[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 130 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H7439-H7440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. 
McCarthy), my friend, the majority leader.
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the House will meet at noon for morning hour 
and 2 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 
p.m.
  On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House will meet at 10 a.m. for morning 
hour and noon for legislative business.
  On Thursday, the House will convene at 9 a.m. and will welcome the 
President of Ukraine for a joint meeting at 10 a.m. There will be no 
morning hour and the House will meet at noon for legislative business.
  On Friday, the House will meet at 9 a.m. for legislative business. 
Last votes of the week are expected no later than 3 p.m.
  Mr. Speaker, the House will consider a few suspensions next week, a 
complete list of which will be announced by close of business tomorrow.
  In addition, as I previously announced, the House may consider the 
President's request and act on the continuing resolution as early as 
Tuesday.
  The House will also consider a package of 14 bills designed to 
encourage an American energy revolution. This commonsense energy plan 
will be comprised of previously House-passed bills that received 
bipartisan support and focus on production, infrastructure, 
reliability, and efficiency.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, Members are advised that the House will also 
consider a package of jobs bills that will include 15 House-passed 
bills. This bipartisan jobs plan fosters an economic recovery and gets 
Americans back to work in good-paying jobs.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his information.
  Before asking him questions about the schedule for the week to come, 
I want to commend the gentleman. We had a meeting just a few minutes 
ago in which almost all the Members of the House rose in a moment of 
silence, Mr. Speaker, to remember those not only who lost their lives 
on 9/11 13 years ago, but also those who acted so heroically to save 
lives.
  We certainly remember those brave individuals that knew what was 
going on and took that plane down in Pennsylvania that we believe was 
undoubtedly directed towards the dome of the Capitol to decapitate the 
symbol of the world's greatest democracy.
  I want to thank the majority leader for leading us in that time of 
silence to remember that horrific event and to say, as he said just a 
few moments ago, we are still threatened by those who would use terror 
and barbarism to attack their own people and others around the world.
  So I thank the gentleman for his leadership on that issue, and I also 
thank him for his comments about the fact that we came together on 9/11 
not as Democrats and Republicans, but as Americans. We now are at a 
similar time where there is a great threat posed to us and to others.
  The gentleman's suggestion that we would meet that with the same kind 
of bipartisanship is welcomed on this side of the aisle as well, so I 
thank the gentleman for that.
  Now, with respect to the schedule, Mr. Speaker, I am wondering 
whether or not--and it may not have been decided yet--whether or not 
the President's request to which the gentleman referred in his 
announcement and the CR would be considered together or separately?
  I yield to my friend.
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. I thank the gentleman for yielding.

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  There has been no decisions yet. As you know, the President requested 
this week, that is why we postponed, and we are continuing to work 
through. I will notify the gentleman as early as we get a decision.

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  Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman.
  Let me ask further--and I know the answer to this question is that we 
will have to see, but I have put our own Caucus on notice, Mr. Leader--
if we may need to be here for the week after the break for the holy 
days. Is that consistent with your thought?
  I yield to my friend.
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Currently, we are scheduled to be here that last week. There has been 
no change to that schedule. As I noted just a little earlier, the only 
change we made is coming back this Monday. I want to make sure all the 
Members have enough time to digest and get their questions answered, 
but currently that schedule continues to hold.
  Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman.
  With respect to the Appropriations Committee and the CR, it is our 
expectation that the CR is scheduled to have a date of December 11. I 
notice Senator Cruz has made another suggestion. To clarify, is 
December 11 still the date that the majority is looking for to run the 
CR through?
  I yield to my friend.
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Yes, as of this time. We have posted it this week. December 11 is the 
duration that the continuing resolution would go through.
  Mr. HOYER. Lastly, I would say that the majority leader and I have 
had discussions about this, and so he knows our strong conviction on 
this side of the aisle that we are still very hopeful that we could 
have a longer term extension of a reauthorization of the Export-Import 
Bank. We believe that it is very important to give some stability and 
competence to the marketplace, to lenders and borrowers and 
manufacturers, large, medium, and small. I hope the gentleman would 
continue to consider with his caucus the possibility of having a longer 
term reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, which, as the gentleman 
knows, expires on September 30.
  I yield to my friend.
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  We have had many discussions. As the gentleman knows, in the last 
reauthorization, it was a shorter time period, with many reforms in 
there. Many feel that those reforms have been ignored. Many feel that 
the bank provides certain things the private sector is doing.
  Knowing that we are in a short-term period, also knowing the threat 
before America today and the time, we want to make sure that we can 
have this debate. As for the expiration date, we felt that it was best 
to extend that out to June in the CR and have that debate later, moving 
forward, so you are not disrupting any time debating the threat from 
the terrorists and also doing the work that needs to be done. I do 
understand the gentleman has talked to me many times about that.
  Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman for his comments, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.

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