Environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2018, and for other purposes. The First Reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Ll points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed two hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the fiveminute rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 11531, modified by rules Committee Print 11532 and the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the house and in the committee of the whole. The bill, as amended, shall be onsidered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the fiveminute rule and shall be considered as read. Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 or clause 5a of rule 21 are waived except as follows beginning with the colon on page 327, line 22, through crime on page 328, line 2, beginning with the emicolon on page 535, line 12, through 12 United States code 3907b2. On page 536, line 14, and section 7080. Where points of order are waived against part of a section, points of order against a provision in another part of such section may be made only against such provision and not against the entire section. Section 2a, no further amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of this resolution. B, each further amendment rinted in part b of the report of the committee on rules shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. C, all points of order against further amendments printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. Section 3, it shall be in order at any time for the chair of the committee on appropriations or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. Section 4, during consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 20 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. Section 5, at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the committee of the whole shall rise without motion. No further consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the house. Section 6a, during consideration of h. R. 3354, it shall not be in order to consider an amendment proposing both a decrease in an appropriation designated pursuant to section 251b2aii of the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 and an increase in an appropriation not so designated, or vice versa. B, this paragraph shall not apply to an amendment between the houses. Section 7, it shall be in order at any time through the legislative day of september 9, 2017, for the speaker to entertain motions that the house suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule 15. The speaker or his designee shall consult with the minority leader or her designee on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section. Section 8, the requirement of clause 6a of rule 13 for a 2 3 vote to consider a report from the committee on rules on the same day it is presented to the house is waived with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of september 9, 2017. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for one hour. Mr. Cole mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Mcgovern, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Cole during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Cole mr. Speaker, yesterday, the rules committee met and reported a rule for consideration of h. R. 3354, the department of the interior, environment and related agencies appropriations act of 2018, also known as the make america secure and prosperous appropriations act of 2018. The rule provides for two hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee. Mr. Speaker, the appropriations package in front of us is the second installment of the houses effort to pass all 12 Appropriations Bills on the floor for the First Time Since 2016. The overall package 2006. E overall package will cover 416 billion in total spending. It represents many months of work from the Appropriations Committee. This represents four divisions of the bill, the agriculture, rural development, food and Drug Administration and related agencieses appropriations act. The department of Homeland Security appropriations act, the department of state, foreign operations and related programs appropriations act, and the transportation, housing and urban development and related agencieses appropriations act. Together agencies appropriations act. Together they encompass 600 billion of discretionary spending. This represents a decrease of 7. 8 billion in f. Y. 2017 as Congress Seeks to fulfill its obligations of the American People to be fiscally responsible stewards of the taxpayers hard earned money. Most importantly, it represents the next step in fulfilling the greatest responsibility we have as legislators to fund the federal government and keep it open each year to provide our constituents the services they deserve while ensuring we appropriately prioritize where and how to spend taxpayer dollars. Mr. Speaker, the agricultural, rural development, food and Drug Administration and related Agencies Division will provide approximately 20 billion in appropriations, a decrease of 870 million from f. Y. 2017. The division will fund critical programs for farmers and ranchers, which is of critical importance to my home state of oklahoma. The bill also supports conservative priorities, including language rolling back regulations that harm businesses, industries, farming and ranching operations and rural and urban communities alike. In particular, the bill includes language allowing schools to get waivers from particularly problematic Obama Administration regulations governing School Lunches and prevents the Commodities Future Trading Commission from opposing imposing harmful trading activity that would force thousands of end users to comply with onerous regulatory requirements. The bill also includes language changing the food and Drug Administrations predicate date rules for premium cigars, ecigarettes and vaping and thereby regulating these industries out of existence. There is much to like in the agriculture division. On the securities side of the ledger, the department of Homeland SecurityAppropriations Committee provides 44. 3 billion, an increase of 1. 9 billion over f. Y. 2017. Of importance the bill provides 7 billion for immigration customs enforcement, an increase of 620 million. These funds will be used to enforce immigration laws and combat illegal immigration which our constituents have repeatedly told us they oppose. The bill provides 13. 8 billion for customs and border patrol, an increase of 1. 6 billion, to ensure that continued support security of our border. It also provides 1. 6 billion for physical barrier construction on the southern border, thus fulfilling the first step of one of President Trumps key promises. It proadvise 10. 5 it provides 10. 5 billion for the coast guard and supports Femas Disaster Relief Fund at 7. 3 billion. As with the earlier security appropriations package the house passed at the end of july, the funds in this division will help ensure Americas National security and go a long way towards funding key member priorities. The state and foreign operations appropriations division provides 47. 4 billion, a decrease of 10 billion from f. Y. 2017. Even with this decrease, the committee has funded key priorities. Security assistance is funded at 8. 8 billion. And full funding is provided for battling International Organized Crime antiterrorism programs and combating cybercrime. The bill also fully funds the 3. 1 billion memorandum of understanding with israel. The Appropriations Committee has prioritized programs of importance and deprioritized programs of importance thats not in the best interest of the United States, such as reducing funding of the u. N. By 939 million, eliminating all funding for unesco and eliminating funding for the Global Climate change initiative. In producing these this division, Appropriations Committee has a difficult choices about the nations priorities. And made them well. And ensured taxpayer dollars are going to the most important critical and efficient programs. Finally, the transportation, housing and urban development and related agencies Appropriation Division provides 56. 5 billion, an increase of 1. 1 billion over f. Y. 2017. That number does not include 45 billion also authorized to be spent by the Highway Trust Fund for americas highways. Of note, the bill provides 16. 6 billion for the federal aviation agency, an increase of 153 million to maintain and promote air travel and security. This sum includes 1 billion for socalled nextgen for more Efficient AirTraffic Control and 162 million for the contract tower program, a crucial safety net that covers many districts across the country, including facilities like west timer airport in norman, oklahoma, as well as towers in lawsuiton and ardmore in my lawton and ardmore in y own home district. Critically, it sustains section 8 and public and native American Housing programs at 27. 5 billion. It also includes increases in funding for programs benefiting vulnerable citizens, including 573 million for housing for the elderly, an increase of 70. 6 million over f. Y. 2017, and 47 million for housing for persons with disabilities, an increase of 800,000 over f. Y. 2017. In all, h. U. D. Appropriations covers important priorities and ensures our Nations Housing and transportation infrastructure will be adequately funded to meet our needs. Mr. Speaker, i encourage all my colleagues to support this rule and the underlying bill. The package before us represents a fulfillment of our most important responsibilities as members of congress and provides appropriate funding in four areas agriculture, state and foreign operations, Homeland Security and transportation and urban development. I applaud my colleagues in the Appropriations Committee for their months of work in making this bill a reality and i look forward to the completion of the f. Y. 2018 appropriations process. Mr. Speaker, i urge support of the rule and the underlying legislation and with that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern thank you, mr. Speaker. I want to thank the gentleman from oklahoma, my friend, mr. Cole, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so recognized. Mr. Mcgovern i have nothing but the highest respect for my colleague from oklahoma, mr. Cole, and i know he wants this house to run better. But the fact of the matter is i feel bad that he has to defend this lousy restrictive and indefensible process. As i said last night in the rules committee, regular order in this house is dead. The current Republican Leadership has made it very clear that they have nothing but contempt for regular order. Todays appropriations package is only another example of that fact. Instead of considering bills one by one and allowing thoughtful debate and member input, Republican Leaders decided to call up eight appropriation bills all at once this week, and even set amendment deadlines while members were back in their districts for the august work period. In the rules Committee Republicans clocked 229 amendments for even coming to the floor on the four bills were talking about today alone. Those are democratic and republican ideas that wont be heard and wont be debated. Who knows how many more they will block on the next set of appropriation bills. Thats not the open promise we were promised thats not the open process we were promised by speaker ryan. Thats not regular order, my friends. Whats even worse than this terrible process is the substance of the bills being brought before us. They are filled with funding cuts and poison pill riders that attack womens health. Attack poor people, attack health care rights, repeal important financial reforms, undermine the Affordable Care act, make our land, air, and water dirtier, make our roads less safe, and undermine important civil rights protections. I could go on and on and on. These bills are political documents, mr. Speaker. They are read meat for the Republican Base which red meat for the Republican Base which think is around 15 of the American People. Thats right, mr. Speaker, the majoritys ideas are so unpopular that over 3 4 of the American People disapprove what they are doing here today. Thats not coming from any liberal or left wing source, that poll was released last week by fox news, you know the network you guys always watch. We all know we will need a continuing resolution to avoid a Government Shutdown on october 1. Why are we wasting the houses time on this partisan exercise when we should deal with the c. R. Oh, yes, we need to raise the debt ceiling, pass a budget, ten to Fund Hurricane Relief and so much more. Mr. Speaker, i am sick and tired of playing to the extremes. M sick and tired with this president picking a fight with a group of different people every week constantly trying to divide americans rather than unite us for the common good. The latest target are the dreamers. Dreamers are our coworkers, our relatives, our neighbors, and our childrens classmates. They have lived nearly their entire lives in america. They are part of the very fabric of our country. The decision to end daca is a cruel betrayal of their trust in the United States. It needlessly and stupidly robs us of the enormous talent, hard work, and ingenuity of these 800,000 young people. Ending daca is a loselose proposition for america and for us all. President trump vowed to show great heart in his decision and declared the dreamers could rest easy. Thats a lie and thats a etrayal. And shame on the Republican Leadership of this house that has avoided making daca a Permanent Program for nearly on the seven years. Shame on the Republican Party for voting against the dream act in 2010, even though it ultimately passed the house. Shame on the republicans in the senate for blocking cloture in 2010 when nearly seven years. Shame it was clear there were plenty of votes to pass the dream act then. Shame on the Republican Leadership of this house for not making daca a permanent law when president obama first initiated the program in 2012, shame on the House Republican leader for failing to take the senatepassed comme immigration bill for the last