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Honorable john lewis late a representative from the state of Georgia Senate resolution 660. With best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, gloria j. Lett, deputy clerk. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 1c of rule 19, further consideration of h. R. 7619 will now resume. The clerk will report the title. The clerk Union Calendar number 364, h. R. 7617, a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2021 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the fun in the Unfinished Business is the question on amendment 49 printed in house offered 66 116461 by the gentlewoman from new york. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. He clerk amendment number 149 offered by ms. Ocasio cortez of new york. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition many . Ms. Matsui as the member designated by mr. Desean eye, i inform the house that mr. Deal an iowa will vote yes on the amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Evans as the member designated by mr. Lawson, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house, mr. Lawson will vote no. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does got ohio seek recognition . Mrs. Beatty as the member designated by mrs. Lawrence pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house mrs. Lawrence will vote no on the on the e amendment ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from. Mr. Jeffries as the member designated by by chairwoman eddie berne neice johnson, she will vote on the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by by chairman jerry nadler, purn to h. Res. 965, i inform the house chairman nadler will vote yea on obamacare amendment. As the member designated by by r. Serrano, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house. As the member designated by by to rwoman lofgren, pursuant ill. 965, ms. Lofgren w vote yea on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition . Mrs. Hayes as the member designated by mrs. Wilson, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. Wilson will vote yes on the Ocasio Cortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Sherman as the member designated by mr. Khanna, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Hanna will vote yes on the Ocasio Cortez amendment. As the member designated by mr. Garamendi, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Garamendi will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. For what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Grijalva of california, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Grijalva will vote yes then ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady seek nia seek rex recognition . As the member designated by mr. Mckeeton, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Mckeeton will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. Ms. Wexton as the member designated by ms. Porter, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Porter will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition . Thank you, madam speaker. Ms. Brownley as the member designated by ms. Kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Kuster will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom michigan seek recognition . Mr. Kildee as the member designated by mr. Horsford of nevada, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Horsford will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Clarke as the member designated by pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Langevin will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady rom kansas seek recognition . Ms. Davids as the member designated by mr. Clay, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Clay will vote nee on the ocasiocortez amendment. Vote nay on the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by mr. Cleaver, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Cleaver will vote aye on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from massachusetts seek recognition . Ms. Clark as the member designated by ms. Frankel, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Frankel will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. And as the member designated by ms. Pingree, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Pingree will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Sires as the member designated by mr. Pascrell, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Pascrell will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom maryland seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Pocan, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Pocan will be voting aye on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Lowenthal, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Lowenthal will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by ms. Moore, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Moore will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by mr. Lieu, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Lieu will vote no n the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by mr. Rooney, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Rooney will vote no on the ocasiocortez. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Correa as the member designated by mrs. Napolitano, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. Napolitano will vote aye on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . As the member designated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. Watson coleman will vote yes. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern as the member designated by mr. Welch of vermont, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. Ms. Wasserman schultz as the member designated by ms. Music ca serial powell of florida, pursuant to h. Res. 965, she will te no on the ocasiocortez amendment. Ms. Wasserman schultz as the member designated by mr. Payne of new jersey, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Payne will vote no. As the member designated by mr. To house purn resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Hastings will vote yes on the obamacare amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady from illinois. Ms. Underwood mr. Rush, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Rush will ote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady new york seek recognition . Miss rice as the member designated by mr. Peters, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Peters will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore from the gentleman from arizona. Pursuant to h. R. 965, i inform the house that mrs. Kirkpatrick will vote nay on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Cooper as the member designated by ms. Lipinski, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Lipinski will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 126, the nays are 2392 292. The amendment is not adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question on amendment 87 printed in house report is report 116461 offered by the gentleman from oregon. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 87 printed in part b of house report 116461 offered by mr. Blumenauer of oregon. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from oregon. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. Napolitano, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that Congress Member napolitano will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Evans madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lawson of florida, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform mr. Lawson votes yea. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Peters of california, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Peters will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Cooper madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lipinski, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Lipinski will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . Thank you, madam speaker. As the member designated by mr. Grijalva of arizona, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Grijalva will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Raskin as the member designated by mr. Pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Pocan votes aye on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition . Mrs. Hayes as the member designated by ms. Wilson, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Wilson will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition . Ms. Davids as the member designated by mr. Clay, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Clay will vote aye on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by mr. Cleaver, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Cleaver will vote aye on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition . Ms. Underwood as the member designated by mr. Rush, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Rush will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio seek recognition . Mrs. Beatty as the member designated by mrs. Lawrence, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. Lawrence will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Sherman as the member designated by mr. John garamendi, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Garamendi will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by mr. Khanna, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Khanna will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Jeffries as the member designated by chairwoman Eddie Bernice johnson, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by chairman jerry nadler, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that chairman nadler will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition . Mr. Kildee as the member designated by mr. Horse fd of nevada, purn to h. Res. 965, i inform the house, mr. Horsford will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern as the member designated by mr. Welch of vermont, pursuant to house res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone as the member esignated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that ms. Watson coleman will vote yes. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady california seek recognition . Ms. Matsui as the member designated by mr. Deal sean iowa rsuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Desaulnier will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. Tifment for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition . Mr. Neal as the member designated by mr. Langevin, pursuant to House Resolution 65, i inform the house mr. Langevin will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady florida seek recognition . Ms. Wasserman schultz pursuant to h. Res. 9 5, i inform the ouse that ms. Mue cars ell powell will vote yes. As the member designated by mr. Hastings, murpt to h. Res. 965, mr. Hastings will vote yes. And as the member designated by mr. Payne, i inform the house that mr. Pape will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. 4 the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Sires madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Pascrell, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the will hat mr. Pascrell vote yes on the amendment blumenauer amendment. On blumenauer amendment. On the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from massachusetts seek recognition . Ms. Clark madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Pingree, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the ouse that ms. Pingree will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. And as the member designated by ms. Frankel, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the will that ms. Frankel vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia seek recognition . Ms. Wexton thank you, mr. Speaker. As the member designated by mr. Mceachin, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Mceachin will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. And as the member designated by ms. Porter, pursuant to Georgia Senate<\/a> resolution 660. With best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, gloria j. Lett, deputy clerk. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 1c of rule 19, further consideration of h. R. 7619 will now resume. The clerk will report the title. The clerk Union Calendar<\/a> number 364, h. R. 7617, a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2021 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the fun in the Unfinished Business<\/a> is the question on amendment 49 printed in house offered 66 116461 by the gentlewoman from new york. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. He clerk amendment number 149 offered by ms. Ocasio cortez of new york. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States<\/a> house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition many . Ms. Matsui as the member designated by mr. Desean eye, i inform the house that mr. Deal an iowa will vote yes on the amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Evans as the member designated by mr. Lawson, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house, mr. Lawson will vote no. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does got ohio seek recognition . Mrs. Beatty as the member designated by mrs. Lawrence pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house mrs. Lawrence will vote no on the on the e amendment ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from. Mr. Jeffries as the member designated by by chairwoman eddie berne neice johnson, she will vote on the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by by chairman jerry nadler, purn to h. Res. 965, i inform the house chairman nadler will vote yea on obamacare amendment. As the member designated by by r. Serrano, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house. As the member designated by by to rwoman lofgren, pursuant ill. 965, ms. Lofgren w vote yea on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition . Mrs. Hayes as the member designated by mrs. Wilson, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mrs. Wilson will vote yes on the Ocasio Cortez<\/a> amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Sherman as the member designated by mr. Khanna, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Hanna will vote yes on the Ocasio Cortez<\/a> amendment. As the member designated by mr. Garamendi, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Garamendi will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. For what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Grijalva of california, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Grijalva will vote yes then ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady seek nia seek rex recognition . As the member designated by mr. Mckeeton, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Mckeeton will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. Ms. Wexton as the member designated by ms. Porter, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Porter will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition . Thank you, madam speaker. Ms. Brownley as the member designated by ms. Kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Kuster will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom michigan seek recognition . Mr. Kildee as the member designated by mr. Horsford of nevada, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Horsford will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Clarke as the member designated by pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Langevin will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady rom kansas seek recognition . Ms. Davids as the member designated by mr. Clay, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Clay will vote nee on the ocasiocortez amendment. Vote nay on the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by mr. Cleaver, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Cleaver will vote aye on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from massachusetts seek recognition . Ms. Clark as the member designated by ms. Frankel, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Frankel will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. And as the member designated by ms. Pingree, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Pingree will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Sires as the member designated by mr. Pascrell, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Pascrell will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom maryland seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Pocan, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Pocan will be voting aye on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Lowenthal, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lowenthal will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by ms. Moore, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Moore will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by mr. Lieu, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lieu will vote no n the ocasiocortez amendment. As the member designated by mr. Rooney, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Rooney will vote no on the ocasiocortez. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Correa as the member designated by mrs. Napolitano, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mrs. Napolitano will vote aye on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . As the member designated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mrs. Watson coleman will vote yes. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern as the member designated by mr. Welch of vermont, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will vote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. Ms. Wasserman schultz as the member designated by ms. Music ca serial powell of florida, pursuant to h. Res. 965, she will te no on the ocasiocortez amendment. Ms. Wasserman schultz as the member designated by mr. Payne of new jersey, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Payne will vote no. As the member designated by mr. To house purn resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Hastings will vote yes on the obamacare amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady from illinois. Ms. Underwood mr. Rush, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Rush will ote yes on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady new york seek recognition . Miss rice as the member designated by mr. Peters, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Peters will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore from the gentleman from arizona. Pursuant to h. R. 965, i inform the house that mrs. Kirkpatrick will vote nay on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Cooper as the member designated by ms. Lipinski, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lipinski will vote no on the ocasiocortez amendment. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 126, the nays are 2392 292. The amendment is not adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business<\/a> is the question on amendment 87 printed in house report is report 116461 offered by the gentleman from oregon. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 87 printed in part b of house report 116461 offered by mr. Blumenauer of oregon. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from oregon. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States<\/a> house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. Napolitano, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that Congress Member<\/a> napolitano will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Evans madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lawson of florida, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform mr. Lawson votes yea. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition . Madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Peters of california, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Peters will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Cooper madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lipinski, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lipinski will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . Thank you, madam speaker. As the member designated by mr. Grijalva of arizona, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Grijalva will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Raskin as the member designated by mr. Pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Pocan votes aye on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition . Mrs. Hayes as the member designated by ms. Wilson, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Wilson will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition . Ms. Davids as the member designated by mr. Clay, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Clay will vote aye on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by mr. Cleaver, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Cleaver will vote aye on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition . Ms. Underwood as the member designated by mr. Rush, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Rush will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio seek recognition . Mrs. Beatty as the member designated by mrs. Lawrence, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mrs. Lawrence will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Sherman as the member designated by mr. John garamendi, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Garamendi will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by mr. Khanna, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Khanna will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Jeffries as the member designated by chairwoman Eddie Bernice<\/a> johnson, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by chairman jerry nadler, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that chairman nadler will vote yea on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition . Mr. Kildee as the member designated by mr. Horse fd of nevada, purn to h. Res. 965, i inform the house, mr. Horsford will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern as the member designated by mr. Welch of vermont, pursuant to house res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone as the member esignated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that ms. Watson coleman will vote yes. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady california seek recognition . Ms. Matsui as the member designated by mr. Deal sean iowa rsuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Desaulnier will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. Tifment for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition . Mr. Neal as the member designated by mr. Langevin, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 65, i inform the house mr. Langevin will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady florida seek recognition . Ms. Wasserman schultz pursuant to h. Res. 9 5, i inform the ouse that ms. Mue cars ell powell will vote yes. As the member designated by mr. Hastings, murpt to h. Res. 965, mr. Hastings will vote yes. And as the member designated by mr. Payne, i inform the house that mr. Pape will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. 4 the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Sires madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. Pascrell, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the will hat mr. Pascrell vote yes on the amendment blumenauer amendment. On blumenauer amendment. On the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from massachusetts seek recognition . Ms. Clark madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. Pingree, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the ouse that ms. Pingree will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. And as the member designated by ms. Frankel, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the will that ms. Frankel vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia seek recognition . Ms. Wexton thank you, mr. Speaker. As the member designated by mr. Mceachin, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Mceachin will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. And as the member designated by ms. Porter, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Porter will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Mr. Beyer as the member designated by mr. Rooney, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Rooney will vote no on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by ms. Moore, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Moore will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. As the member designated by mr. Lowenthal, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lowenthal will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. And as the member designated by mr. Lieu, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lieu will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Gallego as the member designated by representative kirkpatrick, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition . Ms. Brownley thank you, madam speaker. As the member designated by ms. Kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Kuster will vote yes on the blumenauer amendment. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 254, the nays are 163. The amendment is adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business<\/a> is the question on amendment 148 461 ted in house report 116 offered by the gentlewoman from illinois. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 148 printed in part b of house report 116461 offered by ms. Uptodatewood of illinois ms. Underwood of illinois. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from illinois. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States<\/a> house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Sires as the member designated by designated by mr. Pascrell, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Pascrell will underwood the amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Sires as the member designated by mr. Pascrell, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Pascrell will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Correa as the member designated by mrs. Napolitano, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mrs. Napolitano will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Ms. Brownley as the member designated by ms. Kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Kuster will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Ms. Matsui as the member designated by mr. Desaulnier, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Se dahl nay will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . As the member designated by representative kirkpatrick, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote yes on the underwood amendments. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom illinois seek recognition . As the member designated by. Grijalva of arizona, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Grijalva will vote aye on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts eek recognition . Ms. Clark as the member designated by ms. Frankel, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Frankel will vote yes on the underwood amendment. And as the member designated by ms. Pingree, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Pingree will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore uh for what purpose does the gentleman rom michigan seek recognition . Mr. Kildee as the member designated by mr. Horsford of nevada, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Horsford will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom maryland seek recognition . Mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom maryland seek recognition . Mr. Raskin as the member designated by mr. Pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Pocan will vote aye on the uns wood amendment. On the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . Mivemen as the member designated by mr. Peters of california, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Peters will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Good evening, mr. Speaker. As the member designated by by the honorable mr. James langevin of rhode island, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Langevin will vote yes on agreing to amendment 148 offered by representative underwood printed in house report 116461. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition . Ms. Underwood as the member designated by mr. Rush, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Rush will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Evans as the member designated by mr. Lawson of florida, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lawson will vote yea. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone as the member designated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mrs. Watson coleman will vote yes. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition . Ms. Wasserman schultz as the member designated by mr. Payne of new jersey, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Payne will vote yea on the will vote yea on the underwood amendment. Mr. Speaker, as the member designated by ms. Mucarselpowell of florida, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Mucarselpowell will vote yes on the underwood amendment. And, mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Hastings of florida, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Hastings will vote yea on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Lowenthal, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lowlow when that will will vote yes on the uns wood amendment. As the member designated by mr. Lieu, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Lieu will vote yes on the underwood amendment. As the member designated by ms. Moore, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Moore will vote yes on the underwoot amendment. As the member designated by mr. Rooney, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Rooney will vote no on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern as the member designated by mr. Welch of vermont, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition . Ms. Davids as the member designated by mr. Cleaver, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Cleaver will vote aye on the underwood amendment. As the member designated by mr. Clay, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Clay will vote aye on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition . Mrs. Hayes as the member designated by mrs. Wilson, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mrs. Wilson of florida will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Sherman mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Garamendi, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Garamendi will vote yes on the underwood amendment. As the member designated by mr. Khanna, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Khanna will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition . Mrs. Beatty as the member mrs. Lawrence, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mrs. Lawrence will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Jeffries as the member designated by chair obama ed chairwoman Eddie Bernice<\/a> johnson, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on the underwood amendment. As the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yea on the underwood amendment. As the member designated by chairman jerry nadler, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that chairman nadler will vote yea on the underwood amendment. As the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yea on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Cooper thank you, mr. Speaker. As the member designated by mr. Lipinski, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Ly pinsically vote yes mr. Lipinski will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition . Ms. Wexton thank you, mr. Speaker. As the member designated by mr. Mceachin, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that mr. Mceachin will vote yes on the underwood amendment. And as the member designated by ms. Porter, pursuant to House Resolution<\/a> 965, i inform the house that ms. Porter will vote yes on the underwood amendment. The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 234 the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 234, the nays are 181. The amendment is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Pursuant to clause 1c of rule 19, further consideration of. R. 7617 is postponed. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House Republican<\/a> conference i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk House Resolution<\/a> 1072, resolved that the llowing i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered read. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on House Administration<\/a> be discharged from further consideration of h. R. 7512 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 7512, a bill to rename the House Commission<\/a> on congressional mailing standards as the House Communications<\/a> standards commission, to extend the authority of the commission to regulate mass mailings of members an memberselect of the house of representatives to all unsolicited Mass Communications<\/a> of members after memberselect of the house, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to the consideration of the bill . Without objection, the bill is engrossed, read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the committee on House Administration<\/a> be discharged from further consideration of house concurrent resolution 92 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. The clerk house concurrent resolution 92, concurrent resolution authorizing the printing of a revised and updated version of the house document entitled women in congress 19172006. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to the consideration of the concurrent resolution . Without objection, the concurrentres. Solution agreaed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on House Administration<\/a> be discharged from further consideration of house joint resolution 87 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. The clerk house joint resolution 87. Joint resolution providing for the repoim of michael m. Litton as a citizen regent of the board of regents of the smithsonian institution. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to the consideration of the joint resolution . Without objection, the joint resolution is engrossed, read a third time, and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The chair will now entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . 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. Madam speaker, i rise to commemorate deacon William Francis<\/a> exave yore kaine. Deacon kaine served as an Army Intelligence<\/a> officer in vietnam. He received a bronze star and the soldiers medal for heroism in the war. When he came home, he became an f. B. I. Special agent and after a long career he went to Seminary School<\/a> and became a deacon for the archdiocese of boston. He ministered to inmates and learned span toish reach more people. Mr. Moulton later in life he organized Mission Trips<\/a> abroad. The dedeacon served us but we failed him. On may 10, he died from the coronavirus while under the care of the veterans administration. Ins among the 2,083 veterans the v. A. s care that this vire has killed. It is on us to use the pows of the body to protect veterans and everyone from this virus. We must get to the bottom of the mistakes at the v. A. That allowed the virus to spread. This is the least we can do for the memory of deacon William Francis<\/a> xavier kaine. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today to share a remarkable story of heroism by our First Responders<\/a> in pennsylvanias 12th congressional district. On the evening of saturday, february 15, 2020, in jersey shore, pennsylvania, a multiple alarm fire was reported at the Broadway Hotel<\/a> and restaurant, quickly engulfing the building and multiple residential apartments in the upper level os of the structure mr. Keller the situation escalated as there were reports of a man trapped on the third floor. The chief and assistant chief of the fire station and others took Decisive Action<\/a> knowing life was at stake. Under thick smoke and extreme heat the firefighters breached the structure, retrieved and extracted the victim, while stharing oxygen with the man due toover whelming conditions. Im happy to report the victim has recovered from the injuries and is undoubtedly alive today because of the bravery of these men. We can all sleep safer knowing there are dedicated and selfless First Responders<\/a> that stand ready to give their lives for ours. Thank you to the chief, assistant chief, firefighters jason clark and ronde lee, patrolman sean hummer and responding companies for the service and heroism in the line of duty. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. Thank you, madam speaker. Would like to recognize augustina maloufe on her many accomplishments. Mr. Van drew shes currently a freshman journalism mainly with a 4. 0 grade average. She is a member of the Competitive Dance Team<\/a> and practices 50 hours a week. She is the former miss new jerseys outstanding teen and is the current miss garden state. During this pandemic, she has made a Significant Impact<\/a> on our community. She not only organized the food drive for seniors to help deliver food to those in need, she was also making masks for cape regional and shore medical hospitals along with several Nursing Homes<\/a>. Augustina, you exemplify the virtues of compassion, honor, integrity, dignity and sincerity. Your family, friends and your community are proud of you. Thank you for your inspiration and god bless you. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . Mr. Davis madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. Mr. Davis madam speaker, i rise today to honor the life of Dennis Shackelford<\/a> who passed away last week. I got to know dennis very well during my First Campaign<\/a> for congress, when he ran for state representative in 2012. Though he was unsuccessful in his campaign, our friendship continued. Dennis was a Small Business<\/a> owner for 30 years, running Hallmark Stores<\/a> across central illinois. Including in my hometown of taylorville. After that successful career as a Small Business<\/a> owner, he continued working in the banking industry, in the springfield, illinois, area. He served his community, being elected to the Lincolnland Community College<\/a> board in 2013. And later he rose to chairman while serving students across central illinois. He was also elected a trustee for rochester township. Dennis was a great friend, deeply involved in his community, whether it was coaching baseball, youth baseball, mentoring high schoolers, and countless others throughout his life. My condolences extend to his wife, judy, his son, andrew, and his three daughters, amy, lindsey and emily, as well as his extended family. Dennis was one of a kind and will be deeply missed by all. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore are there any further requests for time . Under the speakers announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from texas, mr. Roy, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority eader. Mr. Roy thank you, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Roy i thank the speaker. I would like to yield as much time as the gentleman from california would like to consume. Thank you to my distinguished colleague from texas for yielding. I appreciate it. Madam speaker, i stand here this evening inspired. More specifically, im proud and im in awe of our American Space<\/a> program and the monumental step that they took this morning, with the launch of the perseverance mars rovinger on the back of and at lass 5 rocket. But the rovinger is just one element of this amazing story. You see, while humans have lived on this planet for millions of years, it was a mere 117 years ago when americans were the first to solve the mystery of sustained power flight in our own atmosphere. Thats a mere blink of an eye in the long arc of our planet and species history, now a few hours ago, we also launched a small helicopter named ingenuity that will ultimately fly in the atmosphere of another planet. Mr. Garcia madam speaker, we will operate a helicopter on mars. We will also collect samples of the martian terrain and eventually return those samples back to earth in about six years for further study. However, even while i and so many others applaud and celebrate these american successes, others question our pursuit of such endeavors amid the covid19 pandemic and the resulting economic challenges thereof. They see this endeavor as unnecessary to our survival. But my response to those individuals is simple. You havent been paying attention. You havent been paying attention to what makes this country the greatest country this world has ever seen. And as americans we carry an inherent desire to push ourselves forward through adversity. In mankinds evolutionary journey, from the caves all the way up now to mars, there is no greater enemy to the american spirit than complainsy and selfdoubt complacency and selfdoubt. When you look back on our nations history, the truth is theres always been a conflict or a reason not to reach further toward the next milestone ormond mental exploration. Or monumental exploration. But weve never let that stop us before and we cannot allow it to stop us now. With this mission to mars, we are inspired not only by the journey, not only by the machinery, not only by the technology and this Marvelous Team<\/a> that got us here, but by the very name of the rover vehicle, perseverance. You see, this mornings launch of this precious pay load, the combined efforts of the thousands of americans over the last 10 years working for nasa, the jet propulsion laboratory, the launch alliance and others, is about to pay off, despite the many technical challenges, as well as the challenges that covid19 produced. Just days after the 51st anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, we once again send American Hardware<\/a> beyond the surly bonds of earth toward another land mark mission landmark mission. And while we celebrate this achievement of American Innovation<\/a> and our ability to work through seemingly impossible problems, we must also remain vigilant. While our aim and our mission are admirable, not every country carries that same passion and desire for peaceful exploration. We need to look no further than the Chinese Communist<\/a> government and their willingness to antagonize us while continuing to increase their footprint in the vacuum of space. Madam speaker, they are not a nearpeer threat. They are in fact a peer threat, especially in this domain. And its too great a threat to our National Security<\/a> and the rest of the world to let their efforts go unmatched or uncontested. For the sake of science and the defense of our precious planet, we must persevere. What sets the United States<\/a> of america apart from the rest of the world is our resolve, our ingenuity, and our commitment to progress for noble missions. I spoke earlier of the american spirit. Thats a story of exploration and its a story we havent finished writing. We continue the next chapter so that our children and our chirneds children may know what it means childrens children may know what it means to succeed where others thought we would stumble. To accomplish what others thought was impossible. And as we meet here today, two astronauts continue to orbit overhead, thanks to a successful spacex rocket launch a couple of weeks ago that launched american astronauts from our soil to the International Space<\/a> station. Those astronauts will return in just a few short days and today we continue riding the store writing the story for future generations with yet another mission to mars unparalleled. To not only land on mars, but also fly a helicopter in the martian atmosphere, we should take pride in this. We can hold communist china accountable and limit its dangerous power grab. We can survive covid19 and develop and deliver a vaccine to our entire country, as well as the world. And we can continue to persevere on our quest to become a multiplanetary species. We can do all of the above and we will. History will not forgive us if we fail to do so. Madam speaker, this evening i say godspeed to the Perseverance Team<\/a> and the thousands who have supported todays successful launch. With over a decade of preparation, today they demonstrated the true meaning of american perseverance. Thank you, madam speaker. And i yield back to the gentleman from texas. Hank you, sir. Mr. Roy i thank the gentleman from. The news these days isnt always filled with the positive things we ought to be celebrating as americans and great accomplishments were achieving together. The great accomplishments were achieving on a completely nonpartisan basis, and advancing our continued exploration. I think Jim Bridenstine<\/a> is a friend of mine. Just thrilled of what hes doing with nasa. Certainly thrilled to be seeing that were returning to space vigorously. And that were doing so actively and just appreciate their service. I love the rich tradition, the connection between nasa and our military. I know youre a veteran of our United States<\/a> navy. I thank you for your service. And appreciate your joining me here tonight. Madam speaker, i come down here tonight for a few reasons. First of all, a few weeks ago a young lady, 20yearold, named rebecca went, was campaigning in west texas with another young fellow from Trinity University<\/a>. I represent Trinity University<\/a> in san antonio. I got a call from my staff assistant, jonah went, that his sister had been killed an hour or two before in a car accident in west texas. And i will have more to say about rebecca in the future. But she was a bright star and a great defender of this country, out working hard, volunteering as many of our young folks do on campaigns. She was a member of the Young Conservatives<\/a> of texas, she was majoring in history. And she and another young fella, again, ill talk more about tyler, was with her. They were out trying to make this country better. They were out trying to get someone they believed in elected. They were trying to change this country for the better, by standing up for texas, standing up for this country. And i want to celebrate her life and again i want to do it more in the future. But her brother, jonah, and his twin brother, manfred, are very dear to me and worked hard on my campaign two years ago and are continuing to serve for this serve in this country, as well as searching in support of me serving in support of me. I mention that because i do want to talk more about it another time. But i mentioned that because it got me to thinking about what this is all about. What were doing. Now, for those few people at home watching on cspan, im here alone mostly in the chamber, with the exception of the speaker, my friend from california. And i think about rebecca and i think about all of those Young Americans<\/a> out there working hard every day, trying to get someone electriced or go fight for what they believe elected or go fight for what they believe in. Thats what this is about. This is the peoples house. This is the house of representatives. Its really unbelievable institution when you think about it, what it meant in the history of the world. I was in Independence Hall<\/a> on july 2. I went up there because i wanted to be up there when i was watching so many of our monuments and so many of our statues under attack. And its not the marble, its not the mortar, its not the bricks that matter. It was the ideals represented there. So i went up to yps hall and it was on july 2 Independence Hall<\/a>, and it was on july 2. Which many know is the day we separated from the crown. The actual vote. The folks there were very kind to me. They were closed down because of the virus. They were very kind, though, and allowed me to go into Independence Hall<\/a>. So i had the great blessing of being in Independence Hall<\/a> on july 2, 244 years to the day of the vote. And then i got to go over to the other room which is a different room where the first five congresses of the United States<\/a> met. And that of course we have a history of moving on to different capitols. We moved here. Weve been in this chamber for 100 years or something in this chamber. And this peoples house in my opinion is failing the people of the United States<\/a>. Im going to say that again. The peoples house, the 435 representatives that make up this half of congress, 1 2 of 1 3 of the federal government is failing the American People<\/a>. It is failing the American People<\/a> because we literally never debate. We literally never offer amendments and have any debate here on this floor. We are ruled by a handful of folks who make rooms in back chambers, drop bills on the floor of the house and then demand we come down and vote on them. By the way, that is both democrats and republicans. The peoples house is supposed to be the peoples house. We are supposed to actually debate. Engage. You want to know why things are so broken. Its because if you even dare think about offering an amendment to a bill, you got to go some rules committee to get blessed to be able to even have the ability to offer it. Youll get shot down at the rules committee and then theres never any debate. What kind of a peoples house is that . I would posit that it is not one. We have so many issues right now. That its tearing our country apart. That are tearing our country apart. Why . Because there is no leadership coming from the representatives sent to washington to represent he people. None. If there are leadership, we would have debate and come up with ideas and offer up solutions and then hammer them out. We would sit down at a small table like a family and balance a budget. We would have a debate about the proper policy to deal with the pandemic instead of politicizing the virus. In what universe do you politicize a virus . That is what the leaders of what this leaders have done. What on earth has happened that we are now deciding how we make policy based on polls and reactions what the president and speaker has. It is amazing. The needle moves when president obama said we ought to open up our schools. Why might that be important . Yp. How about the working class america caps are trying to get their children educated. Why are we pointing fingers . But thats what were doing. But it is easy for the la tmp te americans running saying im going to get my drink but somebody serving me and those people serving me, how are think going to get their kids educated. It aint going to be. Can i tell you what they are doing in austin, texas . They say we cant open our schools until late september but dont worry, allow the y mmpcrmp arch to go in and hold a group to watch Virtual Education<\/a> and im seeing teachers saying, we dont want to do the Virtual Education<\/a> either rment. And President Trump<\/a> said we should open our schools and have a 20 swing. And what universe is that statement by the president change what we should be doing in the peoples house in opening our schools . Yet, that is what is happening. We have a current environment where the very rule of law that atracts people to come here is being trampled upon by people by selfidentifying as marksist but people who are ravaging cities and undermining the safety of a community of our cities, our states, our homes. Federal court house being targeted and burned in portland. Now what happens . It becomes poll it sized. And what universe is that political. Go look at anything i have said about respecting states or powers that are making decisions . There is another point the constitution talks about what we are supposed to do as a nation of defending the rule of law. The federal government should defend the courthouse. To say otherwise is patently absurd. What did our democratic colleagues when the attorney germ was here but sit there and lk over him and mock him and relentlessly stand on the of lawless marksist instead of standing up along side our Law Enforcement<\/a> . And what are we doing . Hat are we doing as a country. 6 30 tonight and three votes tomorrow and then head home and be home for our august while our businesses burn while millions of america caps done have jobs. Why are we going to adjourn and 15 out of the last few days. It is an embarrassment what has become of the peoples house. We should be ashamed. We should be ashamed we are not doing the work of the america cab people and we should be ashamed we are not sitting down at the table and working through the issues of the day. Based on the rule of law, based on the constitution and the declaration, based on our job as representatives to represent the people of the United States<\/a>. Our Police Officers<\/a> stand up to defend the rule of law. People come from all off the globe here. Why . Is it for what was enumerated in the bill of rights or what was laid out in the declaration of independence, those unalienable rights . It is all of those things that we should be fighting to strive o reach those ideals that we will never reach because we are flawed men and women, my faith teaches me but the ideals we will constantly strive to reach. When i went to Independence Hall<\/a>, i will never back away defending the United States<\/a> of america. And i did a video. Im not going to back away from defending our history. I went to the Jefferson Memorial<\/a> and linchingon memorial and i took my son and daughter to mount verpon to saw the father of our home, jorming washington where i taught my children about the greatness of our first president. It is important that part, una poll get iically to talk about the father of our country. We are all flawed. We always will be because we are men and women. We are made in the image of god but we are not god. And thank the lord that he sent s son so that i might have eternal life because i am flawed. But we should not look at our country with shame or disregard because we made mistakes. Yet, the other side of the aisle seems hell bept on tearing down this great country, brick by brick, statute by statute, burned by word of our anthem. Ts a mockery of this house. How in earth can you explain to a veteran who is missing limbs and bled in the middle east or bled in normandy or bled in the pacific, how can you explain to a veteran that our country is bad . Our country is not bad. Our country is great. Our country has done more for more men and more women than any other nation in the history of the world. Ill debate that anywhere, any time with anyone who cares to have a debate in this socalled peoples house. Will not sit here and listen to supposed representatives of his country tear her down. Right now, we have people who are hurting because of the virus. People who are hurting because they lost jobs and businesses are out of business and streets that have been turned down because we allowed looting to occur because in the false name of justice. What are we doing for them . Adjourning. Heading them to cam paper so people can score political points. People said i said i shouldnt work with other members on other side of the aisle . Why . Because they dont want to avoid to score political points. I know that has happened on the other side of the aisle. Dean phillips, a very good man and i worked together and dean to his great credit because he is a great gentlemen, because we were working on the political part. So i introduced the bill. It was going to move through this chamber. But it couldnt be in the name of the republican freshman from tech as who is in a district that might be on the hot list for the d crmp cc. Cop insidens. And they took the same language and dropped it into another ball from my friend from minnesota and put it under his name and it passed 4171. Congressman massie, im looking at you with a little bit of love. Why . This is what the American People<\/a> are sick and tired of. They are literally just sick of it. We can disagree and we are going to disagree. Dean and i disagree. The speaker and i disagree. But we also disagree. Was proud to join with dean, three republicans and independents. You can guess who the independent was. Why . To write an op ed in the Washington Post<\/a> that said, maybe we should think it. Now, do i have all the answers what we should do in iraq, syria, and afghanistan . I do not. Its ok to say you dont have all the answers, but just maybe we should take men and women who werent alive when we passed them. Just a couple of weeks ago, we had a 12tour veteran, i think a marine, i think who killed himself. 12 tours, ladies and gentlemen. What are we doing. Why are we having a debate about that . And with respect to my friends on this side of the aisle, endless wars is not an answer. Ither is allowing bad actors allowed to run amuck around the world. So why must it always be when we get to budget time, we are going to do this and spend more money and keep the wars going, whatever doffed wants and the other side of the aisle, and whatever, we dont car about it. Lets get it done and you get what you want and spend another extra trillion dollars. It sounds kind of quaint. It sounds kind of quaint. I dont and know where we are. Does anybody has the first clue what our deficit is going to be this year . We done have a clue, because we are spending money happened over fmp ist . Why . Because we are trying to deal with the pandemic because they are causing the damage that we are trying to bail out. State and local governments taking actions which are tanta mount and they walk away and shake their hands and say the federal government will bail them out. Governors, mayors, sorry bars d sorry, artists you have to shut down. Sorry churches, you cant worship. Madam speaker, im sitting here in this chamber what the house of representatives will actually represent. We dont gomp. Thats not what we do in america. We represent. We each represent whatever we represent, 800,000 people. And we are here to reach at some point of actual responsible leadership and do our job. But i got to but i have to Say Something<\/a> here. The president of the United States<\/a>, he draws a lot of fire. The president of the United States<\/a> ran in 2016 on what . Build the wall. Drain the swamp. What does drain the swamp mean . I would tell you that whatever you think of the president , drain the swamp means everything im just talking about and a thousand other things that are irritating the American People<\/a> every single day about why this government and particularly this congress , why do its job bureaucrats stand in the way of what the people want, why judges make up the law, why congress cant balance the budget. Thats the swamp. The swamp represents the frustration of an american , while extremely willing to be to have people come to this country with open arms, also want their border to be secure. They dont want cartels running the border. They dont want 900,000 people coming to our border and having to deal with it. They dont want cartels to abuse women and children on the journey. Thats the state of our border. And the president of the United States<\/a> is thro say we should have a secure border and what happened . Colleagues on the other side of the aisle went to the border and lied about the state of the border with respect to kids in cages and kids drinking out of toilets. I went there. My chief of staff went down there the week after, claims after claims were made about kids drinking out of toilets. And there were toilets that have water fountains attached to them. But this is the hyperbole that drives Public Opinion<\/a> and gets out in social media and undermines the one thing that almost all americans understand is critically important and thats to have Border Security<\/a> where cartels dont run our border. That is not a controversial statement. But by the way, its not just my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. Theres a whole lot of people on my side of the aisle who live to sit there at the rio grande and have a little sign that says no trespassing, then they wink, wink, nod, nod and over here they have a help wanted sign. How about we have an honest conversation about what a secure border looks like . Why dont we sit down at a table and actually do that. Im sick and tired of republicans who 10 years ago were saying to those of us who thought we should have a secure border, because we knew what was happening and we saw what the cartels were doing and we saw the horrors of Human Trafficking<\/a> and we saw the dead bodies in deserts, and people in our own party were saying, well, fences were 19th century solution to a 20th century problem. Now because its a politically charged things, the president s for it and has become partisan, the, well, yeah, were all for it. When are we going to do our job, republicans and democrats, to do that . Secure the border of the United States<\/a> . Not because we dont want to welcome immigrants. But because its the responsible thing for a government to do . Cartel run let the the border in the rio grande valley, but that is precisely what were doing. Why would we allow fentanyl to pour across the border . Why would we allow addicts in our country to have a constant supply coming through from mexico across our border, through texas, through arizona, through to california . Why would we do that . It defies all rationality. It makes no sense. Yet thats what we do. And the American People<\/a> are sick and tired of it. Giving credit where its due, the president of the United States<\/a> has tried to attack that problem. And hes met resistance from the swamp at every turn. Hes met resistance from my democratic colleagues, met resist frens bureaucrats at d. H. S. , met resistance from bureaucrats throughout the administration. When hes trying to do what the American People<\/a> elected him to o. We stand up saying we should defend the rule of law and stand beside Law Enforcement<\/a>, what happens . The swamp pushes back. Says, no, we cant do that. Heaven for bid we have federal forbid we have federal Law Enforcement<\/a> protecting a federal courthouse. Who would have thought . The swamp pushes back. Right now were facing the struggles that were dealing with with respect to the pandemic. I suspect my friend from arizona is here to talk a little bit about data about that. I could be wrong. I think im right. Theres a lot of stuff that we should be looking at about this virus. Its a virus. Its not something you bottle up into a tupperware container and put on the shelf. Its a virus. Its out. Its among us. Its in all 50 states. Its in every city and town. Its a virus. What are we going to do as a country to work through it . Could youer in fear . Be afraid cower in fear . Be afraid to actually look at the data . Be afraid to actually talk to doctors who might have an opposing or different view than the powers that be at the c. D. C. Or the n. I. H. . Let me be clear. I dont know dr. Fauci, other than having interacted with him in a hearing or a setting like this. I dont know dr. Burks, other than similarly engaging as an dr. Birks, other than similarly birx, other than engaging as an official. But theyre not an elected member of congress or of the senate. Why are we having hearings with alternative, different views from other health professionals, other doctors . There is a large number of doctors, not insignificant, with differing opinions. Someone at stanford university, someone else at stanford, oxford put out recent reports. Yale. Talking about the possible efficacy and success with h. C. Q. H. C. Q. Im not a doctor. I dont know whether h. C. Q. Works. But id like to know. And id like to have the right to try. Why is it in the United States<\/a> of america, a supposedly free country, a doctor cannot prescribe h. C. Q. In certain circumstances . Or why are states preventing that or why are doctors at the c. D. C. Or n. I. H. Preventing that . When theres evidence, studies to the contrary. When its sold off the shelf in other countries around the world because its a malaria medicine . Why would we not have a debate about that . You have doctors going across the street at the Supreme Court<\/a> of the United States<\/a>, doing a press conference. I dont know them. But theyre doctors. M. D. s. And they give a press conference saying how they hink h. C. Q. Works. As a prophylactic. What happens . Its censored by big tech. Shut down as being potentially misleading. Does that not concern my colleagues on the other side of the aisle . Thats a genuine question that i actually would like to know the answer to. But i wont know because the 200someodd colleagues are out doing whatever theyre doing right now, going to dinner, doing their thing, well come in here tomorrow, rush through three votes. We wont actually debate it, will we . We will not actually debate it. Instead everybody will go to twitter, everybody will go do press conferences. People will point, theyll call doctors crazy, theyll say its no good. And well never know. Or we wont know unless we fight through it to try to figure it out ourselves. Not doing the hard work of this body to figure out whether h. R. C. H. C. Q. Is a good prophylactic or not. Again, im not advocating for it. Im advocating for its unbelievable to have to say this im advocating for actually invest investigating it, debating it, finding the truth, and not censoring it. But thats whats happening. Why are we always saying how bad were doing as a country right now . For the longest time, were not testing, he would not testing, were not testing. Weve done over 50 million tests. Are they the right tests . Are we testing the right way . Maybe we should have a good, robust debate about that. But weve had over 50 million tests. Were testing at a rate only surpassed by i think three other countries. I think were fourth, could be wrong. I think thats right. The rate, the testing. Were fourth. We have 50 million tests. More than any other country in the world. Were testing by the thousands in texas. All the eyes have been recently on florida and texas and arizona and, again, im sure my friend from arizona will have some data on this. But these states, which have had, yes, an increase in the last several weeks, tragically were concerned, were watching it, our governors all over it, were paying attention to it. But its become a political football. And the total numbers in all of those states still pale in comparison to new york and new jersey in terms of fatalities. And i have no real interest in sitting here and pointing fingers at the democratic governor of new york or the mayor of new york, talking about how they failed versus how we succeeded or not succeeded or whatever. Why are we doing that . Why arent we just sitting down together and working together to try to figure out what the right policies are . Dare i talk about masks . Am i allowed to talk about masks . Its a genuine question. Am i actually allowed to talk about masks . You have the speaker of the house of representatives said, by the way, putting aside our constitutional duty to represent our constituents and vote on the floor of this house, that somehow that is a breach of decorum. And oh, by the way, im sure all the 12 viewers of this, when they take their viewers, my opponent will say, oh, hes an antimasker. Ive had this mask since april. I have a filter in here. Its a real good mask. Not one of those flimsy little cotton masks which were by the way made fun or said were inadequate by the n. I. H. Five years ago in a study. Yet we go around. As long as you virtue signal youre wearing a cotton mask, everyone says, arent you really important . Arent you just loving your country . Are we doing what were supposed to do . To actually make our country safer . Does anybody here know for certainty . Does anybody know when im sitting on an airplane and the guy two rows over has a cotton mask kind of dangling down, its just sitting there, and oh, the Flight Attendant<\/a> says, good job. Got your mask on. Is that making me safer . How about when you wear an n95 masks with those little valves, have we gotten around to saying, oh, no, we raced to get those, but no, you got valve, its kicking too much air out. Thats going to hurt people. Why am i saying all that . Im not saying dont wear a mask. What im saying is for goodness sake, this isnt the gospel handed down as to what precisely is the right way to do it, when our own doctor fauci was questioning masks a mere month ago. When our own n. I. H. Was questioning it. When there was a report after report about it. When denmark and sweden and finland and all these other countries arent wearing masks. Oh, no, hes talking about masks. Hes an antimasker. Thats what its all about now. Get on twitter, bash somebody, theyre a nutball. When are we going to look at the data and try to do the things that we need to do to lead this country forward . Do we know what were doing to children right now . Do we have any idea . Our own c. D. C. Director talking about the number of suicides outpacing the number of deaths from covid. I love my 10yearold son. I love my 9yearold daughter. I would give my life for them at any given moment, but theyre going back to school on august 20. Ecause its good for them. But there are so many children in this country who are not going to be going back to school because we have scared the bejeezus out of the entire country. Were america. We cured polio, we put a man on the moon. We beat nazi germany, we beat japan. And were cowering in the orner about a virus. Lets look at the numbers. Lets protect the elderly. Lets protect the people in Nursing Homes<\/a>. But for goodness sake, lets open our schools. And dont let teachers unions hide behind a virus to pretend they dont want something else. When they do. And we know they do. The president of the United States<\/a> ought to call in some of the folks and other doctors to talk about the science. Lets have a full discussion. Lets show the American People<\/a> they can go back to work and school and we are destroying our economy, the greatest economy in the history of the world. 45 of black businesses have gone out of business out of the last five months of the you want to talk about black lives mattering. How about those 45 pf businesses . That doesnt look good on the moupped nor Major League Baseball<\/a> or on the back of a jersey of the n bmp arch or helmets. Who cares about those families that are destroyed because businesses are gone. But thats what we are doing. By our own judgment and own decision, and we should be ashamed. The peoples house. Look at it. Its empty. I dont know who is running your crmp span cameras. Show the pements house sikeling your house of representatives to come in like robe ots walk out d vote and spend all day taking. T not vote and and some of those are voting from their homes, using proxy voting with the proxy vote. Im glad you asked. Proxy vote isnt when they are not doing their constitutional duty. They are siting at home and telling another member to vote for them. Our constitution does president provide for that. In 1793, they were fighting for yellow fever. 10 . They found a way to meet. Washington, madison, jefferson, adams and debating how can we do this. Aven forbid we adhere to the constitution. Have a duty to be in this chamber. E have survived wars and pandemics. My dad is a survivor of poll yeoh. He walks with a limp but he is 77 years old and alive because his mom. She lost my grandfather when my dad was seff yep and my grandmother finding out my dad has poll yeoh and he came home because his dad was in the Pacific Theater<\/a> and my grandmother was the county clerk and helps my dad and goes to therapy, he was the first on to go to college. Its the american story. Its the american story. We ought to be proud to push and champion. But instead, we are siting here in an empty chamber voteing on things that will have no chance of becoming law and these Appropriations Bills<\/a> have no chance of becoming law, we know it and showing the American People<\/a> that we are doing something. You want to know what the swamp is . Its that. Its a disease. We have to do something when we are doing literally nothing. Thats what this chamber is about. And it should be about something about better, more and bigger. We can disagree about certain issues and policies rgs but why cant we come foge to balance a budget or fight a pandemic without politicizing it . Were ts precisely what doing. I think nine years ago last i have how much time do left . The speaker pro tempore the ntleman has 14 minutes remaining. Mr. Roy nine years eeg, i was in an emergency room in austin, tech as, i had fluid in my lungs and i didnt know what was going on and found out two days later and it turned out to be stage lymphoma. Kins mind. As scared out of her i remember the calls. I cant believe it is nine years. Governor perry couldnt have been a better. I went down and did a trial droug which is the standard of care and im alive of that and because of the doctors. And i remember when going through that. You dont know what the outcome. And wasnt until october that the cancer was cleared and you your it changes perspective. Now, everybody in this chamber is personally dealt with Something Like<\/a> that. I captain imagine what my friend appedy barr is going through and losing his wife and representative lewis is going through and i captain imagine what representative nadler is going through. We deal with these kinds of things. That was intensely personally, getting cancer diagnosis at age 39. The rope i bring it up here is because, as i think through this a us right now, i mean, its virus. I know its bad. I know its scary and people have lost loved ones but our action to it has not it does not represent the greatness of our country in our pip. I dont mean that we are not testing enough or not getting out announcements about masks but loved ones who are dying alone. They arerfectly clear, not dying alone. No local judge, no local mayor, no local governor, no president , no member of this body is going to stop me from seeing my loved one, but thats because im stubborn but forcing that on a lot of people who dont know how to fight a system. Why we would allow that to happen in america . Why . But thats what were doing. Why what we are doing to children . Out of fear. Again, i promised myself i would lay everything i have to save this republic for my kids and grand kids and my son and daughter who are here with me this week, but i would be doing them a disservice if i held them back from going to school. And i know the arguments, the teachers and take it home to someone else. You can look at the data. Look at who is likely to get hit about this virus. We should be adults. We are leaders. We set the tone. Fear is not the tone we should be seting as a nation. Thats precisely what were doing. We shouldnt let be doing what we are doing to children. I talked about cancer. I was blessed that i got a diagnosis at stage three. What if i had been sick this year . What if it had gotten into my bones with stage four. Thats happening to americans right now. Do we ever talk about that on e floor or talking about 150,000 americans dead because it is the. Why arent we talking the uicide rates and the veteran suicides are increasing. People feeling alone, scarring our children. That is not what a great country does. And we are a great country and we should start act like it act. What we should be doing. Lets secure the border and not allow the swamp. Lets stand up. Dont burn down buildings. Lets stand up in the face of the virus and damn well defeat it. Its who we are as a people. It is in our founding and through all the wars and previous paps. It will just tap into it. This should not be partisan. Ill look at both directions when i say that. It should not be partisan. I cannot believe we are sitting an environment that a virus has become partisan but that is precisely what we have done. Im not going to take up too much time. I suspect, i didnt bring up my charts or bring up numbers ecause i couldnt bring up numbers. The gentleman from arizona will do well. I do know this, we are a great country and doing great things to combat this virus. I know when my physician, when i grew him, a great man, he p in syria, i asked him, doctor, im stage three, i have a four month old and three month old and im 39 and he looked at me. And he said im not go to go give you a percentage. Said its zero percent or 100 . Choose 100 . When are we going to choose 100 . When are we are going to basis r on a nonpartisan choose 100 behind this country and standing along side Law Enforcement<\/a> and 100 that we are go to go have our kids go back to school and lift our economy up and going to prove that the 21st century is the best century and we are facing these things head on. Thats what 100 means. Thats what being an american means. I thank the speaker. Yield back. The speaker pro tempore under the speakers announced policy f january 3, 2019, the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. Schweikert. The gentleman is recognized until 10 00 p. M. Mr. Schweikert as we get oursed rganized in our new mechanism. Mr. Schweikert we know we are in an Election Year<\/a> and passions are running high. We know we have the environment where our economy is hurting. If you saw the unemployment numbers this morning. Vibrant numbers how it was last quarter, you could have your heart ache. We have mills i dont know, sir of our brothers and sisters outside these walls who are hurting. And there is that frustration of e care, we want something that works. Originally i was going to bring in all this data of what weve learned about who gets sick and whodunit get sick. And those who doesnt get sick and those thing. And i realized things. And i realized, maybe thats not what we should do. I was going to do just a couple data points and talk about pieces of legislation that should be easy for us, that actually would help our brothers and sisters out there in dealing with the coronavirus, in dealing with the economic devastation thats brought to us. And providing sort of some of the basic mechanisms. None of them are panaceas, but its good policy. But can i start with one thing just so we have this, and forgive me, its a little awkward how were having to do this now that we have our proper social distancing mechanism. If we look at our fellow americans that weve lost, since the pandemic, you know, family members, mothers and fathers, grand mass and grand pass who passed away grandmas and grandpas who passed away. 45 of them were actually in a nursing home or hospicetype care that had been their death certificates make it clear that there was covid as part of it. So if you actually had that as a data point, im hoping we can sort of think through who are the most vulnerable in our society, and do we continue to tell, share the message that if youre in some of these vulnerable groups, if youre in he nursing home, its risky . Theres a concentration of where resources should go, what we can do. And this whats an interesting baseline for those who actually have great interest in the numbers, for myself in maricopa county, arizona, our nursing home fatality rate is at 39 . Of the fatalities. Theres other places where its over 50 . Using that actually is a benchmark. F the National Number<\/a> is 45 of the fatalities from covid come from Nursing Homes<\/a> or those types of facilities, if youre above that, you really need to think about how youre treating that population, how youre working with that care delivery network. If youre below it, maybe you have a sense youre going the right direction. But these are the types of things we need to be sharing with people around the country to understand that if youre 25 ars old, the chance of you losing your life and we dont want anyone getting sick, but youre well under 1 . How do you and this is something i do a lot of presentations here on the floor , and i didnt bring all charts because i just didnt want to overwhelm the conversation, is allocation of resources. If your community, when you pull up your zip code map, and in arizona were doing a really good job of this heat map, where you can see where were having outbreaks. How do we actually share because we provided resources, maybe we need to provide more, you know, technology or other things, but if you see in the heat map that this neighborhood, this part of your community is having an outbreak , why dont we have almost outreach into that community . Why dont we have people knocking on the door saying, do you have a mask . Do you understand all the little rules . Do you understand the sunday barbeque in the backyard with everyone in the neighborhood probably isnt a brilliant idea . I really want us to communicate the idea that where the devastation is, but also how do we be proactive . How do we get out there, instead of doing some of the craziness of, well, everythings shut down. Whether youre in communities where we cant find efficacy of transmissions, to where we see some pretty tough numbers. So thats actually one of the things weve been trying to communicate to the professionals in arizona, is sort of how do we reach out to where we see the problems . In arizona recently we had the federal government provide testing in some of the hardest hit areas. And we hope some of those numbers help. These other economic numbers that are really tough, because some is getting on the cusp of being partisan and im going to beg for my brothers and sisters on the left and those of us on the right to back away from it and actually sort of think it through. We actually have built a number of charts and were trying to build more data of whats going to happen if schools arent able to find a safe way to open up. Do you actually know what happens to longterm incomes of females in the country . These are things people dont necessarily think about. But we can show you, and were working on it, because were trying to make sure we are getting our math right, that by not having the daycare facilities and our schools open, it turns out the moms and dads, but particularly the moms that work, that may now have lost several months of being in the workplace, it actually has an effect on their entire future working careers, income potential, if not their Social Security<\/a> and other things. We need to understand the totality of the decisions were making. And this was just a chart i grabbed because i thought the information was interesting. But the compound effects of when were not able to come up with a safe method to open up our schools, you actually start to see that for particularly moms, it looks like the numbers, they lose about half their working time, but we can even we even found another set of numbers that 19 of those who are actually Health Care Workers<\/a> cant be there providing those services. We dont seem to stop and take a step backward saying, on one hand were talking about how desperately we need Health Care Workers<\/a> in facilities and places that are having a tough time, oh, by the way, were not going to come up with a safe way for education, for daycare to open up, you do realize that actually just reduced your Health Care Workers<\/a> by 19 . We havent been taking a step backward and think being this holistically. And thats why im going to walk through a couple of the pieces of legislation weve introduced in the last couple weeks. We think were trying to come up with ways to help. And in the future were going to talk more about this on the effects on the children. I have a little girl thats about to turn 5. She passed her test to get early enrollment into kindergarten. When i go home, you can just see almost how desperate she is to be with other little kid. She loves mommy and daddy. But apparently we dont play he same way as other 4 1 2yearoldyearolded, 5yearolds. What will be the longterm effect in her ability to socialize . What the effect . We came across and we havent been title of the bill vet it yet, so im going to say it but understand we havent vetted the numbers. Of high schoolage that would that would pass away or will pass away from the coronavirus compared to the increase of high schoolage suicides. And the not being able to have services, not be able to have counseling, not be able to have social relationships. And i know these are sometimes really uncomfortable numbers to try to, a, get accurate, but even talk about. We got to find a way to understand decisions were making over here, are we ultimately doing more damage to the people in our country and this is more than the economy, its peoples mental health, their economic future, their future earning powers. And just societal cohesion. So lets actually talk about some things i think that are both optimistic and opportunities. So, one of the things that happened when we started to do some of the emergency legislation on the pandemic. For some of the staff thats here, you know theres a handful of us who have been pounding the doors around here for years about expanding telemedicine. And oddly enough, i know this sounds crazy right now, but telemedicine in the past has been a controversial subject here. Because it disrupts some of the medical Delivery Business<\/a> mod medical Delivery Business<\/a> model. We have lots of lobbists here in washington, d. C. That dont like washington, d. C. , that dont like telemedicine because its another avenue of competition. But we did it. We took a piece of legislation that mr. Thompson and i have had, grabbed some of the language and thats actually the law right now. Except for one catch. When the pandemic is declared over, that expanded authorization of telemedicine goes away. So were getting a living test right now. Whats fascinating is if you and i go back to 2019, only about 11 of health care consumers, you and i, 11 in 2019, used telemedicine. In the last few months, were actually seeing it around 46 of folks that need some type of medical advice or doctor visit. Theyre actually using telemedicine. Weve just proven it works. And theres actually some amazing data coming in that the ability to make it very costeffective. The ability to find out the satisfaction levels. Turns out that people are more satisfied with many of their telemedicine visits than when they go visit the doctors office. And it turns out also that the actual facetime with that medical professional actually is longer in telemedicine than when youve gone to the doctors office. So we need to understand these things because when we get , will we s pandemic understand that telemedicine isnt scary, we need to find a way to extend it, make it permanent, and actually expand what it deaf its definition is . So, look, we have some great data thats coming in that this is working. This is one of the things we did bipartisan, on something that we couldnt get done for years. Its happening right now. And so weve introduced a piece of legislation that will just make it so when the pandemic is declared over, telemedicine nt ended in its new reimbursements, in its efficacy, in its availability. I want to go further. I actually believe the future of telemedicine is more than just picking up your phone and talking to a medical professional or facetime. I also think its the body sensors you can put on that produce data from your body, that the algorithm can be calculating, that it will find out if theres something wrong, the medical professional can call you. So were going to try to see if we can expand that definition to even the technology out there because this is one of our arguments that weve been making here. That as republicans and democrats, weve been having the wrong debate about health care. We keep debating on who should pay, who should get subsidized. And were not having enough of the debate on what technology, what are the things we can do that would actually change the price . Changing the price is what makes health care much more available. Not a constant debate on who should end up being paid paying and who should be subsidizing. So, look, this piece of legislation has been dropped and im very grateful. Thank you for those who are helping us cosponsor it. We want to see more. Another thing. As were having that discussion how do you start to open up society, how do you open up your community, how do you open up the little businesses in your neighborhood, many of them need to be able to put up that plastic shield. Theyre going to need to be able to buy protective equipment or ways to sterilize it, those things. Weve come up with a tax credit idea for those businesses. Its 50 of their costs, particularly for testing. You want to test your employees . But its not the tax credit that at the end of the year, next year you might get some money. Well do it as a tax credit off your payroll. And the benefit of that is certain businesses, every couple weeks, every month, theyre turning in their fica, their payroll tax, they can get the credit right there so the cash flow is available to go pay for testing, pay for things that make their businesses safe. So as they start to invite their teams, their employees back, its a way to make sure theyre staying safe. The other one and this is a big deal. And this one i think actually both republicans and democrats will embrace. Were going to geek out just a tiny bit. When the a. C. A. Passed, most folks know it as obamacare, one of the mechanisms in there was the ability to deduct your medical expenses was going to go up over time to 10 of your adjusted gross income. And for a lot of seniors, that was going to be pretty tough. When we did tax reform, we actually extended the 7. 5 of your adjusted gross income, when you hit that level, the next 1 you could start to deduct off your taxes. For a couple of years. But the fact of the matter is its scheduled to go up to 10 of your adjusted gross income, your medical expenses, before you can start to deduct them. In a time like this, in a time when we all talk about health care and the fiscal, the financial stresses and impacts that puts on our family, lets do this. For the next two years, lets make it 5 . So if you have medical expenses that youre paying for, you hit the 5 , you get you can actually take it and after that ell keep it at the 7. 5 . Last one, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Schweikert thank you for your patience. Ell come back next the speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4b, the house stand","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia801903.us.archive.org\/30\/items\/CSPAN_20200730_223000_U.S._House_of_Representatives_U.S._House_of_Representatives\/CSPAN_20200730_223000_U.S._House_of_Representatives_U.S._House_of_Representatives.thumbs\/CSPAN_20200730_223000_U.S._House_of_Representatives_U.S._House_of_Representatives_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240716T12:35:10+00:00"}