Speaker of the house of representatives the speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2016, the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and majority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 15 p. M. 1 clop 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. Roybalallard, for five minutes. Ms. Roybalallard i ask unanimous consent to address the house. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Roybalallard mr. Speaker, the primary responsibility of congress is to keep our nation safe. However, we are 133 days into the 25th fiscal year and the department of Homeland Security is without a budget. The department is trying to fulfill its mission under the uncertainty of a continuing resolution set to expire in 18 days. Last week the department of Homeland Security submitted its fiscal year 2016 budget but unlike every department and agency, d. H. S. Was at the disadvantage of not having a current funding level for its essential security functions. Theres a mistaken impression that the department of Homeland Security is doing just fine under the continuing resolution. Some feel if d. H. S. Funding expires, no problem exists since approximately 85 of d. H. S. Personnel are deemed essential and required to work. Well, it is true frontline agents and officers like those at c. B. P. , i. C. E. Coast guard, and Social Security would continue working, they would do so without being paid. Is this fair to expect these dedicated americans to put their lives on the line without pay and the ability to care for their families . I think not. And i believe the American People would agree on the unfairness of this proposal. Of greater concern is that the secretary of Homeland Security has warned us that not having an appropriation for 2015 is threatening our National Security. Without a fullyear budget the department is limited in its ability to advance the secretarys unity of Effort Initiative to improve interagency coordination, making more effective in achieving its security missions. It limits the secretarys ability to implement aggressively his southern border and approaches campaign. And it creates uncertainty regarding the ability to transfer unaccompanied children to h. H. S. For humane treatment and its capacity to detain and deport dangerous criminals. Operating under the lower allocations and certainty of a continuing resolution also has the potential of delaying and ultimately increasing the costs of needed procurement. Including the acquisition of the coast guards eight National Security cutter and badly needed security upgrades at the white house complex to prevent fence jumper intrusions. The refusal of the Republican Leadership to bring a clean Homeland Security appropriations bill for a vote delays the hiring of secret Service Personnel and the issuing of terrorism preparedness response grants for state and local governments. This jeopardizes our First Responders and other Public Safety personnel from being fully prepared when responding to a terrorist attack or natural disaster. While i do not question the priororization of my colleagues on protecting our country i do worry some fail to appreciate fully the negative impact of inappropriately using the 2015 d. H. S. Appropriations bill as leverage to reverse the president s executive actions on immigration policy. If my republican colleagues believe the president has overreached then the constitution provides them a path of action through the authorizing committees rather than an appropriations bill. Mr. Speaker when we are increasingly faced with the possibility of terrorist threats, i urge the Republican Leadership to let this house vote on the clean, bipartisan bicameral 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill negotiated in good faith last november. This bill will pass the house and the senate and will be signed by the president enabling our department of Homeland Security to continue to protect our country from harm. To do otherwise is a failure in our most basic responsibility as members of congress. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. Jones, for five minutes. Mr. Jones mr. Speaker, in the last couple of weeks the effort to declassify the 28 pages of the joint inquiry report into the 9 11 attacks has received a lot of media attention. Mainly because of matsui, recent comments exposing the Financial Link between the saudi royal family and al qaeda. In 2002, the Senate Select committee on intelligence chaired by senator bob graham, and the House Committee on intelligence chaired by congressman porter goss, released the joint inquiry report into the 9 11 attacks. In a political move, the Bush Administration then classified 28 pages of the report even though the contents of those 28 pages posed no National Security risk to the United States. Rather, the contents of those 28 pages are probably embarrassing for the Bush Administration. Senator graham has repeatedly called for the 28 pages to be declassified as a result. I have read the 28 pages and cannot divulge whats in them, but i can say that the contents deal with relationships. Senator graham has openly said the 28 pages dealt with the Bush Administrations relationships with the saudis. My colleague, congressman Stephen Lynch from mass marks and congressman Thomas Massie from kentucky who have also read the 28 pages, have joined me in introducing House Resolution 14 to urge the president to keep his word to the 9 11 families and declassify the 28 pages which he can do with the stroke of a pen. The movement to declassify the 28 pages is picking up momentum. Just last week, the former speaker of the house of representatives, newt gingrich, tweeted his support for declassifying the 28 pages to 1. 5 million of his followers. All of the principal players in producing the reports on the 9 11 attacks have called for the declassification of the 28 pages. Senator bob graham, senator richard shelby, congressman porter goss, congressman tom keen, and also congressman lee hamilton. I urge my colleagues to submit a request to the house intelligence committee, a request to read the 28 pages and join me congressman lynch, and congressman massey, in supporting h. R. Resolution 14 as a cosponsor. Mr. Speaker, it is time that the 28 pages are declassified. The 9 11 families have a right to this information in the 28 pages, and the American People deserve to know the truth about what caused the 9 11 attacks. For more information on this effort to declassify the 28 pages, visit 28pages. Org. May god continue to bless america and may god continue to bless our men and women in uniform. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Mcgovern, for five minutes. Mr. Mcgotsche i ask unanimous consent to mr. Mcgovern i ask unanimous consent to address the house. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Mcgovern mr. Speaker, i rise today to highlight two important new reports released today by the Food Research and action center, or frac, on the School Breakfast program. It reports the School Breakfast report card and School Breakfast making it work in large district show that we have made progress in expanding access to School Breakfast but work remains to be done. During the 2013 and 2014 school year 11. 2 Million Students received a healthy School Breakfast on the average school day. Thats an average of 320,000 more students per day who receive School Breakfast than the year before. The report shows that more students than ever are participating in the School Breakfast program and receiving a Healthy Breakfast on school days. We have made Real Progress in making sure that students who are eligible receive breakfast. The School Breakfast program along with the National SchoolLunch Program are critically important antihunger programs that ensure that our most Vulnerable Children dont go hungry. Mr. Speaker there is truth to the old adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Research shows that students who eat a Healthy Breakfast have improved test scores, miss fewer days of school, and make fewer trips to the nurses office. But for many students they begin their school day on an empty stomach with the last meal they ate having been yesterdays school lunch. Monday mornings are especially difficult for students with families struggling to put food on their stables at home. They may have gone the entire weekend without eating a full or balanced meal. Recent data from the Census Bureau show that one in five children receive snap, or food stamp benefits last year. Too many of our children dont know where their next meal will come from, making the meals they count on in school all the more important. Our economy is still recovering from the Great Recession and economic gains are uneven, especially among lowincome families. Too many families are sell operating with tight Family Budgets still operating with tight Family Budgets and struggling to pay the bills and put enough nutritious food on the table. Im sure we can all relate to the hectic morning rush to get kids and parents out the door in the mornings wheps both parents are working to make ends meet. One of the best atry beauties of the School Breakfast program, is the flexibility the schools have to design programs that work for their own students and schools. The frac report highlights a number of ways the School Districts have successfully made the School Breakfast program work for them. Some schools have breakfast in the classroom where the students can eat a Healthy Breakfast at their desk while getting ready for the day. School districts with a high proportion of lowincome students can qualify for a Community Eligibility provision where all students in the school can receive free breakfast and lunch. Still, other schools serve traditional breakfast in the cafeteria at the start of the day. Regardless of the model used the School Breakfast program ensures that students, especially lowincome students, are ready to learn and arent distracted by hunger. The healthy hunger free kids act of 2010 provided many important updates to the School Breakfast program, including improving nutrition standards. Last year was the first year that the new nutrition standards were in place. Despite some of the buzz about students not liking the new meals, more students are participating in the School Breakfast program than ever before. Not only are more students eating breakfast, but they are eating a healthier breakfast. Mr. Speaker investing in our children by making sure they dont go hungry and providing them with a world class education is the best bound payment we can down payment we can make for our future economic success. As this Congress Begins the process of reauthorizing the School Nutrition programs we must continue to build upon the gains and participation and improvements in nutrition standards we have in the made School Breakfast program. It would be foolish to roll back 23450u terrorist standards because special interests or some students dont like them. Todays frac report shows that we are doing a better job making sure that kids start their day with a Healthy Breakfast, but theres more work to be done. For every 100 kids who receive free school lunch, only 53 receive School Breakfast. We must do more to expand the School Breakfast program and increase participation so that all students who qualify for free and reduced price lunches have the opportunity to receive a healthy School Breakfast. Mr. Speaker, we can and we should do more to end hunger now. And expanding antistrengthening the School Breakfast program is an important step in that direction. I yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. Abraham, for five minutes. Mr. Abraham mr. Speaker, i rise today to celebrate the life of earl headards blarnham, a man edwards barnham, a man who was dedicated to louisiana. He passed away in october. His memory will carry on with his family and friends and the Agriculture Community will honor him in march as the newest inductee to the louisiana agriculture hall of distinction. If you look at his lifes work its easy to see why. Edwards grew up in oak ridge and holds degrees from University State louisiana and university of louisiana at monroe. He grew soybeans and cotton in louisiana sewing the seeds as a great agriculture leader. His contributions to the Agriculture Community includes part of the rice growers association. He founded flying tiger aviation, one of the nations premiere agriculture flight schools that provides an Invaluable Service to my district, one of the largest row crop districts in the nation. Edwards left his mark on history, in louisiana as well. In 1975 he became the first republican in modern times to be elected to the state senate a position he pursued so he could create a better life for all of louisianaians. Edwards valid education. He served on the louisiana board of regents, the louisiana board of supervise orlings and the Louisiana Community and technical board of supervisors. He and his wife were married for 56 years. They had four children. The late earl west barm and amy barm westbrook. Edwards was loved by a number of grandchildren nieces and nephews. Mr. Speaker, louisiana is a better place today because of the contributions that edwards barm made to our community. I am honored to have called him a friend and i know he will be greatly missed. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Thompson thank you so much, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to address on wednesday the house of representatives is expected to vote on senatepassed legislation, somethings passed out of the house that will immediately authorize the construction and the operation of the keystone x. L. Pipeline. For the past six years, president obama has hidden behind political motives to delay a decision on the pipeline. While this administration has continued to engage in partisan politics, the American People have missed out on lower energy costs, thousands of new jobs billions of new tax revenue and a heightened level of Energy Security that would have been created by the pipelines approval. As a father of an army soldier that was wounded in the middle east, i believe that we should do everything we can to end our dependence on middle east energy. Now, this isnt about whether president obama wins or loses. This is about doing whats right for the American People. The keystone project is about ensuring a Reliable Energy source from our allies to the north, canada, while creating tens of thousands of american jobs in the process. Approving the keystone x. L. Will also help to substantially reduce our imports from overseas. Now, later this week the president will have an opportunity to put politics aside, show real leadership and sign the keystone x. L. Pipeline into law. Unfortunately, a veto threat still looms. Mr. Speaker, this country needs a responsible, affordable and Reliable Energy supply. The American People deserve as much. The approval of the keystone x. L.