By your holy spirit breathe into us a new spirit, shape this congress and our world according to your design that we may fulfill your holy will. Give the members of this peoples house the intent of open hearts and minds and through the diversity of ideas they may sort out what is best for this nation. Let them not be afraid of silence and even before they eak, they may heed yo revealedordith longing. Their speech be delivered be deliberately of all prejudice that others may listen wholeheartedly. Then their dialogue will be mutually respectful and the hope of bringing unity and justice. May all that we do be done for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina recognition . Mr. Wilson i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speaker approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Wilson i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order that a quorum is not present. The speaker further proceedings on this question is postponed. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from florida, mr. Rooney. Mr. Rooney 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 the chairill enrtain to 15 requests for oneminutepeeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Wilson i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Wilson mr. Speaker, im grateful for the thousands of dedicated citizens traveling to washington this week for the 45th annual march for life. The vision is of a world where every human life is valued and protected is one i support every day in congress. Earlier this month i had a chance to meet with ryan in columbia. Although his biological mother was raped, he gave ryan an opportunity to grow up in a loving and adopted family. He ensures the unborn van opportunity for fulfilling life. I also appreciate the commitment and enthusiasm of the South Carolina citizens for life executive director holly. Through her hard work and the efforts from the South Carolina citizens for life team, hundreds of people, including myself, gathered at the state house steps this month for standup for life rally with Bishop Robert of charleston and attorney general wilson. In conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. Congratulations to republicans nancy mace of charleston for your election tuesday to the South Carolina house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Higgins mr. Speaker, a continuing resolution to extend federal spending for one month may not pass because the president tweeted that he does not support funding for health care for nine million american kids. In is a terrible indictment and the congressional leadership thats again cowering to a pet lent, uninformed president , a president whos making a mockery of congress as a coequal branch of the federal government and that Congressional Republican leadership is complicit is a national embarrassment. I say congress should roll the president and force him to veto Childrens Health care. Mr. President , a continuing resolution is a failure to act. Its a failure to decide. It is a failure to lead, and it represents gross negligence as it relates to the basic duty of the institution of the United States congress. This is a sad day. Once again, congress capitulates to a petulant and pouting president. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. Franefrane members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president. For what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. To r. Speaker, i rise discuss h. R. 4770, the protecting and securing floridas coastline act, making the permanent the military mission line moratorium on oil and Gas Exploration in the eastern gulf of mexico. Why we do not want offshore drilling in the eastern gulf of mexico floridians do not offshore drilling, no democrats, no republicans, no rich people, no poor people, no nobody, and heres why. Mr. Rooney we have a tourist economy thats highly developed let me get the visual aid up here. There we go. We have a tourist economy and highly developed residential coast, bays and estuaries. Theres no place for commercial boats. The military doesnt want it either. Hence the military mission line, to protect their training and testing. Offshore drilling led to one of the most environmental disaster, the 2010 deepwater horizon failure. Which could happen at anytime. The effects are still being felt. You got to remember, tourism generates 50 billion a year in florida. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Rooney thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Ms. Kelly mr. Speaker, i rise today to thank one of my longest serving staff members, jay cho, who will be departing my team this friday. Jay volunteered to be part of my very first intern class. Jay grew to be a vital piece of my operation and in no short time i asked him to join my staff in a permanent capacity. He climbed through the ranks of my office serving as my legislative assistant and right hand in handling Technology Issues for the i. T. Subcommittee on oversight. Jay is the kind of person this congress and country need more of, forging relationships on both sides of the aisle, his efforts were critical in passing legislation to modernize Government Technology and make government websites mobile friendly. I am honored to have the privilege to work with jay. He served for nearly five years. I would like to thank him for his hard work and dedication. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition . I ask permission to address the house for one minand to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without bjtion, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Mrs. Mcmorris rodgers thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to celebrate a promise kept to the American People, bigger paychecks for two Million People and counting. Because of the tax cuts and jobs act, pay increases for 90 of American Workers are coming in february. For families in Eastern Washington and across the country, many living paychecktopaycheck who have felt left behind, this is a big deal. Imagine being that single mom who wakes up every day, takes her kids to school, goes to work in shops in downtown spokane, for her a bigger paycheck will mean she will have money in her pocket every single month. If she wants she can go back to school, buy a car, even throw a little into her kids lunch box. Mr. Speaker, the hardworking men and women of this country have been waiting for a fighting chance to get ahead, and thats what this tax cuts and jobs act is delivering. I invite all americans to learn fairandsimple. Gop. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman rise . To address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i stand here today to share the story of miguel of salem, oregon, and once ain urge republicans to include a clean dream act in this weeks shortterm budget extension. Mr. Schrader he was brought to the United States when he was 7 years old by his parents. For years lived in the shadows, not knowing whether college would ever be an option for him. In 2012 hi gell, along with nearly 800,000 young folks in this country, was able to apply for daca, and thanks to daca was able to earn not one but two bachelors degrees. He now works for a resource manager in salem. He pays taxes and he contributes to our community. Miguels future is uncertain ue to congressional leadership. 102 Daca Recipients lose their Legal Protections each day that allow them to go to school and work. Its Inhumane Congress continues to hold these young folks hostage for partisan political purposes. Lets do the right thing. Lets get a clean dream act passed so this country can move forward. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . To address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize three individuals who serve in local government in arizona, steve, bridgette and nora. This month steves colleagues on the board of supervisors voted to elevate him to chairman of the board and steve has served on that board since 2013. Last week the Gilbert Town Council chose bridgette as their vice chair. Bridgette has served on the council since 2015 and last thursday the Chandler City Council chose to appoint nora as their vice mayor. Mr. Biggs nora has served on the council since 2013. Mr. Speaker, serving in local government isnt always glamerous but these individuals and their colleagues demonstrate commitment to their constituents on a daily basis. Our communities are fortunate to have steve, bridgette and nora at these posts. I wish them well in the new roles and look forward to working with them in 2018. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Ayne mr. Speaker, republicans have got to start working with democrats to govern. We cant keep moving from one shutdown crisis to the next. Heres what we can do today right now. First, we can Work Together to keep the federal government open by pursuing bipartisan priorities of the American People, Funding Community health centers, permanently reauthorizing chip, providing Disaster Relief, and protecting dreamers. Lets do that, not for politics, but for people. Second, we can Work Together on a federal budget that raises caps for domestic spending. We should increase veterans funding so there is not a single veteran left behind in our great nation. We need to protect pensions, provide Disaster Relief funds for hurricane and wildfire victims, create goodpaying jobs and fulltime jobs for American Workers and protect health care. Lets create a bipartisan budget that is better a better deal for the American People. Mr. Speaker, it is too easy these days to be partisan and cynical. Let us the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Payne let us Work Together to keep the federal government open and functioning for the American People. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, this week thousands of americans are joining together in our Nations Capital for a common purpose, the march for life. Mr. Marchant this year marks 45 years since roe v. Wade legalized abortion in our country. Since 1974, generations of americans have braved the elements and marched on washington to pray for our nation and be the voice of the most vulnerable members of our society, the unborn. As a member of the prolife caucus, i will continue to fight for legislation that values and protects the sanctity of innocent life. I applaud these courageous participants and i stand with you in this movement. There is no more basic human right than the right to life. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition . Ms. Wasserman schultz i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Ms. Wserman schultz thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today in strong opposition to the absurdly title born alive survivors protection act. This bill is yet another attempt by the republican to intimidate women and providers of abortion care that are life threatening at worse. Time and again republicans have charged that politicians, not women and their doctors, know what is best for womens bodies. Enough is enough. Today is a reminder that womens reproductive rights are constantly under attack and i will never waiver in fighting back. This bill is completely unnecessary. It has always been illegal to kill newborn infants, and to suggest this legislation is anything more than redunddundant obstruction for women accessing health care is outrageous. Instead of spending time on unnecessary legislation, my republican colleagues should work with democrats to fund the government and protect 800,000 young people, our dreamers, from deportation to countries they have never known. Mr. Speaker, americans face actual real problems every single day so lets get back to work. Thank you. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. I rise today in support of h. R. 4712 the born alive abortion survivors protection act, which was introduced by marsha blackburn. This year is the 45th anniversary of roe versus wade. We have seen the number of abortions occurring in the United States growing each year. According to planned parenthood, 20162017 annual report, abortions make up 96 of the organizations pregnancy Resolution Service where Prenatal Services dropped significantly. Addition, planned parenthood has performed 1. 6 million abortions over the past five years. Now more than ever it is crucial we celebrate life by encouraging nd supporting prolife legislation. This bill affirmatively states if a baby is born after a failed abortion attempt, doctors must exercise the same medical care on that child. If doctors refuse to do so, they will be held criminally accountable for their actions. I believe we must give voice to the unborn and preserve the life and health of all children. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek regnition . Permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection. I recognize my friend magistrate he had gorin in the First District of kentucky in his service to the residents of Taylor County. He has served in many capacities from his membership on the local board and committee projects. He has been guided by his personal motto of working for the community. Through the years he has maintained a focus and worked tirelessly to better the libes of the residents by searching for the solution for greater number of citizens and spending money out of his own pocket. He has secured numerous benefits for Taylor County including a Volunteer Fire Department and recycling program which will impact the citizens of our community. He has established an tstanding legacy as a Public Servant and i express our dedication and gratitude for his contributions to Taylor County. Im honored to represent him and wish him well in his recovery efforts. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extd. The speaker pro tempe without objection. The gentleman is recognized for today to express my excitement that this body is taking a strong prolife stance and likewise this country is becoming increasingly prolife. This is not surprising since the view it is plainly obvious that we are not talking about a clump of cells. Advances in science and medicine make this more clear all the time. Mr. Davidson in addition to our votes to save babies with the necessary medical care when they are born alive following an abortion, tomorrow my office will be hosting prolife leaders and friends from ohios 8th district traveling to washington. Im proud to participate in the march where we will seek to get out the message that love saves lives. 60 million babies with all their potential have had their lives tragically cut short. I look forward to the day soun