US Senate LIVE | New Firestorm Erupts After Shutdown Ends | Breaking Updates

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01:00The House will be in order.

01:27For what purpose does the gentleman from Kentucky seek recognition?

01:40Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration.

01:46The clerk will report the resolution.

01:48House resolution 874.

01:50Resolved that the House is heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Richard B.

01:56Chaney, a former Vice President of the United States of America.

02:00Resolved that the clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.

02:08Resolved that when the House adjourns today, it adjourns as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased.

02:14Without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

02:21As a further mark of respect to the memory of the-

02:36Pursuant to Clause 13 of Rule 1 and House Resolution 874, the House stands adjourned until 9 a.m. tomorrow.

02:43As a further mark of respect to the memory of the-

02:46The determination, the form of the resolution noticed by the gentlelady from Washington will appear in the record at this point.

02:53The chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution constitutes a question of privilege.

02:58That determination will be made at a time designated for consideration of the resolution.

03:12The House will be in order.

03:16Members are instructed to clear the well.

03:19Members are instructed to clear the well.

03:39The House will be in order and members will clear the well.

03:42For what purpose does the gentleman from Illinois seek recognition?

03:47Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House resolution-

03:49I'm sorry?

03:57Will the gentleman repeat his request at a microphone?

04:02Will the gentleman find a microphone and repeat his request?

04:05Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask unanimous consent to address the body.

04:14The well?

04:16I recognize for that purpose.

04:19Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

04:20I'd like to say I'd like to thank-

04:22Recognized.

04:23I'd like to thank the honorable-

04:25Hello?

04:26The House will be in order.

04:27The well will be cleared.

04:28All members will clear the well.

04:29For what purpose does the gentleman from Oklahoma seek recognition?

04:41Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House resolution, I call up the bill H.R. 5371, the continuing appropriations,

04:50agriculture, legislative branch, military construction and veterans affairs and extension

04:56act 2026 with the Senate amendment thereto and I have a motion at the desk.

05:02The clerk will report the title of the bill, designate the Senate amendment and designate the motion.

05:07H.R. 5371, an act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026 and for other purposes.

05:15Senate amendment.

05:16Mr. Cole of Oklahoma moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 5371.

05:21Pursuant to House resolution 873, the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees.

05:34The gentleman from Oklahoma, Mr. Cole, and the gentlelady from Connecticut, Ms. DeLauro, each will control 30 minutes.

05:41The chair now recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma.

05:44The House will be in order.

05:46The gentleman is recognized.

05:49Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

05:51Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration.

06:01Without objection, so ordered.

06:07The House will be in order.

06:09All members are instructed to take their conversations outside.

06:12The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized.

06:27Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

06:28Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

06:31The gentleman is recognized.

06:33I rise today in support of the continuing appropriations, agriculture, legislative branch, military construction and veterans affairs and extension act of 2026.

06:44History reminds us, Mr. Speaker, that shutdowns never change the outcome.

06:49The only cost is paid by the American people.

06:53Over the last 43 days, the facts did not shift.

06:57The votes required did not shift.

06:59The path forward did not change.

07:02The only thing that did move was the level of pain Democrats inflicted on the nation.

07:08For six.

07:09For six.

07:10For six.

07:11For six.

07:12And food assistance lapsed.

07:13Airports in chaos.

07:14The communities bracing as programs that they rely on were stalled or stopped altogether.

07:25And with yesterday being Veterans Day, we especially reflect on the impact of this shutdown on those who served our nation past and present.

07:34Our military families were left wondering if they would be paid.

07:38Thanks to President Trump, they were.

07:40Yet this is not how the greatest nation in the world should function.

07:44Today, that changes.

07:46The legislation before us reopens the government, restores critical services and puts an end to the needless hardship Democrats have inflicted on the country.

07:56This bill supports our troops.

07:58It pays federal workers.

08:00It fully funds SNAP benefits until September 30th of next year.

08:05It compensates our air traffic controllers right before a busy holiday season.

08:11In fact, it takes a holistic approach in ensuring federal services and programs are operational.

08:17In the simplest terms, we're putting the government back to work for our people.

08:22The bill is fundamentally the same responsible approach House Republicans offered on September 19th, but with an important addition.

08:31Three full year appropriations bills for FY26.

08:35These bipartisan, bicameral, full year appropriations bills cover the military construction and veterans affairs, legislative branch, and agricultural, rural development, and food and drug administration divisions.

08:51Once passed, we will have full year funding in place for many of our most crucial programs.

08:57Military construction needs will be met for a full year, as will medical programs for our nation's veterans.

09:04The legislative branch will be properly resourced, including critical funding enhancements for the Capitol Police and for member security.

09:12And agriculture, food, and nutrition programs like WIC and SNAP will be fully funded to help vulnerable people in need.

09:20Importantly, this legislation delivers member-driven community project funding in both the military construction and agricultural division,

09:29which will direct resources back into the hands of the communities we represent.

09:35This was a top priority for the Appropriations Committee, and we achieved it while holding overall spending levels in check.

09:42It's responsible appropriations progress like this that causes me to reflect on an important message

09:49to our friends and the Democratic leadership.

09:52My sincere apologies to minority leaders Jeffries and Schumer,

09:56but after today, you will no longer get to hold the government hostage,

10:01and you will not get to force a rushed, pork-filled Christmas omnibus at the end of the year.

10:07Republicans have actively restored a responsible line-by-line process.

10:12Over the next few months, we will continue this work and efforts through regular order.

10:18This Article I advancement is an accomplishment that every member of this chamber can be proud of, regardless of party.

10:25Yet some still need to decide what they stand for today.

10:29So to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, do you want the leverage or do you want to legislate?

10:36Do you treat Americans as collateral damage or as constituents?

10:41And do you answer to your caucus or your country?

10:44For Republicans, the answer has been clear for the last 43 days.

10:49We have and we will continue to put Americans first.

10:53Democrats can join us.

10:54They have an opportunity to make the responsible choice to reopen our government

10:59and pass three official full-year appropriations bills.

11:04Eight Senate Democrats saw a reason and did exactly that.

11:07I hope House Democrats do the same.

11:10True courage is taking responsible action for the nation, even when politics makes it inconvenient.

11:17Let's reopen the government and get back to work.

11:20With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

11:24The gentleman from Oklahoma Reserves, the gentlelady from Connecticut, is recognized.

11:29Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

11:30The House is not in order.

11:35The House will be in order.

11:37Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

11:39I yield myself seven minutes.

11:41The gentlelady is recognized.

11:42I rise in opposition to this bill that does nothing, not one thing, to address the Republican healthcare crisis amid a cost-of-living crisis.

11:52More than 20 million Americans will have to pay double, even triple their monthly insurance premiums, in just a matter of weeks.

12:00And this bill leaves families without even a glimmer of hope that their costs might go down.

12:06Energy prices are up.

12:08Grocery prices are up.

12:09Housing costs are up.

12:10When two-thirds of American workers are living paycheck to paycheck, you can understand why the most important issue on their minds is affordability.

12:21What does President Trump say?

12:23And I quote, affordability is a con job, end quote.

12:27How out of touch can you be?

12:29Mr. President, start to listen to the American people, not your millionaire, billionaire friends.

12:35President Trump and my Republican colleagues refused to address this issue.

12:39They continued to avoid it.

12:41They were so intent on avoiding it that they shut down the government instead of dealing with it.

12:47Speaker Johnson has indicated that he will not deal with it.

12:51He has shown no interest in holding a vote on extending the healthcare subsidies, which would prevent monthly costs from soaring.

12:59Republicans have tried to say they will deal with this problem their own way.

13:04But they have no plan.

13:07They are trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as they have been trying to do unsuccessfully for 15 years.

13:17However, they are poised to succeed, which is why it is so important for this continuing resolution to fail.

13:26President Trump and Republicans, their plan is to drive up prices for everybody, compounding the cost of living crisis.

13:37More than 2 million Americans are expected to lose their health insurance next year because it has simply become too expensive.

13:47There are more than 50 pages of healthcare provisions in this bill.

13:52Not one of them stops costs from skyrocketing at the beginning of next year.

13:58Not one of them offers relief to American families being squeezed tighter and tighter by the Republican crisis.

14:09There is one group of people, however, who will receive some relief thanks to this bill.

14:14United States senators who may have participated in an insurrection.

14:20Snuck into this bill at the 11th hour by Senate Republicans is a provision to pay out at least a million dollars each to eight United States senators implicated in the January 6th insurrection.

14:37Understand, this is a corrupt precedent.

14:42This is where members can profit from their own votes.

14:48It's the fleecing of the American people, which they get and understand.

14:55At the same time, this bill excludes a provision that will order a plaque to be hung that honors the police officers

15:05who put their lives on the line to defend our democracy from that same insurrection.

15:12What a contrast.

15:14What a contrast.

15:15What a contrast.