This critical legislation expense government funding through february 16. Our current funding expires congressnight, and if does not pass the bill in the president is not signed into law the for then, the government will shut down. It is our duty to prevent that be surepening, and to the American People have access to Government Programs and services they depend on. The additional time, just under one month, will allow congressional leadership in the white house to come to a final agreement. Languagealso includes that would continue the Childrens HealthInsurance Program through fiscal year 2023 , to help children from low income families get better and ensure they have healthy, happy futures. The proposal will extend several healthcare related tax provisions. Chairman, the continued resolution is not the preferred way to conduct a nations fiscal business. It is this point, absolutely necessary to avoid a costly and destabilizing Government Shutdown. It is my hope that this will be the last resolution. That we can complete our appropriations work for fiscal year 2018 in short order. It is critical that we can act all 12 funding bills to ensure that our armed forces have the resources they need. Our Government Supports and maintains programs that are important to the lives and livelihoods of all americans. Mr. Chairman, i urge yes on this critical legislation. Mr. Speaker, id yield myself such time as i may consume. Trumps trekident coney and budget was released, democrats have warned republicans that a bipartisan toget agreement was needed adequately invest in American Families and communities. Agreement,udget programs as diverse as head prevention, are a in danger of inadequate funding at best. Leadership and the white house have no appropriation strategy other than endless continuing resolutions. Mr. Speaker, the most powerful country in the world is now being completely run by a , andlican government cannot keep the lights on for more than four weeks at a time. How did we get here . Is there anypasses reason to believe we will not be back in the same place next month, stumbling from one crisis to another . This is an irresponsible way to govern. Attempting to avoid a shutdown every month denies federal agencies budget certainty and wastes taxpayer dollars. Several of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have lamented the damage inflicted on our military. I agree with them. Yet, time after time, they vote for the exact same strategy they the mont. I encourage my colleagues to take action on immigration and spending caps that would lead to responsible funding bills that keep americans safe. Unconscionable that instead of helping advance a solution to this impasse, the president personally reneged on his word and rejected a bipartisan compromise on immigration. Protection of American Teens and young adults from impending deportation to a country they do not know is the key to unlocking a bipartisan spending agreement. How can we expect to ever fund the government responsibly when the president cannot be trusted to keep his word . The majority has failed to address a number of high priority items, like funding to combat the Opioid Epidemic, pensions, funding for community and theenters, continuing resolution lacks an byortant anomaly requested the administration to provide additional disaster loans to the Small Business administration. Without this language, the Small Business administration will run out of funds by the end of january, and will be unable to continue approving loan applications from puerto rico. How theds, this is not appropriations process is supposed to work. It is time to protect young caps, and lift budget allow all of our Committee Members to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Dollars, weasting should instead immediately pass a budget agreement and help dreamers, which would facilitate funding bills. Speaker, and i reserve the balance of my time. Tomembers are reminded refrain from engaging against personalities against the president. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I am in strong support of this bill. This continuing resolution will give us time to negotiate budget addresses. Lets be very clear, if this does not pass now, the federal government will shut down this week. Know, as the chairman said, short term csrs are not something we want to do. But again, if this what does not pass now, a federal government will shut down. This is no time to shortchange our first responders, our military, as we continue to recover from natural disasters throughout our country. And, again, response to the threats that face us abroad. This is no time to shut down the federal government. Allow to shut down and put all of that in jeopardy. It allows us to continue to vulnerableost families, especially our veterans. This is not the time to let them down by shutting the federal government down. It also funds medical care for millions of children. And supports missions of critical defense activities. This is not the time to let them all down and shut down the federal government. This shortterm csr will allow us to Work Together to find common ground. Something else, mr. Speaker. I want the country to know that we also have to solve the issue of active. Of daca. Fault,des have been at of refusing to sit down in good faith to negotiate a solution. It is not time now for political games and gamesmanship and politics. We need to be able to solve the issue. We cannot do that if the government is shut down. , for time for leadership courage. That sit down, work out our differences, and secure the border and help these young kids. It is essential that we do not allow the federal government to shut down. Voting against this resolution is a vote to shut down the federal government. I believe that would be highly irresponsible, so i urge a strong yes vote. Mr. Speaker, i am pleased to yield to the gentleman from maryland. I thank this young lady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we are now four months into the fiscal year. This is our fourth continuing resolution. The gentleman says now is the time to work example. Every democrat voted to extend the fiscal year by 90 days. Nothing was worked out. Why . Because you spend all your time giving 83 of the resources to the richest people in america. Republicans control all the levers of the legislative process. The house, the senate, the white house. They have the votes on their own to keep the government open or choose to shut it down, as they did by policy some years ago for 16 days. We do not want to shut down the government. Keeping the government open is the most basic responsibility of any governing majority. This majority has not sent a single appropriation bill to the president. Not one. Time trying toir repeal the Affordable Care act. That is all they did. After failing to do so, they asked for more time in september, and everyone of us voted to give them that time. They squandered it. The asked for two more extensions, and they squandered that time. Want another time to squander more time. So, here we are again, mr. Speaker. Americans are right to be orstrated by the inability unwillingness of the Republican Congress to do its job and keep the government open. You have the authority to do it and the responsibility to do it. Get the votes. Even some republican lawmakers are openly expressing the frustration with their own leadership. Let me quote mark meadows. He hit the knell on the head when he asked, what is the plan . When our regard going to deal with immigration . When are we going to deal with spending . At what point do you quit kicking the can down the road. This is mark meadows, a republican, not me. Democrats do not want the government to shut down. Can i have one additional minute . We do not have the power to shut it down either. That is entirely in the hands of the majority. Way, on the previous resolution, 90 of your members voted against. You think its any easier to run a nondefense agency with a cr . You are wrong if you think that. I hope that they are equally worried about the impact of doing one shortterm funding bill after another. Americans are frustrated that their congress cannot agree on it. He said, yes we will increase military. That was his deal. Paul ryan, the speaker. Paul ryan, make your deal again. And he wont do it. Instead he just wants to keep kicking the can down the road. Once, twice, thrice, now four times. Want, as the previous speaker said, all dreamers to stay in this country. To prevent 9 million children from losing their Health Insurance. You want to blackmail us into passing something that we dont like do not think is good for the country. Grexit your time has expired. You want to pass chip, but you do not want to pass the Community Health centers. Many chip children will have no place to go. So why dont republican sit down and reach an agreement . I urge my colleagues across the aisle, do not shut down the government. Use your majority not to delay, but to govern. Democrats are ready to work with throughout,ave been to compromise on our most pressing challenges. We voted to give you 120 days to do that. Now you want some more time. You have come to the door and and your some take, neighbor says come back tomorrow. You come back tomorrow ask for the same thing, and he says come back tomorrow. You go back the same thing. Come back tomorrow. Republicans are saying come back tomorrow, im back tomorrow, come back tomorrow, but there has been no tomorrow. Members are reminded to address their statements to the chair. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The previousfrom speaker how eager our democratic colleagues are to shut down this government. Thishe votes to keep government open, as we will not provide them. Get the votes to provide health children,term for our because our democrat colleagues will not provide one vote. A vote to delay the damaging impact of obamacare. You get those votes republicans, it is very not going to give you even one of them. It is sending jobs out of america overseas. Republicans, because we will not support it with our vote. It is regrettable, because these are bipartisan issues, and politics are shutting this government down. I urge my democrat colleagues to stand with republicans on behalf of children, families, and workers. Keep this government open. I yield back. Mr. Speaker, i am very pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio. Recognized for two minutes. I thank the Ranking Member for yielding to me at this time. Side, just say that our the republicans have 238 votes. They have the vast majority. You only need 218 votes. If you wanted to pass it, you can do it right now. You could have done it a month ago, two months ago, three months ago. But there is something fundamentally wrong on that side of the aisle. Now, in football you would call this fumbling the ball. In baseball, you would call it flooding the ball. Honestly, if you cannot consult with our site of the aisle, why would you expect anybody would want to work with you anyway. You treat us like we are from, i dont know, borneo. I really cannot understand why you are putting the republic through all these contortions. You do not have a budget. We have been asking for a budget. And you do not make decisions about departments until you have a budget, because you might underfund a department or over fund another department. We want to do this in an orderly way, but our republican friends hope the government will function with no road that. Are they really asleep behind the wheel . , andsure are careening they might even hit a brick wall. If the republicans cannot put together a framework agreement, it is safe to say they fumbled and flubbed every opportunity they had. It reminds me of the looney tunes character elmer fud. They cannot even catch bugs bunny when he is staring them right into the face. 8 when hope on september we voted the first time for a shortterm extension that you can actually reach an agreement. But here we are and we still do not have an agreement. Your time has expired. You are recognized for an additional 30 seconds. Are, one day before the risk of another shutdown, and their fiddling is unprecedented. They do not have a framework, cannot make decisions, and dont consult with our site. Not only have they failed to pass a budget, they have added a trillion more dollars to the deficit and longterm debt because they wanted to give tax giveaways to all of their donors. I urge my colleagues to oppose this effort and demand action for a final fullyear funding plan. Responsible and what the American People expect. Members are again reminded to address their comments to the chair. Mr. Speaker, please yield three minutes to mr. Bolton from oregon. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I am not quite sure what the people of borneo did to disturb the wrath of my colleagues from ohio, or perhaps she can explain later to them. Here is the deal. The energy and Commerce Committee did work across the aisle, or attempted to, to fully fund the Childrens HealthInsurance Program. To fully fund Health Centers. Every step of the way my colleague and friend asked me to work with them. We tried. Cannot reach a full agreement, what we tried. We worked in good faith with each other. 15 democrats on the house floor voted to extend Childrens HealthInsurance Program for a full five years. That equals the longest extension. Senate,it over to the but unfortunately they could not find agreement. So we came back and we kept extending it. Way, mrs. Pelosi said will we are doing today by putting full funding into the Childrens Health insurance , is, and i quote, a bowl doggie do with a cherry on top and calling it is sunday. Today ton opportunity help of the leadership of the Appropriations Committee, to fully fund our Childrens HealthInsurance Program for a full six years. This is the longest extension in history. So when you vote no today, as you all are apparently going to do, your voting to close the government and deny our states, and more importantly children and pregnant women, access to Childrens Health insurance. The notices are on your terms. Let me tell you what the childrens hospitals have said to congress. Kids cannot wait, funded ship now. Congress has a chance to pass a longterm extension of chip that will provide security for millions of kids. A sixyear extension of chip. Childrens hospitals support a longterm extension of chip, and urge congress to take this opportunity to pass chip this week. Keep the government open. That is the question for us today. The rest is just political rhetoric. So lets fund chip. Its take care of our famils and friends and keep the government open. And Commerce Committee. Will youwill you voted against them every time this year. Every time. Now, where i come from, you vote for whats in the bill, not whats not in the bill. I wished we had a balanced Budget Amendment to the constitution in this bill. I wish we fully funded our military for the rest of the year in this bill. I wish we, by an act of congress, gave texas a m the National Championship in football in this bill. Thats not going to happen. What is in this bill . We fully fund the Childrens HealthInsurance Program for every state of the union and the territories for six years. Never been done before. Fully fund Childrens Health insurance for every state and territory in the union for six years. At existing levels, increased and it increases each year for the next six years, its fully paid for, fully offset. And not every democrat, but almost every democrat has voted against that already twice. If they vote against it this evening, theyll vote against it for the third time. Im the macker manager of the republican baseball team. If you miss it three times, normally means youre out. I hope that some of my friends on the Minority Side will tonight vote with us to fund schip and to fund the government for the next month. Im one of the republicans that supports daca. Im on the dreamer act. Im also on the republican alternative. I would love to vote for daca. But the deadline for daca is not until march. The schip programs expired in september. We need to pass this c. R. And send it to the senate. Vote yes. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from new jersey reserves. Members once again are reminded to please address their comments to the chair. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im very pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from minnesota, the Ranking Member of the interior subcommittee of appropriations, ms. Mccollum. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. Ms. Mccollum mr. Speaker, i rise in opposition to this legislation, which ignores the urgent need of the American People. The federal governments fiscal year started october 1 of last year. But instead of fulfilling a responsibility to fund our government in a too manyly manner, in a timely manner, President Trump and the republicans spent months working to pass their tax scam. Now, because they didnt do their jobs, mr. Speaker, republicans are asking us to vote to kick the can down the road again. This is no way to run a government. The American People deserve immediate action on Critical Issues that matter to our country. We need a budget agreement in order to do that. We need to keep our government open. We need to meet the needs of the communities and the hardworking people. We need to enact r