The speaker pro tempore on this 23 e yeas are the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 237, the nays are 189. He bill is passed. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Reminded that all visitors here are guests of the shows of opinion are against the rules of the house. He smotion on passage. The clerk senate 782, an act to reauthorize an the chimes against Children Task force program and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the howls suspend the rules will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned 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 vet, the yeas are 417, the nays are 3. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Madam speaker, i send to the desk a privilege red port if the committee on rules for filing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 553, providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution, house concurrent resolution 1, establishing the congressional budget for the United States government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fisscag years 2019 through 2027. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. The house will be in order. Members please take their conversations off the floor. He house will be in order. Members will please take their conversations off the floor. The chair will now entertain requestses for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. The gentlewoman will the ntlewoman will suspend the house is not in order. The gentlewoman will suspend. The house will be in order. Ouse is not in order. The gentlewoman may resume. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of the paincapable unborn Child Protection act a measure that will restrict abortions after 20 weeks. Substantial Scientific Evidence has proven that abortions inflight inflict pain on unborn children who reach 20 weeks. Ms. Tenney its also proven that at 20 weeks a child can survive outside the wound. Just last week i had the chance to meet micah pickering, who was born at 20 weeks. Hes now a 5yearold boy in kindergarten. This bill is a commonsense measure that will protect our next generation and end the egregious practice of lateterm abortions. During my time as a member of the new york state assembly, i was prime sponsor of the paincapable unborn Child Protection act and was honored to champion this bill in an effort to protect the most vulnerable in our society. I urge my colleagues to protect the sanctity of life by vote yeg on the pain capable unborn Child Protection act and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek ecognition . Ms. Kaptur during the august recess i held a field hearing to hear firsthand accounts from American Workers and farmers on what a regoirted nafta could mean for jobs in ohio and america. I would like to insert the testimony of the National Farmers association and the team steers local 416. Roger discussed the loss of american jobs to lowwage jobs and nick emphasized the need to outlaw child labor with stronger bor rights and calling for a trilabor National Secretary yacht. Im grateful for their contributions and listening to those can we move forward and bring jobs back to america and prevent exploitation of workers abroad. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee secretary recognition . Permission to address the house the house for one minute. Roe i acknowledge jim powell. Jim has devoted his life to many orthy endeavors to helping students achieve their dream of going to college. A teacher helped to apply for a scholarship. Jim and his wife opened a Construction Company which has been operating for the past 48 years and employs more than 500 people. All of this wouldnt have been possible without the kind of encouragement. In an effort, he created the Paul Foundation which has provided 4,000 scholarships to the east Tennessee State university. Our community is a better place to live and work. Jim exemplifies the spirit and i commend him for his contributions and wish him nothing but the best on his 80th birthday. Happy birthday, jim. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. Mr. Speaker, i rise to celebrate the life of one of my constituents who lost her life in sundays mass shooting in las vegas. She was described as her friends and family as an ambitious and hard worker and embodied the american dream. Her middle name means america in vietnamese. Her mother came from vietnam. Michelle would go on to graduate from u. C. Davis and before moving to eagle rock to work as an insurance agent. My heart goes out to michelle and her family and friends and the other victims of the las vegas shooting. Im heart broken and angry about the events in las vegas. These incidents are far too common and it is my hope that Congress Takes action to lessen these types of tragic events. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The nation stands in mourning over the tragedy in las vegas. No one ever wants to be in that situation. But it once again reminds us that when there is danger, our Law Enforcement officers run to it, not away from it. Mr. Harris we are going to hear many stories from that tragedy in las vegas, but many of them will concern those brave Law Enforcement officers who at the risk of their own lives protected and saved the lives of many, many others. So as we mourn the tragedy in las vegas, let us always remember and be thankful to those Law Enforcement officers who protect us each and every day. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. I rise today to share the morris. Leonardo he was an undocumented resident of oregon. He was brought here at 10 years old. His mother was a victim of Domestic Violence and needed to get away from her husband as possible. His mother left everything in order to pursue a better life. Leo has attended high school and graduated from college and pursuing a bachelors degree at western oregon university, he works fulltime helping Senior Citizens and individuals with disabilities Access Health care and food benefits. Leo was a cofounder of the Oregon Daca Coalition which raises awareness by empowering youth to engage in the democratic process. He considers himself an american and i do, too. We need to pass a clean dream act bill that will recognize leo and 800,000 dreamers as equal members in our community and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute. Its time we go after the perpetrators of online sex trafficking. A recent investigation revealed what i have been saying for been a website has wrongly interpreted and allows these sites to get away without criminal liability. Im cosponsoring legislation to target illicit. And it will empower Law Enforcement to combat sex trafficking. This is an important step to end the suffering of girls and boys, children, who are the victims of sex trafficking. Mr. Speaker, Law Enforcement needs more tools to put an end of exploitation and modernday slavery and camping down on web pages to advertise young girls for sex is crucial to holding them accountable. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Ms. Jackson lee in 1997 with a very, very bipartisan budget, reconciliation deal, we passed a magnificent statement about this nations commitment to children. And that was the Childrens HealthInsurance Program that all of us are so very proud of. It started in 1997 and now millions of children as the first Health Reform since medicare and medicaid, millions of children were able to get health care. They could be covered. Children with heart dell effects, children with various heard he tear or genetic diseases and children with cancer or leukemia or children injured on a playing field, children could be covered. It is time to reauthorize the Childrens HealthInsurance Program. I call upon the leadership to be able to establish martial law and pass the reauthorization of the Health Insurance program before we go home. Democrats have been pushing the leaders and been asking for the passage of the Childrens HealthInsurance Program. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewomans time has expired. Ms. Jackson lee i ask for its passage i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from Virgin Islands seek recognition . Ms. Plaskett permission to address the house the house for one minute. Rricanes irma and maria have wreaked havoc. The impact is yet to be assessed, the damage from these storms is unparalleled. They have lost homes and possessions, businesses have been lost. And in the coming months i ask all my colleagues approve the support needed for short and longterm relief. Tomorrow, the energy and Commerce Committee will consider legislation to extend the Childrens HealthInsurance Program for five years. I ask my colleagues to remember the people and children of Virgin Islands. Onethird of the children live below the Poverty Level before the hurricanes. After the hurricanes, our antipoverty needs will grow. We need medicaid and chip provisions to provide the Virgin Islands with additional funding and higher rates of matching funds so people of the Virgin Islands can remain covered. This in addition the federal Program Requirements will help the Virgin Islands with resources to build. Please remember the virgin islanders are americans, too just as constituents are across the country. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. The clerk leave of absence requested for ms. Rosen for today and tomorrow. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the request is granted. Under the speakers announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from california, mr. Garamendi is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. Mr. Garamendi mr. Speaker, there are so many things on the minds of americans, three hurricanes in a month, disasters in houston, florida, puerto rico , Virgin Islands and just heard our colleague from the Virgin Islands speak of the problems that that island has. Millions of americans harmed in so many ways, lives lost. Just yesterday, the tragedy in las vegas. Its hard not to focus only on those issues. But in many, many ways, las vegas aside, the issue of the hurricanes and what we will do are ricans Going Forward is on my mind and i suspect on the minds of many. As we review and figure out how to deal with those disasters and how we rebuild, i would like us all to keep in mind that our goal, in addition to bringing these economies back together again, putting people back in their homes, the businesses and the infrastructure, that we keep in mind that we ought to be looking for better jobs and better wages for all americans and certainly for those in the low and middleincome brackets, and a Better Future. Think about puerto rico. Their future. How do we make it a Better Future. Well, we certainly know there is a problem in much of america, stagnation of wages so higher pay becomes critically important. We need to deal with the cost issues that go into this and we need to make sure all americans whatever they may be, puerto rico, Virgin Islands, washington, virginia, whatever, that they have the tools to compete. Today we are going to take one hour and going to talk about ideas that are that need to be discussed here in the house of representatives. Legislation, existing programs, such as the jones act, shipbuilding and the like. I would like to ask my colleague representative boil to begin a discussion that our colleagues are introducing. Mr. Boyle i thank the gentleman from california. Before i have the opportunity to speak about that, i just want to say briefly what a contrast we see between the republican tax plan that was released last week and the bill that my colleagues, congresswoman schakowsky from illinois and congressman veezey and i will talk about it. The republican plan released last week, everyone has acknowledged it is a massive iveaway to the wealthy top 1 . It is a 79. 7 of the top 1 would get the benefit. But what most people dont realize, under that same tax plan, many middleclass families and workingclass families would see their taxes go up, not down. The same Nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimates that 30 of middleclass families would see their taxes go up. We did an estimate of my district in northeast philadelphia and suburban philadelphia, a majority of middle class and workingclass families in my district would see their taxes go up. All the pay to pay for a massive tax cut for the wealthiest 1 . That is wrong. Now contrast that with what were introducing this week, and i praise the leadership of my colleague, representative schakowsky who introduced this idea. We are doing the patriot employment act. Its bothered me as someone who has seen jobs leave my district and go oversea, go abroad, its bothered me that our tax code is an incentive for that sort of behavior that a company that closed a factory cha existed more than half a century in philadelphia and shipped over 300 jobs to mexico, theyre able to claim a few Tax Deductions while doing that. The patriot employer act closes those deductions and takes the money and devotes 100 of it to benefit those responsible employers, those companies that are providing jobs here at home in america, that are wellpaid, with good benefits. Now my colleague, congresswoman schakowsky, will go into greater detail about some of the aspects of the patriot employer act but i really think that this should be a bipartisan bill. Its a chance for our colleagues this other side, even administration, that says its concerned on the democratic side this of the aisle, support patriot employer act and reject e sort of wall streetdriven tax cook may nee ideas that give a massive tax cut to the wealthiest 1 and require working class and middle class families to pay for it. With that, i yield back to mr. Garamendi. Mr. Garamendi mr. Boyle, thank you so very much. I started off with a better deal, better wages, better jobs, or jobs at all, to make the make it in american agenda which weve been talking about here for five or six years, long before President Trump came along, involves tax policy and bringing to our attention tonight a tax issue that will create jobs in america and frankly no longer promote the offshoring of jobs. Another piece of our puzzle on making it in america and better wages, better jobs and Better Future, is something thats been much discussed in recent days, particularly with regard to the puerto rican situation, and that is the jones act. Joining me tonight to discuss the jones act, why it is important to america, why it is a major job opportunity and continuation for american mariners, American Ship owners, as well as americas ship yards, is my colleague from the state. F washington ms. Jey jey ms. Jayapal it was very good to see you in seattle. People know us for boeing, but they should know us for our port and all the maritime we have there. Obviously since Hurricane Maria hit last month, many of them have not had access to relief supplies, including food and water, many have lost their lives, its been heart breaking to watch. And we all stand united in pushing this administration to do Everything Possible ensure the people of puerto rico have access to relief supplies and that the