I wish to be heard on the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California is recognized.

This motion to recommit will not kill the resolution or send it back to committee. If adopted, the continuing resolution will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Adoption of this motion to recommit will change the date of the…

I just want to point out to the gentlemen that the ranking members and chairs of the Appropriations Subcommittees of the House and the Senate worked together on the bill that we are trying to bring for a vote, that this was a negotiated…

I, too, ask unanimous consent that the House bring up H.R. 861, the clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would keep the Department open so it can carry out its mission of keeping the American people safe. The SPEAKER pro…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise again to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question on the rule, amend it, and make in order H.R. 861. We are just 3 days away from the Department of Homeland Security being…

In December of 2014, as leverage against the President's immigration executive order, the Republican leadership irresponsibly decided to hold hostage the 2015 funding for the Department of Homeland Security. We are now 147 days in fiscal…

I, too, rise to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question on the rule so it can be amended to make in order House consideration of H.R. 861, the clean, bipartisan Homeland Security Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015. As we…

The primary responsibility of Congress is to keep our Nation safe. However, we are 133 days into the 2015 fiscal year, and the Department of Homeland Security is without a budget. The Department is trying to fulfill its mission under the…

The security of the United States and the American people must be our top priority. I urge the majority to defeat the poison pill amendments that will prevent this bill from becoming law and to support a clean Homeland Security bill that…

Woman, how much time is remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California has 38 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 32\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Woman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).

Woman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chairwoman, I want to make it clear that I support the original bipartisan Homeland Security bill and oppose the majority's radical anti-immigrant amendments. These amendments pollute…