whons. that up just to provide noncitizens are not distributed and end up with greater information to people like you representation in congress. who want to know what's being perhaps that is when new york done in this area. i encourage you to go there and congresswoman met in response to read our reports and if you have a question, she said i need more other thoughts of what we should people in my district just for be getting after contact our offices and let us know. redistricting purposes. this is based onial host: bruce in kingston, new preparation. my colleague relied on evanwell york. caller: good morning. i have a quick question with a a case relied on wrongfully. little bit of different routing first of all, they are dealing here. with state apportionment issues, we have a history of buying $300 not federal, but state. hammers and i'm wondering the let's see what skas ties ginsburg did, she sided with oversight on the contracts themselves the generally come approval the holding in evanwell back to our own notes on the industries are being that the supreme court allows to use any neutral and including i. the chair will postpone total population. >> we're going to leave this to hop nor our commitment to live that has never been overturned. coverage of congress. house wile nor did justice ginsburg

overturn it in evanwell. proceedings at a later time. the plaintiffs wanted apportionment based on the mr. speaker, i move to suspend voting age population and what the rules. they were asking tore. even though it deals with state the clerk: h.r. 8289 a bill to extend operations for the apportionment, the rationment to airport improvement program to federal apportionment as well. extend the funding and expenditure of the airport and justice ginsburg turned on the idea that voting require is not air quey trust fund and for other purposes. pursuant to the rule the required. but she also lays out that gentleman from missouri, mr. graves and the gentleman neither is the total population from washington, mr. larsen, metric that is implied by these each will control 20 minutes. people on the other side of the dpraifs graves i ask members may aisle isn't required. have five legislative days to ginsburg referred to burns v. insert extraneous material. richardson and held that districts may be held on voter the speaker pro tempore: without objection without objection. ell i believe populations, that the gentleman is recognized mr. graves: this extends the is permissible. in the burns' case, gives the example of hawaii which could justify its use of apportionment

because of the large number of transits and military personnel and it had. continued collection of excise and using registered voters was dakotases and safe operation of the airspace it largely need permissible because of the conditions hawaii found itself. todd accommodate the senate's what has happened since inability to pass the conference f.a.a. bill in time for the now what's happened since then? house to take a final vote on what's happens since then, is the administration j.a.t. admits friday. or before friday. the house did its part to 9.2 million ail generals have provide for long-term come in, and they know there's re-authorization on time and well ahead of schedule when we another 2 million known passed h.r. 3935 last summer and overwhelming bipartisan fashion gotaways. that's 11 million people. with more than 350 votes. that's distorted the population it is unfortunate that the and skewed the one person, one senate process for considering vote which is the kay nonupon its f.a.a. bill continues to be which the commerce -- the canon plagued by delays. upon which the commerce case was i know my colleagues in the house are ready to send the bill founded. one person, one vote rule. once and for all and the good but they are -- our colleagues news is we are so close to doing on the other side don't want to acknowledge that there's a that -- so close. constitutional basis as i just

setting aside the senate's cited to allow section three to ability to act, the stark go forward. reality is that the f.a.a. is but they are perfectly content set to expire on may 10 and we with california which is a sanctuary state, hauling in must pass another extension to people. they are perfectly content with maintain safety. the senate and house have worked new york bringing in people through sanctuary policies or tirelessly since the senate marked its f.a.a. bill up in illinois. that skews exactly what the february and worked to reconcile founders intended to make and produce an f.a.a. bill that straight and clear. so let's go to the 14th amendment for just one second to provides certainty to the agency and the entire aviation actually read the second part of the 14th amendment or get to community for the next five that. i'm not going to read it. years. it provides the long-term but the first clause, that's certainty necessary to ensure what my colleague across the the safe and prosperity -- aisle, that's what he's reride on exclusively. he didn't bother to tell you safety and prosperity the that the second clause, in the american aviation for decades to second clause itself, it deals with every federal election and come. extensions don't provide any every state election for state certainty, nor do they provide for robust investments that governor, judicial body, the state legislatures. airports need to ensure the and what they do there in the continued transportation of second clause of the 14th goods and services to our amendment, they provide a way communities. for those reasons, both chambers that you reduce apportionment remain committed to passing a with those individuals maybe disqualified. long-term bill. that's what we're saying here. that's why this bill needs to

this extension buys the senate a pass. i urge passage, mr. chairman, little more time to do their job thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the while keeping the airways safe gentleman yields back. all time for debate has expired. and don't get a tax break and the previous question is ordered on the bill as amended. encourage all members to support pursuant to clause 1-c of rule this extension so we can consider the conference bill next week. 19, further continuation is with that, i urge support and postponed. proceedings will resume on reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance questions previously postponed. of his time. the gentleman from washington is recognized. votes will be taken in the following order. mr. larsen: i rise in support the motion to suspend the rules which extends the authorization and pass h.r. 8289. and related authorities for one passage of house joint week, one week to give the resolution 109. senate the time to wrap up its the motion to recommit h.r. consideration for bicameral, 2925. passage of h.r. 2925, if bipartisan and f.a.a. ordered. the motion to recommit h.r. 7109 re-authorization bill. this legislation reflects an if ordered. agreement between the house and passage of h.r. 7109, if the senate and will protect the ordered. and motions to suspend the rules safety of the flying public. with respect to s. 70 and h.r. think back to last july when the house passed its version of this bill, 351-69 arbitration strong 4143. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute bipartisan bill. vote. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, since then i am pleased with the

progress we have made and able remaining electronic votes will so come to an agreement with be conducted as five-minute senate counterparts last sunday votes. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, and we have been in close the unfinished business is the contact with the senate as they vote on the motion of the continue to consider this gentleman from missouri, legislation. mr. graves, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 8289, on which the this is next week a bipartisan, yeas and nays were ordered. bicameral product and members the clerk will report the title. shouldn't be surprised. the clerk: h.r. 8289, bill to the senate is working through its process and will not send us extend authorizations for the airport improvement program to extend the funding and its the bill before the current authorization expires on signature authority at the airport and airway trust fund friday. chairman graves have fought hard and for other purposes. for house member priorities and the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the am pleased to report that the bill. members will record their votes vast majority of those by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. priorities remain intact in the final package. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, we worked hard to address the inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned longstanding issues in our coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of aviation system. representatives.] the senate fleedz a little bit more time and i expect the senate to send the f.a.a. re-authorization to the house well before may 17 and the time in which this authorize ietion,

this extension expires. with that, i support the short-term extension and urge my colleagues to do the same andry reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: i am prepared to close. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. larsen: just new and persistent challenges made clear the status quo is unsustainable and avoid the lapse in authorities. the current extension does that for one week and gives the senate the short time it needs to deliberate in the final bill. i support this extension and urge my colleagues to do the same and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: again, i urge all members to support this must-pass bill so we keep

focusing on passing a long-term bill. it provides for clean extension of f.a.a.'s authority clean extension and does not include policy riders. failure will cost the federal government more than $50 million in lost revenues enacting a long-term and comprehensive bill is the goal of both the house and the senate and i look forward to presenting that critical piece of legislation to you next week. with that, mr. speaker, i urge support of this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the question is will the house success pipped the rules and pass the bill h.r. 8289. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. graves: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor will rise and

remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. biggs: pursuant to house resolution 1194 i call up the equal representation act and ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: h.r. 7109 a bill to

require a citizenship question on the december sennial census and to modify a portionment of representatives to be based on united states citizens instead of all persons pursuant to house resolution 1194 the amendment in the fate of and are printed in the bill is adopted and bill as adopted is considered read. it shall be debatable equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member or respective designees. the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, and the gentleman from arizona each will control 30 minutes. mr. biggs: 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, so ordered mr. biggs: i yield myself such time as i may consume.

h.r. 7109 has three components and requires the citizenship question of the questionnaire. number two, the bill directs this information to be used to ensure fair representation by requiring citizens in the apportionment base and number three the severe built close. the noncitizen population using data collected annually and we are going to call that a.c.s. as i go. that data is not necessarily accurate. further, there are no reports that asking a citizenship question on the a.c.s. suppresses partisan participation. and this is to apportion electoral districts for congress. and congress versus new york, a host of various questions over the years that had been included

in the creance successes. and health, education, occupation, housing, military, radio ownership, age of first marriage, native tongue, et cetera. the citizenship question is no stranger. congress noted every census with the exception of 1840 asked at least some of the population of tear citizenship or place of birth. 1920 and 1950 the question was asked of all households and asked of one fourth to one sixth of the population. and this isn't a uniquely american practice. even the united nations recommends collecting citizenship information via a census as noted by the commerce court. australia, canada, france, ireland, germany, mexico, spain

and the un united kingdom ask about citizenship. is the united states to be the only north american country not to be questioned. the commerce court held that the citizenship as follows. quote, in light of the early understanding of and long practice under the enumerations' clause we conclude that it permits congress and by extension the secretary of commerce to inquire about citizenship on the questionnaire. section 2 of h.r. 7109 asks whether a person is a citizen of the united states. yes or no. that's it. but everyone gets counted. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman is recognized mr. raskin: thank you members of the committee. the last president tried to include a citizenship question on the creance success in -- census in 20 and the effort failed miss ranly in court. section 2 of the 14th amendment apportionment of seats is based on accounts of quote, the whole number of persons in each state, unquote. persons being the all encompassing category much larger than that of citizens. when the framers wanted to impose citizenship requirement in the text of the constitution, they knew how to do it, take the president of the united states, for example. . . . . it says you have to be a born

u.s. citizen to run for president. some historians say that's because thomas jefferson was trying to block alexander hamilton from running for president, as he was foreign born. in any event it was clear you needed to be a born u.s. citizen to run for president. for those of us in the house, we must have been a citizen for seven years. there are lots of citizenship requirements in the constitution. there's no citizenship requirement for being counted in the census and for purposes of reapportionment. on the contrary, the census and reapportionment have included all persons, including noncitizens, like permanent resident green cardholders, since 1790, that's been the unbroken practice since the beginning of the republic. and this point was made even more clearly and emphatically by the supreme court in its unanimous 2016 decision in evan well vs. abbott, rejecting

precisely the argument my distinguished friend is trying to make. like this decision, evanwell involved a challenge to congressional apportionment based on total count of the entire population instead of limited count of the total citizen or voter population. justice ginsburg held for unanimous court that section 3 of the 14th amendment, quote, retained total population as the con gretion apportionment base. she cited the speech made on this floor by -- or rather on the floor of the senate by senator jacob howard, upon introduction of section 2 of the 14th amendment. quote, the basis of representation is numbers. the committee adopted numbers as the most just and satisfactory basis and this is the principle upon which the constitution itself was originally framed, that the basis of representation should depend upon numbers. and such, i think, after all is the safest and most secure principle upon which the

government can rest. number, not voters. number, not property. this is the theory of the constitution. my colleague needs to remember that when the republican was -- when the republic was founded, the vast majority of people were not citizens who could vote. women could not vote. children could not vote. enslaved americans obviously could not vote. so the census and apportionment was for everybody who was here. that was the whole bay sthoifs three-fifths compromise. because enslaved americans were being counted too, what percentage should they count for purposes of reapportionment, congress arrived at 60%. three-fifths. southern states said they should count completely because they wanted enslaved americans to inflate the southern state. northern states said no, they should count zero percent.

but they arrived at three-fifths. but everybody agreed that everybody would be counted. justice ginsburg included lots of decisive legislative authority like this, including the floor statement here in the house of representatives of representative james blaine who stated, quote, no one will deny that population is the true basis of representation. for women, children, and other non-voting classes may have as vital an interest in the legislation oh -- legislation of the country as those who deposit the ballot. for all of you constitutional textualists out there, the plain reading of the text is clear as day. for all you originalists out there the original purposes of the passage of the 14th amendment have been carefully articulated by the supreme court on a unanimous basis and never rebutted. for all of you members who like to follow precedent, every apportionment since 1790 has included every single person residing in the united states,

not just those lucky enough to have been given the right to vote. as the evanwell court noted, the 14th amendment contemplates that, quote, representatives serve all residents, not just those eligible to vote. the constitutional meaning is indisputable, a point which settles this for those who actually want to follow the constitution. in all cases. not just when it favor ours own preferred policy outcome. the house should be getting real work done instead of wasting more time on another ma tba bill that will never pass the senate, let alone get signed by the president, much less approved by the courts. the bill is an insult and it's an affront to the great radical republicans who wrote the 14th amendment. their party was a pro-freedom, pro-union, pro-immigrant, anti-conspiracy theory, anti-know-nothing party that wanted to make sure everybody in the country was counted and made

visible. the census is essential to democracy. just as the framers endorsed tom payne's -- tom paine's "common sense," they endorsed the common census. in 2010 census, the undercount of hispanic citizens was 1.4%. in 2020 that number grew to 5% with many observers crediting that jump to the trump administration's simple attempt to add a citizenship question to the census and all of the intense publicity and rumors surrounding it. the addition of a question about citizenship will deter many immigrants. including people who are permanent residents. including citizens from completing the census. many noncitizen immigrants seeking asylum or are refugees will avoid responding because of uncertainty over their status and fear of arbitrary law enforcement action.

extensive research over the last decade show miss residents wrongly believe the census bureau will share their responses with other agencies. to be clear on this point, it does not. federal law prohibits it. but that pervasive worry has prevented some people from answering questions about immigration status or responding to the census at all. mr. chairman, we strongly oppose this legislation as unconstitutional and unwise. it dishonors our own history and the values of the nation and i will reserve at this point. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: thank you, mr. chairman. my friend knows the commerce case held you can ask the citizenship question on the census. that is true. you can do that. that's what we're proposing. additionally, he mistated the rationale on why the commerce case went the way it did. they said you can ask the question but that the secretary

con drived his rationale and he was in violation of the a.p.a. that's why that hasmed i yield five minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. biggs, for leading this debate, and thank you, mr. davidson of ohio, for your co-leadership on this bill. i'll tell you what is an insult, mr. speaker. an insult is to the american people, the citizens that live here, whose voice, whose vote is being degraded because of the horrendous immigration problem that we have at our southern border, through ill lyle aliens coming across the border, and not being addressed here in washington, d.c. one of the lesser acknowledged issues, but equally alarming as

a result of the population coming across the border illegally, is the effects of this administration's failure to secure the southern border is the illegal immigration population's influence in america's electoral process. our democracy depends on accurate representation and electoral integrity. voting is a coveted privilege held by american citizens. and elected representatives are responsible for serving the interests of the voters in their district. but even if not a single illegal alien cast a vote, the mere presence of illegal immigrants in the united states is having a profound impact on the outcomes of elections. skewing the representation of americans. mr. biggs points out that the u.s. constitution mandates that a census be carried out every 10 year, where everyone who is present in the united states,

regardless of their citizenship and immigration status is counted. but the constitution does not specify whether nonsit sorns illegal aliens must be downed for the purpose of aporlingsing house seats. you may recall that in 2016, president trump, through executive order, added a citizenship question back to the 2020 census. the same question that had been legally asked on nearly every census since 1820, until it was removed in 1960. not because there was anything found wrong with that question, but because the effect of illegal immigration was negligible at that time. but there's no doubt, no doubt today, mr. speaker, that the effect of illegal immigration is significant. and i won't waste my time making that case here. we all know it. it's a pop concern of about 70% of all americans.

though commonsense dictates that only citizens should be counted for apportionment process, illegal aliens have nonetheless recently been counted toward the final tallies that determine how many house seats that each state is allocated and the number of electoral votes it will wield in presidential elections. and since the illegal alien population is not evenly distributed through the nation, american citizens in some states are losing representation in congress to illegal aliens in other states. a 2019 study by the center for immigration studies estimates illegal immigrants and noncitizens who have not naturalized and do not have the right to vote imenact distribution of 26 house seats. my bill, the equal representation act, would finally address this alarming undermining of american democracy by requiring a citizenship question be added back to the 2030 census. creating reporting requirements

for data gathered from citizenship questions and requiring that only u.s. citizens be downed for the purpose of congressional apportionment. mr. speaker, this bill will no doubt, and has no doubt, drawn criticism from those who don't want to fix this problem and who seek to gain political influence by not fixing it. they'll claim to have become experts on our constitution. i don't see any black robes in this chamber today. they'll point to the word persons in section 2 of the 14th amendment as a reason why this bill should not pass. but this word carries no definition in our constitution and it offers multiple meanings in current law. allow me to argue, in 1992, in franklin vs. massachusetts, a supreme court case on apportionment of representatives, opined the term persons to mean an individual who not only has a physical

presence, but some element of allegiance to a particular place. the census bureau does not include foreigners who visit the united states for a vacation or a business trip. in the population count. since they have no political or legal allegiance to any state. or the federal government. similarly, illegal aliens who are deportable have no allegiance -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. biggs: i yield 15 seconds. mr. edwards: similarly, illegal aliens who are deportable have no allegiance or tie to the united states. foreigners here on visa have an allegiance legally and play plar home country, not the united states. the same logic applies to them. my bill is a commonsense solution to a chronic problem impacting the very governance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona reserves.

the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: mr. speaker, the gentleman from north carolina observes that we don't have anybody wearing a black robe in the house of representatives today. but you don't have to wear a black robe in order to read the constitution, interpret the constitution, and follow it. but if you need people with black robes then i would urge the gentleman to read the supreme court's decision in evanwell vs. abbott where the supreme court unanimously found that the census and are reapportionment must include the entire population, all persons, not all citizen, not all voters. the alternative suggestions that are being made today. so what do we have? since 1790, all persons have been included in the census, in every census, on a decennial basis since the beginning of the republic. the supreme court rejected the

theory being advanced by my friends in the majority today in evanwell vs. abbott. that the constitution requires citizens, rather than persons. and the gentleman from north carolina invites us to think, it has something to do with immigration. we had an immigration deal coming out of the senate for hundreds of new border patrol officers, and asylum officers, and asylum judge, and fentanyl detection machinery, and it was vetoed by the fourth branch of government, donald trump, who said he didn't want a border solution, he wanted a border crisis to run on. so despite the fact that senator lankford, perhaps one of the most conservative senators that we have in the republican party, said that this was a great deal and the best that he'd ever seen coming out of the senate, despite the fact that senator

mcconnell was for it, they blew it you will judge for yourself the claims they want to do something about immigration. this is another useless and needless distraction and i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from california, congresswoman barragan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. barragan: i rise today to oppose h.r. 7109. it's a bill that threatens equal and fair representation of immigrant communities. this bill requires a citizenship question which undermines the constitution's mandate of a fair and accurate count of all residents. this would deprive immigrants to representation and resources even though they pay taxes and contribute to our economy. this question would have a chilling effect on participation

in the census. the census count affects the federal government and the map it properties funds and resources. republicans are saying, if you are not a citizen in this country, you don't count. even permanent legal residents, you don't count. this is absurd. immigrants are the backbone of this economy. they work the fields and build our cities and they contribute tirelessly to the fabric of our society. they pay over half a trillion in taxes including taxes in social and medicare even though undocumented immigrants can't receive benefits. republicans want to deny services and resources that they help fund through their hard-earned tax dollars. it is our duty to ensure all members of our communities are treated with dignity and

respect. they should have the opportunity to thrive but h.r. 7109 does the opposite. citizenship question further marginalizees and undercut the immigrant population and under nine the foundation of our democracy, fair representation from our government. i urge my colleagues to reject this extreme republican bill and focus on policy that uplifts all members of our society. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. mr. raskin: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: every single democrat voted against h.r. 2, that's how serious they are not. every person is counted under this bill. when we ask what their citizenship is. i yield to mr. higgins for two

minutes. mr. higgins: this bill is perhaps unconstitutional under our constitution he has a right to lead an article 3 challenge. this bill which i expect they will. my democrat colleagues love to sue americans and pursue legislation through the courts. this is actual legislation presented by conservative republicans to correct the horrible wrong. i rise in support of h.r. 7109, equal representation act. while this bill will continue to count every person in the united states, it adds a simple question, are you a unions citizens. while the decennial census, the problem is the number of illegal persons because of president biden's failures at the southern border. took 240 years to accumulate

illegals. in four short years president biden under his policies will have added 15 million. 45 million illegal persons. that's the equivalent of 60 congressional seats. now most of those illegal aliens will be drawn to live primarily in sanctuary states and cities. this thwarts the fair representation of american citizens in the house of representatives, foundation neal altering our representative republic. this important piece of legislation enables to fairly and accurately apportion congressional districts based upon equal representation of american citizens. i urge my colleagues to seek the truth and to support this bill. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from arizona reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: i yield two minutes

to the gentlelady from illinois. mrs. ramirez: i rise to oppose h.r. 7109. think about it. another republican attempt to attack immigrant communities in this country. so many of us are children, grandchildren of immigrants and we have hypocrisy in this room here and continue to attack immigrant communities. republicans are trying to amend the con threution through unconstitutional means. the census in has responsibilities to count the number of persons in the united states to count every single person. because as the member prior from this side said, they are here, they are contributing, they are paying taxes. they make it possible for us to be able to retire. and then be able to have the benefits that we worked so hard because of paying those taxes

and they serve our communities. republicans are adding census questions to have a chilling effect to keep people afraid, to make them nervous and discourage participation in the census. and the this is undercounted and underrepresented. our economy grows weaker these kinds of actions are brought to this floor. we must ensure that the census is as rack rat as possible and free from the political interference that would be robbing whole communities of the resources and representation they are entitled to. i encourage a no vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arizona. mr. biggs: i yield two minutes to mr. grothman. mr. grothman: i want to make reference to a couple of other

documents. our pledge of allegiance, we pledge allegiance to the flag and the republic for which we stand. when benjamin franklin after our constitution was ratified, he talked about giving us a republic if we can keep it. and people should analyze those two quotes and wonder why there were references to republic in both of them. in any event that people around here don't understand that. i thank the gentleman from arizona for introducing this bill. i think it's fairly obvious that when we take a census, there are certain questions that you expect to appear on the census. and one thing, i know a permanent citizen or not a census. there is a reason why. a reason why we treat citizens

different than other people. and i think it's absolutely bizarre that to this point we have been sending out census forms and not asking the first question, are you a citizen. it is kind of embarrassing and hasn't happened up to this point. we have another problem in that some states declaring themselves sanctuary states or cities and encouraging people to come here who really shouldn't be in the country at all. in any event, i think this is a great bill. first of all, we should in apportioning congressional seats taking people who are citizens not people who are noncitizens, many of which i assume are going to return to the country they came from. and secondly, we expect on the form -- first thing i look at,

race, sometimes in the surveys -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired the gentleman's time has expired the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: i am about to yield to my friend, ms. maining from -- meng from new york and especially the word republic which comes from the public thing. he happened upon a subject that issues interest to me because i wrote a paper about it in sixth grade. the pledge of allegiance was written by a radical baptist minister named francis bellamy on the 400th anniversary of columbus arrival in the new world and he was concerned about the continuing salute of the

confederate battle flag in the united states and wanted to write a i pledge allegiance to my flag of the united states of america and to the republic which it stands, one nation, with liberty and justice for all. you notice, he did not have under god. it was added in 1954 after the supreme court's and and i'm not sure what the gentleman's reference and about him saying if you can keep it, ben franklin was a big supporter of immigration to the country, although he did display an antigerman bias in some of his writings. but i'll tell you story about ben franklin that might be relevance of what the gentleman is talking about.

apparently -- because i did a tour in philadelphia with the ben franklin. he made a loan to a friend of his for $100 and then he recorded in his diary that this gentleman he made a loan to, $100 was disappearing behind a tree or building and he finally caught up with him, josiah, i loaned you a00 bucks and can i get my principal back or the interest and he said, $1200 is well invested somewhere invested and he said what about the interest? i forgot to tell you it's against my religion to pay you interest. franklin said you mean it's against your preliminary to pay me the interest and your interest to pay me the

preliminary. our premises and interest converge much. they are set forth in the constitution which is we count everybody and everybody is part of the census. it's been like that since 1790 and don't need to finger painting on the constitution with silly election year proposal. it is in our interest because as my colleagues have said, this is a land that is built on immigration except for the native americans who were already here and the people that were brought over as slaves, all of us are december ep end ants. tom payne said in 1774, two years before the revolution, he said this land if it lives up to its presumes will become an asylum to humanity, a place of

people seeking aseal whrum from political and religious asylum. i have people from the hotel industry, people from the construction industry and restaurant industry saying we have huge labor shortages, we need people in america. i'm for a whole lot more lawful immigration to america, less unlawful immigration like the deal that was worked out in the senate and rejected by the republicans and lot less demagogry about who we are as a country because the creance success provisions in the 14th tell it all. this is a country for everybody willing to follow the law and follow our constitution. with that, i yield to the gentlelady from new york two minutes. -- three minutes.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. manning: mr. -- the messenger: i -- i rise in opposition to h.r. 7109. the u.s. constitution requires the count of whole number of persons in each state. counting every person has been the legal, historical and constitutional practice ever since the first census conducted in 1790. citizens-only census as this legislation intends is reckless, cynical and illegal. it is not the census bureau job to keep track of immigration status and not their job to determine one's allegiance like the snevmentists. we have agencies for both of those tasks. the census guides more than $2.8 trillion in federal funding and

is distributed to states, cities and towns. this includes funding forthis i, roads, schools and other purposes. not counting every whole person may decrease federal money even in some of my colleague's districts. noncitizens make up about 6.7% of the nation's population of 330 million people. they are our loved one, friends, neighbor, and those who have been actively contributing to, and participating, in our communities for many years. pretending that noncitizens do not live in our communities and that's exactly what this bill would do, pretend, will only instill fear. force people into the shadows. and take critical federal funding away from the areas that need it most. throughout our nation's history, there have been several attempts at adding a citizenship question to the census, all of which have failed. as a daughter of immigrants, and as representative of a diverse

community of constituents who have arrived from many corners of the world, i've adamantly fought against these attempts. in 2018, the previous administration attempted to add a citizenship question to the census, which senator hirono and i and others fought against in congress. this was -- mr. raskin: i yield 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. meng: this was subsequently blocked by the supreme court. we cannot let this latest attempt to succeed. calling this an equal representation act is an oxy moron. i am voting no and urge my colleagues to vote no. mr. biggs: can i inquire what the balance of my time is? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona has 17 minutes. mr. biggs: thank you very much. mr. chairman, i wish we were hearing not deflective statements but the actual truth here. because here's the way it works. there is nothing in this bill that says you don't count

everybody. you do count everybody. the thing they don't want, the thing they really don't want us to know is how many illegal aliens are in the country. so we're going to ask a citizenship question which has been asked 22 of 25 sent us ises. they don't want that. with that, i yield two minutes to my friend from tennessee, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. burchett: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman biggs and ranking member raskin, always gad to see you with a good, healthy head of hair. god does listen to our prayers, we're glad you're with us and healthy, brother. thank you. mr. raskin: i know your prayers go right to the top. mr. burchett: my mama's did, mine don't quite make it that far but they get close. thank you, brother. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 7109, the equal representation act. this legislation will require u.s. citizens to include a question that asks the person is

a united states citizen. just a question. this bill passed through the house oversight committee on a straight party line vote, 22-20, not a single democrat supported it. the census informs how our government divides up congressional districts and electoral college votes. it helps to ensure american voters have equal representation. american voters that. process should not factor in people who are not citizens or who are not eligible to vote. you can see why my democrat colleagues would have a problem with this bill. factoring illegal aliens in the process skews things in their favor. in fact it wasn't long ago that a member of the -- of the minority party had a -- was on the news claiming that they wished that more illegals would come to their district for the census. if the census does not include the citizenship question, states with more illegal aliens will get more congressional districts and more electoral college votes. we have a history of saying

elections are sacred and free, fair, and secure elections are the cornerstone of this great country. it's time to act like it and prioritize the dadgum representation of our people. americans are sick and fieferres administration weaponizing different parts of our government and they don't want to see something like the census being used against us. when it's so hard to get americans to even take the census. leaders in states like california and new york are taking pride in harboring illegal ail yield back the balance of my times. in fact the people of california have offered free health care to their illegals in new york -- and new york has kicked combat veterans, mr. speaker, combat veterans out of housing to house illegals. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. biggs: i yield 10 more seconds. mr. burchett: they should not be allowed more seats or more electoral votes which will distort the election results. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is

recognized. and we're glad to see your head of hair too, jamie. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. it's always great to be with my friend from tennessee. just two quick points on his always trenchant remarks. one should be clear that under this legislation, they're just -- they're not roping out of the aapportionment just undocumented people. they're also roping out of the reapportionment permanent resident, people who are green cardholders, who are on the pathway to citizenship already. they're talk about disenfranchising from the census reapportionment process millions of people who are lawfully within it. and they should be aware of that. also, if we were being cynical politically, we would embrace this legislation because it's the red states like texas and florida whose congressional delegations are inflated by virtue of counting people who are not citizens.

we're simply trying to follow what the constitution says which i know is kind of a radical proposition around here these days. i will yield teleminutes to the distinguished gentlelady from north carolina, ms. manning. ms. manning -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. manning: thank you, i'd like to thank my cousin, representative raskin, for yielding me time. we have wasted another legislative week on ludicrous messaging bills to defend the liberty of laundry and freedom for the fridge. today they're pushing a bill to upend our nation's process for collecting census data. let's be clear, the so-called equal representation act does nothing to live up to its name. in fact, their bill would result in the opposite. it will reduce participation in the census which our government relies on for a host of data to inform our decision making. what's more this bill will violate our constitution which

states that all persons be counted in the census. instead of wasting time on deeply unserious messaging bills, congress should be focused on what really matters to the american people. particularly reproductive freedoms. right now, across the country, women are suffering from extreme abortion bans that are endangering their health and limiting their ability to make private medical decisions. women in america are worried about their reproductive freedoms and deeply concerned about what extremist politicians will attack next. we know that radical judges and politicians are not stopping with abortion bans. they're now attacking fertility dreams, and attempting to restrict birth control methods like plan b and i.u.d.'s. if far-right extremists really cared about women, they would want to make the full range of

birth control readily available, not restrict access to it. this sunday is mother's day. how about giving moms and potential moms the gift they really want. the right to decide whether, when, and with whom to have children. instead of flowers, let's guarantee the right to use the full range of f.d.a. approved birth control. in honor of mother's day and for this reason, at the appropriate time, i will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee. if the house rules permit, i would have thaiferred motion with an important amendment to this bill and my amendment would strike the tech of h.r. 7190, and replace it with my right to contraception act, a bill to protect the right to access all forms of f.d.a. approved birth control and protect women's reproductive health from political interference. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the text

of this amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. manning: i hope my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion to recommit and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from maryland reserve. the gentleman from maryland is recognize -- from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. >> mr. speaker, right now our nation is grappling with a border crisis. mr. langworthy: my home state is grappling with policies that turned our state into a place for illegal immigrants. my colleagues have turned their back on lawful americans, rolling out the red carpet for illegal ail generals with house, clothe, and financial sin sent -- incentives and paid for by taxpayers.

through this process we're learning that it's a calculated effort to boost their own political power by inflating their population counts and skewing congressional representation. we're talking millions of people. who are not american citizens, having a major say in american elections. they're not even hiding it anymore. one of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who happens to represent new york city in this body openly called for more illegal immigration for her district because she says she, quote, needs more people in her district for redistricting purposes. this absurd notion pushed by my colleagues across the aisle that these noncitizens should shape the future of our nation is completely unconstitutional. they are co-roading the essence of american citizenship, turning it into a political commodity. the equal representation act is our line in the sand. it is time to end the charade by rewarding states like new york and california for this reckless sanctuary antics that undermine our laws. i urge my colleagues to rise

above partisan manipulation, protect the sanctity of our democracy and support the equal representation act. let's send a clear message that the value of american citizenship is absolute and our elections are not for sale. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: how much time do we have? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland has six minutes. mr. raskin: thank you very much. look, if you strip away all the bombast and rhetoric, the gentleman just basically delivered a tirade about immigration but never addressed the fact that their legislation is totally unconstitutional. if you want to deal with immigration, we had a bill. and the bill would have added hundreds of border patrol officers. and asylum officers. and judges. and the republican leadership in the senate said it was a great deal that got most of what they wanted. it was a great compromise.

and yet who didn't want it? donald trump. alas, still the constitutive leader of -- the putative leader of those left in the g.o.p. lincoln's party. donald trump didn't want it because he didn't want a border solution, he wants a border crisis. so they're left with a punch of -- a bunch of completely superficial, empty bills like this one, which i doubt will even pass the house, but if it does pass the house, it certainly won't pass the senate. it'll never be signed by the president and it'll be struck down immediately by the supreme court. 10* why are we wasting our time on that instead of getting to the legislation that actually a majority of the senate was behind. i wish one of my colleagues would address that. i'll reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: thank you, mr. chairman. i now recognize and yield two minutes this the gentlewoman

from colorado, ms. boebert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. boebert: thank you very much, mr. speaker. thank you to chairman biggs for leading on this issue. i rise in support of the equal representation act which will add a citizenship question to the census and exclude illegal aliens from the apportionment base. it is past time we put america and americans first. joe biden and his regime are shelling out benefits to illegal immigrants like oprah win free on her show. everyone gets a vote. everyone gets recognized. even if you're here illegally. in new york, aliens are received $53 million in free prepaid debit cards in. denver, colorado, aliens get six free months of housing. and now they want to hand them seats in congress to buy their lifelong allegiance to the democrat party. since biden took office, we have seen more than nine million

illegal aliens cross our borders and more than 1.8 million gotaways evade border patrol agents. that is larger than the population of 32 states, mr. speaker. there are now at least 16.8 million illegal aliens living in the united states. enough to account for roughly 22 seats in the house of representatives. including these aliens in the apportionment of congressional districts impacts representation in congress and undermines the constitutional principle of one person, one vote. americans deserve to have their voices fully represented. not dilute t by illegal aliens. i'm proud to be a co-sponsor of this legislation and i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this bill. mr. speaker, i yield the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized.

mr. raskin: delightful to hear my friend from colorado speak. one thing i want to point out because there might be students in the gallery today is there can be no illegal aliens and there can be no green card holders in congress because the constitution very clearly specifies that you must have been a citizen for seven years before you run the house and nine years before you run for the senate and born u.s. citizen in order to run for president of the united states, which some historians attribute to thomas jefferson trying to write alexander hamilton out of the presidential sweepstakes. i think my colleague should relax with the ex acknowledge regulates here. we are saying let's keep doing that we have done since 1790.

this is the census and apportionment has been run and they are proposing a radical departure from what the constitution ordetains. mr. biggs: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana. mr. graves: i want to simply what we are talking about here. you could have a citizen of russia that illegally crosses our southern border, pays cartels and decides to set up shop in california. that citizen of russia can vote for putin all day long also is counted in the distribution of electoral votes in the united states, therefore having influence and therefore shaping who is president of the united states. i don't know what else could possibly before interference in elections than what we are

talking about today. i am from the state of louisiana. we have six members of congress, we have six. by some calculation, the state of california alone has six members of congress entirely attributable to citizens of other countries. offsetting all of the votes and citizens in louisiana. this is outrageous. to listen to people across the aisle talk about how this is inappropriate. no. this is exactly appropriate. as a matter of fact, the way that we killed american citizens in our territories, you are given a greater status, a greater status to illegal alien in the united states, than you are giving to an american citizen. this is absolutely outrageous. to listen to people justify this. this is 100% about stacking the vote, about foreign interference in elections and allowing and

incentivizing sanctuary cities. that's what it does. it takes american taxpayer collars influenced by the census and gives it to states that have illegal aliens. this is completely outrageous and i can't believe we are having this debate. vote yes if you want americans to be represented and vote no if you think russians and chinese should be represented. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: i'm delighted to hear someone denounce putin. we should avoid putting in a president of the united states that looks up to putin and calls him a genius. i could be persuaded by the gentleman's policy amendments but we have the amendment in the constitution. this is the way it has been done.

the language is perfectly clear that it's all of the persons of the state who have to be counted. i thought you guys were constitutional text thurlists and thought you followed the original constitution. i could be persuaded. i did don't like texas or florida or any state gets an inflated congressional delegation because of this reason. let's have that discussion. but you have to amend the constitution. you can't just say i don't like what's in the constitution and therefore i'm going to ignore it. and point of the territories and i'm not sure i understood. the people in the territories are not represented except by nonvoting delegates whose votes don't count and can't count in michael versus anderson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arizona.

mr. biggs: can i inquire about the time again, please. the speaker pro tempore: 9 1/2 minutes. mr. biggs: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from ohio. daiferredz daiferredz -- davids daiferredz -- mr. davidson: that is a lot of opposition to say this doesn't matter. in fact, they are encouraging you not to be a citizen. sanctuary cities and states invite everyone to flood their cities and need it and said as much that it is fleeing their horrible policies in states like florida, illinois, maryland and elsewhere, new york and going to places that have more freedom and less government. what do they do? they import new people and the conditions are better there than the places they are fleeing. but as mr. graves was pointing

out. california has six to seven members. texas has representatives because they have a large illegal population and the biden administration is doing everything possible to prevent them from stopping this invasion of our country. it is willfully and purposefully and skillfully undermining the value of u.s. citizenship to flood this country with noncitizens and great news to my colleagues. foreign nationals do have representation in the united states at embassies or consulates. their representative is not here in the united states congress. i represent united states citizens and so do my colleagues. but noncitizens do not vote and should not vote. they are working to change that, too. we found that noncitizens are voting and found loopholes to do that with motor voter. we have to defend the value and

right of u.s. citizens and only way to do that is to do the very purpose of the census is to apportion representatives. we get a lot of other been fits from the census but the constitutional purpose of it is to know who is here. they want to know how many -- national origin, your religion, how much you make. but they don't give a rip whether you are a united states citizen. the american people deserve to be fairly and equally represented. and that is the only way they are going to be done if we know the citizensship and apportionment is based on the united states citizens. this amendment needs to be passed. and for assurance for the previous three congresses, i have introduced a constitutional amendment in this congress h.j.res. 37.

i assume mr. raskin will co-sponsor it immediately because he knows he can amend the constitution and defend the preliminary that is at stake here. i urge my colleagues to sponsor this bill and vote yes and get it passed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from arizona reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: gee, why do you amend the constitution if you can do it by statute here. that is rather curious. i admire the intellectual honesty because that's what needs to be done and i would be happy to look at that and appreciate his candor in admitting that the constitution needs to be amended in order to overturn two centuries' of practice and everything the supreme court has said about the issue and should be clear to everybody that only u.s. citizens, a majority may vote in

federal elections. but everybody, including children who are u.s. citizens are counted even though they can't vote in federal elections. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. biggs: i recognize the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. jordan: does anybody on the street, we do a census and count up the number of people and is it ok to find out how many are citizens. yeah, aren't you already doing that. this bill says let's count everyone and find out how many citizens because that's what should determine how apportionment is done. it is so darn simple. by the way to my good friend, we ask all kinds of other questions

on the census, what is wrong about asking are you a citizen of this great country? that's all this does and that is an important number to get when you are figuring out who is going to represent, how many congressional members from each of the respective states. i don't know why they are opposing. but they always do. i urge a yes vote and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: i reserve. mr. biggs: i have no additional speakers. is the gentleman prepared to close? mr. raskin: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: i don't want to be in a position of lecturing my colleagues that they often like to say, the constitution is the constitution and nobody has laid a glove on the constitution or explained how the supreme court

erred in the evanwell case. and it's persons that are counted and since the country began. so you know, the rest of it strikes me like election year political rhetoric. to the extent to deal with immigration, we had a great bargain that came out of the senate until they heard from donald trump and no legislative progress and wanted to be able to deema going the issue on the campaign trail and has been undermind by the exposure. and i haven't heard anybody explain why their legislation is constitutional nor explain what is wrong with the immigration package to add hundreds of border patrol officers, hundreds of border, patrol and asylum

judges and crackdown on drugs at the border. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from arizona is recognizedded. mr. biggs: an honor to debate here. most americans would agree with the proposition those here illegally in the united states and noncitizens shouldn't be created for. i think that's what they think and what section 3 of this bill leads to. foreign nationals here legally

the speaker pro tempore: on this

vote the yeas are 385, the nays are 24. with one present. 2/3 of those voting 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 georgia seek recognition? ms. greene: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 2-a-1 of rule 19, i -- 9, i seek recognition to give intent to raise questions of the privileges of the house. the form of the resolution is as follows. declaring the office of speaker of the house of representatives to be vacant. this is the uni party for the american people watching.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. order. order. the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. ms. greene: whereas the house republican conference elected mike johnson on october 25, 2023, after 3 1/2 weeks of trying to decide on a new speaker of the house. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. ms. greene: whereas mike johnson sent the republican conference a letter making promises as to what type of speaker he would be and outlining his plans going forward. mike johnson put forth seven tenants that would guide the conversation under his

speakership. restore trust by ensuring total transparency. transparency, open processes and regular order. >> order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. ms. greene: two, advance a comprehensive policy agenda supported by conference consensus. three, promote individual members and thus the whole team by working to understand and emphasize each member's unique strengths, district dynamics and challenges and individual goals and directives. four, engage members in productive working groups to formulate solutions in key policy areas and enhance our internal communications and team building. five, effectively message to

persuasively perform the republican base and the american people of our policy agenda why we're pursuing it and how it will ensure liberty, opportunity, and security for all americans. six, build and utilize internal coalitions in the internal ecosphere including think tanks and oral lied organizations that would contribute to our efforts. seven, develop and grow our majority by building on our resources and expanding -- to advance our agenda. speaker johnson has not lived up to a single one of his self-approved tenets and allowed one day rather than 72 hours to review a 1,000-plus page bill to

which no amendments could be offered. rather than ensure total transparency, open processes and regular order. whereas speaker johnson worked with democrats to plows appropriations text, ndaa text and other legislative items rather than with republicans to understand and emphasize each member's unique strengths and engage with them. whereas speaker johnson relied on majority democrat support to pass a two part omnibus spending bill rather than advancing a policy agenda supported by conference consensus. whereas on december 1, 2023, speaker johnson failed to protect the republican majority when he allowed multiple votes to remove another republican from the house of representatives. it was unprecedented for a member to be removed from congress by a 2/3 vote prior to

conviction of a crime. to this day, the republican expelled from the house under speaker johnson has not been convicted of a crime. meanwhile, a democrat now holds that seat. whereas speaker johnson supported fully funding the climate agenda, foreign wars, and biden's border crisis rather than ensuring liberty, opportunity, and security for all americans. whereas speaker johnson relied on democrat votes on at least two occasions with the first transgression occurring march 22, 2024, with the house passage of h.res. 1102, part 2 of the johnson-schumer omnibus. and the second transgression occurring april 20, 2024, with house passage of h.r. 8035, the $61 billion ukraine funding bill. on both occasions, the majority

of the majority -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. ms. greene: on both occasions the majority of the majority, 112 republicans voted against the measures whereas only 101 voted in favor. whereas before kevin mccarthy was ousted as speaker our conference passed seven appropriation bills which were some of the strongest conservative bills passed in decades. speaker johnson refused to continue this important process. he instead led us to another c.r. on january 18, 2024, and got it passed with the support of 207 democrats. >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized.

ms. greene: and only 107 republicans. while 106 republicans voted against it. whereas speaker johnson passed a third c.r., this time calling it a process c.r., as if that made continuing nancy pelosi's budget yet again any different from the previous c.r.'s. whereas with little to no communication with our conference speaker johnson passed the first minibus omni bill march 6 and passed a minibus bill on the 2 2nd. whereas a two-part omnibus split in two minibuses were crammed in our throats and passed with suspension of the rules with only one day to review it. whereas speaker johnson's omnibus did nothing to stop biden's deadly border invasion,

it fully funded it. speaker johnson did nothing to stop the energy killing clean new deal climate agenda, he fully funded it and did nothing to stop the weaponized department of justice and f.b.i., he fully funded them. he did nothing to stop the transagenda on kids, he fully funded it. he did nothing to stop full-term abortions, he fully funded them. he did nothing to stop the filling for forever foreign wars, he funded them. whereas the rules committee passed h.res. 116 60, the rule providing for consideration of the $95 billion foreign funding package by a vote of 9-3, notably all democrat members of the committee voted to advance the measure to the floor while -- while three republicans opposed it. it is unprecedented for members

of the minority party to advance a resolution out of the rules committee. since 1995, there have been a few instances of rules advancing out of committee with minority support. however, h.res. 1160 is the only instance where this was done to bypass opposition from the members of the majority party. whereas the last instance, an appropriations measure which passed the house failed to include a majority of the majority, was on final passage of the fiscal year 2015 department of homeland security house appropriations bill during the 114th congress. in the months following this failure, speaker boehner announced his resignation. whereas, on january 26, 2024 dear colleague, speaker johnson called the senate supplementals and border security legislation dead on arrival in the house.

likewise, january 2024 speaker johnson took a trip to the u.s.-mexico border where he said, if president biden wants a supplemental spending bill focused on national security, it better begin by defending america's national security. whereas, in the months following his border trip, speaker johnson introduced a $95 billion foreign aid supplemental with no border security attached. whereas, excuses like this is just how you have to govern in divided government are pathetic, weak, and unacceptable, even with our razor thin republican majority, we could have at least secured the border with it being the number one issue in the country, and the issue that is actually causing biden to trail president trump in poll after poll. whereas speaker johnson's capitulation on his promise to secure the border came on the

hills of laken riley being raped and murdered and others raped by monsters and our own border patrol and national guard being run over by hoards of military aged illegals. while great legislation like h.r. 2 and the laken riley act are only messaging bills unless we fight to enforce them in our government funding bills. whereas, while serving on the house judiciary committee, mike johnson was a strong defender of individual liberties and was the chair of the subcommittee on the constitution of civil government. despite his defending the civil liberties april 12, 2024, mike johnson cast the deciding vote against requiring a warrant for u.s. persons queries of fisa section 702 data.

whereas, our conference could have taken out funding for abortion and the transagenda on kids if our own speaker would have allowed us to offer amendments instead. >> order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. house will be in order. members will kindly take their conversations outside the chamber. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. greene: instead mike johnson worked with chuck schumer and gave joe biden and the democrats everything they wanted, no different from how hakeem jeffries would have done. whereas speaker johnson fully funded special counsel witch-hunt against president trump, our republican nominee. house republicans could have used our power of the purse to stop this but speaker johnson didn't even let us try.

whereas joe biden's weaponized d.o.j. is arresting a new january 6 election protester every single day and putting nonviolent political enemies including veterans, mothers, fathers, and grandparents in jail for years and the fifth january 6 defendant has now committed suicide. whereas, our pro-life christian conservative speaker mike johnson fully funded the department of justice. as it is prosecuting and convicting peaceful pro-life activists facing 11 years in jail. again, refusing to allow republicans to offer amendments to stop these injustices. whereas, actions are the only thing that matter and words are meaningless without following through on them. by passing the democrats agenda

and handcuffing the republicans' ability and influence legislation, our elected republican speaker mike johnson has aided and abetted the democrats and the biden administration in destroying our country. whereas, removing this uni party speaker will not give the speaker's gavel to the democrats, which would only happen if republicans actually vote for hakeem jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: house will be in order. the gentlewoman will suspend. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. greene: in fact, minority leader jeffries, nancy pelosi,

and other high ranking democrats have publicly stated they will save mike johnson from a vote to vacate him. in a recent interview, minority leader hakeem jeffries said, even though we're in the minority, we effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority. >> speaker, the house is not in order. ms. greene: whereas, our country is nearly $35 trillion in debt and about $40 billion are added to the debt every day. our border is overrun by illegal invaders and terrorists from over 160 countries. our people are being killed by the hundreds every single day by fentanyl and mike johnson refuses to do anything about it. whereas, mike johnson isily equipped to handle the rigors of

the job of speaker of the house and has allowed a uniparty, one who fuels foreign wars, tramples on civil liberties, and decreases our disastrous national debt to take complete control of the house of representatives. whereas speaker johnson's tenure is defined by one self-serving characteristic when given a choice of advancing republican priorities or aligning with the democrats to preserve his own personal power, johnson regularly chooses to ally himself with democrats. now therefore be it resolved that the office of the speaker of the house of representatives is -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. greene: resolved, that the office of the speaker of the house of representatives is hereby declared to be vacant. .. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now recognize the

gentlewoman from georgia to offer the resolution just noticed. does the gentlewoman from georgia offer the resolution? ms. greene: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: whereas the house republican conference elected mike johnson on october 25, 2023, after 3 1/2 weeks of trying to decide on a new speaker of the house, whereas mike johnson sent the republican conference a letter making promises as to what type of speaker he would be. and outlining his plans going forward. mike johnson put forth seven tenants that would guide the conference under his speakership. one, restore trust by ensuring total transparency, open processes and regular order. two, advance a comprehensive policy agenda supported by conference consensus. three, promote individual members and thus the whole team by working to understand and emphasize each member's unique strengths, district dynamics and challenges. and individual goals and objectives. four, engage members in

productive working groups to formulate solutions in key policy areas and enhance our internal communications and team building. five, effectively message to precisively inform the republican base and the american people of our policy agenda while we are pursuing it and how it will ensure liberty, opportunity and security for all americans. six, build and utilize external coalitions in the conservative ecosphere, including think tanks, policy groups and other allied organizations that can contribute to our efforts. seven, develop and grow our majority by building upon our resources and expanding the base to successfully advance our conservative vision and agenda. whereas speaker johnson has not lived -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the motion. with the reading. with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? the objection is heard.

the clerk will read. the clerk: speaker johnson has not lived up to a single one of his self-imposed tenants. whereas speaker johnson allowed the conference only one day rather than 72 hours to review a thousand-plus-page bill to which no amendments could be offered rather than ensure total transparency, open processes and regular order. whereas speaker johnson worked with democrats to produce appropriate -- appropriations texts, n.d. -- ndaa texts and other legislative items rather than with republicans to understand and emphasize each member's unique strengths and engage with them. whereas speaker johnson relied on majority democrat support to pass a two-part omnibus spending bill rather than advancing a policy agenda supported by conferences. speaker johnson failed to protect the republican majority when he allowed multiple votes to remove another republican from the house of representatives. it was unprecedented for a member to be removed from

congress by a 2/3 vote prior to conviction of a crime. to this day, the republican pebltioned from the house under speakser johnson -- speaker johnson has not been convicted of a crime. meanwhile, a democrat now holds that seat. whereas speaker johnson supported fully funding abortion, foreign wars and biden's border crisis rather than ensuring liberty, opportunity and security for all americans. whereas speaker johnson relied on democrat votes on at least two occasions, with the first transgression occurring on march 22, 2024, with house passage of house resolution 1102. part two of johnson-schumer omnibus and the second transgression occurring on april 20, 2024, with house passage of 8035. the $61 billion ukraine funding bill. on both occasions, the majority of the majority, 112 republicans, voted against the measures. while only 101 voted in favor.

whereas before kevin mccarthy was ousted as speaker, our conference had passed seven appropriation bills which were some of the strongest conservative bills passed in decades. speaker johnson refused to continue this important process. he instead led us to another c.r. on january 18, 2024, and got it passed with the support of 207 democrats and only 107 republicans, while 106 republicans voted against it. whereas speaker johnson passed a third c.r., this time calling it a process c.r., as if that made continuing nancy pelosi's budget yet again any different from the previous c.r.'s. whereas with little to no communication with our conference, speaker johnson passed a first minibus appropriations bill on march 6 and passed the second two weeks later on march 22. whereas a two-part omnibus split into two minibuses was crammed

down our throats and passed under suspension of the rules, with only one day to review it. whereas speaker johnson's omnibus did nothing to stop biden's deadly border invasion, and fully funded it. mike johnson did nothing to stop the energy-killing green new deal climate agenda, he fully funded it. he did noing to stop the weaponization -- did nothing to stop the weaponization of d.o.j. and f.b.i. he fully funded them. he did nothing to stop the trans agenda on kids, he fully funded it. he did nothing to stop full-term abortions, he fully funded them. he did nothing to stop the fueling of foreign forever wars, he fully funded them. whereas on april 18, 2024, the rules committee passed house resolution 1160, the rule providing for consideration of the $95 billion foreign funding package by a vote of 9-3. notably all democrat members of the committee voted to advance the measure to the floor while three republicans opposed it. it is unprecedented for members

of the minority party to advance a resolution out of the rules committee. since 1995, there have been a few instances of rules advancing out of committee with minority support. however house resolution 1160 is the only instance where this was done to bypass opposition from members of the majority party. whereas the last instance in appropriations measure which passed the house failed to include a majority of the majority, was on final passage of those if favor will vote aye 2025 department of homeland security house appropriations bill during the 114th congress. speaker boehner announced his resignation following this. whereas in january, 26, 2024, speaker johnson called a senate supplemental and border security legislation dead on arrival in the house. likewise, in january, 2024, speaker johnson took a trip to the u.s.-mexico border where he

said, if president biden wants a supplemental spending bill focused on national security, it better begin by defending america's national security. whereas in the months following his border trip, speaker johnson introduced a $95 billion foreign aid supplemental with no border security attached. whereas excuses like, this is just how you have to govern and divided government are weak and unacceptable, even with our razor-thin republican majority. we could have at least secured the border with it being the number one issue in the country. and the issue that is causing biden to petroleum president trump in poll after poll. whereas speaker johnson's capitulation on his promise to secure the border came on the heels of laken riley being brutally murdered, women and children being raped by illegal alien monsters, and our own border patrol in texas -- and texas national guard being run over by hoards of military-aged illegals. whereas great legislation like h.r. 2 and the laken riley act

are only messaging bills unless we fight to enforce them in our government funding bills. whereas while serving on the house judiciary committee, mike johnson was a strong defender of individual liberties and was the chair of the subcommittee on the constitution and limited government. despite his history as a defender of civil liberties, on april 12, 2024, mike johnson cast the deciding vote against requiring a warrant for u.s. person queries of foreign intelligence surveillance act, fisa, section 702 data. where's our conference -- whereas our conference could have taken out funding for abortion and the trans agenda on kids if our own speaker would have allowed us to offer amendments. instead mike johnson worked with the chuck schumer rather than with the conference and gave joe biden and the democrats everything they wanted. no different from how speaker hakeem jeffries would have done. whereas speaker johnson fully funded special counsel jack smith's witch hunt and 91

indictments against president trump. our republican presidential nominee. house republicans could have used our power of the purse to stop this but speaker johnson didn't even let us try. whereas joe biden's weaponized d.o.j. is arresting a new january 6 election protester every single day and putting nonviolent political enemies, including veterans, mothers and fathers and grandparents in jail for years. whereas our pro-life christian conservative republican speaker mike johnson fully funded the d.o.j. as they prosecuted and convicted peaceful pro-life activists who are facing 11 years in jail. again, refusing to allow republicans to offer amendments to stop these injustices. whereas actions are the only thing that matter and words are meaningless without following through on them, by passing the democrats' agented and handcuffing -- agenda and handcuffing republicans' ability to influence legislation, our

elected republican speaker has aidedded and abeded -- abetted the democrats and the biden administration in destroying our country. this will noiive got -- not give the speaker's gavel to the democrats which will only happen if republicans actually vote for hakeem jeffries. in fact, minority leader jeffries, nancy pelosi and other high-ranking democrats have publicly stated that they will save mike johnson from a vote to vacate him. in a recent interview, minority leader hakeem jeffries said, even though we're in the minority, we effectively have been governing as if we are in the majority. whereas our country is nearly $35 trillion in debt and $40 billion are added to the debt every day, our border is overrun by illegal invaders and terrorists from over 160 countries. our people are being killed by the hundreds every single day by fentanyl, and mike johnson refuses to do anything about it. whereas mike johnson is ill equipped to handle the rigors of the job of speaker of the house

and has allowed a uni party, one that fuels foreign wars, tramples on civil liberties and increases our disastrous national debt, to take complete control of the house of representatives. whereas speaker johnson's tenure is defined by one self-serving characteristic, when given a choice between events -- advancing republican priorities or allying with democrats to preserve his own personal power, johnson regularly chooses to ally himself with democrats. now therefore be it resolved that the office of the speaker of the house of representatives is hereby declared to be vacant. the speaker pro tempore: the resolution qualifies. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? mr. scalise: mr. speaker, i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. scalise of louisiana moves to lay the resolution on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from louisiana.

those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes -- for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. massie: i request the 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. this will be a five sploint. -- five-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 speaker pro tempore: o n this vote the yeas are 359, nays 43 with seven answering present. the motion is adopted

and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of house joint resolution 109 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: union calendar number 398, house joint resolution 109, joint resolution provided for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5 united states code of the rules submitted by the securities and exchange commission relating to staff accounting bulletin number 121. the speaker pro tempore: t he question is on passage of the joint resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-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 speaker pro tempore: o n this vote the yeas are 228, the nays are 182, the joint resolution is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the motion to recommit on h.r. 2925 offered by the gentlewoman from new mexico, ms. leger fernandez, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will redesignate the motion. the clerk: motion to recommit h.r. 2925 offered by ms. leger fernandez of new mexico. the speaker pro tempore: t he question is on agreeing to the motion to recommit. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-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.]

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the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 203, the nays are 208. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the bill is passed. without objection the motion to -- for what purpose does the gentlewoman from -- for what purpose does the gentlelady from new mexico seek recognition? ms. leger fernandez: i'd like to call the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vet by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 216. the nays are 195. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 1-c of rule 19, further consideration of h.r. 7109 will now resume. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 395, h.r. 7109. a bill to require a citizenship

questionen the decennial census to require reporting on certain census statistics and to modify apportionment of representatives to be based on united states citizens instead of all persons. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: decennial census to require reporting on certain census statistics and to modify apportionment to be based on united states citizens instead of all persons. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: ms. manning of north carolina moves to recommit the bill h.r. 7109 to the committee on oversight and accountability.

the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 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. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. manning: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 203, the nays are 207. the motion is not adopted.

the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the bill is passed. without objection the -- for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. biggs: i request the yeas and nays, please. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise, a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 206 and the nays are 202. the bill is passed. without objection. title is amended. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is vote on the motion of the gentleman from new jersey, mr. kane, to pass senate 870. the clerk will report. the clerk: an act to amend the fire prevention and control act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the united states fire administration and firefighter assistance grant programs. 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. this is a five-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 3493 and nays 13, one voting present. 2/3 go being in the affirmative, bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. without objection, the title is amended. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is on the vote of the motion of the the gentleman from new jersey,

mr. kane to pass h.r. 4143 as amended on which rained. the clerk: h.r. 4143 a bill to amend the national construction safety team act to enable the national institutes of standards and technology to designate and best practices and building codes related to structures 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. this is a five-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 358, the nays are 41. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, without

objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that the committee on armed services be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 8063 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill to direct the secretary of the army to pos hue mousily award the service cross to owens for his actions during

world war ii and the bridge in normandy, france, while serving with the 505th parachute infantry. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the bill. without objection, the bill is engrossed, read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. kelly: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. kelly: i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourn today it adjourn to meet at 12:30 on friday, may 10, 2024, and further, when the house adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet on tuesday, may 14, 2024, when it shall convene at noon for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 1042, an act to

prohibit the importation into the united states of unirradiated low-enriched uranium produced in the russian federation and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, president biden's efforts to push mandates for vehicles. mr. fulcher: we do not have the expansion needed to support the electry fay phi case of heavy-duty trucks they consume the amount of electricity in one charge as the typical american home does in a week.

the industry would need to invest millions in infrastructure alone. then there's the question of whether the electricity come from? the admings has famously had a war on fossil fuels even wind and solar are impbl to produce domestically because restrictions on american mining means the needed materials have to come from foreign adversaries. it's china that dominates the supply chain. mr. speaker, mr. president, look at the facts. stop prioritizing irresponsible energy over americans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.

>> with mother -- ms. dean: with mother's day coming, i'm thinking of the one in a million woman who raised my six siblings and me. i've never spoken of my mother on the floor of the house, but today i'm honoring mary dean, seen here in this photograph taken by my father. she raised five girls, two boys, one child for every day's grace, and she was a grandmother to 16 she gave of her kindness and wisdom throughout our community. she was a woman of love. she loved our dad she loved her life. she was a woman of faith, adventure, and loyalty. when our father, bob, died at 58, she was our anchor, she was determined to live her life for us. aren't we lucky? this mother's day may we celebrate the mothers in our lives and honor those no longer with us, knowing their lessons of love are forever imprinted on our hearts.

i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask 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 for one minute. mr. carter: i rise today to recognize chief magistrate judge jennifer lewis. jennifer has recently been awarded the 2024 magistrate of the year award from the georgia council of magistrate judges. the magistrate court functions as georgia's small claims court, allowing residents to proceed with a case with or without an attorney. winning this award is a testament to jennifer's character and shows how seriously she takes her judicial service. like myself, she was a georgia bulldog. she went to florida coastal school of law. following her education, she started working at the camden county magistrate court in 1998. in 2008 she was elected chief magistrate and took office the following year.

i look forward to witnessing judge lewis' future accomplishments and thank her for her service. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: thank you, mr. speaker. northwest ohio mourns the passing of w. charles welch, who passed on sunday, april 21, 2024. he became known far and wide simply as charlie chuck. born in 1938, in talladega, alabama, he later moved to detroit and joined greater st. peters a.m.e. zion church where he met his wife marjorie at choir rehearsal they became sweethearts at 13 and 14, eventually marrying and raising five children. charles played piano at detroit

nightclubs but his true calling came when he started his radio career in the 1960's. he was working for free at wjlb when he was hired by wklr in 1969. charlie chuck was off and running he spent years in radio, later funning the juice, f.m.107.3wjuc, the first african-american radio station in ohio, in 1997. it became known as the people's station. he blifd the credo that if you have a good idea about a dream, think of the three p's, prayer, perseverance and patience. may his inspiration bring comfort to his family, friends and listening audience, for whom he created a beloved community. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. meuser: i rise to recognize national nurses week.

this year's theme is nurses make a difference. nurses fulfill the nurse role as caregivers, advocate, educators and leaders, leaving a profound impact on patients and communities, i'm dedicated to strengthening america's nursing work force. i've supported increased funding to nursing programs, including crucial funding to nurse corps, loan repayments and college programs. these will make nursing more accessible and hope bolster the nursing work force. i also co-sponsored national work force center act which seeks to curb burnout and address nurse retention issues. we're fighting to close the pay gap between clinical nurses and nursing educators. this week, thank a nurse. in pennsylvania's 9th from pottsville to williams port, we are so very grateful for our great nurses. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman

is recognized for one minute. >> this week we recognize holocaust remembrance day. mr. bowman: and the month of may is jewish heritage month we honor the six million jewish lives lost to anti-semitism, hatred and violence. the holocaust is not a distant memory. it happened within the lifetime of many jewish people. we must acknowledge that this year marks the first holocaust remembrance day since the atabs on october 7. this remembrance day feels different and raw for many of our jewish brothers and sisters. let us take the month of may to celebrate jewish cull churk history and people and let us begin this month remembering the millions of souls lost to the holocaust. acknowledging the many survivors of the horrific events of october 7. and standing with the jewish community and those who have experienced lasting trauma as a result of anti-semitism. let us vow to fight together and

say, never again for anyone. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to honor the life of dr. joyce bennett justice who was called home on april 12. mr. vargas: a beloved academic and administrator she touched lives in california and beyond. she was born in jamaica and immigrated to the united states. she believed in excellence and pushed herself to earn a ph.d. in anthropology from ucla in 1971 she devoted her life to teaching, especially higher education, from her time as an assistant professor of anthropology to coordinator of urban and rural studies to vice

chancellor at ucsd. she served as vice provest of academic atbairs the university of california office of the president. peace corps adviser and assistant director of social and behavioral science in the office of science and technology policy in the clinton white house. joyce loved her church, st. peters. especially the choir and the organ music she also loved her bible study and her friends there. joyce was loved by all her family and friends and they looked forward to reuniting with her in heaven. may she rest in peace. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek 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 gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today, senator bernie sanders and i introduced a historic bill to eliminate medical debt for every

american. mr. khanna: over 100 million americans have medical debt. that is criminal in a country as wealthy as ours. no american should go into debt because they go to the e.r. or because they go to a doctor. our bill eliminates all medical debt for families. it eliminates the credit damaging reports on debt and stops hospitals from sticking debt collectors on vulnerable patients. can we agree in america no one should have to give up their dream of owning a home because they have medical debt? no one should have to create gofundme pages to get medical attention. no one should have to decide between medical cancer and medical bankruptcy. this bill stands up for every america's right and thank you

for co-leading this effort. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. tab tab -- tlaib tlaib i celebrate a faith leader. lady shelby is the leader of the ministry with her husband. as the leader of the burning bush's flair women's ministry. she is a mentor figure. in addition to their ministry, she and her husband travel all around the country to provide services for underserved communities. thank you lady shelby for your can commitment.

join me in celebrating 60th birthday. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from utah, mr. moore, is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. ms. moore: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to include extraneous material on the topic of this special order. ms. moore: house republicans are addressing important issues affecting americans. we passed legislation to stop the biden administration from imposing further regulations on home appliances and pushing their rush to green comrg agenda. i can't believe we have to say that in the u.s. house of representatives that we have to deal with this type of nonsensical policy but important thing to do and push back on this again rush to green energy

agenda. as americans struggle and every day goods and energy costs, it is important to purchase the appliances that best suit our needs rather than overregulated appliances. this will increase up-front costs by 30%. this type of nones sense regulation is going to cost them more money that has been persistent. we continue to stand up to antisemitism and hold the leadership accountable. we will not stop until jewish students feel safe. again this is a fundamental right. and last week, the house committee on homeland security released documents that identified 45 airports that have been used by the biden

administration to fly over illegal immigrants and this crisis at our you southern border wreaks havoc. his policies have jeopardized our national security and risked the security of our neighborhoods. i'm grateful for my colleagues and join me in this evening briefly and i yield first to the gentleman from, my colleague, from utah, so much time as he may consume to share his message my good colleague. >> thank you so much. mr. speaker, after october 7 terrorist attack, our ally israel a wave of hate has flashed across our nation, our college campuses have been the

focal point of antisemitism. i have heard from jewish students and elite universities who have seen mobs up close donned in their terrorist scarves chanting in support of hamas. this is out of the 1960's south. the difference is the bigots of my error. the pro-hamas hide behind face masks. it was my hope we left this hate in the past but the slow mark of marxism has spread and infected k-12 children where second graders are chanting kill the jews. teachers and administrators up to now have been held with zero accountability. accountability is finally here. the peoples' house has the moral

clarity to call out antisemitic bigotry and hatred. we are going to do the peoples' will and put an end of this bigotry and putting options on the table as our institutions step up and do the right things and protect our jewish students. i yield back. ms. moore: thank you to my colleague from utah and his steadfast voice in these key matters. i'm grateful to welcome my colleague in the house republican skipper to share his message. i yield to the gentleman from texas so much time as he may consume. mr. williams: american campuses once respected and envied are breeding grounds for the radical

left. for weeks joe biden and far left democrats have stood by as they have stormed college campuses. they are disregarding the law and build encampments for harassing and intimidating jewish students and barring them from attending class. authorities have turned a blind eye as these hateful property burn the american flag. there must be consequences. we must protect our schools and our students. this is not free speech. this is not peaceful protestors but terrorists hiding behind masks and using violence, threats and intimidation to control jewish and israeli students. i introduce the no student loan for giveness for antisemitic student amendment.

and within the united states from receiving student loan for giveness repayment programs. these out of control students have never faced a meaningful consequence in their life. if woke university leadership will not hold these violent protestors accountable and keep our students safe, house republicans will. defunding violent gender studies majors will end this immediately. no one should feel unsafe on campus and antisemitism is a virus we cannot allow to spread. october 7, israel was attacked by hamas and we must stand with israel and protect israel and the jewish people. what in the world is going on with the boy scouts? in god we trust? i yield back. ms. moore: thank you to the

gentleman from texas. a couple of thoughts about this. i actually it's very important as we are going through this moment right now in our country and see protests going on throughout colleges and besides the importance of peaceful protests, things that are done lawfulfully and we don't spend as much time focusing on the good examples that come out of this. we have to be a nation of the rule of law. and you have seen excellent examples from universities across the country take a clear, simple stance about offering opportunities for peaceful protests but when you cross the line, you are going to be punished. we saw it from the university of florida. those are things we need to highlight and things that are important to celebrate and

navigating that tricky line making sure that we have the ability to protest. that's the part of who we are as americans and i commend those leaders. instead of just always talking about the negative that is coming from this lawlessness tay you see in a lot of ways, i commend those leaders at different universities that are making it very clear that they are not going to tolerate anything that crosses the line. and if you don't do that, you will continually see people cross the line and now commencement ceremonies are being canceled. these kids, families and parents and kids and students have put countless hours into their education into getting to this moment. this is one of the most special

things you can do in your academic experience and then give in to this -- to these overextend of their protest capability. it ruins the experience. i hadn't thought about it until i was talking to my colleagues. same group of people that had their graduations canceled because of covid four years ago and now going through a similar type of situation. and you are seeing it happen across the country and it's flat wrong and need stronger leadership. if we haven't shown that in the last few months from house republicans' hearings that we have had, what we saw with our inability to call out genocide being against the code of

conduct, clearly the wrong direction to go and there was a nice recourse and people lost their jobs because of it. they should have. this is another one of their moments and not doing enough to protect the silent majority on these campuses that want to put their money to use into something productive. and the more this type of nonsense continues to happen, you are going to see a shift away from these types of universities that aren't focused on what they should be focusing on, as preparing those young minds and students for the next generation work force. that is somehow lost in all of this. and you're seeing it and proud to represent a state that does a good job with higher education. we are not immune to protests or things like that but doing our best to make sure that the rule of law is followed.

it's -- my oldest son is 11. i can't imagine helping out with tuition one day and then not able to go to commencement or my son not getting to class because a group of people who have no idea, that don't understand centuries and centuries of turmoil in a particular part of the region that want to claim that a group like hamas who was elected 15 or so years ago that has made it impossible for palestinians and citizens of gaza to remove them from power and they have inflicted so much evil will on those innocent palestinians that they want to ever be in a position of supporting them. and it's fascinating to think they have it figured out where

they understand middle east policy and understand centuries and centuries of turmoil. that doesn't make sense. to be thinking about me as a parent and to have a university president not being able to move forward to continue on with the commencement is beyond me. continuing on, i want to welcome and introduce and yield so much time as he may consume to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett. mr. burchett: thank you, chairman moore for yielding to me. . . . i rise to talk about the consequences when we stay home on election day. since joe biden took office, this country has become unrecognizable. unrecognizable. we'll lose it completely if we don't get out in november and vote for constitutionalists who

will defend the oath they took. we are in a battle for our way of life and we better start acting like it. since biden took office he's let over 10 million aliens cross our border. the government has weaponized our federal agencies against the police and interests of the american people. if you don't want to continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to clothe and house illegal aliens before the veterans who served our country, get out and vote if you don't want to see theft and assault in broad daylight on our college campus wars kids and see our men and women and law enforcement demonized, dadgum, you better get out and vote. if you don't want public school systems to tell your children that changing generaller is ok, and that they don't have to stand for the national anthem, get out and vote if you want to secure the border and have law and justice in our

community, get out and vote. if you want a military focused on its mission, not on meeting diversity quotas or having men in dresses, get out and vote. if you want to a cheep, clean energy made in america, get out and vote. if you want to quit spending money overseas to pay for drag shows and climate initiatives, get out and vote if you don't like where we've been, don't like where we are now, and don't like where we're going, get out and vote. thank you, mr. i yield back the remainder of my time. mr. moore: a great message. thank you, sir. mr. speaker, at our conclusion, i yield back the remaned moiser time to the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 023, the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. tlaib, is recognized for 60 minutes that is edesignee of the

minority leader. ms. tlaib: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. tlaib: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. mr. speaker, as the chair of the congressional mamas caucus, i would like to take a moment and truly celebrate mother's day and recognize the cricks of mothers across our country. we must continue to center mamas and the policies we -- in the policies we develop and champion here in the united states congress. as the mother of two incredible boy, i stand here as an advocator if needs of all mothers. mothers should not be struggling like they are today and we can act. as the founder of the congressional mamas caucus, i want to ensure that mothers have a seat at the table every day in our policies and legislative work. i always say to folk we can't keep enacting laws that impact mothers, that are about mother, but not with mothers. from the incredible mothers --

in michigan's 12th district strong to mothers in other movements for justice, tippett tell you i love you deeply. you are literally anchors within our communities and neighborhoods. many of you are community mothers. your voices deserve to be heard in this house, the people's house. mother, as we all know, embody strength they nurture. they come into spaces with unconditional love. today, we honor and celebrate mothers for their tireless dedication and unwaving commitment to their families. mr. speaker, motherhood is a journey filled with joy but also challenges and sacrifices. it is a universal experience that transcends race, religion, socioeconomic status. yet many mothers continue to face great, great disparities. mothers are often the primary caregivers so this mother's day, i ask all my colleagues, please, don't just say happy mother's day. show your love with action.

action that uplifts moms. challenges that we face here in congress can help them -- the challenges they face can be overcome with actions here in congress from the daily struggles of balancing work and family responsibility, to barriers that negatively impact our marginalized communities, mothers bear the brunt of inequity and justice. one of the press, largest issues i see continue over and over, no matter which town hall, in urban detroit or suburban community, mothers today are facing high levels of poverty and really, truly struggling every day with the economics of their family, around health care and so much more. millions of children, mr. speaker, in the united states live in poverty. lacking access to basic necessarities like food, shelter, and health care. in michigan, close to 20% of children under the age of 18 live in poverty. in the richest country in the

world, that is unacceptable. working families in our country should not worry about where their next meal should come from. if we have the mown -- for endless war, this body can fine the resources to end child poverty. ending child poverty is a policy choice and in congress we can start by expanding programs like this child tax credit. i know i introduced the end child poverty act which would cut poverty by lever 60% this. bill would implement a universal child benefit program. this bill would lift millions of people out of poverty, providing about $428 per child, per month, to every family in america so nobody is left behind. from universal school meals which are critical in ensuring no child goes hungry, children, we all know and have been taught by the incredible shirley chiz mom, the first african-american in congress, that chin cannot learn when they're hungry. let's feed them. access to meals is important for

every child's success. by investing in universal school meals we can ensure every child has access to the resources thy need to thrive at school. this is how we support mothers. i'm proud to co-sponsor the univers school meals program which many are championships to provide free meal turnovers child in america. again, many of the programs i want to talk about tonight will continue. but i also want to bring one of my colleagues up who i consider an incredible community partner. community mother and partner in this fight to uplift mothers she has championed so much work around reproductive health and been at the center of movement work from the movement for black lives, movement around black maternal health and so much more with that, mr. chairman, i would like -- mr. speaker, i would like to recognize my good colleague from the great state of massachusetts, ayana pressley. i'd like to yield her as much

time as the she may consume. ms. pressley: thank you, congresswoman tlaib. thank you for your visionary leadership in founding the mamas caucus. really appreciate the way in which, wherever you see a gap, that you seek to fill it. and i also appreciate that the incredible role model, the righteous representation you provide for your sons. and the way that you fight for every child as if they are your own. this time of year, mr. speaker, we wax poetic about the thrixes of mothers. call their work valued. their love endless. their role invaluable. mr. speaker, mothers across america don't want a hallmark card. they want policy change. i grew up in a small storefront church on the south side of chicago and my grandfather was the pastor there. and even as a pastor he would

often say, that he would rather see a sermon than hear one. mr. speaker, the mothers of this country are deserving of policies, policies that see them, center them, and serve them. and they would prefer that over bouquets. verbal or otherwise. we tell mothers that care giving is their greatest contribution and then undermine them at every turn. we tell women that motherhood is aspirational and the greatest contribution they will ever make. while for many, a safe pregnancy is a privilege and not a right. then we thrust them into a broken health care system that deny theirs bodily autonomy, criminalizes pregnancy outcomes and jeopardizes their lies. we tell mothers the work of keeping that baby warm, safe, and fed is the highest calling,

and then we allow negligence and policy gaps to create a baby formula shortage in the midst of a pandemic as mothers panic to meet a most basic need. we tell mothers that they must work like they don't have children and parent like they don't work. while we fail to pass universal paid leave policies, thrusting mamas and caregivers back into the workplace mere week after their bays be are borp. we tell mothers it takes a village and we're so proud to be a part of theirs, and then we fail to invest in safe, affordable child care. we tell mothers that they are their children's first teachers and they send their little ones out into the world with a hopeful heart, and then a stark reality keeps them up at night. that policy gaps will fail to keep that child safe from a gun on the block or in the

classroom. we tell mothers that in the twilight of their live, after they pour into their baby, then we will take care of them. and then we gut social programs that would help our elders age in community with dignity and the care they need. mr. speaker, mothers don't need empty praise. they need policy change. and now by the grace of god and the sheer will and brilliance and sacrifice of my mother, my shero, sandy pressley, may she rest in peace and power, the woman who gave me my roots and my wings, there are many lessons i was afforded by her example. chief amongst them that being a mother was, in her opinion, her greatest achievement, and her superpower. but it was also not her only identity. and because i had a front row seat early on to her humanity, i saw the many struggles and

hardships that she was confronted with on a daily basis. not for lack of good character. not for a lack of strong work ethic. but because of an absence of policy or of policy violence. mr. speaker, as a nation, we penalize and marginalize the very people who give us life. but yet and still, mothers and caregivers persist. persist in doing the work of community and movement building, of mothering, of nurturing, when it's been 101 years too long, we have yet to even enshrine gender equality in our constitution. we still have not passed the equal rights amendment. and still we raise our voices and rise in the halls of power, navigating systems not built for us to speak out.

together we press. day in and day out. for a more just america. because being a mom, being a mama, being a mommy, is our superpower. but this is not a just nation which supports us as parents. as caregivers. we want this to be a just nation and one that is more just and fair for the generations we are raising. and for the generations to come. we fight for the rights of our children and grandchildren, we move with the clarity and conviction that only care takers can. leaving a better world behind is not an abstract concept. it is grounded in the children right in front of us. every society owes a debt of gratitude to those who mother. and in their name we press for a

world that lis up to their aspirations. a world that keeps their babies safe. a world that keeps all our babies safe. mr. speaker, i would rather see a sermon than hear one. thank you. i yield. ms. tlaib: mr. speaker, as a mother myself i know there are circumstances out of our control that require families, especially the mothers, to take off from work, especially new mothers. whether it's your sick child, a parent, or personal illness yourself. taking unpaid leave is not a reality for millions of our american families, our mothers. too many mothers are forced to choose between taking care of their families or keeping their job. we need paid leave. for all. by providing mothers with the time off they need to care for themselves and their families. no one, mr. speaker, not single

person, should have to hear losing the income they need to keep a roof over their family's head in exchange for literally just being able to take care of their child. the healthy families act would guarantee employees the right to earn paid sick days each year. again, earn it. and now, i don't want us to forget a big crisis that we have. and i think the pandemic exposed this crisis. we have a child care crisis in our country. affordable child care is also incredibly essential for working mothers and they will well being of our children. access to quality, affordable child care allows mothers to continue to pursue their careers while knowing that their child is safe and taken care of. by investing in affordable child care we can support working mothers and help them achieve economic justice and help them thrive, not just survive. i'm proud to support, as co-founder of the mamas caucus, to be pushing for the child care for working families act to

ensure families can afford the child care they need and ensure more high quality options an ensure child care workers are paid living wages. . i want to yield to a colleague from illinois, who is championing rights of many mothers and is a proud child of immigrants and will tell you how connected she is to her community on the groundened a bringing a lot of experiences here in the chamber that have been missing a long time. mrs. ramirez: thank you, congresswoman tlaib. mr. speaker -- [speaking spanish]

helen jackson, may she rest in peace, nancy, catalina garcia. [speaking spanish]

and it is why i rise today to honor mothers, my mother, and so many women in illinois 3 who have shown love and compassion and shown love even when they've been given hate. i also recognize as our mothers, as i pay my respects to them, they also want to make sure we pay respects to the brave children that they have raised. you see, on college campuses across the united states and the whole world, students, our children, they're fighting for our shared humanity. they're putting their comfort and bodies on the line to disrupt the status quo, and they're sending a clear message that palestinian, that jewish, that christian children must be protected and that we must uplift our shared humanity. inspired by the lessons we've learned from our own mothers in our communities, these brave and

courageous students are defending children in gaza being murdered with u.s. bombs. they are taking a stand for children whose schools have been destroyed. students of all faiths, muslim, jewish, christian, and from diverse backgrounds are uniting to care for each other and to keep each other safe, to defend their cause and protect their dreams and create a space that's encouraging freedom for everyone. these children are an inspiration to so many of us and remind us that the future is bright by putting the values and love into action that their courageous mothers instilled in them. thanks to the teachings of these women, today we have a generation who believes in our interconnectiveness struggles and are saying "enough." in one voice they are telling us clearly, no more war. i want to close by saying that i learned from my own mother, a

woman with third grade education, a woman who struggled and has experienced all that is wrong with this world, that if you lead with compassion, that if you lead with courage, that you're willing to be uncomfortable in the times that you must be uncomfortable, then you are living your purpose and our collective responsibility for collective care and why today as we are getting ready to head back to our districts to celebrate mother's day, i call us all to remember the lessons we learned from our own mothers, and i urge all of us to see our shared humanity, no matter where we were born, no matter our citizenship status, let's not forget the women who right now are mourning their children and the children looking for their mothers under the rubble in gaza and in every conflict, may we remember those children, may we

remember those mothers. after all, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the first mother's day in 1914 to honor mothers who had lost their sons in the first world war. may we come back to protecting our children. may we come back to protecting mothers and fathers, and may we be reminded in this day, as we celebrate mothers across the world, that we here in congress have a responsibility to protect them and uplift them. i want to thank congresswoman rashida tlaib for her work and the work you're doing on paid leave, school meals, investments in w.i.c. and snap, ending child poverty and reproductive freedom. it's an honor of my life to serve with you. thank you. ms. tlaib: as you heard from my colleague, incredible lived experiences, so needed. mothers come from all different

backgrounds and income class. again, we could be doing more as mother's day comes up, not just saying "happy mother's day" but uplifting policies that uplift all mothers. in the congressional mama's caucus we've been centering our work on black maternal health. the crisis is real and it's here. my residents continue to tell me we don't want just task forces and to be studied but it is a crisis. black women are three times more likely to die of pregnancy complications and they're less able to bear birth but our health care system has mistreated them. we must address the racial health care disparities in our health care system and face that fact. i'm also incredibly proud to be a co-sponsor of the black maternal com any bus act, a comprehensive bill to ensure black mothers are safe and supported in their decisions and journeys to have children.

every person should have the right to make decisions about their own body including whether and when and how to have children. there's a clear attack on women's rights as we know across our nation. rather than prohibit contraception we need to provide support for women and families to access the means to such treatment. the relentless attacks on reproductive freedom is making it more difficult for mothers to access the care they need. today i say to my colleagues, it's time to do better for our mothers. this mother's day, let's celebrate the strength and resilience of our mothers everywhere and thank them for continue dogfight for policies that will change their lives for better. i can't leave this house floor without talking about i grew up in the most beautiful and blackest city in the country. when you grow up in detroit, mre mother. there are all black mothers and neighborhood mothers, even when my mom's eyes weren't on us, all the mothers on the block had eyes on us. i want to acknowledge many of these community mothers and i

know i'll leave some of you out and i love you all but there are some that really shaped me and the person i am today, to mother christina guzman and linda webb, mother dr. leonard, fighting for the right to breathe clean air, mother braxton who is embedded in the community. these are mothers who after they take care of their family, they're trying to take care of the neighborhoods they live in. i want to thank again mother nan berry, mother lavida brown who is my former high school teacher who continues to check on me and make sure i'm ok and literally is always in the background saying we've got to do better as a country. so again, as we come together, we honor and celebrate every single mother every day and we can do it every single day, not wait for mother's day to say "happy mother's day" but do it with action. i can't be remiss in speaking about my mother. my mother was born and raised in palestine in the occupied territory in the west bank, a

little village, mr. speaker. and it was an olive farm she grew up on, picking olives and harvest in october and a family that struggled every day but they lived off their land. and my mother came to the united states after marrying my father with only eighth grade education. she was pregnant with me, three months. she came to the city of detroit and she raised 14 children. and i'm the heldest. so when people call me mama bear, it's really real. my mom to this day after we all left, now she's an empty nester, i kid you not, i have people come up to me, can you tell your mother to stop sending food because she cooks for the whole block, even folks are like, i'm fine, i have children that take care of me. if she see as person that's limping or maybe has an accident will bring them food, all kinds of middle eastern food. if you don't take it, she gets very angry. she takes care of her block.

i don't think people realize the incredible compassion my mother has was really fulfilled with living again in palestine with the most compassionate woman i've ever met, my grandmother. and these mothers -- so sorry, mr. speaker. i just lost my grandmother. but these mothers deserve us to do more here. and the congressional mama's agenda is this, we can't keep talking about how we love our mothers and they're struggling, from food insecurity and housing. when i'm at a town hall, i don't ever want a mother to tell me she's struggling to feed her children. it should be easier for them. again, if they're doing everything they're supposed to do, why can't we help them? and i feel very compelled that we need to move at the same urgency many of my colleagues do and it's corporations, when it is the defense budget we seem to

find the money but when somebody comes to my office and says, rashida, i found out i have m.s., how am i to take care of my family? or a young woman came to my office at 31 years old and told me she's in dialysis and spends three or four hours in treatment. these mothers deserve us to do more in this congress. we have to do more. this is incredible to sit there and tell you all that these mothers come to us. tell us what we need to do. but it is hard out there. i'm working but if my child gets sick, i'm out. i can't make up these hours. again, our families are struggling with sick care in our country, not health care. literally, people are making money off the fact that folks continue to be sick. so i'm asking our congress this mother's day, as a congressional caucus member and many of us in this chamber, we know we love our mothers but we can do more through action to really protect

them and uplift them, to make sure they're not only surviving in our country but they're thriving. if we take care of our mothers, i know our children will be taken care of and our neighborhoods and communities will be taken care of. with that, mr. speaker, i yield. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady have a motion? ms. tlaib: yes. i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 12:30 p.m. on friday, may 10, 2024.