The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Green, for five minutes. Thank you, madam speaker. Madam speaker, and still i rise. I rise because i love my country, and i rise today because we are celebrating and commemorating, to a certain extent, juneteenth, when general granger arrived in galveston when he announced to the slaves, if you will, they have been freed. Pursuant to the emancipation proclamation. I am pleased that general granger did this. Im pleased because liberation is a wonderful thing. Nobody should be enslaved. But i am also concerned that that liberation has not completely obliterated the bigotry that ensued after the liberation. In this country, we still suffer from bigotry, hatred, xenophobia, hobia, all of the unliness that can cause people to receive less than the American Dream that others receive. And here in this country today, we in the house of representatives have a unique opportunity to do something about bigotry in our country. We have an opportunity to do something about a president who has now been above the law for some 63 days, 63 days since the Mueller Report was presented to the public, 63 days above the law since the Mueller Report. My contention is hes been above the law since he fired mr. Comey, some two yearsplus ago. But the president , being above the law, is something that can be remedied. Babies shouldnt be separated from their parents. Read a story just yesterday about the youngest person to be separated, a 4monthold baby separated from parents for approximately six months. The baby was separated for such a prolong period of time that the baby did not recognize the parents when the unity took place with the parents. The reuniting took place. I am so saddened by these kinds of incidents, but the truth is the house of representatives can do something about bigotry emanating from the presidency. The house of representatives can impeach a president for bigotry emanating from his presidency, and i believe that this house should do this, but im also saddened by the fact we appear to be a house thats driven by polls, polls direct us, snapshots in time about the opinions of the public. Im saddened by the fact we seem to be driven by polls, because i can only imagine what would have happened had they taken a poll before crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge on bloody sunday. I can only imagine what the poll would have said if rosa parks would have taken one before she took that seat in a racist southern town on that bus. I can only imagine what the polls would have said if lincoln had decided to poll the country before moving forward with the emancipation proclamation, or the 13th amendment. Polls should not drive a righteous cause. A righteous cause should drive the polls. Its time for this congress that has the authority to move forward with impeachment to do so. We have not served our country well by relying on polls. Polls are wonderful, but not for righteous causes. With a righteous cause, you take a stand and you move forward. When you dont take that cause, you are not serving a righteous cause well. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities oward the president. The chair recognizes the gentleman from south dakota, mr. Johnson, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. It is wet in farm country. In fact, our corn planting is so far behind that many corn producers arent quite sure how they will feed the five million cattle that are in our state. Now, these producers dont want a new government program. They cannot feed their cattle dollar bills. What they want, what they need is the flexibility to help themselves. Thats why congresswoman angie craig and i introduced the feed act. It would provide usda the flexibility needed so that hay, rs can go in and graze, or chop cover crops and do that before november 1. Moving that date from november 1 to september 1 could make a real impact. The forage we need will come from those acres. It will come from that flexibility. Already, this bill has received 27 cosponsors and have been endorsed by 17 national ag groups. I look forward to working with them, to working with the agriculture committee, to working with house leadership to move this concept forward. We also have another option. Usda could do this administratively and we continue to discuss with them the opportunity to get this success in that way. Thank you for the time, mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from georgia, mrs. Cbath, for five minutes. Mrs. Mcbath mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to urge action to end the Public Health crisis of gun violence. Every day, nearly 100 people are killed in suicides, homicides and accidents involving guns. But we have not invested nearly enough in preventing these deaths. Of the top 30 causes of death, 29 receive more Research Funding than guns. But today, this body will vote to invest in Gun Violence Research at the centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of health. I recently visited the centers for Disease Control injury center, which is in my district. With this critical funding, they will learn how we can prevent gun tragedies. This investment is long overdue, and i was proud to lead my colleagues in asking for this funding. We have the responsibility to pursue lifesaving research, and today we vote to end gun violence. As a survivor of gun violence, i could not be more proud of the measures that we have taken to save the countless numbers of lives that may be affected by gun violence in the future. The time is past for my son. The time has past for others like my son who is killed unnecessarily due to gun violence, but i am so grateful for this day. I am grateful for the funding for the research that will save many, many lives for generations to come, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. Pence, for five minutes. I rise today to recognize honda manufacturing of indiana for reaching the milestone of two million vehicles built in indiana. This accomplishment is a testament to hondas commitment to indiana, the sixth district, and to greensberg. Its also a testament to the strength and capabilities of our workforce in the sixth district and across indiana. With employment of more than 2,500 hoosiers and investment exceeding 1 billion, honda manufacturing of indiana now has the capacity to produce 250,000 vehicles a year. In 2018 alone, honda purchased more than 2. 2 billion in parts from 51 suppliers located in indiana. On behalf of the people of indianas sixth congressional district, i want to congratulate honda and greensberg on achieving this incredible milestone. I want to recognize hoosiers who are answering the call to serve. The sixth district of indiana has an outstanding history in our Nations Armed forces. Today, we take a minute to recognize a few young men and women from the sixth district who are continuing that tradition of service. This year the sixth district of indiana will be sending 10 students to the military academies across the country. Noa of columbus, christian of yorktown, zakry of shelbyville, and carolyn of columbus will be attending west Point Military academy. Tim anderson of columbus, Nathan Dickman of richmond, and sam russell of columbus will be attending the naval academy. Sam horic of columbus, michael mcgah of hope, and emma smith of columbus will be attending the air force academy. Congratulations to these 10 young hoosiers who make all of us proud. Thank you for choosing a path of service to your country. I urge my colleagues to pass the biodiesel tax credit extension act of 2019 so that hoosier biodiesel producers and farmers can operate with some certainty. Biodiesel is a big market for soybeans in my district. Biodiesel companies and their employees are facing an uncertain future because the biodiesel tax incentive has been expired for 15 months. The economic pressure is threatening the future of the industry, putting goodpaying jobs and production of domestic fuel at stake. Its adding economic pressure to farmers, especially in our home state of indiana, who are already being hit hard by unfavorable weather conditions. If enacted, this bill will provide agriculture economy certainty and relief for 2018 and 2019. The fact that its expired has put the brakes on the development of new biodiesel plants and has curtails biodiesel production. The biodiesel tax incentive helps hoosier producers and farmers continue to invest in our future, for growth, creating jobs, and economic opportunity. I want to reiterate my commitment to reinvesting in our infrastructure. As a businessman with experience in transporting goods, i understand the Critical Role of infrastructure in our economy. We must put our partisan differences aside and explore every avenue to upgrade americas infrastructure. Of course, we must be transparent and deliberate. The plan must be costeffective with tangible returns on our investment. In indiana, we have a website where you can see the dollars being dedicated to infrastructure and you can track each taxpayer funded project, its progress towards completion, and we need to do this at the federal level. As the crossroads of america, the rest of the nation can look to indiana for guidance on how to get something done to upgrade americas crumbling infrastructure. Madam speaker, i yield my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. Murphy, for five minutes. Mrs. Murphy mr. Speaker, yesterday the house approved an amendment i offered to the state foreign operations appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020 and i wanted to take this opportunity to explain the amendments. There is a humanitarian crisis in venezuela and it is manmade. In my view, the people of venezuela will not prosper as long as the regime of Nicolas Maduro remains in power. The regime has proven itself to be cruel, incompetent and antidemocratic. It is driving what was one of latin americas most vibrant nations into the ground. The United States cannot be passive. We must stand behind the proud venezuelan patriots who are struggling to reclaim their country from the regime that is destroying it. Like last years bill, this years state foreign operations bill provides 17. 5 million for usaid and state Department Programs to promote democracy and the rule of law in venezuela. This funding is drawn from the nearly 2. 2 billion in economic support funds that the bill provides for countries around the world. Thats good, but we can and we should do better. Because the situation in venezuela has significantly worsened in recent months, our amendment would increase the 17. 5 million for venezuela by 3 million for a total of 20. 5 million. This enhanced funding will be used for five main purposes in venezuela. To defend human rights, strengthen Civil Society, improve governance, support independent media, and promote fair and transparent elections. Currently usaid programs in venezuela are being conducted through several u. S. Based implementing partners who in turn work with over 35 venezuelan subpartners. The respected organizations ranks venezuela as not free. Coorg to freedom house, conditions have according to freedom house, conditions have grown sharply worse in the past years because of power and crackdowns on the opposition. As a result, usaid programs to support human rights defenders in Civil Society groups are critical. U. S. Support enables these groups to document abuses by the regime and to keep the hope of democracy alive in an increasingly authoritarian country. Venezuela is one of the most dangerous places in latin america and the caribbean to be a human rights defender. The maduro regime is being investigated for crimes against humanity. The organization of american states has similarly denounced the regimes abuses. These men and women on the ground in venezuela put their lives on the line to expose the regimes failings and they need our support. On the media front, the regime has arrested and abused journalists. Both venezuelan journalists and foreign journalists operating in the country, including a prominent american journalist. Harassment from the government has led most independent radio, tv and print outlets to close. Social media has at times been blocked, including during the recent uprisings against maduro. Usaid programs are critical to overcome government censorship and propaganda. On the democracy front, maduro was reelected in may, 2018, in a snap election that failed to meet minimum International Standards and was widely condemned as illegitimate. The sooner that Civil Society and International Actors can weigh in on how to improve the National Electoral council and reform the electoral system more broadly, the sooner free and fair president ial elections can be held. This is the goal of the guaido government. It is also the goal of the limba group, which is composed of latin american countries and canada, and which is seeking a just solution to the crisis in venezuela. Its a goal that merits continued american support. I am proud that my colleagues voted for this amendment. Its a vote for the people of venezuela who have suffered so much under this terrible regime. Hank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Gallagher, for five minutes. Mr. Gallagher thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor the life of a remarkable woman and a remarkable wisconsinite, patricia finderstone. She was simply incredible. A wife, a mother, a grandmother, an educator, a veteran, and a community activist, her life serves as an example of what it really means to be passionately involved in a community and committed to giving back. During the korean war she left her nursing job in chicago to serve her country in the air force where she proudly served at the northeast air command in greenland. And upon leaving the military, she married her husband, mark, and raised her four children in northeast wisconsin. Pat then returned to school and received her bachelors degree from the university of wisconsingreen bay and her masters from uwmadison, graduating both times with honors. She practiced nursing throughout her life and spread her passion for nursing to others by teaching at schools around wisconsin. Including bellen college of nursing and northeast wisconsin technical college. She was well known and incredibly involved in the Health Care Community and was a proud recipient of both the american cancer societys national st. George award and the teacher of the year award. Beyond her nursing career, pat was an active community volunteer. Sharing her time and talents to serve on the boards of multiple Health Advocacy groups in northeast wisconsin. She worked with both democrat and republican leaderships in wisconsin on a number of Health Policy issues, including educating the public on the negative effects of tobacco and improving care for the aging population. She served as the president of the league of women voters of greater green bay, and sat on the state board of the league of women voters. Pats extraordinary life of service to her family, community and country reminds us all of the importance of Community Engagement and civic responsibility. Pats passing will be mourned for many across northeast wisconsin, and her impact on our community will not soon be forgotten. But my hope is her life stands as a reminder of how important it is to be involved and how lucky we all are to be americans. There are a lot of people when youre a member of congress that come into your office, some are angry with you, some are happy with you, but some really find a way past the political moment and find a way to touch your heart. And pat was one of those people. My prayers and condolences go out to her family and all the lives shes touched. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Sherman, or five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Foster, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize gun violence Awareness Month and call upon the senate to protect the lives of innocent americans by passing commonsense gun reform measures that have already passed the house. This past february in my district in aurora, illinois, five innocent people were killed and Six Police Officers injured when a person who shouldnt legally have had a gun opened fire in a workplace. Trying to kill as many people as he could. Earlier this month, we witnessed another horrific shooting in virginia beach, where 12 more innocent lives were taken. These tragedies have become too common in america. The victims are our family members, our friends and our neighbors. The house has already passed legislation that would in fact cure a fraction of this epidemic of gun violence, but the senate refuses to act. Commonsense gun reform is supported by an overwhelming majority of americans and congress has a responsibility to protect innocent lives. Every american deserves the right to live their lives free from the fear of violence and without worry that their next trip to work, to school or their place of worship may be their last. Thoughts and prayers are not enough. We cannot wait for the next tragedy. The Senate Must Act now. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Sherman, or five minutes. Mr. Sherman mr. Speaker, we spent many hours in this chamber talking about the amendments to the appropriations bill, this combination of several Appropriations Bills that we will pass later this week. Id like to take a minute to talk about an amendment i didnt offer, because we got the material in the base text. Our constitution creates a tension between article i and article