[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 29 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2008-H2016]
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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.J. RES. 31, 
FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, 
2019, AND PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 15, 
                    2019, THROUGH FEBRUARY 22, 2019

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on 
Rules, I call up House Resolution 131 and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 131

       Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
     in order to consider the conference report to accompany the 
     joint resolution (H.J. Res. 31) making further continuing 
     appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
     fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes. All points of order 
     against the conference report and against its consideration 
     are waived. The conference report shall be considered as 
     read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
     the conference report to its adoption without intervening 
     motion except: (1) one hour of debate; and (2) one motion to 
     recommit if applicable.
       Sec. 2.  On any legislative day during the period from 
     February 15, 2019, through February 22, 2019--
       (a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 
     shall be considered as approved; and
       (b) the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned 
     to meet at a date and time, within the limits of clause 4, 
     section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced by 
     the Chair in declaring the adjournment.
       Sec. 3.  The Speaker may appoint Members to perform the 
     duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed 
     by section 2 of this resolution as though under clause 8(a) 
     of rule I.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized 
for 1 hour.
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I 
yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Cole), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During 
consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose 
of debate only.


                             General Leave

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members be given 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Colorado?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, the Rules Committee met and reported a 
rule, House Resolution 131, providing for the consideration of the 
conference report to accompany H.J. Res. 31, the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2019.
  The rule provides for consideration of the legislation under a 
conference report rule and provides for 1 hour of debate. The rule also 
provides for standard recess procedures through Friday, February 22.
  Madam Speaker, this legislation has been a long time coming. In 
December, the Senate passed a clean continuing resolution for the seven 
appropriation bills which hadn't been completed. The President said at 
the time he would sign that bill, but then the President changed course 
and demanded $5.7 billion for his campaign promise of a border wall.
  As we now know, this led to the longest government shutdown in United 
States history: 35 days. This put our country in jeopardy by 
withholding paychecks for 800,000 Federal employees who are patriots 
and provide critical services to our country and to all Americans.
  Put simply, this was not an issue worth shutting down the Federal 
Government. That is why I am pleased we are here today to avoid another 
shutdown and begin to get the agencies affected by the shutdown back on 
track.
  This bill provides appropriations for the seven remaining 
appropriations bills through the end of the fiscal year, including 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration; Commerce, 
Justice, Science; Financial Services and General Government; Homeland 
Security; Interior and Environment; State and Foreign Operations; and 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development.
  Over the past 6 weeks, we heard testimony from the chairs and ranking 
members of the Appropriations Committee numerous times as we tried to 
reopen the government last month.
  A constant theme from those hearings, from both Democrats and 
Republicans, was respect for the appropriators and their ability to 
negotiate a deal. Today's result is confirmation of that trust we 
placed in our appropriators.
  I want to congratulate all the committee Members and staff for their 
work over the last few weeks.
  The conference report in front of us today is by no means perfect, 
but it represents a compromise between Democrats and Republicans and 
between the House and the Senate.
  There are many programs well funded by this bill. For instance, the 
Census Bureau will see an increase of more than $1 billion as they 
prepare for the 2020 Census, to ensure an accurate count.
  NASA, which invests heavily in Colorado and across all of the 
country, will see a $763 million increase over last year to fully fund 
NASA's science mission directorates and support human

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exploration, from the international space station, to the Moon, and on 
to Mars by 2033.
  This legislation provides $17 billion in funding for new 
infrastructure investments in roads, bridges, transit, and housing, and 
the bill blocks attempts by the White House to hamstring the EPA and 
other agencies from protecting our environment.
  Importantly, the bill overrides the President's decision to freeze 
Federal employee pay this year. Instead, it provides a 1.9 percent pay 
raise for all Federal employees.
  This conference agreement also makes smart investments in border 
security by investing $755 million in infrastructure and technology at 
ports of entry, additional funds to hire customs agents, $563 million 
for immigration judges to reduce the backlog, and humanitarian aid for 
Central American countries and along our border to those who need the 
help.
  The bill also provides $1.375 billion for border fencing, with 
restrictions protecting sensitive areas and local involvement, and 
takes steps to reduce the immigration detention bed levels, for which I 
am confident the House will provide rigorous oversight.
  Madam Speaker, there are a few things missing from this agreement to 
help us repair the damage from the longest partial government shutdown 
in United States history.
  First, the bill does not provide Federal contractors backpay from the 
shutdown. Federal contractors often work side by side with other 
Federal employees and perform jobs important to the country and all 
Americans. These contractors did nothing wrong and deserve to be made 
whole, just like the 800,000 Federal employees who missed paychecks. 
Congress needs to work together and make this right.
  Additionally, during this shutdown, my State of Colorado, along with 
California, Louisiana, Vermont, and Washington, took steps to ensure 
fairness for excepted Federal employees to make them eligible for 
unemployment insurance because they were forced to continue working 
without knowing when they would be paid.
  Unemployment benefits are a lifeline for situations just like this 
where there is nowhere else to go, but, unfortunately, the United 
States Department of Labor choose to make it more difficult for States 
to provide these benefits. The Department has said it will not 
reimburse States for these legitimate costs and has threatened 
additional penalties, putting earned benefits for other unemployed 
workers at risk.

  I am a cosponsor of legislation produced by Representative Katie Hill 
from California which would clarify current law and ensure our States 
are reimbursed as intended by Congress. For reasons I don't quite 
understand, my friends on the other side of the aisle would not accept 
this provision. I plan to continue working with Representative Katie 
Hill and Chairman Richie Neal from the Ways and Means Committee to help 
States like Colorado.
  Additionally, I worked to introduce two pieces of legislation during 
the shutdown to help Federal employees deal with the effects of the 
shutdown. First was H.R. 545, the Financial Relief for Feds Act, which 
was introduced by Representative Pete Olson from Texas and 
Representative   Don Beyer from Virginia and me, and this was to ensure 
Federal employees who made withdrawals during a shutdown from their 
Thrift Savings Plan or other retirement accounts weren't penalized for 
their early withdrawals.
  TSP saw a 35 percent increase in hardship withdrawals during the 
shutdown as Federal employees did anything they could to help pay their 
bills. I hope our legislation is considered by the House quickly to 
make these Federal employees whole again.
  I also introduced H.R. 781, The Student Loan Relief for Feds Act, 
with Representative Will Hurd from Texas to allow Federal employees to 
defer their student loans without penalty during a government shutdown. 
A typical student loan payment is between $200 and $300 a month, and 
that is money you don't have if you are not getting a paycheck.
  These are examples of legislation we need to pass to fix problems 
created during the shutdown.
  There is one more bill I will be introducing today--I just put it in 
the hopper--to prevent these shutdowns from ever happening again.
  If Congress and the White House have a political disagreement, our 
Federal employees and the American people shouldn't be the pawns who 
suffer the consequences of the disagreement. My bill, the No More 
Shutdowns Act, provides automatic continuing appropriations for any 
fiscal year when appropriations haven't been enacted.
  This means whenever there would be a lapse in the appropriations, 
funding would continue at previously enacted levels, along with an 
increase to the account for inflation until Congress passes an 
appropriation bill. This is common sense and would allow our Federal 
agencies to continue their work without the start and stop of shutdowns 
and short-term CRs.
  I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will join me in 
making sure shutdowns do not happen again.
  Overall, Madam Speaker, this is a good compromise to fully fund these 
agencies so we can finish last year's work and allow Congress to move 
on to other important issues that we were sent here to do, like 
reducing healthcare costs and repairing infrastructure across the 
country.
  I urge all my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying 
conference agreement, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I thank my good friend from Colorado (Mr. 
Perlmutter) for yielding, and I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, we are here today to pass an appropriations package 
that should complete our work and fully fund the government for fiscal 
year 2019.
  As Members of this body know, this has been a long road, perhaps much 
longer than we expected at the beginning.
  As we saw at the start of this Congress, the difficulties this body 
can sometimes face in coming to an agreement can translate into 
difficulty and hardship for the American people. I think I can speak 
for all of us here in this body when I say that government shutdowns 
are bad for the American people, bad for government, and bad policy, 
and we should all strive to never let them happen again.
  Now, of course, we have a little bit different view of how that 
shutdown came about. It is worth noting for the record that the House 
actually did vote to fund the government and produced a bill in 
December that the President said he would sign and a majority of the 
United States Senate actually favored.
  But the Senate gets to set its own rules. They could reach a number 
of 60, but the Democratic minority chose not to do that. So, given 
that, that is what shut down the government, and we have all been 
dealing with the consequences of it ever since.
  But today we are poised to finish our work, and though the road may 
have been difficult, I think Members should look back on this process 
and commend themselves for what they have accomplished.
  Last September, we finalized and passed into law 5 of the 12 funding 
bills, an accomplishment we had not matched in over 20 years. Those 
five, which included the two largest bills--Defense and Labor, Health 
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies--covered 
approximately 75 percent of all Federal discretionary spending.

  Prior to the end of the FY 2018 year, the House also passed four 
additional spending bills, which we then moved to conference with the 
Senate.
  Indeed, of the seven outstanding spending bills, six of them were 
negotiated with the Senate and have been ready to be moved for final 
passage for quite some time. The sticking point has been the final bill 
on that for Homeland Security, which vexed Members for some time. But 
though we did not reach a deal on Homeland Security quickly, we did 
eventually reach a deal.
  Today, I am pleased to be standing with my colleagues to bring up 
seven bipartisan, bicameral, fully negotiated and conferenced spending 
bills that are ready to be passed and sent to the President's desk for 
signature.
  As we finish the work for fiscal year 2019 and move into our efforts 
for fiscal year 2020, I want to commend my fellow members of the 
Appropriations Committee for their hard work.

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  Thanks to the leadership of people like Ranking Member Kay Granger, 
Chairwoman Nita Lowey, and Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, and thanks to 
the hard work of dozens of Members, we are at last ready to send these 
bills to the President.
  I congratulate my friends and colleagues on both sides of the aisle 
and, indeed, offer those same congratulations to the entire House.
  I look forward to working together on fiscal year 2020 in the weeks 
and months ahead. Perhaps, working together, we can get all the bills 
passed, conferenced with the Senate, and sent to the President by the 
end of the fiscal year.
  That will certainly be my goal and the goal of every appropriator on 
both sides of this Chamber and on both sides of the rotunda in the 
Capitol Building.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my friend, Mr. Cole. We had a lot of 
hearings in the Rules Committee where we heard a lot of appropriations 
bills and, quite frankly, we knew that if we had some time and the 
appropriators were able to act, that they would come to an agreement, 
an agreement that didn't give everybody all that they wanted, but gave 
them something that they wanted.
  I think our trust was appropriate at that time.
  Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California 
(Mrs. Torres).
  Mrs. TORRES of California. Madam Speaker, since the 116th Congress 
took office this January, I have voted five times to open up the 
Federal Government. And today I rise in support of the conference 
report. I want to congratulate the conferees, and specifically, 
Chairman Lowey, Ranking Member Granger, and the other conferees for 
their hard work, for coming together, and spending so much time to 
ensure that we have a bill moving forward that opens up our government.
  This is a bipartisan statement about who we are as a country. This 
was a fight to reclaim the country that welcomed me as a little girl 
from Guatemala, to make sure that this country welcomes other children 
who come here fleeing violence and poverty.
  This bill will prevent another stupid, costly government shutdown, 
and it is time that we give our Federal workers some certainty, move 
past this crisis, and get down to the business of governing.
  Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this measure.
  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an 
amendment to the rule to provide for consideration of H.R. 1239, the 
Protecting Women Act of 2019.
  This bill provides a straight extension of the Violence Against Women 
Act, or VAWA, as is it commonly known, through the end of the fiscal 
year.
  Beginning in 1994, VAWA has provided grants to State, local, and 
Tribal law enforcement officials to investigate and prosecute violent 
crimes against women, including domestic violence, sexual assault, 
dating violence, and stalking.
  Unfortunately, VAWA is scheduled to expire, literally, tomorrow, and 
my friends on the other side, frankly, are just standing by and 
watching it happen, even though they control this Chamber.
  Republicans fought to include an extension of VAWA in the underlying 
conference report as we had done in previous continuing resolutions, 
but we were rebuffed by our other friends on the other side of the 
aisle, and they have not made any move to schedule a separate vote on 
this floor to avoid a lapse in this critical program, so Republicans 
will.
  Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my 
amendment in the Record, along with extraneous material, immediately 
prior to vote on the previous question.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oklahoma?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous 
question.
  Madam Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the 
gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko), my good friend and fellow member 
of the Rules Committee, to discuss her bill and this previous question.
  Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Cole for yielding 
me the time.
  Madam Speaker, if the previous question is defeated, we will amend 
the rule to bring an extension of the Violence Against Women Act, which 
I have titled the Protecting Women Act of 2019.
  Without action, the Violence Against Women Act will expire tomorrow 
at midnight. Madam Speaker, I am a survivor of domestic violence, and 
as a survivor of domestic violence, I am calling on all of my 
colleagues to reauthorize this critical bill that helps women and 
children who have experienced the trauma and pain of abuse and who need 
our support.
  While we may not agree on every provision of the current Violence 
Against Women Act, I think we can all agree on the overall importance 
of this law and the programs and services it provides.
  Since the Violence Against Women Act was first signed into law in 
1994, it has played a vital role in supporting American women who have 
experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, 
stalking, and trafficking, and improving our response to these crimes 
while we work to prevent them altogether.
  Progress has been made, but there is more work to do. In fact, 
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one 
in three women and one in six men experience some form of contact 
sexual violence during their lifetime.
  I am confident that every Member of this body believes those 
statistics are unacceptable. I know that we agree that we must end 
domestic violence and care for victims left in its wake. We need to 
enhance awareness, work for prevention, and ensure those harmed 
physically and mentally have access to the resources and support they 
need.
  A clean extension of the Violence Against Women Act through the end 
of the fiscal year ensures that the law and the programs it supports 
remain in place.
  It ensures there isn't a lapse in services for those in need while we 
discuss ways that we can strengthen and improve it together.
  As a co-chairwoman of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women's 
Issues, I want a bill that every woman in this Chamber can support. I 
know that my co-chair of the Caucus, Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, has 
also told me she wants a Violence Against Women Act that every woman in 
this Chamber can support.
  That is why, if the previous question is defeated, Republicans will 
seek a vote on a clean extension of the last Violence Against Women Act 
reauthorization. This will give us time, Republicans and Democrats, to 
work toward a bipartisan solution that helps women and girls, protects 
religious liberties, and protects women and children.

  I hope all my colleagues will recognize the importance of acting now 
to prevent a lapse in authorization and defeat the previous question so 
that we can work to protect the vulnerable from these heinous crimes.
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I appreciate Mrs. Lesko's and Mr. Cole's comments. In 
the bill, there is $400-plus million for VAWA. It isn't as if it has 
been forgotten. But I hear this, and over the last few years, the 
Republicans have done nothing but try to defund VAWA.
  So I am expecting a bill that was signed by Bill Clinton and was 
authored by the former chairwoman of the Rules Committee, Louise 
Slaughter, will be something that Democrats will certainly push 
forward. After listening to Mr. Cole and Mrs. Lesko, I am sure all of 
the Republicans will be on board with extending VAWA.
  Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. 
Jackson Lee).
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, this is a Republican bill that we are 
trying to fix to keep the government open and not holding our Federal 
employees hostage.
  I support this bill with qualifications that I know that in the 2020 
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Democrats will put forward a humane bill that addresses many of these 
issues. We gave $1.37 billion for barriers, not the wall.
  We are protecting the environment in my own State: the Bentsen-Rio 
Grande Valley State Park, the National Butterfly Center, the Santa Ana 
National Wildlife Refuge, places where I have gone and people are 
pleading: Don't put fences there.
  We brought down the number of ICE detention beds from 49,000-50,000 
to 40,000, and, of course, we have provided, as I have indicated, and 
fought for facilities that deal with those children and women that are 
coming across: $415 million for enhanced medical support; 
transportation; food; clothing for migrants in detention, particularly 
children; and $30.5 million for family case management.
  As my good friend said, we brought up the alternative detention from 
82,000 to 100,000. As my good friend said, there is $400 million for 
VAWA. We are funding these programs because we understand how important 
they are.
  Finally, of course, in the justice area, we have given money for 
Byrne grants; Community Oriented Policing Services, sexual assault kits 
and DNA, Second Chance Act programs, and we funded NASA.
  But more importantly, Madam Speaker, I think we have made a very 
important point that should be made, and that is, as we work toward 
fiscal year 2020 appropriations, it is critical that we ensure that 
robust accountability of DHS, including limiting the agency's transfer 
authority and dramatically reducing the number of people who are held 
in detention, utilizing proven alternatives to detention, including 
community-based alternatives and parole for the vast majority of people 
who are held in detention who pose no public safety threat or risk.
  ICE--we have to realize, there must be due process and justice. It is 
unfortunate that this administration's treatment of immigrants is 
unconscionable and inhumane. We can do better and we will do better.
  But the final point of all of this today is, we stand on the floor to 
not hold our Federal employees hostage and to open the government. I 
will be going forward with the qualifications of working on a better 
bill.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.J. Res. 31, which makes 
the consolidated appropriations needed to fund the departments, 
agencies, and programs of the federal government through September 30, 
2019, and hopefully brings to a merciful end the uncertainty and 
hardship cruelly inflicted upon federal employees, contractors, and the 
American people by the President's decision to shut down the 
government.
  I thank Chairman Lowey, Ranking Member Granger, and their fellow 
House conferees for their work in reaching this bipartisan agreement.
  Left to our own devices, House Democrats clearly could and would have 
made many different and better funding decisions but this agreement is 
the best deal attainable in the circumstances, and importantly, it 
responsibly funds the government for the remainder, while securing our 
border.
  Madam Speaker, coming from a border state, I am very pleased that 
this legislation does not provide the President the billions of dollars 
he demanded for a wasteful, ineffective, and immoral concrete wall.
  In fact, it rejects the President's demand for $5.7 billion for his 
wall and provides instead $1.375 billion for physical barriers with 
language specifying that new fencing is limited to currently deployed 
designs--ruling out the President's border wall proposal.
  My constituents and other Texans will be gratified to learn that this 
legislation specifically prohibits construction on sensitive 
environmental areas such as the Bentsen-Rio State Park, the National 
Butterfly Center, the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge, La Lomita Historical 
Park, and the Lower Rio Grande Wildlife Refuge between Brownsville, TX, 
and the Gulf of Mexico.
  I also strongly approve that the legislation provides a path to a 
reduction in ICE detention beds from 49,057 today to 40,520 at the end 
of the fiscal year, bringing the number of detention beds back to the 
level of average daily population funded in the FY18 omnibus bill.
  This reduction in ICE detention beds, combined with Democratic 
control of the Appropriations Committee and new biannual inspections of 
detention facilities, will provide a check on the Trump 
Administration's out-of-control deportation policy that targets law-
abiding families instead of focusing on deporting violent criminals;
  The agreement before also provides funding a more humane immigration 
system with $415 million for enhanced medical support, transportation, 
food and clothing for migrants in detention, particularly children and 
families; $30.5 million for family case management; an expansion in 
Alternatives to Detention participants from 82,000 to 100,000; and a 
prohibition on ICE using information collected by HHS from sponsors of 
migrant children for removal and deportation purposes.
  I also strongly support the new investments in national security 
provided in the legislation, including a new Coast Guard Polar Security 
Cutter, the first icebreaker in over 40 years; and an $884 million 
increase for the Transportation Security Administration.
  In addition to the bipartisan compromise on Homeland Security, the 
legislation before us includes six other appropriations bills that 
reject the President's deep budget cuts and instead make bold 
investments in to fund the programs Americans depend on and need to 
move our nation forward.
  For example, the agreement funds a 1.9 percent pay raise to federal 
workers that overrides the President's decision to deny these 
hardworking and dedicated public servants a pay raise.
  The agreement provides $3.8 billion for the 2020 Census, an increase 
of $1 billion, to ensure a fair and accurate count.
  The agreement provides more than $3 billion for state and local law 
enforcement to keep communities safe, including by addressing the 
opioid crisis, closing sexual assault kit backlogs and hiring more 
police officers.
  Madam Speaker, all Members should celebrate the fact that the 
agreement provides more than $17 billion in funding for new 
infrastructure investments to improve our roads, bridges, highways, 
railways and mass transit.
  Another reason why I strongly support the legislation before us is 
because it restores and increases investments in job-creating 
initiatives for economic and business development, including for 
minority and women-owned businesses, that the Trump Administration 
tried to eliminate or reduce drastically.
  Madam Speaker, the bipartisan agreement before us rejects the Trump 
Administration's attacks on the environment by blocking the 
Administration's deep cuts to initiatives to protect clean water, clean 
air and public lands and it invests more than $9 billion in the EPA and 
Land and Water Conservation Fund.
  The agreement reinforces and strengthens America's global leadership 
by rejecting the Trump Administration's radical cuts and securing $9.1 
billion in security assistance for allies, including $3.03 billion for 
Israel, $5.7 billion for PEPFAR and $1.7 billion for the Food for Peace 
program.
  Madam Speaker, I would like to draw particular attention to 
provisions in the consolidated appropriations conference report that 
are of special interest to my congressional district.
  Customs and Border Protection: $1.375 billion, $4.325 billion less 
than the $5.7 billion the Trump administration requested, for 
approximately 55 miles of physical barrier along the southern border in 
the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
  $564 million for the installation of non-intrusive imaging equipment 
in the in-bound lanes of southwest border land ports of entry--
significantly increasing the percentage of cars and commercial cargo 
scanned for narcotics and other contraband.
  $415 million for humanitarian relief specifically for medical care, 
transportation, food and cloth; for humanitarian improvements to the 
McAllen Central Processing Center; and for a new El Paso CBP processing 
facility.
  $100 million for new border security technology.
  $77 million for opioid equipment and staffing for use at 
international mail and express consignment facilities.
  $59 million for 600 new CBP Officers and encourages CBP to use fee 
funding to hire up to 600 additional CBP officers for a total of 1,200 
new officers.
  Does not fund the Administration's request for joint detention 
facilities.
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)--Provides an 
appropriated level for detention beds that establishes Congress's 
intent to reduce the daily population in ICE detention to approximately 
40,520 by the end of the fiscal year, down from a current count of 
approximately 49,060.
  Expands the Alternatives to Detention program from 82,000 to 100,000.
  Provides $30.5 million for ATD family case management, which improves 
compliance with immigration court obligations by helping families' 
access community-based support for basic housing, healthcare, legal, 
and educational needs.
  Provides $40 million for additional ICE staffing dedicated to overall 
ATD case management, particularly for asylum seekers.
  Funds additional detention facility inspectors in the Office of 
Professional Oversight to bring the number of inspections up from once 
every three years to twice per year.

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  Provides funding to bring the number of detention facilities in 
compliance with PREA requirements from 86 percent to 97 percent.
  Provides $7.4 million for additional attorneys and for courtroom 
expansion to assist in the backlog of immigration cases currently in 
the system.
  $1.9 billion for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which 
focuses on a wide variety of investigations with a cross-border nexus, 
including those related to human trafficking, financial crimes and 
cyber investigations.
  $7.5 million for new HSI Victim Assistant Specialists and $44 million 
for new staffing to enhance opioid/fentanyl-related investigations and 
analyses.
  No funding for additional enforcement and removal field personnel.
  Coast Guard--12 billion total funding ($10.3 billion in discretionary 
funding) and provides for an additional 250 military personnel.
  Transportation Security Agency (TSA)--$4.9 billion in net 
discretionary funding, an increase of $884 million above the request 
and $5 million above the FY 2018 enacted level.
  Includes additional funding for computed tomography imaging systems 
and $40 million for airport explosive detection system reimbursement.
  Fully funds the TSA Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response teams, 
staffing at exit lanes, as required by law, and the Law Enforcement 
Officer reimbursement program.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)--$16.6 billion in net 
discretionary funding, an increase of $5.5 billion above the request 
and $4.2 billion above the FY 2018 enacted level.
  $12 billion for disaster relief to help States, communities and 
citizens respond to and recover from disasters, as well as cost 
effective mitigation to reduce the risk from future disasters.
  $3.1 billion for grants to help States, communities, citizens, and 
nonprofit organizations, with every grant being at or above the FY 2018 
level, including $277 million for training, exercises, and education 
for our Nation's first responders and emergency managers.
  An additional $111 million above the request for the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency to address high priority 
cybersecurity and infrastructure protection vulnerabilities.
  $10 million in direct funding for Citizenship and Integration grants, 
instead of relying on fee revenue to support the program.
  $820 million to support cutting edge science and technology programs.
  The bill includes the following provisions related to phisical 
barriers: continues language allowing only fencing designs in use as of 
2017 and prohibits construction on sensitive environmental areas such 
as the Bentsen-Rio State Park, the National Butterfly Center, the Santa 
Ana Wildlife Refuge, La Lomita Historical Park, and the Lower Rio 
Grande Wildlife Refuge between Brownsville, TX and the Gulf of Mexico.
  The bill improves transparency by requiring ICE to make public 
information about the numbers and types of people in its custody, such 
as families; border apprehension detainees; interior enforcement 
detainees; and those who are in custody who have a positive credible 
fear claim.
  Prohibits DHS from preventing a Member of Congress from entering any 
facility that is used to detain or otherwise house children and directs 
DHS to make no changes to the current operations and facility 
conditions in anticipation of a congressional oversight visit.
  Prevents DHS from destroying any record related to potential sexual 
assault or abuse of any individual in DHS's custody.
  Prohibits ICE from using information provided by the Office of 
Refugee Resettlement about sponsors or potential sponsors of 
unaccompanied children to arrest, detain, or remove those individuals, 
unless that information reveals the individual has a dangerous criminal 
background.
  Prevents DHS from placing pregnant women in restraints who are in the 
custody of DHS, except in extraordinary circumstances. Provides 
oversight of ICE treatment of detainees, including protections for 
pregnant refugees, prohibiting destruction of detainee sexual assault 
records, and public reporting related to detainees in ICE custody.
  $6.075 billion in discretionary funding for Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which is $100 
million below the FY 2018 enacted level and $325 million above the 
President's budget request.
  $73.477 billion for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), 
which will fully fund the program in 2019.
  $23.141 billion for Child Nutrition Programs, which will fully fund 
the program in 2019.
  International Programs: $1.716 billion for Food for Peace and 
$210.255 million for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education 
and Child Nutrition Program.
  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is funded at $3.08 billion in 
discretionary funding for the FDA, an increase of $269 million.
  Census Bureau--$3.82 billion, an increase of more than $1 billion 
above FY 2018 and $20.9 million above the President's budget request, 
to enable the Bureau to effectively prepare for a thorough, accurate, 
and cost-effective 2020 Decennial Census.
  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is funded at $3.37 billion, 
equal to the President's budget request.
  Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program: $140 million, 
equal to the FY2018 enacted level. The President had proposed 
completely eliminating this program.
  NOAA Climate Research: $159 million, an increase of $1 million above 
the FY2018 enacted level and $60.4 million above the President's budget 
request.
  National Weather Service: $1 billion for operating expenses, an 
increase of $6.6 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $85.5 
million above the President's budget request.
  U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)--$30.9 billion overall for 
Department of Justice, which is more than $638 million above the FY 
2018 enacted level and $2.1 billion above the President's budget 
request.
  Federal Bureau of Investigation--$9.6 billion, an increase of $177 
million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $653 million above the 
President's budget request.
  United States Attorneys--$2.2 billion, an increase of $75 million 
above the FY 2018 enacted level and $107 million above the President's 
budget request.
  United States Marshals Service--$2.93 billion, an increase of $25 
million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $104 million above the 
President's budget request.
  Drug Enforcement Administration--$2.3 billion, an increase of $77 
million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $80 million above the 
President's budget request.
  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)--$1.3 
billion, an increase of $23 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and 
the same as the President's budget request.
  Grants to State and Local Law Enforcement--$3.02 billion:
  1. $423.5 million for Byrne JAG;
  2. $303.5 million for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) 
Program;
  3. $178 million to address sexual assault kit and other DNA evidence 
backlogs;
  4. $87.5 million for Second Chance Act programs;
  5. $347 million for grant programs to address the opioid crisis;
  6. $100 million for the STOP School Violence Act;
  7. $497.5 million for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) programs; and
  8. $75 million for grants to improve the NICS firearms background 
check system.
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)--$21.5 billion, 
an increase of $763.9 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $1.6 
billion above the President's budget request.
  $1.93 billion for Earth science, an increase of $10 million above the 
FY 2018 enacted level and $146.8 million above the President's budget 
request, to enable better scientific information about the Earth and 
its changing climate.
  $725 million for aeronautics research, an increase of $40 million 
above FY 2018 and $91.1 million above the President's budget request, 
to continue efforts to make passenger air travel safer, more fuel 
efficient, less noisy, and more environmentally sustainable.
  $110 million for NASA's STEM education efforts, an increase of $10 
million above FY 2018, to enable NASA to inspire young people to pursue 
future careers in science. This amount includes funding increases for 
the Space Grant program, Minority University Research and Education 
Project, and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
(EPSCOR). The President had proposed eliminating funding for all of 
these.
  $8.1 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF), an increase 
of $307.6 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $603 million 
above the President's budget request.
  Legal Services Corporation is funded at $415 million, $5 million 
above the FY 2018 enacted level; the President had proposed completely 
eliminating this program, which helps provide legal assistance to 
underserved communities.
  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--$379.5 million.
  International Trade Commission (ITC)--$95 million to enable ITC to 
investigate unfair trade practices that harm American companies.
  Crime Victims Fund is funded at $3.35 billion for victims and for 
victim services, including a Tribal set-aside of nearly $168 million 
for programs to assist Native American victims of crime.
  Federal Defender Services--$1.15 billion, an increase of $71.7 
million.
  District of Columbia (DC)--$726 million for special payments to DC, 
an increase of $4.2 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $67.2 
million above the President's budget request; the bill rejects the 
President's proposal

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to eliminate the Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) Program.
  Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is funded at $17 million, a modest 
increase over both the President's budget request and the FY 2018 
enacted level.
  Small Business Administration (SBA) is funded at $715 million, which 
is $14.5 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $36.4 million 
above the President's budget request.
  The cap on SBA's 7a loan program increases to $30 billion, which is 
$1 billion more than the current level and this amount includes $247.7 
million for Entrepreneurial Development Programs (EDP), which is $55 
million more than the President's budget request.
  National Park Service is funded at $3.22 billion, an increase of $20 
million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $521 million above the 
President's budget request.
  Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education is funded at 
$3.08 billion, an increase of $17 million above the FY 2018 enacted 
level and $667 million above the President's budget request.
  Land and Water Conservation Fund is appropriated $435 million, which 
is $10 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $435 million above 
the President's budget request.
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund receives $1.7 billion, which is 
equal to the 2018 enacted level and $300 million above the President's 
budget request.
  Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund is funded at $1.2 billion, 
which is equal to the 2018 enacted level and $300 million above the 
President's budget request.
  Indian Health Service is funded at $5.8 billion, an increase of $266 
million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $380 million above the 
President's budget request.
  Smithsonian Institution is funded at $1.04 billion, equal to the FY 
2018 enacted level and $86 million above the President's budget 
request.
  $155 million for the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities 
(NEA/NEH), the President's budget proposal to eliminate the Agencies.
  $5.1 billion for State Department Operations, which is $114 million 
above the FY 2018 enacted level and $662 million above the President's 
budget request, and $6.1 billion for Embassy and Diplomatic 
Security, which is the same as the FY 2018 enacted level and $716 
million above the President's budget request.

  Security Assistance--$9.15 billion, including $3.3 billion for 
Israel, fully meeting U.S. commitments under the new Memorandum of 
Understanding.
  Education and Cultural Exchanges--$701 million, which is $55 million 
above the FY 2018 enacted level and $542 million above the President's 
budget request.
  Contributions to International Organizations--$1.36 billion for 
assessed contributions to international organizations, which is $107 
million less than the FY 2018 enacted level and $265 million above the 
President's budget request.
  Contributions to International Peacekeeping--$1.55 billion, which is 
$169 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $355 million above the 
President's budget request.
  President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)--$5.7 billion, 
which is $50 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $945 million 
above the President's budget request, including $1.35 billion for the 
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
  U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)--$1.37 billion in 
total funding for the operating expenses of USAID, which is $25 million 
above the FY 2018 enacted level and $258 million above the President's 
budget request.
  Global Health Programs--$3.1 billion, including $575 million for 
family planning programs, $302 million to fight tuberculosis, $145 
million for nutrition programs, $755 million to combat malaria, and 
$290 million for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance.
  Development Assistance--$3 billion for Development Assistance.
  Economic Support Fund (ESF)--$3.7 billion in total funding for 
Economic Support Funds, which is $251 million less than the FY 2018 
enacted level.
  Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Assistance--$7.8 billion, which 
is $173 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $1.46 billion above 
the President's budget request.
  International Disaster Assistance (IDA)--$4.4 billion, which is $100 
million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $828 million above the 
President's budget request.
  Refugee Assistance--$3.4 billion, which is $73 million above the FY 
2018 enacted level and $632 million above the President's budget 
request.
  Multilateral Assistance--$1.86 billion to meet U.S. commitments to 
multilateral organizations and international financial institutions, 
which is equal to the FY 2018 enacted level and $440 million above the 
President's budget request.
  Peace Corps--$410 million, $500,000 above the FY 2018 enacted level 
and $14 million above the President's budget request.
  Millennium Challenge Corporation--$905 million, which is equal to the 
FY 2018 enacted level and $105 million above the President's budget 
request.
  Department of Transportation (DOT) $86.5 billion overall for DOT, 
including $9 billion for new transportation infrastructure. National 
Infrastructure Investments (TIGER or BUILD) is funded at $900 million, 
a decrease of $600 million below the FY 2018 enacted level and $900 
million above the President's budget request. The funding will be 
allocated 5o percent to urban areas and 5o percent to rural areas.
  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)--$17.5 billion, which is $549 
million below the FY 2018 enacted level and $1.3 billion above the 
President's budget request.
  Airport Improvement Program grants receive an additional $500 million 
to accelerate infrastructure investments at airports.
  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)--$49.3 billion, an increase of 
$1.8 billion above the FY 2018 enacted level and $3.5 billion above the 
President's budget request.
  Highway Infrastructure Programs are funded at $3.3 billion for 
highway and bridge rehabilitation and construction as well as safety 
improvements at railroad grade crossings.
  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)--$966 million, 
an increase of $19 million above the FY2018 enacted level and $52 
million above the President's budget request.
  Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)--$2.9 billion, which is $218 
million below the FY 2018 enacted level and $1.9 billion above the 
President's budget request.
  Amtrak is funded at $1.9 billion, equal to FY 2018 enacted level, and 
$670 million is provided for rail infrastructure improvements.
  The Magnetic Levitation Program is funded at $10 million.
  Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is funded at $13.4 billion, 2.3 
billion above the President's budget request. Within this amount, 
Capital Investment Grants are funded at $2.6 billion, sufficient to 
fund all signed Full Funding Grant Agreements and continue work on 
projects in the development pipeline.
  Transit Infrastructure Grants are funded at $700 million to improve 
and modernize transit infrastructure.
  Maritime Administration (MARAD)--$1.1 billion, which is $419 million 
above the President's budget request; within this amount, the Maritime 
Security Program is funded at $300 million, funding is provided for the 
construction of a new schoolship, and $293 million is provided for port 
infrastructure development.
  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)--$275 
million, which is $21 million above the President's budget request.
  $8 billion for new housing and public infrastructure.
  Public and Indian Housing (PIH)--$31 billion, an increase of $6.4 
billion above the President's budget request.
  Tenant-Based Rental Assistance is funded at $20.3 billion, adequate 
to renew all existing vouchers.
  Public Housing Capital Fund is funded at $2.8 billion and the Choice 
Neighborhoods Initiative is funded at $150 million-both programs will 
revitalize our nation's public housing stock.
  A mobility voucher demonstration program is funded at $25 million.
  Community Planning and Development (CPD)--$7.7 billion, an increase 
of $29 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $5 billion above the 
President's budget request.
  Homeless Assistance Grants are funded at $2.6 billion.
  Community Development Block Grants are funded at $3.4 billion.
  The HOME program is funded at $1.3 billion.
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS is funded at $393 
million.
  Housing Programs are funded $12.7 billion, an increase of $726 
million above the President's budget request.
  $61 million is for the renovation and construction of housing units 
for the elderly and $30 million is for new housing units for persons 
with disabilities.
  Project-Based Rental Assistance is fully-funded at $11.7 billion.
  Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is funded at $65.3 million, equal 
to the FY 2018 enacted level and $3 million above the President's 
budget request.
  Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes is slated to receive 
$279 million, an increase of $49 million above the FY 2018 enacted 
level and $134 million above the President's budget request.
  Madam Speaker, the collateral damage caused by the Trump Shutdown was 
substantial, long lasting, and unnecessary because it could have been 
avoided had the President not reneged on his promise to sign the 
continuing resolution passed by the Senate unanimously on December 19, 
2018.
  Instead, the President callously shut down the government for 35 
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800,000 civil servants and forcing nearly half that many to work 
without pay, which cost the national economy more than $11 billion in 
lost productivity and economic output.
  Because the President broke his promise, frontline federal employees, 
including law enforcement and public safety personnel, worked without 
pay from December 22 through January 25, 2019.
  The way these federal workers, many of whom risk their lives in the 
service of this country, were treated was shameful.
  The shutdown forced some employees to look for new jobs or take on 
extra work, and the pressure was immense for employees and families 
with no other source of income.
  Among those not receiving a pay check for their work were 3,200 
Secret Service agents who risk their lives every single day to protect 
the President and his family.
  In addition to the federal employees working without pay, hardworking 
federal employees at agencies like the Department of Justice, the 
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, and 
NASA had been furloughed without pay, plunging them and their families 
into uncertainty.
  Madam Speaker, shutting down the Government of the United States, or 
any portion thereof, is not an acceptable tactic or strategy for 
resolving differences regarding policy, funding levels, or governing 
philosophy.
  It should never happen again.
  Given the damage mercilessly inflicted on the American people and the 
economy by the Trump Shutdown, Congress has a fiduciary duty to the 
American people to ensure the continued, uninterrupted operations of 
the Government of the United States and its services.
  And that begins with an overwhelming majority vote in support of H.J. 
Res. 31.
  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my friend, frankly, for his response 
on the VAWA issue. And I don't pretend to speak for all Republicans. I 
will point out to my friend, actually the last time we did a 
reauthorization, I voted against the Republican bill to bring the 
Senate Democratic bill to the floor because I thought it was a better 
bill. It was a stronger bill.
  It had Tribal provisions and it had areas we had not addressed 
previously. I thought those were good changes. It is pretty unusual for 
me to break with my own team and bring down the Republican bill and 
pass the Democratic bill, but I was proud to do it because it was a 
better bill.
  I don't think simply having money in place is the same as having the 
authorizations in place. This is an opportunity, in my view, to just 
have continuity while we do exactly what my friend suggests. Let's find 
a way, and come together. I think we will. That has traditionally been 
a bipartisan bill. I hope we do it. But I don't see a reason why we 
should have a lapse in authority.
  This is something we tried to put, actually, in conference in the 
base bill, and it would not have prevented my friends from going on and 
offering a new authorization. It was just simply, let's keep this 
going.
  So to me, the previous question that we will offer should the rule be 
defeated, will have that opportunity, and I hope my friends avail 
themselves of that.
  In addition to that, I want to thank my friends genuinely for the 
cooperation in this process on the appropriations bills themselves. As 
I said, six of these bills were essentially agreed to in December in a 
bipartisan way between both the House and the Senate.
  So we will hear the argument or could hear the argument tonight. All 
of this is new, and there is a 1,000-plus page bill, and what have you. 
The reality is, there are probably about 75 pages, I am told from the 
conferees, of new text here. Most of this is actually something that 
this House has voted on and passed in December.
  Not reopening old issues and settling them where we could and then 
moving forward is something my friends ought to be proud of. I think it 
was absolutely the right thing to do. It let us get on to the important 
business of fiscal year 2020 more quickly and more expeditiously.
  And my friends are in the majority, and if they want to make changes 
there, additions or subtractions, they will be in a position to do 
that. But I think closing the book here is a good one.
  I hope all of us, honestly, as Republicans and Democrats--I have been 
around here long enough to be in the minority, in the majority, and in 
the minority again. It tends to move back and forth.
  But as my friends have pointed out, these are important funding bills 
that provide for the continuity of government. And in these 
negotiations nobody ever gets everything they want. It is not possible, 
even when one side or the other controls both Chambers and the White 
House. I have been here when that has happened on our side and on my 
friend's side. You still never get everything you want in 
appropriations.
  But I think there is going to be a premium placed on cooperation and 
negotiations going forward. There is no question. We have a Democratic 
House, we have a Republican Senate, and we have a Republican President.
  Everything that we are going to accomplish in the next 18 months for 
the American people will have to be a compromise where we work 
together. I actually think this is a good first step in starting that 
process. I think my friends are to be commended in doing that.
  We won't get every vote for this underlying legislation on our side. 
I doubt my friends will get every vote on their side, but we will have 
a pretty substantial bipartisan majority in favor of moving forward, 
fully funding the government and, hopefully, that sets the example for 
what we do in fiscal year 2020.

                              {time}  1900

  Again, I look forward to working with my friends going forward. I 
look forward to beginning that process here tonight by working together 
to pass a bill the Senate has already passed in an overwhelmingly 
bipartisan fashion and that the President has said he will sign, and I 
assume that he certainly will.
  As difficult as this road has been, Madam Speaker, I think this is 
actually a hopeful moment for this Chamber and maybe the beginning of 
good habits of negotiation, compromise, and cooperation, because we are 
certainly going to need those habits going forward.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time to 
close.
  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Madam Speaker, I thank my friend, and, again, I thank him quite 
sincerely for his work. We have had the opportunity to work together 
now in the Rules Committee for a little while. We hadn't had that 
opportunity previously. He is always a thoughtful and an interesting 
voice in that body and certainly here on the floor.
  While we will disagree over the rule and might well disagree over the 
previous question, on the underlying legislation, I suspect my friend 
and I will be voting on the same side tonight.
  That is something I hope that the American people take note of. We 
will have lots of Democrats and lots of Republicans voting on the same 
side. Yes, we have our differences about how we got here or what we 
would have liked. But at the end of the day, we have come together and 
given the American people what they deserve, and that is a fully 
funded, operational government, and we have resolved our differences in 
conference.
  I, too, want to join my friends in congratulating the chair of the 
conference committee, Chair Lowey; congratulating our ranking member, 
Kay Granger; and congratulating their counterparts, Senator Shelby and 
Senator Leahy for the work they did in working through these knotty 
issues and bringing us together.
  Yes, I wish it happened more quickly, but they are not the only 
players. I think all four of them worked in good faith and served our 
Chambers well in their deliberations.
  Madam Speaker, in closing, I urge support for the underlying measure. 
While the process of finalizing full-year funding for fiscal year 2019 
may have taken longer than we expected, today's measure will complete 
the process. I expect the House will pass these seven bills today, and 
I expect that the President will sign them in the very near future.
  I applaud and commend my colleagues for their hard work and hope that 
we will carry this spirit of bipartisanship with us as we move forward 
into the fiscal year 2020 appropriations process.

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  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleagues for joining me here today to 
speak on the rule and the conference report. Providing funding for the 
Federal Government is one of our most basic responsibilities here in 
the Congress. Unfortunately, the Congress in the last session failed to 
get it done and pass an appropriations package or even a short-term 
continuing resolution, and that resulted in a 35-day shutdown, the 
longest in U.S. history, something I hope we all can avoid from this 
point forward.
  Starting on day one of the new Congress, House Democrats began by 
working to reopen the government, so we could negotiate the remaining 
issues on border security and finish last year's work once and for all. 
Today, we are accomplishing that goal.
  I want to close with a thank you to the Appropriations Committee, 
which worked very hard to get this done. I thank the Rules Committee, 
where we heard every one of these appropriations bills.
  I especially thank the 800,000 Federal employees affected by the 
shutdown, as well as the other 1.2 million Federal employees across the 
country. They are patriots. The employees are patriots for the work 
they do each and every day on behalf of our country and our citizens.
  I met with dozens of Federal employees during the shutdown. I heard 
about the uncertainty of how to pay bills and the mental anguish from 
being sidelined from work because they were not excepted or essential. 
Despite all that, I still heard that they were proud of their work of 
10, 20, even 25 years in public service and how they just wanted to get 
back to their jobs.
  Madam Speaker, I say to Mr. Cole that I am hopeful, too, that we can 
come together on these important responsibilities. There are going to 
be basic disagreements, and hopefully, we can work together to iron out 
most of those. But shutting down the government is something we have to 
avoid from this point forward. So I hope the lessons we in Congress 
learned from the shutdown are not forgotten, and we continue working 
together to prevent this from happening again.
  Madam Speaker, I encourage a ``yes'' vote on the rule and on the 
previous question.
  The material previously referred to by Mr. Cole is as follows:

       At the end of the resolution, add the following:
       Sec. 4. Immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the 
     House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the 
     bill (H.R. 1239) to reauthorize Department of Justice 
     programs that combat violence against women, and for other 
     purposes. All points of order against consideration of the 
     bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All 
     points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. 
     The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without 
     intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally 
     divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
     member of the Committee on the Judiciary; and (2) one motion 
     to recommit.
       Sec. 5. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the 
     consideration of H.R. 1239.

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, 
and I move the previous question on the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous 
question.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by a 5-
minute vote on adoption of the resolution, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 229, 
nays 195, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 85]

                               YEAS--229

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (CA)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--195

     Abraham
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Aderholt
     Allred
     Cardenas
     Deutch
     Engel
     Kinzinger
     Quigley

                              {time}  1926

  Messrs. RUTHERFORD, GRIFFITH, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, and Mr.

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SHIMKUS changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mses. BASS, SPEIER and JACKSON LEE changed their vote from ``nay'' to 
``yea.''
  So the previous question was ordered.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 230, 
nays 196, not voting 5, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 86]

                               YEAS--230

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (CA)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--196

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duffy
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Turner
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Allred
     Deutch
     Kinzinger
     Lieu, Ted
     Quigley


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining.

                              {time}  1935

  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________