chairman rogers and chairman cole provided $230 million to the national institutes of health, including the must be that's still there from this current year to fight ebola and other diseases. we've made sure there's careful oversight of our constituents' hard-earned tax dollars, they have to report to congress how it's going to be used have to submit a spending plan, we have to make certain the dollars are going where they'll do the most good. that's our responsibility. that's our duty. as good stewards of our constituents' hard-earned tax dollars, as guardians of the treasury, we have a fiduciary duty to make sure that money is not wasted system of chairman rogers also put an expiration date on the funding to make sure that the money is not going to be transfered to other activities. it's got to be spent on fighting this dread disease. the only po litization taken place tonight are those who would stand up in front of the people of the united states and try to make it an emotional issue. this is -- we've got to approach this, as any crisis in a calm, thoughtful, intelligent way that makes sure we're targetting our constituent's hard-earned tax dollars where they'll do the most good. any additional funding necessary to fight this outbreak in the next fiscal year can and will be considered as part of a normal appropriations process in a thoughtful, considerate way, chairman rogers has given us a bill that solve this crisis and i urge my colleagues to support it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire the gentlewoman is recognized. >> i'm pleased to yield one minute to the ranking member on the small business committee, the gentlelady from new york, epresentative velazquez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. velazquez: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, this is the face of zika. an innocent child harmed with the disease. a disease that we could prevent. now this disease is harming our fellow mesh citizens in puerto ico. and in the eastern side of the ainland. puerto rico's health care system is broken. last year, 500 doctors packed up and left the island, never to return. physicians are leaving at the rate of one a day. while puerto rico's health infrastructure is vulnerable, we are seing this terrible disease take hold. more than 507 cases of infection have already been reported in uerto rico, including 50 pregnant women and two deaths. how dare anyone in this chamber say that this is political. life is not political. when we have people that are , what n puerto rico, now -- 30 seconds? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. velazquez: now what are house republicans doing in response? they are proposing less than a third of the money needed to respond to zika. they are providing no, zero oney targeted for puerto rico. mr. speaker, look at this face again, shame on this house for this failure. look at this face and then look in the mirror. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york yields back the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman is recognized. >> i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: this bill specifically mentions puerto rico. the money goes to puerto rico. the money will be there if this bill passes. ms. velazquez: will the gentleman yield? mr. rogers: i yield three minutes to the chairman of the appropriations. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman from florida is ecognized. mr. diaz-balart. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: i want to first thank chairman rogers for his leadership on ensuring that the united states is able to do everything necessary to combat zika and do so immediately. south florida is ground zero in the united states for this disease. so the funding that this bill provides is frankly critically important to florida, especially as we know because mosquitos are most affective in the summer months. -- most active in the summer months. this disease has the ability to infect many and we must stop it. so i believe we need to provide ery dollar needed for zika prevention, treatment and response programs and i would epeat, not one penny less. this bill is the second part of a three-pronged effort to come at this disease. irst we provided for ebola funds. now we're providing over $1.2 billion to deal with this disease. if more funds are needed, congress will step up and do what's necessary to make sure if those funds were to be necessary in the future they would be available. it is also crucial, mr. speaker, that this administration, president obama's administration, that they provide congress with the detailed information as to how they plan to spend proposed funds. congress also has a responsibility to protect american taxpayers. that their hard-earned dollars are spent efficiently and effectively. much unlike, mr. speaker, the fiasco, remember those so-called shovel ready programs? let's make sure we do not repeat that embarrassing fiasco and waste of taxpayers money. so i urge my colleagues to vote for this bill as it does provide the funds necessary to fight zika immediately. immediately. mr. speaker. again, while also making sure that we protect the hard-earned american people's tax dollars. once again i want to thank the chairman for doing this so quickly, so efficiently, because florida is ground zero. i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i yield three minutes to our distinguished democratic whip, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. r. hoyer: i thank the speaker. i like mr. diaz-balart but if i get sick i hope it doesn't take 90 days for the emergency responders to come to my aid. february 2 is when the administration said we needed this fun -- needed this money. almost 90 days later, we're talking about one third of what they said was necessary. mr. speaker, our nation faces a very real and present danger from zika. our people face that crisis. already more than 1,200 americans, including more than 110 pregnant women have confirmed cases of zika virus. would that have been the case if we'd acted on february 22? i do not know. i certainly wouldn't want to rely on this congress to enact -- to enact in a timely fashion anything. we know that there is a link between zika virus and severe irth defects, including microc ephaly, for which there is no cure. we saw a tragic picture of a child. puerto rico with its 3.5 million american citizens has been especially hard hit and needs help from the federal government to prevent and contain spread of the virus and ensure access to health services for those affected, particularly women and children. last week, puerto rico health officials reported the island's first confirmed case of zika-related microcephaly. this is a public health crisis. and i guarantee you if it had been a terrorist who had attacked, we would have responded on february 23. the president has requested $1.9 billion in emergency funding to combat the zika outbreak. but that is not what house republicans brought to the floor today. instead, they're putting forward legislation that would provide just $622 million. less than a third, as i said. that means we can't fully fund development of a vaccine, deployment of diagnostic testing, especially for pregnant women, and vector control to manage mosquito populations. in addition to its inadequate funding level, the republican bill offsets the spending by further depleting funds that were appropriated to combat the ebola virus. i know they're going to say they're going to back fill it, i won't hold my breath. the administration has already been forced to borrow more than half a billion dollars from ebola accounts while congressional republicans ignored its zika supplemental funding request from february 22 to this day. that's no way, no way to handle public health crises. i urge my colleagues on the republican side to join us to respond effectively to the president's request, representative buchanan of florida who supports the president's request said last week, not steny hoyer, democrat, vern buchanan, republican. may i have one i additional minute? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: he said this. all members of congress should take the virus seriously and put aside partisanship. time is not on our side as the summer months draw near. i will in just a second. on your time. senator marco rubio of florida said in april, congress is going to have to explain to the people why it is that we sat around for weeks and did nothing on something of this magnitude. that's mark yow rubio. let's work together to pass an emergency supplemental. steve womack said this. if we fail to deal with the issue and there are hardships that would be posed on society in this country, you won't -- you wouldn't be able to compute those costs. it's a dice roll, he said, to get into an argument about zika funding and run thinking risk and having something catastrophic happen as we own it he, said. we will own it. if this gets out of hand and we don't have the appropriate resources deployed now. it should have been 30 days ago, 60 days ago, 90 days ago. let's not have this become a crisis. let us act now on the full sum necessary to meet this crisis. i'm now pleased to yield -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman from kentucky select niced. mr. rogers: i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: does the gentleman not realize that the request from national institutes of health for vaccine development, we put in $40 million in the money transfered from the ebola so-called fund. in this one there's another $230 million for vaccine development, every penny they asked us for. so they're get manager. they asked for $240 million -- for $270 million and we're delivering $270 million. yield one minute. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from iowa, a member of the appropriations committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you for your leadership and taking this seriously. i rise in support of the zika response appropriations act. there's no question the zika crisis presents a serious threat to our nation's public health and immediate, impactful response is required, and the bill does such this important legislation provides funding immediately for the most pressing needs including care for infants, mothers, vaccine development, and efforts to control the spread of the disease. mr. chairman, let me be clear, this is not the final word on the fight against see chasm mr. young: the funding level we're discussing today quickly and effectively funds much needed efforts for the current fiscal year 2016. it's an immediate response while making progress on regular order as well and we will findphysial year 2017 expenditures so there will be more. as has been said this bill is fully offset by using leftover funds to combat the ebela outbreak and using funds at the department of health and human services. it's a responsible, thoughtful approach to an issue and mission we all agree on, right? combating zika. some have argued the bill should fully fund the president's request. the fact that repurposed ebola funds remain unspent years later shows it's hard to preticket how much it will cost to contain an outbreak and where funds will be needed. the house is acting quickly and responseably as we make repeeded -- repeated requests of the administration. we've gotten incomplete responses. the administration has no complete plan but want to fund it. that's the wrong approach. we pass this bill today, work will continue tomorrow on fully funding an effective and comprehensive plan to stop the virus. we're doing this. as we gather the information we can need to move forward. this bill responsibly and effectively provides the needed funding for the government is ready now to help those in need. we could argue about process in this chamber all night but that will do nothing to help the women and children facing very real health dangers caused by the zika virus. what will help them is passing this critical, targeted, responsible legislation now which provides needed funding now where it can actually be used. our subcommittee chairmans cole and granger, thank you for your leadership on this issue. i urge my colleagues to support this important bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the ranking member on labor-hhs, the articulate gentlelady from connecticut, representative delauro, who has been very career on the need to combat the zika virus. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: this bill is woefully inadequate. the zika virus is a public health emergency. it is a crisis. last week 1,204 confirmed cases. in the united states and its territory. over 100 of them pregnant women. one woman has died. temperatures are rising already and reaching high levels in the united states. in the areas where these mosquitoes thrive. and we're told that this could spread to 30 states. the olympics are less than 80 days away in brazil, we are going to send our young men and women into harm's way. we are the window -- the window for us to act on this effort is closing. and the majority's zika response appropriations act is too little, it is too late. it only provides 1/3 of the president's request. and without additional funding, the c.d.c. will not be able to protect pregnant women by better understanding the link between zika and adverse health effects. they will not be able to control and mitigate mosquito populations before the epidemic spreads further. they lose laboratory capacity, they lose the ability to surveillance the outbreak as it is moving on. the most immediate needs of state and local public health departments are woefully underfunded by the house republican bill. emergency funds have been slashed and i ask to offer for unanimous consent the list of all of the states in this country and the loss of preparedness funds in order to be able to deal with the crisis. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. delauro: thank you. while the administration requested $743 million for c.d.c.'s public health activities, the house bill provides only $120 million. 84% below the request. who are we kidding? this is going to put millions of pregnant women in danger. according to the c.d.c., pregnant women are already facing unacceptably long delays in learning zika test results. physicians are advising women not to get pregnant. pregnant women are scared to death about what is going to happen to the child that they are carrying. and director said experts estimate a single child with birth defects can cost $10 million to care for. we need to prevent this. and the amount of money that the majority has talked about is inadequate to prevent it. and if each child takes $10 million to care for, and we take a look at $622 million, we're going to look at our ability to take care of 62 children who might be affected with microcephaly. this says nothing about what the child's quality of life is. the delays in learning to speak, to walk, can i -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. delauro: one minute. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one additional minute. ms. delauro: it's a delay in learning to speak, walk , hear and eat. imagine, imagine. but we can stop this crisis before it gets worse. we have to act now. and we have to fully fund the president's request. it is the responsible thing to do. more importantly, it is the moral thing to do. months from now, when the results of our inaction become apparent, we will ask ourselves, why did we delay, why did we wait? you know, i do not often quote senator marco rubio. but yesterday he said this about the house bill. and i quote, frankly, that's just not going to cut it. if we don't spend more than that on the front end, i think we're going to spend a lot more later. because the problem is not going to go away, end quote. i could not agree more. we need to act now. that is our responsibility. the president's request was in february. it is now almost the end of may. people are suffering and we have the power in this body to stop that. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, a member of the our committee -- a member of our committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. joyce: thank you. i rise today in support of the zika response appropriation act, 2016. i'd like to acknowledge the thoughtful leadership of chairman rogers on this matter. the bill provides $622.1 million for the department of health and human service agencies, the state department and usaid to fight and prevent the spread of the zika virus. this funding will be available immediately. this funding is for the fiscal year only available until september 30, 2016, this funding is entirely offset, and finally, the bill contains strong oversight measures to ensure responsible and effective use of taxpayer dollars. the resources provided in the bill are in addition to the $589 million the obama administration has already identified to repurpose to fight zika. in order, $1.2 billion will be in place to combat the virus. please stand with me today in support of h.r. 5243. thank you again, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, may i ask how much time i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york has 8 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from kentucky has four minutes remaining. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from texas, epresentative jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is ecognized for two minutes. mr. jackson: let me thank -- ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from new york and let me thank the chairman of the full committee. and let me thank the health scientists and doctors who have given us the real story of this case. mr. speaker, the first ebola case was in texas. the first case in the united states. and the c.d.c. says that we have not extinguished or eliminated ebola. the proposal today is not $1.2 billion. it is $600 million. because you have taken $600 million or so out of the ebola. and the doctors indicate that there are about eight clusters or more of ebola in africa, where 85 c.d.c. personnel are there, and if one case breaks out, we will need 1,000 personnel to deal with it. so, what we are doing with the zika funding is we are not providing the centersers for disease control with what they need. $10 million to care for a child. they do not have the tools in order to do it. they cannot -- people carrying the zika virus do not know that they have the zika virus. and as well, they have asked for $800 million of which you are not giving to them. this is the epicenter of the potential of the zika virus in the united states. the idea that there's sitting water in places like the gulf region, the idea that people travel and the person who's traveling has a mosquito that bites them and then they -- that mosquito can transmit it. mosquitos in houston, texas. today i stand in opposition to the underlying proposal. we need the $1.9 billion that the administration has asked for. we cannot rob from peter to pay paul. and if you listen to the diagnosis or you listen to the assessment, the doctors are saying that the zika virus invades the brain of the baby and destroys that brain. and therefore we do not know the long-term effects of a woman or of those who have not yet been assessed of the zika virus. this is the wrong way to go. vote against this bill. give what the president wants and the c.d.c. wants now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to a member of our committee, medical physician, dr. harris, the gentleman from maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. harris: thank you very much. mr. speaker, i agree with the gentlelady from texas, you know, we should be thankful for the scientists we have. whether it's at the c.d.c., whether it's at the n.i.h. those public health officials who are going to make sure that the mosquito control occurs that's necessary, to those who are at other agencies where we develop the vaccines that are necessary and do the necessary research. this house bill is in distinction to the president's request, it's targeted and well thought out. this bill deals just with zika. the president's request didn't. it dealt with whatever other infectious disease comes down the road as well. yet zika is what's in front of us now. mr. speaker, it's going to take two to three years to complete the necessary research and to complete the vaccine development, bring it to market. this bill deals with the needs over the next six months, the administration requested a total of about $1.6 billion in research. because there's about $300 million that has nothing to do really with researching and curing zika. so $1.6 billion over three years. the house took the position, we actually need to front load that. we need to deal with this fiscal year. so we put together a package of $1.2 billion to be spent over the next six months to make sure that we start the necessary research. we start the vaccine development. and deal with those out years through the normal appropriations process, which is going to take place over the next two years. so our approach is actually a much more valid approach. targeted, well thought out, will provide all the necessary funds to the c.d.c., n.i.h., the vaccine development, the mosquito control over the next six months, when we need it most. and then add additional funds as necessary. as science learns more about what we need. we can't possibly know what we need now. the administration put a request without possibly knowing what we need two or three years in the future. we will find out what we need and we'll add those. mr. speaker, this is the right approach. this is actually more money up front than the administration's asked for, which is exactly the correct approach to deal with this imminent threat to the health of u.s. citizens here and in puerto rico. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from california, representative ruiz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from is recognized for one minute. mr. ruiz: thank you, mr. speaker. as an emergency medicine physician and a public health expert myself, i rise today to strongly oppose this inadequate zika funding bill and to urge my colleagues to fully fund our nation's efforts to fight the zika virus. in the emergency department, you don't just partially treat a patient. this is called negligence. you don't just take out 1/3 of the cancerer. u don't just give 1/3 of the antibiotic dose for severe in a moan yafment this bill is less than 1/3 -- pneumonia. this bill is less than 1/3 of what is needed. it is less than 1/3 of the prescription from the c.d.c. and the experts needed to protect american families from zika. tomorrow i am voting no because i demand that we fully fund efforts to protect families, pregnant women and their children from zika. time is past due, mr. speaker, for you to do your job and address the zika virus threat. we must completely fund efforts to protect american families from zika. the american people deserve no less. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. mrs. lowey: i'm very pleased to yield -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlelady from florida, representative graham. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is ecognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. graham: thank you, mr. speaker. more than 120 members and every democrat of the florida delegation have asked for a vote on fully funding the fight against zika. in florida, we've had more than 100 recorded cases of zika. there is no doubt, we're in the midst of a public health emergency. there are pregnant women who are afraid to go out at night. as a mom myself, i am worried about my own daughter and her future. d our state tourism industry counts on thousands and thousands of people traveling to florida. those provide thousands of jobs and millions of dollars flow into our economy. all of that is at risk. we can't wait and we shouldn't be forced to fight this virus with one hand tied behind our back. scientists and our public health officials have asked for $1.9 billion. we should stop playing games, mr. speaker, and fulfill the request. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman -- the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'd like to repeat again as a member who has been in this house and has had the privilege of being part of many responses to emergencies, this is an emergency. in last year's omnibus, congress used emergency funding without offsets to pay for wildland fire suppression. mostly in the west. congress provided emergency funding to respond to two hurricanes and flooding in the carolinas and texas, again without offsets. when those disasters struck, my colleagues, we didn't steal money from prior disaster response like the emergency funding provided for hurricane damage in the louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and florida. storms in west virginia and tornadoes in oklahoma and kentucky. we paid for those emergencies, we did not steal from any other account, my colleagues. in fact, after the 2013 oklahoma tornadoes, my friend, chairman rogers, told reporters, and i quote, i don't think disasters of this type should be offset. we have an obligation to help these people, end quote. so my friends, i just want to emphasize again, we have a crisis, we have people suffering, the potential is enormous. these are americans, these are citizens, whether it's here or in puerto rico, we have a responsibility to respond. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: may i inquire of the gentlelady, i only have one speaker left. does the gentlelady wish to yield time. mrs. lowey: i yield back the balance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. he gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield the balance of the time to myself. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: for those concerned that this is not an adequate amount of money at the right time, let me just say this. the money that the president requested of us, the $1.9 billion, was for the balance of this year and all of next year. 17 1/2 months. $1. billion. in this bill, plus what we earlier forced them to put into these matters, almost $600 million, that $600 million, this $622 million, is just for 4 1/2 months from now until the end of the fiscal year. i say that's more than adequate. and if there's more needed when the regular appropriations bill -- bill comes up for fiscal year 2017 you heard chairman cole and chairman granger say we'll put in the proper whatever is needed at that time. this is wholly adequate. it's more than adequate in terms of money. for those concerned about whether or not we are taking too much money away from ebola. in the first place, that fund is not just for ebola. when it was created two years ago, it was for ebola and other infectious diseases. that's what we're dealing with here. and we're asking the administration to use that money. this is an infectious disease. you've got over $2 billion laying there unused, left over from what was not spent in eradicating ebola and by the way, the world health organization now says that ebola is no longer an international emergency. and so the money in the so-called ebola, i call it the infectious disease account, that money is available and needs to be spent now. and that's what we told the president shortly after he said he was going to send us a supplemental request. we said use the money you have. well, finally they did spend $589 million of that. now we're adding to that with some $622 million. so there's plenty of money there. plenty of money left in the till at the infectious disease account if it's needed for ebola or anything else. there's upwards of $2 billion laying there unused. i urge adoption of the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expire. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 336 the question is on the bill. the question is on the third read of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: to strength b public health activities in response to the zika virus and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill? >> i am opposed to the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the lerk will report the bill. the clerk: ms. -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i reserve a point of order on the gentlelady's motion. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the clerk's reading of the motion? without objection, the reading is dispensed with. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for five minutes in support of her motion. >> mr. speaker and members, this is the final amendment to the bill. it will not kill the bill or send it back to committee, we don't have time for that. if it's adopted the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. mr. speaker, america has a public health emergency at its doorstep. and it requires a robust and urgent response. yet the republican bill utterly fails to deal with the emergency posed by the rapidly spreading zika virus and it leaves our neighbors and our communities at risk system of the amendment i'm offering today provides the resources requested by our public health experts and researchers to combat zika, the $1.9 billion to help prevent, the tect and respond to zika in contrast to the paltly $622 million in the republican bill. i'd like to thank mrs. lowey, ms. delauro, ms. wasserman schultz, ms. graham, mr. ruiz, everyone, i'd like to thank the march of dimes who is advocating for full funding. the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists. the american academy of pediatrics. why? microreceively. -- microcephaly. it's a brain abnormality linked to the zika virus as are other disabilities where the brain and skull are affected. we're talking about seizures a lifetime of developmental delays including delays in sit, standing, walking, speaking, feeding problems. there's novak seen or treatment for the zika infection. brazil has reported the highest incidents of microcephaly with over 4,000 cases tied to zika. it's also been found in women who contracted zika in colombia, panama, u.s. territories. in fact in the u.s. and u.s. territories alone we have 1,200 cases, 3 of these are pregnant women. two cases of microcephaly. the florida department of health says we have 120 floridians diagnosed with zika, including pregnant women. because there's no cure for the virusing congress must act to do everything we can to prevent it. we need the diagnostic tests, we need the vaccines, we need research, we needs tools for our communities back home. we've got to educate our neighbors. and this republican bill is woefully inadequate. it put ours neighbors back home at risk and subjects -- and could subject us to huge economic risk as well. let's get specific. the g.o.p. zika bill provides less than one third of the funds requested by public health experts. i heard the republican appropriators say they intend to do more next year. the mosquitoes don't know that. do they? the mosquitos are not going to wait until next year. that's unconscionable. it's unconscionable that such underfunding does not allow the development of vaccines, the diagnostics, research in birth defects. the most immediate needs are woefully underfunned in the republican bill. the c.d.c. requested $740 million for public activities like mosquito control. the house bill provides $120 million, 84% below the request. that means the c.d.c. won't have adequate funding to assist local communities. the house bill cuts requests by the national institutes of health for research and development of vaccines, treatments and diagnostics by 132 million or 38%. the house bill completely neglects the immediate needs of american citizens in puerto rico. the the administration requested $256 million, and what does the republican bill provide? zero. furthermore the state department and usaid will only get $119 million. if we learned anything from ebola, it's that addressing the health threat overseas can be extremely effective. but you give it short shoplift here. -- short is rift here. his is a -- short shrift here. this requires a serious, thoughtful response. one with adequate fund, not a feeble attempt to demonstrate you're trying to do something. now, not only will the g.o.p. obstruction likely prove dire to the health of our neighbors, but there is going to be a huge economic impact as well. currently, pregnant women and men who hope to have a bayry are advised by c.d.c. to avoid traveling to brazil and other areas. what if there's a similar travel advisory for the state of florida? the texas coast? new orleans? charleston? mobile, alabama, all communities that depend on the tourism dollar, from small businesses to large. you're asking for not only a public health emergency but for an economic emergency as well. members this call to action requires actual action. this call to action was made months ago. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. castor: please pass my amendment so we can fully fund the zika response. don't give the short shrift republican bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expire. the joom's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. rogers: i insist on my point of order. i raise a point of order against the motion because the proposed amendment contains an emergency designation. which constitutes a change to existing law within the meaning of clause 2 of rule 21. accordingly, it violates the long-standing prohibition on legislating on general appropriations measure and i must insist upon that point of order. the speaker pro tempore: does any member wish to be heard on the point of order? if not the chair is prepared to rule. the gentleman from kentucky makes a point of order that the instructions in the motion to recommit contain legislation in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. the instructions in pertinent part designate certain appropriated funds as an emergency requirement pursuant to the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985. the chair has ruled on numerous occasions as recorded in section 1052 of house rules and manuals that a prose poll -- proposal to designate a measure as an emergency requirement is legislative in character. on these premises the chair holds that the instructions contained in the motion to recommit offered by the gentlewoman from florida by including a propeasol to dez egg nate an appropriation as an emergency requirement within the meaning of the budget enforcement laws constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. the point of order is sustained. the motion is not in order. he jerusalem from florida. ms. castor: i appeal the ruling of the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the question is shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the house. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. rogers: i move to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to lay ate peel on the table -- lay the appeal on the table. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. castor: on that i ask for .he yeas and nays the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote will be followed by a five-minute vote on passage of the bill if arising without further proceedings in recommital. this is a 15-minute vote. [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.] >> but the house has been doing over the last hour is debating funding to come back the zika virus. proposing $622 $622 million that is about half of what the senate is theng and far less than $1.9 billion that the obama administration is requesting. democrats are against this low amount, so a motion was made to recommit the bill. there was a ruling against the, and a vote was requested to table an appeal of the ruling, so that is where we are now. this is a 15 minute vote and while this vote is underway, we will show you some of the debate that took place over the last hour on funding for the zika virus. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 240, the nays are 183, the motion is adopted. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the question is on passage of the bill. the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. by electronic device. mrs. lowey: i ask for a recorded vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of presentatives. 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: the yeas are 241 and the nays are 184. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to house resolution 738 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house for further consideration, will the gentleman from georgia kindly esume the chair. the chair: the house in the committee of the whole house for further consideration of h.r. 40 09. the clerk: fiscal year for military activities of the department of defense and for military construction to prescribe military strength. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier, amendment number 119 printed in house report offered by the gentlewoman from guam had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, proceedings will resume on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order, amendment number 1, amendment number 2, mr. fleming of louisiana, amendment number 5, amendment number 6, amendment number 7, amendment number 9, and amendment number 12 by mr. sanford. the chair will reduce to two minutes for any electronic vote. a request for recorded vote. the gentleman from colorado, on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk: amendment number 1, printed in house report 114-571 offered by mr. buck of colorado. he chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in favor of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. this is a two-minute vote. [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 chair: on this vote the yeas are, the nays are 266, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 114-571 by the gentleman from louisiana, mr. fleming, on if churt proceedings . the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in house report 114-571, offered by mr. phlegming of louisiana. recorded vote has been request. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be downed. a sufficient number having risen a recorded volt is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [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 chair: on this vote, the yeas are 2267, the nays are 198. the amendment is adopt the unfinish business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 5 by the gentlewoman from california, ms. lee, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5, printed in house report 114-571, offered by ms. lee of california. the chair: a railroaded vote has been requested. those in favor of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [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 chair: on this vote, the yeas are 138, the nays are 285, he amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 6 printed in house report 114-571 by the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, on which further proceed wrgs postponed, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 6 printed in house report -- report 114-571, offered by mr. polis of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [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 chair: on this vote, the yeas are 63, the nays are 360, the present is one. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a vorded -- recorded vote on amendment number printed in house report 114-571 by the gentleman from georgia on this che noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in house pe report -- report 114-571, offer wid mr. ellison of minnesota. the chair: those in support of the request for a recorded vote ill rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. . members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [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 chair: the yeas are 131 and nays are 292. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote of amendment number 9 on which further proceedings were postponed and the knows prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 9 printed in house report 114-571 offered by mr. ellison of minnesota. the chair: those in support of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. fndfnd -- [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 chair: on this vote, the yeas are 132, the nays are 289, one voting present. the amendment is not adopted. request for a recorded vote on amendment number 12 printed in house report 114-571 by the gentleman from south carolina on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 12 offered by mr. sanford of south choorl. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. number. a is a two-minute vote. [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 chair: the yeas are 41 and the nays are 38 . the amendment is not adopted. there will being no further amendments under the rule, the committee rises. the committee of the whole house has had under consideration h.r. 4049 and i report the bill as ealeded by house resolution 372 back to the house with amendments adopted in the committee of the whole the speaker pro tempore: the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 4049 and reports the bill as amended by the house resolution 735 back to the house with further amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote commanded from the committee of the whole? if not the chair will put them engross. the question is on adoption of the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it and the amendments are adopted. >> mr. chairman, the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the clerk: appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities for military construction to prescribe military personnel strength and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. he house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> i have a motion to recommit at the desk. >> i'm opposed in its current form. the clerk: mr. clyburn moves to recommit the bill to the committee on armed services with instructions to report same back to the house with the following amendments and section 567 relating to the prohibition on the establishment, maintenance and support of senior reserve training corps and educational institutions that display the confederate battle flag strike section 10994. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members will please remove their conversation from the house floor. the house will be in order. the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for five minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. if adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. this amendment would fight discrimation in the military, which erodes obedience, unity, commitment and a spirpted corps. the supreme court highlighted these four attributes in explaining the doctrine under which this amendment is constitutionally sound. the first section of the amendment would prohibit senior ro tmp c program in any constitution that displays the confederate battle flag. this objectionable banner -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members please remove their conversations from the house floor. the house will be in order. the the gentleman is recognized mr. clyburn: this objectionable banner, which has never been a flag of the confederacy is a symbol of hate, racial opprention and white spreemsy. any doubt as to this flag's meaning was erased by the perpetrator of last summer's orrific shootings. the flag still flies at the citadel, two miles away from the mother emmanuel. i happen to disagree with the belief that they are not going to remove the flag until the legislature repeals the heritage act, but it is clear that this hateful symbol will not be removed until pressure is brought to bear on those in the authority to remove it. in recent days, alumenieville reached out to me to express their support. one of these alume any, dr. ferguson was a member of the class 1973, the first with more than one african-american. dr. ferguson desegregated the ban, but was subsequently kicked out of the ban for refusing to wave the confederate battle flag and play the song "discsey." others write that the confederate battle flag is representative of an ideology of hate, privilege and an abuse of power that still persists in the life of the school and in the states halls of power and influence. the fact that in 2016 the confederate flag hangs in a public place of worship in a public college and is protected by an unjust law is clear evidence of this reality. these letters make abundantly leer how the glorification of such an odious symbol in a military college undermines obedience, unity, commitment and esprit decorps in all future military officers. question unanimous consent for both of these letters to be inserted into the record and urge my colleagues to heed the voice of these alumni so there's -- so no more cadets have to struggle in the shadow of this oppress i banner. make no mistake about it. a vote against this motion is a vote to continue flying the con fed rat battle flag and allowing discrimination at a military college. i'm pleased to yield to my good friend, mr. maloney. mr. maloney: i never voted against a defense bill and never thought i would. my dad was a veteran who was nearly killed serving his country. he taught me to protect those right from d know frong. this bill strips americans of basic workplace protections by reversing the president's anti-discrimination orders saying it's legal for our lgbt neighbors and family members to be fired because of who they are. this is wrong.