amendment. also today creating a national women's history new mue seem as part of the smithsonian. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by rev. dr. haplain, cheryl coleman hall, nineteenth street baptist church,, ashington d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. god of infin it wisdom, of faithfulness of mercy of justice and love, we gather in this place at this by grace and we are grateful. we pray for clarity of blind for the work of service that must be accomplished by each one here. we pray that they will use today wisely, for today will become yesterday and today is creating tomorrow. we pray that broken places are made straight and the bridges we are building are strong and mighty for we must all work upon them. we pray for the persons who support them, the family members as they carry out the awesome responsibilities that bring brothers, sisters, communities and countries. as we gather charged with the awesome responsibilities for which we have been called, we are reminded of all that is divine, all that is good, all that is merciful in each of us and we pray each of us are able to declare at the end of the day with sincere heart, may the works be done speak for me. for the one who is the light that is showing in the darkness that cannot be extinguished, we offer this prayer, amen. the speaker pro tempore: chair and announces to the house her approval thereof. journal. the pledge of the allegiance will be led by the gentleman from arkansas, mr. crawford. mr. crawford: 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 ustice for all.. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hillingins: this week marks the 119 anniversary of the tragic creash of continental flight 437. on february 12, 2009, the flight crashed in new york killing all passengers and crew members onboard and one person on the ground. national transportation safety board determined the crash was due to pilot error and inexperience. thanks to tireless advocacy of the families of flight 4307 who lost loved ones in the crash reforms like 15 hours of flight training for first officers have been enacted. however, more than a decade later we still anxiously await implementation of the pilot records database to allow airlines to access records of pilots applying for jobs. western new york will never forget light 3407 and neither should congress. i urge my colleagues to continue to strive for one level of safety and remain didgevidgeleant about aviation safety standards. thank you -- vigilant about aviation safety standards. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: thank you, without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to commemorate the life of my close friend, billy sue, who passed away on sunday evening. she was a lifelong public servant, political pioneer, and devout follower of jesus. she was a nationally board certified teacher. across five decades and four schools were blessed to find themselves in the classroom. mr. crawford: her passion for teaching cannot be extinguished coming out of a well deserved retirement a few years ago to go back in the classroom. her service to the community extended to public office as well. she was appointed by the governor as justice of the peace on the court and commissioner for the angack educational television network. under her leadership, the county flipped all legislative seats and well over half of county wide officers. in 2017, she was awarded the highest discontinuing given by the arkansas g.o.p. she's survived by her four children and seven grandchildren. i ask congress to join me in offering condolences to her family. god bless her memory. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. last week donald trump came on to this house floor, looked the american people in the eye, and he stated, we will always protect your medicare and we will always protect your social security. mr. lieu: that statement is false. we know that statement is false laws donald trump released his budget. and the donald trump budget cuts over $1.5 trillion there medicare, medicaid, and social security. let me say that again. the donald trump budget cuts over $1.5 trillion from medicare, medicaid, and social security. the donald trump budget cuts over $1.5 trillion from medicare, medicaid, and social security. the donald trump budget cuts over $1.5 trillion from medicare, medicaid, and social ecurity. the donald trump budget cuts over $1.5 trillion from medicare, medicaid, and social security. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i move unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, madam speaker. congratulations to charles mccade, a freshman at a.c. florida high school in columbia and next sunday charles will receive the extraordinary award of eagle scout from troop 10 at east minister presbyterian church. he's preceded by his brother, as well as usins, his uncle. in earning this prestigious honor with the boy scouts of america. charles has also been elected the senior patrol leader in troop 10 serving with scout master buoy as well as being elected to the order of palmetto. as the father of four sons who are eagle scouts, i'm grateful to teand scores of honors such as for charles. this weekend it was inspiring to be with andrew at st. sigh on and st. jude episcopal church. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism led by donald trump. congratulations to so much dawn staley on your continuing victories for the gamecock women's basketball. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. 60 years ago this month four african-american students from north carolina at&t performed a simple yet profound act. they sat at woolworth's lunch counter in front of a dedessable whites own sign. they were called rabble rousers, troublemakers, and worse. they did not yield. in the days that followed, more students joined them, including my friend, clarence henderson. by continuing to sit they were standing up for their god-given constitutional rights as americans. mr. budd: they may not have known it at the time, but their act of courage lit a fire of freedom that spread across our country, all wait to the steps of the lincoln memorial where martin luther king jr. spoke to us about his dream of a more just tomorrow. this black history month we remember the brave sacrifices that were made by so many. so that each and every american would never again be judged as dr. king said, by the color of our skin but instead by the content of their carketemplet i yield back. -- character. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from it pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: madam speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to congratulate the butler county community college on the recent achievement. the college was recognized as the number one community college in pennsylvania. it was quite an achievement, but the community college is no stranger to success. for the fifth time since 2015, bccc has been recognized as the best of the best in the commonwealth. this annual accolade presented by the best colleges.com assesses academic quality, affordability, and online competency to determine who provides the best overall experience for students. butler county community college of all for arners a 21st century work force. thanks to this model, bcc students are graduating with more students and less debt. i'm proud of the educational excellence at butler county community college has offered its students in the surrounding area. and they are certainly well deserving of this recognition. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lamalfa: last month the health and human services issued a notice of violation to my home state of california that is in direct violation of the weldon amendments by requiring all health insurers to cover abortions in their plans. governor newsom has 11 days left to comply with federal law by repealing the abortion mandate or risk losing important federal funds. in the shadow of the 47th anniversary of roe vs. wade it is important we buck the status quo that increasingly takes human life for granted. while governor newsom continues to blatantly disregard people's personal and religious views, i will continue to stand here as part of the fight to make sure americans are never forced to pay for other people's abortions. i urge goff gf newsome to quickly repeal california's abortion mandate and get back in line with the rule of law. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. harris: madam speaker, great news on the economy this week. the economy added 225,000 jobs in january. and unemployment for americans is at a 50-year low. but the booming economy has resulted in worker shortages throughout the economy. whether it's for aubrey vincent of lindy seafood or allen jones at manner view farms. right now there are simply more seasonal jobs open than americans available to fill them. and tens of thousands of full-time american jobs rely on the availability of sufficient temporary visa workers to meet temporary labor needs. today i rise to thank the trump administration for its past decisions to release extra temporary advise yeas. i realize that congress should determine the numbers needed and included that in legislation, but congress failed. and that's why, madam speaker, i rise to ask the administration to continue to support these seasonal businesses and release an adequate number of h-2-b visas. yield back. t the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition in ms. scanlon: by direction of the committee on rules i ask for immediate consideration. the clerk: house resolution 844, resolved thatresolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2546, to designate certain lands in the state of colorado as components of the national wilderness preservation system, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments specified in this section and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on natural resources. after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on natural resources now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 11650 shall be considered as adopted in the house and in the committee of the whole. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. no further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. each such further amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. all points of order against such further amendments are waived. at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the house with such further amendments as may have been adopted. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. section 2, upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the joint resolution, h.j. res. 79, removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution are waived. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the judiciary now printed in the joint resolution shall be considered as adopted. the joint resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without instructions. section 3, house resolution 842 is hereby adopted. section 4, on any legislative day during the period from february 14, 2020, through february 24, 2020, a, the journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved, and, b, the chair may at any time declare the house adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article i of the constitution, to be announced by the chair in declaring the adjournment. section 5, the speaker may appoint members to perform the duties of the chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 4 of this resolution as though under clause 8-a of ule i. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from pennsylvania will be recognized for one hour. ms. scanlon: for the purposes of debate only i yield 30 minutes to the the gentlewoman from arizona pending which i yield myself time i may consume. all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. on mopped, the rules committee meant and recorded a rule house resolution 844 providing for consideration of two measures, h.r. 2546, protecting america's wilderness act and removing the deadline of ratification of the equal rights amendment. the rule provides for h.r. 2546 under a structured rule with one hour debate equally divided controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on natural resources and makes in order 12 amendments and provides one motion to recommit. e rule provides for h.j.res. 79 with one hour of debate by the committee on the judiciary and provides one motion to recommit. the rule deems as passed 842 a simple majority is needed for passage of h.j.res. 79. and provides the district work period instructions from february 14 through february 24. it has been almost 100 years since the equal rights amendment was first introduced into congress. it has been 45 years since it was passed by congress. and this year as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, it defies logic that we are still in a holding pattern when it comes to recognizing the equal rights of women under the united states constitution. i'm proud to overis see the rule sufficient nd the pioneers set out to pass the equal rights amendment they had a long and fierce battle ahead of them sm the first version of the e.r.a. was introduced in 19 23. when the amendment was finally approved in 1972, the preamble to the amendment contained a seven-year deadline for ratification. 35 of the 38 states ratified the e.r.a. in the state legislatures during that initial seven-year time line and had broad bipartisan supports in congress and presidents nixon carter and forward. a the e.r.a. did not be constitutional amendment is up to debate but it was due to nti-femnists who sought to trample on the rights of all women to control their reproductive health and participate as equal members of our society in protecting the traditional values of a privileged few. in the years that followed, courts have recognized and protected the various aspects of women's aqult through interpretation of the 14th amendment equal protection clause. as justice scalia recognized, nothing in our constitution as currently written forbids discrimination on the basis of sex. therefore final passage and ratification of the e.r.a. is critical to guaranteeing rights to me, to you and to my daughter and women and girls across this country. we will not go back. this would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. laws changed as do the people interpreting them but we are governed by our constitution. the rights given to us through the constitution or unalienable. we hear that discrimination against women is already illegal. it might be more persuasive it was presented by a party if anything less diverse than it was in the 1970's. when it is a white male and conservative base, that party might not understand the needs for basic additional constitutional protections. women continue to face obstacles to full equality including unequal pay, pregnancy and sexual and domestic violence. one in three he women experience sexual violence. one in five women are sexually assaulted on college campuses nd 56% of girls in grades 7-12 are harassed in any given school year. women have faced sexual harassment with black and brown women diss proportionately impacted. women are paid less for equal work. women are treated differently in job interviews and can be determined a burden to a company if they are pregnant and this is compounded when we look at women of color and women with disabilities. men make 0 cents to a man's dollar. nd b