PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1834, BREAKING THE GRIDLOCK ACT

On 2026-01-07, Representative Michael Lawler (R-NY-17) delivered a floor speech titled "PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1834, BREAKING THE GRIDLOCK ACT" in the House. The speech addressed healthcare and also covered taxes, housing. It referenced legislation including HR1834, HRES780.

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1834, BREAKING THE GRIDLOCK ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)] [House] [Pages H122-H126] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1834, BREAKING THE GRIDLOCK ACT Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I call up the motion to discharge previously noticed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York calls up a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration of House Resolution 780. The Clerk will report the title of the resolution. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries) will be recognized for 10 [[Page H123]] minutes and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Smith) will be recognized for 10 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York. Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call up a bipartisan motion to discharge legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure that tens of millions of everyday Americans do not experience dramatically increased premiums, copays, and deductibles that will prevent them from being able to go see a doctor when they need one. I strongly urge a ``yes'' vote on this bipartisan motion so that we can take a meaningful step forward in this Congress to address the healthcare crisis in the United States of America. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, it is pretty simple: I oppose this motion, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity in this Congress in a bipartisan way to address the healthcare crisis in this country and to make sure that tens of millions of people have the ability to go see a doctor when they need one in this great country of ours. We have an affordability crisis in the United States of America. We know that healthcare costs are out of control, housing costs are out of control, and grocery costs are out of control. There is an affordability crisis that needs to be addressed decisively, and we have an ability to take meaningful action today. Vote ``yes'' on advancing this motion to discharge. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York to discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration of House Resolution 780. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it. Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, 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 221, nays 205, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 4] YEAS--221 Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Bresnahan Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Cherfilus-McCormick Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi LaLota Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lawler Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Mackenzie Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Menendez Meng Mfume Miller (OH) Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Scott, David Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Swalwell Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Valadao Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA) Wilson (FL) NAYS--205 Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (AZ) Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Clyde Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fine Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzales, Tony Gooden Gosar Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood Langworthy Latta Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke NOT VOTING--5 Baird McCaul Murphy Rutherford Thompson (MS) {time} 1744 So the motion to discharge was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Kennedy of Utah). The clerk will report the resolution. The Clerk read the resolution as follows: H. Res. 780 Resolved, That immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. An amendment in the nature of a substitute received for printing in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII dated at least one day before the day of consideration of H.R. 1834, if submitted by the ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules, shall be considered as adopted. If more than one such amendment is submitted, then only the last amendment submitted shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and minority leader or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. Sec. 2. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX and clause 8 of rule XX shall not apply to the consideration of H.R. 1834. Sec. 3. The Clerk shall transmit to the Senate a message that the House has passed H.R. 1834 no later than one calendar day after passage. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 1 hour. Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the distinguished gentleman from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) control the remainder of my time. [[Page H124]] The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) will control the time. There was no objection. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. General Leave Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts? There was no objection. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, all I can say is, it is about damn time. I mean, we have had to wait months while the Republican leadership of this House dragged their feet, all so we could take up a simple vote on whether to stop people's healthcare premiums from doubling or tripling. We could have done this months ago. Instead, Republican leadership literally shut down the entire government rather than just allow this one vote on making sure that regular people can afford their healthcare. That is absurd. If billionaires want another tax break, they get it in a nanosecond. If the rich and powerful want another loophole, it materializes out of thin air. Somehow days stretch into weeks and then stretch into months when it comes to healthcare for hardworking fam

Referenced legislation: HRES780, HRES780, HR1834