meeting to ensure we have sufficient resources to continue the western new york niche ive. atty. gen. garland: yes. i can talk about a few initiatives in that regard. you are correct. that our work in the western district of new york is ongoing. has been successful. and then we have the money that we need for that purpose. mr. morelle: i'll just ask one other question. last week i was very pleased to see the department finalize a new rule to update the definition of engaged in business as a firearms dealer. as you know unlicensed dealers who do not conduct background checks are the largest source of firearms that are illegally brought into our communities. if you could just talk about the budgetary impact on that requirement by firearms dealers and the ability for the department to make sure that that new rule is carried out. atty. gen. garland: this is the

implementation of the bipartisan safer communities act. and we have asked for money in the a.t.f. budget for that purpose. >> we will leave this here to take you live now to the u.s. house. where today members are continuing their work on several pieces of iran-related legislation. also a bill to combat drug trafficking from syria. live coverage of the house here on c-span.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chap labor -- chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. larvetionmighty god, you thwart the plans of nations. what hope do we as people who represent this nation have? lord, how can we who work on behalf of the american people get anything done without you? when you look down from your heavens and see us, when you look from your dwelling place and observe our lives, we pray you would consider our hearts and shape them according to your perfect plan. blessed is the nation whose god is you, o lord. for your plans stand firm forever. the purposes of your heart will sustain all generations who seek to serve you. may our hope be ever in your unfailing love. may all that we do revere you. deliver us from the famine of

our faith and the failure of our flawed designs. for you alone are our help and our shield. let your unfailing love rest upon us, lord, even as we put our hope in you. we pray these prayers in your sovereign name. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the ledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from illinois. ms. budzinski: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of ameramerica ano the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message from the us who. moaj mr. speaker, a --

the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from -- the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. since biden came toes of to, the pocketbooks of american families have been assaulted. upon his arrival, inflation was just 1.4%. but with bidenflation, inflation has reached a 40-year high, destroying jobs. it's a tax on american citizens and a direct result of the reckless spending of biden and far left democrats, costing

households over $12,000 more a year just for the basics. examples of such price increases include eggs, up 49%, baby food, 31%, electricity, up 29%, pet food up 24%, coffee up 20%. house republicans will fight to reduce inflation and create jobs. in conclusion, god bless our troops who have successfully protected america for 20 years as the global war on terrorism moves from the afghanistan safe haven to america. we do not need new border laws, we need to enforce the current laws. biden shamefully opens the borders for dictators as more 9/11 attacks across america are eminent, as warned by the f.b.i. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.

ms. budzinski: i would like to recognize and celebrate the life of someone who has served as a pillar of his community and beacon of light to the students of the university of illinois, dr. william patterson. dr. patterson was a professor and community mentor who dedicated -- who was dedicated to bettering the lives of the young people around him. during his time as an associate professor at the university of illinois' school of music, dr. patterson worked with the moyer boys and girls club and created new initiatives for black middle school, high school and college students like the hip-hop express urban stem lab. his impact on our community cannot be overstated. he was known for always being fully present until the work was done. as we mourn his loss, we also celebrate dr. patterson and his work, work that we must honor by continuing to follow his example of leadership and excellence. may his legacy live on to empower and inspire young people

to blossom into bright, civic-minded leaders for generations to come. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize members of the lions club, the rotary club and the organization who are on capitol hill today. volunteer service is a cornerstone of a successful, strong and healthy community. it is also an important staple of american life. i'm a member of my hometown organization so i know firsthand the good this club does around the world. to share the impactful work of service clubs and their volunteers, congressman jimmy panetta of california, who is a pleautarian, and i founded the congressional service organization caucus in 2019. later today the congressional

service organization caucus will host a member and staff briefing. speakers from lions, rotary, and other clubs will share how their members strive to make the world a better place one community at a time. mr. speaker, i urge all my colleagues to join the congressional service organization caucus to ensure service to others remains a viable part of american life for generations to come. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i've officially taken the pledge. an incredible organization from massachusetts called spoonfuls is calling on all of us to reduce our wasted food footprint while helping those who don't know where their next meal is coming from. i've always said that in america, we have a mismatch. acres of fresh fruits and vegetables, some of the most

talented farmers in the world, yet nearly 40 million americans go hungry. we have enough food to feed everyone, yet so much goes to waste. in fact, about 40% of the food the u.s. produces ends up thrown in the trash. and too much of it is perfectly good to eat. in congress, i was proud to get the food donation improvement act to president biden's desk, making it easier for organizations to donate unused food. this law is a win-win for organizations looking to do good and for americans who are hungry. mr. speaker, i'll continue to look for ways to minimize food waste in my life. i hope that others, including my colleagues in congress, will join me in this fun, commonsense commitment. and let us rededicate ourselves to ending hunger now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to

congratulate one of my constituents, miraj pa tell, on become -- patel, on becoming the youngest person ever to lead the asian american hotel owners association in its 35-year history. ms. garcia: in miraj they have elected a young man born and raised in my district tonight leader of the largest hotel owners association in the united states, with over 20,000 members. miraj's passion for the hotel industry started in his family's 30-room motel on wayside drive, the heart of my district. now it has grown into an american success story and proves that your dreams can come true. i'm truly excited about miraj's vision and what it will bring to the asian american hotel owners association. i know from his heart he will always put people first. i wish miraj nothing but success

in his new endeavor and congratulations again. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 1149 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 71. house resolution 1149. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h.r. 6323, to modify the availability of certain waiver authorities with respect to sanctions imposed with respect to the financial sector of iran, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on financial services now printed in the bill shall be

considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services or their respective designees, and, two, one motion to recommit. section 2. upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider in the house the resolution, h. res. 1143, condemning iran s unprecedented drone and missile attack on -- condemning iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack on israel. the resolution shall be considered as read. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and preamble to adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question except one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the

committee on foreign affairs or their respective designees. section 3. upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h.r. 4691, to provide for congressional review of actions to terminate or waive sanctions imposed with respect to iran. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 118-30 shall be considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on foreign affairs or their respective designees, and two, one motion to recommit. section 4.

upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h.r. 5947, to provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to iran, 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, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on foreign affairs or their respective designees, and two, one motion to recommit. section 5. upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h.r. 6046, to designate ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and impose certain sanctions on ansarallah, and for other purposes. all points of order against

consideration of the bill are waived. in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on foreign affairs, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 118-29 shall be considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on foreign affairs or their respective designees, and, two, one motion to recommit. section 6. at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill,

h.r. 4639, to amend section 2702 of title 18, united states code, to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining subscriber or customer records in exchange for anything of value, to address communications and records in the possession of intermediary internet service providers, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary or their respective designees. after general debate the bill shall be considered for after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendmet under the five-minute rule. an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the tet of rules committee print 118—28 shall be considered as adopted n the house and in the committee f the whole. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill

for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. no further amendment to the bil, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. each such further amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided ad controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subjet to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. all points of order against such further amendments are waived. at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the house with such further amendments as may have been adopted. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any

further amendment thereto to final passage without intervenig motion except one motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one hour. >> for the purpose of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes tote ranking members -- to the ranking members of the rules committee and my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from massachusetts, depending which time i reeled myself as i may same. during consideration of this resolution, all time yield for the purpose of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask for unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise in support of this rule and in support of the underlying legislation. mr. reschenthaler: there's six measures, h.r. 6323, h.r. 143, h.r. 4691, h.r. 5947, h.r. 6046,

and h.r. 4639. 9 rule provides for consideration of h.r. 6323, the iran counter terrorism act of 2023, under enclosed rule with one hour of debate equally dividing control by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on financial services with respect designeess and has one motion. additionally they provide for consideration of h.r. 1143, democratting iran's unprecedented attack on israel with one hour of debate equally divide and had controlled by the ranking member of the committee on foreign affairs. further, the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 4691, the iran sanctions relief review act of 2023 under a closed rule with one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member on the committee on for the purpose affairs and provides one motion to recommit. the rule also provides for consideration of h.r. 5947, which provides for the rescision of certain waivers and licenses relating to iran under rule with one hour of debate controlled by

the chair and ranking minority member by the committee on foreign affairs or the respected designees and has one motion to recommit. the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 6046, the standing against heat you're aggression act with one hour of debate equally dividing and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member or the respective designees and provides one motion to recommit. finally mr. speaker, the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 4639, the fourth amendment is not for sale act under a rule with one hour of debate equally divide and had controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on judiciary or respective designees and provides one motion to recommit. there's three amends. mr. speaker, president joe biden's foreign policy decisions have been a complete disaster on the world stage and emboldened foreign terrorist organizations. sadly, we were forewarned about

all this. president obama's defense secretary, robert gates, stated nearly a decade ago regarding president biden, and i quote, "i think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades." he's right. and let's look at the facts. in the first year alone, the president green lit norstream 2 to provide russian gas to europe, while simultaneously blocking the keystone x.l. pipeline here at home. he issued 94 executive orders on immigration, which has led to an unprecedented invasion at our southern border. to appease his far left base, he delisted the hutis as a terrorist organization. he's responsible for the complete surrender of afghanistan which killed 13 american service members stranded thousands of americans,

returned the taliban to power, and expanded isis-k and al qaeda. in 2022, his policies of appeasement led to the largest invasion of europe since world war ii. to help his party in the midterms, he has depleted the strategic petroleum reserve to the lowest levels since i've been born since 1983, and he sent millions of barrels of oil to communist china. there was a chinese spy balloon to patrol the country which collected intelligence. on the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, an insult to people who suffered those terrorist attacks on the very anniversary joe biden unfroze $6 billion in oil sanctions to iran, just days before an iranian proxy group killed over 8,000 people in israel. and how does iran thank us?

our troops in the middle east faced over 100 attacks from proxy networks, which led to the death of three service members in jordan. in just this year, biden waived billions of dollars in sanctions to allow iranian energy exports into iraq, and i kid you not, while also announcing an indefinite pause to new approvals of u.s. liquefied natural gas exports from here. and guess who benefits from that. it's not the united states. it's not the american worker. it's russia, it's china, and iran who benefit from joe biden's reckless foreign policy. this administration's policies truly embody the slogan america last. that is why house republicans are bringing to the floor this week legislation to condemn iran's recent attack on israel, block biden's ransom payments to iran, redesignate the houthis as a foreign terrorist organization, and apply maximum pressure on the iranian regime.

we cannot stand idly by as the biden administration hands over the keys to the ayatollah, to the dictator in communist china xi, and the dictator, vladimir putin. this week votes will be very clear. do you stand with our ally israel or do you stand with the authoritarian regime in tehran? i urge my colleagues to support this, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania recaesars sportsbook. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for yielding my the customary 30 minutes. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i join the gentleman in condemning iran's attack on israel. and i want to also express my growing concern at this situation. i hope that president biden continues working to de-escalate tensions. i don't think that any of us want this to turn into a broader conflict that puts even more civilians at risk.

i also want to thank president biden, mr. speaker, because as commander in chief, he ordered our military to shoot down more than 70 drones and three intercontinental ballistic missiles that iran launched. because of his actions and his work to unite our allies in the region, israeli airspace was defended and 99% of the projectiles were intercepted. that is real. that's concrete. and that's tangible. and listening to my friends on the other side, i think they blame joe biden for everything. i mean, they blame him for iran's attack more than they blame iran. i think they have people on their side who blame joe biden for the earthquake. and i think one of my friends on the other side of the aisle blame joe biden for the eclipse. this is crazy. but at some point they need to stop playing the blame game and work with democrats to address these global challenges, in a

thoughtful and bipartisan way. and instead of doing that, instead of bringing everybody together, what we have from republicans is that fake response to a real crisis. the majority dusted off a bunch of old bills, and some of which have never -- and some of which have never had a hearing and have never been marked up by committee. and they are bringing them to the floor. i guess they decided the original schedule for the week would have looked bad, because they originally planned to bring up bills dealing with household appliances. you heard that right, mr. speaker. with all the crises going on in the world, the majority's plan this week was to bring up a bill about refrigerator freedom.

not just one bill or two bills. they had a whole week, six bills dedicated to appliances. they wanted us to debate the liberty and laundry act this week. and they took it as an actual international emergency to get them to notice how out of touch and absurd their policy agenda is. meanwhile, democrats have been saying for months and months that we need republicans to get serious about helping our allies. and for months, we've heard about excuse after excuse from republicans. first they said we had to wait until h.r. 2, their extreme maga border bill, became law. they changed their tune because they tanked their own border bill. next they told us to wait until the federal government was fully funded. so we did that. and the maga caucus moved the goal post yet again. democrats were told that aid for ukraine had to wait until the

house reauthorized fisa. guess what, mr. speaker, republicans are out of excuses. and our allies are out of time. speaker johnson's inaction has consequences. he has emboldened our adversaries and left our allies wondering, where is america? i hear reports that he is in back room discussions with members to find a way forward on ukraine funding. and i hope that we see the aid our allies need on the floor this week and that there's no partisan b.s. attached to it. what our allies need right now aren't more empty, do nothing exercises and political messaging like we're doing today. what they need is our help immediately. these bills we are debating do not meet this moment at all. the very first thing we should have done this week is come back and debate a bipartisan bill that could provide real help to our allies am instead we get more wasted time, more broken promises, more useless rhetoric from this republican majority.

has anyone even asked the senate if these bills are going any, mr. speaker? they passed the sanctions bill on iran six months ago and haven't sent it to the senate yet. are they going to send any of these bills to the senate? or is this all for show so they can send out a press release to say they did something? meanwhile, the world is wondering when america will get our act together. and when this republican majority is going to get their act together. stop playing politics. start doing your job. with that i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. russen that willer: thank you, mr. speaker. in recent days far left activists have chant debt to america and debt to israel. mr. reschenthaler: cheers broke out when iran started attacking zag did you recall a meeting about the upcoming d.n.c. convention. just think about that for a moment.

this isn't your grandfather's democratic party. in the three months following the october 7 attack, there has been an increase of 360% of antisemitic incidents in this country. it was reported earlier this year that there was an exodus of jewish families leaving oakland, california, because the antisemitic radicalization of the teachers union in that city. this isn't 1930's nazi germany. this is 21st century california, where we're seeing this happen. but if you doubt me, just listen to the leaders of the democratic party. here's representative rashida tlaib, who said, "privilege are the sea is an aspiration call for freedom, human rights and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction or hate." this is an absolute lie. from the river to the sea is a call for genocide of the jewish people and the destruction of the state of israel, and there's representative tlaib condoning a call for genocide. and let's not forget about

representative omar, we have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the u.s., hamas, israel, afghanistan, and the taliban." equating the united states, the u.s. military and the israel defense force to terrorists organizations is not only disgusting, it's absolutely disgraceful. she also said israel had, and i quote, "hypnotized the world," alluding to an antisemitic trope that we've seen for absolutely centuries. here's representative jayapal who said, "well, we condemn ham has' firing of the rockets, but you have to look at what prompted even that behavior." it's very clear. far left activists look to their leaders for direction. . i want to yield three minutes to my good friend from the state of texas, the chairman of the rules committee, representative burgess. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: i thank my friend for yielding.

i rise today in support of this very important rule and specifically i rise in support of israel. following the attack on israel by iran this past weekend. this direct attack on israel is unprecedented. it does mark the first time that iran has directly attacked israel from iranian soil. in total, more than 300 drones were launched toward israel, severely injuring a 7-year-old girl and damaging a military base. while the united states worked with longstanding allies to help assist in the interception of these missiles and drones, it is clear that the stability of the region is only as strong as the israeli-united states partnership. understanding this and the gravity of iran's attack, republicans have put forth legislation this week to con dental the attack -- condemn the attack and reaffirm our support for israel. and be assured, mr. speaker, israel does have a right to

self-defense. this rule and the underlying legislation in the rule reaffirms the united states' commitment to israel's security, it designates the houthis as a foreign terrorist organization, and holds iran accountable for their support of proxy wars and terrorism in the region. mr. speaker, it is important that the united states take up these measures and ensure the safety of israel and the safety of the united states. undeniably iran should be held accountable for this attack. this legislation seeks to do just that. i urge passage of the rule from my colleagues. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back to my friend from pennsylvania. mr. reschenthaler: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, let me just say, i've never heard so much b.s. in my life, to be honest with you. let me just remind my colleagues that donald trump, the guy they apologize for constantly, is the one who let iran attack u.s.

troops. donald trump is the one who allowed not one but dozens of chinese spy balloons to fly overhead without telling us. donald trump is the one who gave classified israeli intelligence to the russians, intelligence they could have given to iran. donald trump is the one who went to north korea, remember that? and tried to get a brutal dictator to love him. he said, hey, kim jong un and i are in love. donald trump is the one who tried to extort ukraine by withholding our aid and he was impeached over it. donald trump praises putin, he fawns over xi jinping and he says kim jong un -- sends kim jong un love letters. how pathetic. how pathetic. you know, donald trump is the one who praised an angry mob who attacked the united states capitol and injured people. that's all good for my friends on the other side. every step of the way trump stood with america's

adversaries. and those who oppose democracy. i'm sorry that it's an inconvenient truth for my republican friends, but it is the truth. and contrast that with joe biden. joe biden rallied the world to ukraine's defense. he defended our ally, israel in their air space. and he has rebuilt our image on the world stage and stood up for democracy. my friends on the other side said nothing when the previous president was apologizing and praising every tin horn dictator in the world who had no regard for human rights. democrats are the party of democracy. republicans can use whatever rhetoric they want about the far left or the far left that. their party has been radicalized by maga extremists. here we are at this late date, debating legislation that is going nowhere, when in fact our allies, specifically ukraine, is out of money and out of

equipment to defend themselves against russia and my friends just sit there and twiddle their thumbs. this is pathetic. this is pathetic. i urge my colleagues to understand what's going on here. we're doing this exercise that is going nowhere. i don't know who it's designed to please, maybe to show that we're doing work when we're not doing work. we actually passed a bill on iran months ago. six months ago, to be exact. that's still here. they never even sent it over to the senate. this is all for show. meanwhile, we have a real crisis on our hands. and so i hope my friends will get serious. let's waste this time doing these bills that are problematic and that are going nowhere, but don't lecture us about democracy or protecting israel or about protecting democracy in ukraine. it is because of house republicans that the world right now is on the brink. and i hope that sooner,

hopefully over the next couple of days, you come to your senses and allow us to provide relief to our ally, ukraine. i hope that we do that because if not, it will be too late. you've waited so long. constantly giving in to the most extreme right-wing elements of your party, people who have nothing but contempt for ukraine, for democratic movements, who couldn't give a damn about human rights. so it is pathetic that at this late date we are here doing this and not doing what we should have done a long time ago and that is provide ukraine the assistance it needs to push back on russia. with that i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the chair reminds members to refrain from engaging in personalities toward presumptive nominees for the office of the president. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate it. you know, there's a lot of

emotion coming from the other side of the aisle. but as a really good friend has told me before, facts don't care about your feelings. and if you look at the facts, it's pretty clear the difference between the democrats, obama and biden, and president trump. let's just look at russia. it's not a coincidence that vladimir putin moved in to crimea and parts of georgia when president obama was in office. and then for the four years president trump was in office, there were zero military incursions. as soon as joe biden took office, he moves into ukraine. actions speak lowtder than -- louder than words. again, those facts don't care about your feelings. let's look at ukraine. you want to talk about conditioning aid. joe biden conditioned lethal aid on ukraine, forcing the ukrainians to fire a prosecutor that was investigating a corrupt oil and gas company that hunter biden just happened to be on the board of. i'll let you draw your own conclusions on that but it's very clear that joe biden

actually did what president trump was wron wrongfully impead for and then he bragged about it on tv. he also had many missteps. remember at the beginning of the leadup to the war, joe biden said that we would tolerate a quote-unquote minor incursion into ukrainian territory. just whetting the appetite of vladimir putin. then when the russians did invade, joe biden slow walked lethal aid. where were the migs that were sent? why didn't we get them anti-aircraft air batterys? why didn't we jam the electronic abilities of the russians to make sure that they didn't have air superiority? the ukrainians still don't have the lethal aid because joe biden and his far-left radical administration slow-walked the aid from the beginning of this war, it's been an absolute disaster, because of joe biden's incompetence and the incompetence of those he surrounds himself with. and i find it very rich to then attack president trump's record on israel. who was the first u.s. president to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem?

it was donald trump. making him the most pro-israeli president we've ever had. who was it that had the abraham accords? it wasn't joe biden. that was president trump president trump who had the -- president trump who had the abraham accords. if he was a democrat he would have won two nobel peace prizes for that. then let's not forget about joe biden who still up to today is calling for a ceasefire when our number one ally in the world, israel, is fighting for its life against the terrorist organization in hamas. and people across the aisle and people in the white house are calling for a ceasefire on that. i think that's absolutely unacceptable and for all the talk about supporting our fellow democracies, let me remind you that there's one thriesksing -- thriving democratic state in the middle east. there's only one democracy in the middle east. that's israel. it would be nice if my friends across the aisle would support that democracy. but with that i'd like to yield three minutes to my good friend from the state of new york, representative langworthy. mr. langworthy: members --

the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. langworthy: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and i want to thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for yielding the time today. but i rise today in support of the underlying legislation to put a stop to the biden administration's policies of appeasement and stand firmly with our friend and ally, the great state of israel. on october 7, 2023, hamas, bank rolled by the iranian regime, with funds that could have been spent on food or medicine or other humanitarian needs of the iranian people, they murdered and kidnapped children, they raped women, they brutalized the elderly. mr. barrow:ism that the -- barbarism that the world hasn't seen in yeemples the evil we -- years. the evil we saw was done with the resources provided by iran's fundamentalist leaders. these are the very same leaders that call death to america. israelis and the -- america,

israelis and the he were -- extermination of the jewish state and jews everywhere. i want to remind everyone here today that we are still american and we still have american and israeli hostages in gaza. they're still being held by a terror group whose lifeline has been and continues to be iran. mr. speaker, the true cost of the biden administration's failed policies of appeasing this terrorist state is on full display. just this weekend, iran launched a full-scale military assault on our ally, with 330 drones, low-flying cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. the time for appeasement has long since passed. let me remind everyone that president biden continued to allow iran to access $10 billion, even after they funded the horrific attacks on october 7. it's ridiculous and frankly disgusting that any of my colleagues would continue to advocate and to serve as

apologists for state sponsors of terrorism. in the face of so much aggression in the region, i am relieved to see that israel, with the help of the united states, the united nations and so many -- united kingdom and so many other allies were able to minimize the damage from iran's recent attacks. but we would not be at this point if it had not been for president biden's relaxing of saptions -- sanctions and disgraceful attempts at appeasement in a vein attempt -- vain attempt to resurrect an agreement that did nothing but power iran and its proxies in the region. once again, mr. speaker, i am here today on the house floor calling for this administration and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to stop pretending that we can negotiate or appease a regime that wishes genocide on the jewish people and the destruction of the state of israel. i strongly support the underlying legislation to put a check on this administration's reckless policies towards iran that have jeopardized the safety of the american people and the

survival of our friend and eye lie, the state of -- ally, the state of israel, as they fight to defend themselves and i yield back. mr. reschenthaler: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: oh, my goodness, mr. speaker. listen to the gentleman from new york. he got up and he blamed the president of the united states more for iran's attack on israel than he blamed the supreme leader of iran. how pathetic. how pathetic. i say to the gentleman from pennsylvania, yeah, we are emotional when we talk about this stuff. we are emotional when we talk about this stuff. because the bottom line is, people are dying. and we have members on the other side of the aisle who continue to use putin's talking points and defending why we're not giving aid to ukraine. that's not me saying that. that's the republican chairman of the foreign affairs committee. so, i mean, we're -- this is a really important moment here.

whether we're going to stand with our friends in ukraine, whether we're going to help them stand up to russia, or whether, you know, following the example of trump, we're going to turn a blind eye. i mean, putin is hoping that maybe trump wins and the republicans win because then he knows he can take over ukraine. so, yeah, we are emotional. because people are dying. russia has launched a vicious war against ukraine. and we are emotional when we talk about not only protecting israel, but protecting innocent people in gaza as well. because we actually think human rights matter. you know, human rights knows no political party, knows no country's boundaries. everybody's human rights ought to be upheld. but we are emotional. because we are sick and tired of the rhetoric coming from my republican friends. we are sick and tired of them apologizing for putin all the time or turning a blind eye on human rights abuses in the middle east or anywhere else in

the world. so, you know, coming to the floor with bills that my friends know are going nowhere, i mean, we've done similar bills before that are still being held at the desk, this is all about show business. enough. enough. we have an opportunity to come together, put politics aside and do the right thing. and i hope my friends will join us in that effort. i now yield four minutes to the gentlewoman from new mexico, a distinguished member of the rules committee, ms. leger fernandez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for four minutes. ms. leger fernandez: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you to the ranking member for pointing out the importance of the moment we're in and the fact that there are people dying, there are children dying of hunger. how is it that we do not cry for highway is it we do not cry for solutions? i like all of my colleagues strongly condemn iran's heinous

and unprecedented drone and missile attack on israel over the weekend. we should all be proud of how president biden, the united states and our allies struck down hundreds of drones to minimize the casualties and the damage from the attack. this is the mark of a strong president, bringing our allies together, to combat the threat to democracies around the world. the united states should lead, because we are the strongest. but when we lead, a coalition of democratic nations, when the republican majority scrapped this week's meaningless agenda of protecting the freedom of refrigerators, we thought this would be the moment when the republican house leadership would finally rise to the challenge of funding the fight against tyranny. this will, however, is a

disappointment. it's increment bills with titles condemning iran, but the bills themselves, the text of the legislation does little. lots of talk in the title, but no real solutions in the bill. it's especially sad because we have a bipartisan bill that would provide the bullets that ukraine needs to defeat russia, that would provide the humanitarian assistance the starving children in gaza need to stay alive, that would provide more assistance to israel, that would combat china's increased aggression in the indo-pacific. i know the vast majority of my republican colleagues want to do the right thing for ukraine. but when extreme putin protector republicans failed to curb russia's aggression, they support iran. we cannot see these global threats in isolation. iran's attack on israel is tied to the efforts of russia, iran, and china to reassert themselves

against the rest, against america, and against democracy. mr. speaker, i'd like to interview the record of march 2024 breaking defense article titled "extremely concerned: american generals raise alarm over iran's tightening ties with russia, china." the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. leger fernandez: a general said i'm very concerned about this renewed relationship between russia, china and iran. what we're seeing is iran is repliant on china and russia is reliant on iran. we cannot waste another day of precious floor time instead of getting directly to passing the bipartisan security bill that would actually hurt iran. the senate sent us the security bill 63 days ago. 22 senators voted for that, senate republicans voted for that bill. that's as bipartisan as you'll ever get in the senate. but instead, we're in a holding

pattern, waiting for republicans to publicly share the text of bills they promise will provide humanitarian assistance, support ukraine and israel. but why should we be waiting? the senate bill has been available for review by every office for 63 days. so i urge my republican colleagues to put real solutions up for a vote, and i urge all my colleagues to vote no on this with. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: i guess i should congratulate my friends from across the aisle for finally realizing there's a link between russia, china and iran. this has been u.s. foreign policy since at least the early 2000's, better late than never, i guess. die take -- i'm taking aback by the fact that there's an allegation that joe biden is a strong president because he shot down the drones that iran sent

into israel. if the president was strong, drones would not have been sent to israel in the first place. again, let's not forget that under president trump, russia was not attacking ukraine. iran was not attacking israel. it's the president's weakness and his policies of inexistence in american weakness that have invited this aggression. and for the talk about ukraine, we on this side of the aisle, we have intellectual honesty and consistency on this. because you can be for defeating russia and you can also be for israel defeating hamas. you can also be for avoiding iran. but it's weird that the same people on the other side of the aisle say if you talk about a peace settlement that we're somehow using russian talking points. those same people will be the same ones that will say that we need to have a cease-fire in gaza before the i.d.f. is afforded their god-given right to destroy their enemy, hamas.

sounds to me like the talking points of hamas, but i'll others draw their own conclusion on that. talking about more failures of the biden administration, let's talk about the southern border. and about how many terrorists have cross would the southern border. since president biden took office, there have been over 340 encounters at the southern border. from individuals that are actually on a terrorist watch list. just this month, news broke of a terrorist from afghanistan whose organization is responsible for the deaths of numerous americans. he was released twice, not once but twice in an interior of the united states after crossing our southern border. he then roamed around unrestricted for almost a year before he was captured. then early this year a member of al-shabab, an al qaeda affiliate in somalia, one of their members was able to live in the u.s. freely for almost a year as well. it's absolutely clear, crystal clear, biden and radical extreme leftist democrats cannot be

trusted to protect our communities and secure the southern border. the numbers speak for themselves. in talking about incompetence, let's talk about the surrender of afghanistan. under president trump, there was zero fatalities the last 18 months before joe biden took office. and yet the president joe biden felt the need to surrender afghanistan to the taliban. in 2021, the u.s. withdraw from afghanistan was absolutely the worst military blunder in my lifetime. the biden administration abandoned the bagram air base and released terrorist fighters from prison, including one that killed 13 service members. it has led to a rise in al qaeda and isisk. the centcom commander just testified last month that isis-k will have capability within six months to do external operations against the west. we know through reports that president biden and his failed

bureaucrats in the state department are funding the taliban and al qaeda through international assistance. but it didn't just impact the middle east. this is also emboldened china, russia, and iran, the three countries that democrats apparently just discovered there's a connection between and their anti-western positions. reports indicate that the withdrawal helped putin justify his invasion of ukraine. it's just another blunder in a long list of biden foreign policy failures. i'd like to yield three minutes to my good friend, four minutes to my good friend and sheriff from the great state of florida, sheriff rutherford. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four mental. mr. rutherford: i thank the gentleman for yielding. good to be with you on this very important topic. i have to tell you, i rise today in strong opposition to h.r.

4639, which is the fourth amendment is not for sale act, which is included in the rule before us today. i have to tell you, i'm standing shoulder to shoulder here, although you don't see them, every major law enforcement agency in this country is standing with me in this opposition. the fraternal order of police, major county sheriffs of america, major city chiefs association, the national association of police officers, the national sheriff's, the list goes on. i am disappointed to say that the fourth amendment is not for sale act truly is one of the most anti-police bills i've seen since i have been in congress. no one's fourth amendment rights are being bought. month one's fourth amendment rights are being sold. and no one's fourth amendment rights are being violated. this bill will simply block law

enforcement from accessing open source commercially available, lawfully collected data that can help them solve crimes. it can help them develop probable cause. google and facebook can access this data. the chinese can access this data. cartels and criminals can access this data. but we're not going to let the police access this data. now, my advocates will say, but private citizens is and foreign adversaries can't put you in jail. well, that may be true. some of them can actually do worse to you. but here's the thing that we need to remember. no one can put you in jail without probable cause of committing a crime. this is open source data.

only law enforcement will be blocked from collecting and accessing this data. the bottom line is the fourth amendment is not for sale act will make communities far less safe, mr. speaker. i oppose this bill. i will still vote yes on the rule, because i believe in our process of regular order that gives members the opportunity to hear both sides, to debate, offer amend ams, and ultimately vote a bill up or down. i'm absolutely good with that. and lately some of my colleagues who claim that they want regular order, yet they vote against regular order time and time again when they join with the democrats to take down the rule. seven times i think since i've been in congress we've seen these rules go down. it's their way or the highway. and that is sad.

we promise the american people we would do better. voting down the rules is not doing better. mr. speaker, let's pass this rule. let's pass the bills included in this rule that will punish iranian aggression toward our ally, israel. and then let's defeat the fourth amendment is not for sale act, which is only going to make our communities less safe. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman yields back. gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: the gentleman from florida just talked about regular order, saying vote for this rule because it represents regular order. he and i have a different opinion of what regular order is. there's six bills, five of them are completely closed rules. that's regular order? two of these bills that are closed never went to committee or never had a mark-up in committee. that's regular order? boy, i need to send the gentleman a textbook on what regular order is, but this is

not what it is. the gentleman from pennsylvania, giving us lectures about biden and leadership, i should remind the gentleman that the republicans are on their second speaker right now. of this congress, this congress. and if reports are to be believed, in the newspapers this morning, you have republicans wanting to get rid of this speaker and go on to a third speaker. i mean, you guys -- i mean, please. oh, my goodness. lecturing us on leadership? and, you know, you don't like the fact that you're upset that joe biden used the u.s. military to help intercept iranian missiles into israel, you say that's a lack of leadership by president biden? on the contrary, that is leadership. it is protecting our ally from missiles from an adversary. but when donald trump was

president and 109 u.s. troops suffered brain injuries in a strike by iran, what was the leadership that the former president demonstrated? did nothing. no response. iran just did it, and he did nothing. he downplayed it like it was no big deal. i'm sorry, we have a different opinion of what leadership is all about. and the fact of the matter is that we're looking for some leadership on the other side of the aisle to support ukraine in their fight against russia. the senate acted a long time ago. and my republican friends continue to do nothing. sit back and they scream about joe biden and they cover up all of donald trump's misdeeds and ignore all of his weaknesses. and meanwhile, ukraine is

literally at the edge right now. i mean, this is a strange way of divide defining leadership. let's help our ally ukraine. let's stop russia in its tracks. rather than giving comfort to vladimir putin. now, i know when the former president was in office, he had a lot of nice words to say about vladimir putin, praised him as this great friend and this great leader. but then again, the former president also said he and kim jong un, one of the most notorious dictators in the world, were in love. how pathetic. how disgusting. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. . mr. reschenthaler: i move two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. davidson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes mr. davidson: i be

courage our colleagues to support this bill. we all swore and oath to support and defend the constitution. the fourth amendment does not say if you have nothing to hide, nothing to fear. it says there is an -- as an american you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. you can have that privacy infringed if there is a probable cause warrant or a subpoena issued. what our agencies are doing is they are buying data around that to avoid having to even get a warrant or amendment in the first place. this fourth amendment's not for sale protects private information. public information's not prohibited in any way. whether you pay somebody to do the search for you or you do it yourself. public information's like plain view doctrine. there is no limitation on that. mr. higgins is declaring filing that. one of our colleagues has served as a lifetime law enforcement officer. the judiciary committee where numerous law enforcement officers serve couldn't be possibly more pro-law

enforcement because they have done the career themselves supported this bill out of committee. and to clarify that this bill is for law enforcement, mr. higgins has offered an amendment to say what is the intent of the bill. automatic license plate read are there. that information you already disclosed to the government. you know you have disclosed it. the license plates designed to be a plain view item in public, nothing about this should make policing harder. except that as a justice on the united states supreme court said, the first amendment's getting in the way of what filtering speech. if you think that the fourth amendment's getting in the way of enforcing the law, it's designed to. it's supposed to be a limitation on the ability of government to go after citizens. because the government is entrusted with great powers. this rule is an important process to get ago vote on the bill. i thank the leadership team for putting it on the floor today. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back.

the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: -- mr. mcgovern: could i inquire from t the gentleman from pennsylvania how much more speakers he has? mr. reschenthaler: i don't have any further speakers. mr. mcgovern: not one of the bills under this rule will prevent iran from carrying out future attacks. no a single one. so what we doing here? the answer is simple. republican leadership can't organize their clown show of a conference. maga members are playing politics with a global crisis. blaming joe biden instead of iran. and to top it all off, many of them continue siding with putin, an ally of iran, in his war of aggression against ukraine. the people of ukraine have been bombarded by iranian drones for months and months and months. and republicans have refused to do anything about it. not a single thing. republicans had an emergency

rules committee meeting. they scrapped their whole agenda this week to debate these useless bills that we are talking about right now. but nothing, nothing for months and months while the people of ukraine beg for our help. nothing. and, in fact, not only has this republican majority done nothing, they have members who echo putin's propaganda and mimic kremlin talking points. you can't make this stuff up. and what do our allies see when they look at us now? when the speaker even mentions potential action to support our allies, extreme maga republicans threaten to remove the speaker and shut down the congress again. i mean is this the message that we want to send our allies when they need us most? this is shameful. this is shameful. we are at a turning point right

now. an inflexion point in human history. iran, russia, and he'll i going to -- allies going to write the next chapter or are people around the world going to stand up and say democracy is worth fighting for? is america going to fulfill our obligations and lead the free world as we have always done and as democrats want to do? or are we not? we can't only do it sometimes or when it's politically convenient for one party or the other. we need to do it all times. and we need to do it in ukraine where people are fighting and dying for their freedom and begging us for support. it is beyond time we pass something real to help them. the bills that we are talking about right now, i guess they are messaging bills. we don't even know if they pass they'll be passed to the senate because we have passed bills on

iran before and they are still being held up by the house. we haven't sent them to the united states senate. i think people are sick and tired of my republican friends going through the motions. or making believe like they care about human rights. or making believe that they care about ending the conflict in israel or ending the fighting in ukraine. i think people see through what my republican friends are doing. come to the floor and yell and scream and blame biden for every single thing. and yet they continue to do nothing. this is the last week before we have another break. and it remains to be seen whether or not there will be a package that comes to the floor that will actually help ukraine stand up against russia. i get it, there are a lot of republicans who apologize for putin and apologize for russia. think russia can do no wrong. the former president and all of

his meetings with putin praised him and praised him and praised him said they are really good friends. doesn't really want us to help ukraine at all. imposing all these new conditions. we are running out of time. we either do something now, or it's too late. and what a tragedy. to basically hand ukraine over to putin. as if that's where he'll stop. this is about human rights. this is about doing what's right. this is about standing up for the principles that this country is supposed to be all about. i just hope we do it. again i say to my colleagues i vote no on this rule. we are wasting the time of this congress. what we need to do is we need to do something concrete before the end of the week to help ukraine. i know it's uncomfortable for my friend from pennsylvania to hear that. i know doesn't want to have to scold some of his republican

colleagues who would like nothing better than to turn a blind eye while putin invaded ukraine, but i was in ukraine. i met with not only mr. zelenskyy, but i met with a lot of average citizens of ukraine. they are counting on us and the world community to help them protect their country from invasion. i hope that we do that. but this, what we are doing today, is a colossal waste of time. but anyway, that's what we do on a regular basis in this chamber. the republican majority has done a horrific job. we are now out of time. let's hope after we get this rule done and whatever we are going to vote on done here, before the end of the week we can bring it to the floor to help save ukraine from russian invasion. with that i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. i am prepared to close and i

yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: under president trump's leadership our nation was safe and our adversaries were put on notice. he embodied the slogan peace through strength. as president, president trump destroyed the isis cal fate. took iranian -- caliphate. and took identify rain january -- iranian general off the battlefield. president trump refocused or nation on the indo-pacific and the growing threat of the communist chinese party. he enacted a maximum pressure campaign on iran by pulling out of the iran deal, placing sanctions on the regime, and used military deterrence against their proxy networks. in stark difference to president biden, the trump administration designated the irgc and houthis as a foreign terrorist organization. when former president obama failed to enforce his own redline and allowed chemical

weapons to be used against the syrian people, it was president trump who attacked the assad regime through force. he brought peace and stability through the globe, pushed our nato partners to do their fair share and move our embassy in israel to jerusalem. he stood up for the american worker, not the global elite. when you renegotiated nafta, placed tariffs on china, made american energy independent and secured our southern border. in comparison, the biden administration's foreign policy agenda is worse than simply a nightmare. because it's reality. that is why -- that's why house republicans this week will stand up for our allies israel and block some of the disastrous decision that is helped fund iran's terrorist network. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the previous question and the rule. i yield back the balance of my time. i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. so many as are in favor say aye.

those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. section 202-d of the national emergency act 50 u.s.c. 1622-d provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in

effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in proclamation 10371 of april 21, 2022 with respect to the russian federation and the emergency authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and movement of russian affiliated vessels to united states ports is to continue in effect beyond april 21, 2024. the policies and actions of the government of the russian federation to continue the premed kateed -- premed tated, unjustified, and brutal war against ukraine continue to constitute a national emergency by reason of the disturbance or threatened disturbsance of international relations of the united states. therefore i have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in proclamation 130371.

signed, sincerely, joseph r. biden jr., the white house, april 16, 2024. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in reese subject to the call -- in recess subject to the call of the chair.

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>> good morning, everyone. underjoe biden, the world is less safe. since stepping into the oval office, joe biden's weak foreign policy has been defined by a steady stream of disastrous decisions and a world in chaos as a result. his desperate policy of appeasement has left or nation and our allies vulnerable to attack. make no mistake, putin invaded ukraine because russia feared no reprisal from joe biden. communist china flew a balloon over the united states and joe biden allowed it. and who can forget joe biden's catastrophic and botched afghanistan withdrawal abandoning american interests in the middle east and resulting in 13 american lives lost. all under joe biden's watch. and now israel, our most tprerbs ally, is in the fight for -- prers alley, is in the fight for her very survive a facing attacks from hamas and the unprecedented attack from iran over the weekend. russia, communist china, and

iran have been emboldened by the utter failures of joe biden and the biden administration. our enemies do not fear recourse from america because of joe biden's weakness. for the sake of israel's survival, our nation and the world's security we need to return to president trump's peace through strength policies which house republicans proudly support w that we are joined by our foreign affairs chairman mike mccaul. mr. mccaul: thank you, madam chair. let me say first the world is on fire. history will judge us by our actions. were you chamberlain or churchill? it all started with afghanistan. the debacle, implosion, surrender to the taliban that projected weakness not strength. it invited aggression, not peace. what happened? putin anti-russian federation, we -- and the russian federation, we saw it on

satellite imagery, going down to ukraine to begin their invasion. we warned them. i talked to the ambassador, our ambassador of ukraine yesterday, consider kyiv is on the verge of falling. that's two million people. and the power grid could be taken down. it's a very dire situation. china is more aggressive now than ever. threatening to take over taiwan that controls 90% of our advanced semiconductor manufacturing for the world. and now the ayatollah's raised his ugly head with his proxies, his tentacles, and for the first time in history unprecedented an iranian strike from iran in israel itself. on israel soil. how did we get here? by projecting weakness not strength. iran, not enforcing sanctions. energy sanctions to the tune of

$80 billion were essentially waived so that china coo buy $80 billion of energy and fund iran's terror enterprise. what else happened? the u.n. sanctions expired. we did nothing on the drones and the missiles, the very same drones and missiles we saw launched last weekend, last saturday night. the same missiles and drones that we know mr. putin is buying and killing the ukrainians with. as they build a manufacturing base in russia itself. we need to go back to the maximum campaign, pressure campaign. we need to enforce the sanctions. we need to redesignate the houstony republicanses did -- houstony republicans as a foreign tryst -- houthi rebels. i don't understand this accompany days and appeasement to the ayatollah in the hopes of

some iran deal when their own envoy, special envoy to iran is under f.b.i. investigation for violations of security clearance. you can't make this up. the speaker has a plan. we are going to address israel. we are going to address ukraine. we are going to address taiwan. and we are also going to have a fourth package with things like my repo act to help pay for this from russian sovereign assets. we are going to have a loan program for direct government payments. creative ideas, a package that will be far better than the senate's. i want to thank the speaker on his leadership in this very, very difficult time and very dangerous time. but the time clearly is now. i'm off to a hearing with the secretary mayorkas. we'll be walking over articles of impeachment today. we are going to demand the senate do their constitutional responsibilities. and hold a trial.

this man is responsible for 200,000 people who are dead now because of fentanyl. this man is responsible for 350 on the terror watch list in this country now. posing a threat every day. nine million encounters. he is responsible for releasing aggravated felons. in fact, in a memo he told his agents, disregard congress' law. it says mandatory detention for aggravated felons. release them into society. we believe he merits impeachment. that is our message. and that is what we intend to do. with that i want to turn it over to our whip, mr. emmer. mr. emmer: iran's unprecedented attack against israel this past weekend was a ruflt joe biden's disturbing pattern of appeasement on the world chenoweth-hage. look no further than -- on the world stage.

look no further than his failed policy decisions over the past three years. february, 2021, joe biden reversed a trump era move which imposed permanent sanctions on iran's drone and missile programs. in september of 2023, joe biden waived sanctions to give another $6 billion ransom payment to iran. in november of 2023, joe biden handed another $10 billion to iran despite the repeated attacks against american servicemen overseas. and just this month, joe biden actually demanded that israel back down in its fight against the iranian-backed hamas. it's no wonder iran did not take joe biden's warning of don't very seriously. robert gates who served as defense secretary under president obama hit the nail on the head when he said that joe biden, has quote, been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security

issue over the past four decades. unfortunately, our allies continue to suffer and our adversaries continue to be empowered by this administration's incompetence. that is why this week our house republican majority will be voting on a series of bills that hold iran and its terrorist proxies accountable while showing our unwavering support for israel. we cannot afford to ekweufbg kate on this issue. now is the time for choosing. the choice could not be more clear. it's a matter of good versus evil. right versus wrong. the question remains will house democrats let this administration's failed foreign policy slow walk us into world war iii or will they vote with house republicans in putting a check on joe biden's incompetence? i turn it over to our leader,

steve scalise. mr. scalise: thank you, whip. with the world on fire this is an incredibly difficult time for our allies around the world. you see what's happening in israel. it's no longer just the terrorist proxies like hamas trying to eviscerate israel. now you have iran directly striking at israel. you see what's happening in ukraine with putin taking advantage of the weakness here in the white house to try to re-establish the old soviet union. you watch what's happening in taiwan as they look over their shoulder at china. we don't choose moments like this. but history will judge us based on how we respond to moments like this. that's why this week you are seeing the house deal with a number of pieces of legislation to first stand firmly with our friend and ally, israel, to let

them know that we have their back and their right to self-defense. however they choose to defend themselves from these unwarranted attacks from iran. that's their choice. that's their decision. but we support that decision. we are going to pass legislation to make that clear. we are also going to be confronting the threat that iran poses directly. it's no long irtheir approximate miss they are -- proxies they are working through, they directly took unprecedented action to launch strikes, drones, other missiles into israel. thank goodness for the coalition that joined together over the weekend. not just israel but the united states, united kingdom, france, jordan. standing to make sure that we knocked all of those drones and missiles down. so that you didn't have casualties in israel. what about the next potential strike? we know that israel is contemplating a response. the president of the united states shouldn't be telling our ally that they shouldn't

respond. imagine if the united states was attacked on our soil and you had an ally call and say don't respond. this is a time when your allies need to be standing together against evil in the world. there are dark forces out there and they are trying to do us harm and our friends harm. and this is the time where you stand with them. that's what the legislation this week will bring to the floor -- we are bringing to the floor is focused on. yesterday i spoke with prime minister netanyahu. we know these aren't easy times. we meet with him a lot. here, sometimes in israel. they are facing serious challenges they haven't seen in decades. and we are going to be letting them know as the whip said, it's a time for choosing. everybody has to pick a side this week. do you stand with israel or do you condone the terrorists and the largest state sponsor of terrorism, iran. i hope everybody chooses the side of israel. we surely will be. we are going to continue to stand up with our friends. it's time the president stop putting preconditions on our

allies, and recognition tphao*euz when there is a choice between -- recognize when there is a choice between good and evil stand with good against evil. israel is the country we need to all stand with. the man who has been leading that charge to stand with our allies, stand up to the evil, and to push this administration in the right direction is our speaker, mike johnson. speaker johnson: thank you, mr. leader. good to see everybody this morning. it's a big day on capitol hill. we have been trying to push the administration to do their job. let me say this very clearly as you have heard me say so many times before and you'll hear me say in the days ahead. the biden border catastrophe remains the number one priority of the house republicans. we have fought for this every single day. we'll continue to fight for border security every single day. and today is a big day to bring some accountability. it's a very important time in history as has been noted here around the world. but certainly here as well. we are all witnessing that we

live in an increasingly dangerous world. and our enemies are growing increasingly hostile abroad and they are trying to exploit our borders here at home. the administration has made that very easy to exploit. in fact, they put out the welcome mat. for the last nearly four years we have seen secretary mayorkas willfully cede operational control of our border to drug cartels. we have seen exploding numbers of terrorists be encountered at the border. we have seen gang members and people with criminal backgrounds be released into our country. we have seen fentanyl flood over the border. and it's now become as we all know the leading cause of deaths for americans ages 18-49. it feels like every day we hear another story of violence committed against innocent americans. some illegal alien who commits a violent act. we are hearing about legal aliens getting busted for trafficking drugs even our small

towns. secretary mayorkas has invited this catastrophe into our cities and our states. he is responsible for the heartache of so many families across this country. he and joe biden engineered this catastrophe. they allowed it. they apparently desired it. and now we are all living with the results of it. he has repeatedly violated the public trust in a way that no previous cabinet secretary in the history of united states has. he has willfully defied federal immigration laws and the will of congress. bipartisan will of congress. bipartisan laws that were enacted before he took office. after the house transmits the articles of treatment to the senate later today, we expect and we demand that all 100 senators listen to the arguments of the house impeachment managers. they have a constitutional and institutional obligation to do so. if senator schumer cares at all about the suffering of americans and disaster that mayorkas has

wrought at the border, he will hold a full and public trial. the american people want a full and public trial. i think they deserve to see the evidence and it will be unconscionable. in my view unconstitutional if chuck shaoupl irfails -- schumer files tpa*euls in that responsibility. we have fought every sing daily to secure the border. the accountability for secretary mayorkas is a long time coming. obviously there is much more to do. we passed h.r. 2 as everybody knows. a long time ago. it had all the key provisions to secure that border. we say h.r. 2 as if everybody understands what it is. some americans may not. what did we do in that bill? very important things. we would restore the remain in mexico policy. the previous administration under donald trump used to secure the border. we would end the catch and release policy that president obama first installed and joe biden re-enacted. we would end the abuses of the parole system and the abuses of our asylum process and sms