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donald j trump

admin 27:35

hakeem jeffries

rep/d 05:46

jesus chuy garcia

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marie gluesenkamp perez

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adriano espaillat

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becca balint

rep/d 02:34

delia ramirez

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joseph morelle

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mehmet oz

admin 00:41

sydney kamlager-dove

rep/d 02:47

tylease alli

01:41

young kim

rep/r 02:51

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Pass H.R. 1608 00:03:36
unidentified		Amy Gleason, obviously Chris Klump.
		We had Chris give a keynote at our health insurance summit in Napa.
		Roxanna was there from Wellspan as well.
		And the thing that was really interesting was how he unpacked the root issues around Medicare Medicaid cost structures.
		And it sort of makes you realize the world is not black or white.
		It's gray, and you have to govern from the gray and make sure you're making the right trade-offs.
		And that's something that I think your team is doing a remarkable job of.
		And us and our founders, we're very excited about engaging.
		So, one thing I want to talk about as we think about U.S. resiliency, it first starts with eliminating fraud.
		Do you want to just comment on, we were just talking in the back about just the magnitude of what's going on.
		You want to just address that real quick?
mehmet oz ▲ ● ▼		So, fraud is not some small anti-game that a couple bad players are involved in.
		Think of CMS as a massive hippopotamus with a target on its side.
		And the harpoons that can take it down are beneficiary numbers, the provider in numbers of doctors.
		And these are weaponized by oftentimes large international syndicates, criminal organizations, often funded by other countries.
		So we had a $15 billion bust that resulted, to my knowledge, in no arrests because all the perpetrators are back in Russia or the Baltic states.
		We stopped most of the money from leaving.
unidentified		We're going to leave this summit to the House for votes.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		Previously postponed, and votes will be taken in the following order: motions to suspend the rules and pass on H.R. 1608 and H.R. 2659.
		The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote.
		And pursuant to clause 9 of Rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes.
		Pursuant to clause 8 of Rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from New York, Mr. Garberino, to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1608.
		As amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered, the clerk will report the title.
tylease alli ▲ ● ▼		Union calendar number 180, H.R. 1608, a bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to produce a report on emerging threats and countermeasures relating to vehicular terrorism and for other purposes.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		The question is: will the House suspend the rules and pass the bill?
		As amended.
		Members will record their votes by electronic device.
		This is a 15-minute vote.
unidentified		And votes underway now here in the House.
		Today, lawmakers worked on legislation related to Homeland Security and veterans' benefits.
		Tomorrow, a vote's expected on releasing the files on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
		Right now, a bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to produce a report on emerging threats and countermeasures related to vehicular terrorism.
		While lawmakers are voting, we're going to take you live to remarks by President Trump on affordability, already in progress.
Greatest Day of Our Life 00:10:09
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		Now, again, and that's what we want.
		We want to be liked, we want to be respected much more so than being liked.
		And you know, in a certain way, they like us better now, too.
		They respect us, but they like us better now.
		Because the world was ripping off our country.
		Not sustainable, not even sustainable.
		China was making $722 billion.
		Think of that.
		Not million.
		$722 million is a lot, isn't it?
		$722 billion.
		They built their military with the money that we gave them over the years.
		And in my first term, we had a great first term.
		The most successful economy we've ever had in my first term.
		This is going to blow it away.
		This is blowing it away, to be honest with you.
		It blows everything away.
		There's never been a time like this, and you're going to see the results pretty quickly.
		But in stark contrast to the previous administration, 100% of all new jobs created in America under my administration have been created in the private sector.
		Because, you know, we are trimming out government jobs.
		You can't have, you know, what they do is they give you phony job numbers in a lot of ways, but did hire 100,000 people, and all of a sudden it looks like they're doing well.
		They're not doing well.
		Because those are jobs that hurt our country.
		If those jobs can be in the private sector, paying taxes and all the other things, it's a big 100% of the jobs that we put in have been, think of that, are in the private, come from the private sector.
		In my first term, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world.
		And now we're doing it again.
		But this time it really is, as I said, much stronger, much better.
		I think it's going to be something that nobody has ever seen before.
		My pledge to every family and every small business is that I will not rest until you are richer, stronger, more successful, happier, until you've gotten a piece of the American dream.
		Some of you in this room have really gotten a piece of it because you made a great decision to go with a great, great company years ago.
		And it's really pretty amazing.
		And that begins with making America.
		We have to do the word is affordable.
		And affordable should be our word, not theirs, because the Democrats got up and took affordability, affordability.
		And they don't say that they had the worst inflation in history, the highest energy prices in history.
		Everything was the worst.
		What they're great at is lying.
		They say affordability.
		This stuff was all much more expensive.
		We have a couple of items like coffee, which is a little high.
		We're going to get that down.
		You saw that today.
		The coffee comes down.
		Remember when I first took over eggs?
		My third day in office, I have a news conference, and the fake news media was screaming at me, Mr. Congressman, about eggs.
		Remember that?
		I'm standing there, very innocent.
		Oh, hello.
		Do you have any questions?
		What about eggs?
		What about them?
		They're up four times.
		I said, look, I just got here.
		I'm sorry.
		And Brooke Rollins and Department of Agriculture did a phenomenal job.
		They said, don't order eggs for Easter because you won't be able to get them.
		And they said, we have a big Easter egg hunt at the White House.
		It's sort of a thing that has gone on for 100 years.
		They said, could you order plastic eggs?
		I said, I'm not ordering plastic eggs.
		We're going to have eggs down by that time.
		And by the time we got to Easter, the price of eggs had fallen precipitously.
		We had all the eggs in this country you want.
		And we know what we're doing.
	I mean, we know what we're doing.
	We rebuilt our military.
	We have the greatest military anywhere in the world.
	We make the greatest military equipment anywhere in the world.
	And everybody knows it.
	And everybody knows it.
	And you saw that with the way we took out the nuclear capability of Iran with those gorgeous B-2 bombers they flew in there.
	They wiped it.
	And the word was obliterated.
	Remember when CN said, well, it might not have been obliteration.
	Think of the pilots.
	They go in there, they're under fire.
	I was watching this from the Situation Room, and you get to see things in Situation that you wouldn't believe.
	And they said, sir, they have entered Iran airspace.
	All of a sudden, you see ta-ta-ta-ta-ta much faster than you see them going down at the time.
	The whole thing was crazy.
	I actually said, do people really want to do that for a living?
	They're waiting for them, but the equipment is so good, the B-2 bomber, stealth.
	They never saw them.
	They never saw them.
	I mean, it's the most amazing thing.
	And I honored the pilots at the White House.
	I had them brought in, along with mechanics and a lot of other people.
	We brought them to the White House to give a little celebration because they flew 37 hours flawlessly.
	Now, compare that to the Jimmy Carter Iran situation with the helicopters crashing and this and that.
	Oh, what a horror.
	And the hostages.
	And I said, we can't let that happen, but we have a great team.
	General Raisin Kane is unbelievable.
	The whole group is unbelievable.
	And they went in, and I brought them into the White House, and I brought him then into the Oval Office, the pilots.
	And we met them all handsome.
	They looked like Tom Cruise.
	I don't want to be a wise guy and say, but taller.
	I'm not going to say that.
	No, they're perfect specimens.
	I mean, these guys are like from a movie.
	I could take everyone, put them in a movie.
	And I said to him, so what's the story with that red?
	Did you expect, because you remember I pulled it back?
	Because I saw reporting that we're going to be leaving at a certain time.
	And I said to the general, is that not good that they think that?
	And they sort of got it right.
	They saw a lot of activity.
	Actually, you know why?
	They saw one of the things.
	They saw a lot of unbelievable activity going on at the McDonald's next to the base where they take off.
	The McDonald's was doing five, right?
	Five times.
	They were going crazy.
	So they say, there's something going on over there.
	The biggest activity that McDonald's had ever had.
	And it was a nice story, how well it's doing, but that was not a good story for us.
	So I canceled it and then replaced, I announced we're canceling it.
	And the pilots said they were devastated.
	Then I put it back in the exact same time because that was the only time they weren't thinking would happen.
	And we left exactly in time, but that was after canceling it two days before.
	And then we put it right back in the exact same slot.
	And we had identical planes, the B-2s flying four, four of them flying into Guam.
	And they thought that was the attack team.
	And they were watching those planes in Guam go into Guam, and that was not the planes that we had.
	But think of it, they flew both ways, 37 hours, without a sputtering of a bad engine, without any problem.
	But they got in, and they said they have entered Iran airspace, and the enemy's waiting for them.
	And they dropped the bombs.
	They hit every chute.
	You know, they have air chutes that go deep into the granite mountains.
	If you don't hit those chutes, the damage won't be as big as you want.
	And every bomb hit every chute.
	And then we hit them with rockets from a submarine that was quite a distance away, 30 of them.
	Let's put it this way, they got hit.
	And it totally took out the nuclear capability.
	And I said to these guys when they came in to the office, I said, do you guys like doing this stuff?
	You know, they said, sir, it was the greatest day of our life.
	Can you believe this, Congressman?
	It was the great, I mean, they're like heroes.
	They're like American heroes.
	Who the hell wants to sit?
	You know, those ships are very big, but they're very small when you're up way high, going very fast.
	And he said, it was the greatest day of our life.
	And they told me something that I didn't know.
	They said that, sir, do you know, we waited 22 years for this.
	Our predecessors and us, we would practice this run for 22 years.
	I didn't know that.
	For 22 years, we had a practice.
	We'd do it three times a year.
	We would practice this exact run.
	And then when you cancel it, because I canceled when they heard that we were coming, we were devastated.
	See, I said, see, now if I were a flyer and they canceled, I'd be extremely happy.
	Well, we're canceled, so let's forget it.
	But we were devastated.
	So I said, this is something you really love, right?
	Yes, sir.
	We were so honored.
	This was the greatest day of our life.
	I mean, it's really great.
	We just have incredible people in this country.
	It's an amazing story.
	And they hit, and then they said, skedaddle, the word skedaddle.
	And that plane went like this.
	You know, when it drops a bomb, it goes down very steeply because that gives it a better angle and, you know, more speed for the bomb.
	Very, very heavy bombs.
	And they go, boom.
	And as soon as those things, the one pilot, the first one said, skedaddle.
	And that thing just turned in its side, and it, I mean, it's so unbelievable.
	And that knocked out Iran's nuclear capability.
	And all of the Middle East became a different place.
	And now we have peace in the Middle East.
	And at the United Nations today, they approved the Board of Peace, which I'm going to chair.
	And we're picking the leaders or the heads of the most important nations in the world.
	I think it'll be a board like no other other than perhaps the McDonald's board.
	You have a very good board.
	You actually have a very good board.
	But nobody thought a thing like that was.
Hands Off Estate Tax 00:13:28
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		This just happened today.
		The Board of Peace, and it's going to be comprised of myself and leaders of other very important nations and very respected nations.
		And it's going to be something I think is going to be very important.
		It was just approved.
		It was just endorsed by the United Nations.
		It was pretty great.
		It's a big thing.
		I think it's one of the most important things the United Nations will ever do, actually.
		But Joe Biden's prices and his hikes cost the typical American family an estimated $33,000 and hit your workers and your customers and your small businesses very, very hard.
		The Biden administration started the affordability crisis and my administration is ending it.
		I'm ending it.
		Prices are way down.
		If you just look, so we don't have, as I said, the inflation, but our energy prices are way down.
		And you know, despite hamburgers being a big business, energy is one business that's bigger.
		When you get energy down, everything else is affected.
		If you start bringing the price of gas, that's like a massive tax cut.
		And they were selling, you know, they were having gasoline at $475 a gallon, $450,000, $350,000, $375.
		We're very much, we're going to be able, it looks like we're going to be able to hit $2 a gallon in the not too distant future.
		But let's say we're $250, $270,000.
		Other than places like California, that's not fair because they put so high a tax on that you're really paying a lot of that price is the tax that you're paying to government, which is horrible actually, what they do.
		But the price of gasoline and the price of energy is way down.
		So when energy comes down, you make the donuts, you make the chicken, you make whatever you're making.
		Everything is all about energy.
		You have to deliver it.
		You have the trucks.
		You have the fuel.
		When energy comes down and it's come down fast, you know, we had an expression, drill, baby, drill.
		And I drilled, baby-drilled, I tell you, we drill.
		And last month it was announced we produced more oil and gas than any time in the history of our country by far.
		And when you do that, everything comes down.
		You don't even have to look at the numbers.
		And it's all beautifully coming down.
		And as per your chief executive and your chairman and everybody else, they tell me prices at McDonald's are coming down.
		It's moving down.
		Unfortunately, they were so high in the last administration that people aren't that happy because it was so high.
		So even though it's coming down and coming down a lot, they want to see where it was like when I was president.
		And we'll be getting it very close to that number, maybe even better, depending on what we do with energy, but the energy is coming way down.
		In the nine months since I took office, we've stopped inflation in the tracks since January.
		The core inflation has been the lowest in just about eight years, just changed.
		It was four years.
		Now it's eight years.
		It just changed about an hour.
		They just said, sir, if you want, we can rewrite the speech.
		I said, no, I can remember it very nicely.
		Thank you.
		I'm not Biden.
		In the past six months, the price of breakfast items has fallen 14%.
		Bread prices are down.
		Dairy prices are down.
		The price of eggs has declined 86% since March, and much more than that since when I took over.
		Because when I took over, it was an egg crisis, as we said.
		And I want to give a very special thanks to McDonald's for slashing prices for your most popular items, bringing back extra-value meals.
		And I hear you're recommitting to the affordable options of Americans that we really know and love, all of the items that we love.
		And I hear that McDonald's is playing a very big role in that.
		We're getting prices down for this country, and there's no better leader or advocate than McDonald's.
		And I believe the next time, I'll have to be, maybe I'll have to be back here again next year if you get them down enough, okay?
		That's all you have to do for me is get them down enough.
		We'll come back.
		We'll come back, Mr. Chairman.
		But while Democrats wanted to give Americans the largest tax hike in history in July, I proudly gave you the largest tax cuts in American history and signed the one big, beautiful bill, I call it the Great Big Beautiful Bill, into law.
		That includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors.
		That is a big deal.
		So the Great Big Beautiful Bill is the biggest piece of legislation ever passed in our country's history.
		It gives expensing to you as owners where you do something, you could expense it, you can take it off in one year instead of 38 or 40 years.
	It gives you so many things.
	And I'm not giving it to you.
	I'm giving it to the people that you're hiring because I'm giving it for jobs.
	You're going to expand.
	You're going to do tremendously.
	You spend money and you can write it off quickly as opposed to over a period of many, many years.
	The typical waiter, waitress, or police officer will take home roughly $2,000 extra each year because of just what we've done on taxes.
	And the tax cut bill, and I call it the tax cut bill, is also a big boost to small businesses like yours.
	It includes permanent expensing.
	And again, the biggest thing I did in my first tax cut bill, and this also expanded and extended that, was the expensing, the 100% expensing.
	But now we have the expensing for a 10-year period, so for 10 years.
	And frankly, I sort of said, let's make it two years because, you know, I want the results to be immediate.
	10 years, it can take their time.
	I had a lot of pushback, including from these guys.
	They said, no, the right thing.
	It might have been good for us politically, but it would have been, it's better what we did ultimately for the country.
	So we have 10-year full expensing.
	Nobody thought that was possible to get.
	We also expanded tax relief for all franchisees and made the pass-through deduction permanent.
	It's now permanent.
	And very importantly, under our tax cut bill, we virtually eliminated the unfair estate tax or death tax so you can keep your family business in the family, your children, if you love your children.
	If you leave your beautiful place to your children, you won't have estate tax, small business.
	Now, if you don't love your children, you don't really care what I'm saying right now.
	I've only had two or three people over the years that say, I take a vote, does anybody in this room dislike their children when you're not leaving it to your children?
	And, you know, it's always blank, blank, blank.
	Then all of a sudden, one guy about six rows back, okay.
	And I thought he was kidding.
	I said, oh, that's so funny.
	I'm not kidding.
	My kid is no good.
	I'm not.
	And I said, this is amazing.
	So he's not so happy with this, but it's all right.
	But think of it, you know, farmers especially, where they'd have a farm.
	And, you know, the expression, the land rich, cash poor, a little bit, but they have a great, wonderful thing and a way of life that they wouldn't change with anybody, not even a franchisee, right?
	They don't want a friend.
	They don't want a McDonald's.
	If they have a farm, they love their farm just like you love what you're doing.
	But the farmers were dying, leaving their farm to their children.
	The value of the farm was high.
	They'd go out.
	They'd have a tremendous estate tax or death tax.
	And it would, so much.
	I mean, the percentage is crazy how high.
	They'd end up losing the farm in bankruptcy.
	They'd gotten borrow all this money to pay the tax, the estate tax.
	They'd put a mortgage on the farm and they'd end up losing the farm.
	Many of them committed suicide.
	They would commit suicide.
	It was such a horrible thing that was happening.
	And we've ended, think of that, the death tax, the estate tax on the small businesses.
	So I hope you're around for a long time.
	You don't have to think about it.
	But it's a great thing for your family and it's a great thing for longevity.
	You treat your franchise just like a farmer treats his farm.
	You love it.
	You're there early, you're cleaning.
	Little touch of paint here or there.
	There's a little spot on the ceiling.
	Drives you crazy, right?
	It's, you know, it's love.
	It's love for what you do.
	It's amazing the job you do, too.
	I see it.
	I go, I've been in plenty of McDonald's.
	They're clean beautifully.
	You must have some awfully good incentives because they are really amazing places, the job that's done.
	But upon taking office, I signed an order requiring that for every new regulation, 10 old job-killing regulations have to be eliminated.
	So if we put in a new regulation, then we get rid of 10.
	Otherwise, you don't get the new regulation.
	And you know, we got rid of the drip-drip water.
	We call it the drip-drip, where drip-drips out of the sink.
	States with tremendous water, so much water they have nothing but problems getting rid.
	They had restrictions on water.
	It comes down from heaven, right?
	They had restrictions on water.
	So you want to wash your hands, or like me, I want to wash my hair.
	I lather up.
	And I turn that, and there's no water.
	The water's drip.
	They call it, they put a restrictor on.
	I won't mention the third item in the bathroom because I always get criticized.
	I used to mention that, but I don't mention it anymore because you know what I'm saying?
	I think you do.
	If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you shouldn't be owning a McDonald's franchise.
	You wouldn't do well even with a McDonald's franchise.
	But no, the water restrictions, totally lifted.
	All restrictors are gone.
	And you know, it's interesting.
	Your dishwashers were covered, right?
	You had no water.
	I was with some of the people that make them, Whirlpool and others, and they said, sir, they won't give us the water to use in our dishwashers or use in our washing machines.
	The washing machines have no water.
	I mean, it's like a glass of water, half a glass of water.
	We need water.
	And I said, how bad is it?
	He said, well, like the dishwasher.
	They put the dishes in, and they just keep pressing the button, they end up using more water.
	So I gave them, as you know, unlimited water.
	Biden came back with a rigged election, and he immediately restricted the water again.
	But I came back in immediately unrestricted again.
	So now you have unlimited water to clean your damn dishes, okay?
	And other things.
	Your hands.
	Didn't you hate that?
	You walk in to wash your hands.
	I'm a big hands guy.
	I like to wash my hands.
	You know, I used to hate shaking hands.
	Now, once you run for office, you better like shaking hands, so you got a problem.
	You ever see a politician?
	No, I don't want to shake hands.
	Can you do that?
	I don't think you wouldn't be a politician very long.
	I actually thought that with COVID, that would be the end, because, you know, they didn't want you to shake hands.
	I said, well, but then it came back a little bit slowly.
	Then eventually.
	But when you're a politician, you have to shake hands.
	I like washing my hands.
	And you go into sink, you know, new places generally.
	And you turn on the water, and there's literally no water.
	And how about the places that think they're going to save a fortune so they spend a lot of money where the water turns off there?
	You press the thing, which you hate to do, you know, your hands.
	You don't like to press.
	So you get the towel, you press it, you wash it, and the water stops.
	So they have both a restrictor and a stopper.
	You get like four drops of water.
	Tell me, do we really get rich with that?
	Okay, do we really?
	This is so ridiculous.
	So I undid all of that nonsense.
	But we did much more important for you.
	We've rescinded the insane Biden energy regulations on ovens, cooktops, microwaves, and ice makers that were driving your costs through the roof.
	You have no longer restrictions in that.
	I hope you understand.
	But I did better than that, too.
	In terms of slashing, we slash more than $1 trillion worth of regulations, burdens on the U.S. economy, in particular on businesses and people that employ people.
	Combining our regulatory and tax cuts, we've reduced the effective burden on franchisees by more than 37%.
	You're so freaking lucky.
	You are so lucky.
unidentified		You know?
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		These guys are so loaded, they probably don't even know what I did from.
		They make so much money, they say, you know, it's been on 37%.
		Let me tell you, you should have suffered a little while through Kamala.
		The good news is you had no clue.
		You just wonder, I want to give an IQ test to Kamala and Biden.
		Who do you think wins?
		But they were destroying your businesses.
		But I have better than that, though.
		As you know, in my first time, I also stopped a mortal threat to the franchise business model by terminating Obama's infamous joint employer rule.
		Joint employer.
Vote on Interagency Task Force 00:03:25
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		In other words.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		The yays are at 400.
		The nays are at 15.
		With thirds being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended.
		The bill is passed.
		And without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
		First one to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business, is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from New York, Mr. Garbarino, to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2659.
		on which the yays and nays are ordered.
		The clerk will report the title.
tylease alli ▲ ● ▼		Union calendar number 188, H.R. 2659, a bill to ensure the security and integrity of United States critical infrastructure by establishing an interagency task force and requiring a comprehensive report on the targeting of United States critical infrastructure by People's Republic of China, state-sponsored cyber actors, and for the purposes.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		The question is, will the House suspend the roles and pass the bill?
		Members will record their votes by electronic device.
		is a five-minute vote.
unidentified		And another vote underway here, the second of three in this round to create a joint interagency task force to help with collaboration when responding to Chinese state-sponsored cyber actors.
unidentified		While the vote's underway, we're going to take you back to remarks by President Trump on affordability already in progress.
Inspiring Legacy and Pride 00:05:05
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		So in conclusion here tonight, carry on and really just keep going and inspiring that legacy and that pride that you have at really beyond almost all else.
		It was excellence in service stretching back more than seven decades to when two hardworking brothers with a hamburger stand in California partnered with a hard-driving entrepreneur from Illinois to revolutionize the restaurant business forever like nobody had ever seen because of men and women like those in this room who have pride in your souls, love in your hearts, and ketchup in your veins.
		Did you ever hear that one?
		70 years later, McDonald's is the number one fast food restaurant in the entire world, and honestly, it's not even close.
		What a job you've done.
		And it still is really growing stronger with 900 new restaurants planned in the United States in the next two years alone.
		And I think with the Great Big Beautiful Bill, you might even double that number.
		I can imagine you'll double that number.
		But it's amazing to watch you grow.
		You know, the big ones, they get a little slow, they get a little fat, they get a little sloppy.
		This is a company that's gone just the opposite.
		You've gotten more and more competitive.
		I look at your numbers.
		You've gotten more and more competitive over the years.
		Over the generations, your spirit, generosity, and devotion to your communities has really made McDonald's a symbol of American values, aspiration, and success that's recognized all over the world.
		You are recognized all over the world.
		Something that, and there's a lot of great, I mean, compared to the total, not so many, but there's a lot of great leaders, great companies.
		But I think more than anybody, McDonald's is recognized all over the world and as widely as, frankly, the stars and stripes themselves.
		And everywhere there's a McDonald's, we see stars and stripes.
		Everywhere the American flag flies, you'll find the golden arches, and there you'll find good people doing honest, beautiful, hard work, and happy families sitting down to a really great meal.
		Because no matter who you are, everyone loves something at McDonald's.
		There's always something to have.
		I like the fish.
		I like it.
		You could do a little bit more tartar sauce, though, please.
		Seriously.
		I hate when I say, do you have any tartar sauce?
		Do you understand that?
		Yes, I had to.
		Together with hardworking Americans like you, we're going to pioneer new heights, new prosperity.
		We are doing better as a country right now.
		And people are seeing it.
		The Wall Street guys know it.
		The stock market hit its all-time high 48 times in a row in nine months, 48 times during the nine-month period.
		And we're just now, we're hitting the highest stock market we've ever had in history.
		All markets, all three, all markets, every one of them, has hit all brand new highs.
		It's a good time to remaking this speech.
		Because when you make one of these speeches, if you're doing lousy, it's not good.
		And you know the stock market, you can say what you want, but it's a hell of an indicator.
		It's really a hell of an indicator.
		And your stock is doing phenomenally.
		But the stock market has hit an all-time high 48 times during the last nine months.
		And we're going to pioneer new heights.
		Even from that, these new heights of prosperity are going to be incredible.
		We're looking at affordability.
		We're going to bring it down for everybody because not everybody understands the fact that a great stock market is great for everybody, including 401ks.
		You know, the 401ks hit the highest number that they've ever been two days ago.
		And that's a lot of people.
		So they understand what's going on.
		We're going to make the American dream a word that, two words that you didn't have.
		You didn't have those two words.
		Remember when Biden said, it's all about three words, the American dream.
		You don't want to ever get in that situation.
		Remember that?
		That was not good.
		It's all about three words.
		American dream.
		But possible, and you're going to make it really possible for millions and millions of people.
		And you have an administration that's got your back.
		You don't have an administration that wants to put you out of business, that wants to take away your water, that wants to have you not use a microwave oven, that wants to do all these horrible things that are going to destroy you.
		They were looking to destroy you and other businesses too.
		So together we're going to make America richer, stronger, prouder, and happier than ever before.
		And you people can be very, very proud of the job you've done.
		You respect it all over the world.
	And it's an honor to be with the McDonald's.
Purpose of the Gentlewoman 00:04:23
donald j trump ▲ ● ▼		Thank you very much, everybody.
		Thank you.
		Thank you.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		The nays are eight.
		Two-thirds being in the affirmative.
		The rules are suspended.
		The bill is passed.
		And without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
		For what purpose does the general one...
		The house be in order.
		Thank you.
		For what purpose does the gentlewoman from Washington seek recognition?
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		Madam Speaker, I rise to a question of privilege of the House and offer the resolution that was previously noticed.
unidentified		The clerk would report the resolution, House Resolution 878.
tylease alli ▲ ● ▼		Whereas on October 27th, 2025, Representative Chewy Garcia of Illinois filed nominating petitions to be on the Democratic primary ballot in March 2026.
		Whereas on November 5th, 2025, on the last day of filing, Representative Garcia's Chief of Staff, Patty Garcia, submitted her own paperwork to enter the Democratic primary.
		Whereas on November 6th, after the filing deadline, Representative Garcia confirmed that he would not be seeking another term in 2026 and would be withdrawing his nominating petitions.
		Whereas Representative Garcia's chief of staff was the only Democrat who filed to run in the primary at the direction of Representative Garcia, undermining the process of a free and fair election.
		And whereas Representative Garcia's actions are beneath the dignity of his office and incompatible with the spirit of the United States Constitution, now therefore be it resolved that the House of Representatives disapproves of the behavior of Representative from Illinois, Mr. Garcia.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		The resolution qualifies.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		For what purpose does the gentlewoman from Massachusetts seek recognition?
katherine clark ▲ ● ▼		Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		The clerk will report the motion.
tylease alli ▲ ● ▼		Ms. Clark of Massachusetts moves to lay the resolution on the table.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		The question is on the motion to lay the resolution on the table.
		Those in favor say aye.
		Those opposed say no.
		The no's have it.
		The motion is not adopted.
		For what purpose does the gentlewoman from Massachusetts seek recognition?
katherine clark ▲ ● ▼		I request to call the yays and nays.
young kim ▲ ● ▼		Yays and nays are requested.
		Those favoring a vote by the yays and nays will rise.
		A sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered.
		Members will record their votes by electronic device.
		This is a five-minute vote.
unidentified		And lawmakers voting to table a resolution that accuses Representative Jesus Chewy Garcia of undermining the process of a free and fair election.
		It comes after he filed paperwork to run for re-election in 2026 after his chief of staff Patty Garcia filed her paperwork to run for his seat.
		Representative Garcia announced his retirement after the November filing deadline.
		If the motion to table this resolution is successful, then members will debate the resolution for up to an hour and any postponed votes will take place tomorrow.
		Also let you know over on C-SPAN 2, we're expecting to hear from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. live this evening.
		The Secretary is set to speak at a Turning Point USA event in Washington, D.C.
		And again, you can watch that over on C-SPAN 2.
		While members are voting here on C-SPAN, we'll show remarks from earlier today by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
		Thank you.
Republican Healthcare Crisis 00:06:54
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		Good afternoon, everyone.
		Affordable Care Act tax credits expire next month, and Republicans are out of excuses.
		Because of the Republican refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, tens of millions of Americans are about to experience dramatically increased premiums, co-pays, and deductibles.
		In some cases, everyday Americans are going to experience their premiums increasing by $1,000 or $2,000 per month.
		These are working class and middle class Americans.
		Those increases will be unaffordable.
		Everyday Americans will be unable to go see a doctor when they need one.
		And yet Republicans continue to bury their heads in the sand and are unwilling to address the affordability crisis that is crushing the American people.
		This from a group of folks, these extremist Republicans, who spent all of last year lying to the American people, saying to everyday Americans that they were going to lower costs on day one.
		But we know under Donald Trump and complete Republican control of the House and the Senate, costs haven't gone down in America.
		Costs have gone up.
		Housing costs, out of control.
		Grocery costs, out of control.
		Electricity bills out of control.
		And now health care premiums skyrocketing out of control because of Republican inaction and an unwillingness to do anything to make life better for the American people.
		The Trump tariffs have been a complete disaster as we approach Thanksgiving and the holiday season.
		Food costs are skyrocketing through the roof and everyday Americans are experiencing thousands of dollars in additional expense.
		The economic policies of Donald Trump and the Republican Party have been a complete and total failure.
		That's why they were routed across the country, thoroughly destroyed by the electorate in state after state after state, because they've done nothing to make life more affordable for everyday Americans, and they've done everything to make life more expensive.
		Questions?
unidentified		Thank you, Mr. Leader.
		Earlier today, President Trump posted on Truth Social with regard, I'm trying to pull it up, with regard to the Indiana Republicans not redistricting their map that Democrats are trying to steal seats everywhere, and we're not going to let that happen.
		I want to get your response to that.
		I also want to get your response to him saying we must keep the majority at all costs.
		How do you interpret that message?
		And do you believe that Democrats should fight back against that effort at all costs?
		Or what lines are there for Democrats responding to this effort of Donald Trump pressing Indiana Republicans and other Republican state legislators to redraw their maps to kind of steal seats as you've characterized it from Democrats in 2026?
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		We've made clear from the very beginning that as Democrats, we are not going to let Donald Trump and Republicans gerrymander congressional maps all across the country as part of their effort to rig the midterm elections.
		Why has Donald Trump launched this extraordinary and unprecedented effort to gerrymander congressional maps throughout the country?
		They're the ones that claim heading into this year they had this big, broad, beautiful mandate.
		Where is it?
		It was nowhere to be found on Election Day.
		Destroyed in Virginia, in New Jersey, in New York, in Pennsylvania, in Georgia, in Mississippi, in California with Prop 50, up and down the ballot, and all across the country.
		The reason why Donald Trump is in full panic mode is because he knows the majority in the House of Representatives is gone.
		And he's doing everything he can to try to cheat his way to an artificial victory.
		By the way, this same group of people, this is the lesson that they learned.
		We came into this year and everyone was talking about how the Democratic Party was dead.
jesus chuy garcia ▲ ● ▼		Really?
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		As far as I could tell, in the House, the only reason why Republicans have their narrow majority right now is because they stole three seats from the people of North Carolina in mid-decade redistricting last year.
		That's the lesson that they've learned.
		Because their policies are unpopular.
		The outcomes are unpopular.
		They've delivered nothing for the American people.
		These folks have been a complete and total disaster.
		And Democrats are the ones leaning in to making life better for the American people, to driving down the high cost of living, to confronting the Republican health care crisis and cleaning up corruption so we actually can deliver a government that makes life better for the American people.
		So Donald Trump is in full and complete panic mode right now.
		And so he's lashing out at the people of Indiana, apparently, and beyond.
		Because these extremists didn't think that Democrats were going to forcefully respond.
		But I said it from this podium months ago when people were trying to suggest that Democrats did not have the capacity to deal with this issue.
		Guess what?
		We did.
		And now we've seen action in California.
		We're going to see action in other states like Virginia and Maryland and Illinois.
		We've seen action in Utah.
		We see a lawsuit in New York.
Citizens' Right to Choose 00:15:43
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		We're going to continue to forcefully and creatively respond.
		It's not even clear that Republicans are going to net a single seat when this is all said and done.
		As a matter of fact, it might even be the opposite.
		And it will serve them well.
		They started this with finishing it.
sydney kamlager-dove ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Leader, two questions.
sydney kamlager-dove ▲ ● ▼		One on health care.
unidentified		The president said over the weekend that he's had some conversations with Democrats about some type of direct payment plan, giving money back to people.
		Have you had any conversations with the president or are you aware of?
		211.
		The motion is not adopted.
		Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
		This will be in order.
		The House will be in order.
		Pursuant to Clause 2A2 of Rule 9, the gentlewoman from Washington, Ms. Perez, and the gentleman from New York, Mr. Morelli, will each control 30 minutes.
		The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Washington.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
unidentified		The gentlewoman will suspend.
		The House will be in order.
		Members are encouraged to take their conversations off the floor.
		The gentlewoman will continue.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
unidentified		The gentlewoman is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		Speaker, I rise today with humility, fear, and conviction.
		Conviction that American citizens have a right to choose their elected representatives.
		Fear that my convictions will be dismissed as naive, and humility that I am as liable to deceive myself about my first duties, where my strength comes from, and to whom I owe my loyalty as anyone else on this floor today.
		But it's clear to me that my responsibility as an elected representative of my community is to say loudly and consistently, humbly and with love, that no one has the right to subvert the right of the people to choose their elected representatives.
		I like Chewy Garcia.
		I think his reasons for retiring are noble.
		We are not here to adjudicate the character of Chewy Garcia.
		I'm asking the body to consider a set of facts laid before us tonight about how he chose his successor and deprived Americans the right to choose their elected representative.
		Moral accusations and bitterness are not going to move this country in a stronger direction, but we can't keep bringing these same broken tools to the urgent struggle of preserving our inheritance as a nation.
		And so with humility, I lay out the facts.
		One week before the filing deadline, Congressman Chewy Garcia filed for re-election and submitted the necessary signatures for that petition.
		But three days before the filing deadline, he also began collecting signatures for his chief of staff, who shares his last name.
		Just hours before the filing deadline, Representative Garcia's chief of staff submitted the paperwork to run with at least 2,500 signatures attached to it.
		And Chewy Garcia's signature was the very first one listed in the petition.
		He had at least three days of work that he has publicly acknowledged, where he knew that his chief was going to be running against him.
		And he did not communicate his intention to retire.
		You don't get your cake and eat it, too.
		If you're not going to run, you don't get to choose your successor, no matter how noble the work you have done beforehand.
		The day after the filing deadline, once it was clear that there would be no democratic alternative to his chief in a D-plus 17 seat, he announced his retirement.
		It's easy to get caught up in the culture of DC of political complaints or believing that your opponents are so broken that the ends justify the means.
		But you cannot win the right to represent people through subversion.
		All you do is engender distrust in the government and apathy in citizens of this great country.
		We don't have to say that a thing is perfect to say that it's worth fighting for.
		And in fact, we can't truly fight for a thing if we don't acknowledge its shortcomings.
unidentified		And with that, Mr. Chair, I yield back.
unidentified		You reserve?
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		I reserve.
unidentified		The gentlewoman reserves.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I rise in opposition to House Resolution 878.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		While I respect the sponsor of this resolution and appreciate very much her work on behalf of her constituents in southwest Washington, I cannot support this measure.
		My friend and classmate from the 116th Congress, Representative Chuy Garcia embodies the highest ideals of the American dream.
		Born in Mexico, Representative Garcia moved to the little village neighborhood of Chicago in the 1960s and never left.
		After earning his citizenship in 1977, Representative Garcia graduated from college and began his career in public service as a community-based housing initiative.
		Since his time as a member of the Chicago City Council, the Illinois State Senate, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Congressman Chewy Garcia has served his community, the Congress, and our country with great distinction.
		As it relates to the matter under consideration, in nearly every election he has been a candidate, Representative Garcia has faced opposition in both primary and general elections.
		Representative Garcia has proven himself unafraid to campaign.
		He has sought other offices and come up short.
		During the filing period in Illinois, any qualified citizen, any qualified resident of the state could have filed to challenge Representative Garcia.
		In fact, Representative Garcia won a competitive primary just last cycle.
		Throughout his career in public service, Chewy Garcia has demonstrated a broad and deep respect for his constituents.
		This includes his fierce advocacy for Chicago's immigrant communities, teachers, public employees, and the economically striving and struggling among us.
		Representative Garcia is a dedicated public servant, and his record of accomplishment is worthy of celebration.
		I urge all of my colleagues to vote no on the resolution, and I reserve the balance of my time.
unidentified		The gentleman reserves.
unidentified		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		We are not here to adjudicate the character or quality of work of what has gone before in the career of Representative Garcia.
		That is not the question at hand.
		No good work means that you are able to end your career with impunity and choosing your successor.
		This slide towards this is not who we are as a country.
		People bled and died for the right to elect their own representative.
		And to say that you can pull, that you can, at the last moment, submit at least 2,500 signatures when your name is at the top of the list.
		And to the question of legality, this is not a question of whether or not what he did was legal.
		This body does not adjudicate state election law.
		That's not what we're trying to do here.
		We do not choose the rules in Illinois' elections.
		But what we can say, we cannot imagine every illegal thing, every amoral thing, and make it illegal.
		Legality is smaller than morality.
		And the question at hand is: do we condone a subversion of an election because it is playing by the rules?
		That's not what we're here to do.
		And with that, I'll reserve.
unidentified		The gentleman reserves.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		And I want to once again remind the members that any one of the citizens of this district could have filed petitions.
		And in fact, Mr. Garcia has faced primaries before and general elections before.
		But let me yield now to the distinguished gentleman from the state of Illinois, my very good friend, Representative Chewy Garcia, for five minutes.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for five minutes.
jesus chuy garcia ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues.
		I stand here, believe it or not, with a grateful heart.
		Over the last several days, many of you have reached out with kindness and understanding.
		I appreciate your concern for me and your desire to keep our caucus united.
		I wasn't expecting to stand here to debate my retirement.
		But before any of us are members of Congress, we're husbands, we're grandfathers, we're sons, we're mothers, and we're sisters.
		We're regular people.
		But life reminds us that our jobs come second to the people waiting for us at home.
		After nearly 40 years of public service, I decided not to seek a fifth term, and I'm proud to have served with integrity and respect.
		I turned 70 next spring and I decided that it was time to dedicate more of my time to the people who have sacrificed the most so that I could serve.
		My wife of almost 50 years, my children, my grandchildren, the family that studied me through victories and through heartbreak.
		When my daughter Rosa passed away in 2023 and left us four beautiful young children, it shook our entire world.
		Overnight, our house became a home for those kids.
		We did what every family does.
		We stepped up, we held them close, and we gave them love and stability.
		Despite dealing with multiple sclerosis, my wife Evelyn carried the heaviest load as their day-to-day caregiver.
		Because of my wife, I was able to keep meeting the responsibilities of my job here and in the district.
		I filed to run for Congress because this work is more important than ever, and I wanted to deliver for my community and to be part, hopefully, of a new House majority next year.
		I followed the rules of Illinois and its election law when the ballot was open for anyone to file, as they had over the past six years and the four times that I stood for election.
		And contrary to claims that were made earlier today, I did not circulate any petitions that I was accused of circulating.
		I only circulated when I filed on the first day.
		But as I looked ahead, I had to be honest about what the next term would demand and what my family needed.
		I saw the big picture, supporting my wife as we manage her illness, taking better care of my own health, and being present for the grandson that we just adopted two weeks ago.
		It was a tough decision, but I made that choice as any husband, father, grandfather would make at that moment.
		I stood by my family values.
		and as we ask others to do.
		Every one of us knows the pressures that come with serving here.
		But I hope that none of my colleagues ever face the circumstances my family has faced in the last three years.
		Meanwhile, my district, my community, is under assault by our own government.
		And I ask you to listen.
		You may have seen the report, but pictures don't convey the screams of families being separated, U.S. citizens being arrested without cause, and the indiscriminate gassing of innocent families, including a one-year-old just a week ago.
		Families in my district are living with fear and trauma that no one should have to endure in our country.
		Last week, we returned after 54 days with the House shuttered, including a 43-day shutdown.
		We returned hoping for democratic unity.
		Therefore, I was shocked to be called out in a resolution on the House floor.
		I think you would agree with me that voters don't want these arguments in Congress.
		The voters want us to be working to help them to afford health care, rent, and child care.
Standing Up for Constituents 00:15:27
jesus chuy garcia ▲ ● ▼		Colleagues, none of us wants to spend the next year trading divisive disapproval resolutions.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I would yield an additional minute to the gentleman.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for an additional one minute.
jesus chuy garcia ▲ ● ▼		Our voters don't want this either.
		We should not be distracted by political ploys when our constituents want us to stay focused and deliver for them.
		I'm going to finish my term with the same love and commitment that I brought to my first day of Congress here.
		When I arrived in this country as a 10-year-old, I never dreamed I'd be here.
		And I hope that we can all agree on this.
		When a colleague chooses his family, that shouldn't be a moment for division.
		It should be a moment for understanding and unity.
		One day, one day, you might be the one making that choice and you shouldn't have to debate it on the House floor.
		Thank you.
		I yield back.
unidentified		The gentleman yields.
		The gentleman from New York reserves.
		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		True love persists in a confidence, not in your supremacy and making a choice for your voters, but in your service and humility that they have the right to choose.
		And when we start making choices for people, without their consent, we have walked away from the fundamentals of democracy.
		I feel deeply for the sacrifice that it's taken him to serve his community.
		That does not legitimize the way in which he left his seat in choosing his successor and refusing to be forthright with his constituents.
		And to the question of primary challenges, in both the 2020 and the 2022 election, as I've seen in reporting, Chewy Garcia carried 100% of the primary.
		That does not sound like a whole lot of a primary challenge when you're carrying 100% of the votes in the primary.
		That doesn't mean that he was not chosen in that.
		But you can't walk away from a commitment to allowing voters a choice and clarity on what you're going to be doing.
		And with that, I reserve.
unidentified		The gentlewoman reserves.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		I would like to yield to my friend, the distinguished gentleman from New York, Mr. Espion.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized for two minutes.
unidentified		Thank you.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Since 2019, I have been proud to call the gentleman from Illinois both a colleague and a trusted friend.
		During the Build Back Better negotiations, we stood shoulder to shoulders to defend immigrant communities when it mattered the most.
		That is who Chewy Garcia is.
		He leads with conviction, courage, integrity, even when he stands alone.
		Chewy Garcia came up during the era of the late and great Harold Washington in Chicago, who took down the political machine.
		It was Chewy Garcia who stood next to our other colleague Luis Gutierrez in his home as two young men when Luis Gutierrez's home was firebombed.
		His home was firebombed.
		And Chewy Garcia was the person standing next to former Congressman Luis Gutierrez.
		An immigrant from Mexico and the son of a bracero, Chewy Garcia has spent 45 years as an organizer, public servant, and a coalition builder who never loses sight of the people he serves.
		He has been a steadfast champion for dignity, equity, justice across Chicago.
		He stepped out of this race for one reason and one reason only.
		His family.
		We often hear in these hollow hallways of Congress the word family values and it is often used with hypocrisy.
unidentified		But here we have a person that's really standing up for his grandchild, for his speaker, I'd like to yield an additional two minutes.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for an additional two minutes.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Here you have someone that's standing up for his grandchild, for his ill wife, for his community.
		He's standing up for family values, and yet he has to stand here and defend himself.
		His decision to step down is very personal, and his decades of service speak for themselves.
		We are grateful for his unwavering commitment to public service.
		At a moment where some are working overtime to protect the wealthy and gut health care for working families, we should stand together, united, to defend affordable health care.
		That is the issue that we should be talking about here tonight.
		We should be standing together to talk about how we're going to lift the least among us and make it easier for them.
		That's what we should be talking about here tonight.
		Nearly 20 million people are at risk of losing coverage, and that should be our priority.
		We call Chewy, both myself and Lou Correa, we call ourselves the three amigos because we have so much in common, although I'm from New York, he's from Illinois, and Lou is from California.
		The word amigo means friend.
		It has been lost in the journey.
		The meaning of that word has been lost, and I may add, maybe mutilated.
		But I'm here to call Chewy tonight Migran Amigo.
		And I yield back, Mr. Shui.
unidentified		The gentleman yields.
		The gentleman from New York, Reserves.
		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
		All reserves.
		The gentlewoman from Washington, reserves.
		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		I'd like to now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from Vermont, Ms. Bayland.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for two minutes.
becca balint ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of my colleague, Congressman Trui Garcia, who is my seatmate in judiciary.
		Chewy is someone who is always looking out for the working people of this country.
		Chewy is always the one in committee who is thinking, how is this going to affect the people back home in my neighborhoods?
		For 45 years, this man has worked relentlessly for his communities that he serves.
		His steadfast dedication to community has been on full display this year in the midst of the barbaric assaults that they have endured in Chicago.
		And as Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has indiscriminately launched chemical agents in residential neighborhoods and kidnapped people off the streets, the people of Illinois' fourth districts have had a strong champion in Chewy Garcia standing alongside them every step of the way to demand justice.
		And that's how he fights for not just everyone in his district, but for people across this country.
		Because he is a man of principle and he is a man of morals.
		And it is so disheartening to see his name drag through the mud today.
		When federal agents kidnapped staffers off a local elected official off the streets, Chewy and his team were there demanding his release.
		He goes where he needs to go to stand up for his people.
		And isn't that what we all want from our elected officials?
		Now I want to acknowledge that, yes, indeed, our democracy is corrupted and it is rigged against working people.
		But it's not because of Chewy Garcia.
		Chewy has fought for working people his entire life and he has been fearless in voting to stand up to the mega corporations that are screwing us over and the big banks that don't give a damn about us.
		I urge my colleagues to keep all of these things in mind.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for an additional minute.
becca balint ▲ ● ▼		I want you to think about the totality of this man's life and what he has done in service, not just to Illinois, but the people of this country.
		And I urge my colleagues to keep this in mind.
		This is not a game.
		It's a man's life.
		Please consider that as we think about this resolution.
		I yield back.
unidentified		The gentlewoman yields.
		The gentleman from New York reserves.
		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		This is certainly not a game.
		This is certainly not a short strategy.
		It is long work to remain committed to the primacy of Americans' right to choose their elected representatives.
		Nothing validates the choice to subvert an election.
		Not the trespasses of an administration.
		Not the long and noble work of a public servant.
		Not the valid and unknowable bitterness of a family's suffering.
		Not fidelity to identity politics.
		Nothing validates subverting an election.
		And we are not here to adjudicate, as I've said, the measure of Chewy Garcia's work or his character.
		The question is: do you have the right to choose your successor?
unidentified		I reserve.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Yes, Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the amount of time left?
unidentified		The gentleman from New York has 15 minutes remaining.
unidentified		Very good.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, sir.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		I would now like to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from California, Ms. Conlig or Dove.
sydney kamlager-dove ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
		Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of Chewy Garcia and against this resolution.
		And I am, in fact, appalled at the hubris behind all of this.
		If this is not a question of legality, if this is not a question of state law, then what is it a question of?
		I was in Chicago with Congressman Chewy Garcia when hearings were held about the inhumane and barbaric treatment of Chicagoans across his district and other districts by this administration and by ICE.
		And I saw his conviction, his commitment, his love for not just his district, but the city in which he was born and lives.
		This is a man who is a legend.
		He is a legend to his district, and he is a legend in this Congress.
		And I don't understand why we are having to debate him.
		This is character assassination.
		My question is this.
		Is this the most significant aversion that has happened this year?
		We have an administration that is starving poor children.
		We have an administration that is involved in unauthorized strikes in countries around the globe.
		We are in the midst of fighting for survivors by getting the Epstein files released.
		We are in the fight of our lives to make sure that Americans can afford health care that they deserve.
		That is what we should be debating.
		Those are issues that are far more pressing and critical to Americans.
		I was home in my district this weekend.
		Not one person asked me about Chewy Garcia.
		Not one person in my district or in my state.
		We have to worry about our own districts.
		Isn't that what people say?
		What's happening in your district?
		about your own district.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I'd like to yield an additional minute.
unidentified		The gentlewoman is recognized for an additional minute.
sydney kamlager-dove ▲ ● ▼		So I would just ask that we get back to that.
		And I'm going to have to say, this Democratic intra-party fighting is not what any of us want.
		And it's not what the American people deserve.
		And I would hope that we would get back to focusing on the issues that are most critical.
		And if any of us have an issue with what's going on in somebody else's district, we should have the decency and respect to go to them and ask them about what's going on in their district before we do all of this kind of character assassination on this House floor.
		And with that, I yield.
unidentified		The gentlewoman yields.
		The gentleman from New York reserves.
		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		There's a famous saying in Baptist circles, if you don't kill your sin, your sin will kill you.
		Nobody wants to see anybody get hurt, but there are natural consequences.
		And the consequences of subverting an election and choosing your successor are a slide towards a very ugly future for our country.
		And there's an argument that's been made that they don't know about it, so it's not wrong.
		That's not true.
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marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		That's not true.
		We know about it.
		We know about it.
		And that can fays on us an accountability, not just when it's politically convenient to condemn someone, but when it's in your own family.
		That is the point.
		That is the point.
		That when there is a spade, you call it a spade, whether it hurts or not.
		And you have to have confidence that Americans will make the choice for themselves.
		That is the whole point of this experiment in democracy.
unidentified		I reserve.
		The gentlewoman reserves.
		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		I'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from Oregon, Ms. Salinas.
unidentified		The gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes.
		Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my friend and colleague, Congressman Garcia.
		Over the past three plus years, I've had the pleasure of working with Chewy Garcia.
		I've known him to be a dedicated public servant, committed to serving his community and his country day in and day out.
		He's shown up for his constituents and for the American people.
		I want to contrast this with Speaker Johnson, who for the last month and a half kept the House out of session, who stopped this body from working on behalf of the people who sent us here and has manufactured a health care crisis.
		We just ended the Republicans' government shutdown, and this is our first order of business.
		We need to get back to work to address the issues impacting the American people.
		We should be united in addressing Republicans' looming health care crisis and the rising cost of living.
		This debate does nothing to lower costs for people in Oregon or across this country.
		This is a debate that should be held by Congressman Garcia's constituents, not by members of Congress who do not represent them.
		We have more important work to do than to express displeasure at a member of Congress who has spent his entire life serving the people of Illinois and people across this country.
		Now, please, let's get back to the real work on behalf of the American people.
		I urge my colleagues to reject this reprimand.
		I yield back.
		The gentlewoman yields.
		The gentleman from New York reserves.
		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		The point is well made that Americans are suffering.
		A non-payment on utility bills, people having their cars repossessed, people losing their businesses, people going without meals.
		That's in my community, and that's real.
		And we do not dutifully serve the long work of building a self-determining country by turning our constituents into petitioners who would only demand free things from us, a relief from this pressure of consolidation, corporate power.
		No, we also have to stand before them with honor and confidence and respect in their ability to choose their elected representatives for themselves.
		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentlewoman reserves.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		I'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky.
unidentified		The gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes.
		I'm so proud to stand here today to talk about one of the most important leaders in the city of Chicago for many, many years, helping people after person,
		making sure that his community and our community has been safe to stand up and fight for the people of the city of Chicago,
		a city that my colleague does not really understand the kind of faith that they have in Chewy Garcia all of these years.
		And for someone who doesn't know about the city of Chicago and the role that he has played to find some outside idea that he has somehow cheated the city of Chicago or the people of the city of Chicago, are you kidding?
		There has not been one single person that has stood up in Chicago and said that there should be some sort of punishment for our great friend.
		I mean, he has been there every day of the year helping people, every day of the most recent years, helping people, because we know that people have been in Chicago trying to take away people's lives, taking them out of the country.
		People who are fine, wonderful people in the city of Chicago.
		I say shame on you for deciding that this is the issue that you, who have no idea about the role that Chewy Garcia has played in the city of Chicago and continues to play in the city of Chicago.
		This should be diminished.
		The gentleman's time is in the city.
		The gentlewoman yields, and members are reminded to direct their comments toward the chair.
		The gentleman from New York reserves.
		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		There are claims that this was not the work that we were sent to do here.
		What gives us the right to be here if not being sent here?
		There is a premise here.
		We have to be endowed with trust, and that has to be reciprocal with our voters.
		And I would argue that there is a very loud demand, a fervent, clear call by Americans right now for accountability and transparency.
		And it's not just about the Epstein files.
		It's all of it.
		They want us to stop this fight and be honest and deliberate and respectful to humbly serve.
		That is what real leadership is.
		It is humility and service, not choosing for them what would be best for them.
		That I reserve.
unidentified		The gentleman reserves.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		I'd like to now yield to my friend, the distinguished gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Jackson, for two minutes.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for two minutes.
		I thank the Honorable Congressman Joe Morelli.
		Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong defense of the great character of a loving friend, father, husband, and brother, Congressman Chewy Garcia.
		My friends, there are moments in the nation's history when a single life stands up and declares without arrogance and without apology that freedom must mean something for everybody or it means nothing at all.
		Congressman Chewy Garcia is such a man.
		He is in every profound and dangerous sense a freedom fighter, not in the kind fashion in myth or marble, but the kind born of neighborhoods where dreams have been bruised and people still need to rise.
		And yet people still rise because of a Congressman like Chewy Garcia, the kind who understands that the struggle for the human dignity is never finished and never optional.
		Chewy Garcia's life is stitched together with the same thread that carried our greatest fighters forward.
		The belief that one does not have to accept the world as it is, but he glimpses into what the world ought to be.
		That's leadership.
		Leadership is not a performance.
		It's not a posture.
		A way of standing with the vulnerable, a way of insisting that compassion is not weakness, that justice is not a luxury, and that democracy is not a spectator sport, but a lifelong calling.
		Beside me is a picture that warmed my heart from childhood.
		This is Congressman Chewy Garcia, then campaigning with the great Harold Washington, the former Congressman from the 1st Congressional District.
		Chewy brought the African American and Mexican community together.
		There was a time before the word Hispanic was created.
		We knew Chewy as a Mexican American.
		Chewy walked hand in hand with us in Chicago.
		Chewy Garcia in 1997, while he was the state senator, serving alongside then Senator Barack Obama, he was the chair of the black caucus of the Illinois State Senate.
		He has walked arm in arm with the African American community.
		Gentleman's time has expired.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, would you please give the gentleman one more minute?
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for an additional minute.
		Not as a visitor, not as a distant ally, but as a brother in the same long struggle for liberation.
		He understands that the battles of the Southside echo the battles of Little Village, that the pain of displacement, disenfranchisement, and dismissal does not respect ethnic boundaries, and that our triumphs, when we dare to claim them together, can shake the foundation of this nation.
		He has marched with us, organized with us, fought alongside us because he knows that our destinies are intertwined.
		And so today, let us honor the courage of a man who has refused to be coward, that has refused to bow to power or silenced by cynicism.
		A man who reminds us that to lead is not merely to occupy an office, but to carry a people.
		A man who teaches us that loyalty to the truth, to the community, to the least among us, is the highest form of patriotism.
		Let Chewy's Garcia examples lead us into, out of our complacency, and to a greater level of integrity and to a higher calling.
		Let this unyielding spirit remind us that America becomes America only when ordinary people dare to demand the extraordinary.
		The gentleman's time is expired.
		I yield.
		The gentleman yields.
		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		I can reserve.
unidentified		The gentleman reserves.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		I would now like to yield to the distinguished gentlelady from Illinois, Ms. Ramirez, for two minutes.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for two minutes.
delia ramirez ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I want to start by clarifying.
		something that was said on the record.
		The sponsor of the bill of the resolution is stating that Chewy Garcia has won his primaries with 100% of the vote.
		All you have to do is go to board of elections or ballot ready and recognize that in 2020, in 2024, in his last election, his opponent got 30 percent of the vote.
		So I just want to make sure that facts matter here and I want to make sure that, when there's misinformation, that we clarify that.
		So let me let me go ahead and say, in a moment when so many members of Congress have conceded their power to Donald Trump, voting rights are on the line, super PACs continue to buy congressional seats and the representation of black and brown working families is threatened.
		This resolution is nothing more than a cheap political stunt pulled from the playbook of some of my Republican colleagues.
		You want proof?
		Some of the ones that have been suppressing the most votes have been clapping every time she speaks.
		It is a do-nothing resolution that targets a leader who has been holding the line in defense of democracy, someone who is not beholden to super PACs like foreign lobbies or big oil like the American Petroleum Institute.
		Someone who has voted against bills like the SAVE Act, which endangers the voting rights of women in our country.
		Someone who voted against the Lake And Riley Act, which allows the persecution and racial profiling of Latinos by ICE agents.
		Someone that voted against the recent Republican continuing resolution, which did not protect affordable health care and provided a slush fund for senators investigated for their role in the insurrection.
		Chewy Garcia has stood his ground for working families and our democracy in moments when others have not, including the sponsor of this resolution, this approval, who has opened the doors to authoritarianism by the way she votes.
		You don't have to agree with how the events of his decision to step down unfolded to recognize that this resolution is misguided and disingenuous.
		Disapproving of his actions while you allow big money in politics, outside spending in elections and rampant corruption to go unchallenged or uninterrupted is the height of hypocrisy.
unidentified		Gentlewoman's time has expired.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Yes, mr speaker, may I inquire the amount of time remaining in the debate?
delia ramirez ▲ ● ▼		I just need one.
unidentified		The gentleman has four minutes remaining.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, mr speaker.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		I'd like to yield an additional minute to mr Remains.
unidentified		The gentleman is recognized for an additional minute, thank you.
delia ramirez ▲ ● ▼		So while we need to hold each other to high standards we do we also need to reform a system that too often makes it nearly impossible to ensure working people like Chewy Garcia, like me and so many others here are well represented in the face of money interests set on their destruction.
		So I want to invite you today to vote no on this performative bad intention resolution and join me in getting dark money out of politics, protecting and expanding the voting rights in America and fighting for authentic representation with all of our communities.
		Vote no.
		I yield back.
unidentified		Gentlewoman yields.
		The gentleman from New York reserves.
		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		While there are many ways to litigate many of the votes, the question at hand is what gives you the right to represent a community?
		It is the choice of your voters.
		Nothing gives you the right to choose your successor, and we cannot walk down this path.
		When we stand and say that everything around us is bad, it risks us conforming to that wrongness and orienting our policy around it.
		This is a false choice to say I can either attack here or I can attack here.
		You can pursue wherever you disagree.
		But we also have to call a spade a spade, and that's what this is about.
		Accountability.
		High reserve.
unidentified		The gentlewoman reserves.
unidentified		The gentleman from New York is recognized.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		As I mentioned earlier in the debate, I respect certainly the sponsor of this resolution.
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joseph morelle ▲ ● ▼		We are fellow appropriators, and I observe firsthand her energy and commitment in serving the people of southwest Washington.
		But this resolution is wrong.
		It shouldn't be before us.
		The House has so much work we need to be doing, addressing the affordability crisis in America, saving health care, and fighting the cost of the actual corruption happening on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
		Let's get back to work.
		I commend my dear friend Representative Garcia for his long and distinguished tenure in public life and as a devoted public servant.
		I wish him and his family the very best as they begin the next chapter of their lives, and I urge my colleagues to reject this ill-conceived resolution.
		I yield back the balance of my time.
unidentified		The gentleman yields back.
unidentified		The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized.
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		Look, we're not called to anything more than walking with humility, to love justice, to work diligently.
		And Chewy has worked diligently.
		Nothing in that legitimizes the choice to choose a successor, to support gathering over 2,500 signatures, to wait for days when you knew that you were not going to run for re-election and ensure that your chief of staff would be your successor.
		That is not the path our country can stand on.
		A country that refuses to acknowledge wrongdoing when it happens has got bad things in store for it.
		And I humbly ask my colleagues to support this resolution.
		And with that, I yield back.
unidentified		The gentlewoman yields back.
		Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the resolution.
		The question is on the adoption of the resolution.
		Those in favor say aye.
		Those opposed, say no.
		In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it.
		Does she request the yays and nays?
marie gluesenkamp perez ▲ ● ▼		Yes, the yeas and nays.
unidentified		The gentleman requests the yays and nays.
		The yeas and nays are requested.
		Those favoring a vote by the yays and nays will rise.
		A sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered.
		Pursuant to clause 8 of Rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.
		Postponed.

Chapters

00:00:00 Pass H.R. 1608
00:03:21 Greatest Day of Our Life
00:13:16 Hands Off Estate Tax
00:26:30 Vote on Interagency Task Force
00:29:41 Inspiring Legacy and Pride
00:34:31 Purpose of the Gentlewoman
00:38:39 Republican Healthcare Crisis
00:45:19 Citizens' Right to Choose
01:00:47 Standing Up for Constituents
01:16:00 Stand Before Them With Honor
01:31:09 Why We Yield Back