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Mr. Lankford mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oklahoma. Mr. Lankford i ask unanimous consent to viscerate the quorum. The presiding officer the senate not in a quorum call. Mr. Lankford mr. President , i want to get a chance to address an ongoing conversation thats going on in washington, d. C. , right now and will be over the next 36 hours. As unusual as this may sound with all the drama thats happening here, just outside this building there are tens of thousands ofeople, most of them students, that are gathering in washington, d. C. , preparing for something called the march for life. This has happened for decades now. For students and adults that come from all over the country to be able to come to washington, d. C. , to quietly speak for those who cannot speak for themselves children still in the womb, to be able to speak out for the protection of life. It is an interesting conversation that has a tremendous amount of science and a tremendous amount of faith a
Thats the responsible thing to do. Thats what i think this house will do. Thats why on both sides will choose to do. Both with they vote here and when they take it up in the United States senate. With that, mr. Speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves his time of the the gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter thank you, mr. Speaker. Sorry about that. I hope it wasnt anything i said. Mr. Speaker, for months the majoritys been holding the health care of nine million children and more than nine million individuals, including seniors and pregnant women and veterans hostage while they pass the tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. Time is up. To orry about act, our constitution constituents face with each day futures. This is wrong. Mr. Speaker, even President Trump agrees we need to act on chip. Just this morning he tweeted, quote, chip should be part of a longterm solution. Shortterm or extension. Heres our chance to
Friends say they want to reauthorize chip. We reauthorize it for six years. There is nothing in it they object to. They believe in the prom. I believe in the prom. Program. I believe in the program h bipartisan support. When we passed it it got almost every republican vote. Couple dozen democratic votes. We made the bill better in the process. If you want to fix chip vote for this bill. And my friends, frankly, we wouldnt be racing members back here or the president of the United States if my friends werent threatening to block a vote against funding the government while negotiations are under way. What advantage do you have in shutting down the government of the United States, which is precisely what my friends are threatening to do. I think theyll not succeed here, but actually have the ability to do in the United States senate should they choose to do it under the rules of that body. While negotiations are going on, if you think shutting down the governments a good idea, i beg to di
Unblocking all the people. [laughter] good morning and welcome to the trump shutdown. And joined byey many of the members of our Democratic Caucus and leadership of the house of the Democratic Caucus. Democrats worked hard to avoid the shutdown. Not a single democrat wanted to see critical federal programs shut their doors, or put our economy at risk. This is not how we ran government when democrats were in charge. For republicans, they struggled in september to keep government doors open. He struggled in december. And yesterday, they failed. They failed the American People. Certainly shutdown could have been avoided. If speaker ryan leader mcconnell showed an ounce of leadership, a none of thise, wouldve happened today. We would not be here today. If instead of enabling in being complicit in this trump shutdown, by our republican colleagues, the government would be opened today. If they had shown half the effort that they did in passing core of thell, the effort in passing the tax bil