grieved and shocked beyond words that democrats are moving to force states across the country to accept abortion on demand right up until the moment of birth. along with so many americans, i believe that life is beautiful and that all babies must be given the opportunity to thrive. and yet, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to eradicate every legal protection these little ones have rather than welcoming them with love and joy and hope that they deserve. this bill gives abortionists the ability to decide which precious infants are, quote, viable, and worthy of life. it prioritizes the profitability of the abortion industry over genuine and compassionate care for mothers and children. no baby, madam speaker, should be discarded because they were allegedly unwanted and no mother's needs should be subject gaited by the abortionists. i implore all to stand up and protect those that can't protect themselves. i urge a no vote and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today in support of the provisions of the build back better act, which will help substantially our seniors in western new york. mr. higgins: this makes investments in our seniors. it provides chair coverage for hearing, dental, and vision benefits. it provides a medicaid funding increase so seniors can live safely at home. it recognizes the importance of caregivers by providing a tax cut to support families who struggle to care for their loved ones. it addresses critical shortages in our health workforce so seniors, when they are in a nursing home or hospital, have access to the best professionals available. and it will cut prescription costs by using the leverage of the federal government to get a better deal for chair beneficiaries. all -- these are all important investments in our seniors and those who love them, and they need our support. i urge my colleagues to support the provisions as congress moves toward passage. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, every day the american people wake up to more concerning news at the southern border and they are beyond outraged. thousands ever illegal immigrants continue to overwhelm ports of entry. the flood of illicit narcotics continues to skyrocket and yet this administration refuses to act. over 1.2 million illegal immigrants have been apprehended at the southern border since february of this year, and in august, president biden released close to 44,000 illegal immigrants into the u.s. madam speaker, this is yet another failure that president biden could add to his growing list. if this administration does not act with a sense of urgency, america's communities are in danger. it's time for action. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? ms. scanlon: i seek permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. ms. scanlon: thank you and happy birthday, madam speaker. this weekend, i ran into a constituent whose story is a model for what we plan to deliver for more americans through the build back better act. i met a mom in media, from a solid middle-class family, and she was so excited to share the news about her son's new job. after completing the new maritime career development planning -- program at delaware county community college, he attended a job fair and landed one of the new jobs at the philadelphia ship yard where he will be making $27 an hour and receiving full benefits. the build back better act will expand these kinds of opportunities and make them available to more americans. it will expand job training programs and lower the cost of higher education by funding two years of tuition-free community college and increasing the value of pell grants. using our nation's network of community colleges is the pipeline. this bill will connect more americans to good-paying jobs. the policies in the build back better act are urgely needed. it will strengthen our economy and -- urgently needed. it will strengthen our economy and they are pop layer. -- popular. it's time to build people back in and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to pay tribute and celebrate the life of steve happ who passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer. steve dedicated almost his entire life to public service. he enlisted in the united states marine corps after he graduated from high school where he served proudly from 1972 until 1976. this was just the beginning of his lifetime of dedicated public service. steve continued to serve the watertown community in southeastern wisconsin a plentiful and meaningful ways on numerous city committees. but i would be remiss if i didn't mention what he's remembered most fondly for and that is being a small business man. mr. fitzgerald: the silver eagle is a loan, which re -- saloon, which is in watertown, is led by his family. i want you to raise a glass for his resolute patriotism, his underlying love for his wife, sue, his daughter shea and summer, and his grandkids carlos and jocelyn. i offer heart-felt condolences to his family and to his friends. he will be sorely missed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> 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 gentleman from virginia is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. almost exactly eight months ago, joe biden kicked off his presidency by signing an executive order that weakened our border security and promised a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. these actions in his -- and his reversal of the previous administration's policy directly led to the worst immigration crises that this nation faced in decades. 1.2 million illegal aliens crossed our border. his response, continuing to double down on the continued fail policy. just last month, nearly 209,000 illegal aliens were encountered crossing the border which is a 317% increase from august, 2020. mr. cline: the latest saga, more than 12,000 migrants living in makeshift encampments under a bridge in del rio, texas. this must be addressed. vice president czar harris has been missing in action. more must be done. madam speaker, i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. raskin: today in texas a law has been put into place that transforms essentially everyone in the country into potential bounty hunters who can go and collect $10,000 by reporting on doctors, nurses, or family members who help a woman exercise her constitutional right to seek an abortion in consultation with her physician. there's not even an exception for rape and insent under the dra cone -- and increst under the draconian law. a girl could be raped by a father or uncle, her mother could take her to get an abortion, and the father or uncle, or anyone, could sue for $10,000. we need to protect roe v. wade against the onslaught against reproductive freedom in the united states. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to voice my strong opposition to the democrat's abortion on demand until birth act because as a father of four and foster parent i am reminded each day that every life is precious and must be protected. for me, a huge part of my pro-life story is my son isaac. he was born with down syndrome and he brings so much joy to our family. that's why it break misheart that my creags on the other side of the aisle are promoting this legislation that would promote abortions on the basis of race, sex and disable. it is a disgrace that people in this chamber don't believe people like my son deserve the right to life. to perform abortion violence on young babies is unthinkable. this is not the direction our country should be headed and 80% of americans agree. i will be voting against the democrat's abortion on demand until birth act because this legislation is nothing less than barbaric. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same. mr. chairman, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this is a photo of the united states army staff sergeant ryan canous, one of 13 service members killed outside kabul's airport on august 26. the staff sergeant grew up where i live currently in korrington, tennessee. he always dreamed of joining the american military and did so after graduating from gibbs high school. when the taliban rapidly took control of afghanistan last month, it created a dangerous situation for american citizens and our allies in the doesn'try. in response, our military ramped up its presence at hamid karzai international airport to assist with efforts. the staff sergeant who had served a thine-month deployment in afghanistan, volunteered to go back for this mission. outside the airport is where staff sergeant canous would give his life so civilians could escape to safety. he was there helping complete strangers but this wasn't out of character for him. he loved helping people and died doing it. stoll e-- following his death, his return home for a memorial service. hundreds of our community lined the procession route to honor his heroism. this afternoon at arlingtonton national cemetery -- at arlington national cemetery he was laid to rest. look one more time at this picture with me. this is what an american hero looks like. it's not somebody who dribbles a basketball or there's football or sings on stage. remember the last american casualty from the war in afghanistan. remember staff sergeant ryan canous. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> in gaining complete control of the federal government with the presidency a narrow majority in the house and a -- and the vote in a split senate, the democrat has been reckless lis spending money with no regard to the impact on future generations, it's the coward's way out. true leadership takes courage, it doesn't take much effort to stand here today and tell you about how stupid this kind of spending. is the real challenge is actually doing something about it. writing a budget, passing the budget, and appropriating money according to the budget, is a process we haven't completed on time since the 19 90's. treasury secretary yellen said that failure to raise the debt ceiling risks, quote, irreparable harm to the u.s. economy and the livelihoods of all american, end quote. ignoring their own treasury secretary's warn, democrats decided to leave the debt ceiling increase out of their partisan budget -- partisan budget reconciliation bill, risking financial disaster for the entire nation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. hern: i recently led a letter from over 100 d colleagues -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman is no longer recognized. we respectfully request that members respect the gavel. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bills. the clerk: senate 27 2, aen -- 272, an act to amend the federal funding of 2006 to require budget justifications and requests of agencies be made publicly available. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rule, i call up house resolution 667 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: resolution 667. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h.r. 3755, to protect the p person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waive. the amendment printed in part a of the committee on rules in this resolution shall be considered adopted. the bill as amended 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 as amended and on any further amendment thereto to final passage without any intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided by the chair and ranking member of the committee on congress, and two, one motion to recommit. section 2, it shall be in order to consider the bill h.r. 4350 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the department of defense and military construction to describe military personnel strength for such fiscal year and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on armed services now printed in the bill an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rule committees 117-15, modified by the report of the committee on rules shall be considered as adopted. the bill as amended shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill are waive. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill as amended and on any further amendment thereto to final passage without any intervening motion except one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on armed services or their designees. two, the amendments en bloc described in section 4 of this resolution, and four, one motion to recommit. section 3, after debate, pursuant to section 2 of this resolution, each further amendment printed in part c of the amendment under the rules not considered as part of amendments en bloc shall be considered only in the order prinked in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall p debate fcial the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by a proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to demand for division of the question. section 4, it shall be in order at any time after debate for the chair of the committee on armed services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part c of the report of the committee on rules acampnying this resolution not earlierties poeed of. amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this resolution shall be considered as read, shall p debatable for 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on armed services or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to demand for division of the question. section 5, all points of order against further amendment or amendments en bloc described in section 4 of this resolution are waifd. section #, upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 5305, making appropriations for the fiscal year -- making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022 and providing emergency assistance 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 waive. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one our hoff -- one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designee, and two, one motion to recommit. section 7, a, at any time through legislative date of friday, september 24, 2021, the speaker may entertain motions by the speaker or majority leader that the house suspend the rules under clause 1 of rule 15 for multiple measures and the chair shall put the question on any such motion without debate or intervening motion. b, includes any motion with object to spreulingsed on july 26, 2021, july 27, 202 #,er or september 21, 2021, in the form as so offered on which the yeas and nays ta were ordered, and further proceedings postponed, pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20. c, upon offering the motion pursuant to subsection 8, thed or oaferg the yeas and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules is vacated to the end that all such motions are considered as withdrawn. section 8, a, notwithstanding clause 8 of rule 20 or subsection 7 of house resolution 555, further proceedings on a vote by the yeas and nays on the question of dochtion a motion of the house to suspend the rules offered on legislative day july 26, 2021 or july 27, 2021, may continue to be postponed butt legislative day of october 21, 2021. b, notwithstanding clause 8 of rule 20, further proceeding on a vote by the yeas and nays on the request of dption of the motion that the house suspend the rules offered on the legislative day of september 21, 2021, may be postponed until the legislative date of october 1, 2021. agreed to july 27, 2021, demanded -- amended by striking september 22, 2021, each police it appears and inserting in each instance october 272021. section 10, the ordering of the yeas and nays on the motions that the house suspend the rules is vacated to the end that the motion is considered withdrawn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized for one hour. >> thank you, mr. speaker. for purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 0 minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, this afternoon, the rules committee met and reported a rule, house resolution 667, providing for consideration of three measures. first, h.r. 3755, the women's health protection act under a closed rule. the rule self-executes a manager's amendment from chairman pallone, provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce, and provides one motion to recommit. the rule also provides for consideration of h.r. 4350, the national defense authorization act, under a structured rule. the rule self-executes a manager's amendment from chairman smith, provides one hour of debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on armed services, and provides one motion to recommit. the rule makes in order 476 amendments. provides en bloc authority, and provides one motion to recommit. the rule further provides for consideration of h.r. 5304, the extending government funding and delivering emergency assistance act, under a closed rule. the rule provides one hour of debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. and provides one motion to recommit. the rule provides the majority leader or his designee the ability to en bloc requested role call -- roll call votes on certain suspension -- bills through september 24. requested roll call votes may be postponed through october 1. finally, the rule extends recess intruckses -- instructions, suspension authority, and same day authority through october 27, and provides that the ordering of the yeas and nays on the motion that the house suspend the rules and pass senate 2382 -- 2383 is vacated. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i stand in support of the three bills in this rule, h.r. 4350, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2022. h.r. 5304, the continuing resolution. and h.r. 3755, the women's health protection act. i want to start by recognizing the contributions of the north carolinians and all american service members who served in afghanistan over the past 20 years. your sacrifices will never be forgotten. it is in honor of these american heroes that i'm proud to support the fiscal year 2022 national defense authorization act. this bill invests in our service members and their families. and ensures that the united states is ready to confront future threats to our nation. this ndaa provides our men and women in uniform with a 2.7% pay increase. makes critical changes to how the military addresses sexual assault, and improves trie care coverage -- tr -- try care coverage and benefits, including by removing cost sharing for contraceptive coverage. i'm grateful that three of my amendments were made in order. two of these amendments aim to support military women and families by requiring reports on access to menstrual products and accommodations, and on potential tricare coverage of preconception and prenatal genetic carrier screening tests. my other amendment expands the definition of f fast -- pfas to better align with the current science. this change will help keep our service members and all americans safe from toxic chemicals. in addition to supporting our military personnel, this legislation supports american innovation through a 32% increase in defense wide research. development, testing, and evaluation. it also ensures that our hbcu's and other minority institutions are more able to contribute to d.o.d. research and development. finally this bill continues our commitment to supporting our afghan allies by authorizing $500 million for the department of defense to support the relocation of at-risk afghans. the continuing resolution included in this rule also supports efforts to evacuate our allies from afghanistan. afghans arriving to the u.s. or awaiting processing overseas need medical care, food, housing, and other assistance. this funding will ensure the government agencies involved in the resettlement process have the capacity necessary to help our afghan allies build new lives in safety in the united states. in addition the continuing resolution ensures our government remains funded, raises the debt ceiling, and provides relief to areas devastated by hurricane ida and other natural disasters. democrat or republican we are all americans. we all benefit when our democracy and economy are healthy. and we all suffer when our country is in crisis. every member in this body was elected to represent our fellow americans. it would be a dishonor to the trust they bestow upon us if we let the government shut down or allow the country to default on the full faith and credit of the united states. this c. redskins will provide much -- this c. redskins will provide much needed relief to communities devastated by recent hurricanes and other disasters like the california wildfires. thousands of homes have been destroyed and many americans still have limited access to refresh water and electricity. additional delays in relief could be the difference between life and death. lastly, this rule includes the women's health protection act, which safeguards reproductive freedom for people across this country. roe vs. wade has been the law of the land for nearly 50 years. with this bill, the house is stepping in following the supreme court's failure to uphold decades of american jurisprudence. this bill affirms what our constitution and international human rights bodies have long upheld, that access to reproductive care is central to health and equality. a woman living in texas should have the same access to care as a woman living in california. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from ok. -- oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i want to thank my good friend, the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. ross, for yielding me the cuss customary -- customary 30 minutes. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i want to begin my remarks in a positive way by discussing h.r. 4350, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2022. i'm glad that this bill has not been poisoned by all the partisanship that's plagued the house for the past year. that as they have done for the past 61 years, the house armed services committee came together and produced a bill that both republicans and democrats can support. we saw this in the overwhelming 57-2 vote to report the bill out of committee. this outcome wasn't always assured, mr. speaker. unfortunately, president biden proposed a defense budget number that was woefully inadequate for america's defense needs. at a time when we are facing new and emerging threats around the globe, we cannot afford to underfund our national defense. chronic underfunding of national defense was a hallmark of the obama-biden administration, and it appears president biden himself is determined to continue down that path. fortunately, both the house and senate armed services committees disagreed. and the house now has before it a bill that fully fund our defense needs for the coming fiscal year. the bill before us funds continued acquisition of ships to ensure the u.s. navy can meet its mission. it funds the procurement and development of new weapons systems which ensures that our military will be well prepared to meet any new and emerging challenges in the coming years. it provides our service members with a 2.7% pay raise. and perhaps most important of all, it includes many provisions designed to provide much needed oversight of president biden's bungled withdrawal from afghanistan. america deserves answers about the decision that is were made, and the resulting failures of leadership that occurred at all levels. thanks to this bill, they can be assured they will get them. while do i not support every provision in the ndaa, i want to applaud the good work of the house armed services committee. i think their process should serve as a model for all committees in the house. in an age where so much legislation is produced by one party behind closed doors and leadership offices, the committee did the hard work and produced a bill that both parties can support. indeed, it's truly refreshing to be considering this bill today. i want to commend chairman adam smith and ranking member mike rogers for their good work and bipartisan working relationship. unfortunately, the next measure i'll discuss isn't nearly so positive. this bill is a continuing resolution to fund the government through december 2021. -- december 3, 2021. rather than advancing a clean negotiated c. -- c the majority is using it as a vehicle to push through a suspension of the debt limit. this is a nonstarter with the republicans as the majority well knows and as such i expect all republicans will oppose it. taking control of the presidency and the senate in january, the majority has been on a spending spree unlike any other in our history. earlier this year, the democrats ran through -- rammed through a partisan $1.9 trillion reconciliation bill. ostensibly about covid relief, but really about pushing forward a laundry list of progressive policies. last week 13 authorizing committees met another partisan -- met on another partisan reconciliation bill, this one larded up with a whopping $3.5 trillion in progressive policies like those found in the green new deal. sadly, even that wasn't enough for some committees. who, according to the c.b.o., spent more than double what the budget resolution told them to. these bloated spending measures come on top of normal federal spending and on top of large bipartisan covid-19 relief packages passed last year. the last suspension of the debt limit covered all the spending that was done in the past, along with the first nine months of the biden administration. but sense then, the majority has opened the national checkbook. they have done so with only democratic votes. that's their prerogative. after all, they control the white house, the house of representatives, and the senate. but since the majority's spending this money over republican objections and without republican cooperation, it's up to the majority to raise the debt limit. they should not expect republican votes to help them cover their out-of-control spending. mr. speaker, it's a sad state of affairs that what should be a relatively simple measure to fund the government is being used in this manner. i urge my friends across the aisle to rethink this plan and hope they will come to their senses before government funding runs out nine days from now. our last bill covered by this rule is somehow even more partisan and controversial than the c. redskins. this is h.r. 3755er, which the majority is pitching as a simple codification of the supreme court decision of roe vs. wade. in reels, this measure goes far beyond that. it is the greatest threat to the protection of innocent unborn life that we have seen in over 50 years. the bill before us preempts any state law that seeks to protect life, including policies that those who identify as pro-choice support. instead, every single state would be required to allow abortion on demand at any time up to the point of birth. no more would states be able to protect conscious rights. no more would they be able to ban barbaric procedures like dismemberment abortions. and no more would they be able to prevent abortions targeting fetus was down syndrome which 70% of the american people oppose. i would call on all members, republicans and democrats, to reject this measure. protecting the unborn has always been one of my highest priorities as a member of congress. we need only to look at the declaration of independence for a reminder that the right to life is one of those unalienable rights endowed upon all of us, even unborn children, by our creator. i urge this house to remember those words, remember the unborn, and to reject this egregious attack on life. with that, mr. speaker, i urge opposition to the rule and the under-- two of the underlying bills. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, a distinguished member of the rules committee, ms. scanlon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. scanlon: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this rule and its underlying legislation. but specifically i want to highlight h.r. 3755, women's health protect act. the passing of ruth gaider ginsberg a year ago removed the last major impediment to an all out assault by conservative extremists on the freedom of american women to make their own reproductive choices. with the culmination of a decades-long campaign to pack the supreme court with pro life abortion foes, we have seen moves to overturn the constitutional protections in roe v. wade. those have included s.b. 8, the texas bill outlawing abortion after six weeks, the bounty bill accompanying that. and the court's refusal to hear an argument that -- and the court's argument toover turn roe v. wade. the decision to have or not have a child is deeply personal and may profoundly impact a woman's physical and financial health and in some instances her life. women should have the ability to make those decisions with those they love and the doctors they trust free from undue state interinterference and invasion of her privacy. with increasing attacks on women's reproductive freedom we are once again seeing the urgent need for legislation to codify roe v. wade. to ensure roe's protections remain we must absolutely pass the women's health protection act protect women's ability to choose a safe and legal abortion no matter where she lives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from north carolina. from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: if we defeat the previous question i'll offer an amendment to the rule to bring up h.r. 4828, the border security of america act for immediate consideration. the last couple of days have made it plainly obvious that the federal government has lost control of our southern border. more than 15,000 mie grants have set up camp under the del rio international bridge. the customs and border patrol have been completely overwhelmed to the point that texas governor abbott had to take things into his own hands and deploy both national guard and texas rangers to stop the flow. rather than allowing the president to simply fiddle, we must do something in congress to address this unprecedented crisis. h.r. 4828 will address the ongoing crisis in ways. it would require the immediate resumption of construction of the wall at the southern border. it would provide new investments in technology. and it would ensure an appropriate level of customs and border protection offices to fulfill c.b.p.'s mandate at all ports of entry and along the border. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record along with extraneous materials immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. to further explain the amendment i yield two minutes to any good friend, the distinguished member from texas, in fluid. -- mr. fluid. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> i rise in opposition to the previous question. there is absolutely no denying that there's a crisis at our southern border. i spent saturday in del rio, texas. where i would invite everyone in this house to go take a look for themselves of what i saw. nearly 15,000 people crammed under the bridge in unsafe, shanty-like structures, after bum rushing our border and getting into this country illegally. meanwhile, the port of entry is closed just 100 yards from this bridge. mr. fleuger: most of these are -- mr. fleuger: most of these are ages 18 to 5 but i spoke to many families and wrim women expecting within the next day, multipofl whom have given birth this past week, all while suffering the sweltering heat, 100 degrees that day. you cannot fathom the horrific condition, this rape, the assault, the crime, the drugs, right here on our border. i spoke to migrants who told me that the u.s. boarder is easier to get into than that of mexico, honduras, el salvador and tbawt ma la. this is unacceptable and is a direct result of the biden administration's disastrous crisis. disastrous policy at our border. just today, senior d.h.s. officials have told us the border is secure. it is not. i'm proud to join with ranking member katko and my colleagues on the homeland security committee to offer a comprehensive border security solutions bill. it is time to stop playing political games. with our security. with our immigration laws. we must return to policies that we know work to stem the flow of illegal immigration and regain operational control of our southern border. enough is enough. something must be done and i urge my democratic colleagues to call this what it is, a crisis and to stand for our border security. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. i request unanimous consent to insert a military.com article into the record entitled defense bills would provide new food allowance for low-income military families. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. it is unconscionable that members of our armed services and their families are going hungry. i have heard about this in my home state of north carolina where there are food banks associated with military bases. i'm grateful that this 2022ndaa will provide service members additional money for food and other basic needs. no one in america should go hungry, especially those serving our country. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized mr. cole: me biden administration's reckless and dangerous policies have led to a crisis on the southern border as the illegal flow of drugs, weapons and people continues to threaten american communities to speak more about this crisis and solutions contained in h.r. 4828, i yield two minutes to my good friend this gentlelady from indiana, ms. sparks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. sparks: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my enormous dismay with the situation at our southern border. i went to the border three times this spring and have seen firsthand the escalating human and national security crisis. but what i have seen from my colleagues going to the border this weekend is beyond any words. our government is becoming an accomplice to human and drug trafficking, from mexican cartel, and is completely disregarding its duty to protect american people. i am an immigrant myself and value the contribution of imgran towrs country over the years but what is happening at the border is an invasion of our country and complete lawlessness. we are not an an, ay but a country with rule of law and it's our duty as congress to help the state of texas to protect our republic. it's become an even more urgent in light of debacles and increased risk for terrific. i urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so we can consider the border security for america act. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. green: i appreciate greatly the gentlelady yielding the time. i also am most appreciative of the members of the rules committee who have devoted an inordinate amount of time to bringing this legislation to the floor. i'm appreciative also for the consideration of three amendments that we will have in the ndaa. our first amendment, homes for heroes. this amendment requires the department of housing and urban development, h.u.d., as well as public housing agencies, to improve consideration of and reporting on the state of -- status of veterans. out of my office in houston, there is an overpass. there are persons living under that overpass, some of whom claim to be veterans. we need to know what's happening to our veterans in this country. we want to make sure everybody is given equal opportunities and equal access to the opportunities that we have in this country. but i especially am concerned about the veterans because quite frankly it hurt misheart to hear someone say i've served my country, risked my life and we find them sleeping under bridges. this will give us an opportunity to get more information on what's happening to them. a second is the universal residential loan application. this amendment will require housing enterprises to include a military service question on the universal residential loan application in a prominent position on the form. this is done because many of our veterans are not aware of the v.a. loans available to them. we want to make sure that before they sign that loan application they understand that there are other opportunities available to them. we also have and temperature that will deal with our merchant mariners. this requires the department of veteran affairs to distribute a payment to the u.s. merchant marines who engaged in qualified service in world war ii who have not received their just desserts in the sense of something positive for something that they did for this country. and finally, the private loan borrowers -- could i have 30 seconds? ms. ross: i yield an additional minute to the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. private loan borrowers. i am a co-sponsor of an amendment with representative alma allen and this amendment would extend the private student loan fore bearance period to january 1, 2022, citing the covid-19 pandemic as rationale. i think these amendments are exceedingly important. they are in this ndaa. i will be supporting it in large part because these amendments are there as well as for other reasons that i have not been able to discuss today. i thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the crisis at the southern border has affected communities across the united states but nowhere is that more apparent than in those communities near the southern border. to speak more about the need for border security for america act, i yield two minutes to any good friend, the distinguished fellow member of the appropriations committee, mr. gonzalez of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. gonzalez: i rise to speak on the humanitarian and national security crisis happening as we speak in my district. the flood of migrants at the international bridge in del rio has highlighted the vulnerabilities we have in both our immigration system and as a nation. that is why i rise today to speak in opposition of the previous question. we need much-needed, commonsense reforms to provide border patrol with more advanced technology, supplemental boots on ground and additional support to secure our southern border through infrastructure. in order to prevent an event like this happening again, there needs to be substantial policy changes. i urge my colleagues to oppose the previous question and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. speier. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. speier: mr. speaker, thank you and to the members of the rules committee, i appreciate the hard work you have put into getting this bill to the floor. i am only going to speak about one issue in this particular ndaa, something aye been working on for 10 years. this is a helmet that was given to me by sexual assault victims in our military. since i started working on this issue, 2,000,000 soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, have been sexually assaulted in the military. 20,000 a year. and we have spent $2 billion on programs in those 10 years, that have yielded nothing but more sexual assaults. so finally, in this very bill, we are doing what we should have done 10 years ago. we are taking these cases out of the chain of command and making the decisions by those who are professionals, who are lawyers, who are trained along with the investigators, so that we will have a situation where sexual assault victims feel like they can come forward and file their cases. i have had too many service members say to me that they were ready to fight against the enemy that was outside the wire, they never thought the enemy was going to be a fellow soldier. i am grateful to all my republican and democratic colleagues who have recognized, finally, it is time to put their safety first. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it should be easy to agree that securing our southern boarder is vital for national security to speak more about h.r. 4828 and the need for vital security improvements as part of an overall strategy to secure and protect the southern border i yield 3 1/2 minutes to the author of the bill, my good friend and ranking republican member on homeland security, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. katko: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to mr. katko: i ask legislation i introduced with my colleagues to address a record breaking crisis along the southwest border. specifically this bill, h.r. 4828, requires the department of homeland security to secure our nation's borders through the immediate renewal of border wall project that was initiated by the previous administration. major investments in security technologies and increase hiring of frontline border patrol agents and federal law enforcement officers. the border security act is a multifaceted solution to secure our borders and prioritize the safety of americans. as a result of president biden's misguided and destructive border security policies, there were 208,887 encounters along the southwest border in august, 2021. that's a 317% increase from the previous year. august was a sixth straight month with more than 170,000 illegal encounters. a trend never before recorded. in the 24-hour period on august 1 of this year, u.s. border patrol encountered over 5,900 individuals from 33 different countries trying to cross the border. this is not seasonal migration from countries as this administration would have you believe. this is a self-inflicted disaster stemming from this administration's destruction of any semblance of border security that began in president biden's first day. while many of us thought the border crisis couldn't get worse, just this week over 15,000 migrants illegally surged into del rio, texas. according to the recently departed chief of the border patrol, the frontline is rapidly losing the situational awareness required to know who and what is inter entering our homeland. border patrol has already intercepted terrorists trying to come across the border this year, quote, at a level we have never seen before. illegal immigration is not the only threat. this year c.b.p. has already seized enough fentanyl at the border to skill every man, woman, and child in the united states seven times over. that's just what we caught at the border. without adequate resources and personnel, fentanyl and other destructive drugs are able to flood into our communities all over this great nation. poison our constituents as has happened in my district in central new york. in addition ensuring preparedness along the lord border, the border security for america act would resume construction of the border wall system, requiring the hiring and training of additional officers and agents to maintain an active duty presence along the southwest border. something we don't have right now. and increase number of agricultural specialists. k nine units, and support officers. we know these policies work and president biden's negligence has already proven dangerous to our national security. that's why this bill has the support of the national border patrol council which represents 18,000 frontline border patrol agents and support staff. we are simply trying to provide the frontline agents with what they are asking for. i often hear my friends on the other side of the aisle whom i respect accuse republicans of claiming -- complain about problems without offering solutions. here we are. here we are. giving you the opportunity to vote on a strong commonsense solution to secure our borders and protect our communities. i urge my colleagues to support the security of the united states and to support a frontline men and women by passing this bill. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from yields back. the gentlelady from north carolina. miss ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. -- ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. the fiscal year 2022 ndaa authorizes funding for cybersecurity investments in people, programs, and technology. it directs the executive branch to establish a cyber threat information collaboration environment which will facilitate the transmission sharing and analysis of cyber threat information. which is so crucial, particularly at this time. this legislation implements key recommendations of the national security commission on artificial intelligence by authorizing funding for key a.i. related initiatives, including investments in the work force, emerging technologies research, and support for our small business contractors. additionally, the legislation authorizes funding to support biological threat reduction programs, requires a publicly available report on threats regarding weapons of mass destruction by china and russia, and directs a report on biosecurity efforts across the department of defense. all needed and crucial investments. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my good friend and distinguished member from texas and fellow member of the rules committee, energy and commerce committee, and budget committee, mr. burgess of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. burr burgess: i thank the gentleman from oklahoma. the national defense authorization act includes a provision requiring now women to register for the selective service. we all know that men have 30 days from their 18th birthday to register in case a draft becomes necessary. we also know the last draft was in the nixon administration in 1972. we are fortunate to have an all volunteer military force, and we know that our citizens unite in times of need. the selective service system has outlived its necessity. however, since it remains a requirement, we must not fundamentally change the relationship between the government and the governed by adding a provision to add women to the draft in this massive defense bill. the change of this magnitude requires its own vote by every member representing their constituents. i rise in supporterred an amendment like this to strike this language from the bill by representative taylor green from georgia, unfortunately the democrats are not permitting its consideration on the floor. i think this is a mistake. i think we should be heard. i think we should be transparent. we should be recorded. then let's get on with the business of replacing the selective service system. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from north carolina for her leadership. let me make a proclamation here on the floor of the house. that when you have the responsibility of governing, you govern. the president of the united states, president biden, who believes in transformational government, the house and senate, the house under the leadership of speaker pelosi, the senate under the leadership of chuck schumer. you govern. today we are making an enforced, pointed, and open statement about governing. let me quickly start with the ndaa. the vehicle that helps the men and women who put on the uniform unselfishly on our behalf. i'm excited about the increase in quality of life dollars. the raise in personnel salaries, the concern of our families. i'm increasingly excited about cyber protection. and as well that we ask the hard questions about afghanistan and how we will not see the return of such, but we are not afraid to govern by asking those questions so that we can move forward. i'm also excited about recognizing that the quality of life issues for our members in the military are important. the jackson lee amendment emphasized those points. $10 million to fight cripple neckive breast cancer impacting our women in the united states military, particularly women of color. $2.5 million in ptsd. i have heard many times, we give to ptsd but it keeps growing and growing. and there are those in our constituency, our constituent who need these ongoing services. i have been working on this for a long time. to recognize that we must treat our men and women that go into the united states military academy fairly, does anyone know they admit people with speech disorders? good for them. but when they graduate, they are not given a command. my amendment, i hope to become law, that will determine that you analyze all of your military students to make sure they have a command when they graduate. and i am most excited about one i'll talk about quickly later. then of course as we have done so much great work with the -- to look at the maternity rate for members traveling around the word. determine how we can remediate the risk and outline plans to reduce incidents of space debris, to ensure we stop students from being recruited when they go overseas to be engaged in spy operations. that happens. we are glad to have that. as well as to begin looking at renaming some of these bases after the historic african-americans. let me quickly say that amendment number 194 should be one that we all come together to tracing the history of the service of african-americans in the united states military. particularly enslavery to recognize that they can be a vital legacy to the united states. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. ross: i yield an additional minute to the gentlelady. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for an additional minute. ms. jackson lee: will i talk further about that as we move into the ndaa. let me talk about my original premise of governance. the continuing appropriations is crucial. and i rise in supporter the lifting of the debt ceiling not to spend money but when you have responsibility to govern, you govern. to pay our bills. does anyone want to suggest that we should not? i'm looking for a few good men and women on the other side of the aisle that will stand with us as americans and responsible to our fellow americans. governing so that we can ensure we have a supplemental food program and other aspects of it. but we have to govern. more response to the covid-19. finally, it is important to give women back their rights. roe v. wade is the law of the land and we are going to pass that legislation along with my anti-stalking and vigilante bill because people are suffering with the texas law. it has no place in society. it is a violation of the constitution of the united states. and it should be quashed with the roe v. wade codification. i ask the other body to support us in that. i ask everyone to support the underlying bill. i yield back. i thank the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my good friend, the distinguished member of the house armed services committee, mr. jackson of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. jackson: thank you, to the gentleman from oklahoma. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the most important, one of the most important bills that comes before congress, the ndaa. this year's ndaa follows the national defense strategy by nodernizing our military, providing a pay raise for service members, and restoring readiness. this legislation will nodernize our nuclear triade by supporting the work done at the plant in amarillo. the ndaa also includes provision that is will support shepherd air force base and authorizes military construction for a new child development center. also included are provision that is puts service members first and ensure the safety of all soldiers, airmen, marines, and guardians. the ndaa continues efforts on the future vertical lift to make sure we have a rotary aircraft that can operate in future conflicts with china or russia. as we consider amendments, i hope this bill remains focused on national security and can be passed in a good faith manner as we did almost unanimously in committee. thank you to chairman smith and ranking member rogers for their leadership in putting together a bipartisan defense bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to highlight an amendment that is sponsored by several of our colleagues that will be in the ndaa and that we'll hear more about this evening and tomorrow. it directs -- it deals with pfas, foreevery chemicals. we have debated issues about pfas on this floor, but unfortunately members of our armed services sometimes end up being human guinea pigs for these pfas. and this amendment will deal with many of these concerns. it directs the secretary of defense to provide d.o.d. medical providers with mandatory training with respect to the potential health effects of pfas. we have seen this in north carolina, particularly at fort bragg. it requires the e.p.a. to obtain analytical reference standards for f pass for the development of protocols and methodologies and enforcement activities. it clarifies the scope of pfas data reporting from the 2020 ndaa. it amends title 3, section 318 to clarify that d.o.d. must comply with safe incineration of pfas as enacted in section 330 of ndaa of fiscal year 2020. it requires the report on d.o.d. progress to comply with e.p.a. pfas disposal guidelines, and it requires that this report be submitted one year after enactment of the act. and it includes they report to the committee on armed services. # . it defines the scope of prohibition to ensure that pfas materials sent to third parties for disposal are also covered by the provisions. it expresses the sense of congress that the air force has contaminated real property with pfos and pfoa chemicals and should use existing authority to acquire property and provide relocation assistance. it riers report detailing contamination sites and acquisition and relocation status. it requires a national primary drinking water regulation for pfas. and clarifies congressional intent by requiring manufacturers to disclose all pfas discharges over 100 pounds. i reserve the balance of mir time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to my good friend, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer, distinguished ranking member of the oversight committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute. mr. comer: thank you, i rise to speak in opposition to certain pfas regulations included in the national defense authorization act. while it's important to provide funding for cleanup it's critical that efforts to regulate pfas does so in a way that defines the chemicals consistently, adequately and consistent with sound science. in this ndaa what's defined as pfas is left open to operatation or defined under a broad definition. broad definition risks subjecting thousands of chemicals to scrutiny and regulating many products. a few products include lithium ion battery, semiconductor, refrigerants and medical devices. these products that could be impacted provide critical benefits to our military and broader society and should be manufactured in the united states. in the ndaa and with all the legislation it's esen thacial we properly define pas up -- pfas up front so we can focus on materials such as pfo a and pfas where there's consensus for regulation of. i urge careful consideration of drafting definitions properly focused and targeted by sound science. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to point out some additional benefits of this ndaa in dealing with global challenges. h.r. 4350 invests in tools to combat the unprecedented challenge of a global pandemic, racial inequities, and a deepening climate emergency. the ndaa authorizes funding for national defense and prioritizes programs and policies to confront the growing threat of china and russia. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. obernolte. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. observer nolte: i'm deeply concerned that the -- mr. obernolte: i'm deeply concerned that the measure we're considering includes more national debt. our national debt today represents about $85,000 for every american man, woman, and child. and it's going to get worse. the congressional budget office estimates that at the rate we're going, in just a few short years that debt will more than double and just paying interest on that debt will consume 10% of everything our country makes. every other time we have considered raising this debt ceiling that conversation has been accompanied by a discussion of how we're going to pay that money back. unfortunately that is not occurring today. i've introduced a constitutional amendment that would require the federal budget to be balanced which would help us pay down this national debt over time. but absent discussion of getting our fiscal house in order, it is unconscionable to leave that legacy of debt to our children and kick the can down the road. mr. speaker, i must urge a no vote. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. there are additional, wonderful amendments dealing with cyber security that are in the ndaa. we will hear again about another cyber security training pilot program for the department of veterans affairs for veterans and members of the armed forces transitioning from service to civilian life. it creates a registered apprenticeship program at the cyber security and infrastructure security agency focused on cyber security and infrastructure security. both programs will be established in coordination with the department of defense. we know that we do not have enough people in civilian life with this cyber security training as we face these threats like we saw in my home state of north carolina with the colonial pipeline. having this transition from d.o.d. to civilian life and having supportive apprenticeship programs will go a long way to fighting cyber security. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from yk. -- from oklahoma. mr. cole: i yield one minute to my friend, the distinguished gentleman from new york, mr. jacobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. jacobs: i rise in support of h.r. 4350, the national defense authorization act. our nation faces many challenges in the coming years from the growing threat of terrorism brought on by our reckless withdrawal from afghanistan to chinese aggression. this bill reverses defense cuts proposed by the biden administration to fund our military and ensure our nation can counter any threat. it also addresses president biden's disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan by prohibiting financial support to the taliban and allocating resources for counterterrorism operations. in addition it provides our troops a pay raise and supports the procurement of essential equipment. finally the bill includes a bill i introduced to improve retention and readiness for providing opportunities for reservists and the rule makes in order my amendment that will get more small, innovative companies access to d.o.d. contracts. mr. speaker, we face numerous challenges both today and in the future. this legislation prioritizes resources for our military at a critical time and i urge its passage. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: mr. speaker, inquiry, how many more speakers does the gentleman from oklahoma have? mr. cole: we have one additional speaker. ms. ross: thank you, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield three minutes to my very good friend from missouri, the distinguished republican ranking member of the budget committee, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for three minutes. mr. smith: thank you -- thank you to the gentleman from oklahoma. i want to mang mr. speaker, for months democrats have been pursuing a radical, partisan agenda that will pile on trillions to our debt. we are here today where they're asking republicans to basically help them get a loan. they are pushing the most expensive piece of legislation in the history of the united states. with the largest tax increase in the history of the united states. and yet democrats, they're demanding we hold the door open so that they can ram through this partisan, reckless agenda. the debt limit is a chance for congress to address government spending. something we have done since 1985. sadly, today the democrats are playing chicken with the government shutdown. by tying the debt ceiling to a c.r. so they can enact their multitrillion dollar partisan tax and spending plan which currently clocks in at $4.3 trillion. no matter the harm it will do, no matter how it will fuel more inflation that is crippling family budgets, budget republicans sent a letter to congressional leaders back in july. outlining over a half a dozen approaches congress has taken in the past to address government spending with a debt limit increase. but they have ignored all of our suggestions. because the fact of the matter is, my colleagues have one goal in mind. an agenda of more spending, more debt, and more taxes on working class americans. democrats control the white house, they control the senate, and they control the house. if they want to spend trillions of americans' tax dollars, then they can stand alone to ask, they can stand alone and ask for that loan. but republicans will not co-sign a loan for the democrats' reckless agenda. that harms working families. fuels more record inflation. and rewards their political allies and donors. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from 101 faith-based religious and civil rights organizations expressing their support for h.r. 3755, the women's health protection act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. ross: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the national nurses united dated september 21, expressing their resounding support for h.r. 3755. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ross: the letter states on behalf of the 175,000 registered nurses represented by the national nurses united, we write to you today to endorse the women's health protection act of 2021, sponsored by representative chu. we strongly urge you to vote yes on this critical piece of legislation when it's brought to the floor of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ross: i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from 20 medical organizations including the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists, the american college of physicians, and the american medical women's association to name a few, expressing their support for h.r. 3755, the women's health protection act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert in the record a letter from 16 attorneys general expressing their support for h.r. 3755, the women's health protection act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ross: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. let me first inquire, i assume my good friend from north carolina is prepared to close? thank you. with that, mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to begin by thanking my good friend from north carolina we don't agree, obviously, on the rule we don't agree on every piece of legislation, but i appreciate the civility and quality of the debate. mr. speaker, to me, as i look at both the rule and the underlying legislation, the phrase that immediately comes to my mind is the good, the bad, and the ugly. let's start with the good. there's no question that the national defense authorization act is a product of bipartisan cooperation, the highest order on the house armed services committee. nobody got everything they want. but there's a lot of things in there that both sides worked together on to achieve. i particularly want to commend, again, chairman smith and ranking member rogers for the manner in which they approached this bill. i want to commend them for the additional $25 billion. i know that the chairman didn't support that but obviously many democrat toic members did. i think that was an important sign that the country is united on the idea that we need to spend more on defense in these very dangerous times. the -- again, the quality of the compromises and some of the legislation that is included in this is extraordinarily important. my friend from california, ms. speier, mentioned the issue of sexual assault. it's addressed in this in a bipartisan, thoughtful way. i thank her for her tireless work on that very important subject. i also thank those members that worked hard to reposition our defense where we focus on our emerging threats, our near-peer threats of china and russia, while also dealing with north korea, iran, and the threat of global terrorism. it's a good bill. not everybody will support it. but i think it'll get overwhelming support on both sides of the aisle. i look forward to voting for it. to me the bad is h.r. 3755. i make no bones about it, mr. speaker. i'm strongly pro-life. 100% pro-life. voting record. i respect those with a different point of view. but this is not a codification of roe vs. wade. this is a radical abortion bill that was -- that would allow abortion on demand in every state under almost any circumstances that the provider of the abortion deemed appropriate. quite frankly, it's an enormousover reach and it will overturn dozens of state laws in many states all around the country. laws that have been constitutionally approved in the past. that's unfortunate. and i think many on our side that would certainly work on women's health aren't going to work in support of -- work and support abortion on demand. finally, to me, mr. speaker, the continuing resolution is the ugly. it's not all ugly, there are some good things in there. i commend my friends for voting to keep the government open. i would normally do that as well. no partisan debate there, at least not from me. i also support the relief for americans who have been the sreubg tips of natural disasters. that, too, is negotiated by the appropriations key. it's an appropriation measure and so, too, the measure setaside and those who worked with our forces in afghanistan and come to our country seeking refuge in support. we should honor the commitment and sacrifice they made on our behalf. we could have passed a bill like that in the united bipartisan commission. then a decision was made by democratic leadership to interject a debt ceiling resolution without any discussion, any negotiation, any way to lower that debt or offset it or slow it down. that's what many of my friends object swrebgt to. i voted for debt ceiling increases in the past under both republican and democratic presidents, and i would do so again but not without addressing the drivers of the debt and certainly not on a signoff of 3.5 reconciliation bill that is on top of our normal appropriations and on top of the bipartisan release given the coronavirus crisis thus far. that has stretched too far. we are going to kick it over to the senate where we know the support is not there and we will be back on this floor dealing with this manner again where the two parties can work together and keep the government open and in operation. with that, i urge my colleagues to vote no on the previous question, no on the rule and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. ross: following the withdrawal from afghanistan, we have a solemn duty to provide for our servicemembers and to keep our promise to our afghan allies, the fiscal year 2022 national defense authorization act will do both. this ndaa will invest in our nation's defense and war happens at our institutions of higher education such as those in north carolina's research triangle. and we must pass the continuing resolution in order to support our afghan allies and provide relief to regions recovering from hurricane ida and suspend the debt limit and keep our government funded. finally, we must pass the women's health protection act to enable women across the country to access reproductive health care, including abortion care. i want to highlight a discrepancy between the rhetoric and opponents against reproductive particularly to those like states like mine. these opponents claim to be pro-life to be working to protect families and babies. but almost always, these are the same people who oppose medicaid expansion, universal child care and the expansion of the child tax credit. in the united states today, babies that do not get prenatal care are five times more likely to die than babies that do get prenatal care. prenatal care is one of the many forms of health care that medicaid covers. medicaid also provides post-part umh care coverage to new mothers and the american rescue plan gave states the option to extend that coverage from 60 days to 12 months. post-part umh care is key to protecting new mothers from a variety of serious conditions that can develop after birth. similarly, universal child care and the child tax credit are investments in babies and in families. today, in america, supporting children and families means supporting medicaid expansion, affordable child care, tax benefits for families, all of which are included in the build back better act. mr. speaker, i urge a yes vote on the rule and the previous question. i yield back the balance of my time. and i move the previous question on the res hraogs -- resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. those in favor say aye. those, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it -- >> i would request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays -- pursuant to section 3-s of section 8, yeas and nays are ordered members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned 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 gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on the previous question. can . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. streubg left hand, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. strickland will vote yea on house resolution 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. stanton, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. stanton will vote yes on the previous question. and as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fulcher from idaho, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. fulcher will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. latta of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. latta will vote no on ordering the previous question on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. carter of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from massachusetts seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. cooper, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. cooper will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. burgess of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. burgess will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yea on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. adam smith of washington, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. smith will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cardenas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. tom rice of south carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay on house resolution 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote aye on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. smith of new jersey, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. smith will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. swalwell, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. swalwell will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. reed of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. reed will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. stefanik of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ryan of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. ryan will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative morrelle, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that representative morelli will vote aye on -- morrelle will vote aye on the previous question. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek rebg tpheus? >> thank you, mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe courtney of connecticut, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. courtney will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mceachin pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congresswoman grace meng, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that congresswoman meng will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 218, the noes, 2120. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> i request the yeas and nays. pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered members will record their votes by electronic device by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned 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 gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on h. res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rao*ed of new york, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rao*ed will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. kildee: as the member designated by mr. ryan of ohio, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. ryan will vote yes on h.r. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. burgess and pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. burgess will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. streubg left hand pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. streubg left hand will vote yeah. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. carter of texas, punt to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. lawson of -- as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h.r. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. stefanik of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote no on house resolution 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. smith of new jersey, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. smith will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. tom rice of south carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay on house resolution 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. stanton, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. stanton will vote yes on h.res. 667. as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. latta of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. latta will vote no on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. fulcher of idaho, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. fulcher will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative morrelle, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that representative morrelle will vote aye on h.res. 667. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cardenas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congresswoman meng, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congresswoman meng will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. joe courtney of connecticut, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. courtney will vote yes on h.res. 66 #. -- 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. swalwell of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. swalwell will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that -- as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does think gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on h.res. 667. as the member designated by mr. cooper, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. cooper will vote yes on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yea on h.res. 667. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 217. and the nays are 207. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the chair asks all members in the chamber as well as members and staff throughout the capitol to rise for a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims of hurricane ida, both in the gulf states, throughout the mid-atlantic and northeast region and throughout the country. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. castro, to suspend the rules and pass s. 1821, 1828, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: an act to to authorize the provision of personnel of the central intelligence agency who incur qualifying injuries to the brain, to issue payment to those who incur similar injuries and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. calvert: as the member designated by mr. carter of texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. reed of new york, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. reed will vote yea on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 8, i hereby inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. meuser: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. stefanik of new york, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by mr. cooper, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cooper will vote yes on s. 1828. as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. latta of ohio, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. latta will vote yea on the rule for s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. gomez: as the member designated by mr. cardenas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote aye on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. tom rice of south carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote yea on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. torres: as the member designated by ms. strickland, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. strickland will vote yea on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. johnson: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fulcher, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. fulcher will vote yea on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by congresswoman meng, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. smith of new jersey, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. smith will vote yea on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. stanton, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. stanton will vote yes on s. 1828. as the member designated by ms. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on s.1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative morrelle of the great state of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that representative morrelle will vote aye on s. 1828. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. joe courtney of connecticut, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. courtney will vote yes on s. 1828. i'm here on behalf of mr. courtney. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. swalwell, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. swalwell will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on s.1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ryan of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. ryan will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yea on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on s. 1828. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. burgess of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. burgess will vote yes on 1828. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 427, and the nays are zero. zero recorded as present. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, seek recognition? ms. delauro: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 667, i call up the bill h.r. 5305, making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2021, and for providing emergency assistance and for other purposes 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. 5305, a bill making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and providing emergency assistance, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 667, the bill is considered read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally controlled by the chair and the 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, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the extending government funding and delivering emergency assistance act, which extends funding for federal programs and services through december 3. with the covid-19 pandemic still ranging and many other challenges, this bill will support the working, middle-class families who live paycheck-to-paycheck. it supports them through investments in education, health, housing, and public safety programs, and it ensures that we can continue to help the most vulnerable. through investments in our schools, high-quality job training programs, and early childhood education, this bill will grow opportunity and uplift hardworking american families. it will put food on the table for those who are hungry and provide a roof over their head for those who are unhoused. and finally, it will protect public health and safeguard our consumers from dangerous products and unsafe food. but let me be clear, this is not a long-term solution. it simply allows additional time for bicameral, bipartisan negotiations on a final year bill for fiscal year 2022. the house has advanced our process, and we are ready to begin negotiations with the senate as soon as we complete work on this legislation. as this bill provides critical support for our families and communities, it also addresses recent emergencies that require federal resources and incorporates feedback from members on both sides of the aisle. it provides emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the recent disasters caused by climate change and to address needs created by the end of more than 20 years of war in afghanistan. the climate crisis gave us the devastation of hurricane ida, and last year's hurricanes, recent wildfires, severe drought, summer heat and winter storms. as a result, thousands of americans across the united states are still in a great need of assistance and support. i am proud that this bill provides $28.6 billion in desperately needed federal aid, including $7.5 billion for hurricane ida so that survivors, small businesses, and hard-hit communities can rebuild and put struggling families back on their feet. we provide this relief to virtually all corners of the nation because all corners of the nation need our help. as we intond to these -- respond to these disasters in the united states, we must address humanitarian needs resulting from the end of the war in afghanistan. this bill delivers $6.3 billion for urgent humanitarian assistance in the region and honors our commitment to our afghan allies and their families who are now in the united states. it provides funding to support temporary housing, security screening, and long-term resettlement of these afghan evacuees. these people risked their lives to serve our nation, and it is our moral imperative to protect them and to help them get back on their feet. and finally, the legislation suspends the statutory debt limit through december, 2022. mr. speaker, with this bill, we are doing what is right, supporting working families and this country. i urge my colleagues to support this rule, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in reluctant opposition to h.r. 5305, a bill that contains many critical items, including a continuing resolution to fund the federal government until december 3. over the last month, republican members of the house and senate have voiced concerns about tying a vote to suspend the debt ceiling with a vote to keep the government funded. it is disappointing, but that is exactly what is happening here today. even if this bill passes the house, we know it's going to face strong resistance in the senate. with only a few days left in the fiscal year, this decision alone could force us into an unnecessary and costly government shutdown. i do want to thank our committee chair, ms. delauro, for working to develop a bill that includes priorities of members on both sides of the aisle. in addition to this bill allowing critical adjustments to be made in government programs over the next two months, we worked together on much-needed supplemental funding to address hurricanes, wildfires, flooding, and other impacts on national -- of national disasters. unfortunately, the chair's good-faith efforts have been undone by other political decisions. not only does this bill include language to suspend the debt ceiling, the funding for israel's iron dome missile defense system was removed from the bill after it was filed. i do not understand why this decision was made because it was only four short months ago that israel faced rocket attacks on a scale that had never been seen before. israeli civilians would have suffered terrible casualties had it not been for iron dome. iron dome rocket interceptors need to be restored, and that is why funding was included as part of the original package. we should not be turning our backs on our steadfast ally at a time when they continue to face dangerous threats from terrorists. the decision of full funding will lead israel more vulnerable. in addition to this funding being removed, there are some other items that deserve further review as we move forward with the fiscal year 2022 appropriations process. for example, we must give the department of homeland security the resources it needs to address the historically high number of migrants flooding our borders. the situation on the border is the worst it has ever been. and we must get it under control. putting these issues aside, we all know the reality is that we must pass a bill to keep the government open. there's no time for delay. we should not pretend that by considering this bill on the floor of the house today that we will be any closer to sending a bill to the president's desk to prevent a government shutdown. i urge my colleagues to vote against this bill, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i want to congratulate her for the job she has done, not only in passing nine of the 12 appropriation bills that are over in the senate, unfortunately have not been considered, and the other three bills i know she's working very hard on which would obviate a need for a c.r. we have not done that so we must pass this bill. there's no job, mr. speaker, more critical for congress to perform each year than to fund the government. again, i want to thank chairwoman delauro and the members and staff of the appropriations committee and the ranking member for their work earlier this year to ensure that the house pass nine of the 12 appropriation bills. as we continue to work with the senate to finish that work, it is imperative that we adopt this continuing resolution to keep the government open and serving the american people during this challenging time. the continuing resolution also includes this -- also includes much-needed emergency funding for disaster relief. communities along the gulf coast were hard hit by hurricane ida, and western states are continuing to deal with the devastating wildfires. at the same time, mr. speaker, this legislation also includes additional funding to facilitate the resettlement of our afghan allies and their families. it's also essential we suspend the debt limit to prevent a default that would trigger an economic catastrophe, not only here but around the world. and this continuing resolution includes such a suspension. in my career over the 40 years that i have spent here, republican and democratic secretaries of the treasury and administrations have urged us not to allow the credit and faith of the united states of america to fail. in years past, democrats and republicans came together to address the debt limit because we all know how dangerous it would be for america not to pay the bills it has already incurred. this is not for additional spending. this is for what we have already spent. either by spending on objectives or cutting revenues. let me remind everyone what we are talking about. this is about paying for what we already bought. the family can't just decide not to pay its credit card for purchases already made. their credit would suffer. rightfully so. making them a risky bet for lenders who would be justified in charging higher payments. now we played chicken with the debt some years ago. it was in the early 2010's, and the credit of the united states for the first time in 100 years was put down a notch. the credit of the united states of america. . if we do not agt now to stave off this preventable crisis. every time the president asked congress to take the same vote, democrats and joined with senator mcconnell and leader mccarthy to suspend the debt limit. we did it three times under a republican president. there is a democratic president. and now withstanding senator mcconnell's observation that it would be unwise not to extend the credit of the united states. there are apparently is a commitment on the other side of the capitol not to vote for a debt limit extension. i hope republicans will be consistent and will do as they did before, vote to presentence a default and prevent the american people from a damaging economic crisis as we are coming out of a pandemic. therefore, i urge all members, republican and democratic, this is not a republican or democratic debt but a debt of the united states of america. we don't welch on our debts. we pay our debts. that's all this bill coast. the debt limit is an absolutely phony issue. there are very few less than a handful of countries that have a debt limit and none who have come to a crisis of not paying their debt. i urge my colleague aoegs to keep government open. primarily responsibility and prevent an economic disaster. it is my intention to bring to this floor a suspension bill before the end of this week that will fund fully iron dome. i was for that. i'm still for it, we ought to do it. i talked to the foreign minister just two hours ago and assured him that that bill was going to pass this house. i hope that my colleague on that side of the aisle would join with me. i thank chairwoman delauro and indicated she wanted it to be done and it will be done. it is absolutely essential, 4400 rockets in 10 days that rained down on israel. one of our closest allies and friends. luckily -- no, not luckily, because they have iron dome, very few lives were lost and very little property was lost. too much, but nevertheless, iron dome saved lives and property. and held israel secure. the president wants this bill passed, mr. schumer wants this bill passed, the speaker wants this bill passed -rpbgts the chair of the appropriations key wants this bill passed. i want this bill passed and both sides of the aisle want to make sure that israel is secure and replenish the assets of iron dome which are defensive only so that if someone sends allege rocket towards either people or places in israel, they will be able to intercept that rocket and save lives and save property. i thank the chair for her leadership. i want to thank the members of this body who are going to stand up, in my view, and are going to vote not only to keep government funded but to ensure that the united states of america does not fail to pay its debts. and i yield back the balance of my time the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from yields back and the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. >> i thank the republican leader, the gentlelady from texas, mr. speaker. the national debt is at the higher percentage of g.d.p. and threatens to burden future generations after spending 3.6 trillion was bipartisan for covid relief, time to address this very serious issue. this majority has gone toward unnecessary spending and they are feeling the impact that continues to drive record inflation and the democratic inflation 4.5 trillion tax and spending spree which is not only the largest bill brought before congress but the largest tax bill and the largest anti-anti-energy bill and largest amnesty bill. the only thing that got caught is the $1 million that got cut from the iron dome funding for defense of israel. the bill would actually limit, mr. speaker, private sector growth which is the source of the revenue and would reduce g.d.p. this comes from a report from the whart on school of business. this is nothing of socialism. while this works its way through congress, deem cats are asking republicans to spend a blank check. they are asking us to extend the debt ceiling to finance reckless spending. and as the senate minority leader this is like co-signing a loan. democrats wants and socialivity agenda leaving the people to spend these policies in more ways than one. we can't stand for this. and if it was for past spending, mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired >> i yield an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> if this was for past spending as the majority leader suggested then the debt ceiling cap would be at today's level of debt. we will see a much higher number coming our way. which i will not support signing this. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield 1.5 minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized. ms. kaptur: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mixed feelings that i rise in support of the continuing resolution. we need to keep the federal government's lights on and make sure ensure national parks remain open to all and we are in the middle of a global pandemic and too many people are unsure to keep their own lights on. critical funding to respond to hurricane ida. this legislation will provide $6 billion for the army corps of engineers, bureau of reclamation to respond to the human and environmental disasters and there are necessary extensions to keep programs operateing for the next several weeks and our nation is still reeling from the g.o.p. tax scam that phraou up the deficits by giving away billions of dollars to the top 1%. for the third year in a row is deeply concerning. nine bills await consideration but senate republicans would rather block efforts to build back better than do their. i commend representative delauro for their prioritiation in passing with all bills passed through. senate, come on, catch up. i support this continuing resolution and i kneeled back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. the gentlewoman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield to the gentlemanfrom georgia, mr. bishop. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for 1.5 minutes. mr. bishop: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i rise in support of h.r. 5305. i would like to highlight several items in our jurisdiction. the legislation includes $10 billion for agricultural disaster assistance program to cover events in 2020 and 2021. farmers, ranchers and producers face environmental events and the heat in the pacific northwest to another year of massive wildfires in california and hurricanes. every region of our country is impacted. it includes $275 million for the water protection program to help communities to address caused by and ensures that it can meet the demand from beginning of socially farmers and allows to expand opportunities and create jobs and provides the authority and funding to allow the food and nutrition service to increase fruits and vegetables in the food w.i.c. programs. i thank the keys and i thank the chair woman for their work on the many hard issues. i urge my colleagues to support this bill so the programs can help america grow and continue to help people across the country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. ms. granger: i reserve. ms. delauro: i yield 1.5 minutes to the gentlelady from california ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for 1.5 minutes. ms. lee: i rise in strong support of h.r. 5304 and i thank chairwoman delauro in bringing this forward as well as our speaker in ensuring our government stays open and responds to emergencies here at home and abroad. this legislation responds to the needs of western communities impacted by wildfires. my home state of california is experiencing the climate emergency firsthand. we have lost so many homes and lives and entire tones towns to wildfires. it is a fact that climate change is driving these fires and extreme weather events. $26 billion will address the rising cost of climate change. as president biden said justice must be at the height of our spops. we focus on those bearing the immact of a climate crisis. as chair of the state foreign operations of the appropriations subcommittee, i am pleased that this legislation includes over $6.3 billion to continue support for afghan refugees and the humanitarian needs of the afghan people. president biden ended two decades of war. we have argued that there is no military situation in afghanistan and the growing humanitarian crisis is exposing the cost of our endless wars. we have a moral responsibility to provide safe harbor for afghans -- can i have another 10 seconds. ms. delauro: i yield 30 seconds. ms. lee: we not only have a moral responsibility to provide for safe harbor for vulnerable afghans who fear for their lives but humanitarian assistance who are suffering inside afghanistan. 18.4 million people require humanitarian assistance due to the conflict, severe drought and i ask for an kwrao*eu vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. the gentlewoman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield 1.5 minutes to the chair of the appropriations subcommittee on military construction ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speak er, if we don't pass this c.r., we will have a cascade of nightmare occurrencees. the federal governments will shut down. the united states will default on its debt causing and leave us a weaker nation .. the national institute of standards and technology will not receive the $22 million in this bill to investigate the surfside building collapse that happened in my district. republicans voted for a debt ceiling increase three times under trump, and this proposed increase would pay for debts his administration incurred. americans have been enough in the last 18 months. now is not the time to hold our economy hostage and tear vital strands from our safety net. too many children, seniors, working families are counting on the stability we began to secure in the recent months. we must not play politics with our nation's fiscal stability. we must pass this c.r. madam speaker, i want to thank chair delauro, for bringing the stand-alone iron dome suspension bill and support the iron dome missile defense interceptor so that israel can defend herself by herself. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. the gentlewoman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, the speaker of the house of representatives, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for one minute. the speaker: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman for yielding, the distinguished chair of the appropriations committee, congresswoman delauro of connecticut. thank you for bringing this important legislation to the floor in such a substantial way. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this continuing resolution, an essential step to keep government open, but it's not about government, it's about the people meeting their needs so that congress can continue our work for the people, whether we're talking about social security recipients, veterans, millions who have -- needed to benefit from what we're doing to address the health crisis in our country and the rest. this legislation goes a long way to doing that. in fact, it is essential we keep government open. a government shutdown -- a government shutdown would be a very bad thing for our country, for our economic growth and for meeting the needs of the american people, as i suggested. this legislation secures government funding through december of this year, providing an appropriate amount of time for us to work in a bipartisan way, democrats and republicans, house and senate, to address appropriations' priority in the regular order process for fiscal year 2022. while funding government and meeting the needs of people and avoiding a government shutdown, which would be catastrophic for americans recovering from the covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, this legislation also meets other important priorities. helping american families devastated by recent natural disasters. earlier this evening, we had a moment of silence for all those who lost their lives, for their families. very sad in hurricane ida. throughout the country. and then helping resettle afghan evacuees fleeing danger. congresswoman barbara lee talked about the need to do that and how important it is. we have a commitment in this house, many of the women, both sides of the capitol to help the afghan women any way that we can. another previously item -- previously prioritized in the continuing resolution is the funding for the iron dome. i thank the chairwoman for her leadership in bringing this legislation to the floor this week to further express the will of congress for the security of israel manifested in funding for the iron dome. thank you so much for that. mr. speaker, crucially, this funding will also include the suspension of the debt limit through december, 2022. addressing the debt limit is about protecting the full faith and credit of the united states, which founders wrote into the constitution. in the 14th amendment, section 4 states, the validity of the public debt of the united states, authorized by law, shall not be questioned. this is not about future spending. some would like to give the impression, we're just doing this -- no, this is about paying bills already incurred, including the social security recipients, again, veterans, millions who have benefited from the bipartisan covid relief legislation passed last december. as i said before, congress is ironclad in its commitment to never letting the full faith of the credit of the united states come under threat, a commitment that has long been bipartisan. indeed, our approach in the c.r. for the debt limit is modeled after legislation proposed by g.o.p. senators in recent years. since 2011, each of the seven times the debt limit has been needed to be addressed, congress has done so on a bipartisan basis, including three times during the trump administration, when the dut -- during the -- when it rose by $7.8 trillion. again, much of that incurred in terms of the full -- honoring our commitment with covid. a very big chunk of it in a tax scam that gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1%. it should be noted that just 3% of the current debt has been accumulated under the biden administration. threatening to force the united states into default would be reckless and dangerous beyond measure. last time the republicans tried this a number of years ago, even the thought of not honoring the full faith and credit lowered our credit rating. the failure to address the debt limit would be, as secretary of the treasury janet yellen recently stated, quote, have absolutely catastrophic economic consequences. it would be utterly unprecedented and would precipitate a financial crisis. it would threaten the jobs and savings of americans at a time when we're still recovering from the covid epidemic, end of quote. a study released just today found the failure to address the debt limit would cost the u.s. economy up to six million jobs. wipe out potentially $15 trillion in household wealth. make borrowing rates skyrocket. and send the unemployment rates surging up to 9%. almost twice the level it is now. as the report states, the situation would be cataclysmic and comparable to that suffered during the financial crisis of 2008. indeed, this situation would be financial armaggedon. according to mark zandi of moody's, and it could cause an immediate catastrophe of unbelievable proportion and damage america for 100 years, according to jpmorgan's c.e.o., jamie diamond. you know, as i mentioned before, this has always been bipartisan. not everybody on every side of the aisle has always voted for it, but nobody would let it fail. in 2019, when supporting a suspension of the debt ceiling under president trump, leader mcconnell stated, while supporting suspension of the debt, he stated, doing so secures our nation's full faith and credit and ensures that congress will not throw this kind of unnecessary wrench into the gear of our job growth and thriving economy. as it was true then, why isn't it true now? why would senator mcconnell reverse his position and decide to throw an unnecessary wrench into the gears of our job growth and thriving economy? today, the stakes remain high and they remain the same, and i urge all members to come together in the spirit of bipartisanship to protect the full faith and credit of the united states. i also want to, again, thank the committee and distinguished chair and bipartisan conversations that you have had settling some internal aspects of this legislation -- some of the important provisions in it. remember, we cannot shut down government. that would be catastrophic in its own right. we cannot ignore and not support the full faith and credit of the united states of america. right in this constitution of the united states, the 14th amendment, section 4, the validity of the public debt of the united states, authorized by law, shall not be questioned. the constitution says that. why should the congress question that? with that, i urge a strong bipartisan vote for the continuing resolution and yield back the balance of my time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlewoman from maine, the chair of the appropriations subcommittee on interior and the environment, ms. pingree. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from maine is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to the chair for yielding the time. i want to rise to support the extending government funding and delivering emergency assistance act. i'm so grateful for the leadership of chair delauro, who i know has worked tirelessly on this critical legislation, and to the staff, who i know haven't slept much lately. this bill maintains current government services so that the important work funded through the interior bill, such as preserving our natural and cultural resources and upholding our responsibilities to native americans and alaska natives can continue. i'm pleased this bill contains supplemental funding to provide desperately needed relief from the devastation caused by climate change, extreme weather events, and catastrophic wildland fire. it provides $1.8 billion to agencies in the interior bill for expenses related to the consequences of wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters that occurred since 2019. western states, as we all know, are battling more and more historic, high-intensity wildfires, and so i'm especially pleased the bill includes $230 million for hazardous fuels activities and $220 million for postwildfire restoration efforts at the department of interior and forest service. suching a tifts are -- activities are critical for habitat and burned area recovery in our national forests. these investments are essential to meet these current needs in such a critical time. i yield back my time, and i urge everyone to support this bill. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to include the text of the amendment in the record immediately prior to the vote on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. granger: mr. speaker, my amendment would provide $1 billion to replenish israel's iron dome security system. four months ago, israel was under attack from terrorists. the rocket fire into israel was on a scale that had never been seen before. countless civilian lives were saved because of the iron dome system that the united states has supported year after year. because of the attacks this spring, iron dome rocket interceptors need to be restored immediately. and members have expressed their support for this funding for months. so has the president of the united states, and so has the secretary of defense. now is the time to ensure israel has what it needs to defend itself in the face of real and growing threats. this is a commonsense motion that would fund the iron dome system and reassure our ally that america will never turn its back on the great state of israel. i urge support of the motion and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from new jersey, a member of the appropriations committee, mrs. watson coleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mrs. watson coleman: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you to chairwoman delauro for giving -- yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 5304, the extending government funding and delivering emergency assistance act. this important piece of legislation will achieve two vital goals. keeping our government funded through december 3, and providing much-needed relief to areas impacted by natural disasters this year. the emergency assistance is vital for my constituents who were heavily impacted by hurricane ida, which caused historic flooding across central jersey. the assistance will ensure that townships and individuals in my district can fully recover and repair from the damages of the storm. canceling the outstanding balances of fema's community disaster loans, this will lift a financial burden that new jersey as well as other states and territories have struggled with in the wake of recovering from multiple disasters dating back to hurricane sandy. i have been fighting for this relief with my new jersey colleagues for years and i thank the chairwoman from the bottom of my heart for working with me to get it included in the text. i strongly urge my colleagues to vote yes on this bill and its passage towards the president's desk. i thank you and yield back my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas reserves. mr. bishop: i yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey. >> three-weeks ago, the remnants of hurricane i hadda claimed 30 lives devastating my district. president bidden's financial declaration unlocked the help we need and we are providing bill kropbs of dollars to help businesses to rebuild and support the flood control project that we need that the army corps to complete the next disaster. while we need the help and we also know that the solution to these catastrophic storms can't be that we apply to fema to fix our homes every five years or keep building every higher and higher flood walls. we have to recognize that climate change is tour feet of water in your basement and the cost is far greater than trapbgsingsing away from fossil fuels. and half a country under water or we can lead the world to clean energy. i prefer to do that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: as i said before, we must pass a c.r. to keep the government open. but this bill has too many fatal flaws and passing it is a wasted opportunity. we aren't closer to sending a bill to the president desk to avert a shutdown. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the gentleman from georgia. mr. bishop: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemanis recognized for two minutes. mr. carter: i express my support for this continuing resolution especially the disaster supplemental portion. this bill contains crucial funding for my home state of louisiana and the residents of the 2nd congressional district affected by hurricane i hadda. the people of louisiana have be through a lot. it helps us to begin working on those challenges. this congress is stepping up and funding projects that will not only repair the damage but make our communities better and safer. the $3 billion in army corps flooding for flood projects will change the communities across my state and across this nation. it will build projects that will make communities stronger, safer and more resilient. the $5 billion in the funding for long-term disaster funding will help communities like laura in the past year and start places affected by ida and the road to recovery. it's not enough to repair these things to how they were, we need a recovery that reaches beyond and prepares every community to be better, to be weather-ready and ready for the next series of storpbls. this congress and the administration are taking steps toward doing just that. i will continue to fight for more resources for the people of louisiana and the 2nd congressional district and i urge my colleagues to support this continuing resolution and do the right thing for the people of america. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. bishop: as members of congress our first duty is to the american people and to those in need of extending government funding and delivering emergency act we are supporting families who are struggling to get by. by responding we can help to target communities and help the survivors rebuild and restore their lives and homes and do what is right to help those who are risk their lives by providing urgent humanitarian assistance and to reset afghan refugees in the united states we can honor our commitment. i urge my colleagues to pass this bill. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 667, 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 third reading. the clerk: a about bill headaching continuing continuations and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. granger: i have a motion to recommit on the desk. the clerk: ms. tkpwrapbger of texas moves to commit the bill to the key on appropriations pursuant to you clues 2-b of rule 19, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye those opposed, no the noes have it. the motion is not agreed to. ms. granger: i request the yeas and nays pursuant to section 3-s of the yeas and nays are ordered members will record their votes by electronic device [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned 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 gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. stanton, i inform the house that mr. stanton will vote no on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: as the member designated by mr. tom rice of south carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote aye on the motion to recommit.

Related Keywords

Honduras , Louisiana , United States , Afghanistan , Alaska , China , Minnesota , California , Whitehouse , District Of Columbia , Russia , Kabul , Kabol , Connecticut , Mexico , South Carolina , Massachusetts , Guinea , New York , Georgia , North Carolina , Missouri , Texas , Iran , Washington , Kentucky , El Salvador , Florida , Illinois , Virginia , Wisconsin , Togo , Michigan , Oklahoma , Maine , Tennessee , New Jersey , Israel , Idaho , Colorado , Pennsylvania , Houston , Watertown , Maryland , Ohio , Americans , Afghans , Afghan , Israeli , American , Adam Smith , Chuck Schumer , Wasserman Schultz , Statesof America , Barbara Lee , Taylor Green , Roe V Wade , Joe Biden , Jackson Lee , Joe Courtney , Steve Happ , Burr Burgess , Watson Coleman ,