mr. royce: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house suspend the rules and 92. house resolution the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: house resolution 92, resolution condemning north koreas development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the gentleman from california, mr. sherman, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. royce. mr. royce: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and xtend their remarks and to include any extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you. i also ask unanimous consent to introduce into the record an exchange of letters with the chairman of the committee on armed services. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you, mr. s

mr. royce. mr. royce: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. ms. bass: i have no more speakers and i propose to close. . there is no need for millions to dry. the world needs to step up as it did in the ebola crisis. the u.s. needs to continue to lead, our contribution is vital and is based on the size of our economy and the fact that other countries who are not as fortunate contribute in different ways. but the entire world should and does participate. in 2011, 200,000 people had to die in somalia before the world took notice and acted. this should never happen again. i ask for an aye vote and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from california, mr. royce. mr. royce: i yield myself such time as i may consume. ny of us knew president -- knew the president who tragically died after many years of trying to secure freedom for the people of south sudan. tragically died in a helicopter c

mr. royce: thank you. director cordray, mr. luetkemeyer raised concerns onth le atav he onofhes tila auts e laelncerth pb i c state c.d., iuiut mpy'acvind eotreo s idcewrngfo. waedlk. thkarmesee. ey t aliapoha in on urc.d.. ylatstasety zentoe dnoinstnsng tig wh at ba st our ueioerpl wreou htoue tre- wask who omyc'mxp . rdy:hape tth mroy: pnt igio tht y y meheec t rees an adversarial o posture at the outset or pre sumes wrongdoing? mr. cordray: we changededha wepase we don't want to prejudge. let me also say it's important to know, we have opened a number of investigations that we later closed because we did not find enough basis to proceed. we do that. we're willing to do that. i tell our lawyers don't be disappointed. you looked at it and there wasn't anything and that's the right outcome. don't feel like you wasted your time. you did the right thing there. there has to be a reasonable basis for thinking that something is amiss before we would open an investigation at all. and a court -- courts can and have checked us on that

elliott and mr. royce. and they are working together. and kevin and i are glad to work with them. i've had the opportunity to work with a lot of leaders through the years, it seems to me i stayed there, and the others come and go. but roy blunt and i, tom and i have worked together. and erik cantor and i work closely together. and i'm glad that kevin is keeping that tradition up and we are working together on behalf of issues that clearly we have an agreement on, clearly we believe are critical to the national security of the united states of america, as well as to israel. the partnership that has maintained now since 1948 is one that's going to continue. i know if kevin and i have anything to say about it, as long as we're in the congress and working together. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> yeah, there is a good point too. and i miss not being in the round too. iran has tested 14 times ballistic missiles. no other country has spent that much money without trying to pursue the nuclear weapon. that's why this bill is so critical at this juncture. and i missed it. i didn't come in. but ho

royce, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. mr. royce: thank you. director cordray, mr. luetkemeyer raised concerns along the same line that i have here. one of the things in particular that i'm concerned about is the largely unchecked power that the cfpb has to issue these civil investigative demands or c.i.d.'s, to inquire about a company's activity and what's unusual here, i think, is that the cfpb is not required to possess evidence of wrongdoing before initiating a probe. i wanted to talk to you about that. i think as he was making this argument basically, companies deserve due process. they deserve the ability to appeal to a body other than the c.f.p.b. itself. and i think companies deserve the assurance that the agency will objectively review any petition or set aside or limit a c.i.d. in terms of my questions, i'm interested in your selection process for c.i.d.'s. do you look at this number of complaints -- they come up in the database. is that how you do it? and specifically if a company has zero complaints, or has been proactively taking steps to address concer

the question is on the motion by the gentleman, mr. royce, to suspend the rules and agree to h.res. 92. the clerk: house resolution 92, resolution condemning north korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the quell is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the eas are 397 -- the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 398 and the nays are 3, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, and the resolution is agreed to and the the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the house will be in order. the chair would ask all members

the vote is on the motion of the the gentleman from california, mr. royce, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 187 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 187, resolution responding to the famine in south sudan. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 411, the nays are two. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval. journal. the speaker: the question son agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the mis have t the journal stands approved. mr. thompson: mr. speaker. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: i oob to the to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a members will record their votes by electronic device. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from -- the gentlewoman from oregon, miss bonna meachy. ms. bonamici: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain five reques

mr. castro: i will be the last word. mr. sires: i want to compliment chairman royce, ranking member elliott on the resolution we worked on, encouraging argentina to continue on the path of the new president. the former president said she isolationist.e an argentina is too big. and it could assist us in many crises that we have in south america. so this will resolution does not cost any money, but it shows our friendship, shows our support. and it shows that they are moving in the right direction. my compliments to you and to the compliments to the people that signed this resolution. mr. engel: my compliments to you. mr. castro: and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the chair recognizes the gentleman mr. lamalfa, a, for 30 minutes. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise tonight to talk about several things to do with infrastructure in the united states and in california. i'm a happy new member of the transport