[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D335-D336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 2019-
2042; and 6 resolutions, H.J. Res. 29-30; and H. Res. 280, 282-284 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H2985-86
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page H2987
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 639, to amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban 
Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal 
employees (H. Rept. 116-29);
  H. Con. Res. 16, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 
National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard 
and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Rept. 116-30);
  H. Con. Res. 19, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 
Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Rept. 116-31); and
  H. Res. 281, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1585) to 
reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 116-32).                                  
Page H2985
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Butterfield to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2941
Recess: The House recessed at 10:39 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H2945
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Dr. Lora 
Hargrove, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Rockville, Maryland. 
                                                             Page H2945
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas to 189 nays with one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 143.                        
  Pages H2945, H2972-73
Condemning the Trump Administration's Legal Campaign to Take Away 
Americans' Health

[[Page D336]]

Care: The House considered H. Res. 271, condemning the Trump 
Administration's Legal Campaign to Take Away Americans' Health Care. 
Further proceedings were postponed.                      
  Pages H2956-69
  H. Res. 274, the rule providing for consideration of the joint 
resolution (S.J. Res. 7) and the resolution (H. Res. 271) was agreed to 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 141, after the 
previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 231 yeas to 191 
nays, Roll No. 140.                                      
Pages H2948-56
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the ``Louise and Bob 
Slaughter Post Office'': H.R. 540, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, 
New York, as the ``Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office'', by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 142; and 
                                                  Pages H2969-70, H2972
  Changing the address of the postal facility designated in honor of 
Captain Humayun Khan: S. 725, to change the address of the postal 
facility designated in honor of Captain Humayun Khan.    
  Pages H2971-72
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, April 3rd.     
  Page H2973
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1450 Montauk Highway in Mastic, New York, as the ``Army Specialist 
Thomas J. Wilwerth Post Office Building'': H.R. 829, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1450 Montauk 
Highway in Mastic, New York, as the ``Army Specialist Thomas J. 
Wilwerth Post Office Building''.                         
  Pages H2970-71
Discharge Petition: Representative Scalise presented to the clerk a 
motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H. 
Res. 102, providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 962) to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care 
practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the 
case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion 
(Discharge Petition No. 1).
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2955, H2956, H2972, and 
H2972-73. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:11 p.m.