mr. mcgovern: how much time do i ave left, mr. speaker? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has one minute and three quarters. mr. mcgon: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: may i make the same inquiry as to my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma has eight minutes remaining. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. with that, i yield 90 seconds to my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from kansas, mr. estes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. estes: i rise in strong opposition to house resolution 6. among the many rule changes included this bill opens the door for democrats to raise taxes by removing the different requirement of a three fifths majority of the house of representatives to pass a tax increase. at a time when our nation's debt is $22 trillion increasing taxes and government spending will only succeed in further bankrupting our children and grandchildren. for generations, americans have worked to leave the coun

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, 40 million americans struggle with hunger and food insecurity, and the trump shutdown has needlessly made this terrible problem worse. without funding for usda in place, access to snap benefits for hungry families is threatened. millions and millions of people will be affected. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a report from the center on budget and policy priorities entitled "many snap households will experience long gap between monthly benefits even if shutdown ends." the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: because the crisis, you know, has already started. access to food for snap beneficiaries is also being threatened by the shutdown as reports indicate 2,500 retailers around the country are unable to take any form of detailed, the hold is due to the shutdown. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the -- in the record the transcript of the pbs story. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: i can go o

mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from oklahoma for his kind words. my mother and father are up in the gallery, they're very impressed that you said nice things about me. and i'm going to say nice things about you too but i was saving it to the end to see the tone of your speech. but i appreciate very much what you said. rhett e-- let me just make a couple of statements in response. the gentleman made mention about martial law. yes, there is limited martial law or same-day authority in this package. i'll say to the gentleman, there should be. if there ever was a time to move legislation quickly, it is while nearly 800,000 federal employees including our law enforcement officers like the f.b.i. and d.e.a. and c.b.p. agents are going without a paycheck. enough is enough. we need to open the government and same-day authority for appropriations bills only lets us do that as quickly as we are able to. i just want to remind my friends on the other side of the aisle that you had blanket marial la

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma, my good friend, the ranking member, tom cole, pending which time i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, on tuesday, the rules committee met and reported a rule, house resolution 28, providing for consideration of h.r. 264, making appropriations for financial services and general vernment, government, h.r. 265, making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration and related agencies programs, h.r. 266, making appropriations for the department of the interior, environment and related agencies, and h.r. 267, making appropriations for the department of transportation

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number two printed in house report 116-2 offered by mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield myself two minutes. i don't care to say this often, but i agree with senator tezz cruz. yesterday with members of the congressional delegation, he wrote to president trump. he said we are opposed to using funds appropriated to congress for any unintended purpose, unquote. i agree. disaster funding should go where congress intended, to communities dealing with things like hurricanes, mudslides, wildfires and floods. and that is what my amendment is all about. it states that none of the funds for the department of homeland security may be used to plan, develop or construct the president's border wall. it's that simple. if someone like me a progressi

hastings, mr. mcgovern, and ms. lofgren, we would be proposing, in this case i fully support the measure that they are bringing before us. the proposed select committee on modern -- modernization of congress is a serious, well-intentioned proposal to create a bipartisan committee to produce a bipartisan product aimed at improving the way congress functions. now and into the future. and while this idea could have been improved if it had incorporated the senate and ensured that both houses were working together on improving the overall institution, it is still nonetheless a very worthy endeavor. i for one think my colleagues -- thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and i think that this is an issue that they could and should support in a bipartisan fashion. frankly i want to thank my friend, having been on the losing side of every vote yesterday, it will be nice to be on the winning side today. with that, madam speaker, i want to urge a yes vote on the underlying measure. i yield back the balance of my time.

mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. the speaker: without objection, the house will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs -- and cbs. we talked to a reporter about her book. >> after he had a battle with cancer and came through it, he saw being seen with young women vitality andhis being with them was a sign he could tell the world and i'm going to say. thesewould go to hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's date. awkward for the

mr. mcgovern: how much time do i ave left, mr. speaker? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has one minute and three quarters. mr. mcgon: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: may i make the same inquiry as to my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma has eight minutes remaining. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. with that, i yield 90 seconds to my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from kansas, mr. estes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. estes: i rise in strong opposition to house resolution 6. among the many rule changes included this bill opens the door for democrats to raise taxes by removing the different requirement of a three fifths majority of the house of representatives to pass a tax increase. at a time when our nation's debt is $22 trillion increasing taxes and government spending will only succeed in further bankrupting our children and grandchildren. for generations, americans have worked to leave the coun

hastings, mr. mcgovern, and ms. lofgren, we would be proposing, in this case i fully support the measure that they are bringing before us. the proposed select committee on modern -- modernization of congress is a serious, well-intentioned proposal to create a bipartisan committee to produce a bipartisan product aimed at improving the way congress functions. now and into the future. and while this idea could have been improved if it had incorporated the senate and ensured that both houses were working together on improving the overall institution, it is still nonetheless a very worthy endeavor. i for one think my colleagues -- thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and i think that this is an issue that they could and should support in a bipartisan fashion. frankly i want to thank my friend, having been on the losing side of every vote yesterday, it will be nice to be on the winning side today. with that, madam speaker, i want to urge a yes vote on the underlying measure. i yield back the balance of my time.

mcgovern: i thank the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, for yielding to me. and for his leadership on the rules committee. i'm looking forward to working with him as a member of the majority in this congress. madam speaker, you know, we started an important conversation about how to improve this house as the rules package was developed. members on both sides of the aisle brought forward ideas. many of them were included in the final package. but these rules shouldn't be the end of the dialogue. they should only be a start and i know members will have good ideas in the coming weeks and months, and this select committee on the modernization of congress is a unique opportunity to continue the conversation. it is a truly bipartisan way to consider ideas on how to promote a more modern and efficient congress, and procedures to develop the next generation of leaders, increase staff diversity, and improve technology and innovation. it's also a way you for this congress to hold ourselves accountable, to ensure our work to reform this house is delivering on behalf of

mr. mcgovern: the distinguished ranking member. mr. cole: i ups did -- understand we did an amendment process. you ought to be commended. i appreciate the fact that you did call for amendments on this and hopefully quite a few of them and a few of them will be made in order. let me begin by joining you and thank our two witnesses for being here today. i have had the good fortune to work with them on the appropriations committee and served on the committee that they atlantaed back and forth and ranking member. and we don't have two better people to do this. and i would suggest if we could get everybody above them in leadership they will come to a deal that will be a reasonable deal. if you leave everything to the appropriations committee, you would be amazed how quickly things get done. i am disappointed in this product because unless my friend, the chairman, and i will give her a chance to respond, has checked with the united states senate or the white house and their attitude will be different. this is an exercise in futility. and it

mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. the speaker: without objection, the house will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. caller: and main thing i could see is legalization of marijuana and let's make that a real thing in 2019. host: what we expect will be coming up shortly. they will take up a package of rules that not only governance individual items what the house will take up dealing with the budget and other activities of the u.s. house and covers things like naming of new committees and renaming of committees and accomplishing of new select committees, one on climate change, for example. that will consume an hour or so of debate and still to come are the two measures that democrats aim to reopen the federal government with. one would fund five agencies through the end of the fiscal year, the other homeland security until february 8. mitch mcconnell has already said that the senate would take

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, 40 million americans struggle with hunger and food insecurity, and the trump shutdown has needlessly made this terrible problem worse. without funding for usda in place, access to snap benefits for hungry families is threatened. millions and millions of people will be affected. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a report from the center on budget and policy priorities entitled "many snap households will experience long gap between monthly benefits even if shutdown ends." the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: because the crisis, you know, has already started. access to food for snap beneficiaries is also being threatened by the shutdown as reports indicate 2,500 retailers around the country are unable to take any form of detailed, the hold is due to the shutdown. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the -- in the record the transcript of the pbs story. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: i can go o

mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, last friday the president finally ended the longest government shutdown in our nation's history. for 35 days, activities at several government agencies halted. the wages of hardworking public servants were being used as bargaining chips to push a mideast solution to which should be a modern discussion how to protect our borders. the president seemed tone deaf. at one point he said he would keep our government shut down for months or even years. and in his speech friday he stunningly said federal workers were encouraging him to continue the shutdown. i'd love to know who he was talking to because that's the opposite of what i was hearing from my constituents and federal workers all across this country. there are not much that will work for week, much less those would forgo their paychecks for a stupid campaign promise. nobody should be expected to work for weeks without pay. what he did was disrespectful to our federal workers. if the shutdown continues for a few weeks, progra

for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: i offer a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent esolution 1. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 1, resolved, that pursuant to clause 4, section 5, article 1 of the constitution, during the 116th congress, the speaker of the house and the majority leader of the senate or their respective designees acting jointly after consultation with the minority leader of the house and minority lead of the senate may notify members of the house and senate respectively to assemble at a place outside the district of columbia if in their opinion the public interest shall warrant it. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to recommit is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? m

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i hope the president will start paying attention to the negative impacts of his pointless government shutdown when in coming weeks his actions deliver a devastating blow to some of america's most vulnerable families. in 2018, over 40 million americans participated in snap. the supplemental nutrition assistance program, formerly known as food stamps, for about 12% of the population. when the president and senate republicans let usda's funding expire, the problem didn't just affect federal employees, it extended to low-income families, farmers, and businesses. if this shutdown continues, 40 million americans will be at even greater risk of food insecurity as soon as march, 2019. not to mention the millions of americans who participate in child nutrition programs like school meals and other programs like w.i.c. and women's infant and children's food and nutrition service. last week secretary perdue announced usda overwhelm has enough mon

mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i am proud to introduce today h.r. 643, a bipartisan bill to stop all u.s. armed sales and military aid to saudi arabia. madam speaker, it has been over 100 days since the government of saudi arabia brutally murdered journalist and american jamal khashoggi. they condemned the saudi government for this heinous crime. it's past time the congress unambiguously declared there is a price to pay for such barbarity. let it begin by ending u.s. arm sales to the saudi arabia government. i ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? without objection,

mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i want to thank the gentlewoman from florida, ms. shalala, for yielding me time. longest serving h.h.s. secretary in history, she spent much of her life leading on the issue of health care. madam speaker, the american people have been living in fear for years, worried that washington republicans would make good on their promise to repeal the affordable care act, that the president and his allies in congress would take away their ability to see a doctor or afford care, including for pre-existing conditions from asthma to domestic abuse. and who can blame them? when the minority controlled this institution, they voted 69 times to undermine the affordable care act, 69 times they tried to take away health care from more than 23 million americans. thankfully, the senate thwarted these efforts, and republicans weren't successful. but now the trump administration is using the legal system to try to do what the republican congress could not, strike down the affordable care act. its

mcgovern of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. there lab 15-minute -- 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 chair: on this vote the yeas are 230 and the nays are 197. he amendment is adopted. there being no further amendments, the committee rises. the chair: madam speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 268 and pursuant to house resolution 43 i report the bill back to the house with sundry other amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the co

mr. hoyer, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, the gentleman from new mexico, mr. lujan, the gentlewoman from wyoming, ms. cheney, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. walker, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clark, the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, and the members of the california delegation, ms. waters, mr. calvert, ms. eshoo, ms. roybal-allard, ms. lofgren, r. sherman, ms. lee, ms. neap, mr. thompson, mrs. davis, mr. schiff, mr. nunes, ms. sanchez, mr. costa, ms. matsui, mr. mcnerney, ms. speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock, ms. hu, mr. garamendi, ms. bass, mr. bera, ms. brownley, mr. cardenas, mr. cook, mr. huffman, mr. lamalfa, mr. lowenthal, mr. peters, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mr. takano, . vargas, mr. aguilar, mr. desauliner, mr. lieu, ms. torres, ms. barragan, mr. carbajal, mr. correa,

mr. jefferies. why refries: -- mr. jefferies: thank you, madam clerk. let me begin by welcoming all the members and families to the people's house in connection with the start of the 116th congress. the scripture says weeping may endure during the long night, but joy will come in the morning. madam clerk, it is with great joy that i rise today as directed by the house democratic caucus to place the name of nancy pelosi in nomination to be the next speaker of the ups house of representatives. without question nancy pelosi has a track record of legislative success that is unparalleled in modern american history. nancy pelosi captained a ship that defeated the effort to privatize social security, rescued our economy in the midst of the great recession, saved the american automobile industry, provided affordable health care to more than 20 million americans. created the consumer financial protection bureau, enacted a minimum wage increase for the first time in 10 years, struck a blow against

mcgovern. he's absolutely right. it's at this moment today in which he's been proven to be true, with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia yields. the gentleman from illinois. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's interesting to hear a discourse course on functioning government as we look back at 2018 when think colleagues cross the aisle operated under . 3 closed rules mr. quigley: circumstances today are of an exigent matter. the government is not functioning. lives are at risk. the time for leadership, the time to not stymy ideas, the time for functioning government is apparently gone. so we must act and we must act quickly. if we're talking history, let's go a little farther back. in the history of the united states, when one party was in control of the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, there has never been a shutdown until this administration. so today, when all those opportunities are past, we now hear it is somehow a chame that government isn't allowed to

mr. jefferies. why refries: -- mr. jefferies: thank you, madam clerk. let me begin by welcoming all the members and families to the people's house in connection with the start of the 116th congress. the scripture says weeping may endure during the long night, but joy will come in the morning. madam clerk, it is with great joy that i rise today as directed by the house democratic caucus to place the name of nancy pelosi in nomination to be the next speaker of the ups house of representatives. without question nancy pelosi has a track record of legislative success that is unparalleled in modern american history. nancy pelosi captained a ship that defeated the effort to privatize social security, rescued our economy in the midst of the great recession, saved the american automobile industry, provided affordable health care to more than 20 million americans. created the consumer financial protection bureau, enacted a minimum wage increase for the first time in 10 years, struck a blow against

i asked mr. cole specifically to work with mr. mcgovern, work with ms. pelosi, and work with the committee to get this country back running because in my opinion that is the biggest disaster that we are dealing with right now. we should get all of this done. and we all know that. so i am asking each and every one of us to put our thinking caps on, to know that we are going to take some swings and errors from somebody or another and get this done. i am glad to be back on this committee mr. chairman. i missed it so. i thank you for the opportunity. >> thank you very much. >> we were happy to keep things warm for you. [laughter] >> and may heat up from time to time. mr. chairman i think i will defer my questions until we get to our witnesses for the amendments and i'll yield back. >> thank you mr. raskin. >> i am delighted to be on the committee. this is my first time participating in these deliberations and it is a very tough time in my district. which borders washington, d.c., it's montgomery frederick communities. more than 80,000 federal workers, tens o

i thank chairman mcgovern and chairwoman lowey for their leadership and mr. raskin as well on this commonsense bill to support communities affected by natural disasters across the country. i urge all of my colleagues to support this bill, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman reserves. mr. raskin: i thank the gentlewoman for her thoughtful remarks and i'd reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: i wish to notify the ouse if we depete pre-- defeat the priest question, i'll bring up the appropriations package the house passed in december, including full funding for the government, $5.7 billion for border security. madam speaker that's a bill that the senate will actually take up and pass. that's a bill that the president has said he will actually sign. so madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, this morning commerce secretary wilber ross, the marie antoinette of the trump administration, said, and i quote, he doesn't understand why federal workers need to go to food banks. oh, my god. he might as well have said, let them eat cake. this president and his cabinet are so he out of touch it is pathetic. here are just a few emails i've gotten this week. a law enforcement officer in my district says, we struggle, but pinch pennies so our child can attend a good school. my mortgage company put us in no-pay status. the shutdown is putting us at risk of losing our home. a customs and border patrol employee says we have bills to pay like nursery school and daycare. what's going to happen to us? i'm sick over. this fish and wildlife service worker writes, i'm proud to serve the american public, but right now i can't even serve my family dinner. madam speaker, president trump's publicity stunt is hurting america's hardworking public servants. it is cruel. shame on him. and sham

mccollum and mr. calvert with the department of interior bill. >> thank you, mr. chair. chair mcgovern, ranking member cole, let me begin by congratulating you both on your new positions. it is unfortunate that i'm testifying before you under these circumstances today. but nevertheless, i look forward to working with you in congress. you and the other members of the rules committee have important jobs to do. and i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the fy 2019 interior environment and related agencies appropriations bill. the interior bill before us was drafted by the senate and passed overwhelmingly with a bipartisan vote of 92-6. this bill should be very familiar to everyone, as it was part of the six-bill package that passed overwhelmingly in the house with a bipartisan vote last week. this bill provides $359 billion, which is $601 million more than fiscal year 2018 enacted bill. it maintains funding for nearly every agency at or above fiscal year 2018 level, including the environmental protection agency. it's important to know what this

visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] mr. singh: -- >> next, newsmakers with jim mcgovern of choose this and mark takano california. elizabeth, senator warren of massachusetts, who has announced she is considering a run for the presidency in 2020, talks to democrats in iowa. >> on "newsmakers" this week, we continue to talk to committee chairs of the 116th congress. for this week's "newsmakers," we sat down with jim mcgovern of massachusetts, and mark takano of california. congressman mcgovern is a democrat of massachusetts who chairs the rules committee. that committee has jurisdiction over how and when legislation comes to the floor. >> massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern will serve as the house rules committee chairman in the 116th congress. what exactly does the rules committee do? >> the rules committee is like the traffic cop of congress. every major piece of legislation comes through the rules committee before it goes to the floor. we decide how the bill will be considered, when it goes to the

hundred may take years but we have to follow the law and can then they will come and have a number mr president the organization human rights watch says that there are sixty thousand political prisoners that you're holding today as we said here i want to show mcgovern added to me i don't know where they got that figure can i said there are no political prisoners in egypt and lebanon says that whenever there is a minority trying to impose their extremist ideology we have to intervene regardless of their numbers mamak and how that will now despite cc's denial rights groups say egypt's tales jails are filled with political dissidents as we were hearing there in that clip human rights watch says political prisoners are routinely subjected to torture and rape whilst intention the group also says hundreds of civilians are being sent to military trials for political dissent egypt's most notable political prisoner is the former president mohamed morsy who was overthrown by sisi in the military coup in twenty thirteen for more than two years al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein has been under

thank you, mr. speaker, and with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields his time back. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield five minutes to the gentlelady from puerto rico, miss gonzalez-colon. the chair: the gentlewoman from puerto rico is recognized. miss gonzalez-colon: i rise in support of the supplemental nutrition assistance program that is included in the bill under consideration. the sole source of nutrition assistance and food security for over 1.3 million american citizens on the island. after hurricane maria, congress -- the 115th congress approved $1.2 billion increase in puerto rico n.a.p. program in addition to the grant around $1.8 billion. and that means we got a lot of people that have a lot of necessities and the disaster relief act would allow us to have increase in benefits to the current beneficiaries as well as an increased enrollment to bring assistance close to 153,000 new participants in the program. however, this additional assistance is currently set to expended in march of this year. and the program funding will be th

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks n h.r. 5 and h.r. 6. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, by 10 million vote margin, the american people entrusted democrats to run this body. it's finally a new day for this congress. in this -- and this rules package is our first opportunity to chart a new course. and a sign that we intend to run this place differently, these ideas were developed from the bottom had been up -- bottom-up. not the top-down. we asked all members for their ideas. democrats and republicans alike. we spoke to experts inside and outside this congress. from every house committee, from offices like the parliamentarian and the general council. from the progress -- -- general counsel. from the progressive caucus, the hispanic caucus, the blue dog caucus. and from

mr. speaker. a message from the senate. sekou: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. sekou: i'm directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to h.res. 2, informing that a quorum they have senate is asemidouble -- assembled. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent that the house stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the house will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. caller: thank you. republicans had two years to get the law through congress and the country is so divided they continue to divide us. also, governor jerry brown of california is leaving office after serving multiple terms and done an amazing job. i recommend anyone who is for the wall and willing to listen find the full 20-minute interview with california govern orr jerry brown on "meet the press" to try to understand why

mr. pallone, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 269 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 269 a bill to re-authorize certain programs under the public health service act and with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response and with respect to nonprescription drugs that are marketed without an approved drug application and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. 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 401, the nays are 17. 2/3 being in the affirmative