The passage of the bill. House republicans are now in a meeting working on a way forward on the continuing resolution with shortterm federal spending set to run out on midnight on friday. They are meeting here in the capital and gaveling back in shortly for votes on a couple of measures debated earlier today. They are discussing their plans on the continuing resolution. Funding the government past friday night. Billy house of bloomberg tweets that the plan now is for the c. R. To run through january 19, but House Republicans are still talking about it with their leaders in a meeting. He says that fisa, the temporary externed for that is to be attached to this continuing resolution. Rank anne file members have been told. Well have live coverage of the house here momentarily. Going to gavel back in. Stay here live at the capitol on cspan. On cspan were live on capitol hill. Republican members of the house are meeting on the continuing resolution. The shortterm funding measure, the current one, expires friday at midnight. Yesterday the rules committee had been meeting to discuss the rules for debate on the c. R. That meeting was canceled after a while because of yesterdays delibwrations on deliberations on tax reform. Ts likely the House Republicans will decide on a way forward. We understand also that the c. R. Will be taken up republicans will on thursday in the house, tomorrow in the house. Fox is tweeting about, are you seeing some of the members leaving that meeting, he says that a senior House Republican leaving the meeting on avoiding the Government Shutdown this weengd, quote, we just passed tax reform. At least give us two to three hours before you murder santa claus on the way to christmas. The tweet of chad of fox who covers the capitol. House is gaveling in. Well take you live there now for votes. 4, rule 16, i move when the house adjourns, it adjourn to meet at 9 00 a. M. On thursday, december 21, 2017. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion of the the gentleman from kansas. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The motion is agreed to. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order, the motion to recommit on h. R. 4015, passage of h. R. 4015 if ordered and agreeing on the speakers approval of the journal. The first vote will be 15 minutes and remaining votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is on the question on agreeing to the motion to recommit on h. R. 4015 offered by the gentleman from maryland, mr. Sarbanes, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will redesignate. The clerk motion to recommit offered by mr. Sarbanes of maryland. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to recommit. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute 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. ] 6 30. 6 30 the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 189 and the nays are 231 with zero answering present. The motion is not adopted. The question is on passage of the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. Mr. Speaker, on that i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those in favor of voting by yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. 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 the yeas are 238 and the nays are 182. The bill is passed. And without objection, mokes is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, the unfinished is the question on agreeing on the speakers approval of the journal. The question is on agreeing of the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. I ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays have been requested. Those in favor of the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be 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 the yeas are 217 and the nays are 194 with two answering present. The journal stands approved. The speaker pro tempore the house will come to order. Will all members please take their conversations off the floor. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Will all members take their conversations off the floor. Order, please. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Please remove your conversations rom the floor, please. The gentleman is correct. The house is not in order. It is appreciated. The chair recognize he the entleman from georgia. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Carter i recognize the mayor Sandra Martin for more than 30 years of Public Service. She is a talented Public Service and a better place to live. Wilmington is located which is home to the Fort Stewart Military base. Under her leadership, they took her challenges. And built her first city hall. Before that time, citizens needed to have a the speaker pro tempore dispense. The members should be heard. The house will be in order, please. Member will continue. Mr. Carter the city went from being a town on the side of the highway and coaching visitors to come in. Im proud to have a city official like mayor martin who is immensely dedicated to our area. Other mayors could learn from her examples. Nd i yield back. The speaker pro tempore who seeks recognition for oneminute speech . For what purpose does the gentlewoman from louisiana seek recognition . Without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. I rise today to honor and thank somebody who has been a key part of my team since i got elected into house leadership. He is the florida director for the whips office. Matt has been a member of our team and helped us through legislative victories and helping passing bills through the floor as we whip the bill to move the aagenda. Matt has worked not just in the whips office but worked for eric cantor and worked for the energy and commerce committee. He has dedicated 10 years of his life to Public Service with honor and integrity. Mr. Matt bravo has the full respect of not only on our side but the Democratic Leadership and a key part of our staff and has helped pass critical leadership and he is the best floor director. Jennifer and i i wish he and his wife all the best. I want to thank him for the time and the Public Service he has given in this house of representatives. Thank you matt bravo for the service you have given to us. I agree with everything he said. Maybe hes not the best floor director. I have pretty good one. [laughter] mr. Scalise well enjoy that disagreement. Mr. Hoyer one of the problems, he thinks that louisiana crabs are better than maryland crabs. Im pleased to join my friend, mr. Scalise, the majority whip, to thank matt bravo for the leadership he has given on this floor and particularly on behalf of my floor staff, with whom he has worked very closely, both when he was with mr. Cantor with whom i worked very closely ap mr. Scalise, we thank you for your service to this house. Every time i rise, i say whether its a democratic or republican staffer that works this floor, they work with all of us. And they work this a way that tries to facilitate the doing of the peoples business. They are not always as successful as they would like to be. It is the fault of the members, not the staff. Matt, i understand, that very well. E thank you for the very collegial, positive, constructive way in which you have worked with my staff, with the leader staff, with other staff on this side of the aisle as well as staff on your side of the aisle to assure that we can, to the best extent possible, work in a constructive way on behalf of the American People. Im sure you will be successful in future endeavors as you have been here and very, very successful indeed. I thank the majority whip for yielding. I yield back and i wish matt bravo the very best. I thank the democratic whip and the way we work together. And most occasions where were working together on things. Ap and even in those times, our staffs have a great working relationship and trust level that is really important to the house getting its business done. And would the whip yield. Without objection, mr. Speaker, i would be horpped to yield to the chief deputy whip, mr. Mchenry. Mr. Mchenry its a special pleasure to come and speak to to the career of a great Public Servant, matt. He has worked here for 11 careers. Working for f as leader cantor and held various roles in the Leaders Office as well as important work on the energy and commerce committee. He has a great sense of. He is better at golf than he is at his jokes. And we lo matt bravo. But we know his true character and know how he works intense to grind out the votes to get 18. Matt, we know you will be successful. We thank you for your friendship and your service to this house on both sides of the aisle. The respect that youve gained is immense and we congratulate you on this next phase and thank you for this service and to your government, the United States of america. E thank you brother. Mr. Scalise his lovely wife summer is in the balcony and tharpg you that you lend him to us. Best of luck. Thank you mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Address the house for one minute. Thank you mr. Speaker. The republicans showed their values. Mr. Cohen gave 83 of the dollars to the upper of the andr strata in this country Real Estate Developers and gave people who are extremely wealthy the opportunity to will more money to their children or whoever they choose. 11 million break. It has been sad sitting watching the republicans being aiders and abetters to demean the americans. And probably in the tension of firing him and wake them up to the fact our country is in jeopardy and shouldnt help the russians to get away to change our elections and interfere with our values. America first, russia last, protect bad mueller. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman recognition . Mr. Poe hezbollah is not only a tries group but a criminal group that has arms dealing. It is raised 5 billion through criminal activities. Times of hezbollah cocaine make their way into the United States every year, but the past administration refused to designate iranians proxy making it possible to prosecutor them in the United States. They delayed and denied the requests to designate the drug dealing and arms dealing. Why . So iran would not back out of the nuclear deal. In 2016, the white house even let a hezbollah arms dealer with connections to putin go free. Thats why representatives cook and myself sent a letter urging him to designate hezbollah as a criminal organization and kingpin entity. No more back room deals. We must change it. Hezbollah terrorists and trls ought to be prosecuted and thats just the way it is. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Members will take their conversations off the floor. For what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Without objection for one minute. The tax bill we passed today is little in common with what speaker ryan described to us yesterday. And not what they wrote the bill to do. Mr. Beyer i have paid payroll for two weeks and invested in plant and equipment. I voted no to realize that without our people, our employees, we have nothing. I would be enthusiastic with a tax bill that put more money in their pockets. We have 381 hardworking men and women, but not a single one will benefit. But everyone will be affected by the medical insurance rates which this bill will drive up. Everybody will be at risk with their tax rates to expire. Our children and grandchildren will suffer as they continue to balloon the federal debt. This is the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of our country. This is a very sad day for the country i love. The speaker pro tempore please take your conversations off the floor. Members will take their conversations off the floor. For what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . Without objection, joorked for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the loovebs of two navajo de talkers, george b. Willie senior who are passed away in my home state of arizona. Mr. Willie and mr. Draper enlisted in the marine corps and were in multiple battles. They used the language to transmit and receive messages that couldnt be transmitted. This was a great advantage. In 2001, both mr. Willie and mr. Draper were awarded the silver middle for their selfless devotion to duty. They will be remembered for generation its. We will be forever grateful for their dedication. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute. Reason reason a tax bill passed by the house embodies that americans hate dislike by congress. And it relies on special interests and faulty disproven assumptions. The plan slashes tax rates and the superwealthy and leaves hardworking americans in the th Congressional District to pay the bill. It penalizes taxpayers in california and other blue states for investing in our schools, in our roads and in our Public Services. Mr. Lowenthal and it cruelly hits children, seniors and lowincome americans by putting at ritching, medicare, medicaid, snap and social security. I could not and i proudly did not vote for this disastrous piece of legislation. I will not forget the way the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Lowenthal thank you. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The house will be in order. For what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Payne mr. Speaker, i rise to honor a Public Servant from my district in union county, new jersey. Is freeholder right she depan her Public Service in 1966 asal title 1 teacher at Jefferson School in Union Township, new jersey. For 36 years she educated the Public School children. Then in 2012, the people of Union Township sent their educator to represent them on he union county of the constituents. It is best characterized by her unselfish devotion to the constituents that she represents. As recognition for her dedicated work and selfless service, she has been awarded freeholder of the year award and chester home humanitarian award. She is a model for the next generation of Public Servants. I ask my colleagues to join me to unite in a dinner in her. Onor for freeholder wright member horpped to be her of congress. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. I rise today to honor the torenze who lost his battle with cancer. He found his passion for academics once he met and fell in life with his wife jenelle while attending college in warsaw, indiana. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The house will be in order. Please take conversations off the floor. He earned his masters from ashland university, he began his career as a math teacher and advanced to assistant principal. Mr. Veasey in 2013 he was named principal of the young mans Leadership Academy at Grand Prairies Kennedy Middle School and in 2014 he was named principal of grand prior rehigh school. Et us all learn from his lesson, always be kind be courteous be what a gopher is. I want to extent my prayers to his family and the Grand Prairie high school community. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. Ms. Jackson lee i rise this evening to celebrate the life of a dear friend, the honorable peter brown, former councilmember at large for the city of houston. Tomorrow, hell be memorialized in houston, texas. It saddens me i wont be able to join him and his family and the many, many houstonians and friends that will come to honor him. And the reason is because peter brown was houstons chief champion. He loved houston. He loved to talk about mobility in houston and he was even before most houstonians understood the value of light rail, peter brown was on the forefront. He was an architect , he understood beauty and planning. He had a humorous and wonderful touch but he also was serious and stern when it came to planning and the environment. Peter brown wanted to see houston as it is and continues to be a world class city. Before we spoke of greenery and all the things that make a city great, the parks, green space, peter brown was doing so. Peter brown was also a dear friend to me, my family and so many others. He