The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 233. The nays are 187. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Members are advised to take your conversations from the floor so the house can be in order. The speaker pro tempore once again, the chair would request that members remove their conversations from the floor,. Lear the aisle pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 652. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 652, an act to amend the Public Health service act to reauthorize a program for Early Detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hardofhearing newborns,. Nfants, and Young Children the speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. Burgess, and the gentlelady from florida, ms. Castor, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and insert remarks extraneous materials into the record on the bill. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, i yield four minutes to the chairman of the energy and Commerce Committee, the gentleman from oregon, mr. Walden. The speaker pro tempore the entleman will suspend. Once again, the chair would ask each and every member of the house to remove their conversations from the floor so proceedings in the house can o. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Walden. Mr. Walden thank you, mr. Speaker. I really want to thank members on both sides of the aisle and especially dr. Burgess and mr. Guthrie from kentucky who has an identical bill, the house companion bill to this one. Senate bill 652 revises the Public Health service act expanding access to Critical Resources for the deaf and hard of hearing newborns and children. It will help these young patients and ensure that in turn they can help educate the patients family members. This bill will also deliver relief to parents and caretakers of Young Children that have hearing loss, granting them important resources to aid in their care. Again, the subcommittee vice chair, brett guthrie, is the author of the house companion. When our house today approves this legislation, which i assume it will, that means this bill will go to the president s desk and be signed into law. This is really important work that the energy and commerce is doing once again in a big and bipartisan way. Its an important bill that would expand access to Critical Resources for deaf and hard of hearing newborns and Young Children. By updating and reauthorizes hrsa and c. D. C. Grants to help tates with children with hearing loss, we are helping patients. I am pleased to horness new and Data Collection systems to improve access. You know, if we can better understand whats happening with patients on the ground, we can make better decisions about where to allocate resources to help recruit more providers and improve coordination of care with children with hearing loss. So mr. Speaker, im delighted to work with the subcommittee and the members who have put so much into this legislation and i look forward to the house passing it and i yield back the balance of my time to the chairman of the subcommittee on health. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves his time. The gentlelady from florida. Ms. Castor mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Castor i rise in support of the early hearing detection and intervention act, authored by two of my energy and Commerce Committee colleagues, mr. Brett guthrie of kentucky, and ms. Doris matsui of california, and i thank chairman walden and chairman urgess for their help. Also thanks senators portman and kaine. Its important that the congress reauthorize the early hearing detection and intervention act for an additional five years because it provides the allimportant newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention. The bill will provide vital resources to the Health Resources and Services Administration to run a Grant Initiative and allow the senators for Disease Control to conduct hearing loss research. According to data from the c. D. C. , 1. 4 babies out of every i dont know how you get 1. 4 but 1. 4 babies out of 1,000 that were screened were found to have a prevalence of hearing loss. As a mother, i know how important it is to determine if your child has any level of hearing loss as early as possible so that a parent can determine the best treatment to allow their child to live a full and happy life. My home state of florida has required newborn screenings since october 1 of 2000. We need to keep this going. According to the most recent state data in florida, 98 of all newborns in florida will be screened within the first month. Thats absolutely vital to detect any problem early in their lives. So lets Work Together. Extending this Newborn Screening Initiative for another five years ensures babies will continue to have access to this vital hearing screening. And we can make sure kids across america get the health care that they need. So mr. Speaker, i would like to again thank my colleagues, representatives guthrie and math suey and senators portman and kaine. And i encourage my colleagues to support this Bipartisan Senate bill 652, and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time is reserved. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Burgess thank you, mr. Speaker. Nd i also want to be in strong support of s. 652, the early hearing detection and intervention act of 2017, sponsored by senator portman of ohio. This legislation has been championed in the house by my friend, vice chair of the health subcommittee, representative brett guthrie, as h. R. 1539. The bill does have strong bipartisan support and in fact passed this house unanimously in the last congress. Federal support for early hearing detection and Intervention Programs across the country help identify children with hearing loss and directs them to Early Intervention services. This program is a model of how government at Different Levels and public and private agencies should, can and should Work Together. In addition to improving upon current programs, this legislation improves the recruitment, retention, education and training of qualified personnel and Health Providers to identify and assist Young Children with hearing loss. This bill emphasizes the importance of the Health Resources and Services Administration, centers for Disease Control and prevention, and the National Institute of health partnering together to improve outcomes and strengthen the early hearing detection Intervention Program. I commend representative guthrie for spear heading this initiative on the house side. I will reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time is reserved. The gentlelady from florida. Ms. Castor mr. Speaker, i yield the balance of my time to congresswoman doris matsui, the primary cosponsor of this bill, and to thank her for championing the health care of children across america. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized for the balance of time. Ms. Matsui thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise in support of h. R. 1539, the sberl hearing detection and intervention act of 2017 the early hearing detection and intervention act of 2017, which i coauthored with my colleague, congressman guthrie. The newborn screening and Intervention Program established almost two decades ago has been life changing for those born deaf or hard of hearing. A member of my staff in sacramento, devan, was born hard of hearing, but didnt receive a screening at birth. For the first few years of her life, she appeared to be struggling to keep up with her peers. T wasnt until devan reached kindergarten that her teachers suggested she get her hearing tested. After receiving her diagnosis, devans family was able to seek out tools and resources to help her catch up to her classmates in school. Devans story illustrates the importance of Early Detection and intervention. We know that a Child Development in the first few years of their life can have a major impact on their wellbeing later on. By extending this program through our legislation, we are ensuring that infants continue to have access to hearing screenings at birth so their parents can make informed choices about the Care Management early on. Weve come so far in increasing the number of babies who are screened every year. By passing this legislation, were continuing that progress. I thank my colleague, congressman guthrie, for his leadership on this issue, and i ask for everyones support. Thank you, mr. Speaker. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back her time. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, at this point id like to yield as much time as he may consume to the author of the bill, the vice chairman of the health subcommittee, mr. Guthrie of kentucky. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for the balance of the time. Mr. Guthrie thank you, mr. Speaker. Thanks to my friend, doris matsui. We worked on a lot of issues together and its a pleasure to work with her and to move important things forward that i know a lot of times you see a lot of big issues need to be addressed, but a lot of things are getting done in the house. This bill goes to the president. Its coming back from the senate. It goes to the president. My interest in this, when i was in the General Assembly in kentucky, the governor had a big proposal dealing with children in the first three years of their life and was looking at a lot of money to be spent and i remember doing research and i found a report from the lady from a doctor from vanderbilt and went down and met with her. Theres a lot of debate on the research of some of the things we were looking to move forward. Normal stimulation, a child will rise to her ability but she did say this. If you take a healthy baby and put it into a closet that with no light and you couldnt hear and pulled it out three years later, which obviously you couldnt do that, but if you pull it out three years later it wouldnt be able to see and never develop its hearing because the brain does start adjusting at a young age. Thats why you can learn a language far better as a child than you can as an adult. And so i was driving back and part of what the governor patton of kentucky proposed was screening from eyesight screening and Early Childhood hearing detection as part of the bill so a lot of us were saying mandates. What do you do with mandates . I was driving back and i remember thinking, well, if you were born and you cant see well, if youre born and you cant hear well, then isnt that the same thing of being put in a dark closet . If you dont figure out until you show up to school thaw cant hear well then you lost the first three to five years of ability and lost language ability for a lifetime. So for the small amount of money that it actually costs, we passed and authorized in kentucky mandated screenings, one, for eyesight, which my son got caught in going into kindergarten. Thats the first time when we gather them. But you can test newborns at birth. If you can find a newborn at birth that has a hearing impairment and get it corrected it will develop like all the other children so why not do it . So i got to washington, d. C. Its a national program. It was its not something i came up with. It was authored before so we are here to reauthorize it. I just want to point out this program is a success. In 2000, 40,000 of newborns were screened for hearing loss. That number rose to over 86 in 2011, and in 2015, c. D. C. Has reported that roughly 97 , 97 of all infants are screened for hearing loss. Think of the difference that makes in these childrens lives when we catch them. So i want to thank congresswoman matsui. I want to thank senator kaine from virginia and senator portman from ohio for taking the bipartisan lead in the senate. Thanks for the hard work and i am proud to say when we take this vote today it doesnt go back to the senate. It goes to the president , and we look forward to his signature and continuing this and moving forward. So i have a been honored to be part of this and i thank you for the time and i yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves his time. The gentlelady from florida. Ms. Castor i want to thank my colleagues, mmerce and i urge approval of this bipartisan bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back her time. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, at this time i would like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. Bilirakis. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from florida is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Bilirakis thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Speaker, as well. I rise today in support of this bipartisan bill colleagues, and i urge approval of this bipartisan bill. I yield back the balance of my time. To reauthorize the newborn hearing, screening and Intervention Program. If this law was around when i was a newborn, we might have caught my hearing loss as a younger at a younger age. I dont want kids to go through what i have gone through. And representative guthrie said it about his child. Hi vision problems, too. I had vision problems, too. We want to give these children an opportunity to succeed. Thats why were here in this congress. Thats why it makes it worthwhile to make a difference in a persons life. All they are asking for is an opportunity to succeed. So again now as a user of hearing aids myself, i was proud to cosponsor the bipartisan bill, the house version introduced by my colleague. Again, mr. Guthrie and ms. Matsui. Studies have shown in Foreign LanguageDevelopment Skills are learned prior to a childs third birthday as hearing and language are closely linked. According to the american pediatrics, 33 children are born every day with hearing impairment. Making it the most common congenital condition in the United States. If left undiagnosed, a child can risk developmental challenges and setbacks. Since its inception in 1999, the newborn hearing screening and Intervention Program has improved the lives of our children. Children. Over its first 15 years, the percentage of newborn babies screened every year increased 2000 to in approximately 96 of infants in 2015. The bill builds on this legacy of success allowing for vital screenings and monitoring to continue while improving timely followup for in infants to receive the care they need, key to healthy development. Again, all these children are asking for thank you. I appreciate t all these children are asking for is an opportunity to succeed. Had difficulty hearing in the classroom. I dont know how i got through, but i did. I had a hard time seeing the blackboard. And i dont know how i got through my classroom. I dont know how i got through, but i did. I math, but i did. And again this is why were here to make a difference. I appreciate it, mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas. Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, i yield my southwest balance of the time and simply urge all members to vote in favor of this important legislation. Yield back. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 652. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is thravenlt the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2408. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 2408, a bill to enhance the transparency, improve the coordination and intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and secondary education children and persons, including women and girls, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Royce, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Sires, children persons, including women and girls, and for other purposes. Will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california. Mr. Royce i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include any extraneous material in the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Royce thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Royce mr. Speaker, first i would like to recognize congress