The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 18, 0 the nays are 231. The amendment is not adopted. The chair the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute. Those in favor please say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. Accordingly, under the rule, the committee rises. The speaker pro tempore mr. Chairman. The chair madam speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h. R. 4617 and pursuant to House Resolution 650 report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. The speaker pro tempore the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the Union Reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h. R. 4617 and pursuant to House Resolution 650 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported from the committee of the whole . If not, the question is on adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. The question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. Third reading. The clerk a bill to amend the federal Election Campaign act of 1971 to clarify the obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by federal campaigns to detect and report such acts and for other urposes. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. Members will take their conversations off the floor. For what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise . Madam speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. The speaker pro tempore is the gentleman opposed to the bill . I am in its current form. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman qualifies. The clerk will report the motion. Mr. Davis i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. The speaker pro tempore is there objection . Without objection, the reading is dispensed with. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Davis madam speaker, i rise in support of the motion to recommit, a pr posal that would actually assist Law Enforcement in pursuing those individuals who seek to disrupt our elections. As opposed to the partisan bill weve been debating here today. I first want to address some of the accusations made here today about how my colleagues and i on this side of the aisle do not care about Election Security or how we are the only thing standing in the way of secure elections. This is simply not true. In the 115th congress, a Republican Controlled Congress appropriated over 400 million to the states and to d. H. S. Prior to the 2018 midterms to bolster Election Security. Allowing for unprecedented cooperation between d. H. S. And all 50 states in 1,400 localities. Earlier this year, 33 million was appropriated to d. H. S. To continue these assistance efforts. I also introduced a bill during the debate of the safe act that would provide even more funding for d. H. S. To combat nefarious activity. But last week, i introduced, along with many of my colleague the honest elections act which the entire basis for this notion recommit is based upon. So dont tell me that we on this side of the aisle are standing in the way. According to the report recently released by the senate intel committee, out of 1. 4 billion spent on digital ads in the election cycle, russia spent 100,000 over two years on facebook ads. The majority of those were not election ads. So they wouldnt necessarily be regulated by the honest ads act portion of shield. Therefore, not the speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Davis let me repeat, the honest ads act portion of shield will not address the real threat that we saw in 2016. My motion today strengthens and reforms the foreign agents registration act. Fara. To combat interference. It modernizes online political ad disclosure, monitors spending by foreign governments and ecourages states to stop the trend of noncitizen voting. I urge my colleagues to vote for this motion to recommit because i was given some advice by our colleague, mr. Simpson, from idaho, before we came up here. He said the more you talk, the fewer vote this is m. T. R. Will get. So lets make sure everyone goes back to their districts but first, first, vote for this motion to recommit. Vote to protect our elections from interference from Foreign Countries like russia, china, and others. Vote to hunt down those that attempt to interfere in our elections and vote finally to restore trust that the americans deserve in our institutions. I yield back after urging a yes vote on this motion to recommit. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise . Ms. Lofgren in opposition to the motion to recommit. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. Ms. Lofgren i would like to say that the motion to recommit should be opposed. It is so much weaker than the bill that we have an opportunity to pass to get foreign interference out of our elections so that millions of americans are not exposed unwittingly to the ads by the russian trolls. I would now like to yield the balance of the time to the gentleman from new york, mr. Rose. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The house will come to order. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Rose i rise in strong opposition to this blatant attempt to help foreign agents subvert our democracy. We stand the speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The house will come to order. He gentleman will suspend. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Rose we stand at the crossroads of history, foreign enemies have attacked our elections in a sweeping and systematic fashion, and theyre continuing to do so. We are faced today with a simple question. Should iran, russia, and china be allowed to interfere in our elections . Should they have should they have more of a say in who gets elected than our constituents . Let me tell you my answer. Our soldiers did not fight our enemies overseas just to watch them try and corrupt our democracy here at home. Im not sure when that became a controversial position but its a shame that it has. Protecting america should not be a oneparty issue. It should be what unites us. Not a cause for petty games but once again the Minority Party has decided it is more important to practice the kind of politics that put them in the minority in the first place. They have decided yet again the speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The house will come to order. Mr. Rose they have decided the speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Rose they have decided yet again to play yet another political stunt just like they played this morning in the skiff. And its the same exact thing. Thats your choice. My choice is to stand up and say american elections are for mericans only. The shield act puts forward Critical Reforms to improve our defenses against foreign influence and interference. The bill strengthens reporting requirements, closes loopholes and deters illegal foreign activity in our elections. Now i can understand if some of my colleagues are worried that they cannot win on a fair and level election playing field. But for all those who believe in free and fair elections, who swore an oath to protect and defend the constitution, i urge you to reject this m. T. R. And stand with the United States of america. Thank you, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. Does the gentlelady yield back . The question is on the motion to recommit. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The noes have it. Mr. Davis i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this fiveminute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by fiveminute votes on passage of h. R. 4617 if ordered and the motion to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 777. 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 nays are 225. The motion is not adopted. The question is on passage of the bill. Those in favor say aye. Opposed say no. The ayes have it. Mr. Davis i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is 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 nays are 1881. The gill is passed. Without objection. The motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from new york, mr. Nadler, to suspend the rules and ass h. R. 77 on which the the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk h. R. 777, a bill to reauthorize programs authorized under the debbie smith act of 2004. The speaker pro tempore the question is 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 vote, the yeas are 402, the nays are 1. 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. He house will come to order. The house will come to order. Members will remove their conversations off the floor. For what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise . Madam speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Madam speaker, friends, colleagues, and distinguished guests in the gallery, we are gathered here today on the 36th anniversary of the 1983 bay rut barracks bombing to honor 241 american heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. Mr. Pence the 241 names, 220 of which are my fellow marines, will be forever etched in our hearts and on the walls of the beirut memorial in jacksonville, north carolina. Although you may not recognize these names, they are names of sons, brothers, fathers, and friends. Although they are the names of true american patriots who came in peace and were stolen from us by an act of evil. They are the heroes who gave their lives to we could keep ours. Semper fidelis means always faithful. It is the motto of the United States marine corps. Today we remember the 241 Fallen Heroes of beirut. Today we remain faithful. At this time, i ask that all members and distinguished guests in the gallery rise for a moment of silence. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Hoyer i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourn today it adjourn to meet at 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow and further when the house adjourns on that day it adjourn to meet on monday, october 28, 2019, when it shall convene at noon for morning hour debate and 2 00 p. M. For legislative business. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. For what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition . Thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring to the majority leader the schedule for next week. The speaker pro tempore without bjection, so recognized. Mr. Scalise i also ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Scalise im happy to yield to my friend from maryland, the distinguished minority leader. Mr. Hoyer on monday, the house will meet at 12 00 p. M. For morning hour debate, 2 00 p. M. For legislative business, votes postponed until 6 30 p. M. On tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10 00 a. M. For morning hour debate, 12 00 p. M. For legislative business. On thursday, the house will meet at 9 00 a. M. For legislative business. Last votes of the week are expected no later than 3 00 p. M. We will consider several bills under suspension of the rules. A complete list of suspensions will be announced by close of business on friday. The house will consider h. R. 823, the colorado Outdoor Recreation and economy act, h. R. 2181, the chaco Cultural HeritageArea Protection act and h. R. 1473, the grand canyon centennial protection act. These three bills all recognize the need to protect some of americas most iconic and important public lands. The house, mr. Speaker, will also consider h. R. 4695, the protect against conflict by turkey act. This bipartisan legislation, cosponsored by the chair and Ranking Member they have Foreign Affairs committee, provides a strong targeted response to the crisis caused by turkeys invasion of northern syria. It sanctions senior turkish officials involved in the decision and those committing human rights abuses and penalizes turkish Financial Institutions involved in perpetuating president erdogans practices. Lastly, the house will consider h. Res. 296, affirming the United States record on the armenian genocide. I yield back. Mr. Scalise i thank the gentleman for yielding back. I would like the gentleman to walk through if he could the schedule in process for how the house will further proceed with impeachment inquiry. Mr. Hoyer if the gentleman will yield. I cannot respond at this point in time, we have not made the decision to move ahead. The committees are considering it. If they decide that the house should move forward we will make that decision. I yield back. Mr. Scalise again i ask the question i asked last week, are currently in an impeachment inquiry as the speaker said we are a few weeks ago . Mr. Hoyer i will respond as i responded last week, we are doing our constitutional duty of oversight of the administration and the actions of the president of the United States to determine whether or not there have been violations of law, whether the president has committed high crimes and misdemeanors, and when that those hearings are concluded, obviously they will make some determination and make recommendations to the house as they do with other matters that the committees consider. I yield. Mr. Scalise this determination moves forward, theres a growing cry for fairness and i know we talked a little bit about that last week. But we saw it again this week with more closed hearings. More hearings where both sides were not allowed the same equal rights that have always been provided in impeachment inquiries and of course when you look through our nations history, fortunately, there are not that many instances where congress had to try to impeach or inquire about impeaching a president. Three times. In all three cases it started with a vote of the full house and it started with a fair set of rules. And in the last two that were e most public, where you saw the proceedings on television, ou saw both sides vote for nixon, you had a democrat house and republican president , and then for the clinton impeachment, you had had a Republican House and democrat president. They used the same set of rules. Both sides got to call witnesses. Both sides got to subpoena. The president s Legal Counsel got to be in the room. And maybe most importantly, the public got to be in the room. Members of Congress Even if they werent on the relevant committees were allowed to watch these hearings. Thats not going on today. These hearings are going on in secret in a secret room, a number of my colleagues and i went down to see whats going on, to see the hearings, turned out what we found out in the skiff which is designed for classified briefings, it wasnt a classified briefing. The chairman himself acknowledged that it was not a classified briefing. In fact it included a department of defense official. Members of the Armed Services committee asked if they could be able to participate in that hearing and they were denied the ability. So when the press cant see whats going on, when the public cant see whats going on, when members of congress try to see whats going on and the chairman takes the witness and runs out of the room, it begs the question, what are they trying to hide . What kind of tainted document are they creating if it is an impeachment inquiry. And if its not then stop trying to use two different sets of rule. But if it is and the speaker herself is the one who said it is an impeachment inquiry, at a minimum, the same standards that have always been used for that serious of a process, the house of representatives has a constitutional ability to ultimately make this kind of decision. Again, its only been done three time bus in each of those cases, there were fair sets of rules used so you could actually find out what was happening and if there was something that reached the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Not based on what one person decided but based on everybody being able to present the evidence. Everybody being able to bring witnesses forward. And thats not happening right now. And it ought to change. And i would hope and ask the gentle