The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving and gracious god, we give you thanks forgiving us another day. For giving us another day. Help us this day to draw closer to you, so that with your spirit and aware of your presence among us we may all face the tasks of this day. Bless the members of the peoples house. Help them to think clearly, speak confidently, and act courageously in the belief that all Noble Service is based upon patience, truth and love. May these decisive days through which we are living make them genuine enough to maintain their integrity, great enough to be humble, and good enough to keep their faith always regarding Public Office as a sake faith, always regarding Public Office as a sacred trust. Give them the wisdom and currently to not fail their fellow citizens nor you. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from trahan. Setts, ms. Ms. Trahan of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Rs. Kelly thank you, madam speaker. Ms. Kelly thank you, madam speaker. Elijah o remember cummings. He would stop to show passion and kindness to constituents, staff, and members alike. Was defined in his word purpose. Passion, and at just 11 years old, he and his integrate a d to Swimming Pool in baltimore. Would on to achieve he go on to achieve some of the highest accolades in education, 12 honorary doctorate degrees. Before serving in the halls of congress, he served the people maryland for 14 years and in the general assembly, including barrier to beolor speaker pro tempore, the second Ranking Member in the house of delegates. Would come to house in 1996. Ll of his contributions and service to this nation could never be summed up in a few seconds but it stands on its own. The history books are written, i know his name and legacy will be proudly enshrined within its pages. His passing is a great loss to his family and friends, the city institution, this and our nation. I hope you are dancing with the angels. Peace, my st in friend. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask address thensent to house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today to celebrate roger swore, a my district who dedicated his exceptional ding exceptional medical care. Roger is now the longest serving minnesota and received an award for receiving 40 years of national u. M. S. Certification. This is something held by very professionals. He has responded to thousands of 911 calls. He held dying Crash Victims in his arms to delivering babies. Nephew adam by his who served many shifts alongside regardeds universally as the paramedic you want to see when you are in trouble. Minnesotas alf of eighth congressional district, i want to congratulate you on your recent achievement and thank you for your professional service. Swore, you are the best of the best. Madam speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from New Hampshire seek recognition . Madam ter thank you, speaker. I ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is minute. Ed for one ms. Kuster good morning, madam speaker. I rise today to support the safe introduced by my seth gue, representative moulton. In june of this year, Seven Members of the jar head were tragically killed in my district when they were hit by a truck that crossed wrong lane on rong lane route 2 in randolph, New Hampshire. The massachusetts driver responsible for this accident active ot have had an drivers license and should not ave been behind the wheel that day. Despite his criminal history, the driver still had a license loophole where state d. M. V. s often do not rocess outofstate infractions. The safe drivers act would help states to implement electronic ensure that dangerous drivers are kept off our roads Incentivizing States to modernize their database. We keep our roads safe can keep our roads safe and prevent further tragedies. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Wilson i ask unanimous consent to address the house for revise and nd to extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Wilson thank you. Darj tulations to staff fort jackson, in South Carolina. He is the commissioner officer of the year. N. C. O. Of the year is the armys top soldier with competition annually on a testing their s, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Boeing emerged as the top n. C. O. Of the competition to win soldier of he year as this years top n. C. O. General joseph morton, the rmys vice chief of staff, calls n. C. O. s the hearts and souls of the army. Quote, when they need leadership, we turn to you, and failed us, he said in a key note speech. As a 30year army veteran myself who served in the army, i know firsthand that this analysis is correct. South carolina is grateful for Staff Sergeant dakota boeing and to american t families, promoting the truth that america is not free. Conclusion, we will never forget september 11 or the of the beirut on ing, and the global war terrorism. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Madam speaker, request permission to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. I rise today to honor the of frank tokar, a veteran f the u. S. Navy, avid motorcyclist, and active member of our community. Away in 2017passed but is not forgotten. Proud that we recently amed a street after him on staten island. Frank was the founder and chairman of the board of chapter thunder as olling well as an integral part of creating two chapters in brooklyn. Always wanted to use motor asking to give back motorcycling to give back to our particularly our veterans. Every year, he oversaw the isabled American Veterans support run for chapter 2 new raising over 75,000 for disabled veterans. Ts a fitting honor that his wife and children have formed a Scholarship Fund in his honor. Fund will continue franks passion for supporting veterans, children of veterans or students who volunteer with veterans afford an ns can education. This scholarship ensures that we learn ways remember and from frank and his legacy of service. Frank, we will continue to honor your work. God bless you, frank, and god bless the United States of america. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. To strongly ay condemn the unfair, closed door, hyperpartisan impeachment inquiry process being conducted by house democrats. Nothing, not even the coldhard facts will stop the partisan thetics of my colleagues on left from nullifying the 2016 election. One of Speaker Pelosis chairs, who she chose o lead this process, promised years ago shed fine find a way to impeach the president. From thebeen something beginning. They have denied equal subpoena that republicans provided democrats during the clinton impeachment. Started this f rend of dishonesty by having false allegations of the president by russia. Mr. Comer and now hes ischaracterized the whistleblower inquiry and deceived the American People about his relationship with the whistleblower. Refuse to hold a full house vote on their impeachment inquiry. Continue this baseless impeachment inkwoory of inquiry of President Trump of tackling the issues most important to our citizens. I urge the American People to a hard look at the lack of transparency and accountability unfounded this impeachment inquiry. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, sdwriez 1. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today honor mr. George ramirez for his extraordinary contribution o the culture and arts in brownsville, texas. Mr. Ramirez was a longtime president of the brownsville performing arts and found of the latin jazz festival. Valuable in bringing quality cultural entertainment in my community. Nder his leadership, the Brownsville Society for the performing arts has produced hundreds of shows, concerts and programs. He dedicated his life to make the arts successful to the of rio grande valley. In june, 2017, mr. Ramirez established his own radio a lowpower Radio Station which enabled him to bring music to everyone. Mr. Ramirez helped create a number of cultural events, guitarng the brownsville nsemble, the fla menechinoo fest flamenco festival. Brought mozarts in b hansel and greta opera production. Hen he discovered that a group of students at the university of texas had never seen an opera he tordinated and funded a trip take them to the houston grand opera. He was very active in helping exposure to the arts, offering several music scholarships. R. Ramirez, his latest accomplishment was playing a vital role in opening of the rownsville performing arts community, a tradition that will work. His thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi rise . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam. The impeachment of a president is a serious process that will have lasting effects on our republic. It requires a transparent and trustworthy congress to conduct because investigation it tips to undo the will of the American People. A former prosecutor, i know that Holding Hearings behind transparent. Is not mr. Guest withholding information from the american eople does not promote trust and misconstruing the facts to the American Public is not proper. These actions alone point to an illegitimate process that will ontinue to divide our nation for the sake of partisan politics. Ask is the political gamesmanship worth letting our nfrastructure continue to crumble . Is it worth ignoring the Opioid Crisis in our country . Undermining our democracy to attack a duly elected president . We have real problems in this country that the American People solve, and we cannot ignore these problems while we focus on this improper partisan political process. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. R. Guest madam speaker, i encourage my colleagues to stop the political games so we can the work thats important to the American People. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. He gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today in support of h. R. 3, the lower act of 2019. Its high time our struggling are given the right to negotiate drug costs just like e have the commercial plans, veterans administration, administration, ense department of defense and medicaid. Mr. Schrader they should not be subjected to high copays and outofpocket expenses that prohibits medicare from negotiating prices with 5 is produced from iowa agriculture in our state, and supporting farmers is neither a or a political issue. Its simply the right thing to do. Devastating weather events, jeong going trade wars nd the e. P. A. s unprecedented abuse of biofuel waivers, our farmers have been put through enough. Help. E asking for our as elected representatives, we eserve to give them the right answer. Mrs. Axne we must get this done right and without necessary delay. Thank my colleagues for the work they have done and i urge them to expedite negotiations and finalize this agreement soon to make sure we can make lives hole for the people suffering in the state of iowa and across the country. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, thank you, madam speaker. I rise on behalf to call foul on major League Baseball. Major League Baseball is discussing a proposal to cut the number of minor league franchises by 25 . A red sox affiliate is among 42 teams being forced out. This plan is a betrayal of the fans and players, as well as stayed vendors and employees around the nation, and its an affront to people of local who swung for the fences and buildings, one of the nations best minor league parks. As the world series gets under way, remember that the Minor League System produces the talent we see on the baseball diamond. Mlbs plan is way off base and will hurt so many communities across the country that rely on Minor League Teams presence. Lets call it a balk and get back to rooting for the home team. Mrs. Trahan thank you, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Madam speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Without objection, the speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. I rise today in frustration for my constituents in californias central valley. Folks across my community are reeling from blackouts caused by agreed, corruption and mismanagement at our states largest utility pg e. And im not the only one who is fed up. More than 1,000 people in my district had their power cut by pg e. Some for days. Now the company is saying more blackouts could be coming this week and it could be the new normal for the next decade. I refuse to accept that. Regular people cant choose to not pay their bills and pg e shouldnt be able to abuse that fact by refusing to invest in their grid. These blackouts are happening because rich executives decided to give themselves millions of dollars in bonuses instead of investing in their crumbling infrastructure. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power because of these executives agreed. Pg e even proposed handing out another 16 million in additional bonuses this year. It took a judge to stop that plan. Meanwhile, their shutoffs are estimated to cost our families more than 2 billion. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Harder thank you, madam speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. I rise today on behalf of seniors in upstate new york. This august i joined a forum with aarp on the need to address the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs in our communities. I heard harrowing stories from seniors, many on fixed income, who have seen the medication they rely on triple in price. Mr. Delgado the system is working against our seniors. Right now qualified covered retirement accounts are included in determining income and eligibility under the Medicare Part d lowincome subsidy Retirement Program or subsidy program. This means Senior Citizen yor must choose between saving for retirement and lifesaving medication. Saving for retirement shouldnt jeopardize how lowincome subsidies for Medicare Part d beneficiaries are distributed. Thats why i join my colleagues introducing h. R. 4655, the enhancing Retirement Security for Medicare Beneficiaries act of 2019. To remove retirement accounts from that determination and lower outofpocket costs for our seniors, i urge my colleagues to support h. R. 4655, i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . I seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, this saturday, october 26, early voting begins in new york state. For the first time extending the window of voters to select their government representatives. This country has long upheld