Recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally divided between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Minutes. , for five r. Gutierrez mr. Speaker, yesterday was World Refugee day, a day setaside by the United Nations to reflect upon those in crisis and dedicate ourselves to helping those we can help. To mark this solemn occasion, today the judiciary committee, the House Republicans will vote to slash Refugee Resettlement numbers, cut back aid to those fleeing violence and make it harder for children fleeing violence, especially those from Central America, from receiving asylum from the richest, most powerful nation in the world. Tell me, how does that make America Great again, mr. Speaker . According to the u. N. High commissioner for refugees there are more than 65 Million People, a is a request for recorded vote on number today, who have been forcefully displaced from their homes. More than 21 million are refugees. 6 of the worlds refugees are in the developing world with 14 of refugees are 14 finding refuge developed countries like the u. S. Or european nations. Worldwide more than half childr. When antiimmigrant websites aint those africa and asia as jihadist or fleeing Central America gangbangers, remember, most of them are kids. Fleeing their country for their lives. Mr. Speaker, america has throughout our coice history been a beacon of hope to refugees fleeing religious attacks, facing government intolerance and persecution, or unsustainable poverty. Beginning in the 1840s when the potato crop disappeared because after blight in ireland, the irish people were left starving. Over eight Million People in ireland, three million to four million of them faced starvation. About one million died. Mostly of starvation and disease. Another two million came where . To america. According to a recent article in the irish time, quote, panic had set in by the winter of 1846. People risked winter voyages across the atlantic on unsanitary, unsafe coffin ships. Continue to quote, people were placed in quarantine station or held onboard ships docked at ports. Refugees experienced violent and racist reactions. Liverpool, glasgow, baltimore, new york, philadelphia sought unsuccessfully to restrict entry of the irish. Blocked and which motivated thousands of americans to goo aiors da tt e it steon i va an i mmmeo efee rs jiccoitmeets today to punish children for fleeing for their lives. Roughly 32 million americans trace their roots to ireland. Thats about 10 of the u. S. Population. And lets be clear, that the british rulers over ireland were not sending what they considered their best people. They were poor, they were licis t teai atth we sdig pis, mudersanrus esoth aum we go ppl th weroa lionha thatened the united states. They were catholics. Who were as foreign to American Protestant in some regard as muslims are today. Who could imagine america without the irish today . You look down the list of generals, president s, members of congress, and every aspect of american soing today and we can all say to some degree were irish. As House Republicans vote today to pass bills to keep out the retched ref fuge of your teeming shore, as we pass laws to pull up the draw bridge and put a big do not enter sign on the statue of liberty, i hope my republican colleagues who can trace roots back to someone who came across the water, risked everything, and bet their lives on the united states, i hope all of us will reflect on those ancestors as we deliberate laws and how we would have kept so many of them out. His holiness, pope francis, who we all remember just spoke steps away from where im at right now, reminded us to always follow the golden rule in all our deliberation. Pope francis said just this past sunday that the nations of the world should continue to welcome refugees. And each of us as individuals can learn a lot by meeting with, speaking with, and breaking bread with refugees. His holiness said, quote, personal meetings with refugees can dissolve fears and distorted ideologies and become paths for growth in humanity, end quote. Mr. Speaker, i hope my republican colleagues have been listening because as we have a speaker who is both catholic and irish, but i fear they will not. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois yields back. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Bost, for five minutes. Mr. Bost thank you, mr. Speaker. Prescription opioids and heroin addiction are ravaging our nation. Causing heartache, pain, for millions of American Families nd destroying our communities. This is no secret. In my own home state of llinois, opioids contribute to nearly 1,200 Overdose Deaths in 2016. Heroin played a role in the deaths of another 1,000 people. Many of whom started with prescription drugs. According to the Illinois Department of public health, more people die from opioid Drug Overdose than from homicide and Motor Vehicle accidents. These arent just numbers or statistics. The people battling addiction are moms, dads, neighbors, and students. Addiction doesnt care about your race, your gender, your income, your political leanings. That affects everyone because it impacts every community and every person we love. Congress took an important step last year in passing the comprehensive addiction and recovery act. This that affects everyone because bipartisan leg which was signed into law created a coordinated and balanced strategy for communities to tackle issues regarding prescription and opioid abuse in their communities. Just last Month Congress voted to Fund Programs designed to prevent and treat opioid and heroin use. But the real leaders of this effort will be citizens in our local community. Many local Police Departments now offer drug drop boxes. Parents, especially, are on the frontline of this issue. And are responsible to educate our children about the dangers of prescription medication. If you see someone struggling with addiction, please, please encourage them to speak to their local drug and alcohol commissioners. Completely ending addiction nationwide may not be possible. But together we can save lives and begin to hope to put hope back in our communities. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois yields back. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. Hoyer, for five minutes. Mr. Hoyer unanimous consent to revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection. When er mr. Speaker, omeone keeps something secret, its often because its embarrassing. Or negative. Or damaging. Or unsupportable. Over in the Senate Leader mcconnell and some of his republican senators, mr. Speaker, are doing just that. Crafting a Health Care Repeal bill in secret because they know what it contains would deeply embarrass anyone who supports it openly. They know its going to be a hard sell to convince even their own republican colleagues, mr. Speaker, to get behind a bill that even President Trump called mean. That was the House American Health care act to which he was referring. He called it mean for the harm it does to americans. They know its going to be difficult in the senate to convince senators to support a bill that raises Health Care Costs for working families. And kicks millions of americans off their coverage. Including those who are covered by their employers. A bill that makes millions of individuals with preexisting conditions uninsurable. And reinstitutes annual and lifetime limits. A bill that imposes an age tax on those between ages 50 and 4, increasing premium costs by as much as 800 . A bill that forces states to cut benefits and kick millions of people off medicaid whether its next year, three years, or seven years. Those times are to try to get by elections so that perhaps the people will not be held accountable for voting for such draconian legislation. Mr. Speaker, such a bill ought to be very embarrassing indeed. Which is why senator mcconnell, believe, and his allies dont want anyone to see it. Until they are asked to vote o on it. We have a similar problem, of course, in the house. Whatever happened to transparency . To openness . To reading the bills . To posting it for all to see in advance . Where are all those people who wanted everybody to read the bills and see the bills . Where are they today and demanding bills be fully and thoroughly vetted, read, heard, and voted on. Its no wonder even republican senators who havent seen the bill are getting angry with their leader and those drafting it in see verycy. Republican secrecy. Republican senator johnson, quote, i want to know exactly whats going object in the senate bill. I dont know it yet. Then he concluded, its not a good process. Senator marco rubio said, i quote, the senate is not a place where you can just cook up something behind closed door and rush it to a vote. Mr. Speaker, thats what we hear is exactly whats happening. Cooking it up in secret and rushing it to a vote. Mr. Speaker, they are not the only ones who want to know whats in this bill. Millions of americans are deeply worried about its contents. Last week, i sat down with two courageous americans who shared their personal Health Care Stories with me. I want to thank them for doing sow. I want to share their stories today. Heir names are ola and megan ola lives with a preexisting condition. As a young child she received a heart and kidney transplant. Shes also a cancer survivor. She is a young woman. She told me about how the fact saved her life. She was Affordable Care act saved her ly. She was able to access affordable coverage because of the ban denying coverage to those with preexisting conditions. She also told me how frightened she is that these protections could be taken away from her under the senates secret Trumpcare Bill. If if its enacted, ola and others with preexisting conditions may not be able to access the coverage needed to keep them alive and healthy, or they may simply not be able to afford it. When i spoke with megan kelly, she shared her courageous store riff struggle with Mental Illness and addiction. She told me how she overcame her addiction. Despite her recovery, before the Affordable Care act came into effect, she was denied coverage again and again because her addiction was considered a preexisting condition. Those were difficult months. Cutting back on expenses and accruing debt to pay for her medication until the Affordable Care act kicked in and allowed for megyn to obtain coverage. She made t now the law protects megyn and millions of others like her struggling with addiction who were given a second chance. At a time when this country is plague, mr. Speaker, with an unprecedented opioid addiction crisis, the republican repeal bill is an insult to courageous americans for whom a recovery is lifelong process and access to care is essential. They and so Many Americans are now living with uncertainty and fear for their future. Mr. Speaker, ill be sharing my interviews with ola and megan on social media and i encourage all members of this house to sit down, sit down with your constituents and listen to their stories and hear about their concerns. Americans deserve america deserves to know whats in the secret Trumpcare Bill and how it will impact them and their loved ones. Americans deserve to know. Senators who represent those americans need to know. And they have not seen it yet. Yet, there is some discussion they may have to consider that as early as next week. Senators and members of this house deserve to know. End the secrecy. Pull back the curtain. Let us see whats in that bill that these senators think is so embarrassing that it must be hidden from us all. Both remind republicans in the house and the senate that their partys control of our government is complete and they will not be held responsible for whatever happens to our Health Care System on their watch. C. B. O. Tells us that 23 million to 24 Million People as a result of the house bill would lose their insurance. The preexisting conditions would be put at risk, that over 800 billion will be cut from medicare and medicaid. Mr. Speaker, i urge all of us to listen to americans, to hear how beneficial the Affordable Care act has been. I hope they listen to ola and listen to megan and all those concerned for the put and not huddle in a secret back room making decisions that will negatively impact millions and millions and millions of our fellow citizens. Do the right thing. Do it for ola. Do it for megan. Do it for all of our citizens. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from maryland yields back. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Powe, or five mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Once again, americans privacy is under attack. This time by the spying eyes of our own u. S. Government. And people across the u. S. Are wondering, what is this section 02 issue . Well, section 02 is a provision of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. We call it fisa. It permits the government to monitor the communications of suspected Foreign Agents, including terrorists, and to find out in that communication if that Foreign Agent wants to hurt us. However, sometimes these individuals under surveillance communicate with american citizens, and this communication allows the conversations of ordinary citizens to be recorded, and that includes text messages, emails and the conversation itself. But what Many Americans dont realize is these secret communications are not destroyed by the intelligence agencies. They are kept and kept forever. In fact, the Government Stores this data and often goes back to that data and searches it without a warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the constitution for information on american citizens. What we do with a Foreign Agent, a, its ok. But government then takes that information they have seized on americans and then goes back and looks through it without a real warrant. That includes the i. R. S. , the f. B. I. , and they n. S. A. To get conversations on americans unrelated to the conversation with the terrorist, and they use that information to maybe prosecute them for some related offense years and years later. Usually the subject search is wholly unrelated to the original collection. Essentially the government uses this procedure to spy on americans who may have done no wrong, and the search is not based on probable cause, not based on a real warrant from a real judge. The National Security agency is designed to keep a close watch on terrorists and Foreign Agents, not americans. N. S. A. Surveillance is supposed to keep us safe from those Foreign Agents who wish to do us harm, but before the federal government decides to invade the privacy of americans, they should obtain a real warrant. Under current law, fisa courts, those are secret courts that operate in secret and issues secret warrants i have a whole issue with secret courts in this country based upon the star chamber in england. However, those secret courts allows government to search and collect that data, and the fisa courts almost always grant thes the requested warrant on that Foreign Agent. Searches and seizures on americans should be closely watched. Thats why they crafted the Fourth Amendment. As a former judge, i heard issues on the Fourth Amendment every day, and let me read it again, especially for those folks in n. S. A. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, effects that would be conversations against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not shall not be violated and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause supported by an oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. That applies to the n. S. A. If they can get a warrant from a real judge based on probable cause to search that data on americans, go for it. But they cant. They just seize the information nd per use it later and get peruse it later. This reverse target on americans is not what was intended under the fisa authorization bill. Technology may change but our constitution never changes and spying on americans just has to stop. Americans should not be forced to sacrifice liberty and Constitutional Rights for security, especially for overreaching federal bureaucrats. Regardless of the results surrounding the alleged incident on capture of campaign officials, the American Public must realize the implications of this little provision called 702. Reverse targeting of americans without a search warrant on the fourth warrant, its got to stop, cant do it. Right now congress has the ability to reform overreaching law as part of the larger fisa reauthorization process that will take place this year. Opponents of 702, the concept you cant spy on ameri