Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 7 p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Monday, January 28, 2019, at noon for morning-hour debate. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 31) making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes, with a…

Mr. Speaker, the Trump shutdown is now in its 34th day. Yesterday, the House passed six bills to reopen most of the government, and with this bill today, we can reopen the entire government while providing time to negotiate a full-year…

Madam Speaker, Federal workers should not have to struggle to pay their bills just because my colleagues across the aisle and the President refuse to end the Trump shutdown. They should not be in a position of having to apply for…

Madam President, I object to the original request because the Senator from Louisiana has not allowed the rest of the Federal Government to get paid. I would remind him, whether it is squirrel, jackrabbit, or armadillo, that we are the…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 73 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are…

Leader McConnell has requested I go to his office. I think that is more important than some of these activities. I am going to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader does not have the floor. Does the Democratic leader object…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Wisconsin.

I object to that. I am in the middle of an objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection to the modification is heard.

Reserving the right to object, I heard my good friend from Wisconsin say, give him one good reason to object to the Coast Guard. No, there is not one; there are 760,000, if that is the right number--the number of non-Coast Guard workers…

Madam President, in a moment, the Senate will proceed to two amendments: one on the President's proposal and one on a 2-week continuing resolution that opens up the government, with disaster assistance. Let me be clear: The two votes are…

Madam President, once again, I would simply remind my dear friend from Mississippi that we could do a whole lot more good by funding and opening up the government for everyone. President Trump has claimed 25 times he wants to shut down the…

Madam President, reserving the right to object, President Trump is responsible not only for thousands of Coast Guard personnel not getting paid but also for hundreds of thousands of other Federal employees not getting paid. Last week, I…

Mr. President, President Trump has kept the government shut down for 34 days, and the pain inflicted on the American people and their government is getting deeper and deeper every day. Our economy is suffering. First quarter GDP is in the…

Madam Speaker, I rise to call on President Trump and the Senate to reopen the Federal Government immediately. A legion of Federal workers went to work again this morning with no idea how or when they will be able to pay their bills or…

Section 8: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the New York State Legislature for passing the DREAM Act. States have had to step up because of the Trump shutdown, because of our inability to move forward and recognize that this continues to be…

Senator Schumer and Senate Democrats have made clear to Leader McConnell and Republicans that they will not support funding for the wall, prorated or otherwise.