the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., july 12, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable jim bridenstine to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize 16 individuals from the pennsylvania fifth congressional district who received prestigious fullbright awards during the 2016-2017 school year. congress established the program in 1946, promotes friendly a

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and obstruct the will of the tens of millions of american voters who sent us to washington. that is political suicide and abject betrayal of the millions of voters who sent us here. there will be no border wall because our republican senators empower democrats to kill it. there will be no obamacare repeal because our republican senators empower democrats to stop us. america's out-of-control deficits and debt will cause a debilitating insol vens bankruptcy that destroys america that took generations of americans to build because we empower democrats to spend money we don't have, have to borrow to get and cannot afford to pay back. during 2015 and 2016, the house worked hard to address america's challenges. over 500 of our bills never got so much as a single senate floor vote. all that work wasted. the senate filibuster rule is not in the constitution. it is not a federal law or statute. it exists solely at the discretion of the senate majority. president trump understands the filibuster rule and that it threatens the president's entire legislative agenda. on may 2, president

ryan, our last caller on "washington journal" today. in now.e is coming we take you there live for gavel to gavel coverage, we'll see you here tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. eastern, 4 a.m. pacific, have a great tuesday. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., july 25, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable mike johnson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair re

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 11, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable james comber to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties . all time shall be equally allocated between the parties nd in no 70 shall debate continue beyond 150 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise to honor franklin hobson for 60 years of service in the fall creek volunteer fire department . franklin was a young man of 21 when he became a charter member of the fire department in 1957. since that time, he has been a dedicate

the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., july 27, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable matt gaetz to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus, for five minutes. mr. shimkus: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to ddress the plight of the people of eyopia. they have a population of more han 25 million or 35% of eyopia's

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 13, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable daniel m. donovan jr. to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, july paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: mr. speaker, yesterday, secretary of homeland security john kelly met with members of the congressional hispanic caucus. who ked him about veterans are being deported. we asked him why american citizens were increasingly having their families broken up by de

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 26, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable mike coffman to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties . all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. speaker, this past saturday i was a guest at lincoln united methodist church in chicago where we had an emergency meeting to discuss how we would defend daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals initiative, started five years ago. daca has allowed nearly 800,000 dreamers, im

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 18, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable claudia tenney to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and north whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. : thank you, en madam speaker. today i rise to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the bombing in buenos aries argentina, of the jewish community center known as amia. it killed 85 people with hundreds more injured. yet, nearly 25 years later the jewish community and the people of argentina are still waiting for justice to be served. this was an attack perpetrated by iran a

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 24, 2017. appoint the honorable james comber to act as speaker pro tempore on this -- comer, to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speak of the appoint the honorable james comber to act as speaker pro tempore on this -- comer, to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speak of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado, mr. coffman, for five minutes. mr. coffman: mr. speaker, it is my honor to today to recognize the long career and accomplis