Transcripts For CSPAN U.S. House Of Representatives Extending Government Funding 20180119

This critical legislation expense government funding through february 16. Our current funding expires congressnight, and if does not pass the bill in the president is not signed into law the for then, the government will shut down. It is our duty to prevent that be surepening, and to the American People have access to Government Programs and services they depend on. The additional time, just under one month, will allow congressional leadership in the white house to come to a final agreement. Languagealso includes that would continue the Childrens Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2023 , to help children from low income families get better and ensure they have healthy, happy futures. The proposal will extend several healthcare related tax provisions. Chairman, the continued resolution is not the preferred way to conduct a nations fiscal business. It is this point, absolutely necessary to avoid a costly and destabilizing Government Shutdown. It is my hope that this will be the last resolution. That we can complete our appropriations work for fiscal year 2018 in short order. It is critical that we can act all 12 funding bills to ensure that our armed forces have the resources they need. Our Government Supports and maintains programs that are important to the lives and livelihoods of all americans. Mr. Chairman, i urge yes on this critical legislation. Mr. Speaker, id yield myself such time as i may consume. Trumps trekident coney and budget was released, democrats have warned republicans that a bipartisan toget agreement was needed adequately invest in American Families and communities. Agreement,udget programs as diverse as head prevention, are a in danger of inadequate funding at best. Leadership and the white house have no appropriation strategy other than endless continuing resolutions. Mr. Speaker, the most powerful country in the world is now being completely run by a , andlican government cannot keep the lights on for more than four weeks at a time. How did we get here . Is there anypasses reason to believe we will not be back in the same place next month, stumbling from one crisis to another . This is an irresponsible way to govern. Attempting to avoid a shutdown every month denies federal agencies budget certainty and wastes taxpayer dollars. Several of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have lamented the damage inflicted on our military. I agree with them. Yet, time after time, they vote for the exact same strategy they the mont. I encourage my colleagues to take action on immigration and spending caps that would lead to responsible funding bills that keep americans safe. Unconscionable that instead of helping advance a solution to this impasse, the president personally reneged on his word and rejected a bipartisan compromise on immigration. Protection of American Teens and young adults from impending deportation to a country they do not know is the key to unlocking a bipartisan spending agreement. How can we expect to ever fund the government responsibly when the president cannot be trusted to keep his word . The majority has failed to address a number of high priority items, like funding to combat the Opioid Epidemic, pensions, funding for community and theenters, continuing resolution lacks an byortant anomaly requested the administration to provide additional disaster loans to the Small Business administration. Without this language, the Small Business administration will run out of funds by the end of january, and will be unable to continue approving loan applications from puerto rico. How theds, this is not appropriations process is supposed to work. It is time to protect young caps, and lift budget allow all of our Committee Members to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Dollars, weasting should instead immediately pass a budget agreement and help dreamers, which would facilitate funding bills. Speaker, and i reserve the balance of my time. Tomembers are reminded refrain from engaging against personalities against the president. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I am in strong support of this bill. This continuing resolution will give us time to negotiate budget addresses. Lets be very clear, if this does not pass now, the federal government will shut down this week. Know, as the chairman said, short term csrs are not something we want to do. But again, if this what does not pass now, a federal government will shut down. This is no time to shortchange our first responders, our military, as we continue to recover from natural disasters throughout our country. And, again, response to the threats that face us abroad. This is no time to shut down the federal government. Allow to shut down and put all of that in jeopardy. It allows us to continue to vulnerableost families, especially our veterans. This is not the time to let them down by shutting the federal government down. It also funds medical care for millions of children. And supports missions of critical defense activities. This is not the time to let them all down and shut down the federal government. This shortterm csr will allow us to Work Together to find common ground. Something else, mr. Speaker. I want the country to know that we also have to solve the issue of active. Of daca. Fault,des have been at of refusing to sit down in good faith to negotiate a solution. It is not time now for political games and gamesmanship and politics. We need to be able to solve the issue. We cannot do that if the government is shut down. , for time for leadership courage. That sit down, work out our differences, and secure the border and help these young kids. It is essential that we do not allow the federal government to shut down. Voting against this resolution is a vote to shut down the federal government. I believe that would be highly irresponsible, so i urge a strong yes vote. Mr. Speaker, i am pleased to yield to the gentleman from maryland. I thank this young lady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we are now four months into the fiscal year. This is our fourth continuing resolution. The gentleman says now is the time to work example. Every democrat voted to extend the fiscal year by 90 days. Nothing was worked out. Why . Because you spend all your time giving 83 of the resources to the richest people in america. Republicans control all the levers of the legislative process. The house, the senate, the white house. They have the votes on their own to keep the government open or choose to shut it down, as they did by policy some years ago for 16 days. We do not want to shut down the government. Keeping the government open is the most basic responsibility of any governing majority. This majority has not sent a single appropriation bill to the president. Not one. Time trying toir repeal the Affordable Care act. That is all they did. After failing to do so, they asked for more time in september, and everyone of us voted to give them that time. They squandered it. The asked for two more extensions, and they squandered that time. Want another time to squander more time. So, here we are again, mr. Speaker. Americans are right to be orstrated by the inability unwillingness of the Republican Congress to do its job and keep the government open. You have the authority to do it and the responsibility to do it. Get the votes. Even some republican lawmakers are openly expressing the frustration with their own leadership. Let me quote mark meadows. He hit the knell on the head when he asked, what is the plan . When our regard going to deal with immigration . When are we going to deal with spending . At what point do you quit kicking the can down the road. This is mark meadows, a republican, not me. Democrats do not want the government to shut down. Can i have one additional minute . We do not have the power to shut it down either. That is entirely in the hands of the majority. Way, on the previous resolution, 90 of your members voted against. You think its any easier to run a nondefense agency with a cr . You are wrong if you think that. I hope that they are equally worried about the impact of doing one shortterm funding bill after another. Americans are frustrated that their congress cannot agree on it. He said, yes we will increase military. That was his deal. Paul ryan, the speaker. Paul ryan, make your deal again. And he wont do it. Instead he just wants to keep kicking the can down the road. Once, twice, thrice, now four times. Want, as the previous speaker said, all dreamers to stay in this country. To prevent 9 million children from losing their Health Insurance. You want to blackmail us into passing something that we dont like do not think is good for the country. Grexit your time has expired. You want to pass chip, but you do not want to pass the Community Health centers. Many chip children will have no place to go. So why dont republican sit down and reach an agreement . I urge my colleagues across the aisle, do not shut down the government. Use your majority not to delay, but to govern. Democrats are ready to work with throughout,ave been to compromise on our most pressing challenges. We voted to give you 120 days to do that. Now you want some more time. You have come to the door and and your some take, neighbor says come back tomorrow. You come back tomorrow ask for the same thing, and he says come back tomorrow. You go back the same thing. Come back tomorrow. Republicans are saying come back tomorrow, im back tomorrow, come back tomorrow, but there has been no tomorrow. Members are reminded to address their statements to the chair. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The previousfrom speaker how eager our democratic colleagues are to shut down this government. Thishe votes to keep government open, as we will not provide them. Get the votes to provide health children,term for our because our democrat colleagues will not provide one vote. A vote to delay the damaging impact of obamacare. You get those votes republicans, it is very not going to give you even one of them. It is sending jobs out of america overseas. Republicans, because we will not support it with our vote. It is regrettable, because these are bipartisan issues, and politics are shutting this government down. I urge my democrat colleagues to stand with republicans on behalf of children, families, and workers. Keep this government open. I yield back. Mr. Speaker, i am very pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio. Recognized for two minutes. I thank the Ranking Member for yielding to me at this time. Side, just say that our the republicans have 238 votes. They have the vast majority. You only need 218 votes. If you wanted to pass it, you can do it right now. You could have done it a month ago, two months ago, three months ago. But there is something fundamentally wrong on that side of the aisle. Now, in football you would call this fumbling the ball. In baseball, you would call it flooding the ball. Honestly, if you cannot consult with our site of the aisle, why would you expect anybody would want to work with you anyway. You treat us like we are from, i dont know, borneo. I really cannot understand why you are putting the republic through all these contortions. You do not have a budget. We have been asking for a budget. And you do not make decisions about departments until you have a budget, because you might underfund a department or over fund another department. We want to do this in an orderly way, but our republican friends hope the government will function with no road that. Are they really asleep behind the wheel . , andsure are careening they might even hit a brick wall. If the republicans cannot put together a framework agreement, it is safe to say they fumbled and flubbed every opportunity they had. It reminds me of the looney tunes character elmer fud. They cannot even catch bugs bunny when he is staring them right into the face. 8 when hope on september we voted the first time for a shortterm extension that you can actually reach an agreement. But here we are and we still do not have an agreement. Your time has expired. You are recognized for an additional 30 seconds. Are, one day before the risk of another shutdown, and their fiddling is unprecedented. They do not have a framework, cannot make decisions, and dont consult with our site. Not only have they failed to pass a budget, they have added a trillion more dollars to the deficit and longterm debt because they wanted to give tax giveaways to all of their donors. I urge my colleagues to oppose this effort and demand action for a final fullyear funding plan. Responsible and what the American People expect. Members are again reminded to address their comments to the chair. Mr. Speaker, please yield three minutes to mr. Bolton from oregon. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I am not quite sure what the people of borneo did to disturb the wrath of my colleagues from ohio, or perhaps she can explain later to them. Here is the deal. The energy and Commerce Committee did work across the aisle, or attempted to, to fully fund the Childrens Health Insurance Program. To fully fund Health Centers. Every step of the way my colleague and friend asked me to work with them. We tried. Cannot reach a full agreement, what we tried. We worked in good faith with each other. 15 democrats on the house floor voted to extend Childrens Health Insurance Program for a full five years. That equals the longest extension. Senate,it over to the but unfortunately they could not find agreement. So we came back and we kept extending it. Way, mrs. Pelosi said will we are doing today by putting full funding into the Childrens Health insurance , is, and i quote, a bowl doggie do with a cherry on top and calling it is sunday. Today ton opportunity help of the leadership of the Appropriations Committee, to fully fund our Childrens Health Insurance Program for a full six years. This is the longest extension in history. So when you vote no today, as you all are apparently going to do, your voting to close the government and deny our states, and more importantly children and pregnant women, access to Childrens Health insurance. The notices are on your terms. Let me tell you what the childrens hospitals have said to congress. Kids cannot wait, funded ship now. Congress has a chance to pass a longterm extension of chip that will provide security for millions of kids. A sixyear extension of chip. Childrens hospitals support a longterm extension of chip, and urge congress to take this opportunity to pass chip this week. Keep the government open. That is the question for us today. The rest is just political rhetoric. So lets fund chip. Its take care of our famils and friends and keep the government open. And Commerce Committee. Will youwill you voted against them every time this year. Every time. Now, where i come from, you vote for whats in the bill, not whats not in the bill. I wished we had a balanced Budget Amendment to the constitution in this bill. I wish we fully funded our military for the rest of the year in this bill. I wish we, by an act of congress, gave texas a m the National Championship in football in this bill. Thats not going to happen. What is in this bill . We fully fund the Childrens Health Insurance Program for every state of the union and the territories for six years. Never been done before. Fully fund Childrens Health insurance for every state and territory in the union for six years. At existing levels, increased and it increases each year for the next six years, its fully paid for, fully offset. And not every democrat, but almost every democrat has voted against that already twice. If they vote against it this evening, theyll vote against it for the third time. Im the macker manager of the republican baseball team. If you miss it three times, normally means youre out. I hope that some of my friends on the Minority Side will tonight vote with us to fund schip and to fund the government for the next month. Im one of the republicans that supports daca. Im on the dreamer act. Im also on the republican alternative. I would love to vote for daca. But the deadline for daca is not until march. The schip programs expired in september. We need to pass this c. R. And send it to the senate. Vote yes. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. Members once again are reminded to please address their comments to the chair. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im very pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from minnesota, the Ranking Member of the interior subcommittee of appropriations, ms. Mccollum. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. Ms. Mccollum mr. Speaker, i rise in opposition to this legislation, which ignores the urgent need of the American People. The federal governments fiscal year started october 1 of last year. But instead of fulfilling a responsibility to fund our government in a too manyly manner, in a timely manner, President Trump and the republicans spent months working to pass their tax scam. Now, because they didnt do their jobs, mr. Speaker, republicans are asking us to vote to kick the can down the road again. This is no way to run a government. The American People deserve immediate action on Critical Issues that matter to our country. We need a budget agreement in order to do that. We need to keep our government open. We need to meet the needs of the communities and the hardworking people. We need to enact responsible reforms that will save struggling pension plans. We need to provide Disaster Relief to our fellow americans who were hit hard by hurricanes and wildfires last year. We need to reauthorize the special Diabetes Program which funds treatment and prevention programs for native americans, and, yes, we need to pass a dream act which protects children from President Trumps cruel termination of daca. The American People overwhelmingly support these actions, these priorities, but you wont find them in this bill. Instead, republicans have turned this c. R. Into a tax bill that has provisions that didnt make it in the original tax plan. While this legislation does finally reauthorize the Childrens Health Insurance Program, it abandons our Community Health centers where parents take their children to get the care that they need. Make no mistake, this bill will cause layoffs at clinics, which means fewer people in my district, throughout minnesota will get the care that they need. Mr. Speaker, the Republican Party has total control in washington, but instead of working for the American People, President Trump and his allies in congress are ignoring them. Minnesotans and americans deserve a better deal than the one that theyre getting from this Republican Congress. It is time for President Trump and the republicans to end the chaos, to truly work across the aisle to find ways that we can fund this government responsibly and address our national priorities. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from minnesota yields back the balance of her time. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey. Mr. Frelinghuysen i yield to mr. Rogers of kentucky for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for one minute. Mr. Rogers mr. Speaker, i rise in support of this bill. Here it is in a nutshell. Chairman frelinghuysen sought to it we passed all 12 of the Appropriations Bills and sent them to the senate where not a single one has been allowed to come to the floor because of democrat senators who profess to keep they want to keep the government going but vote no. And because the democrats in the senate have barred the consideration of any of these bills, here we are. We have no choice if we want to keep the government open but to vote for this bill. Its the only game in town, and those on the other side who profess they wantkeep the government going today will vote no. I dont understand that logic. This is the only chance we have to keep the government operating, to be sure that the american taxpayers money is being spent properly and adequately. But for the purpose of keeping our government open. So mr. Speaker, i urge a yes vote on this bill, and lets move on. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from kentucky yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, the Ranking Member of the laborh. H. S. Subcommittee, ms. Delauro. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. Ms. Delauro i oppose this continuing resolution. Its staggering that yet again we are punting one of our core obligations as a congress, funding Government Programs. We should be negotiating spending levels for 2018 for both defense spending and nondefense spending. We should have spent the last few months fulfilling our responsibility as legislators by writing bipartisan bills to Fund Programs that help working families and the middle class and the vulnerable, support evidencebased scientific research, and help working people get the skills they need to find good jobs with good wages. Instead, republicans have continued their irresponsible trend of continuing resolution after continuing resolution. They fail to govern. They create chaos. This bill fails to support Community Health centers, which serve as a primary Health Care Provider for over 27 million people, including disproportionately rural and lowincome populations. In 2016, over 376,000 patients across connecticut received care at the connecticut Community Health center. They cut taxes for Insurance Companies while failing to fund Community Health centers. Is shameful they wont work with democrats to ensure defense and nondefense funding. They put Services Critical to our families and communities at risk. From apprenticeship to education for students with disabilities, childcare, afterschool programs that help working families make ends meet and Financial Aid for students attending college. They include a long an extension for the Childrens Health Insurance Program, but they cut out the medicare extenders and other health care programs. But the fear they should be ashamed of the months of fear and turmoil they have caused to children and their families who will be unable to get help at Community Health care centers. They did try they had time to cram a tax scam through congress before the end of the year. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewomans time has expired. Ms. Delauro dragged their feet for months. Shameful. Let me say the republican majority try to cast a blame for the shutdown on the democrats. Let me remind this body and the American People that nine months ago the president said, our country needs a good shutdown in september to fix this mess. Well, the president may get what he wants and what he desires as a Government Shutdown, but its not because of the democrats. Its because of the republican majority in this house and this administration to move forward on behalf of the American People. Its not the democrats. President trump has called for a shutdown of this government. Yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewomans time has expired. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield a minute to the chairman of the energy and commerce subcommittee on energy and upton from michigan. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan is recognized for one minute. Mr. Upton thank you, mr. Speaker. Id remind the speaker that the president issued a statement of Administration Policy in support of this bill that keeps the government open, but i also rise in support of the bill of this bill and in strong support of a sixyear longterm funding for the chip program. We all came to congress to fight for our district and particularly our kids. The michigan chip program serves nearly 40,000 kids, and if chip isnt reauthorized, long term its going to be disastrous for our communities which is why they are depending on us which is why it is in this bill. You know, back in 2015, i helped broker the bipartisan, bicameral deal that led us to the last reauthorization of chip. It wasnt easy but we got there by working together, and over the course of the past year, we have been steadfast in our resolve to reauthorize chip. In our committee we worked tirelessly to advance commonsense legislation thats going to extend chip as well as Community Health centers. And last november, we passed a comprehensive bill on the house floor, and later in the year we passed a c. R. That included shortterm funding for chip. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Upton this bill does that. I would urge my colleagues to vote yes. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, the Ranking Member of the military, construction, Veterans Affairs subcommittee, ms. Wasserman schultz. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for two minutes. Ms. Wasserman schultz thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this continuing resolution which is yet again a complete abdication of our responsibilities. Instead of adopting fully funded Appropriations Bills or an omnibus with an actual chance of passing this congress, we are in this unbreakable habit of passing continuing resolutions. The republicans most recent proposal does nothing for the funding for the 1,400 Community Health Centers Across the country or the 25 million americans they serve after they let funding run out in september. According to the National Association of Community Health centers, if congress does not act soon, 28,000 sites could close, 50,000 staff could be laid off, and nine million americans could lose access to care. When did this program, which has always had bipartisan support in this body, become a partisan issue . These abdications are simply immoral. Our republican colleagues say ont have the money to fund these programs, but somehow they were silent on that issue when they gave a handout to giant corporations that add more than 1. 5 trillion to the deficit. While their donors rested peacefully over the holidays knowing their tax cuts were safe, republicans continued to torment 800,000 hardworking young people by refusing to pass the dream act. 122 dreamers lose their protected status every day, and republicans have not been brave enough to do what is right. These courageous individuals are teaching in our schools, working in our communities and serving in our military. I had the prirching of meeting dreamers in south florida and in the halls i had the privilege of meeting dreamers in south florida and in the halls of this capitol. By any reasonable definition, they are americans. This is their home. It is past time for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to work on a bipartisan spending package that promotes the middle class, protects dreamers and finally assures the American People that their government is working. I simply will not support any spending bill that fails to do so. Make no mistake, republicans control the house, the senate, and the white house. A Government Shutdown will land squarely in their lap. Thank you. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewomans time has expired. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, mr. Carter. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. Mr. Carter mr. Chairman, i rise today in support of the decision to attach a sixyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program as this is much overdue. Chip, which is known as peach share for kids in georgia, has been a very Successful Program in covering the medical needs in our state. However, this isnt the first time we tried to extend this program that is so vital to children all across our country. We passed legislation out of the energy and Commerce Committee addressing longterm fix in october. We then passed it in the house in november. We funded a shortterm fix in december. Its time our colleagues across the aisle quit holding Childrens Health care hostage. Now is the time to pass this and continue discussions on Community Health centers, graduate medical Education Programs and other extenders. I want to thank chairman walden, chairman burgess and my colleagues on the energy and Commerce Committee for their work and urge my colleagues to pass this and help our nations children and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i am very pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pascrell. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. Mr. Pascrell thank you, meesh. This habit of shortterm thank you, mr. Speaker. This habit of shortterm extensions, kicking the can down the road, i heard a few times, is irresponsible and has to stop. We need a longterm funding bill. Democrats have come to the table offered bipartisan solutions. Republicans have dismissed them. Lets put a bill to help the dreamers on the floor. Their incompetence is going to lead to a shutdown. Instead of using nine million kids as a bargaining chip, i bet the majority could pass a permanent Childrens Health extension today. There are nine million children at risk of losing Health Coverage. 200,000 of them in my home state of new jersey. We could save 6 billion. And i cannot believe that this bill has a delay of the medical device tax, mr. Speaker, that was part of the Affordable Care act. That industry agreed to pay that tax. We just did a tax bill for corporations that added over 2 trillion in deficits. Last i checked, medical Device Companies are corporations. What are we doing putting in place a tax law in a budget bill now and a month later the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Pascrell just this week the New York Times ran a piece titled, can your hip replacement kill you . The article names dr. Steven tower who was given an artificial hip with a defect in the device. Send your bill. Doctors had to do second surgery. Found cobalt leaking from the device causing a condition lled metalasis, destroying muscle, tendons, destroying mr. Towers heart and brain as well. Despite his complaint to colleagues and the manufacture, they continued to manufacturer, they continued to market it. How dare the speaker of the daca question why we want in this legislation when he has a bill that 42 million americans use medical devices . There is no federal f. D. A. Test for most of those devices. They got the court. They bribe doctors, and its in your bill, but we could not take care of those 800,000 people. Chairman, we need a the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield two minutes to my colleague from new jersey, mr. Lance. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Lance thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of this legislative package to fund the government and to authorize the chip program, the longest such authorization for chip ever. Chairman frelinghuysen secured passage for all 12 appropriation bills by the before the beginning of the new fiscal year. It is the democrats in the senate who have refused to permit these bills to come to the floor. No good explanation has been given as to why that occurred. Chairman walden brought through the energy and Commerce Committee a chip reauthorization package that passed this house in november. We must continue to ensure governmental operations such as paying our troops on time and making sure our Homeland Security apparatus is fully operational. The chip portion of this bill is a major accomplishment. Nine million lowincome children depend on chip and the Congressional Budget Office estimates that chip will actually save taxpayer funds in the long run. Lets keep the government open and lets fund chip. I urge a strong bipartisan vote in favor of this legislation. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new jersey yields back. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognize. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im very pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from washington, ms. Jayapal. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from washington is recognized for one minute. Ms. Jayapal thank you. Mr. Chairman, were back again for the third continuing resolution this fiscal year. This makes no sense and it is no way to govern. And let me be clear and repeat what my colleagues have said. Republicans control the house, the senate and the white house. But they just cant seem to pass a real budget. And if republicans want democratic votes, then they need to have our priorities reflected in that budget. Priorities like protecting the american dream. For 1 1 2 million Daca Recipients with the dream act. Thousands of young people who fear deportation because of the cruel termination of the daca program. Priorities like Community Health centers and protecting the Retirement Savings of working families. Priorities like addressing the Opioid Epidemic that ravages our communities. Priorities like infrastructure and education and Real Health Care protections for everyone. So if the republican majority, yes, the majority, schutz down the government because shuts down the government because they wont look to get our democratic priorities addressed, then they will have to answer to communities across the country who are looking for a permanent budget, not something that kicks the can down the road for another few weeks. This is not a real solution. This is not a real solution, mr. Chairman. We will not substitute one familys pain for anothers gain. This is about the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. It is about the soul of our country. And americans deserve a better deal. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from washington yields back. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield a minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. Olson. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. Mr. Olson i thank my friend from new jersey for allowing me to join this important debate. My friends on the other side are showing why the people, american ople, like root canals, head lice, colonoscopies, more than congress. It brings an act that hurts our youth and poverty. Congressional democrats are going to vote against basic health care for these needy kids. The schip program is their only choice for their health. Nearly half a million young texans, half a million, depend upon schip. It expired september 30 of this year. This bill tonight we vote on will extend schip for six more years. I beg my colleagues, listen to your hearts, to your soul and the voice of these kids who want basic health care. Vote for schip today. Vote for the c. R. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield a minute to the gentleman from florida, mr. Bill rakes i. The chair mr. Bilirakis. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. Mr. Bilirakis thank you, mr. Speaker. I want to thank chairman walden and chairman burgess for all the hard work theyve put into reauthorizing chip. This is a sixyear reauthorization of the chip program, the longest chip reauthorization congress has ever passed. The house already passed a full chip authorization last year, by the way, we also reauthorized the Community Health centers. Most democrats voted against that. Democrats need to put politics aside and support the bill for the sake of our children. Chip reauthorization will ensure funding for 200,000 children in floridas chip program. In addition, this bill has my legislation that protects chip buyin programs. This allows children who arent eligible for traditional chip to buy into the chip program. It makes sense. Inconsistent guidance from c. M. S. Jeopardized these buyin programs. This bill will provide clarity and protect about 12,000 children in the state of florida who participated in the buyin program. I support this particular bill. Please, lets reauthorize chip for the sake of our children. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman continues to reserve. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, pleased to yield a minute where are we here . The gentleman from texas, mr. Flores. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. Mr. Flores mr. Chair, i rise in strong support of h. R. 195, which continues funding the government through february 16. Pays our troops and provides for a sixyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program. 36 of the children in my district are covered under chip and im pleased to support this legislation to ensure that they continue to have access to care that has been delayed by obstructionist democrats in this body and over in the senate. While i support passage of this bill, i want to draw attention to the fact that there are other important provisions that have previously passed this house. Yet have fallen by the wayside as members sought a compromise on the final bill. Ill go through knows main. Again, im pleased that were passing a bill that continues funding for the government, pays for our troops and extends funding for the chip program. Mr. Chair, i strongly urge my colleagues, though, not to forget other Important Health initiatives that must be addressed and i hope that they will join me in seeing that these initiatives are again taken up after pass afpblgt bill. Those provisions that need to be considered include two of my bills, one the Youth Empowerment act, which empowers youth to make healthy decision, and secondly, language from the health state flexibility act, also needs to be tnd. I thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Speaker, im very pleased to yield two minutes to the chairwoman of the ethics committee, mrs. Brooks from indiana. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Brooks mrs. Brooks thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this c. R. In part because we need to extend chip, the Childrens Health Insurance Program, for the 104,000 children in indiana who currently rely on the program. We must provide longer term stability to chip and we have the opportunity to do so here today. Chip is crucial for families who would otherwise slip through the cracks. Their income disqualifies them from traditional medicaid but is not high enough to afford family Health Insurance. The chip Program Provides children with comprehensive health and dental services and its helped decrease the rate of uninsured children in indiana to an alltime low of 5 . The families of these 104,000 children in indiana relying on chip and the sixyear reauthorization will grant states the muchneeded certainty in administering chip for American Children across the country and stability for the hoosier families who depend on the program. Furthermore, todays c. R. Includes a twoyear relief from the medical device tax. America tops the world in medical innovation and relief from this tax will further reinforce this leadership. The previous twoyear suspension of this damaging tax has allowed device company, many of which call indiana home, to invest in research and development and invest in highquality, highpaying jobs in medical innovation, all to the benefit of patients who need them the most. I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this c. R. Not only does it provide longterm stability for chip and relief from the medical device tax, but it also provides government funding through february 16 to prevent a shutdown. Like the chairman, i hope this will proit time we need to complete provide the time we need to complete the fiss cal appropriation fiscal appropriation bills. I urge my colleagues to vote yes on the final passage. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new york continues to reserve. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield a minute to the representive from north dakota, mr. Cramer. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from north dakota is recognized for one minute. Mr. Cramer i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Childrens Health Insurance Program provides Health Coverage to lowincome, lowincome children and pregnant women, to have annual income above the Medicaid Eligibility levels but have no Health Insurance. It provides care, in other words, mr. Speaker, for some of the most vulnerable families in our nation. It covers nearly 5,000 children in my home state. In fact, in fiscal year 2016, north dakota received thsdz 19 million in chip funding. I encourage all of my colleagues to now support this Important Program that has historically had bipartisan support. I also want to urge my colleagues to quickly take up funding for Community Health centers, the especially Diabetes Program and other Health Programs that require extension. Community Health Centers in north dakota are already feeling the negative effects of this funding uncertainty. Particularly in hiring and leasing decisions. But, mr. Speaker, we must not vote no on this c. R. Because of whats not in the bill. But we must vote yes because of what is in the bill is critical to the health of our children and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield a minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Costello. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. Mr. Costello thank you, mr. Speaker. We need to keep the government open and we need to keep the government funded and we need to reauthorize the Childrens Health Insurance Program. Now, in the energy and Commerce Committee, we passed chip reauthorized for five years, out of committee in october. We passed it out of the full house in november. We are now back now to authorize it for a full six years. We do not need any additional payfors. This will help 177,000 children in pennsylvania and millions across the country. Chip funding will be exhausted next month in pennsylvania. Right now some states already face a shortfall in their funding as the program has not yet been fully reauthorized for all of calendar year all of fiscal year 2018. It is past time we provide a longterm solution and stability for families who depend on this quality, affordable coverage. Ive heard from so many constituents, ive heard from Many Democrats speaking, urging us to reauthorize chip. Tonight we have a vote to keep the government open and to reauthorize the chip program. The right vote on this bill is a yes vote. Thats the vote i will be taking on behalf of my constituents that country. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im very pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, the democratic eader, ms. Pelosi. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california is recognized for one minute. Ms. Pelosi thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I commend her for her great leadership as our Ranking Member on the Appropriations Committee, or as we say, mr. Frelinghuysen, the almighty powerful Appropriations Committee on which i was proud to serve with you and congresswoman lowey. Im disappointed, though, that the legislation that is brought to the floor today falls so very, very short of our responsibilities to the American People. When it comes to considering this bill, which the republicans are bragging supports chip, its important to review the facts. The facts are the these are thiels. The chip proposal that the are these. The chip proposal that the republicans boast was on the floor in october or this or that was funded by taking money from other childrens programs and thats why it was not to be supported by us. Its also important to remember that the chip reauthorization expired september 30. So here we are with our fourth continuing resolution, our fourth continuing resolution. That means on september 30 we were supposed to not only reauthorize chip, but to pass an omnibus bill to fund the government. Republicans were not able to make the decisions necessary to do that. So we had one extension. Another extension, another extension, this is the fourth. Now for somebody who doesnt know what a c. R. Is, thats our washington lingo, its a continuing resolution. And what it says is that the funding for the country will be continued at the same rate as it was in the previous year. Regardless of the fact that other challenges have emerged. So engaging in those failures to pass an omnibus bill and engage instead in these short term continuing resolutions, this inadequacy does not give certainty to our military. General mattis has told us the military cannot go on these week every two weeks, every month c. R. s. We need to know, we need to have an omnibus that recognizes the full complement of our needs and they are different from last year. It does not fund the fight against opioid addiction. Weve talked about this. We authorized language. We put up some money, but throughout our country there is an Opioid Epidemic that needs to be addressed with funding for it, not just conversation or rhetoric but funding. It does not address some of the crises facing our veterans, whether its their infrastructure, housing, whatever. Theres additional funding thats needed for our veterans over and above whatever it was last year, and this ignores that need. It doesnt it ignores the fact that we have some issues that we have to address regarding pensions. Endangered pensions in our country which have a direct relationship to the economic wellbeing of americas working families. Pensions paid into. Pensions having a shortfall to honor the responsibility. It doesnt protect the dreamers. We could protect the dreamers in all of this, but missing an opportunity. And this takes us right back to the chip. It does not fund Community Health centers that provide primary care for 27 million americans. So these priorities are bipartisan. Nothing i mentioned on this list is anything that does not have bipartisan support in the congress, that has not been openly discussed, bipartisan, transparency, unity, unifying us around these issues. We did not put priorities forward that were those that had bipartisan strong bipartisan support. So when our colleagues come to the floor and say, oh, were doing chip, chip is a wonderful initiative. This is one of the first pieces of legislation that i passed as speaker of the house and sent to obama. Not high enough value to put in its proper context. So this reauthorization of chip that theyre putting here, this funding for chip, is its not really funding. We wanted 10 years for chip to make it permanent so we dont have to go through this and we move all doubt, we remove any certainty whether this health care will be available for children who need it. 6 aid 10 years, you save billion. 6 billion you save. Six years, 1 billion. Why wouldnt we want to save 6 billion . Nonetheless nonetheless, what my concern is is that they chose to bring a bill to the floor that isolates chip away from the other essentials that are a part of the delivery of that Health Care Service to children. It doesnt it does not reauthorize Community Health centers which provide, as i say, vital care to 26 million americans. It does not address does not extend the medicare extenders so necessary, especially for our seniors. Home visiting care and other initiatives. It does not address the medicaid dish, disproportionate share, challenge that is across america. Ask your friends in Rural America especially about that. Therapy services, diabetes. Teaching Health Centers. Teaching Health Centers for primary care doctors completely out of this bill. Thats why i am so proud of the legislation introduced by congressman mceachin today which has the full complement, and its nothing additional. Its how we have always proceeded with the priority of Childrens Health in a package thats about Family Health and delivery of service. As the president himself tweeted this morning, chip should be part of a longterm solution, not a 30day shortterm extension. We like it 10 years. They have it six years, but it shouldnt be in this bill because this bill is sort of a halfbaked facade to make it look as if we are keeping government open. Were keeping government debilitated by not addressing, coming to agreement on the omnibus that we know that we have to do, that addresses the needs of our military as it recognizes the security provisions in the domestic bill that are about security. Whether its the state department department, Veterans Affairs, antiterrorism activity at the justice department. And the fact that the strength of our country is measured in many ways. Certainly our military, which we are very proud, and the agencies i mentioned, but also in the health, education and wellbeing of the American People. So here we are. What does government do . Government does transportation. How can you, if you are in the Transportation Department make commitments when youre on a short fuse of, was it two weeks in december, now four weeks they want to go forward . Why dont we just settle it . Grow up . Take responsibility . Get this done for the American People . Nobody i know wants a shutdown of government. Well, maybe except for the president who said what did he say . This country needs a good shut our country needs a good shutdown. He said that in may. I think with his experience as president now he probably knows theres no such thing as a good shutdown. We dont want to shut down. By the way, if there is one, this will be the first time there would be a shutdown in recent history that was took place when one party had the white house, had the senate, and had the house of representatives, had full responsibility for managing, for leveraging, for getting the job done to fund our country for another year with certainty. And this has two years provisions what we are negotiating with the republicans. Really, coming to the floor, hiding behind chip to hide the shortcomings and the lack of taking responsibility for our responsibilities to the American People is really a sad thing. And thats why mceachins bill which had the full complement to make chip really work was the way to go. Sadly, i wish we had something that although i object to the process of one shortterm continuing resolution of last year instead of looking to the future for next year, i disapprove of that process. The substance of this legislation makes it totally unacceptable, and i urge a no vote. With that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california yields back her time. The gentlelady from new Jersey New York reserves her time. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield a minute to the gentleman from michigan, mr. Walberg. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan is recognized for one minute. Mr. Walberg thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today in full support of this funding extension which includes a vital longterm reauthorization of the state Childrens Health Insurance Program, or chip. This bill provides the longest extension in history of the chip program and provides security for millions of kids and pregnant mothers. Its important to remember the house has already acted responsibly three times to extend chip. In november, this chamber passed the championing health kids act on a bipartisan vote. The bill not only would have extended chip for five years, but it also addressed other important public Health Programs like federally qualified Health Centers. Regretfully, partisanship, political gamesmanship left that bill to languish in the senate. My constituents remain frustrated that the majority of my democratic colleagues in this chamber have voted three times against chip. The delays and posturing are inexcusable. I hope everyone in the house votes to pass this the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Frelinghuysen i am pleased to yield another 30 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Walberg i hope everyone in the house passes this extension today so we can get to work quickly reauthorizing Community Health centers and other important Public Health priorities. I encourage my colleagues to put aside the political games. Vote aye on the bill. The only correct vote. And then tell the senate to do the right thing as well. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back his time. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey i am pleased, mr. Speaker, to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, the Ranking Member of the committee on energy and commerce, mr. Pallone. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Pallone thank you, mr. Speaker. I am amazed when i hear my republican colleagues talk about how they brought chip to the floor, they brought Community Health centers to the floor. What they forget to mention is that every time they did that they included payfors in other words, funding measures that would basically sabotage the Affordable Care act. We have seen a concerted effort not only to try to repeal the Affordable Care act, which failed, but then to do Everything Possible to make it more difficult for people to get their Health Insurance. We know that in the tax plan, or tax scam that they passed a few weeks ago that they were so determined to spend all their time on, what did they do . They eliminated the mandate that people have Health Insurance. The c. B. O. Estimates there will be 13 million americans over the next few years that will lose their Health Insurance. When they talked about the chip and those previous in those previous times, what did they do . They put in provisions that cut the funds help for children. They put in a provision if you didnt pay your Health Insurance within 30 days you would lose it. C. B. O. Estimated that Something Like half a million americans would lose their insurance because of that provision. They put in provisions that said that people who got their medicare had to pay more pay more for it. Pay even 100 depending upon their income. They have done Everything Possible to sabotage the health care system, and for them to get up and say, oh, we care about kids, we care about Community Health centers, nothing is further from the truth because everything has been done to sabotage Americas Health care system. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back his time. The gentlelady from new york reserves. Now the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, im pleased to yield two minutes to the chairwoman of the republican conference, Cathy Mcmorris rodgers from the great state of washington. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from washington is recognized for two minutes. Mrs. Mcmorris rodgers i thank the gentleman for yielding. Were about to face a very critical deadline in many states, including my home state of washington. Chip funding will run out. More than 60,000 kids in my state count on chip and need certainty. This funding bill reauthorizes chip for six years, the longest extension in the programs history. Now democrats are threatening to hold us up again for a daca deal. Now, to be clear, i want a daca deal, too, and i am disappointed we dont have one yet but theres no reason to punish children across the country. Today, we are voting to prioritize our nations children, and its time for the democrats to join us. I also want to take this opportunity to stress the importance of reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center Graduate medical education program, which expired in september. These centers face a looming deadline of january 31 to decide whether or not to recruit their july, 2018 classes. Without a longterm solution, Centers Across our country cannot make the important decisions that will affect the residents. Dreds of in one, one Teaching Health center in memphis closed earlier this year without a place for them to continue their medical training and reducing Patient Access to care. Although a reauthorizing of the program was not included in this bill, we must get this done as soon as possible. I look forward to working with the chairman and the committee moving forward, and i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this sixyear reauthorization of chip and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back her time. The gentleman from new jersey reserves his time. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Continues to reserve. The gentleman from new jersey. Mr. Frelinghuysen mr. Chairman, i reserve and have he right to close. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey i yield myself one minute to close. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Mrs. Lowey my friends, congress has a response to believe the informs in initiatives to defend the country and grow the economy, instead of continuing down a rudderless path of c. R. After c. R. , we must pass a bipartisan budget agreement prork tect dreamers which will enable the Appropriations Committee to responsibly write fullyear funding bills. I urge a no vote and yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. The gentleman from new jersey is recognized. The gentleman has five minutes remaining. Mr. Frelinghuysen i yield the balance of my time to the chairman of the energy and Commerce Committee. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for the balance of the time. Thank you to my colleague for your hard work and cooperation on this legislation. The choice before us today is very, very simple. Its a choice the American People are watching. The chase is, do you fund the government while you work out the other differences, or do you close the government . Its a binary choice. Its not about all the other things id like in this bill or youd like in the bill. The choice before us today is to keep the government open or close the government. Mr. Walden whether youre a republican or democrat, if you vote new york youre voting not to keep the government open. Its that simple. The other choice before us today is, you want to fund Childrens Health insurance for the millions and millions of children and pregnant women across america. Because that funding, while we have had emergency extensions, literally is about to run out in a matter of days. Run out. Choice tonight for this body and every member here regardless of party is, do you want to fund Childrens Health insurance, for children and for pregnavent women . 122,700 oregonians are on this program. Millions across america and our districts. They dont like the fact that were having this fight. But they know the fact is, its a yes or no vote. Thats why the childrens hospitals have said please, take this deal, fund Childrens Health insurance, take us out of your fight. Because what were voting on tonight is a sixyear, fully funded Childrens Health Insurance Program. A yes vote says youre for it. A no vote says, ill take a pass. Somebody else can carry this program. Im not going to do it. Well, im doing it. Because i support the Childrens Health Insurance Program just as i support the Community Health centers, just as i support the teaching hospitals, just as i support the other extenders. By the way, your energy and Commerce Committee, through regular order, provided a path forward for all of those essential health services. And yes, we took the heavy lift to fund them. Now you heard a couple of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about, oh, they took money out of this fund or that fund. The Prevention Fund is funded every year by law. It is up to the appropriators to decide how those funds are spent. Using some of the Prevention Fund to fund Childrens Health insurance and Community Health centers and the other programs seems like a pretty good investment for an otherwise unallocated patch of money. So we used a bit of that. An then you heard them, the scare tactic the democrats always use is medicare. Let me tell you what this specific payfor is. It is one that former president barack obama wanted to use even further than what we did. What we said is if youre making 500,000 a year, were going to sk you to pay 137, roughly, more in your Medicare Part b and d. Thats your share, the government will still subsidize 75 of that its still a good deal. We figure somebody making half a Million Dollars a year could afford a little more so we can pay for Childrens Health insurance for those who need it and Community Health centers for the poor. Thats the payfor you heard about. When we brought the fully funded bill for Childrens Health insurance for two years and save our dish hospital the ones that take care of the poorest among us, 15 democrats voted with us. I think two or three republicans voted no, we sent that bill to the senate. We did our job in this house. In a bipartisan way. Now we need to do that job again. Because the senate has an act, couldnt get enough democrats there to support the proposal in the senate. So were back here. But the choice is a clear one. Shut down the government, dont fund chip, keep the government open, fund chip. Thats the choice before us tonight. The choice that we need to make. Now, weve heard all kinds of rhetoric on this floor and out in the public about, you know, this is somehow a cherry on top of dog doodoo, sorry to use those words but theyre the ones the gentlelady from San Francisco used in the press, i find it offensive, its unnecessary, doesnt help bring us together. When you vote no, you vote to shut the government down and you vote against Childrens Health insurance. This bill fully funds Childrens Health insurance for six years and theres no argument about the payfors now because there arent any here. If your argument for voting no was the payfar payfors the house went on to pass the temporary spending bill in a vote of 230197. The senate will vote on the bill on the gavel and. You can watch our live coverage on cspan two. Live friday, the house scandals in at 9 00 eastern and will debate and abortion regulation bill. Live coverage of the senate as they work on a temporary spending bill to avoid a Government Shutdown. The fdas responsibility for food recall at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan3. The march for life on the National Mall in washington, d. C. Live coverage beginning at noon easterme