ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: i thank the gentleman. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on this. this clearly is a big issue pressing the country. and i just wanted to rise in support of what's happening here today, of taking a firmer stance on russia, iran, and north korea. trying to stabilize the pins la. trying to take -- peninsula. trying to take care of the funding that's coming out of iran to all of these terrorist groups across the country. and across the world. and just say that what's happening with these sanctions here, in the targeting of russian gas pipelines, their number one export, i think, is entirely appropriate. the nortstream 2 which carries gas from russia through the balance tacks to germany, and i know -- baltics to germany, and know germany isn't happy about it, but this is something we have to do. we have to address this issue in a comprehensive way. we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states, our natural gas to euro

ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: i thank the gentleman. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on this. this clearly is a big issue pressing the country. and i just wanted to rise in support of what's happening here today, of taking a firmer stance on russia, iran, and north korea. trying to stabilize the pins la. trying to take -- peninsula. trying to take care of the funding that's coming out of iran to all of these terrorist groups across the country. and across the world. and just say that what's happening with these sanctions here, in the targeting of russian gas pipelines, their numr one export, i think, is entirely appropriate. the nortstream 2 which carries gas from russia through the balance tacks to germany, and i know -- baltics to germany, and know germany isn't happy about it, but this is something we have to do. we have to address this issue in a comprehensive way. we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states, our natural gas to europe

ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: i thank the gentleman. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on this. this clearly is a big issue pressing the country. and i just wanted to rise in support of what's happening here today, of taking a firmer stance on russia, iran, and north korea. trying to stabilize the pins la. trying to take -- peninsula. trying to take care of the funding that's coming out of iran to all of these terrorist groups across the country. and across the world. and just say that what's happening with these sanctions here, in the targeting of russian gas pipelines, their number one export, i think, is entirely appropriate. the nortstream 2 which carries gas from russia through the balance tacks to germany, and i know -- baltics to germany, and know germany isn't happy about it, but this is something we have to do. we have to address this issue in a comprehensive way. we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states, our natural gas to euro

let me remind my colleagues, mr. speaker, of the words of our speaker, paul ryan. he said this, quote, we will advance major legislation one issue at a time. mr. speaker, as you probably know i have been here for some years, 36 to be exact. i have never seen in 36 years an omnibus or minibus brought to he floor before september. why? because the regular order is to consider the bills one at a time. or as the speaker said, we will advance major legislation one issue at a time. what the republicans have done, mr. speaker, is to bring a bill and put so much in it they dare people to vote against it. because of the national security. may i have two additional minutes. ms. slaughter: two additional minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady. this rule ought to be rejected. it is not the regular order. it is not good policy. and it's not good for the institution of the house of representatives or for the country. the border wall is controversial. many people in the trump administration do not believe the border wall will be effective and they believe it's a waste of mone

mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, when asked about this process that we are now dealing with this morning, with respect to the hartler amendment, speaker ryan said, and quote, it's a free process. it's an open process. she can bring an amendment to the floor if she wants to. really? this is an open process? she should be able to bring an amendment that we all think is discriminatory and, quite frankly, bigoted to the floor? and yet amendments that we have tried to bring to the floor that deal with the issue of war and whether or not we should be in these endless wars are denied. what kind of free process is -- process is that? maybe it's a free process in russia, but it's not a free process in the united states of america. this process is a sham. 52% of the amendments that were brought before the rules committee were rejected. you might want to defend that process, but i don't. the gentleman says that mission creep has occurred. and that we have a responsibility here in this house. you're absolutely right we

ryan. previous speakers said how could a group so far off in their analysis? mr. neal: well, they were that far off with the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 and alan greenspan was certainly off. and we had the slowest growth since hoover was president based on $2.3 trillion worth of tax cuts. so this is analysis. it's an economic forecast. it's not an algorithm where you pick up the computer, you push a button and all of a sudden you get a score. so i'm in opposition to this amendment because they play a vital role every single day even when they are not entirely accurate in keeping a scorecard. members and staff on both sides, particularly at the ways and means committee, rely on their hardworking and nonpartisan analysis for what they do every day. i have never in 29 years in this house said to a member of c.b.o., are you a republican or are you a democrat? when we demean professional achievement from economists who try and strive every single day to come up with an accurate forecast, we do this institution no good. we should have a high regard for what these peo

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, when speaker ryan took the gavel, he promised to have a, and i quote, a process that's more open, more inclusive, more deliberative and more participatory, end quote. and my friends like to highlight the number of amendments. mr. speaker, rather than taking one issue at a time, this is an issue for three appropriations business. i say to my guys, you guys are worse than you used to be. there are 10 amendments. last year you made in order 13. so we have less amendment this is year. for the military construction-veterans bill, there are 16 amendments. just a short time ago, in f.y. 2016 we had a modified open rule, so this rule is clearly much worse. we have the same situation with the energy and water bill. we have a structured rule this year while we had a modified open rule a year ago. the process in the house is getting worse. for the first time in history we have a speaker of the house who has never allowed truly an open rule. we were not perfect, mr. speaker. but speaker

have worked together on letters to speaker ryan to bring to the floor an aumf. i value the gentleman's leadership and desire to find common ground with members on both sides of the aisle. but it is frustrating, mr. chairman, to know this amendment was made in order while every other amendment to require the house to take concrete action on these wars were denied their right to debate. maybe my good friend from oklahoma is right and congress has to take baby steps. it needs yet another report on afghanistan, iraq, and syria. this committee on foreign affairs and -- need to be ordered to hold hearings to review these matters. but what then? according to this amendment, nothing. aye had my fill of congress doing nothing. i admire the gentleman from oklahoma and support his amendment but i'm sick and tired of reports. after 16 years in afghanistan, we need a debate on the future of u.s. military engagement there and we need it now. the gentleman said, sooner or later. well, after years we have already arrived at sooner and later. after six years of military operatio

. >>> house speaker paul ryan says he will work with the house sergeant at arms to update the congressional dress code. currently the dress code calls for professional attire and the house chamber as well as a special hallway in the house called the speaker's lobby. recently several female journalists were barred from entering the speaker's lobby because they were wearing sleeveless dresses or open toed shoes. yesterday, republican congresswoman from arizona went on a rant about the dress code on the floor of the house while wearing a sleeveless dress. >> what do you think? >> i am wearing a sleeveless dress and open toed shoes. >> you can't go in. >> i don't think that's fair. this is an interesting conversation, sal , that my daughter wrote a paper in high school about this same thing for her english class. the dress code seems to be a little harsher on girls and women than boys and men. >> open toed shoes -- while, i never! >> you probably can't concentrate on your work. >> i'm losing sleep over this. actually, i'm not. >>> good morning, everybody. let's take a look at what we have at th