Bennie Thompson: “we have two speakers en route, one we just talked to, who assures us he will be here shortly. Mr. Chairman, do you have…”

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 249, nays 161, not voting 20, as follows: [Roll No. 408]…

The department was using 'flat out wrong anti-union talking points.'

This bill does not provide the Secretary of Homeland Security authority to issue a waiver from funding restrictions if it is in the interest of America's national security. Without this waiver, we just cannot get behind this bill. We need…

This bill does not ban China from influencing our institutions of higher education. It just makes universities choose between relationships with Chinese universities and the Department of Homeland Security funding. This bill will not stop…