The house of representatives is just about to come in for its daily session. We will take you to them now. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms. Washington, it d. C. He december 10, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists smithed by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from minnesota, mr. Scarborough, for five minutes. Mr. Scarborough thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor commander david wheat, a vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war from minnesotas eighth congressional district, who is about to celebrate his 80th birthday on december 16. David grew up in duluth, minnesota, and graduated from the university of minnesota, duluth, before entering the Naval Aviation officer candidate program and earning the commission of ensign. In april of 1965, he received his naval flight officer wings and was deployed to vietnam. Flying in an f4b phantom as a radar intercept officer. In october of 1965, david was shot down and captured by enemy forces. He spent the next seven years and four months as a prisoner of war in various camps, including the infamous hanoi hilton. Despite the cruel torture and inhumane conditions, david endured at the hands of his captors. They were never able to rob him of his resilient american spirit. Following his release from prison, david vowed that he would be happy for the rest of his life. He went on to continue a life of service. Reporting to Pilot Training and earning his Naval Aviation wings in 1975. Throughout his career he flew various types of aircraft and retired after 20 years of honorable service. He also got married and started a family of his own. In my hometown of duluth, minnesota, we are incredibly proud to have a hero like commander david wheat living amongst us. Mr. Stauber he has been an active member of our community, supporting activities and fundraisers for various veterans organizations. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of every minnesotan, i want to thank commander wheat for his brave service and wish him the happiest of birthdays. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to address the heartbreaking trend of violence troubling our native American Communities and recognize the tribal leaders from my district who are taking a stand on this issue. Native american women in particular face a disproportionately high risk of violence. According to one staud study, the murder rate of native american women is 10 times the national average. During my 23 years as a Law Enforcement officer in northern minnesota, i heard far too many Horror Stories about trafficked or murdered native american women. Too often these cases go unresolved. These victims and their families deserve action. So i was glad to hear that President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order establishing an Interagency Task force to review unsolved cases. I was especially pleased to see fondue lack councilman member roger smith, chairman kevin dupree, and mel Lynn Benjamin standing alongside our president in the oval office as he signed this executive order. I applaud minnesotas tribal leaders tore standing united against this epidemic of violence and i remain committed to supporting them in this critical mission. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Green, for five minutes. Mr. Green and still i rise. With love for my country at if i nd, mr. Speaker, appear to have a pensive persona, its because im experiencing a melancholy moment. A melancholy moment because some two years ago plus i came to the floor of this house. I stood in the well. And i called for the impeachment of the president. Some two years ago. That moment is now at hand. And i do feel a sense of thoughtfulness, pensiveness ecause, to be very honest, im saddened about whats about to happen. Its not something that i want to see occur in my country. I love my country. This is not something that i came to congress to be a part of. But its about to happen. The house will vote. The president will be impeached. After which his case will go to the senate. The senate will have a trial. If the senate convicts, removes the president from office, this will bring this chapter, this ignoble chapter, in president ial history, to an end. But if the senate does not president is he still subject to impeachment for other acts that are impeachable. I have always brought my articles of impeachment to the floor. I have always had a rationale for my actions. I never said just impeach the president because he ought to be impeached. I never felt that way. I do not feel that way currently. Impeachment is a serious undertaking, and i have always been serious about my actions. I do believe that if the senate does not convict, other articles of impeachment may be considered. Currently we are considering two articles of impeachment. Abuse of power and obstruction of congress. But there is much more. Much more to be considered. And it is my opinion that we will still have work to do if the senate does not convict. So to this end i want to use an example so people will understand the point that im making. The president himself has said he could shoot someone on 5th avenue. These are the president s words. And he would not lose his base of support. But if he does that with mall list aforethought mall last malice aforethought regard regardless what happens in the senate, if the senate does not convict rningts the president can come before the bar of justice again. This is the bar of justice for a president who commit impeachable acts. This is the only place wrt president can be brought before the bar of justice while hes president , right here. If he does such a thing with malice aforethought, i would bring articles of impeachment before this august body for consideration. My prayer is that the senate will do its job. And not only receive the articles of impeachment, but also act on them because i believe that the president ought to be convicted and removed from office. I have said before and i say now, he is unfit to be president. My prayer is that we will soon end this ignoble chapter in president ial history. I love my country. And i stand here with my love for my country at heart, but equally as important my love for these babies, for people o are being harmed by what this president has done to our society. It fits perfectly in what Alexander Hamilton called to arrest to our attention in federalist 65. For what has happened to our society . I appreciate the articles being brought now, but the harm to our sage soig has not been eradicated and we have an unapologetic president who continues to cause harm to this society. In the vain insist that is Alexander Hamilton reminded us would be impeachment. I yield back the balance of my time. I love my country. The speaker pro tempore members are reminded to refrain from engaging in pernts 78 personalities toward the president. The chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. Brooks, for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, renowned alabama educator, artist, and botanist George Washington carver, like many americans, overcame numerous obstacles to achieve greatness. Carvers contributions to science and agriculture made a huge impact that is still felt across the globe today. On january 5 of 2020, alabama will unveil an historic marker honoring dr. Carver at decaturs horizon school. He visited decatur in 1935. Carver elementary was named in his honor. During his visit, he spoke to an audience of more than 1,000 decatur residents. In a letter to then superintendent w. W. Henson after his visit, George Washington carver wrote, quote, the Carver School far exceeds my expectations. It is a most beautiful building and i hope it will be able in every way to integrate itself into the upbuilding and development of the splendid possibilities which lie all around you. Carver was deeply devoted to education. During the civil war, George Washington carver was born in diamond grove, missouri, shamefully he was not allowed to attend Public Schools near his home because he was a africanamerican. But that did not stop George Washington carver. He was determined to get an education. So he enrolled at a school 10 miles away in the osho, missouri. There he was befriend by Mariah Watkins from whom he rented a room. Mariahs advice to carver was simple. Quote, you must learn all you can then go back into the world and give your learning back to the people, end quote. Carver did just that. Disappointed in the quality of the school, carver moved to kansas and supported himself through a variety of occupations while he furthered his education as he could. After earning his high school diploma, he discovered opportunities for college for black men in kansas were nonexistent. So, George Washington carver majored in art at Simpson College in indiana indianola, iowa, as their own plaque student. Black student. Encouraged by his professors to focus on botany he transferred to iowa state where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees in science. There after in april, 1896, booker t. Washington recruited carver to tuskegees Institute Agricultural school in alabama where carver taught and mentored generations of students for the next 47 years. At tuskegee, carver developed revolutionary techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. Together with other agricultural experts, he urged farmers to restore nitrogen to their soils by practicing systematic crop rotation, alternating cotton crops with plantings of Sweet Potatoes or legumes such as peanuts, soybeans. One of tuskegee carver trained farmers to successfully rotate the crops. He developed and established an agriculture extension pral for all of alabama. Carver founded an Industrial Research laboratory where he and assistants worked to popularize the new crops by developing hundreds of and hundreds of applications for him. In 1916, he was made a member of the Royal Society of arts in england, one of only a handful of americans at that time to receive this honor. The united peanut associations of america invited carver to speak at their 1920 convention. He discussed the possibilities f the peanut and exhibited 145 peanut products. Rver received the 1923 naacp spin garn medal for Outstanding Achievement by a africanamerican. Before his death in 1943, he donated his life savings to establish the Carver Research Foundation at tuskegee. Carver was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors hime, the George WashingtonCarver National Monument was the first National Monument dedicated to black american and first to a nonpresident. George washington carver left a Lasting Legacy on alabama schools and alabama is proud to have been the home of this renowned scientific leader. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1rks the chair declares the house in recess until n rep. The speaker good morning, everyone