The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 24, 2014. I hereby appoint the honorable john j. Duncan jr. To act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip imited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise this morning to urge, indeed to plead with my colleagues to cosponsor Bipartisan Legislation that representative kinzinger and i will have this afternoon which will allow the United States to bring our afghan allies to safety here in the United States. Earlier this week senators mccain and she houston introduced identical legislation in the other body. The need for this bill is urgent. Indeed, congress should have acted yesterday. Thats because the state department has confirmed now theyve completely run out of the visas we authorized in december. Anyway, thats good news. Remember how in previous years the state and other agencies never remotely came close to using the visas that were authorized. They consigned these poor souls to bureaucratic hell. Processing was so slow and abysmal that only 32 of our afghan allies received a visa in 2012. People were left in limbo or worse while the taliban hunted them down, kidnaped their siblings, murdered their parents, capturing them, tore during, beheading them torturing, beheading them. But the administration had significant reform in the program and the agency has aggressively attacked the visa eligible backlog. But despite processing, on average 400 visas since january, years of a failed system means that today there remains an astonishing 6,340 brave men and women waiting in limbo. If congress does not act before we adjourn for the august recess, that means well be slamming the door to safety for hundreds of our afghan allies and their families. With each day that passes, these are people whose lives and those of their families are left to the tender mercies of the taliban seeking revenge. Mr. Speaker, representative kinzinger and i have a nonpartisan, fully paid for bill. House leadership willing that could pass on the floor in the blink of an eye. All we have to do, what we must do is choose to make it a priority. Remember, weve done this before. Reforms that enabled the program to work passed as an amendment to the National Defense authorization act on this floor by, i found an inspiring 4233 margin. Passing this bill is not only the right thing to do for these poor souls, its in our own National Security interest. As secretary kerry pointed out in urging congress to grant more visas, the way a country winds down a war in a farahway place and stands by those faraway place and stands by those that help us in the fight sends a powerful message to the world that is not soon forgotten. Whether or not you supported the wars in iraq or afghanistan, what matters now is where we stand in keeping our commitments. This bill authorizing an additional 1,000 visas for the balance of this current fiscal year is a bandaid but a critical one. Were going to have to act again in the coming months to deal with fiscal year 2015 starting in october. For too long it was the state and other agencies that failed to make this the priority it needed. Now they uped the attention, the focus, resources and commitment, lets not let congress be the obstacle. Lives are at stake, american honor is on the line. I urge my colleagues to do everything they can in the coming days to bring this bill to the floor. It is our duty to save the lives of those who risked so much to help us when we needed them. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise . Without objection, so ordered. Mr. Speaker, this week the largest ever study of schizophrenia reported that the condition is tied to more than 100 genes. Mr. Murphy the discovery shows that schizophrenia is a clinical condition, just like other medical conditions. Severe schizophrenia needs to use evidencebased therapies that work. We know that 50 of those suffer of a neurological impairment. This lack of awareness is the leading cause of noncompliance with psychiatric treatment. This neurological problem helps to explain why 40 of americans with a serious Mental Illness do not receive treatment and explains how our system fails to help those most in need. This occurs more frequently when schizophrenia or bipolar disorders suffers the frontal lobe. The patient is neurologically unable to comprehend that their delusions or hallucinations are not real. This is different than denial. This is a change in the wiring of the brain. These individuals dont recognize theyre ill. When they dont meet the 200yearold definition of being in imminent danger to harm themselves and others, their friends and families are powerless to help them. Uninformed observers wrongly believe that because patients can look at them and talk to them they must be fully functional and aware but they are not. Much like if they had alzheimers disease or in a coma, these individuals with schizophrenia cant voluntarily request treatment on their own. Would never deny a stroke victim or with alzheimers. Yet in cases of serious Brain Disorders we allow millions to suffer because of the chaotic patchwork of state and federal laws that says we cant even act when we know we must. Further, a patient when discharged from a hospital anything from a minor cut to a heart transplant needs a treatment plan. This is not so with serious Mental Illness. Again, we would not do this with someone with alzheimers. I cant reach your grandmother until she is well enough to treat her but i cant tell her about her treatment until she gives you permission. These mentally ill men and women end up sleeping in jails, sleeping behind dumpsters or chained to gurneys in and out of the hospital rooms. That is the lifestyle we relegated 3. 6 million americans to. We deny people the right to treatment. We denied them the right to get petr. How cruel is that . As a result, one million Americans Last year attempted suicide, 40,000 people died from suicide. There are 300,000 homeless, 500,000 in jail and 700,000 in other prisons. The mentally ill are more likely to be robbed, physically assaulted, raped and while states and counties have taken bowled action who are cast aside in our current system, the federal government sits aside oblivious to the problem. Serious Mental Illness is more detrimental to the longterm health than being a heavy smoker and increases your risk of Heart Disease and cancer. It reduces your life span by some 25 years. Theres also a financial toll. A study conducted by Duke University determined the that assisted outpatient treatment saves taxpayers 50,000 per patient and increases medication compliance and decreases incarceration, hospitalization and homelessness. And most county Health Systems havent implemented and each time an individual with a Mental Illness experiences a break from reality their brain suffers some permanent injury. All this happens at the time when we know more about the brain than we ever have. We tell families that federal law prohibits you from telling you why your loved one is in a Mental Health crisis and the doctor says your son is only a little dangerous right now but please bring them back when they become more violent. How absurd . How about telling someone, well wait until youre a diabetic shock . They would be sued. Families in a Mental Health crisis, this scenario plays out every single day and not a word is spoken about it. The reason is people dont understand the nor logical base of Mental Illness. What we need is a congress to confront its own denial and change the laws that need to be changed. We can fix the Mental Health system but not if congress does not act. We must pass the helping families in Mental Health crisis act because ignoring this problem wont make it go away and where there is no help there is no help, there is no hope at all. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina rise . Perm permission to address the house for five minutes. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Butterfield thank you, mr. Speaker, for yielding time this morning. Mr. Speaker, i rise to congratulate a company in my district called the ideal faster in corporation. Recently, they announced a 5. 7 million expansion of their facility in oxford, North Carolina. This expansion, mr. Speaker, will create 155 jobs by the year 2019, and is welcomed news for the county which is an important part of my congressional district. Now, mr. Speaker, 155 jobs in some communities across our great country may be relatively small, but in this Rural Community this is a big deal. The corporation was established in 1936 by ely goot and has been a strong member of the Oxford Community since moving its Corporate Headquarters there in 1966. Ideal faster in corporation is still familyowned and is operated by ralph and mary goot and their three children, jeff, steven and michelle. Since bringing their World Headquarters to oxford, ideal faster in corporation has grown to become the second largest zipper manufacturer in the entire world with production and sales facilities in over 20 countries. They are in the process now of launching three new products and are making major Capital Investments that will benefit their employees and the North Carolina economy. Mr. Speaker, on monday of this week, july 21, i marked my 10th anniversary here in the house of representatives, and if theres one thing that ive come to recognize and appreciate is that its Small Business and Small Industries that drive our economy. Companies like ideal faster in corporation are the lifeblood. They are the lifeblood of our economy, and so i congratulate ideal faster ins and the goot family on this tremendous, tremendous announcement. I wish them nothing but continued success in the future. I thank you, mr. Speaker, for the time. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise . To address the floor for five minutes. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. Before president obama leaves for his twoweek vacation in marthas vineyard, he has a lot of work to do. Americans are not better off than when he took office in 2009. Mr. Williams in fact, his policies are hurting families and businesses everywhere. He should focus on House Republicans on what House Republicans are doing and cooperate by getting his Party Leaders in the senate to act on more than 40 bills to get our economy moving, get people back to work and roll back his administrations harmful olicies, like doddfrank and obamacare. Under president obama, the average Unemployment Rate tops 8 . We got 47 Million People on food stamps. 48 Million People between the ages of 18 and 64, the very heart of our work force, hasnt worked one day in the last 12 mobts and nearly 91 Million People over aged 16 arent working at all. Almost 50 of the unemployed have stopped looking for work nd 76 of americans are living paychecktopaycheck and the list goes on and on. We can fix this through real tax reform, getting the government out of health care, energizing the Energy Business and ensuring america remains the worlds superpower with a strong and wellequipped military. As a Business Owner and job creator for more than 40 years, i know that the constant threat of tax hikes, overregulation, massive government overhauls hurts businesses. It burdens families, lowers income and stiffles the economy. Everyone is simply playing defense in america. Thats why the house continues to pass projob bills that empower americans and strengthen the economy. These are Real Solutions that will improve the quality of life for generations to come. So i urge harry reid and the democrats in the senate to take up these bills now before president obama leaves for vacation. In god we trust. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise . The gentleman is recognized for ive minutes. Mr. Wolf mr. Speaker, imagine if a fundamentalist christian secretary captured the french city of leon and started a purge of muslims. Their mosque destroyed, the koran burned, and then all muslims forced to flee. Such an event would be unthinkable today, if it did occur pope francis and all other christian leaders would denounce it and support efforts by governments to stop it, yet that is essentially what is happening in reverse now in mosul as the Islamic State of iraq drives all signs of christianity from the ancient city. Christians have lived in mosul for nearly 2,000 years, and today they are reliving the muslim religious wars in the middle east. These are not my words. These are the words of the first two paragraphs of an editorial from the wall street journal earlier this week. I want to read parts of an email i received yesterday from someone on the ground in iraq. Quote, all mosul churches and monasteries are being seized by isis, they are around 30. The cross is being removed from all of them. Many are burned or destroyed and looted. Many of them are used as isis centers where the religious sunni, shiite, and christian tombs are being destroyed. This is endangering the very ancient sites, including the jonas tomb. It has been widely reported that the isis soldiers have painted an n on the doors of christians to signify that they are christian. Shiite homes are painted with the letter r meaning resectors or protectant. Christianity as we now know it is being wiped ow. With the exception of israel, the bible contains more references to the cities and regions and nations of ancient iraq than any other country. I believe what is happening to the Christian Community in iraq is genocide. I also believe it is a crime against humanity. Where is the west . Where is the Obama Administration . Where is this congress . The silence is deafening. The west particularly the church needs to speak out. The Obama Administration needs to make protecting this ancient community a priority. President obama and secretary of state kerry need to have the same courage that president bush and former secretary of state colin powell had when they said genocide was taking place in darfur. The United Nations has a role. It should immediately initiate proceedings in the International Accord for isis for crimes against humanity. I will close today by reading the final two paragraphs of the wall street journal editorial. It said, quote, today religious extremism is almost entirely islamic. While isis purge may be the most brutal, islamists have driven thousands of Coptic Christians from homes they have occupied for centrist. The same is true across muslim parts of africa. This does not mean all muslims are extremists, but it does mean that all muslims have an obligation to denounce the extremist who murdered in the name of allah. Too few imams will speak up. As for the post christian west, most elites may now be nonbelievers. But a culture that fails to protect believers may find a lack of selfbelief to protect itself. The british parliamentarian and abolitionist who abolished slavery famously told his colleagues as i they will house and administration, having heard all of this, you may choose to look the other way. But you can never again, you can never again say you did not know. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina, r. Duncan, for five minutes. Mr. Duncan mr. Speaker, on june 26, South Carolina and the United States lost a hero. Sergeant bob reezer in was a world war ii United StatesArmy Air Corps veteran and tail gunner asiped to the 68th squadron with the famous 44th bomber group known as the flying eight balls. The event of december 7, 1941 compelled him to serve in world war ii. Survived three life threatening missions, a year in german p. O. W. Camps, 2 1 2 years in a hospital undergoing multiple surgeries from his injuries. During his military career, he participated in 21 successful Bombing Missions over germany and france. During the return flight of one of those missions, bobs plane was unexpectedly diverted, ran out of fuel,