Dethe vote. Put de novo. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The journal stands approved. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. He house will be in order. Please take your conversations off the floor. He house will come to order. Please take your conversations off the floor. He house will come to order. Pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, the chair will postpone further the house today will come to order. Please take your conversations off the floor. Pursuant to clause 8, 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 votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the jerusalem from california seek recognition . I move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 239, the Christa Mcauliffe commemorative coin act of 2019. The house is in the in order. The speaker pro tempore the yom s correct. Please take your conversations off the floor. The gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Waters thank you, mr. Speaker. I move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 239, the Christa Mcauliffe commemorative coin act of 2019. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 239, an act to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in recognition of Christa Mcauliffe. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from california, ms. Waters, and the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Mchenry, each will criminal 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. Ms. Waters i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation and insert extraneous material thereon. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Muzz waters i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the ym is recognized. Ms. Waters in 1985, Christa Mcauliffe was selected out of over 10,000 applicants to be the first participant in nasas teach for the space program, becoming the first private citizen to be on a space mission. Before her selection, ms. Mcauliffe was a social studies teacher at Concord High School in New Hampshire. An extremely pop and extremely popular with her students. Mcauliffe was to be part of the Space Shuttle challengers crew and the mission plan including having her conduct not only some basic science experiments, but also to teach two 15minute classes from space that would be broadcast to millions of students. On january 20, 1986, Christa Mcauliffe tragically lost her life, alongside her six crew mates in the Space Shuttle challenger disaster. Ms. Mcauliffe was posthumously awarded the congressional space medal of hon nor in 2004 and has had scholarships and schools named in her honor. This year, a pair of teachers turned astronauts, ricky arnold d joe akaba, honored ms. Mcauliffe by filming the lesson she is would have taught had she lived to complete her mission while they were aboard the International Space station. This film is accessible to students around the world, courtesy of a partnership between nasa and the Challenger Center for Space Science education. The first lesson was released in august, 2018, and more lessons continue to be released. Proceeds from the sale of commemorative coins will benefit first the nations leading not for profit stem engagement program. The mission of first is to inspire young people to be science and Technology Leaders by engaging them in exciting mentorbased programs that build science, engineering, and Technology Skills that inspire innovation and that foster wellrounded life capabilities, including selfconfidence, communication, and leadership. Each year, more than one million children in the u. S. And 100 countries participate in first. It has a presence in every state and nearly every Congressional District. So i urge all members to support this bill and urge members to vote yes. Thank you mr. Speaker and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the yom from california reserves. The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized. Mr. Mchenry thank you, mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Mchenry thank you, mr. Speaker. Id like to start by taking a few minutes to recognize a dear friend of mine, a member of the Congressional Service committees, sean duffy of wisconsin. Hes been a good friend of mine since, well, the very beginning of when he started running for congress. I had the pleasure of serving with mr. Duffy since he came to congress in 2011. Known, as we say on the committee, known for his punctuality, its amazing he is here now. This might be the first time hes been on time in his eight years of service in the house, nine years of service in the house. But sean has been a huge asset for the Financial Services committee and his constituents in the seventh district of wisconsin. Hes worked on large issues Like National issues of import like flood insurance. Large issues Like International regulation of insurance agreements. As well as important, smaller issues but very important to peoples lives like mold and leadbased paint remediation and providing Better Options for residents of public and assisted living, or assisted housing. Hes been a great advocate for his constituents and im honored to work with him as a colleague. He has led three separate committees on the Financial Services committee, three separate subcommittees. Hes had meaningful impact on public policy. He has developed meaningful relationships on both sides of the aisle in this institution. And hes been willing to have some of the bigger debates on policy. That perhaps were divided into party. He has always done so with a joyful heart and a fantastic apacity for communicating. In some points to the dismay of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, including the chairwoman of the committee, who, the debate can sometimes get rough and tumble but he always does it with a smile on his face and can you can have a conversation with him afterwards no matter how difficult or challenging the conversation or debate. So while shawn has been a colleague, ive counted him as a friend, an advisor and friend and somebody i knew i could talk to even amongst the tough oast of time. Hes leaving because of his family. Hes made a decision that is the right thing for his family to depart our institution and our schedule and the channels of public life at this time in his family life. Hes got a beautiful family, some of whom are here behind me day, we wish sean and rachel duffy the best and we will keep them in our thoughts but forever in our prayers and in our hearts. So thanks so much to sean for your leadership. Mr. Speaker, i rise in support of senate bill 239. This is the Christa Mcauliffe commemorative coin act of 2019. Id like to thank the gentleman from michigan, the dean of the michigan delegation, who has the bill here in the house, h. R. 500, and who has gathered more than 309 cosponsors of this on this bill to see it across the line. We know the story of Christa Mcauliffe. In fact, its one of my first memories of understanding what nasa did is to see the tragedy of the loss of the shuttle. And the human tragedy of someone who is such a dedicated public servant, dedicated to her classroom, to teaching, but also her willingness to put herself on the line to be a greater advocate for teaching. And for education. Christa mcauliffe had a meaningful impact on peoples lives and this was a representation of that. Its a fantastic undertaking that weve had here today. And due to the great work of congressman upton we have a wide bipartisan support for this important and meaningful act before us. With that, id like to retain he balance of my time. Yeah, id like to retain the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from North Carolina reserves. The gentlewoman from california is recognized. Ms. Waters i yield one minute to the majority leader, representative steny hoyer. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentlelady for yielding. I want to thank mr. Mchenry for his leadership as Ranking Member of the committee and for his bringing this to the floor. I want to thank my very good friend, not my republican friend, my very good friend, fred upton. For his work. His leadership. On this piece of legislation. Annie kuster iend for her leadership. This is personal for me. I am so happy to rise in support of this legislation. I went to georgetown law school. And i set up practice just about five or seven miles from here in the late 1960s. And in the 1970s, late 1970s, i had a law clerk. He also went to georgetown law school. He was a young, bright, extraordinarily able individual. His name was steve. Steve is now a district Federal District court judge in New Hampshire. Andad an extraordinary wife her name was krista. Steve and steve and christa became dear friends of judys and mine. I had enough time to sail when i had a sailboat, steve and christa from time o time would go sailing with judy and me and perhaps some of my children. Christa with a her hair, beautiful utside but more importantly inside. L full of life. Excitement. Full of vision for what she as a teacher could do for her children. Recall that ay christas motto as the teacher space was i touch the future. I teach. She was looking forward with excitement, not only to leave the bounds of earth but to to earth and engage with students, to share her experience, to share the excitement and adventure of into a new frontier that space. We s so appropriate that her name. Coin bill in was my friend. Us, as were est of er fellow astronauts on that fated day at the beginning of few seconds a burned so brightly with so much and whose lives were snuffed out in an instant as the blew up. R christa, during the course of competition to be the teacher in space, would visit my was in the long Worth Building in longWorth Building in the back of the and, fred, every time she would come to washington, she would come to my office and visit as she was participating in the competition. Saw her excitement and her anticipation. Nasa saw it as well because out of those 10,000 the chose her to be representative of the most mportant profession in our country, the teaching profession. Society cannot succeed. It is so appropriate that this chairwoman hashe aid, will benefit a program called first, that dean kamen, ne of the great engineers and inventors of our country and indeed the world established and literally thousands and thousands and thousands of this worlde all over activitiesng in stem and particularly robotics, who pursue this e to fully. More surely no one is going to vote this bill. But we can all be very proud of not only we memorialize citizen,rdinary fellow fellow human being, who, as said, brought her energy and her faith and her devotion making her country, her and our children better. Thank you, madam chair, for floor. G this bill to the thank you, mr. Mchenry, for your support. Thank you, mr. Upton. Kuster. U, ms. This is a thing thats good to do. Merica is better for Christa Mcauliffes life, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california reserves. The gentleman from north recognized. Mr. Mchenry if i may inquire of the chair how much time we have remaining. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from North Carolina remaining. Minutes mr. Mchenry all right. I yield the balance of my time to the dean of the michigan congressman fred upton. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan is recognized. You, mr. N well, thank speaker. Thank you, mr. Mchenry. Thank you for your leadership on this. Your you for cosponsorship. I want to particularly cite as not only a great friend but one that really elped shepherd this to the floor today. These are not easy. In fact, i talked to a colleague arlier today who has another coin bill and i said, i dont know if i can ever do one of these begin. It takes a lot these again. It takes a lot of work. From as been bipartisan the very start. Want to thank mic crapo, who mike crapo, who now hairs the Senate Finance committee. I want to thank my three colleagues that i see on the dingell,e here, debbie kuster, mr. Pappas, to make sure we could get 290 doe is the hich cosponsors, which is the magic number to get this thing done. As the majority leader said, its an important piece of legislation. It really is. Companion, our bill, h. R. 500, is the companion s. 239, which bill, passed at the end, just before the august break, in the senate. We only do two coin bills a year. Helped members about this. This is no cost to the treasury. Important. Ll of the costs are first borne the sale of the coin and then e treasury, the profits of the coin go to the particular cause. In this case, its first. Any of us on both sides, all across the country have seen first competition in high of thousands of High School Students over the 15some years. More than 3,500 individual sponsors help to enlist people to be encouraged math and science field, to compete, to develop against each pete ther, build team partnerships, and it really makes a difference. In fact, theres a story that Current Air Force academy soup intendant apparently superintendant apparently said, one of the first things they look like for dmission to the air force academy, did they participate in first, because they know if they id thats an outstanding outside School Activity and they know that theyre on the right path. This coin is going to do with Christa Mcauliffes picture but the other six astronauts with her on that sale ofjanuary day, the that coin is going to help irst, which was setup by dean kamen in my book who is a rock essence is the Thomas Edison of today. He did the segue. E also did the kidney dialysis machine. He made sure that the veterans that came back from iraq and in a istan be functional way that makes up for the loss particular limbs. Hes such an enthusiastic of this. Provided financial assistance, i think more than scholarship loans of the students looking to move on to higher education, particularly in engineering. To be a oin is going sellout. Im looking forward to 2021 to and ng my coin, for sure, helping the cause. In uld note that our state michigan under governor schneider and now governor a republican and democrat, they authorized in their budget at least 10 million a year to help offset that are associated with the students as they program thatn this often starts in january and concludes, as we saw in the detroite competition in earlier this year, just a few months later. Program. Great all of us need to support it. 300 cosponsorsn was pretty awesome to do in such a short amount of time. Congratulate my colleagues from New Hampshire, particularly the ones that are on the floor today, but their work with our to get this gues thing across the finish line is ing you can only do two pretty amazing. With that ill reserve the balance of my time just in case yield ill l reserve the balance of my time in case somebody needs it. To ge all my colleagues support this bill. The speaker pro tempore the entleman from michigan cannot reserve. Reserve. Ry i the speaker pro tempore the gentleman can reserve. Mr. Mchenry i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california is recognized. Ms. Waters thank you, mr. Speaker. To the three minutes gentlelady from New Hampshire, kuster. Woman ann the speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from New Hampshire is recognized for three minutes. You, maim thank chairman. Madam chairman. Thank you to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I rise in favor of the christa commemorative coin act. Christa mcauliffe was a teacher alma mater, concord high hero. , and she was my christa was smart. She was charming. He was a kind teacher who left her mark on countless students through her willingness to do to help them ok succeed. The concord and broader New Hampshire community was thrilled was chosen out of 10,000 applicants as nasas space. Eacher in her mission was to inspire a generation of American Students look toward the sky and pursue careers in science, and as mr. Hoyer noted, i teach. He future, i she cared about america, and my y year she invited other, former state governor, susan mcclain, so her students would know about our government nd their opportunities for their future. Her husband steve and their two in our were important community, and i am reminded of the story when president bush nnounced christas a appointment christas appointment, he whispered into making ear, you will be our dinner a lot more on your own. Tragically on january 28, 186, along 1986, christa, with six other members of the challenger Space Shuttle crew perished when the shuttle exploded. Cant tell you the number of colleagues when i was asking for their signatures to join us this bipartisan bill, said i remember exactly where i was when that happened. We remember christa because she anted her students to seek out the best in themselves and always to reach a l