The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 234 and the nays are 177. The previous question is ordered. The question is on the adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Mr. Polis mr. Speaker, i request a recorded vote the speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those in favor of taking this vote will stand and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered members will record their votes by electronic deve. This will be a fiveminute vote. 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 of of representatives the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 234 and the nays are 184. The resolution is agreed to. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal, which the chair will put de novo. The question is are 18 on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the yeas have it. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . On that, i ask 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. Recorded vote is national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of theou prngpotil commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House representatives. The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 246. The nays are 168. With one answering present. The journal stands approved. Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that it may be in order at any time on tuesday, march 3 2015, for the speaker to declare recess subject to the call of the chair for the purpose of receiving in joint meeting his excellencecy Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The speaker pro tempore without objection. For what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition . Will the gentlelady suspend. The house will be in order. Please remove your conversations from the house floor. The gentlelady from texas will commence. Ms. Jackson lee thank you very much. I was unavoidably detained by a meeting with Law Enforcement officers from across the nation so i missed roll call vote number 91 on the question of consideration of the resolution involving funding of d. H. S. If i had been present i would have voted no. I ask unanimous consent for this to be placed appropriately in the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection the gentleladys statement will appear in the record. Ms. Jackson lee thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 125 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 5. Will the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Duncan kindly take the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h. R. 5 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to support state and local accountability for Public Education, protect state and local authority inform parents as to the performance of their childrens schools and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore when the committee of the whole rose on february 5 2015, all time for general debate pursuant to House Resolution 121 had expired. Pusuant to House Resolution 125 no further general debate shall be in order. In lufe the amendment in the nampe of a substitute recommended by the committee on education and the work force printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rule committees print 1148, modified by the amendment printed in part a of house report 11429 is adopted. The bill as amended shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the fiveminute rule and shall be considered as read. No further amendment to the bill as amended shall be in order except those printed in part b of house report 11429. Each such further amendment shall be considered 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, may be withdrawn by its proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the committee. It is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 11429. For what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Kennedy mr. Speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number one printed in part b of house report 11429, offered by mr. Kennedy of massachusetts. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 125, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Kennedy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. Mr. Kennedy mr. Speaker, if i could ask the house to come to order please. The chair the committee will be in order. The gentleman may proceed. Mr. Kennedy thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to offer an amendment rooted in the values t kn wals. We madigr o etlanayarus aspectsf federal policy in k12 education there are important areas where we can in fact find Common Ground. We all believe that our children deserve an education that prepared him or her to succeed in a modern economy. We all know that far too many children dont get that chance today. Particularly children in minority and high poverty schools. We all know that over the next 10 years, jobs in stem fields science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, are expected to grow at almost twice the rate of jobs in other field. Today in masshu m speake todainaschet, se mp for hispicesen60 hr or w neighboranov 110 higher for africanamericans. Even more alarm, the poverty rate for black families in massachusetts is 144 higher than their white neighbors and 273 higher for hispanics. Shockingly, those numbers are actually better than far more states across the country. While our economy is improving, that gap is a dangerous economic undercurrent that left unaddressed will affect us all. For an increasingly globalized and competitive economy, we need to ensure we are tapping all the talent and potential we have here in america in order to succeed. Title 1 funds are some of the best resources that the federal government has to make sure that every child in every school has a fair chance at the starting line, delivering muchneeded assistance to schools that disproportionately serve minority and low income communities. But this bill in its current form would jeopardize the already inadequate resources so many schools depend on. The democratic substitute is is a better path. We protect those tite 18 he sources and allow them to serve their original civil rights purpose, to ensure that each of our students has an equal chance to succeed. I join my democratic colleagues in wishing that we were not considering a bill today that would con sol tate title 1 funds and undermine their historic role, but the amendment i offer today says that even if we are going to be linin wld wirod cuts and block grants, Stem Education and Economic Justice are still priorities we must elevate. My amendment would simply allow but would not require, states to use their flexible title 1 funding for grants that support the success of women, minorities, and lowincome students in stem. Too often, mr. Speaker, the resources our teachers need to prepare their students for jobs today and form are limited by zip code, gender and race. That make this is far more than an economic issue. Its a civil rights issue. It will define our society for generations to come. I know that we all support equal access to the jobs in a modern economy. Thats why we must pass this amendment, increase the reach of Stem Education to communities that need it most and ensure that a students potential isnt limited by the street he or she grows up on. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. For what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . Mr. Kline thank you, mr. Chairman. I claim time in opposition. The chair the gentleman is oppod t andnt mr. Kli . The chair the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Kline i thank my colleague for offering this amendment even though i am opposed to it. The federal government has taken a very active role in improving Stem Education. In fact a count i took a couple of years ago, there were over 200 stem programs but our multibillion dollar investment is failing to produce strong result, not because of lack of funngutecsef o ch burecr let sthwi meyt w progranddd states a lalic flliinn programshaprmo effntndff r ineaof washingtons priorities. I agree with the importance of this issue for the future of our skilled work force but i have coer tt itrodus anoth fl program. For these reasons i oppose the amendment but rnl my colleagues to support the bill. I reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Kennedy thank you, mr. Speaker. May i inquire the time i have remaining. The chair the gentleman from massachusetts has 1 1 2 minutes remaining. Mr. Kennedy i yield one minute to my colleague from connecticut. The chair the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of this commonsense amendment and want to thank my good friend, congressman kennedy for his leadership on this issue. Ms. Esty this amendment supports equal opportunities for all of our children. Many of the goodpaying jobs of the future will require stem skills and we as a country must do better to ensure that all children, no matter who they are or where they live, receive quality math and science education. For far too long efforts to expand Stem Education have left girls and children of color behind. As wages remain flat and income inequality only deepens across our country ensuring access to quality Stem Education for every child is not just a moral imperative it is an economic necessity. Our children deserve these opportunities and our Companies Need diverse vibrant, diverse students in their work force. So again, i want to thank congressman kennedy for offering todays amendment and i urge my colleagues to support it. I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. The gentleman from minnesota the gentleman from minnesota continues to reserve his time. The gentleman from massachusetts has 30 seconds remaining. Mr. Kennedy im prepared to close. The chair the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for the remainder of his time. Mr. Kennedy i appreciate the words of my colleague in recognition of the importance of this issue. I would like to point out that this amendment does not require anything, it solely allows for Stem Education to be highlighted and stem programs, particularly important, i believe, at a time when hispanics and africanamericans combined make up 13 of our stem work force and women only make up 26 of our stem work force. This is an imperative, its a priority for our country, if we are truly going to recognize the talent and potential of every american. With that, mr. Chairman, i yield back. The chair the gentleman from massachusetts yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from minnesota mr. Kline under the underlying bill there is an allowable use. If the school wants to spend money on Stem Education, they certainly may and i think thats the right way to approach this. I oppose the gentlemans amendment and support the underlying bill and i yield back. The chair the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report 11429. For what purpose does does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition . I have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 2 printed in house report of 114 129. The chair the gentleman from wisconsin and a member opposed each will control five minutes, the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. Growth growth there were a ogtggg treeropse each a problems mr. Grothman this is a simple amendment and shrinking the time that this is being revisited, from 2021 back to 2018. One of the reasons why i think our forefathers dont want the federal government involved is we move so slowly. My local superintendent can change policy daily. My lool School Boards meet every other week. My state superintendent can change rules every few months. We knew there were big problems in no child left behind back in 2002 or 2003. 11, 12 13 years later, after the problems were very apparent, we still have not amended that bill, which is why this is a good amendment right now. As hard work done on this bill is we know people will say i wish we would have done that or something else. I dont think its too much to ask that we revisit this legislation three years from now, well after our local School Boards or after our state legislators vote on it many many times. I reserve the remainder of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. Mr. Scott mr. Chairman, i ask unanimous consent to seek time in opposition, although im not opposed to the amendment. The chair without objection so ordered. Mr. Scott i yield myself such time as i may consume. 50 years ago, we passed the elementary and secondary education act recognizing that a childs future opportunities are primarily established by virtue of their education. We know that there is inequality in education, primarily because we fund it typically by the real estate tax. We fund it politically and those in lowincome areas tend to get the shortened of the stick. Thats why we passed the elementary and secondary act. The underlying bill takes all that good work and goes backwards. They cap the funding. We take the money from the lowincome areas and give it to the wealthy areas. We eliminate the focus on English Learners and disabled. The bill goes in the wrong direction. By shortening the authorization of the life of this bill under h. R. 5, the gentlemans amendment will force us to reauthorize it and reconsider it in a shorter period of time. If its a bad bill, i think its a good thing. Its my firm belief this the implementation of this bill will yield dangerous results. The gentleman and i are in agreement that we ought to revisit it as soon as possible and thats why im not in opposition to the amendment and reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman rvethbancofis time. The gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. Mr. Grothman i yield time to the gentleman from minnesota. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Kline i understand the gentlemans concerns but i must oppose the amendment. I believe its important to ensure our strong prohibitions and limited federal law and maintain into years for the future. Our School Boards, superintendents and educators need to have some consistency and not be worried about things that are going to change in a year or two or three. These prohibitions in the bill are important to correct the course of the federal government and ensure the secretary of education cannot exercise any control over state and local jurisdictions and that cannot be a shortterm fix. For that reason, i oppose the gentlemans amendment and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Mr. Scott i yield to the the gentleman from colorado. The chair the gentleman from colorado is recognized. Mr. Polis believe or not there is something worse than no child left behind and something worse than this bill and that is constantly moving the ball federally, which unfortunately this amendment would entail. One of the biggest concerns from educators, from School Boards, from state boards of education is, we need time to implement whatever the heck you do in washington, good, bad or int to keep thllovg conyil d trying toll fill out new forms, trying to figure out new testing regimes and just as they figure them out we are going to move the ball again. Whatever the federal education policy is, its very important to have some consistency. We have had no child left behind for 15 years and should have replaced it earlier. It wasnt in 2002 or 2003 but might have been when it expired in 2010. Now we are on overtime, but the answer is not to take it back before we even know whether a federal education policy is working before it expires only to be replaced by a new congress with a different law requiring a totally different change of direction by educators, principals, School Boards and state boards of education. For these reasons i encourage my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. The gentleman from wisconsin has three minutes remaining. Mr. Grothman im prepared to close, then. The speaker pro tempore does the gentleman from virginia have any additional speakers . Mr. Scott i dont have any additional speakers but i have the right to close. The chair the gentleman from wisconsin has the right to close. Mr. Scott parl