The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 2312 and the nays are 190. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Ms. Lesko mr. Speaker, i call for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Gomp govern as the member designated by mr. Welch of vote, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will h. R. 1129. The speake
National crisis to get the house and congress in general moving . Rep. Graves it is important to look at where we were. We passed legislation to address this type of scenario. We increased funds for organizations to make sure we are prepared for this. This is an evolving threat. Every country in the world is working together with the World Health Organization till learn as much as we can. The legislation we passed through the house yesterday provides funds to the department of health. The primary objective is trying to get funds out to the state Public Health departments and the folks who are actually on the ground. This is everything from surveillance, trying to understand where the infection is, how it is being transmitted and learning as much as we can. It is about ensuring we are moving forward on treatment and vaccines. Most importantly, getting the resources out to our state and local public entities to ensure they have the appropriate testing and other types of respiratory equip
Legacy energy source. Senator udall of new mexico and i have an amendment that will close a loophole in federal Energy Policy. I want my colleagues to know, and i think they do, of my long support for renewable and alternative sources of energy and so i agree with the aims of the murkowskimachin murkowskiy bill. The amendment that senator udall and i have introduced is the same as the bipartisan bill we introduced last week. The title of that bill is the fair return for public lands act. Mr. Grassley this bill was introduced 100 years to the date of the mineral leasing act of 1920. This amendment would increase the royalty rates on federal lands from 12. 5 to 18. 75 . Everybody here knows that a royalty is what the oil company will pay to a mineral owner. In this case the mineral owner is the american taxpayer, and that royalty is paid for the right to extract oil and natural gas from the lands of the United States. The legislation modernizes the public lands leasing system and it does
The climate crisis, Louisiana Republican garret graves. Good morning. Give us a sense of where the money from the coronavirus package is headed in the house. The house allocated 8. 3 billion yesterday. Where is that money going and why does it seem like it takes a National Crisis to get the house and congress in general moving . Rep. Graves it is important to look at where we were. We passed legislation to address this type of scenario. We increased funds for organizations to make sure we are prepared for this. This is an evolving threat. Every country in the world is working together with the World Health Organization till learn as much as we can. The legislation we passed through the house yesterday provides funds to the department of health. The primary objective is trying to get funds out to the state Public Health departments and the folks who are actually on the ground. This is everything from surveillance, trying to understand where the infection is, how it is being transmitted
Rep. Graves it is important to look at where we were. We passed legislation to address this type of scenario. We increased funds for organizations to make sure we are prepared for this. This is an evolving threat. Every country in the world is working together with the World Health Organization till learn as much as we can. The legislation we passed through the house yesterday provides funds to the department of health. The primary objective is trying to get funds out to the state Public Health departments and the folks who are actually on the ground. This is everything from surveillance, trying to understand where the infection is, how it is being transmitted and learning as much as we can. It is about ensuring we are moving forward on treatment and vaccines. Most importantly, getting the resources out to our state and ublic entities to ensure they have the appropriate testing and other types of respiratory equipment and other Protection Equipment they need to be effective managers of