Leader wants to do . Host lets get an answer. Well leave this here and return to live coverage of the u. S. House. Postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order. The motion to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 3354 ordering the previous question on House Resolution 1194 and adoption of House Resolution 1194 if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conduct as a 15minute vote, pursuant to clause 9, remaining votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion for the jam from kansas to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 3354, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk 3354, a bill to designate the facility of the United StatesPostal Service located at 220 north hatcher avenue in percyville, virginia, as the secretary of state, Madeleine Albright post office building. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. 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. ] the speaker pro tempore on vote, the yeas are 371, the nays are 28. With three recorded as present. 2 3 being being aactive, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 1194 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk as calendar number 74, House Resolution 1194, resolution provided for consideration of the bill House Resolution 6492, to amend the Energy Policy and conservation act to prohibit the secretary of energy from prescribing any new or amended Energy Conservation standard for a product that is not technologically feasible and economically justified for private purposes, provided for consideration. To require a Citizenship Question on the census to require recording on certain census statistics and to modify apportionment of represent to be based on United States citizens instead of all persons provided for consideration of the joint resolution, house joint resolution 109, provided for disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States code of the rules submitted by the securities and Exchange Commission related to staff accounting bulletin number 121, and providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 2925 to amend the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1993 to provide for security of tenure for use of activities and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering a previous question on the resolution. Members will record their vote 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 204. The nays are 200. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. For what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . Mr. Neguse we 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 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 on this vote the yeas are 205. The nays are 199. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from california rise . Mr. Speaker, by direction of the democratic caucus, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 1204, resolved, that the following named i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the resolution is agreed to. And the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The house will come to order. Please take your conversations off the floor. Pursuant to the order of the house of may 6, 2024, the Unfinished Business is the further consideration of the veto message of the president on the house joint resolution 98. The clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. The clerk house joint resolution 98, joint resolution row providing for congressional disapproval of chapter 8, title 5 of United States code of the rules commit smithed by the National LaborRelations Board relating to standard determining joint employer status. The speaker pro tempore the question is will reconsideration pass the joint resolution. The objections of the president to the contrary notwithstanding. The gentleman from virginia, mre hour. Mr. Good thank you, mr. Speaker. For purpose of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from virginia, the Ranking Member, mr. Scott, on the committee on education and workforce. Pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Good mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the veto message on h. J. Res. 98. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Good i rise today in support of overriding President Bidens veto of h. J. Res. 98. A vote in favor of this resolution will nullify the Biden Administrations attempt to redefine what it means to be a joint employer under the National Labor relations act. After receiving bipartisan support from both chambers, congress sent h. J. Res. 98 to the president s desk showing our broad disapproval of the new joint player rule. Now with President Bidens veto, the message from the administration is clear. Franchise businesses are not welcomed partners in the biden economy. In fact, the Biden Administration wants to return to the harm done during the obamaBiden Administration when this rule was first in effect and cost the economy more than 30 billion and nearly 400,000 jobs on an annual basis for the fiveyear period until President Trump thankfully reversed the rule. Of course it also benefited the democrats favorite trial lawyers when lawsuits against franchise businesses increased by 93 . The joint employer rule overturns legal precedent in place from 1984 to 2015. It is a direct attack on the thousands of Small Businesses that make up the healthy and growing franchise sector. Currently a business is considered an employer only if they exercise direct and immediate control over an employees essential terms and conditions of employment. However, the new rule establishes that two or more businesses are joint employer relationships if one employer merely exercises indirect control over another companys employees. Under the standards, something as simple as a franchisor giving a franchisee a Company Handbook could be interpreted as exercising indirect control. Changing the definition of who controls a business creates confusion and threatens the independence of so many successful Small Business owners. Bidens rule will saddle franchisers with liability for independent franchise owners over which they do not have control. Inevitably, the result of this rule will be less growth, more lawsuits, and the functional transformation of Business Owners into middle managers. Its already very difficult to operate a Small Business today in bidens america. The administrations response to the high inflation, low workforce participation, and high Interest Rates causing so much Economic Hardship from bidenomics is to aggressively pursue an antiemployer, antiworker, prounion boss agenda. We must protect the model currently working for businesses and eliminate the threat of this new rule. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of overriding the president s veto of h. J. Res. 98. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from virginia, mr. Mr. Scott thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank my colleague from virginia for yielding time. I rise i yield myself such time as i may consume. I rise once again in strong opposition to h. J. Res. 98, the Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal the National Labor relations act boards joint employer rule which the board finalized last october. Workers should be able to negotiate for higher pay, better benefits, and safer workplaces through their unions. But regrettably this is not the case for millions of americans, including janitors, housekeepers, cooks, and many others, who are employed through subcontractors or temp agencies. In the rise of whats called deficient workplace where firms increasingly use over the speaker pro tempore the house is not in order. The gentleman playpen tin. Mr. Scott the rise of whats kidd efficient workforce where firms increasingly use overlapping arrangements of contracting, somebody contracting, and temping has weakened workers Bargaining Power and allowed large corporations to evade bargaining obligations and liabilities. For example, if an employer has a employee of a sub contractor would unionize, the subcontractor could be unable to actually bargain over pay, hours, workplace safety, and other issues. Thats because the actual contract is with the prime contractor essentially sets the terms and conditions of employment for the employee, and the subcontractor is just administering the terms of that contract. Bargaining with the subcontractor becomes essentially useless because the subcontractor is paid based on assumed wages and they dont have the ability to change those wages. The contractor needs to be at the table if someone is going to negotiate wages at all. Additionally, by evading bar banning obligations, the prime contractor was actually setting some or all of the terms and conditions of the work to actually shift liability for unfair labor practices under the subcontractor or temp agency. Mr. Speaker, the nlrbs new rule fixes the problem by ensuring workers can negotiate with all entities who actually control the working conditions. This also protects Small Businesses from being held liable for labor violations that are a result of larger firms actions. This isnt about franchising. No franchiseor has ever found to be under any of the various joint employer rules, including this one. H. J. Res 98 would undermine workers ability to exercise their rights and reinstate the deficient trumpera rule that narrowed the standard. Under the trump era standard, employers who control the working conditions could easily evade their obligations to collectively bargain with employees. That would have the effect of reducing earnings for workers. According to the Economic Policy institute, the they were already era rule would reduce workers hardearned paychecks by about 1. 3 billion. Conversely, the biden rule is estimated to raise workers earnings. So we should not go backwards. The Bidenharris Administration empowers workers and protects Small Businesses. I applaud President Biden for his veto of h. J. Res 98. Lets be clear, this is not about the employment rule. We already had that debate back in january. This is a debate about the republican majoritys inability to do basic arithmetic, overriding the president s veto requires 2 3 or 290 members of the house. Thats not going to happen. This thing only passes with 206 votes, nearly all of them from republicans. So anybody that can count knows that the republican majority does not have the votes to override the veto. So why are we taking this up . Thats because were just a metaphor for the republicans failed agenda. Instead of taking time to do something constructive, were taking precious floor time to this doomed override vote when we could be doing something better, like raising the minimum wage or making work places safer and healthier, ensuring women receive equal pay for equal work, or combating child labor, or establishing paid sick leave or strengthening workers ability to organize and collectively bargain. But thats not what were doing. All thats happening now is whats happened during the whole 118th congress. The House Majority insists on votes like this that have no chance of succeeding. So House Democrats believe we can do better. We remain focused on the priorities and others that lower costs and grow the middle class. Thats what well be focused on, so i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the jam, mr. Good, from virginia, is recognized. Mr. Good this is and always will be will labor unions. Thats essentially what my friend from the commonwealth of virginia just said. We need to go back to pro growth policies when real wages were growing for everyone, when unemployment was at record low for everyone, and there were millions more americans working during the trump administration. Bidenomics, none of that works, and this is a rescision, a recession back into the past here. Its not going to work, and were not response for what the senate does. Were not responsible for the white house does. The senate agreed with us on on a Biden Administration basis. The house did this on a bipartisan basis. Now id like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. James. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. James thank you to mr. Good. I appreciate the opportunity to address my colleagues, you, mr. Speaker. Its been said that government doesnt create jobs, but she sure know how to kill them. I agree with that. Listening to my colleagues here today, i have to restate, mr. Speaker, that the American Dream is worth fighting for. Franchises create the surest and shortest path for entrepreneurs, working people in my district and all across the country, to achieve the American Dream. And the reason were here again is because we are giving our colleagues the opportunity to tell the American People that they will choose them and their American Dream over the special interests and political sel selfishness that choosing their own best interests may leave. The right to collectively bargain was established by this body in 1935, and the right to work was enshrined in michigans constitution just last year. But once again, the Biden Administration has gone too far. Franchise businesses are the path out of situations for people in urban america, rural america, and everywhere in between. Is the bidenled National LaborRelations Board resurrected a policy that, when imposed during the obama administration, saw jobs lost and dreams crushed. The last rule saw 376,000 lost Job Opportunities in the franchise sector. Its also said what might happen, what could happen, what should happen, and then i heard fixing a problem. It sounds like people who have never had the chance to live under the rules they created are now creating organizations and structures that they will have to live under. This is exactly the reason we were elected to come here to represent their interests, not the interests here, mr. Speaker. Thanks to President Bidens policies, we have inflation and regulation, not success and determination. My colleagues on this side of the aisle are willing to bet on america, are willing to bet on the entrepreneurial spirit, while also respecting the right to collectively bargain without burdensome regulations that we know stifle the American Dream. The president s veto is clear. Mr. Speaker, while the president and the Vice President go around the country saying theyre friends of