Remove fear and confusion wipe away distrust which only inhibit good judgment and leadership. Strengthen the resolve and compassion of all members that they may serve your people with renewed clarity of vision and refined purpose that will soon unify this nation in selfdiscipline and confidence. The where you reward the just and their deeds. Bless all members this day, o god, and be with them and with us all and every day to come. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval theo pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition . Mr. Speaker pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker pro tempore the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Save. Those opposed, no. Mr. Hardy i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the aye vs. It. The journal stands approved. I request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition . I request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will please rise. Is a sufficient number having arisen, a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 , further proceedings on this question are postponed. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. Israel. Mr. Israel i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under g, dib, thibtynd justice r all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Foxx i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Foxx as the granddaughter of italian immigrants im thankful our country is always opened to people. However breaking the law to enter the United States should not be redepartment of Homeland Security is ready, willing, and able to detect and stop what happened in france from happening here. Republicans rather than taking steps to strengthen d. H. S. Will take steps to weaken it. They do it by holding the department hostage to their politics on immigration. Theyll offer five amendments to politicize the d. H. S. At a time when we needed to be its professional best. They place their ideological agenda ahead of paychecks. Now they are placing their ideological agenda ahead of our frokes. If they want to pass an immigration bill, pass one. If they want to politicize issues do it on another issue, but not the department of Homeland Security. Do not jeopardize the safety of the American People with a political stunt. Not this week. After terrorists murdered innocent civilians in france, do not hold the d. H. S. Hostage to a political agenda. They are saying that this is a political compromise. I understand political compromise, but the Homeland Security of my constituents and the American People should never be the subject of a political compromise. I yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . It mr. Wilson unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Wilson a majority of americans support building the Keystone Pipeline to create jobs and strengthen our energy independence. Yet president obama threatens to block this critical project. The most environmentally secure means to transport oil is by pipeline. This pipeline means hundreds of permanent jobs in South Carolinas second Congressional District where Companies LikeMichelin Tire corporation in lexington and mtu america in graniteville, produce the earth mover tires and engines for Canadian Oil Sands and development. It reduces gas prices for consumers locally. Last week in a bipartisan vote the house passed a bill to approve the Keystone Pipeline. I hope the president will support the priorities of the American People rather than cater to a Generous Campaign donor. In conclusion, god bless our troops antipresident by his actions must never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. Our sympathy to americas first ally, france, over the terrorist attacks last week. Our solidarity with france is clear. With the portrait of the marquis de lafayette in the House Chamber is one of only two portraits in this room. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition . 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. Mr. Ashford mr. Speaker, i rise today to speak about nebraskas independent tradition of governing. In nebraska, we do things a little differently. We have the only nonpartisan Unicameral Legislature in the nation a body i proudly served in for 16 years as did congressman adrian smith. In lincoln legislators are not bound by parties but the need of their constituents. Rather than provide partisan sound bites, they provide Solution Works through compromise and collaboration. We need more of this tradition in washington and i hope to bring nebraska common sense to this body. We need to find more ways to come together and solve our nations problems. The American People do not want dogged partisanship. They want us to Work Together to get real results that help make their everyday lives better. I have pledged to be an independent pragmatic voice for my constituents to responsibly tackle the difficult issues facing our country and to do so in a bipartisan manner. I hope that my colleagues will follow nebraskas example. Thank you, mr. President. I yield the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . 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. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the Colorado StateUniversity Pueblo timberwolves mens Football Team and their coach. In their trip to the Ncaa Division 2 National Finals this year, the thunder wolves claimed their First National football championship in school dishistory. They scored off against Minnesota State who were undefeated for the season. With defense, the wolfpack shut out the mavericks by a score of 130. Before the season began each player got a shirt with wtlg win the last game. Mr. Tipton his dream was to win a National Championship. Now the wolfpack players and coaches can say they are the national champions. The city is proud of the people. Mr. Speaker i congratulate the people on their outstanding coach for the stellar season and championship. With the coachs leadership and the teams tireless commitment to winning, they captured their first football championship and solidifying the programs legacy of excellence. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. Mr. Speaker, after last weeks horrific attacks in france we are reminded the threat of terrorism is very real. Ms. Mccollum 00 the department of Homeland Security is on the frontline of protecting our nation from terrorist threats. House republicans are using the funding for d. H. S. For political posturing rather than governing. The president has prioritized on how our National Security dollars are spent. He focused d. H. S. s tools and resources on preventing terrorist threats and protecting the American People. Republicans continue to play political games with Immigration Reform and now they are bringing forward a series of amendments to pick a fight with the president. The political games that the republicans are playing with this bill would jeopardize our National Security. We need an appropriations bill that ensures that d. H. S. Has the resources and tools they need to protect america. We must pass a strong bipartisan Homeland Security appropriation bill that keeps america safe and protects our country. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition . To address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Schakowsky americans watching this debate must be shaking their heads in astonishment. The question on everyones mind at this moment is are we doing everything we can to prevent a parislike terrorist attack in the United States . And americans would be right to suppose the republican majority is rushing to finally adequately fund the department of Homeland Security after they already delayed funding by making it a political football on immigration. But no, it seems the republicans cant help themselves, even when it comes to National Security. They cant simply vote for the necessary funding to keep the American People safe. Instead, the republicans view this potentially dangerous moment as an opportunity to undermine the president s executive actions on immigration going all the way back to 2011 putting 600,000 young people in jeopardy of deportation and refusing to let the government prioritize for deportation felons over families. Shame on them. We should stop playing games with our National Security by defending defeating these amendments and passing a clean Homeland Security funding bill. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . Mr. Polis permission to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Polis department of Homeland Security is about keeping our nation and our citizens safe. Just as we fund the military to face threats abroad, department of Homeland Security does that work to keep our Community Safe at home. Now is not the time to play politics with our immigration laws as if its a child play. You want to talk immigration lets talk immigration. We have plan. The Senate Passed a bipartisan plan with more than 2 3 support last session. Lets see some ideas about resolving our broken immigration system. The president s step is an important first step to keep our communities safer by focusing our limited enforcement resources on criminals who represent a threat to our community. Do you want to undo that and inted use our resources to go after kids and families rather than criminals . That makes our communities less safe rather than more. Lets not play politics with Homeland Security. Pass a clean bill. And tackle the immigration issue. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . I seek nuke to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Buyer i rise today to raise my concerns about the upcoming Homeland Security funding bill. The tragedies show how critical it is we keep d. H. S. Strong and appropriately financed. Mr. Beyer the appropriations package is littered with amendments which would undermine what little progress we have made to our broken immigration system. Our Family Business just lost one of our most valuable employees. He may have originally come to virginia without proper papers, but in the reagan years he found a way to stay here, raise his family, and open and closed our stores six days a week for more than 20 years. Cesar is one small powerful example among millions of new americans who helped our economy grow and kept our democracy strong. He believed there was a long past time for comprehensive Immigration Reform. I urge the republicans to bring a clean bill without the antiimmigrant amendments to the floor. We need to invest in Homeland Security. And we need a real conversation about Immigration Reform. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentlelady from maryland seek recognition . Ms. Edwards mr. Speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Edwards thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today because we are just one weekend into this congress and the republican majority promised bipartisanship, especially on the Homeland Security, the security of our homeland. Yet, oh no, its politics as usual from republicans. Now politicizing the department of Homeland Security and its important funding at this time when we know around the world and especially in france, which has felt so poignantly what happens if we dont Pay Attention to security. Here they are. And they are mad at the president why . Because the president did what other president s have done taking executive action on immigration. So they are mad at the president and republicans are now going to punish the American People by not protecting our homeland. Shame on the Republican Party for politicizing the department of Homeland Security. Its time to get to business. The American People expect that. And the republicans if they plan to govern they need to do it, pass clean bill, funding our department of Homeland Security and taking care of our homeland. This is what the American People expect and its what the Republican Party needs to deliver if they want to govern. And the house back at 6 30 p. M. Eastern today. Working on a Veterans Mental Health care bill. Also a 2015 Homeland Security spending bill. And a look at one of the topics that came up during White House Briefing today the hacking of centcom. A group affiliated with isis hacking the centcom twitter and youtube accounts. This is how it looked after it had been hacked. The hackers it used the twitter feed to disseminate official u. S. Military documents, saying they were stolen classified documents, although many were public and came from sources other than the u. S. Military. The group called itself the cyber caliphate, and it appeared to be operating under the auspices of isis. They have yet to tweak any t weet to tweet any classified documents. And also the white house says that it erred in not sending a high level u. S. Official to the unity rally in paris yesterday. The u. S. Was represented by the u. S. Ambassador to france. Here is a look at the rally. It is about an hour and 45 minutes. You can see, people from around the world really on camera at Place De La Republique. You see president hollande shaking the hand of mahmoud abbas. This has become a symbolic day because in addition to a boss, we have the israeli Prime Minister. Obviously there is a very checkered and troubled past. They are now sidebyside in paris. And we are seeing a lot of other leaders as well. The head of the European Commission of course. Working with spain and italy right there. All right. We are going to continue looking at these pictures. And i went to sign off to my colleague who is here with us. He is our European Affairs editor, because this is a very european angle to it as well. I want to start with you our nest of i want to start with you, ernesto. We have been hearing that there have been meetings. What comes next when