Between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. This morning. The chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. Pence, for five minutes. Mr. Pence thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize four outstanding agriculture students from Eastern Hancock High School for winning the 4h livestock judging contest at the western national roundup. Connor, hunter, reed, and ashton represented the state of indiana with integrity and skill. This team competed against 27 other teams from across the nation and came out victorious. Congratulations to these future farmers on their tremendous accomplishment. You have made the sixth district proud. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize scott county, indiana, on their bicentennial celebration. In these two centuries, scott county has become a cornerstone of my sixth district. With the growing economy, beautiful parks and lakes, and a Close Community of hoosiers, scott county continues to be a great place for all of us to call home. Congratulations on the bicentennial and heres to the ext 200 years in scott county. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to congratulate Rushville Rotary Club for celebrating 100 years of service. For a century now, the Rushville Rotary Club has been a pillar of Community Involvement in the district. The rotary club continues to support local Service Projects around the community and helps students at the rushville high school. I want to thank the members of the rotary club for their service and dedication to the people of rushville and congratulate them on their 100th anniversary. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to congratulate marlin who was named the 2019 volunteer of the year by the Indiana Department of Natural ResourcesLaw Enforcement and the indiana hunter education association. Hes been a teacher at south rippley schools for over 40 years and volunteers his type to teach hunter safety to all the students at south rippley. According to his colleagues, he has a heart of gold and there is no one more deserving of this honor. As an avid hunter myself, i want to thank him on his work educating kids and extend my congratulations for receiving this award. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize railroad day on capitol hill. Today we have 450 industry professionals from railroads, rail labor, rail contractors, and rail supply companies on capitol hill fighting for the issues that affect us all. In my home state of indiana, we have over 1,200 miles of class three rail tracks and over 3,800 miles of class 1 railroad tracks. As a crossroads of america, our Rail Industry is one of the busiest in the nation and contributing to our thriving economy and business development. Im proud to support policies that increase the safety and efficiency of infrastructure in indiana and the rest of our great nation. We must support our countrys railroads so that we can keep americas economy rolling. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to congratulate sam bennett of Delta High School for winning the one meter diving state title at the 2020 indiana swimming and diving state meet. Sam put in the hard work and dedication into his sport to rise from fourth place last year to the number one spot this year. I wish sam the best of luck next year as reigning champ for his senior season. I look forward to seeing him continue to make indianas sixth district proud. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Foster, for five minutes. Mr. Foster thank you. Mr. Speaker, im a scientist. And if a scientist stands up and says something that they know is not true, it is a career ending action. The reason for this is that science always operates at the edge of what is known. So we cannot tolerate liers. The liars. The world is now facing scientific uncertainty in the spread and severity of the coronavirus. When the leadership of china confronted the reality of pandemic, they chose to suppress scientific truth and lie to their people and that cost china and the world the opportunity to slow down and perhaps contain this outbreak. In the u. S. , we were recently exposed to the spectacle of our countrys leader making self serving pronouncements about the coronavirus outbreak that had no basis in scientific fact and were immediately contradicted by his scientific experts. As our nation faces the serious threat of coronavirus, the American People deserve to know that they can trust the information coming from their government and that the Public Officials that they elected are putting science ahead of politics or deranged conspiracy theories. Unfortunately, after three years of consistently undermining Scientific Research and scientific fact, this administration is dangerously deficient in credibility and that is directly putting the health and wellbeing of millions of americans at risk. With an opaque and chaotic response to this outbreak. Just a few weeks ago, the Trump Administration presented a budget that would slash almost 700 million from the centers for disease control, cutting a vital resource thats at the frontlines of this Public Health emergency. And this administration has left critical positions vacant at Homeland Security and the National Security council. Including positions responsible for managing pandemics. Americans need their elected leaders to spend less time tweeting and more time making sure that Government Resources are coordinated and fully funded and ready to combat this outbreak. Soon, the house will move forward to provide emergency funding that matches the scale and threat of the coronavirus. We must make sure that the president and the administration uses these funds for what they are intended, a comprehensive and aggressive response to managing the coronavirus outbreak and making sure that any future vaccines or treatments are affordable and available to all who need them. We also must hold the president and his Administration Accountable for the information they share with the American People. Three years of keeping science and facts at arms length have rightly made people suspicious of what comes out of the white house. And now as americans worry for the health of themselves and their loved ones, they unfortunately must also worry about whether the information coming from the people that they expect to manage this crisis will be distorted for the president s political purposes. When a leader lies to the public about important scientific facts, it is not acceptable. It is not cute. It is not just trump being trump. It is a dangerous act that puts our Public Health and our democracy at risk. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair will recognize the gentleman from florida, mr. Rutherford, for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize the Many National cemeteries in florida, especially the Jacksonville National cemetery in my district. And these haloed hallowed grounds are sacred to those to the families who served our country honorably, many of whom paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Recently the department of Veterans Affairs ranked the top National Cemeteries in the country and im proud to report that the Jacksonville National cemetery of the southeast district has erpped the highest award, which is accepted by al richberg, the director of the Jacksonville National semteamplet thank you to al and his team for all the work that they do to preserve the final resting places of our nations military and creating a beautiful, peaceful, and memorable place for loved ones to visit. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to congratulate the west Nassau SchoolCheerleading Team who recently won the state, national, and World Championships in orlando. With nine state titles, the warriors are tied for the second most championships in the state of florida. In fact, this is the second year in a row that they have claimed the state national and world titles and that is a first they are the First High School in florida to do so. The team is spearheaded by coach samantha, who was led west nassau to five state championships, three national championships, and two World Championships. On behalf of the floridas fourth Congressional District of florida, i want to congratulate the west nassau warriors on a cheerleading dynasty. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yield back. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 12 or listen live on the free cspan radio app. While we have this break in the well take you live now to the house Homeland Security committee, theres the chairman. Hearing this morning on the coronavirus. This got underwap at 10 00 at 10 00 a. M. Ay eastern. R. Inglesby im director for the johns hopkins