Children in sports and in other dealing with small businesses. The White House Briefing started a bit too late to bring it to you here. You can watch it on cspan3 or cspan. Org. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You not only design, but create. You sustain and shape what we know as reality. In your hands, as the craftsman and artist, we are estimates for the time you have given us. Fitting into the palm of your hand, we can accomplish your will and produce what you have in mind for us. Or we can prove unfit to achieve your purpose for the tasks at hand. Almighty god, help the members of this peoples house to see themselves as instruments in your hands, shaping the time in which we live. As well, enable them to see in each other that same creative impulse and responsibility. Only by relating to each other as yours can we find our true identity, Work Together and truly give you the greater honor and glory. Men. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson. Thompson thompson mr. Thompson i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain quss for oneminute speeches. Entertain requests for oneminutes speeches. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Smith i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Smith mr. Speaker, the administrations immigration proposal is flawed. It doesnt include work force verification, which would protect jobs for American Workers and reduce ilLegal Immigration. The proposal grants amnesty to many people as president obama did. It gives amnesty today, but delays Legal Immigration reforms until a many people as distant obama tomorrow. For example, the elimination of chain migration wont occur for 17 years, if then. The proposal is also ripe for fraud. Illegal immigrant adults can claim distant tomorrow. They arrived as child but there is no practical way to confirm that. The immigration plan is not a good deal for the american people. Immigration policy should put the interest of American Workers first. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan stand . I seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Ldee thank you, speaker. Tomorrow President Trump will give his first state of the Union Address. Its an opportunity for the president to demonstrate leadership. Bring to this floor a discussion for both parties to come together and pass, number one, a longterm budget. That reflects the priorities of the american people. I have come to this floor many times to express my disagreement with this president. On a number of issues. On his efforts to take away health care for millions of people. Adding costs to people i represent. Who have health insurance. I disagreed with his tax policies and disagreed developmently with the policies vehemently enacted here and ill continue to speak up when i find disagreement. But i also look for areas where we can Work Together. Its my hope that tomorrow the president will articulate one of those. A plan to deal with americas crumbling infrastructure, especially in americas older cities. Its been over a year since the president was here and laid out his plan for a big Investment Plan that is a strategy on infrastructure. Words are cheap. We need action. We need something specific and willing to work with the president if he lays forward such a vision. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania stand . Mr. Thompson mr. Speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Willing to work with the president if he lays forward such a vision. I yield back. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to celebrate farmer educator lynn darling for being selected as the 2018 recipient of the association for Sustainable Agricultures passibilities award. The award honors businesses and individuals who make meaningful contributions to Sustainable Agriculture in the state and beyond. For the past 20 years, lynn has owned and operated over the moon farm in center county. Over the moon specializes in organic broilers, hogs, and turkeys. Shes traveled wildly teaching egolgi in nick wag a and conducting geology in nicaragua and conducting other studies. She has spent decades as a Program Director for the Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program at penn state university. Shes wildly known for helping growers at all scales understand and manage pests on their own opoprations. Shes also worked as an independent organic inspector for pennsylvania Certified Organic and served several terms onboard of drebtors. I congratulate her on this well deserved recognition. I thank her for her contributions to the industry. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentlewoman is recognized or one minute. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to introduce my guest for the state of the union, marko chavez. Marko is a veteran who served his country honorably, came home, and was deported to mexico. Now, mr. Chavez was born in mexico. He was brought to c as an infant. He served in the marine corps as a lawful permanent resident before being deported. California Governor Brown granted him a full and unconditional pardon for a minor crime had he done, but he was separated from his family for 16 years. It is an injustice that we can we our veterans can serve overseas and this is how we treat them when they come home. Ms. Barragan after serving this country. Many of whom put themselves in harms way. Thats why i introduced the veterans pathway to citizen act which would make it easier for deported veterans to return to the urns and ensures active Duty Service Members dont leave the military without understanding their options for naturalization. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house a communication. The chair the honorable the speaker the clerk the honorable, the speak, house of representatives, sir. Pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on january 25, 2018, at 5 24 p. M. That the senate passed, senate 1873. Signed, sincerely, karen l. Haas. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 12a of rule one, the chair declares the this afternoon well have a preview of the president s state of the Union Address tomorrow night. The preview, hosted by the washington post, will include white house counselor kelly anne conaway. House minority leader nancy pelosi. And senators angus king of maine and shelly moore cap tofe west virginia. Well have that live in about 20 minutes. 2 30 p. M. Eastern. In the meanle time, well lookality the week ahead from todays washington journal. Continues. Host joining us for a discussion on many things, particularly in light of the white house and congress this week, are two guests. We are joined by darlene supervalu from the superville by adam weaver