The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 239 and the nays are 181. The motion is adopted. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. Dingell to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2497 as amended on which yeas and nays are ordered the Clerk Union Calendar number 73, h. R. 2497 a bill to establish the amache as a unit of the national parksystem and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. 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 closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, as the memb
Not wearing masks and they think they will come and do something. They have done a couple of things. Some of the legislation has been stripped out thAt They disliked so they were effective there. They wont be effective here and theyll get arrested. You dont go to jail, just back to work. Bill whAt The governor says well arrest you but theyll take them to the State House and pass this. The problem is we dont know when this is. In the meantime for today there will be a Press Conference in washington, d. C. They are getting all kinds of attention and follow it. Dana President Biden giving a speech as well. Dana nearly 60 texas legislators. Going to hold a News Conference in washington, d. C. In an hour to urge congress to federalize elections nationwide. Bill the second time this year the texas democrats have walked out in order to try to block republican Voting Legislation. Senator cornyn on that. Its a very untexan thing to do to cut and run in the face of a fight. And obviously they ar
We can hear you, sir. Thank you. So, we were waiting a minute, because the Conference And Caucus were meeting, but i think that we will begin since this is a hybrid, so we begin a countdown to begin it or proceed . Okay. This hearing will come to order and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. And before i deliver my opening remarks, i wanted to note that the Committee Today is meeting both in person, and virtually, and i want to announce a couple of reminders to the members about the conduct of this hearing. First, members and staff are attending in person, and unvaccinated against Covid19 Need to stay masked throughout the hearing, an unvaccinated members may remove their hearing under the 5 minute rule, and unvaccinated members can attend virtually. Those virtually must keep the Video Feed on as long as they are present, and those present are responsible for your own microphone, and keep them muted unless you are speaking, and finally, if the me
Between the parties and each member other than the Majority And Minority leaders and Minority Whip limited to five minutes. In no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Cloud, for five minutes. Mr. Cloud good morning. Mr. Speaker, its past time for congress to reassert its role in the war powers discussion. And i proudly join many of my colleagues from both sides of the aisle last week in voting to repeal the 2002 aumf. This aumf provided for military operations in iraq. An iraq that is far different from the ones we know today. The goal was to defend the United States against the threat posed by an iraq of 20 years ago. Specifically, that of saddam hussein. Saddam hussein was captured in december of 2003 and executed three years later. Despite out ofing saddam hussein, the 2002 a. U. M. F. Has remained on the books. Less than 1 5 of the current members of the house of representatives were present on that original aumf vote. As
Test. Test. Cyber Security And Infrastructure Security Agency which leads dhs. Test test. Test. Test. Efficiently and effectively. We have requested additional funds. We greatly appreciate your support, this communitys Support And Congresss support for the additional Money Weve already received for that agency. Mr. Secretary, you admit that sissa is completely overwhelmed with the amount of work they have right now . I would not say that. I would say we are extraordinarily busy. We are incredibly focussed on this, one of our most critical urgent priorities, the Cyber Security of our nation. I understand that, sir. Thank you, sir. We have several other questions to ask you. But given the gravity of the situation, given my discussions with folks at sissa, its clear to me they need more resources. I would ask you to consider and speak to the administration about plussing this up. Were going to have to do this in the appropriations process. Youre the one thats going to be the guy thats goi