the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that joe wilson will vote yea on suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative chuy garcia, i inform the house that mr. garcia will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker -- mrs. greene: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek

recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote aye on suspension en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. porter, mr. bowman and ms. williams, i inform the house that those three members will vote yes on suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. john carter of texas, mr. louie gohmert of texas and mr. gosar of arizona, i inform the house that they will all vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree and ms. meng, i inform the house that these members vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by

mr. connolly, mr. boyle, ms. newman and ms. moore, i inform the house that these four members will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following members, mr. mfume, ms. wilson, mr. brown, mr. lawson, they vote yes on suspensions. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. foflter and ms. -- foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the suspensions en bloc.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 365 and the nays are 57. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bills are passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. without objection, the title of h.r. 1286 is amended. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. huffman, to suspend the rules and pass senate 144.

on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: senate 144. al an act to authorize the secretary of health and human services acting through the director of the indian health service to acquire private land to facilitate access to the desert sage youth wellness center in california and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [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 pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler and mr. smucker of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. smucker and mr. reschenthaler will vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. bishop: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on the motion to suspend the rules and pass s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote no on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that ms. escobar is a yes on s. 144. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. greene: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the

gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. kelly: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote yea on senate bill 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. sires, mrs. kirkpatrick, mr. pascrell, mr. defazio and ms. sherrill, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? mrs. fischbach: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. walorski from indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote yea on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress members barragan, kahele, leger

fernandez, castro and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree, and ms. meng, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek

recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative chuy garcia, i inform the house that mr. garcia will vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. louie gohmert of texas and mr. john carter of texas and mr. gosar of arizona, i inform the house that they will all vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, mr. brown of maryland, ms. wilson of florida and mr. mfume of maryland, they vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. porter and ms. williams and mr. bowman, i inform the house that those three members will vote yes on s. 144. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. moore, ms. newman, mr. connolly, mr. boyle, i inform the house that these four members will vote yes on s. 144.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 144.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 379, the nays are 41. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. huffman, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4404, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 321. h.r. 4404. a bill to amend the wild and finance river act to designate segments of of the kissimmee river as part of the wild and scenic river system and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic -- the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [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 pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler and mr. smucker of pennsylvania, i inform the house that both will vote yes on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. bishop: mr. speaker, as the member designated >> as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote yea on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that ms. escobar is a yes on h.r. 4404. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek

recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote yea on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. bill pascrell, ms. ann kirkpatrick, mr. peter defazio, mr. albio sires, and ms. mikie sherrill, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote yea on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by h mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay on h.r. 4404.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree and ms. meng, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. john carter of texas and mri inform the house that they will vote yea on h.r. 4404. as the member designated by mr. paul, he will vote no on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> as the member designated by representative chuy gar see ark i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress members barragan, kahele, leger

fernandez, castro, and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? colorado. >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. porter, mr. bowman and ms. williams, i inform the house that those three members will vote yes on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yes on h.r. 4404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 4404. 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, mr. brown of maryland, ms. wilson of florida and mr. mfume of maryland, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. connolly, ms. moore, ms. newman, they will vote yes on h.r. 4404.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote aye on h.r. -- this.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 377, the nays are 45. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. huffman, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 7025 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 7025, a bill to prohibit the director of the united states fish and wildlife service from funding entities

that commit, fund or support gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device this is a five-minute vote. [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 gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that ms. escobar will vote yes on h.r. 7025. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that sz salazar will vote yea on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by ms. mikie sherrill, mr. peter defazio, mrn

kirkpatrick and mr. bill pascrell, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote aye on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. gwen moore, ms. marie newman, jerry connolly and brendan boyle, i inform the house that these four members will vote yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. smucker and mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. smucker and mr. reschenthaler will vote yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes

on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. john carter of texas, i inform the house that he will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. gohmert and mr. gosar, they will vote no on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, mr. bow -- ms. porter and ms. williams, i inform the house that those two members will vote yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote yea on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member

designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote yea on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker as the member designated by congress members barragan, kahele, leger fernandez, castro and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative chuy gar see ark i inform the house that mr. garcia will vote

yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree and ms. meng, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7025. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, mr. brown of maryland, ms. wilson of florida and mr. mfume of maryland, they vote yes.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote aye on h.r.

7025.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 379, the nays are 43. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the ■tabl. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. huffman, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 7693 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 325. h.r. 7693. a bill to amend title 54 united states code to re-authorize the national park foundation. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device.

this is a five-minute vote. [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 georgia seek recognition? mr. bishop: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, i inform the house that the member will vote yes on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe wilson from south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote yea on h.r. 7693. 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. sherrill, mr. defazio, mr. pascrell, mrs. kirkpatrick and mr. sires, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. greene: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. madison cawthorn from north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote yea on

h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress members barragan, kahele, leger fernandez, castro and grijalva, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? mrs. fischbach: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. walorski from indiana, i inform the house that ms. mrs. walorsi will vote yes on h.r. 6793. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. escobar of texas, i inform the house that ms. escobar will vote yes on h.r. 7693. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. smucker and mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, i inform the house that they will vote yes on

h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. kelly: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yes on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote yea on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree and ms. meng, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. john carter, louie gohmert and paul gosar, i inform the house that they will all vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. moore of wisconsin, ms. newman of illinois, ms. connolly --

mr. connolly of virginia and mri inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. foster and ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members 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 representative chuy garcia, i inform the house that mr. garcia will vote yes on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. porter and ms. williams, i inform the house that those two members will vote yes on h.r. 7693. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson

of florida, mr. brown of maryland, ms. wilson of florida and mr. mfume of maryland, they vote yes.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that she will vote yea on h.r. 7693.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. mchenry: as the member designated by mr. taylor of texas, i inform the house that mr. taylor will vote no on h.r. 7693.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 397, the nays are 22. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise in support of the biden administration's efforts to expand and strengthen the abraham accords. when i met with israeli political and military leaders last month, they emphasized the importance of regional defense and deterrence against iran's maligned activities. that is why president biden's reaffirmation of the united states' commitment to the security is so important. our alliance with israel is built on shared values and shared interests. mr. auchincloss: which includes strengthening regional security and economic opportunity.

saudi arabia's decision to open its air space to civilian flights to and from israel is a significant step toward regional integration and diplomatic normization. this -- normalization. this important step lays the groundwork for additional economic, political and security ties between these two countries. i commend president biden for his success in building on the abraham accords and i look forward to working with the administration to further deepen regional partnerships that benefit israel's security. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize and to thank syrea, a reporter for her decade of service to the greater savannah area. she first arrived in savannah in 2011 after graduating from the university of missouri's school of broadcast journalism earlier that year. since then, syrea has dedicated

herself to keeping the people of savannah informed and educated. serving as an anchor on savannah's most popular morning news show. additionally, her focus on community news has helped the area's growing population maintain its smalltown kinship. syrea's also helped her community outside of the news room. she's served as the president of the museum's william j. society, sat on the board of the frank alan boys and girls club and volunteered at the children's hospital at memorial hospital. a dedicated voice in her community, syrea has provided the people of savannah with a reliable source for news and information for over a decade. i thank her for all that she has given and i wish her the best of luck in her new position. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.

ms. brownley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i am so very proud to announce that the house committee on veterans' affairs once again authorized the women's veterans task force which has been instrumental in helping congress develop and pass impactful legislation that is greatly improving the lives of women veterans across the country. since its establishment in 2019, the task force has built a powerful women veteran outreach network through convening bipartisan meetings with community advocates, veterans service organization, stake hoaltders and individual veterans -- stakeholders and individual veterans. the task force's signature achievement and one of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation for women veterans in our history is the result of this direct insight. the authorization of the task force will further advance our mission to increase the visibility of women veterans and promote inclues iivity and true

equity for the two million women who have served our nation in uniform. as chair of the women's veterans task force, i am proud to continue our work to recognize the service and sacrifice of america's women veterans. thank you very much. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: i 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. mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate 40 years of the jefferson and clarion county head start program. since its inception, more than 50 years ago, head start has improved the lives of more than 32 million children and their families. head start gives every child, regardless of circumstances at birth, a chance to succeed in school and in life. when head start was first launched in 1965, the idea of providing comprehensive health, nutrition and education services to children living in poverty

was groundbreaking. jefferson claire yon county head start is no exception. for 40 years they have provided families and children of all ages with comprehensive education and health services to become eligible children to ensure they will be healthier and better prepared for success in school and life. currently jefferson and clarion county serves approximately 300 children each year across 10 towns and two counties. mr. speaker, head start takes a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of young children. they focus on the whole child and the whole family. congratulations to all who work on participate -- and participate with jefferson and clarion county head start. your work is vital to our community. thank you for going above and beyond every day to make sure our children get the education they need to prepare for their futures. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek

recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, between florida's don't say gay or trans legislation and alabama's ban on gender affirming care for transgender youth, lgbtq ps rights -- lgbtq+ rights in this country are under attack. unfortunately these attacks aren't just limited to the states. just 25 days ago a right wing majority overturned roe v. wade and indicated that contraception and marriage equality are likely next. that's why i was so pleased that that's why i was so please ted house passed the respect of marriage act today which would repeal the discriminatory defense of marriage act and ensure marriage equality is protected across our country. i've always been a strong supporter of lgbtq+ rights. i introduced the first domestic

partnership legislation in new york state history while i was on the city council. we need to do everything we can to protect these fundamental rights. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new mexico seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it's hard to believe that in the year 2022, i rise today to defend the right to access contraception. that's right, contraception. why? because we have a renegade supreme court that has overturned a half century of settled law, stripping away our fundamental reproductive rights, and have made it clear that they plan to not stop there. in fact, justice thomas' concurring opinion in dobbs makes it clear the supreme court has its sights on overturning

long standing precedents that guarantee the right to access contraception and protect the right to same-sex marriage which we just voted on. ms. stansbury: these are basic human rights. the right to marry, the right to love who you love, the right to control your own body, the right to control your own health, to control your own family decisions, and your right to protect your own privacy. let me say it loud and let me say it clear, we will not go back. my great grandmother was born in this country before she had the right to vote. my mother was a machine operator and entrepreneur and i stand here today as your congresswoman and your committed congresswoman to say we will not go back. these are our bodies, our rights, and we will continue to fight to protect them. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a

message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, pursuant to the international emergency economic powers act 50 united states code 1701, i hereby report i have issued an executive order declaring a national emergency with respect to hostage taking and wrongful detention of united states nationals, hostage taking and wrongful taking of united states nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law. terrorist organizations, criminal groups and other malicious actors who take hostages for financial, political or other gain as well as foreign states that engage in the practice of wrongful detention including for political leverage or to seek concession from the united states threaten the integrity of the international political system and the safety of the united states nationals and other persons abroad. i have determined that hostage taking and the wrongful detention of united states nationals abroad constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat

to the foreign policy of the united states. i am enclosing a copy of the executive order i have issued, sign, joseph r. biden jr., the white house, july 19, 2022. the spethe speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. mr. speaker, several weeks ago, i introduced my landmark legislation, the return our constitutional rights act which eliminates the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition

because no american should be taxed on their enumerated constitutional rights. since this unconstitutional tax funds pittman roberts and conservation program, my legislation replaces this revenue stream with a more stable source of funding by redirecting unallocated leets revenue generated by offshore and on shore energy development in federal lands. replacing this is crucial to ensure pittman robinson programs stay alive and well. while the firearm tax fluctuates wildly based on gun sells, it is subject to the radical left's moves. if they have their way, there would be no funding and pittman robins would no longer exist so this preserves gun rights and

protects wittman-robins. we must do both. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the gentleman mr. arizona flrk schweikert is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. schweikert: i have been coming up here and taking the bark off my brothers and sisters on the left because smoch of the policy hurts people. the working poor are getting poorer, the middle class, i had chart here's last week that showed in my phoenix-scottsdale area, we have the highest inflation in the continental united states. but get to functionally work a month and a half now for free. just because of the change in our inflation index and even when you plug in salary growth, we've had in our marketplace, you're functionally donating

over a month of labor. but yao get no purr chatsing power for. no compensation. that's inflation. but i thought why not come behind the mic because i tried in those previous speeches to turn to my brothers and sisters in the majority, the democrat side, and say hey, here's some things we could do policy wise to take on inflation. inflation is not just a monetary issue. it's also things we can do on the policy, the fiscal side. i thought iive would go to crazy town for a moment and actually show some things that are optimistic. and the fact of the matter is, a lot of them aren't necessarily right or left, they're just technology adoption. but we've got to stop doing the dumb -- sorry, i think it's a break in decorum if i curse on the floor, you can fill in the blank there. but the virtue signaling like we just did a half-hour ago on this

floor, it's theater. i understand the polling numbers are miserable for my brothers and sisters on the left. great. so they're going to throw out every virtue signaling vote, whether actually legal or mechanically sensible for even have any place in reality. so let's go to what's really going on and some things that would be good that we could do together. first off, we need to understand the scale of how much trouble we're. in this slide is almost a year old but the fact of the matter is, we're in a rorld right now where you basically, your government is an insurance company with an army. we're an insurance company with an army. when you start to understand over the next 30 years, medicare and social security are 100% of the future debt. and that future debt when we -- from last year's c.b.o. number

is $112 trillion in today's value. and if you add in inflation, our calculations are now blowing through $120 trillion of borrowed money. the fact of the matter is almost every modelers says we can't get there, we blow up long before that. but you have to understand. mandatory. that's social security. medicare. other things we've made that are formula. over here is defense. over here is other domestic programs. only about 13, this coming year it may be less, of everything we spend is ealy f.b.i. -- is really, f.b.i., environment, research, it's this tiny sliver down here. but the reality of what is driving that mandatory monster that is consuming everything. it's medicare. about three quarters of all the spending, about three quarters of all the debt that is coming is medicare. the vast majority of medicare

comes out of the general fund. it's health care costs. so the brain trust around here, we'll do things like a.c.a., obamacare, the republican alternative, medicare for all, they are all financing bills. we play games around here. it's about oh, who gets subsidized who has to pay. a number of boards i'm going to show today are about health care disruption to change not who pays but what. what we pay. there's a reason you don't go back to blockbuster video anymore. there was a technology revolution where you no longer go wait in line at the local strip mall, get a little virile disk, take it home and -- a little silver disk, take it home and sometimes you couldn't get it because somebody already had it. today you hit a button, you've got streaming service. if blockbuster video had hired enough lobbyists, this place would have slowed down the internet to make sure

netflicks -- netflix couldn't exist. let's walk through how much trouble we really are in. this board is over, functionally a year or two old but you start to add in, when you do social security and health care entitlement, it's this line, the rest of the budget is actually in decline. or flat. defense is down here. you can functionally wipe out every dime of defense and you functionally can't keep up with the growth of the debt being caused by social security and medicare. it's -- that's not republican or democrat. we got old as a society. does anyone ever hear about baby boomers? because this place basically didn't figure out baby boomers existed until the last couple of years. it's demographics. and it's happening all over the industrialized world. when you actually look at our number, and we're working on this right now in our office, of what's happened the last couple of years sorkt of the post-covid baby bust, remember, last year

was the lowest fertility rate in u.s. history. the math is getting really ugly. i'm the ranking republican over social security. and we had the social security actuary report come out that said we added a whole year. we have 11, 12 years before social security runs out of cash. and we live just on the revenues. but they missed inflation. they also screwed up, i believe, on the fertility rates, population growth. 10* let's start to walk through. if texas costs are the primary driver of u.s. sovereign debt, what can you and i do? what could this place do and some of this stuff will not work. but we need to try. we do enough virtue signaling here where we say pretty words and then walk off the floor and say that's never going to actually happen but damnit it's a great campaign add.

maybe it's time to do some things that are difficult. basic math. first comes down to this line. 33% of all health care spending is associated with diabetes. that's type ii and some type i, mostly type ii. 33% of all health care spending. 31% of all medicare spending. why wouldn't you absolutely fixate and look, we won't all it woarption warp speed because that had something to do with donald trump and the left despises him. give it any damn name you want but if i said, 33% of all health care spend, 31% of all medicare spending is diabetes and medicare is the primary driver of u.s. sovereign debt, cant we hold hands together and jump? and say, we're going to throw everything we have at this, because we know there's been a

breakthrough. it's only like a half dozen people who have been cured of type i die dye bee tees and we don't have any long-term data on it. but it's optimism. but first i want to go over in my frustration and you'll see this as a policy split on the way the brains around here work differently. between my brothers and sisters on the left and those on the right. so a few weeks ago this place committed to give, i think it was $36 billion, might be $38 billion, but i think it was $36 billion of cash subsidies to big pharma who they were railing against saying they're charging too much for insulin. and the way we're going to top stheez crazy insulin prices is we're going to give a bunch of cash to the people we think are charging too much. does anyone see the absurdity, instead of create, hey, we'll incentivize competition, put more people in the marketplace, make the systems work, no, because the left is addicted to

handing out cash. it turns out at the same time they're doing that, not too far from here in virginia, there's functionally a co-op put together years ago that's in construction right now. that's going to it's going to bring a number of generic insulins to market. at less than the new subsidized price. and the fact of the matter is what the democrats did a few weeks ago, while trying to subsidize big pharma's insulin production, may have blown up some of the economics and the financing behind this. why wouldn't we have said for a fraction of the money we're going to set aside money, we're going to help these folks get their permitting, their reviews, we're going to put f.d.a. reviewers onsite as they're building so the day the clean rooms are up and ready, it can be in production. add competition, not subsidies.

and it exists. and think about this. they're talking about $55 for a whole box. $30 per vial. that's cheaper than the legislation we passed a few weeks ago where we were handing out, what, $36 million in subsidies to big pharma. you see the craziness around here. the virtue signaling was more important than actually something that made people's lives better. and actually added optionality and competition. why don't we -- and this isn't republican or democrat. this is a solution. but i guess there's a hell of a lot more power, maybe better fundraising opportunities when you're handing out $36 billion to the very people you rail against, and then wink, wink, nod, nod, here's the cash. this place is absolutely -- has absolutely become perverse. so back to where i was going. i've talked about this over and

over because it's one of my personal fixations. the discussion of an end to insulin. where that's been -- we saw the first academic article on this back last december, we tried to track it functionally every week, we try to follow what's going on. one of the trials is actually in f.d.a. phase on hold right now as they're doing safety efficacy. but the fact of the matter is we have half a dozen americans who through a stem cell and gnaw the now -- now the newest is they are taking it and tagging it with a mechanism so the body doesn't see it as foreign, so the elegance of that is that means that this mechanism works, you can do a production line of these insulin producing cells. i always get made fun of because i mispronounce it. but the ability to get someone's body to produce insulin again, why isn't this just excitement around here? remember, 33% of all health care

spending is associated with diabetes. if there's a potential, just a potential we can cure our brothers and sisters, then, yes, it's going to cause all sorts of difficult, difficult decisions around here when you start dealing with type-2. i represent the population with the second highest per capita population of diabetes in the nation. my tribal communities, amazing -- community, amazing community, smart, well run, and genetically they're number two and their sister tribe is number one population that has diabetes. next year we're going to be doing the farm bill. within there will be nutrition support. one of the ways this place has always passed the farm subsidy bills and nutrition support is they merge them together. how about if i came to you and said, let's just have a really uncomfortable conversation. instead of the e.b.t. card which is the modern day food stamp, if you have someone who wants to sign up for the program, saying

we're going to try to cure your body and get your body to make insulin again, but you got to do the nutrition program with us. and that may be two years of a food box showing up three times a day at your house where it's microwaveable, lyft can drop it off. but what's morelle gantt, what's more -- more elegant, what's more, from a society standpoint, what's kinder? is here's an e.b.t. card, go to jack in the box, i love the onion rings and you can use that card at jack in the box. is that really making society healthy, better? because we've also been doing experiments, just trying to do math. and starting to realize, health, the fact you have a household member who has severe diabetes, that may be getting a foot cut off is a component in income inequality. i thought that was the holy grail to my brothers and sisters on the left. let's try make our brothers and sisters healthier.

and the fact of the matter is there's something going on out there in the literature. why wouldn't we take some of the dollars we spend here, the things we put into pure theater, and say, this science is already in phase one. whether it be through tax incentive, whether it be through other types of incentives. how do we get this into the field and then we as a body have to do really difficult discussions. because you're not going to give someone stem cells to get their pancreatic reas to start producing -- pancreas to start producing insulin again if they're morbidly obese. this is a big person conversation. but what's -- what would be great for the budget? what would be great for society? what would be great for productivity? because at the end of the

speech, my hook is going to be, inflation is killing our country. it's blowing up our future of yupg people, it's eating -- young people, it's eating the savings of older people. how do you get productivity back in society? it's actually disruptions. it turns out if you can disrupt things like this, you have this virtuous circle. and how many times has this body even talked about doing big things that are really good for everyone? and if it's true, you would think the majority here, which basically controls all the power, one of the first things they would have done is invited the researchers who had gotten together with the stem cell and broad them in here and said, let's have a conversation. how real is this? how far off? what resources, what incentives, what things could we do to get money to invest in it?

what could we do as a body because if this is really 33% of all health care spending associated with diabetes, could you imagine, even if it was a fraction of that population of our brothers and sisters were removed from the suffering, i have pitched over and over and over people with power in this body saying, -- and fight the researchers here, we need to understand this. and instead over and over, and my brothers and sisters on the left seem to say, no, we care more. we're going to build more diabetes clinics. we're going to build more community-based clinics. and i'm saying, the disruption is the solution. cure the damn disease. and it's going to be hard. and there will be things that will go wrong. and there will be people who will call us names because we're trying to say, we need to do the

23450u triggs -- the nutrition and maybe exercises, we need to get this investment in you. but it's the moral thing to do for our society and also economically, really smart. and let alone think of the economic expansion we get when we live in a society where we have so many brothers and sisters who can't participate in the economy because parts of their lives are miserable, their health issues. the cure is the solution. patching people up. it may be great virtue signaling but it's not that merciful. so that's sort of the theme i'm going to walk through these boards. so now let's go through other things we could do as a society to disrupt. how many times have we all been here on the floor and we hear about the build back better? yes, we can spend more money and that will be good for inflation. and you sit there and scratch your head and say, my elementary school economics teacher was wrong. but they're working on it in the senate. we're told there's a pare d'back version coming -- pared back

version coming. would you believe there's a provision that you can't automate the ports in california. huh? you got to back up and think about this. so i have a white house and some of my brothers and sisters here on the left, inflation isn't their fault. it's not the incredible amounts of spending, the trillions of dollars being handed out to people without any requirement for them to participate in the society or economy. it's not their fault. it's supply chains. and one of the first things they really, really, really want to do is a piece of legislation that would restrict automating the ports. huh? because there's a worker shortage, there is a technology shortage, we have ships parked out -- but the longshoremen write checks to democrats so they'll slow down -- you can't have it both ways. so the fact of the matter is the language is there.

i've had a number of people look at me and say, oh, that can't be. it got slipped in and it's still over there in the senate draft. this is absurd. because i will argue the technology is -- the disruption is the cure. so it's not only automating the ports. it's the second half. there's some brilliant articles out there of some technology now that the rail spurs in the port of long beach, the port of los angeles, some of the other -- you could actually now -- and this is former spacex engineers that have designed this, and you take the container, you park it on the electric rail car, and you tell it where to go and it just goes toolly to the spur -- automatically to the spur to drop it off. functionally you go from an automated port to an automated delivery system. that's forward thinking. that's policy, that's rule sets that pop that productivity, pop the problems in the supply chain. ta-da. did you something positive and

when you do that you also take on inflation. and instead this body's trying to stop the very disruptions that would make our lives better. because they're pandering to a group that writes them a check. but it exists. i mean, there's fun articles about these automated freight train cars and they're electric. you just, boom, put the container on it, tell it where to go. why wouldn't we be -- look, we have a demographic crisis. we have trouble with workers. we have all these things. the terk nolg -- technology, the disruption is the solution. do you see any attempt around here? instead we have debates here where we sound like it's still the 1990's. so one of the other battles here is energy prices. and i've had an ongoing reasonably friendly discussion with a democrat who is from back east, who a friend, i'll call him a friend.

oh, we got to stop hydrocarbonnen. natural gas isn't as clean. oh, david, you don't understand. yes, natural gas when properly burnt for energy, those things, maybe who -- may be 40% to 50% cleaner than other fuel sources but you have methane leakage. ok. i'll do that with you. we know the methane math, the latest calc is like 8.79 to one in its greenhouse effect if you do the math, but it also has, as we know the new math has a shorter half life, that's why so many of the models of global warming models from a year or two ago are absolutely wrong, because we've now recalculated methane. but it turns out that some experiments have been going on the last two years of functionally a solution to capturing methane, particularly in oil and gas and pipelines. and i'm going to be a little silly here because it's a dirt

cheap solution. it's clay. turns out i think it's a copper oxided clay, it's like a sponge of methane. maybe it works. maybe it doesn't. but there's a couple good academic papers saying, hey, you do realize we can functionally take kitty litter, pack it into the pipe fittings and other things and it's a methane sponge. why wouldn't we take a run at this? instead people around here who base chi run this place -- who basically run this place say, no, we're going to restrict ourselves, we're going to restrict because, oh, god, we can't have access to this. no. the solution is in the disruption. i'm just excited about this one because it's super cheap. it's not some of the grandiose build a new regulatory body, build inspection, build these huge tankers that sit on top of the oil heads and capture the methane. turns out it could be

functionally copper oxided kitty litter. does anyone around here read? so i've had a proposal here, and for anyone who is bored out of their mind, go -- i believe i'm allowed to say this on the floor, if not, scold me later, schweikertenvironmentalcrowd-- schweikert environmental crowd sourcing. there's you tube video. i put together a couple years ago. that basically said, look, we all walk around with these supercomputers in our pocket. what if i came to you tomorrow and said, instead of the regulatory model we use right now to protect air quality, and you could use this for water and other things, we're functionally -- where functionally you fill out pieces of paper, you take them to your local regulatory body, e.p.a., county air quality, whatever you have in your area, and they stick it in a file cabinet. and everyone knows file cabinets full of pieces of paper make the air quality better, right? no. it's documentation so one day someone can sue you. what would happen if i came to

you and said, they exist today, they're not expensive, if you had a couple thousand people in your marketplace, a few thousand in something like maricopa county, which is huge, a little attachment on their phone, and it does air quality samples. you crowd source the problem. you no longer need people filling out pieces of paper for their permitting because if someone screws up, you catch them immediately. and the elegance of the clowns that may be painting cars, they are never getting caught unless you had a crowd-source model or the soccer mom is walking around with a little thing attached to their phone and the beauty of these things, they do pm-10 and a little panel does radioactive

bands. the solutions are out there and how different the world would be, i want to open up a motorcycle paint shop, i have to get an engineer and get the scrubbers and do this, do this, do this. what if the solution is, these are the things tough do and moment you screw up, we catch you the same day. it's a living. do you use this living crowd source model in detroit, where they had the water issue, there is a little ring out there that is $39 and put it under the sink, you could have caught it and not gone through multibillions of misery and understand what sent toury we are in and look at that youtube

video. for those of us in west, this is a crazy one, maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, deal sailinnization. we know there are plants on the coast of california. but there is an issue of the brian, you got to really spread the brian out and and there are researchers out there that are saying that brine, there may be rare earths. we could actually as the plant is mining potable water, we could be mining the brine from rare earths.

think, think a little more creatively. because this place is distope yap. i'm sure one will patriotic a contribution and the other side will say this is a republican idea. but the fact of the idea, it is worth understanding. and it turns out i have a fascination with carbon capture and tax credit and those things that i'm a lead author on. and the break-thrust. it turns out we are getting really good at this. ambient and point source and a power generation outside houston called an allen cycle and blow up the natural gas and huge the

actual dpas from the burn and has no smoke stack and capture every bit of it. what turns out, we are actually getting really good and researchers and amazing paper, m.i.t. came up with an electrocharged plate and it crashed the costs of capturing and doing ambient. and it crashed the energy to do carbon capture. ok. my brothers and sisters on the left say they care about the environment but we are doing the pom shy and don't put ourselves back in the stone age and options to grab the carbon. there is a facility and this may

be in canada and has gates foundation money and this has an ambient capture and does amazing things and it is already out of date. the technology is moving so fast. this isn't pie in the sky. what could we do policy-wise during the 45 in the tax code to say we are going to give you a tax credit if you put it in concrete or other things. are the things that we can do and those who believe the use of hydrocarbons is keeping the society prosperous and they want to eliminate hydrocarbons, maybe there is a technology solution that brings us together. how many detailed hearings have

we seen that we brought in engineers, not the talking heads, not the lobbyists not an idiot doing signaling for us but the actual engineers where you have to own a calculator, but the stuff exists. there are other revolutions happening around us that are happening around us, very scary and very wonderful. we are going to do the farm bill next year. i grabbed this article two years ago and tracking this and geek out and try to do this, you remember your biology class, these plans, they need a carbon molecule to grow but the dear lord, has this little dplich where the plant grabs an oxygen

molecule and says, i don't need this and purges the molecule, what would happen if researchers could tweak it so every time it grabbed the cash op? some of the researchers for some plans, it could be a 40 -- and other plants that might be in the 20, 25, 30's, if i had a crop that cor grow 40% efficiently, 40% less land, less water, the disruption you fed the world for the next september try and world-wide agriculture produces 2.2 times more global greenhouse gases i guess is the

term than ever -- 2.2 times more. 40% improvement it would be equal to removing it off the face of the earth. we know the earth is going to turn out that way and people are scared of technology. why wouldn't we have this part of the conversation that those who live in drought-prone environments. this is the future. what is the chance this will be part of the farm bill next year? zero. this place has become air protection racket. we incumbent and don't ask them to leap into the future. this is the future. so this one is i use on occasion

and fairly snackery, but -- sna rmp kmp y. how many care about plastic in the ocean. hands go up. here in d.c. we aren't using plastic straws. there is almost no plastic from north america in the ocean. 90% of the plastic if the ocean comes from 10 rivers, eight in asia, two in africa. 90% of the plastic comes from 10 rivers. so if you cared about plastic in the ocean, would you be rewriting your checks to groups who say they are going to go out and capture plastic or wouldn't we adjust our foreign aid and

response saying we are going to 10 rivers, and do something like we are going to create a value for the plastic and it says dumping in the river, we are going to collect it. this is an actual solution and takes away the virtual signaling. it doesn't give a darn about actual solutions. 90% of the ocean plastic comes from 10 rivers. go to those rivers and let's deal with it. another thought experiment and i'm going to do a locality more on health care. i accept a lot of these will not work and will make people angry, money power and d.c. is about

the money. but what is the single most powerful thing this place could do tomorrow. i want to have a disruption in the cost of health care. but david, that is only a few months. d.c. isn't capable of having a revolution in a few months to do something powerful for the price of health care. what if i said, the model says and research says and we have known this for years and years, 16% of all health care spending is actually people not taking their medicine, not taking it properly. if you have hypertension and don't have and you stroke out and have a heart attack and cost the system. you stay on your meeds, they are cheap and safe and very effective and decades and

decades of history to stay healthy. turns out you could say for certain pharmaceuticals and didn't open it today. if you want to do the fancy one. this slide is the fancy one where the pill cap tells your tone and says you didn't take it. 16% of health care costs would be $170 billion. what would happen if this place got together and said, some of our populations are mistaking their pills or grandma is having cognitive issues, let's spend the 99 cents and if that actually helped even a fraction, maybe it's not 16%, but what if

we do half of that, hundreds of billions of dollars. is this republican or democrat? it smacks in the face and lobbying and writing checks for this. the solution is in the disruption, the disruption is part of the technology. and before i do this slide, i need to tell a story and see if i can put it in perspective. and, look, there is a reason here i need to annoy the hell out of so many folks because this is a challenge of how we think. few years ago, i'm reading one of my crazy plosion and material science plog orderly enough and a professor, maybe duke, she had been working on this thing

breath biopsy and designate saying you have this category of flu. and the model said once we know it bounce the medical records on your phone and order your anti-virals. it is a flu kaz omp oo. and the models are picking up and a cell dice. and some of the sensors are getting so good can actually identify them. what's the problem with a breath biopsy? i wish i had brothers and sisters in the body to yell at me. what's the problem? you blow into it and what's the problem with it? it's illegal. i'm allowing this to prescribe.

social security says i will see your doctor. wink, wimping, nod, nod, they already have and doing it for years. this is not new. and if you had it certified by the f.d.a. and there are algo right imples why wouldn't we make them reimbursable and conceptal ideas that you could actually have technology in your home medicine that you spit, urine ate and plow and monitor your one of the reasons they won't invest in it, it's functionally illegal. they're betting that the lobbyist armies will keep it illegal here. because, got to be honest, it

will change the foot traffic in many of our medical facilities. it will also save the society from the debt implosion that's being driven by the future health care costs. so you got to decide, are you going to save us? are we going to protect the world from a disruption? it's back to my blockbuster video example. should congress have stopped netflix or streaming and protected the renting of the little silver disses, because that's -- disks, because that's functionally what we do in health care. the newest version of folks with the apple watches, the reality if i can know your temperature, your pulse rates, the algorithm can say, hey, you might have a problem here. what happens when the new versions were stunningly accurate? we have math for a number of these that are more accurate that a human. and yes, it is scary. disruption always is.

and if we don't have a disruption in the cost of health care, there's a technical economic term. we are screwed. and there's lots of these at-home biopsy type -- you've all -- you've all seen the one, because it had some great pop culture last year, of an iphone app where you could zoom in on a mole and the algorithm behind it was stunningly accurate to say, you need to go get that thing cut off. because that's a skin cancer. why aren't we promoting things here? look, i've gone -- i've been at war here since i got here on telehealth. and i had a piece of legislation over and over and over and i could never get a hearing on it, for telemedicine, telehealth here. then the pandemic hit and they

took our language, i was doing this with a couple of my democratic colleagues, and they took our telehealth expansion language and put it into law for the pandemic. do you know the expansion of telehealth goes away the day the pandemic is declared over? and the argument used to be, well, david, you don't understand. seniors aren't going figure out how to hit the button and use facetime to talk to their doctor. seniors aren't going to figure out how to put something on their wrist or chest or blow into it. you don't understand. well, it turns out they were wrong. and i'm looking forward to this body deciding, are you going to be with the lobbyists? or the expansion of access to health care through telehealth? because this goes away when the pandemic is declared over. here's another example, just another breath biopsy. these things exist. they've put them together. and what's fascinating is this

slide's about a year or so old. it keeps going and going and going. and they're working now on a number where it's a breath biopsy to detect different types of cancers. why? why doesn't this place find joy and embrace the solutions? and you start to understand, you know, outside the folks that politicized messager r.n.a. and didn't understand the mechanisms and all those things, but we are getting so close to treating so many diseases. whether it be my fascination with the stem cell, being able to set off insulin production again, to the fact that i'm going to show a number of slides here where cancers, an

incredible number of the cancers, particularly soft cell, we can set off your body to fight them now using messenger r.n.a. but we're right on the cusp. if we actually, you know, if i came to you right now and said, hey, malaria, you know, certain cancers, h.i.v., influenza, heart disease, the heart disease one is fascinating. teaching your body through a mass injury r.n.a. to build certain protein stacks to help rebuild heart damage, i mean, it's here. how much discussion do you have on this body? how many experts have we brought in saying, the technology is the cure and health care is what's chewing us alive. do we do another bill on who is going to get subsidized and who has to pay? do we do another group out there that we say, there's another group that we're not taxing enough. we all know the crisis that's

happening on medicare financing. why is this place incapable of having a conversation about crashing the price of health care? i'm just going to go through a number of these because i collect these, obviously. when you spend 10 hours a week on an airplane, and you bore easily, i read a lot of things and i keep coming across these. this one's just really interesting. an immune therapy for brain cancer. they think they've had amazing success on this. and this was one of those we didn't think we could do anything with and it looks like there's an immune therapy for brain cancer. here's one, and i have not read the details on this because i just saw this on my flight i think a couple days ago. drug cures. 100% of colorectal cancer patients and a small initial trial -- in a small initial trial. ok. maybe it work, maybe it doesn't.

but this is what we need to be fixating on and instead what we're going to do here is watch the bill that comes from the senate where they're going to blow up the capital stack for the very research that finances these sorts of things. couple more just for the fun of it. biotech, and i think this one is already out in phase one and multiple phase ones. i don't know if it's reached phase two. malaria. you do understand for much of the world, malaria is just a brutal, brutal, vicious disease. i saw some data a couple months ago, they were only about 30% effective. and believe it or not that's actually terrific. because if they've hit 30% effective, we can -- through adjustments, through other factors, could you imagine the amount of misery you could end

in the world, if you get a 50% effectiveness for vaccine for malaria? instead we'll do certain types of foreign aid. instead, turns out one of the most powerful things we can do for the world is our intellectual property. fixing what we've incentivized. and it's not handouts of cash. it's fix the regulatory model here. fix the capital, fix the tax incentives. and you do amazing things for the world. this one, did i a presentation last year and i got a little over the top on getting a little technical, so -- i guess i have about a dozen slides on this one. but it turns out we think we know how to do a type of gene editing with a couple other optionalities for sickle cell anemia. and this one's out there in

trials. isn't that a moral thing to do? you know, the fact of the matter is do you try to help people maintain their misery or do you pursue -- when you actually see data that says there's a path, do you pursue the cure? my argument here is the cure is better for us as a society financially. productivity-wise. and just from a pure ethical, moral standpoint, removing someone's misery is a pretty neat thing to do. this is that heart disease one which i just found fascinating. that through functionally a derivative of the mrna, you're setting off your body, and in this case, instead of it going after a disease, it's actually repairing damage.

and i think this one is coming out of the boston area. and when you start to understand there's a reason these folks have nobel prizes, when you start to understand infectious diseases, herpes, other -- diabetes, the other things we are on the cusp of having cures. in the misery that i believe the last 16 months of really bad policy here have brought to this country, the damage inflation is doing, the damage that's going on with the border of my state, the homelessness, the fentanyl. could you imagine if this place would set aside some of the virtue signaling legislation that's saying, oh, this is going to get the other side in the next election, oh, that just

writes a great ad, and you actually brought you in the engineers and ex -- you brought in the engineers and experts and say, here's what the future looks like and if we get it right, if we get it right, the future's amazing. a little while ago you saw a little girl behind me. i have a 6-year-old. two weeks ago out of nowhere my phone rang and the birth mother of my little girl had a little boy. now my wife and i, we have a little boy. i have a 3-week-old. it's my primary reason for running again. i got to find a way to beat this body into submission, to understand there's good things out there. but it doesn't work into our

current political construct, it doesn't work into the way this place raises political money or keeps certain friends. the cures are disruptive. and the disruption is the future. and the disruption makes society healthy, better, wealthier, more productive. and that productivity solves the inflation problem. it solves so many other things. how do we move this body to stop being terrified of its own shadow and saying, screw it, we're going to do what's right? not necessarily what's easy an political. with that, i yield back, mr. speaker -- and political with, that i yield back, mr. speaker. -- political. with that, i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the gentleman from illinois is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader.

mr. schneider: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to talk about mental health in general and the need for a different mindset about mental health and care in this country specifically. i stand up tonight for the countless family members, friends, neighbors across the country as they endure a struggle with mental health. either for themselves or for a family member. the number of americans battling mental illness or disorders is not small. in fact, over half of adults will deal with mental health issues and one in five children has or will have a debilitating mental illness. suicide is now ranked as the second leading cause of death among children ages 10 to 14. think about that. suicide is the second leading cause of death. this is more than simply heartbreaking. we have a problem. that's nearly one death every 11

minutes. suicide is a tragic outcome for people dealing with mental crisis. but across the country there are so many dealing in other ways. especially in the midst of this pandemic. working parents trying to make it through the day juggling. parents not working, trying to find ways to make ends meet. kids in remote school losing the opportunity for the social and emotional learning that is so critical for their development. families juggling remote work and remote school at the same time. all of these have contributed to what is truly a mental health crisis in the country. in fact, as we think about it, in the same way that young kids, babies born during the depression were forever known as depression babies, it's very likely that this generation, during the pandemic, will be covid babies. throughout their life.

it will have an impact. beyond that, we have the issues of mass violence. i live in highland park. two weeks ago we experienced something that no community should ever go through, but unfortunately too many communities have. and continue to do so. highland park, go babington sandy hook. too long a list to give and come presence -- comprehensive list but at its core, it is something these kids are perpetrating these heinous crimes, monstrous crimes. if we reach them at an earlier age and maybe reduce some of that violence. this is president an exhaustive list. we know the pandemic has made us of the inequalities of our

health care system. our health care system steps in rather than helping people to have a strong and strong and tackle challenges as they occur. we hub providing health care and provide health care. at the palestine, americans are experiencing anxiety and depression. putting a crisis on top of a crisis. for those suffering from mental health issues, pandemic has increased their symptoms and we will deal with these effects long after the official end of this pandemic. everywhere i go, i hear stories, some heartbreaking, some simply frustrating about people getting care. it is not a new problem and sharing a personal stories. my first experience of tragedy,

my best friend is a young child in an elementary school. he was a special kind heart, a bril yapt young man. and at the age, we moved apart in middle school and i learned at age 21, he took his own life. his parents were told that he felt as if he was locked in a box. he was so smart and could see the possibilities availability to his friends and wanted more than anything else what he saw that everyone else had but knew he would never get it. his pain was unbearable and at 21. i lost a cousin jeff, whose pain was all-consuming. he tried many times to escape his pain. his family tried to help, we all

tried to help. but again that pain was all-consuming that ultimately a relatively young man, he died by suicide. and come back to the present moment. i heard from a children's hospital in chicago that the pandemic has increased the mental health crisis. suicide attempts have jumped from 2-3 per month to 2-# each and every day. they would get maybe 50 calls a week for new appointments, at the height of the pandemic they were receiving 50 calls every single day. a third are reporting a wait time for wait time and the wait is much, much longer. this mismatch of supply and demand goes with the care.

the emotional and are less personal and less connected with their patients. older americans are at an increased risk. and already, 20%, 20% of those 55 or older experience some form of anxiety and depression. additionally mental health touches many other parts of our soisht-n 2008, the leader of the national institutes of mental health estimated it cost our economy $193 billion each year in lost earnings. 8.4 million americans are providing 32 hours of

uncompensated care whether family or friends. leaving mental to increased incarceration with not dealing with mental health needs and overuse of drugs and alcohol. despite the pervasiveness of these issues, less than half of adults receive treatment in 2020. for america caps of color, the rate of those getting treatment is less than the national average. i find the current land scape simply unacceptable and we fail to and family and friends and our neighbors. that's why i'm making access cheaper and easier that is critical. i want to share with you how it

affects one of our youth. i received a letter from a high school senior about the disparities. she highlighted the value on gym flooring but lack of investment. she shared they lost a classmate to suicide. she had become more aware of so-called suicide web sites and social media web sites. i applaud the initiative of voicing her concern. each of us has the response biment to reach out for help but for our neighbors who are left powerless. another story i want to share is a beautiful young woman, 19-year-old woman from my town. she was the light that and her name means my life. she was a journalist with a

passion for the pursuit of truth and justice and believed in the need to provide mental health services and providing counseling services to her classmates. sufficient mental health services could have saved her life. her time is not about how she left us but the impact she made while she was here and impact that is felt by so many today. no parent should. and lost katie who died by suicide and completing her masters work. and suicide prevention work and brian's participation in the bank of chicago's marathon. and this reaches from our youth to our nation's heroes.

when it comes to nation, we are losing 22. when it comes to cops and firefighters, they are on the job trauma is crushing to their mental health and well-being. jeff smith whose family. he was dispatched to the you capitol on january 6 and defended me. his father shared with me those injuries and the stigma and lack of access to care contributed to his terrible loss. we must do better if we want to honor officer jeff smith and honor our veterans and orally she havey and honor all those who have lost. we have lost all from all

stripes. this is giving me hope and optimism about this mental health crisis. here in the house we passed to address americans' needs. one program will help strengthen is the national suicide prevention hotline which is 988. moving to that phone number is a once in a lifetime to strengthen and expand an existing lifeline to everyone and ensure that everyone is aware of this new service. the number will allow people to trained counselors who can provide help whether thoughts of suicide, mental health or substance use crisis. no matter where you are in the country, a 988 line will create the puerto rican to a trained counselor to address their

immediate needs. mitigate health care spending with early intervention and reduce the use of law enforcement and meet the rising need at a grand scale and end the stigma to those accessing mental health care. the creation of 988 promotes optimism. we will have to make sure that they are our health care providers and managed. i will continue to fight for the plef that access to affordable health quality health care is our right and not a reserved privilege. with that, i want to turn our conversation to a dear friend to use and wild, from pennsylvania.

-- susan wild, from pennsylvania. ms. wild: our nation can be characterized by many great traits, hard work, discipline, grit, determination, selflessness, bravery, request for success. we have a rug he had streak, a desire to get things done by any means necessary even if it means going alone these are traits and made us who they are but also where we are where we are on mental health. we find it so difficult to ask for help and recognize that maybe we should not always go it alone. our nation is facing a mental health crisis and one with the stress and uncertainty from the pandemic is forced into plain

view demanding to be addressed, to be seen and be helped and that may be the silver lining of the pandemic that we have woken up and taken notice. health care providers were on the front lines of treating covid-19 through waves and waves of patients putting the needs of everyone else be for themselves. when covid-19 was still new, they were the only ones to hold the hands of people who passed through this world. teachers putting together lesson plans to keep our children learning and what if my school is next as they see another school is the recipient of thoughts and prayers. no occupation is spared.

law enforcement, firefighters, dentists, vets, farmers. young people just beginning their lives thrown for a loop by the pandemic milestones they and their families looked forward to, not seeing friends and family members in person, the anxiety of a world changed almost overnight trying to find a new normal. parents, caretakers, bread winner, trying to keep their winners safe and healthy. we have experienced grief and loss. some of us lost family and friends, some lost businesses and some of us anxiety and stress. but we all experience something. our strength as americans isn't

rooted in our individual discipline, but in our collective ability to take care of one another. that is why i'm so passionate about mental health care, making it more accessible and affordable. i successfully fought for an increase of $50 million for the substance abuse and mental health our agency for supporting mental health and combatting the addiction crisis. and our health care i introduced the protection act, a bill that provides funding to reduce and prevent suicide and burn out and i'm proud to say it passed

through the senate and signed into law. the bill is named by dr. lorna breen, an emergency room doctor who worked on the front lines and died by suicide in the spring of 2020. i'm proud to say this bill was signed by i'm proud to say the bill was signed by president bide then past spring. for students who live on campus, i'm proud to have introduced an act to encourage college leaders to engage in comprehensive planning efforts to prevent suicide on college campuses. i'm now focused on getting that through the senate and signed into law. during this time for extreme -- of extreme stress for our young people, our colleges and universities need resources to reach out to students and better support their mental health. our young children have

unfortunately not been spared from the mental health crisis. suicide rates in young children have been climbing and the leading method has become by hanging with information found online. there is no reason for young children to be able to find directions on how to tie a noose on youtube. and i've been working to hold youtube accountable and to bring down those videos. our children deserve to grow up in a world that encourages them to be both strong and determined and able to ask for help and lean on their support systems. we all deserve that. and finally we must make sure that our mental health professionals are respected, that people are encouraged to go into that profession and that that profession is fairly compensated. we have a shortage of mental health professionals that is hurting our country.

hurting our communities. we as individuals and together as communities are so much stronger when we have support systems in place to reinforce our strength, to help us bounce back and to be resilient. we can do this but we have to work together. we have to admit our vulnerabilities and we have to put all politics aside. as we work on this critical issue. with that, i yield back. mr. schneider: thank you. thank you for your remarkable words, for sharing your perspective and expression, compassion, i think we can all share. it is now my privilege to recognize my friend from michigan, representative elissa slotkin. ms. slotkin: thank you, representative schneider for your leadership. i rise today to honor the

struggle that so many parents who must do the unimaginable have gone through. to grieve the loss of a child. as an army wife and a former c.i.a. officer who worked alongside the military on three tours in iraq i have watched many parents send their kids off to war and unfortunately many did not return. for the families left behind, not only does the hole in their hearts never heal, the ripple effect of that loss is vast. the tragedy assistant program for survivor, or taps, estimates that for every active duty service member killed in afghanistan and iraq, six family members are significantly impacted. this is the devastating collateral impact of combat. our communities in the united states, our high schools and colleges, are not supposed to be war zones. for many of us adults we look back fondly on those years as a time for liberation and new opportunities for work, study,

and play, for learning new things and for growing up. so when a parent sends their child into the world full of hopes and dreams for the future they do so with visions of challenging classes that expand their horizons, friendships that will define their live, saturday tailgates and spring break and sunshine. most importantly, they send them off with the full and complete assumption that they will safely come back home. but what we don't often think about is the incredible crisis of mental illness and emotional turmoil that so many young people today endure. our students are struggling. they are fighting internal battles that even their closest friends and parents do not see until it's much too late. even before the pandemic upended our lives we were facing a mental health crisis for young people. at this point crisis is not the right word. it's not strong enough. mental health experts and researchers use the term ep democrat toik describe where we

are with mental health challenges facing u.s. high school and college students. according to the natch college health assessment, the most common mental health issues facing adolescents are depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and intent, eating disorders and substance abuse. it's not easy getting help for any of those navigating resources as a newly independent young adult. even if a student tries to get help there's a tremendous lack of resources in our community, in our colleges, in our universities. on college campus, the ratio of certified counselors to students is one to 1,000 or one to 2,000 for small to moderate sized schools and one to 3,000 to 5,000 for larger universities. often the outcome is tragic.

in the past year and a half one of my superintendent, dr. bob shaneer, a marine veteran, he and his family lost their son in his freshman year of college. more recently, my friend steve scheffy lost their beloved daughter orly, a young woman who wanted to change the world. it's become so common for me to get those terrible calls it's nearly common place. it is therefore up to us to make sure we do something to change the system so that we honor their legacy. but we need to start early. because we know that the problem doesn't disappear in college or after high school. in my district in michigan, one county alone had a 3,000% increase in nand for child psychiatric services in the past two years and virtually no in-patient beds to offer them. it's not just sheer volume of demand that increased but the

acuity of distress for patients. right now in our country when it comes to mental health and young people there's a syn syn of need and only sandbags to need it. you nay may know the name of a community in in my district, oxford, michigan. oxford joined the terrible club no one wants to be a part of, the list of districts where a school shooting has taken place. like we've seen so many times in the past, the tragedy in oxford is rooted in the toxic combination of mental health issues and access to weapons. because of that, four students are dead and a community including the police, fire, first responders and teachers who were in the building that day are forever traumatized. we must do bert. for the students of oxford, for orly, for every student and every parent. we must train providers in trauma-based care. increase access to mental health

care services. treat mental illness like physical health so we understand that the issues and ailments that affect us from the neck up are just as important as the ones that affect us if the neck down. we must improve insurance coverage for mental health services and reframe the entire conversation around what it really means to be healthy. the tasks are daunting but the consequence of inaction, the collateral damage of this battle, are even greater. in closing, i offer a prayer often recited when mourning the loss of a child. may it bring comfort to the hearts of those who grieve and may it inspire all of us to keep their memories in the forefront of our work. a good person though taken from us too soon will rest in peace. for honor is -- honor in old age does not come from the length of life. honor in old age does not come from length of years. understand is the gray hair of

humanity. blameless life is ripeness of age. perfection in limited years is like living for many years. so a good person, though taken from us too soon, will rest in peace. let us then with peace in mind let that good soul rest. i yield back. mr. schneider: thank you, representative slotkin, thank you for those beautiful words. thank you, representative wild. we have a national crisis. it needs a national response. we are a caring nation. it is reflected in the outreach across the nation when a community is struck by tragedy, whether it's a mass shooting or a flood, hurricane, whatever the case may be. we see it in the response of individuals lending a helping hand when they see someone fall on a curb or down a stair. it's who we are as a people. we need to extend that when we

think about our mental health crisis and mental health care. we have to do so much to try to address the stigma. in the same way if you think of a world class athlete who is trying to achieve their highest potential, no one says, going to seek assistance of a coach or advice of a friend is a shortcoming. when it comes to dealing with the challenges of life, too often that outreach for assistance, that simple ask, help me get through this moment, isn't made because people are afraid of how they will be judged. yet even if we address the cigne the challenge of access, like we talked here tonight. not enough providers, not enough quality services.

everyone in this country deserves access to quality, affordable, available care. we need to make sure that we're investing in training providers to provide services across our country and making sure that those services are available at a price that people can truly afford. we need to recognize that care for our mental health is every bit as important as care for our physical health. think about it. if a child is diagnosed with cancer at a young age, we have poured billions of dollars into research to try to cure those cancers and we are investing thousands, if not millions, of dollars into treating individuals and having great results. kids with cancer today have a much higher likelihood of beating that cancer back and reaching their full potential. the same is true for diseases we might face in middle age or even treating our seniors. we are working so hard to address that.

we need to do the same for mental health and mental health care. we need to recognize that the care for challenge, mental health challenge, is every bit as real and deserves every bit as much investment as care for physical health challenge. we are a caring nation. we know we have a crisis. i am hopeful that this body will continue to do its work to try address crisis for the people we represent. i'm grateful for the great words and kind words, incite. words, compassionate words of my colleagues and i'm thankful for the work of this body. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman, for 30 minutes. mr. grothman: i want to talk about a variety of issues

tonight. we'll start one more time and i direct this talk not only to the chair, not only to my colleagues in the legislature but also the press corps that normally doesn't cover this because i'm going to touch on some stories that ought to appear in the press corps but for whatever reason they don't. the first thing, i've addressed it several times from this microphone, is what is our goal in ukraine? ok. it would seem to me a good goal would be to end the war. we have a lot of troops, ukrainian troops who died. we have a lot of russian troops who have died. we have a lot of ukrainian civilians who have died and it seems to me that every week or month that the war goes by, those numbers get greater and greater. not only that, particularly russia is a country with access to horrific weapons and every week or month that goes by, the chances that eventually some horrific weapons will have to be used goes up.

i will also point out with regard to these two country, not that any young life isn't a tragedy, but it would seem to me there would be special tragedies in this countries because both countries have low birth rates and declining numbers of young people. for two clints that have been around, i believe ukraine's been around for millenia, you would kind of like to see these countries continue to exist into the future. ukraine has a size -- of sizable countries around the world the second lowest birth rate. trailing only south korea. there are also people who emigrate from ukraine. in any event i would think one of the primary goals of ukraine is to make sure they hang on to the young people they have left. russia is in a similar situation. they also have a low birth rate. i've repeated this story about seven months ago before the war began, i was at the san diego

sector of our southern border and at least the week or month i was there, san diego is only one tiny sector of a large border and was only talking about the week or month that i was there. but in any event at that time the second biggest nationality crossing our border came from russia. which kind of surprised me. they have we have a lot of people emgreating and it is the primary goal is to make sure that the few young people don't have to die in a war. now, i do not know what president biden's goal is here in this war. i tried to talk to some democrat colleagues and people who should know. president biden hasn't talked about the situation but the press corps should say what is your goal.

is our goal to end the war and give president putin an off-ram am or president zelensky, or our goal to continue on for a year, two years and don't care that another 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 russian or ukranian troops die not to mention monetary. i would like to know where president biden stands on this. we have not had a decent briefing since march 31 and we have been asked to give tens of mill crops of dollars and asked to add sweden and finland to nato, i don't think it is too much that the administration

bring its key members over here and let us know where the biden administration stands on this war. we don't have a great relationship with russia that we can moderate inclusion of the war, but i think perhaps israel, perhaps turkey and other countries should do that and perhaps you could increase the skids a little bit. and i realize back home everybody is focusing on the inflation. if something bad happens in ukraine, people will be focused on that very quickly and would be and i know there are hard feelings that will last for generations and the united states had good relations with russia only a few months ago and it would be good if we were able to wrap up this war and good if president biden, if it was clear if we knew his administration

was working his way towards that. i ask the press corps to lean in a little bit on president bide yep and i ask any democrat colleagues to ask the administration, point out that it would be good to end this war, good, define countries and inso far as they see president biden carry that message to him. another top i believe that i have addressed before from this microphone and haven't talked tore a couple of months is that of vitamin d and i have talked about it before but it bothers that the special committee on covid has not really addressed this issue. you know, the more recent study that came out is done by an

israeli researcher and in that study, it indicated that if you had inadequate amounts of vitamin dmp which he described, that you were 11 times more likely to die of covid and if you had covid amounts. if you break it down by race, it's even scarier and studies and i don't like we break things out by race, 35% of the white population is inadequate invite minimum d and 85% black, which means that having inadequate amount of vitamin dmp is a huge priority for people in color. i think the covid committee ought to have a hearing solely

on vitamin dmp and the trillions of dollars we have thrown at covid and bill yops of dollars of trying to solve this problem why the they haven't talked about vitamin dmp and they may say this is a matter of correlation, but if that is so, we should be doing more studies, because i think that hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved if we promote vitamin d when it appeared to be the cure as it appeared before the vaccines were even invented. it is not discussed. the next question the committee ought to look at is why we are not testing people who are people at risk for vitamin d

deficiency. they should be tested for vitamin dmp. and but my personal experience in telling people about vitamin d is if they take a test, right now, it's about 20 nano grams per and they window up being a 12, 8 or 7, they take vitamin d because they have the rule of the test says that you have big trouble coming. having the test specific to that individual is much more relevant than the doctor saying it wouldn't be a bad idea. and i believe we would save a lot of lives. you could get a vitamin d test for 40 bucks. it shouldn't be a cost prohibitive thing. we should be paying for the test

and if we don't, individuals should be encouraged of getting those tests and i believe that vitamin dmp is good for bone health. there is no downside and people back home that i know or even experts in the field wonder in we don't push vitamin dmp and pay 20 bucks and not a lot of money to be made and more in favor of trying anecdotes that make money for somebody who made millions. but i beg the committee to get some experts there and even though this pandemic is on the downside and hopefully it will be different for a pandemic in the future.

i encourage the covid committee to look at vitamin dmp because they could have cut the number of people who died maybe in half. the next issue that maybe has bored the press but shouldn't stop reporting is what is going on in the southern border. we got the estimate number of migrants who crossed the southern border for june. good news it is down a little bit in may and april and june is a hot month and less people cross our border. if you look at june of this year, about 142,000 migrants remained in the interior, 50,000 got-aways and the border patrol didn't have an interview with

them. and this union june and compared to 79,000, 79,000, which was a crisis at the time to 142,000. two junes ago under another administration we were around 9,000 and we go from 9,000 people a month to 79,000 people a month to 142,000 people a month, that should be banner headline in every newspaper around the country. i know the newspapers don't like to make the current administration look bad. but there are they go onto the idea and if you read the local newspaper or turn on the news at

night. i repeat those numbers. 9,000 people in june of 2020 crossing, 9,000 to 7 -9d,000, to 142,000. massive increases. in addition to that, as we know, almost all this is people that cross the border paid $,000 or $10,000. i have been at the border eight times. the border tells me that they are making more money to let people across the border than selling drugs. our poor neighbor to the south, mexico is right now in very, very bad shape and our inability to close our border and making the cartels wealthier, wealthier

and wealthier, with all their crime and corruption. i think the united states just as we refuse to enforce our border and as a result, we are making mexico a complete mess. so i beg my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to express some interest in the flood of people coming here. i beg our newspapers to report these monthly numbers with the banner headlines they deserve so america can know what is going on here. thank you. speaking of numbers, every year, we come up with numbers of people who die of drug overdoses and that is something that is underpublicized. when i got this job seven years

ago, 50,000 people died, we are now at 107,000. twice as many people died as 12 years in vietnam. this should be banner headlines ought to be asking politicians what are you going to do, why is congress not doing to save the 107,000 hieives a year. it is a huge national problem. but if you look in the last four years and the black men who died of drug overdoses is going through the roof. normally, particularly the democratic party is eager to point out if there is a different in statistics from one race to another. here, they don't talk about it.

i'm not sure what causes it. normally it's prejudice, but i don't think it is it but police being less active. the judicial system not putting drug dealers but we are anti-prison right now. when you have 107,000 people, isn't it something we ought to be talking about it in this chamber and on the nightly news? next issue we should be talking about more is the overall level of spending that is going on in this institution. i think it was very predicted when the first bills passed when president biden took office and then had the infrastructure bill between those two bills. we're looking at i believe over

$3 trillion that it would lead to inflation. the press corps and maybe the press corps doesn't like to talk about numbers air the increase in spending. it is a lot easier to break an economy than it is to put it back together. since the inflation was caused by excesstive spending and only way to get a handle on things is not to spend this much. we will be voting on variety of bills to fund the government beginning october 1. i have not seen the press corps report on the size of those bills. we should go back to the days of sequester and see these bills go up by 0%, 12%, 2%. we have a transportation and housing bill up 12%. we have an agriculture and rural

development bill up 8%. energy and water bill up 6.4%. financial services, and interior and the environment 18%. military construction and v.a. up 18%. again and again, what we again and again what we're seeing here is -- what we're seeing here is just fiscally irresponsible -- fiscal irresponsibility. it's throwing gasoline on the fire of inflation. things precorps should be asking congress if these numbers could be closer to 1% or 2% which is where we should work toward. i think quite frankly a republican -- republicans in proppings should be coming forth and saying that we would like to see these numbers at 1% or 2%. if we're ever going to get our economy back, we condition

continue down this path of excessive spending, where the -- or the am of inflation will continue to go up and up and up. the final vote -- final spending vote we had today on the national parks foundation, and i love the national parks, it wasn't a huge spending bill by the standard of what we do around here but it was a 300% increase. 300% increase. almost everybody in this body voted for it who wants to be against the national parks in think about that. 3, put hct -- 300% increase. i hope the press corps wakes up a little and decides to report on the individual lines of these budgets, how much the spending is going up, some line by line and the overall increases in spending in each of the packages. we'll deal with one more issue here tonight that i think ought to be covered constantly but is covered nowhere there as much.

i think so many of the problems that we deal with in a society, or at least the people back home, feel that part of the problem is caused by the breakdown the family. i think america used to have very strong families in the 19 40's and 19 50's and early 1960's. the breakup in the family did not just happen. it happened because we began with a welfare system in the 1960's that quite frankly put nonnuclear families in a position that in sometimes was better off than a married couple depending on what their situation is. in any event we went from a situation in which the people born without a mom and dad at home rocketed up between the early 1960's to about 40%, went down a little, and has gone back up to 40% since the welfare reform. of the 1990's.

i find a lot of people my age think it's going to be tough for the next generation and i think when think talk about being tough for the next generation, above all, they talk about the breakdown of the family. i pointed out before that black lives matter, an organization that people should run from, but apparently has been embraced by too many people in the majority party and some people in the minority party, they originally came out saying they wanted to disrupt the traditional nuclear family. i would be very concerned when an organization that clienls their website they want to disrupt the traditional nuclear family is received positively around here. i know some people will say black lives matter is a diffuse organization and just because founders say they want to disrupt the nuclear family doesn't mean every segment of black lives matter want to

disrupt nuclear family but i would feel better for people came to the well and said, i want to strengthen the nuclear family. i haven't seen that happen. you may say what nature of the marriage penalty, i'll tell you where you can look. i would look at some of my local administrators of low-income housing. i think particularly 42 housing which is newer housing is frequently superior to other housing and i would ask people about that in your neighborhoods, my colleagues, and see what type of incentives we have when we have new housing, new apartments going up, some of them quite lavish. better than the old apartments that other people have to rent. is that a good or bad thing? i would ask the clerks in grocery stores as far as the expensive food that people are buying, if they're, you know,

more being provided for by the government than provided for within the family. i would ask tax accountants about the earned income tax credit and some of the perverse incentives involved in the earned income tax credit. i'd also ask the tax accountants what people are doing with the earned income tax credits when they get that $6,000 or $7,000 or $9,000 check once a year. i think when we got done asking these question, we can ask ourselves if we cant to continue to, what i think, continue programs that prevent children from having both parents particularly a dad at home. because i think there are so many problems in our society that would to a certain extent be improved if only we got back to what we call the old

fashioned, traditional family values. in any event, those are some of the issues that i think the press corps ought to be covering that aren't covering and some of the issues that i think our body ought to be addressing that we're not addressing. so i'd like to thank the wonderful staff for being here so late. and i return the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 1 of house resolution 1230, the house stands announcer: with dozens of republicans joining democrats to pass the bill, which now heads to the senate. also on the agenda today,

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