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WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND...
Michael C. Burgess (Republican, TX) \u2014 2018-1-20

a quick history lesson: prgtoken CHIP, 1996, a bipartisan offering; a ic President, Bill Clinton; a of the House, Newt Gingrich; as part of welfare reform, we are going to move people from welfare to work. prgtoken But what do we do about the children? prgtoken If those parents are moved into employment, they are going to lose their Medicaid. Their children will be lost at sea. So CHIP was created. CHIP was created as a block grant program, maximum flexibility to the States. It was authorized for 10 years. prgtoken Then when the Affordable Care Act passed, CHIP was authorized for 10 years; funded for 5 years, but authorized for 10 years. We are finishing up that tenth year of authorization with this bill. I actually wanted only a 2-year bill as we started. I compromised. Committee wanted a 5-year bill. Senate , Senate s wanted a 5-year bill. We gave you a 5-year bill. prgtoken We funded community health centers. We delayed the DSH cuts that were part of the Affordable Care Act that our hospitals back home were saying we can't manage. prgtoken Remember, everyone was supposed to be able to lay down in the Elysian Fields of Care, except they are not, so our hospitals are tasked with taking care of uninsured and underinsured patients. We need to delay those DSH cuts. prgtoken But here is the thing that really strikes me. We passed a 5-year bill through this House. Two dozen voted for it. And then the Congressional Budget Office, between then and the end of the year, said: With the repeal of the individual mandate, it just got a lot less expensive; and, in fact, if you will broaden it out to a 6-year window, you will return money to the Federal Treasury. prgtoken What that tells me is that Care is so bad and makes everything so expensive and the States can do it cheaper. prgtoken Okay. The CBO put it on sale, and we should buy. And we brought it back to you on the floor, and the 2 dozen of you who said, ``We liked it before when it cost more,'' said you didn't like it when it actually returned money to the Treasury. prgtoken I don't know how we can intuit what you will take. We gave you a good bill. It was part of a 3- or 4-week continuing resolution. It is not that hard. Let's pass it. Let's do the right thing for America's children, our military, and Federal workers across this country.
FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
Steve Daines (Republican, MT) \u2014 2018-1-20

I am here to make one point crystal clear prgtoken for those Montanans who are wondering what is going on with their government. There have been a lot of speeches given today and last night, and there have been a lot of interviews going on. Let me try to sum it up as succinctly as possible. prgtoken The reason the government has shut down is because of a controversial illegal immigration policy that was not included in a bill that funds the government. If you don't know that, you are missing the facts. prgtoken We should not hold the country hostage for a controversial immigration policy that impacts only .0007 percent of Montanans, but a minority of the U.S. Senators want to shut down the government, and now their leader is filibustering the U.S. Senate. prgtoken This is a huge mistake. We need to get the government back up and running so the least amount of pain is felt by Montanans and the American people.
FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
Mitch McConnell (Republican, KY) \u2014 2018-1-20

the House of Representatives, the President, and a bipartisan majority of and ic Senators all agreed on a compromise bill that would have prevented a shutdown. We can pass this bill today and have it signed into law so we can end this nonsense. There is one way to do all of this, and it is right in front of us--the pending measure. prgtoken It would enable Congress to do the commonsense thing: keep negotiating other issues while providing for our troops, our veterans, and millions of vulnerable Americans, but the ic leader chose to filibuster that bipartisan bill. prgtoken So here we are. Day one, and already funding is in jeopardy for our veterans and our troops. Funding for a 6-year children's health insurance bill is sitting here because the ic leader filibustered a bipartisan compromise that a majority of Senators supported and chose instead to shut down the government. prgtoken Thanks to the ic leader's decision to filibuster an extension of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, low-income families will slip closer to losing healthcare coverage for their kids. In many States, this is already an emergency. prgtoken Again, we can do all of this today. We have a way forward. It is right in front of us and ready to go. prgtoken , I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, the Senate immediately vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur with amendment, which funds CHIP and reopens the government; further, that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be considered expired and the Senate immediately vote on the motion to concur with further amendment.
THE HOUSE REAUTHORIZED CHIP
Keith J. Rothfus (Republican, PA) \u2014 2018-1-20

last November, more than 2 months ago, this House passed the reauthorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP. prgtoken The House again passed the reauthorization for CHIP this week, but last night, in addition to voting ``no'' on CHIP, Chuck Schumer and the Senate voted ``no'' on keeping the government funded, and here we are. prgtoken The funding that Senate rejected last night includes funding for our Nation's servicemembers, tens of thousands of whom are deployed throughout the Middle East, the Pacific, and Korea. prgtoken They could have voted ``yes'' to the families waiting for the Children's Health Insurance Program and ``yes'' to our troops, but they did not. prgtoken There is no excuse for this. The issues of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and securing our border are being negotiated separate and apart from this funding bill and CHIP, and there are serious proposals to address these issues. prgtoken , I urge Senate to change course, end the Schumer shutdown, and do what is right for the American people: pass the government funding and Children's Health Insurance Program that we sent over days ago.
WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND...
Kevin McCarthy (Republican, CA) \u2014 2018-1-20

I thank the gentleman for yielding. prgtoken , the Nation finds itself in a grave situation. Our government has shut down. Military men and women in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and around the world are still risking their lives for our country and are not being paid. Opioid treatment centers have had their funds cut off. Children in States across America will start losing their health insurance. prgtoken How did we get to this place? prgtoken The Nation assumes there must be a good reason. The House passed a bill--a clean government funding bill with no strings attached and no gimmicks because States are running out of money. We even included funding for a bipartisan extension of the Children's Health Insurance Program for 6 years without any offsets that our ic colleagues have objected to in the past, the longest that CHIP has ever been reauthorized for. prgtoken So we passed that bill and it went to the Senate. We all know the rules, but, , at times it sounds like some people need a little greater knowledge of how the system works. It is incorrect to claim otherwise. prgtoken s may have majorities in both houses, but it takes 60 votes in the Senate to move legislation. That means the Senate needs votes to keep our government funded, but Senate said no, just as more than 90 percent of those on the other side of the aisle in this House did as well. Senate shut this government down. This is a Schumer shutdown. prgtoken Once upon a time, Chuck Schumer called shutting the government down a ``politics of idiocy.'' prgtoken Senator Feinstein even said: ``Shutting down the government is a very serious thing.'' prgtoken You know what she said? prgtoken She said: ``People die. Accidents happen. You don't know. Necessary functions can cease.'' prgtoken So how did they change their minds? Why did they do it? prgtoken I would like to know, because nobody knows. prgtoken It wasn't the bill. The funding bill is clean. prgtoken It wasn't CHIP. The children's health insurance legislation we passed came straight from the bipartisan deal in the Senate. prgtoken They say it is about immigration, about DACA. They are shutting down the government, cutting off funds for our troops, cutting off funds to opioid treatment centers, and cutting off health insurance for American children over immigration, over something that has nothing to do with this funding bill or with putting the American people first. prgtoken So I think that it is only reasonable that we ask: What exactly are their demands? Why are they holding our government, our troops, and American children hostage? prgtoken Why would you hold it hostage over DACA if the President brought the House, the Senate, the s, the together? prgtoken I was in that meeting. prgtoken Do you know who else was in that meeting? prgtoken The American public, because the President allowed the media to be there. prgtoken Do you know what happened a
FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
Lamar Alexander (Republican, TN) \u2014 2018-1-20

the ic leader and the ic assistant leader know my great respect for them. In fact, I spent a great deal of time with the ic leader in 2013, reopening the government after the s shut it down. I would like to say three things about where we are today. prgtoken First, in my view, shutting down the Government of the United States of America should never, ever be a bargaining chip for any issue, period. Shutting down the Government of the United States of America should never, ever be used as a bargaining chip for any issue, period. It should be to governing as chemical warfare is to real warfare. It should be banned. It should be unthinkable. We should not even allow anybody on either side of the aisle to seriously consider it. Yet we are in the middle of it. prgtoken I was sent here from Tennessee not to shut the government down but to make it work for taxpayers. I have worked hard to do that. I continue to do that, and I think my friends on the other side of the aisle know that I know how to work in the Senate. If you want a result, that means 60 votes. prgtoken I respect the fact that the minority has prerogatives. I don't think the Senate is a place where a bulldozer runs over the minority. So we work together, and we get important results that are lasting on issues like fixing No Child Left Behind and on 21st Century Cures. prgtoken Senator Murray of Washington State and I are working on the first modifications to the Affordable Care Act to lower health insurance premiums. We haven't had any of those in 7 years. We can do that, and when we do it, it works. But we should never, ever say: If you don't do what I want, we are going to shut the government down because we can. prgtoken We did that on the side in 2013. We shouldn't have done it, but we did it. was the President of the United States then. What he did say? He said: I will not negotiate with the s, who have shut the government down over the Affordable Care Act, while the government is shut down. So we went on day after day after day, and the government shut down. prgtoken In my part of East Tennessee, where the Presiding Officer has visited, it happened to be right in the middle of the fall tourist season. So the little businesses that make their living off tourists coming to the Great Smoky Mountains to see the colors--they lost a lot of their livelihood. Military people weren't paid. The taxpayers lost hundreds of millions of dollars because we s shut the government down in 2013. prgtoken President said: I will not negotiate with anybody over any issue when they use as a bargaining chip shutting the government down. He stuck to his guns, and we capitulated in 2 weeks. We got the blame for it, and we deserved it. We deserved it. prgtoken We were not sent here to shut the government down. We were sent here to make the government work for taxpayers. prgtoken N
WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND...
Mike Kelly (Republican, PA) \u2014 2018-1-20

we are locked in a debate today over something that we don't have to be locked in a debate about. prgtoken Our friends on the other side know that everything that was in our proposal, you agreed with. There was nothing in that proposal that you were against. I hear you talked tonight about all the things that you are still in favor of. Those were the same things that we had in our bill the other day, but you voted against it. prgtoken We are now in the middle of a Schumer shutdown, not because of what the House didn't do, but because of what the Senate refuses to do. Dates have importance. We knew the government would shut down if we did not fund it yesterday. prgtoken We know that DACA has until March 5 to be addressed. Yet, today, we come here with this phony argument that somehow we are on the same page, we are trying to do the same things. But do you know what? We just can't vote that way to get there. prgtoken America is watching, and America is understanding right now that this is the Schumer shutdown. Let there be no question about who it is that has failed the American people. prgtoken Let there be no question that when it comes to CHIP and all of those bleeding hearts that say, ``You need to do this, you need to do this,'' and say, ``We did it for 5 years, now we want to do it for 6 years,'' you are still saying, ``Not quite good enough for me to vote on.'' prgtoken And when you talk about our military and how much you admire what 1 percent does to protect the rest of the 99 percent of the country, and then you stand up here and say, ``I would have voted for it except for one thing, it doesn't include DACA.'' prgtoken There is no legislation for DACA right now. It was never in jeopardy. We have until March 5 to get it straightened out. But we do not have any more time to sit here and not open up this government. prgtoken My friends, please, abandon the Gruber effect and tell the truth and know that America is watching, and America understands that this shutdown is based on Mr. Schumer's inability to get his people on board, people who aren't necessarily needed to be involved. prgtoken We know we can't do it with 51 votes. We need to do it with 60 votes. Please look in your civics book and find out how it works. Let's vote tonight. Let's walk out of here tonight united as an American House of the people. prgtoken My time may be expired, but do you know what? Americans' patience is getting more and more expired.
WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND...
Greg Walden (Republican, OR) \u2014 2018-1-20

let's set the record straight about the Children's Health Insurance Program, funding for community health centers, stopping the cuts on our low-income hospitals, and extending the Special Diabetes Program for Native Americans. prgtoken As chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, I can tell you that we did our work. We held hearings, we held markups, we brought a package to the floor and approved it on November 2. Tragically, only one dozen or so voted for that package at that time. It was fully funded. Community health centers would have 2 years of funding, the Children's Health Insurance Program 5 years, and the largest funding amount ever accorded to CHIP. The Special Diabetes Program was funded. prgtoken We care about these programs as a conference, yet it was a partisan divide, tragically, and it went to the Senate where they couldn't find the votes to pass it. prgtoken So we have come back consistently thereafter to approve children's healthcare. The Children's Health Insurance Program provides insurance coverage for 9 million American children and pregnant women. We all support that as a Congress. prgtoken We have had to emergency extend the funding in various continuing resolutions, most of which my colleagues on the ic side have opposed. prgtoken Today, we find ourselves with seven States about to run out of money and cancelation notices going out to about 2 million people. This is unnecessary, it is unconscionable, and it should not happen, but it is. That is why the Children's Health Insurance Program now can be funded for 6 years in the CR we all voted on, and nearly every voted against; but we can do 6 years of funding for CHIP, and with the changes in other law in the Tax Code, we did not have to identify ways to pay for it. That is already taken care of. prgtoken That is why it is troubling to me to hear the remarks of some of my colleagues who say they are all for this, and they want to vote for this when we have given the entire House this opportunity on numerous occasions to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program, to fund community health centers, and to fund the Special Diabetes Program. prgtoken We didn't have to be here, and you sure as heck didn't have to shut down the government. Our choice yesterday was vote to fund the government or not and vote to fund children's health insurance for 9 million children. By the way, in States like mine, that also includes DACA kids. So when you voted against that yesterday, you voted not to provide insurance to children and pregnant women in our States. That is wrong. We are here to govern. We are governing as s, we will get this government up and running, and we will take care of those children.
WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND...
Dan Newhouse (Republican, WA) \u2014 2018-1-20

I want to thank the good gentleman from the Rules Committee for yielding. prgtoken , in this most interesting debate on the rule that I have ever seen, I rise in support of restoring a fully functioning Federal Government. prgtoken I, along with most all of my colleagues, supported the continuing resolution keeping the Federal Government open, keeping funding for our military, reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program. prgtoken Senate rejected that solution. They voted against keeping the Federal Government open, fully funding CHIP, against giving certainty to the more than 60,000 low-income children in my own State of Washington. prgtoken Now, our military professionals are working to reduce the impacts to national security due to the government shutdown. Secretary Mattis himself is giving shutdown guidance to the men and women in uniform, saying: ``Steady as she goes. Hold the line. I know the Nation can count on you. Stay alert.'' prgtoken His message speaks to the admirable professionalism of our troops. These men and women deserve their pay, and their families should not have to worry about their paychecks. In no way does shutting down the Federal Government serve them or us.
FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
James M. Inhofe (Republican, OK) \u2014 2018-1-20

we like to do this because on mornings like this, when we are supposed to be going back and forth between and s, that is the proper way to do it, and this locks it in. prgtoken It is really interesting because I have been through every shutdown in the last 30 years. I was in the House for 8 years and in the Senate for 22 years. Every other time there has been some question--there could be a little bit of blame on the and a little bit of blame on the s, and the finger pointing goes on. That has always happened, until this time. This is the first time there can be no question, if you want to say whose fault it is. prgtoken I suggest that the aids that were being used with the picture of the `` Shutdown'' were printed up long before last night even took place. This is the first time there can be no question. If you want to play the blame game, it is the in this case. I think it was planned that way. I am not in their heads, but there has to be some reason that all this came along on the first anniversary of this Presidency. prgtoken I can't find anyone in the Nation right now who is saying that there is some question as to whose fault this is, even the New York Times. You have to keep in mind--just use logic--there was one vote that caused this, one vote. Ninety percent of the voted in that one vote last night to shut down the government. Ninety percent of the s voted to keep the government open. It was done in a premeditated way, I have to say, because all of this was planned out. They thought that maybe this would have a good ring to people; they can say the `` Shutdown.'' People have to remember, this happened because of one vote, and that one vote was almost unanimous-- s versus . prgtoken That is not why I wanted to talk. In listening to all the things that just happened--I think we are sympathetic to all these things. I think most of the reasons stated for shutting down the government by the Schumer group last night had to do with DACA. prgtoken Let me tell you, I don't know of one serving in the U.S. Senate who isn't very sympathetic to the kids, particularly those who had no voice in it. They were here not by their own choice. They didn't personally violate any laws. We want to take care of them, and we are going to take care of them, and our President wants to take care of them. But that seems to be an issue--if they can convince people that this is all put together by to hurt little kids, then that is the only thing they have to hang their hats on. prgtoken I suggest my very good friend--I do have a very good friend from Rhode Island who already has his picture of up, so we are going to hear more and more of that all day long, until we finally get the government opened up, probably on Monday. We are sorry it happened that way, but it was one vote that caused it. That i