culminated in a discharge petition to reopen the paycheck protection program, which i've said has already saved 51 million jobs. mr. speaker, to the american public, what does a discharge petition mean? you see, the speaker, whoever he or she is, has all the power. they can determine what comes to the floor. but a discharge petition give gives the power to the members. all it takes is 218 members to sign it. all it would do is take the money that's there for the paycheck protection program and make sure the bill comes to the floor and can be voted on. it would be really telling to know how many people back home say they support it and how many times they come here and are fearful. fearful of threats if they sign he discharge petition.

the petition is being led by ranking member steve chabot and jamie herrera beutler. i want to thank both of them. you know what they've done? they've put the american people first. steve chabot, ranking member of small business. when we were crafting the cares bill, where the p.p.p. was created, it was him who worked so hard to make sure small businesses, those employed by them, got resources. he did an amazing job. jamie herrera beutler, probably one of the most bipartisan members in this body. they didn't do it for political gain. they did it because they listened to their district. as of friday, this commonsense solution officially became open for signatures. just 218 to earn a vote on the floor. i think it deserves a vote. i think if you took it to the

public, they'd pick that a lot sooner than they'd pick what this bill is doing. mr. speaker, every member of this body must make a choice tonight. members who endorse the speaker's reckless actions can vote yes on the recycled liberal wish list and then go home an explain to small businesses in their district why they prioritized politics over people. they can stand up and say no, we worked hard for cannabis. a lot harder than we worked for jobs. we made sure the police got cut and made sure blike bloomberg got paid back. that $160 million he's spending in the campaign today, he'll get it all back, the taxpayers will pay him for it. that what this bill does. it could be the michael

bloomberg cannabis cut the cops bill. that's power. that's real power. you could make sure bly michel bloomberg does not lose $1 with the $160 million he's invested to make sure joe biden and the democrats stay in power. if you're that proud of this bill, why don't you name what it does? it makes sure all of america knows cannabis is your number one priority, not jobs. it makes sure you take care of those who take care of you in a campaign, michael bloomberg. and it makes sure that everybody knows you do not care about the safety of our streets, that you're going to cut the police by $600 million. that's one heck of a campaign. that's an amazing -- you know, what's interesting, so many times the leaders people have

said here, the speaker, the speaker of the house, she's the speaker for all of america. she always tells us this will tell you what your values are. and i remember what she recently said, that our values are different. i want to agree with the speaker. our values are different. on this side of the aisle, we believe in a commitment to america. we believe that we will defeat this virus. because we will create a safe nd secure vaccine. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct, the house is not in order. mr. mccarthy: you know the other difference in our values, in our commitment to america? you can read it, you can go to commitmenttoamerica.com.

we actually reject defunding the police. we say we'll spend $1.75 billion more. on the police. not cut them $600 million. you know what we'll do with the money? community police, more training and 500,000 body cameras. we also have a plan. we can tell you how many jobs we're going to create. we're going to create 10 million ew jobs. i don't know how bad or how big you'll expand the marijuana business but in here it mentions that more than jobs. we're going to end the dependency on china. we just don't say it, we actually do it. we just came out with a tax for it. it not only shows you the problem, it shows you the solution. you know what we did different, mr. speaker, than you did with this bill? we didn't produce something and

say we think the democrats might like some of this, we invited you to join us. mr. speaker, the house is still not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct, the house is not in order. mr. mccarthy: a year ago i went to the speaker. i asked her that we could create a bipartisan committee dealing with china. china is representing its 71st anniversary. there's no more freedom in china today than there was 31 years ago in tiananmen square. took me eight months of negotiation with the democrat leadership until they finally said yes. we picked the people who were going to be on it. and right before we went to name it, they decided no, they didn't want to be part of it. this was before covid. i just don't understand.

i just don't understand that our values are that different. members who want to bring an end to the speaker's excuses, who believe this is a moment to work for main street, not k street, should vote no. and sign the herrera bullet ler-chabot discharge petition. by adding your name you'll be advancing a fair process toward making bipartisan law for american families. that's what our neighborhoods need. they need us to legislate for them, not posture for november. i urge all my democrat colleagues to join us. make a commitment to america. not to michael bloomberg, not to cannabis. focus on actually who voted you to get here. do not be so intimidated because somebody supplied so many

millions of dollars. to try to persuade people to vote a certain way. listen to those who have been laid off. i know what it's like to have a dream. to open a small business. i know what the hardships are like. but i have not witnessed personally the hardship of what the virus has done when they've been shut down. the least i would expect is this body that would act. put people before politics. but unfortunately, yes, the values of one side are different than ours. every chance we have, we have put forth relief for the american public. and the only opportunity we have now is a discharge petition.

because no one definitely can vote for this. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i am very pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, the distinguished chair of the agriculture subcommittee of appropriations, mr. bishop. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bishop: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and mr. speaker, i rise in support of this updated heroes act. this bill is about people and not about politics. as chairman of the agriculture, rural development subcommittee on appropriations, i would like to highlight the important provisions of this bill in my section that touches the lives of every american in some ways. it provides a total of $50.4 billion to help american pus food on the table, to keep their homes, protect agricultural

products from -- >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may continue. mr. bishop tok to keep their homes, protect -- mr. bishop: to keep their homes, protect crops from pests and disease, and evaluate coronavirus vaccine applications. we provide $0 billion to snap, $4 million to w.i.c. for working families who lost their jobs and are laid off due to the covid-19 emergency. we included money for food banks and $1. billion for assistance for the territories. all of these programs will increase food security during this crisis. to keep our food supply safe and thriving during the covid-19 pandemic, we provided $350 million for the agricultural quarantine inspection program. $2.5 million for the usda office of inspector general to increase

their monitoring and oversight activities. for our farmers and producers under increased pressure in an already difficult environment we provided $20 million for activities an services to provide stress assistance resources. for our rural americans, we included $10 million to for the increased work load for rural development program employees, $.6 billion for grants to rural electric co-ops, and $309 million to the rural housing service to assist rural tenants who have lost jobs in this pandemic. finally so we can begin to see light at the end of this covid-19 tunnel, we provide $1.5 million to the food and drug administration to support their safety evaluations for the coronavirus vaccine applications going forward. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. this is a good bill. it's long overdue. the american people need it and deserve it and i urge my

colleagues to pass it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i urge a no vote and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i urge a yes vote and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 1161, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion by the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the motion is not agreed to. mrs. lowey: i ask for a recorded vote, the yeas and nays.

the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3 of house resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. 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 closed-captioned 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 rom illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: mr. 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 motion to concur. 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 motion to concur.

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 motion to concur. as the member designated by congressman gregory meeks, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman meeks will vote yea on the motion to concur. 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 motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rooney, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr.

rooney will vote no on the motion to concur. as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on the motion to concur. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on the motion to concur. and as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on the motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. lawrence: mr. chairman, as the member designated by mrs. joyce beatty, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the mrs. joyce . -- beatty will vote yes on the

motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady rom delaware seek recognition? ms. blunt rochester: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. degette of colorado, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. degette will vote yea on the motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. adams: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. cooper: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lipinski, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lipinski will vote no on the motion to concur. 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 motion to concur. as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the ouse that ms. meng will vote yes on the motion to concur. 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 motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on the motion to condition cur. as the member designated by -- concur. as the member designated by mr. gallego, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. gallego will vote yes on the motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. chu of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the yese that ms. chu will vote on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? ms. matsui: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on the otion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. dingell: as the member designated by ms. kaptur of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. kaptur will vote aye on the motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? mr. courtney: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. hayes, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. hayes will vote yes on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. watson coleman will vote yes on the motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to house

resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. pocan will vote aye on the motion to concur. as the member designated by mr. levin of michigan, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. levin will vote aye on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yea on the motion to prove the previous question on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i need to amend that. as the member designated by mrs. demings, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote nay on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yea on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady

from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: as the member designated by mr. kennedy, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. kennedy will vote yes on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. titus of nevada, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. titus will vote yes on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: as the member designated by the honorable james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on the on te amendment to concur the senate bill. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote yes on the motion to oncur. as the member designated by mr. thompson of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on the motion to concur. mr. kildee: as the member designated by mr. huffman of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. huffman will vote yes on the motion to concur. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative fudge, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative fudge will vet aye on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does -- for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by ms. mucarsel-powell of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. mucarsel-powell will vote yea on the motion to concur. mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. payne will also vote yea on the motion to concur. and mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hastings of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. hastings will also vote yea on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. sherman: as the member designated by mr. garamendi, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. garamendi will vote yes on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition? ms. davids: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. richmond, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. richmond will vote aye on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard will vote yes on the motion to concur.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: 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 motion to concur.

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 motion to concur.

>> the yeas are 207. the motion is adopted. without objection is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, unfinished business is vote on ordering the previous question , yeas resolution 1164

and nays are ordered. the clerk: house calendar number 96, resolution providing for consideration of the resolution, house resolution 1153 condemning unwanted medical medical procedures and providing for consideration of the resolution use resolution 1154, and qunequne. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question. 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 closed-captioned 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 california seek recognition? as the member designated by ms. chu of california, purn to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. chu will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady california seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by ms. fudge, prnt to hries the 65, ms. fudge will vote aye on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from commonwealth of virginia seek recognition? mr. connolly: as the member designated by ms. titus of evada, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. titus will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard pursuant to house resolution 965, ms. roybal-allard will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady delaware seek recognition? >> mr. speaker as the member designated by of ms. degette of cole, pursuant to h.res. 965, ms. degette will vote yes on the

previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek reckniss? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 9 5, i inform the house that yea on alva will vote the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. kildee: as the member designated by mr. huffman of california, purn to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. huffman will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. thompson of california, pursuant

will es. 965, mr. huffman vote knee. as the member designated by mr. butterfield pursuant to h.res. 9 5, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york. mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman love gran, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. lofgren will vow yes. s the member designated by ms. chairwoman will vote yea. as the member designated by gregory meeks, pursuant to house yeah. . meek will vote as the member designated by mr. serrano, pursuant to house res.

965, i inform the house that mr. serrano will vote yea on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> pursuant to h.res. 9 5, i inform the house ms. demmings will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does got from commonwealth of massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by ms. frankel,

pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house ms. frankel will vote yes. as the member designated by ms. pingree pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house ms. pingree will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by ms. meaning, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from commonwealth of pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote we yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, purn to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. watson coleman will vote yes on the previous

question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. cooper: thank you, mr. speaker, as megged mr. lip --ly opinions sky, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. lipinski will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. napolitano will vote yes on the previous uestion. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady seek recognition from the commonwealth of virginia? ms. wexton: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin, also from the commonwealth of virginia, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the state of kansas seek recognition? ms. davids: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr.

richmond, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. richmond will vote aye on the previous question.

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 previous

question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the commonwealth of massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: good evening, mr. speaker. as the member designated by the honorable mr. james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on the motion to move

the previous question on house resolution 1164. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. dingell: as the member designated by ms. kaptur of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the ouse that ms. kaptur will vote aye on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the state of california seek recognition? ms. matsui: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the desaulnier will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady seek recognition? mrs. lawrence: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. joyce beatty, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the mrs. beatty will vote es on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. gallego, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. gallego will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? as courtney: mr. speaker, the member designated by mrs. jahana hayes, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. hayes will vote

yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: mr. speaker as the member designated by mr. pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. pocan will vote aye.

as the member designated by mr. ivin, pursuant to h.res. 965, inform the house that mr. levin will vote aye on the previous question.

for what purpose does gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: i inform the house that ms. mue cars ellpoul will vote ya. and member i inform the house that mr. hastings will vote yea on the previous question. and as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, i inform the house that mr. payne

will vote yea on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady new hampshire seek recognition? >> as the member designated by r. kennedy, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. kennedy will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from commonwealth of virginia seek recksnigs mr. beyer: pursuant to h.res. 965, many moore will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. lmp ieu, pursuant to h.res. 965, mr. l inch emp u will vote yes on the previous question. mr. lowenthal will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. garamendi, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. garamendi will vote yes on the previous question.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 226, the nays

are 187. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentlewoman from arizona is recognized. mrs. lesko: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lesko: thank you, mr. speaker. i call for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3 of house resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. 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 closed-captioned 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 gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative fudge, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative fudge ill vote aye on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? mr. courtney: mr. speaker, thank you. as the member designated by mrs. jahana hayes, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. hayes will vote es on house resolution 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr.

kennedy, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the vote that mr. kennedy will es on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. lawrence: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. joyce beatty, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the beatty t mrs. joyce ill vote yes on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the commonwealth of pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote

yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. chu of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the will vote yes chu n house resolution 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard will vote yes on house resolution 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the commonwealth of massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree, pursuant to house

resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. pingree will vote yes on h.res. 1164. as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the vote that ms. meng will yes on h.res. 1164. and as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. sherman: as the member designated by mr. garamendi, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. garamendi will vote yes on h.res. 1164.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva from arizona, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yea on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? ms. matsui: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on h.res. 1164.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on h.res. 1164. as the member designated by mr. gallego, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. gallego will vote yes on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the distinguished gentleman from the commonwealth of virginia seek recognition?

mr. connolly: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. titus of nevada, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. titus will vote yes on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by mr. poe dan of -- mr. pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. pocan will vote aye on h.res. 1164.

and as the member designated by mr. levin of michigan, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. levin will vote aye on house resolution 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady rom delaware seek recognition? ms. blunt rochester: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. degette of colorado, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. degette will vote ye on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yes on h.res. 1164.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. kildee: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on h.res. 1164. as the member designated by mr. huffman of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. huffman will vote yes on h.res. 1164. as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote yes on h.res. 1164.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. cooper: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lipinski, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lipinski will vote yes on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. adams: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote . s on house res. 1164 the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. dingell: as the member designated by ms. kaptur of ohio, pursuant to house

resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. kaptur will vote aye on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. mucarsel-powell of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. mucarsel-powell will vote yea on h.r. 1164. mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hastings of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. hastings will also vote yea on h.res. 1164. and, mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. payne will also vote yea on h.r. 1164.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on house resolution 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the commonwealth of virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that will vote yes on house resolution 1164.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the commonwealth of massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: good evening, mr. speaker. as the member designated by the honorable mr. james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on the passage of house resolution 1164 which provides for consideration of the house resolution 1153, condemns unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full informed consent and house resolution 1154 condemning qanon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the commonwealth of virginia seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by ms. moore of wisconsin, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on h.res. 1164. as the member designated by mr. lieu of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.res. 1164. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. richmond, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. richmond will vote aye on h.res. 1164. 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 h.res. 1164. as the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yea on h.res. 1164. as the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yea on h.res. 1164. as the member designated by congressman greegry meeks, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman meeks will vote yea on h.res. 1164.

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 ms. watson coleman will vote yes on h.res. 1164. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote

yes on h.res. 1164.

mr. bishop: and ask for its

immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines as recorded in section 956 of the house rules nd manual, the chair is not to unless it has been cleared. mr. bishop: parliamentary inquiry. mr. bishop: sips the minority leader, and i'm the ranking member and supportive and the navajo nation has been told that the chairman, does that not constitute the guidelines that would allow the chairman to entertain this motion. the speaker pro tempore: consideration of that measure would have to be received from floor.ority and minority the chair cannot entertain that request.

the gentleman will state his. mr. bishop: is that in a form of a written statement to the chair zph the speaker pro tempore: that request cannot be entertained which has not been received from the chair. mr. bishop: is the speaker telling me that if the republic caps have cleared this bill, it has to have a written clearance from the democrats' side. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has stated the cheerns and has not been. mr. bishop: what does the clearance have to have and what form must it be. the speaker pro tempore: the chair is uninformed but the clearance must be provided and it is not. mr. bishop: thank you for your enlighten mbtment, mr. speaker.

>> one of the greatest fighters. justice ginsburg spoke for all of us and. and women and equality extended far beyond those on the bench. justice ginsburg. but americans last minute nomination just weeks before the

election. we must honor her wish that she not be replaced until the next president is installed. the america cap people deserve a say. warlswarls we can think of no one better than judge barrett. she demonstrates her first rate legal mind and unwavering and graduated and first in her class at notre dame law school and is

a highly respected. senate confirmed by the where she curply severs. she is a woman of faith and seven.ed mother of we applaud president obama to to protect the life and liberty of every american. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise to recognize heidi

drees, a jefferson award winner, who saved the life of deputy co-stanza. not only did she pull over to report and update details of the accident to 911, heidi did what any courageous an kind hearted person would do, she comforted deputy costanzo in his dire time of need. heidi held his hand, kept him alert and did not lee his side until medical professionals arrived on the scene. heidi and mike have mutually agreed they are connected for the rest of their lives and heidi knows that it was a higher power that put her there on that day. i rise today to honor heidi with the hope she may be an inspiration to us all if we find ourselveses in a similar situations. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for

one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. on tuesday, blake lovett, a true unite, not only in the north carolina agriculture community but in the civic community, passed away unexpectedly. blake was a good friend and to say he made a profound impact on the wilkes county community would be an understatement. from his time on the wilkeses board of education to his role as president of conagra poultry, he was never satisfied with the status quo and believed complacency was never an option. as chairman of the wilkes county republican party he exercised a level of diligence and grace that was second to none. to blake's family i pray that god will continue to bless you and give you comfort during this difficult time. mr. speaker, i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. wasserman schultz: i rise to honor a fearless visionary woman who has transcended generations with her mind, compassion, and wit. as a jewish woman she was an inspiration to me, my daughters and millions of others. in hebrew there's a say, may your memory be for a revolution, than is our promise to justice ginsburg. around this country, access to vital reproductive health care is hanging on by a thread. yesterday marks the 44th anniversary of the hyde amendment. low income women and women of color are forced to make tough economic decisions every day that often put their own lives and that of their families at risk because of their inability to access critical family planning. justice ginsburg fought for these women, for all women. she was a tireless defender of the promise of freedom, justice,

and equality for all. with her passing we find ourselveses in a push to subvert prere-productive rights that 135 million people including me with depend isting condition n. ruth bader ginsburg died on rosh hashanah, and those who die on that day are said to be a star for others. she was certainly that thank you and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without the gentleman is recognized. mr. newhouse: in my home district of central washington the history and culture of hispanic americans are weavepb into communities.

from small business to they cturing to artistry, are woven throughout our population. earlier this year the house established legislation to establish the museum of the american latino in the nation's capital. it is my hope this museum will empower all of us to learn about d engage with hispanic americans an their contributions to our culture. we are proud of our hispanic friends and maybes who prove the american dream is alive and well. because of them, we are a stronger, more diverse, more prosperous society and i urge my colleagues to join me in celebrating hispanic heritage month. thank you, mr. speaker, and i ield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

>> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, covid-19 hit fort bend county hard in march. our local concert venue, the smart financial center, has not rocked since. yet fort bend county has rocked on. the fort bend hope clubhouse kept rocking. received from their director when we met monday back home. she gave me these two rocks with a common message, #clubhouserockstexas. they rock because they're giving people with medical conditions the skills they need to build confidence and independence. members choose every day where

they want to work, work in the kitchen, go to class, clerical work, or just outreach about the magic happening at the clubhouse. keep rocking fort bend hope clubhouse. let's rock into mental health awareness we can that starts next week. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i want to take this time, mr. speaker, to not only speak to the american people about voting, but just ke a brief moment to pay a beginning tribute to justice

ruth bader ginsburg. she deserves a much longer period of acknowledgment, and i'm going to do so as we return back to washington in the coming days and weeks. in fact, i believe that we should dedicate weeks and days of honoring justice ginsburg even in the midst of this potential nomination to replace her. but i wanted to speak to the american people as we begin our journey toward november 3 and let them know of the precious right to vote that citizenship gives them that very precious right to make their own decision. i have no right to tell them that. as a member of the united states congress i have an only fwation to ensure that their vote is protected. however they vote. i must ensure that the mailed ballots, that there's a truthful understanding of mail ballots. some states have been voting mail ballots for decades.

i must ensure that the mail ballots are protected, the early vote is protected and as well it is protected on november 3. i just want to indicate justice ginsburg said in the shelby case that the majority's logic was akin to throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you're not getting wet. she believed in voting and voting protection. let's pay tribute to her and vote. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. last week i introduced h.r. 332, the plugging orphan wells and environmental restoration act or power act. this bill would remediate the program under the policy of 2005 for five years at $50 million a

year. it would establish a grant program for environmental restoration and reclamation of orphan wells on state as well as private and tribal lands authorized at $400 million a year for five years. it is estimated that pennsylvania has more orphan wells than any other state, it oil e birth place of the and gas industry. we have both an economic and environmental responsibility to ensure abandoned wells are plugged and the power act would ensure these legacy sites are appropriately handled to protect the environment while also stimulating jobs in the oil and gas sector. this will be a win-win for america and a win-win for pennsylvania. i would like to thank guy ryden thaller for joining me on this legislation and urge my colleagues to support oil an gas well remediation through the power act. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, in accordance of section 114-b of the continuing appropriations act 2021 and other extensions act h.r. 8337, i hereby designate for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism all funding including the rescission of funds so designated by the congress in the act pursuant to section 251-b of the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 as outlined in the enclosed list of accounts. the details of this action are set forth in the enclosed memorandum from the director of office of management and budget. signed sincerely donald john trump, the white house, october 1, 2020. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on appropriations and ordered

printed. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, in accordance with section 114-b of division a of the continuing appropriations act, 2021, and other extensions act, h.r. 8337, the act, i hereby designate as emergency requirements all funding including the rescission of funds so designated by the congress in the act pursuant to section 251-b-2-a of the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 as outlined in the enclosed list of accounts. the details of this action are set forth in the enclosed memorandum from the director of the office of management and budget. signed sincerely donald john trump, the white house,ing on 1, 2020. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on appropriations and ordered printed. the chair lays before the house

a communication. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. on september 30, 2020, pursuant to section 3307 of title 40, united states code, the committee on transportation and infrastructure met in open session to consider 33 resolutions included in the yen services administration's capital investment and leasing programs. i have enclosed copies of the resolutions adopted. signed, sincerely, peter defazio, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on ppropriations. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from arkansas, mr. westerman, is recognized until 10:00 p.m. as the designee of the minority leader. mr. westerman: thank you, mr. speaker.

i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. westerman: fires are ravaging the west. i want to talk a little bit about what's going on with he fires an i want to talk ast what's not going on here in congress. start with, i just want to take a quick look at the science of fire. this fire triangle shows three things are required to have a fire. you have to have fuel, heat and oxygen. there's a lot of talk about what the role climate change is playing in these fires. climate, increasing temperatures, can dry fuel. gets windy, you can have more ox yen. like ning can be one of the things to light fires. a lot of fires obviously are ignited by manmade ways. when we talk about putting out fire, the first thing we do is try to get the fuel out of the way or we use water to cool the fire an remove the oxygen. but we have to spend way too

much time working on extinguishing fires when we could take the actions to reduce the fuel to reduce the fires. any time i talk about forest management, i get accused of wanting to clear cut the national forest. i can promise you the last thing i want to do is clear cut the national forest. i want to use good management on the national forest. that's what we should be doing. but i often wonder if those people that talk about clear cutting even have any idea what a clear cut is. i put this chart together that shows comparison between a clear cut and a catastrophic wildfire. i'll go on the record and say the catastrophic wildfires are worse than clearcuts. look at the data. during a clear cut the trees are killed. during a catastrophic wile fire the trees are killed. during a clear cut, the trees are removed. ring a wild fire you're left

with dead snags that could be fuel for wildfires. at least in a clear cut you eave the they are protected. you leave protection around the streams. and solar organic materials are burned up. special care is taken to protect the soil. when a clear cut is planned, it is also in place. off ep on catastrophic wildfire there is no reforestation. and clear cut, it is unplapped. california,r cut in less than 20 acres. wildfires are huge burning millions of acres. we have burpt 8 million acres in

the u.s. and continue going down the list and talking about carbon, at least with a clearcut, the wildfire, you releaseing the dead snags are not just releasing carbon die objection i'd but meth april which is the worst. clearcutting is not something we want to do on the national forest but people who are not allowing good forest mammingment are doing much more devastating by allowing these wildfires to continue unabated. this is an example. this is the and gorea fire. natural clearcut. his is 12 years later and no

regrowth on the site. on top of that, according to the u smpgmpsmp, the carbon emissions released the same amount of carbon as the emissions that would be produced to power california for a whole year. mr. speaker, we need to take action. it's not that the forest service doesn't know how to maling the lapped but allowed activists and lawyers rather than the professionals. if we don't want to see the same things repeating with loss of life and property and loss of the resource that pulls cash bop dioxide, we should do something proactive and managing these forests. it's tame to act and unform

congress has sat on our hands. i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from arizona ks mr. gosar. mr. gosar: i thank mr. westerman for his leadership and expertise. the events of the last month show how poorly our current policies are and in need of reform. my district has been home to several major, and the bush fire that burned 7 hurricane,000 acres of arizona. even before this year's fire season, the are clearly broken. in the last 10 years, wildfires have burden of proof lap in the west. with these catastropheic fires

have had a catastropheic. e wild fire and releaseing parallels in in the air. this ex as per baits such as covid-19. i wrote a letter to the agriculture this letter urged them to secure to ensure firefighters could protect it from covid-19. recent studies conducted show on the high probability of being caped of air tankers. fires that do not receive air tanker support are likely to take days or weeks to achieve. i asked attorney germ barr that

we are resourced to fight left-wing organizations. lawsuits from are nothing new. we have seep this in arizona with the lawsuit. in that case the u.s. district ourt judge stopped force management fifth including the a to national and this was massive st back and threatens our communities. and devastateing wildfire and there are steps that we can take. i continue to urge the federal agencies to be tasked with manageing our forest fires with bold action. lives depend pop it. chairman of the western

prevented we had catastrophic fire. his was made possible but to protect our communities. just in the last two careers, this administration has teap steps to build additional fire breaks within the fire service. and there is a long road to h ompemp why i'm pleased why we are here. there are few pieces of legislation. h.r. 7978, a bipartisan forestry reform bill led by mr. lamalfa and the resill yept forest act. and the democratic leadership in to house do not view

prevent wildfires and that has deadly consequences. and i thank you for leading this special order. mr. westerman: i recognize mr. newhouse for three minutes. mr. newhouse: the west has been on fire, in my home state of washington, over 7,000 acres have been gurned. whole towns have been wiped off the map. smoke blanching ketted with fires raging up and down the west coast. the fires ranked the worst in the world. as the people of central washington and many of my colleagues and congress understand healthy forests are

the key. we have made significant progress but still much work to be done. families will continue to lose their homes and businesses and jobs and will be lost and our public health will be threat yepped. as it is heartbreaking, nothing more tragic than the loss of life. i join the people of central washington of mourning the loss of a one-year-old as his parents led to escape the cold springs fire. the highland family has suffered loss with the loss of their toddler and death of unborn child. my heart aches as they recover from their own wouppeds from this heartbreaks.

this falls on us, mr. speaker. we are failing to deliver a management strategy to present ven these events. we cannot to responsibly and graze our lands or we will watch them burden of proof. these wildfires and this year have tested our resill yeps, but of this i'm certain. central washington will recover. now, it is the federal government's responsibility to doering in its power to present develop another disaster. thank you, mr. westerman. mr. westerman: i israel three minutes to the the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer. mr. palmer: i thank the gentleman for yielding this discussion about forest

management and i rise today because california has suffered from neglect resulting in overcrowding that leaves them susceptible. these are not my word but the hoover commission, an agency in california. in their 2018 report entitled fire on the mount, the commission called for change and mismanagementy of has brought a envalue catastrophe. that is a direct report. california open's office agreed on fire and have led to to the forests. both groups agree that they

could not only prevent wildfires but reduce carbon emissions. a more resill sent and more carbon. simple recommendations like shifting from using fire to a tool in setting strategies are a couple of the although cost solutions that can help us. the green new deal, these practices will address wildfires and would not cost trial yops of dollars to implement. and they fall in line with some of the things that my republic cap colleagues and i have been suggesting that if we take action to mitigate and adapt to the climate change, we can aswroid some of the things that

are playing out in the west. if you care about protecting our citizens, you should support responsible forest management instead of solutions. we should take reaction to prevent wildfires. i yield back the balance of my time.

mr. thompson: and as of today, october 1, 44,000 wildfires have burned 7.7 million acres this year alone. in addition to the destruction of these fires, we continue to see loft lives. active management has plummeted could quem there is no insi dens and less management. more individual fires occur in the east with wildfires in the west. wildfires vrl significant impacts because the budgetary have the ability to manage personnel. e must be encouraging active forest management and this includes thinning and hazardous fuels and 19 millions that are

known to be at high risk. i thank my colleague during the has farm bill and his resill yeps in the trillion trees act. i'm hopeful we will build on these commonsense reforms to . lp them give mr. westerman: this isn't difficult, this isn't rocket science. this is a control. you see the underbrush. this is on federal land as well and the you thin it out and do control burns and get a resill yant. california, arizona and washington state, nevada, they could have forests that look

ike this and it would be accordingly but if speaker losi states this, chairman grijalva and i wish that democrats would take time to do hat is right to address these quit playing politics with relief bills that are going nowhere and do something for people in their states. we are in the minority. we will work together and offer suggestions but it takes, it's going to take a bipartisan effort to change these rules so that management can take p coronavirus economic aid package. the house will also work on the resolution condemning the qanon

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vice president pence making a campaign stop in carter lake, iowa. the event included remarks from ben carson and david young, who is running to reclaim his old house seat in the 2020 elections. [cheering] >> thank you very much. i think i will get rid of this. [laughter] thank you so much. it is wonderful to be here.