defendant placentia so this is an opportunity to profit off mr perry. a text message of september 2023, perry. he wrote in a text message of september2023, i perry. he wrote in a text message of september 2023, i wonder how much this moron will pay. he also stated in text messages that he wanted to be mr perry's sole—source of supply. he grow in a text message that he wanted to be mr perry's go to for drugs. as a doctor, defendant placentia knew full well the danger of what he was doing. and in fact on one occasion, he injected mr perry with ketamine and he saw mr perry frees up and his blood pressure spiked. despite that, he left additional vials of ketamine for the live—in defendant to administer to mr perry. of course, the live—in defendant had no medical training to speak of. defendant placentia knew what he was doing was harming mr perry. he had spoken to another patient in mid—2023, and he told that patient that mr perry was spiralling out of control with his addiction. nonetheless, defendant placentia continue to offer ketamine to mr perry. likewi

larry: mr. perry? mr. perry: i would say a that is a flawed question asked of mr. john. -- trump. , the declaration of independence does say governments exist with the consent of the governed and are supposed to protect life, liberty and property. think you are smart enough to be your own government. [applause] larry: this next question is to mr. peterson. should illegal immigration be stopped? what does open borders mean? mr. peterson: i believe a free market and labor is just as effective lifting people out of as aty is just as helpful free commodity. borders are drawn on a map by politicians. the nationstate things it only serves the needs of the individuals. i believe we as libertarians can offer to the american people a solution we have had in our history shows during the alicessive era, we had an island -- ellis island policy. you are out of time. dr. feldman. mr. feldman: america is the land of opportunity. i will streamline this immigration system and we will have liberty for americans and be welcom

larry: mr. perry? mr. perry: i would say a that is a flawed question asked of mr. john. -- trump. , the declaration of independence does say governments exist with the consent of the governed and are supposed to protect life, liberty and property. think you are smart enough to be your own government. [applause] larry: this next question is to mr. peterson. should illegal immigration be stopped? what does open borders mean? mr. peterson: i believe a free market and labor is just as effective lifting people out of as aty is just as helpful free commodity. borders are drawn on a map by politicians. the nationstate things it only serves the needs of the individuals. i believe we as libertarians can offer to the american people a solution we have had in our history shows during the alicessive era, we had an island -- ellis island policy. you are out of time. dr. feldman. mr. feldman: america is the land of opportunity. i will streamline this immigration system and we will have liberty for americans and be welcom

mr. perry: i am going a lot of places. [laughter] >> and comments on governor walker's plan on repealing obamacare? do you think the strategy makes sense? mr. perry: i have not looked at it. you'll hear a lot of people say the right things. repeal and replace obamacare. we have been seeing that for a long time. obviously, i believe the states are where the decisions need to be made, not in washington, dc the entire idea that washington can come up with a way to deliver health care that is effective and efficient for new york versus new mexico versus washington, this is not common sense. let the people in the country decide. in the state of texas, we don't consider it to be effective, and we do not judge success by how many people can be forced into insurance. what we think in texas is the more people that have access to the best holiday health care you can't, that is why we had the most sweeping reform in the nation. our people in the state of texas -- if you want to live in a place that has re

mr. perry: a committed public servant. governor perry, thank you. ♪ john: will ferrell earned his star on the walk of fame. cubs win! cubs win! mark: up next, "taking stock." ♪ pimm: hello, i'm pimm fox. no survivors in the german aircraft. the wreckage was found about 30 miles north of nice. it was on the way to duesseldorf, germany and carried 150 passengers and crew. lufthansa had this to say about the tragedy. >> in this dark hour of our company, our thoughts and feelings and prayers are with the relatives of the passengers. and of course our crew. pimm: during a news conference with the afghan

to mr. perry and others this network included a living assistant various go-betweens to medical doctors and a major source of drugs supply known as quote, the ketamine queen we charged five defendants in this matter these defendants took advantage of mr. perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves they knew what they were doing was wrong. they knew what they were doing was risking great danger to mr. perry. but they did it anyways in the end these defendants were more interested in profiting off mr. perry then carrying for his well-being i'm going to talk about the indictment, the allegations, and the charges in more detail on october 28, 2023, mr. perry was found deceased in his home an autopsy was conducted following his death that autopsy showed that he had died due to the acute effects of ketamine can mean is a controlled substance it has some legitimate uses, but it is also used illegally it is used by people seeking to disassociate from reality it can cause serious health effects serious h

mr. perry: yes, ma'am. senator, you asked the perfect question. i think from my perspective, the result of being able to deliver the next big thing, if you will, when you think about the department of energy and other arpa-type of agencies that are not directly darpa, for instance, and the internet, hydraulic fracturing was greatly assisted by the department of energy. i mean, as you shared, extraordinary stories about the technology and the innovation that's come out of the department of energy. arpa-e was created about a decade ago and it was funded the first time in 2009. so, my point with this, and listen, again, as i said, i understand this budgetary process. i'm going to follow your lead when it comes to -- i know how the money's promoted. i know how the instructions come. nd so if the result is we want the department of energy to be really focused on pushing these new ideas out, getting them to commercialization, i am incredibly supportive of that. ms. murkowski: do you think that that's

mr. perry: mr. president, it is an honor to be here in this university, and to all of you, good morning. i found that on my numerous visits back to new hampshire over the course of the years that you all appreciate plain talk about as well as any place in this country. and you want to hear some very plain talk about the challenges that we have in this country. and that is the spirit of which i come today, to share with you this vision of mine, and on three points i want to be very very clear. first, our country has entered -- and i think a time of testing, a time -- our political leadership is feeling that test. -- is failing that test. the american people see a president who is in denial about the threats we face, making grave miscalculations that make the world less safe. isis filled the void of failed policy in iraq and syria. in american tanks, with american weapons, isis began taking cities that just a few years ago had been freed by the blood of american soldiers. in these highly orchestrated

mr. perry: oh, man.ark: what are your chances of being the next president of the united states if you decide to run? better than 50-50? mr. perry: yes. mark: better than 75%? mr. perry: yes. mark: why is that so funny? last question. what is the nicest thing you can say about hillary clinton? mr. perry: a committed public servant. mark: governor perry, thank you. john: the human torch was denied a bank loan. ♪ john: will ferrell earned his star on the walk of fame. cubs win! mark: up next, "taking stock." ♪ pimm: hello, i'm pimm's -- pimm fox. no survivors in the german aircraft. the wreckage was found about 30 miles north of knees. it was on the way to duesseldorf germany and carried 150 passengers and crew. lufthansa had this to say about the tragedy. >> in this dark hour of our company, our thoughts and feelings and prayers are with the relatives of the passengers. and of course our crew. pimm:

mr. perry: i think it will help. ke: more questions after another quick break while the candidates have the big finish. this is wgal's debate with the 10th congressional district. we begin with congressman perry. which political action committees or pac's are funding your campaigns, and does that impact your actions in washington? mr. perry: first of all, i am sure we get donations, just like all candidates, from different organizations. some of those are pac's. some i have no idea. they put up messages and advertisements. i never talked to them, they never talked to me, so i have no control of it. i am not a big fundraiser. i try to spend time in the district working on what i think the people that sent me there want me to do which is working on legislation, constituent services, and doing the work of a servant. unfortunately, fundraising is a part of it. with the redistricting, this is going to change dramatically. we are going to see something we have never seen before in central pennsylvania, which is this huge in

mr. perry: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that lee days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the record on. 6277. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perry: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perry: thank you, madam speaker. first, i want to thank the economic development, public buildings and emergcymber titusr working with me on this piece of legislation. the federal assets, sale and transfer act, otherwise known as fasta, was passed in 2016 to create a temporary board of experts to identify federal properties for sale and unfortunately the process has not worked as congress originally envisioned and this bill seeks to remedy that. federal agencies let go of propy don't need and it has become clear the board requires more authority to recommendations. this bill would make a number of reforms to improve the effectiveness of the process, including exte

on one occasion, he injected mr. perry with ketamine and he saw mr. peary freeze up and his blood pressure spiked. despite that, he left additional vials of ketamine for you will masa to administer to mr. perry. of course the defendant had no medical training to speak of. plasencia knew what he was doing was harming mr. peary. he had spoken to another patient mid-october 2023 and he told that patient that mr. perry was spiraling out of control with his addiction. nonetheless, defendant plasencia continued to offer ketamine to mr. perry. likewise, defendant simon knew what she was doing harming the defendants and also mr. perry. she took advantage of mr. perry by selling large amounts of ketamine to mr. perry over a two week period in october 2023. she sold approximately 5 miles of ketamine for $11,000 in cash. she worked with a broker and also the live-in assistant, defendant you will masa to distribute. sangha and the brokers on this as an opportunity to profit off their mr. perry and the broker wrote i would not do it if there was not a chance of me

to mr. perry in exchange for $55,000 in cash. defended placentia, saw this as an opportunity to profit off of mister perry. he wrote in a text message in september 2023. cook, i wonder how much this will pay. he also stated in text messages that he wanted to mr. perry's sole source of supply he wrote in a text message that he wanted to be mr. perry's quote, go to for drugs. as a doctor, defendant placentia knew full well the danger of what he was doing in fact, on one occasion, he injected mr. perry with ketamine and he saw mr. perry free-up and his blood pressure spike. despite that, he left additional viles of ketamine. 4 defended you, to administer to mr. perry, of course, defendant will. had no medical training to speak up. defendant placentia knew what he was doing was harming mr. perry. he had spoken to another patient in mid-october 2023. and he told that patient mr. perry was spiraling out of control with his addiction. nonetheless, the fed up sentia continue offer ketamine to mr. perry. likewise, defendants idea knew what

in fact, on one occasion he injected mr. perry with ketamine, and he saw mr. y freeze up and his blood pressure spike. despite that, he left additional vials of ketamine for defendant iwamasa to deliver to mr. perry. defendant iwamasa had no medical training to speak of. he knew what he was doing was harming mr. perry. he had spoken to another patient in mid-october 2023, and he told that patient that mr. perry was spiraling out of control with his addiction. nonetheless, defendant plasencia continued to offer ketamine to mr. perry. likewise, defendant sonya knew what she was doing was harming mr. perry. she took advantage of mr. perry by selling large amounts of ketamine to mr. perry in october of 2023. she sold approximately 50 vials of ketamine for approximately $11,000 in cash. she worked with a broker, defendant eric fleming and also the live-in assistant, defendant iwamasa to distribute this ketamine. sonya and the broker saw this as an opportunity to profit off of mr. perry. in a text message, the broker wrote, quote, i wouldn't do it if there wasn't a c

[applause] mr. perry: mr. president, i want to tell you that last thursday was a big day for me. in the morning i got to welcome my first grandson into the world. [applause] mr. perry: and that afternoon i got to watch the president of the united states give one of the greatest history lessons that i have ever seen before. and to celebrate the american military like i have never seen it celebrated before. i am proud to be standing with you, proud to be working in this cabinet with these men and women. this is a great moment for america. it is a great moment for americans for a lot of reasons. [applause] mr. perry: and today, i am really proud to get to stand up here in front of america, and the world for that matter, as they watch this, and to recognize how important today is because the chance to tell a story that often does not get told in a proper way. and a story about what this administration is doing to clean up the environment. what this administration is doing on policies that are having an effect on o

mr. perry? mr. perry votes no. mr. katko. mr. katko votes no. mr. hurd? mr. hurd votes no. ms. mcsally, ms. mcsally votes no. mr. gallagher, mr. gallagher votes no. mr. higgins. mr. higgins votes no. mr. rutherford votes no. mr. garrett, mr. garrett votes no. mr. fit patrick, mr. fitzpatrick votes no. ms. jackson-lee? >> aye. >> ms. jackson-lee votes aye. mr. payne? mr. payne votes aye. mrs. watson-coleman. mrs. watson coleman votes aye. mr. corps rhea. mr. corps rhea votes aye. mr. deming. mr. deming votes aye. mr. smith? mr. richmond? >> have all members voted? does any member wish to record or change his or her vote? how am i recorded? >> chair is not recorded. >> i vote no. >> mr. mccaul votes no. >> the court shall report the tally. >> 11 yeas and 17 nos. >> postponed proceedings on the vote of 077 to hr 3548 by mr. vela. the question occurs on agreeing to the amendment in the nature of substitute. the clerk shall call the roll. >> mr. smith? mr. king? >> no. >> mr. king votes no. mr. rogers. mr. rogers votes no. mr. duncan. mr. duncan votes no. mr. perry. mr. perry votes

mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. 2009, the president issued executive order 13502, which strongly encourages the use of federal agencies to require project labor agreements, or p.l.a.'s, on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million in cost. this amendment simply states, already read, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to implement or enforce this executive order.

mr. perry: cost is important. we would hope the help of our neighboring countries would help pay for that. jenelle: they have clearly said they are not paying for it, mr. trump. have come i know they up we are the world and the want to trade with us. there is an impetus for them to work together with us. i think they should and we can. we cannot discount the cost of illegal immigration, whether it is our education system, those are big cost happening right now, every single day and our communities. we cannot discount the cost of human trafficking and the deaths. of fentanyl it is up 750%. they bring it over the border and then it is in your community via u.s. mail. jenelle: you think a wall will stop that? mr. perry: i think it will help. mike: more questions after another quick break while the candidates have the big finish. >> it is 19 days until the midterm elections and tonight president trump will attend the campaign rally for montana republican u.s. senate candidate matt rosendale, running against jon tester.

mr. perry: ready to take questions. i don't think we have a microphone, but if you say the question, i will repeat the question. >> could you talk a little bit about what they were saying about the weather? mr. perry: the weather is -- it a question ofe summer fog and winter storms. so the optimum times are early spring, like may or june, or perhaps october, november. and obviously, there is a lot of snow in the winter. so if you invaded later in the year, october, that would hold you back from building databases you want. clearly, the abdomen time to invade is the spring. -- the optimum time to invade is the spring. >> [indiscernible] fly in badtried to weather deck of mr. perry: the question is -- bad weather? mr. perry: these plans looked at that very carefully, in terms of the number of the flying days for different types of missions per month over the course of the year. and actually compared to that. and, yes, it was viable to conduct a strategic bombing campaign and ground support operat

larry: mr. perry? mr. perry: they are both equally evil and to ask which one is the lesser evil is like asking my favorite std. i do not have one. [applause] mr. peterson? mr. peterson when does life begin? when should it be a crime for a woman to have an abortion? mr. peterson: i am not a doctor or a scientist, it most likely because at conception, so all humans deserve the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and it includes the unborn. [applause] dr. peterson -- mr. me, dr.? -- excuse feldman? i have my own very firm religious convictions, i do not mix dairy products and meat products, but i do not think that a cheeseburger should be illegal. we have a pro-life community and they should be able to enforce their rules on their community. we have a pro-choice community and they should be able to enforce their views on their community. and if they want to spread their message, they should invite other people by example to show what a wonderful community they have. it is not the job of governm

[applause] mr. perry: that was also. thank you. be looking outo this window, listening to our star-spangled banner being sung by an extraordinary talent. if that ain't america, you cannot find it. it is great to be back in iowa. this is an extraordinary state. i've traveled across lots of miles of it. it reminds me of a little place i grew up, 200 miles west of fort worth, texas, a community called paint creek. it was not even big enough to have a post office. closest6 miles to the post office in haskell, texas. therelues i learned shaped my worldview today. those values are hard work. those values are the dignity of having a job. those values are serving your country, serving your state, serving your fellow man, being able to get back to this incredible country that have given all of us the opportunity to succeed. one of the reasons i want to be president is because i think, all too often, those opportunities are not where they could be or should be because washington, d.c. has decided they are the fount

mr. perry: what will i fight for? one thing i am privileged and proud to fight for and to clarify at this debate is the issue of pre-existing conditions. we'll knew we wanted to repeal obamacare and i wanted to repeal obamacare because it's so bad. it's so bad that even democrats are running away from it. they are not trying to salvage it, but look for single-payer, big government run health care. at the time we were repealing obamacare before the bill, to replace it. if you recall when that happened. the bill failed on the first try and if you recall that and we stumbled and stubbed our toe. one of the reasons it failed was because it did not adequately deal with pre-existing conditions. people in my own family have pre-existing conditions. we knew insurance companies were denying people the care and coverage they should have because of pre-existing conditions and a bunch of us, myself included said, absolutely not. we will not vote for this bill. most important reason, not dealing with pre-ex

mr. perry: may i inquire how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania has 2 1/2 minutes and the gentleman from rhode island has 3 1/2 minutes. mr. perry: mr. speaker, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: i yield one minute to the gentlelady, my good friend from new york, the chair of my subcommittee, emerging threats and capabilities on armed services. ms stefanik: i rise in opposition to mr. perry's amendment which would strike language to compile a report on the vullnerkts and requirements resulting from climate change. as we heard earlier, this language passed by voice vote on a bipartisan basis during our markup in committee. increased maritime access to the arctic, rising sea levels, increases in natural disasters, damage to infrastructure and other effects of climate change are drivers and degrade the security of the united states. we would be remiss in our efforts to protect our national s

[applause] mr. perryt, my friends, we are a resilient country. you think about who we are. we have been through a civil war. we have been through two world wars. we have been through a great depression and made it through jimmy carter. we will make it through the obama years. we will do this. [applause] the fundamental nature of our country never say knock down, we get back up. we dust ourselves off and we move forward. and you know what? we will do it again. [applause] mr. perry: i want to share some important truths, starting with this truth, we don't have to settle for a world in chaos and america that shrinks from its responsibility. we don't have to apologize for american exceptionalism or western values. we don't have to accept slow growth that leaves behind the middle class and leaves millions of americans out of work. we don't have to settle for crumbling bureaucracies that harm our taxpayers and veterans. we don't have to re-sign ourselves to debt, decay and slow growth. we have the power to make

we don't keep -- mr. perry: so you're welcoming criminals that you don't have any idea what their crime background is and that's your -- a you're god with that? mr. johnston: we aggressively pursue -- mr. perry: how do you do that? how do you vet the people that you welcome into your sanctuary city? mr. johnston: sir, we don't vet folks that arrive from illinois or california with a background check when they come into the denver airport anymore than someone from another -- mr. perry: so you're welcoming any illegal immigrant or illegal alien to your city without question? mr. johnston: folks that make the decision to come to denver, they arrive and then we expect them -- mr. perry: you call them, you welcome them. you call them to your city. and say, if you come here, you will be safe from what? mr. johnston: thank you, sir. we don't call anyone to our city. folks that arrive in our city, we offer same access to services they may need to be successful. and if they break the law, we hold them accountable, we ch

mr. perry, no i have not. mrs. greene: no. you know something else, here's a woman we don't hear anything about. a woman named roseanne boylan that was trampled in the tunnel, trampled to death. we never hear anything about this woman. she died in the tunnel of this capitol and i saw the video myself when i was in the d.c. jail from one of the people being held there, pretrial by the way, of her body being drug across the floor, being drug across the floor and then it was taken somewhere else. do you know what happened when they were dragging her body away? they pulled her away from someone that was giving her c.p.r. she was pulled away from life saving c.p.r. why did that happen? are we going to hear about that from the committee tonight? i doubt it. they don't care about roseanne boylan. here's my major issue. we are representatives of the people of the united states of america and all i hear from everyone in this body, all they care about is themselves. the american people are suffering from so many things happening from th

mr. perry: mr. speaker, can i inquire to the time remaining. theminutes remaining. mr. nk you, mr. speaker. i do want to respond to my good friend from washington. i didn't meato mischaracterize his assessment or his comments. however, the speaker before you did essentially make those claims. while i'm here i want to characterize what the public seeing if they are reading the "washington times." here's an article from wednesday, december 6, 2023, the idea to fill empty federal buildings with illegal immigrants where d.h. headquarters is 69% unused, and social security offices are 93% vacant. 93% vacantonder offices like mil with so many constituent calls when they can't get answers from the social security administration. we come back to work, but if they are not going to come back to work, my goodness, could we stop having everybody, including social security recipients, pay for the empty building? then there is another one from the "washington times" here dated thursday, september 21, telework's empty buildings opens the door for legionnaires' disease. isn't that wonde

\[applause] mr. perrys now has the second highest high school graduation rate in the country. \[cheers and applause] mr. perry: and it has the highest graduation rate for african-americans and hispanic students. we led the nation in exports. we passed historic tax relief and i'm proud to have signed balanced budgets for 14 years. \[cheers and applause] mr. perry: we not only created opportunity, we stood for law and order. when there was a crisis at our border last year and the president refused my invitation to see that challenge that we faced, i told him, mr. president, if you do not secure this border, texas will. \[cheers and applause] mr. perry: because of that threat, because of that threat that was posed by the drug cartels and transnational gangs, i deployed the texas national guard. and the policy worked. apprehensions declined by 74%. if you elect me your president i will secure that border. \[cheers and applause] mr. perry: homeland security begins were border security. the most basic compact be

mr. perry: we would accept that. reporter: what is the game plan how you will get leadership to take these righters under consideration? mr. perry: we are not assuming that leadership is opposed to these things. these are things that republicans ran on in their primaries and general electrics. this is all reasonable stuff. we are not assuming that leadership is opposed to that. reporter: if mccarthy cuts a deal with democrats. mr. perry: speaker mccarthy is not going to cut a deal with democrats. reporter: on medicaid, are there any changes that you want? mr. perry: we are just talking about going precovid. this is interest ancient history. [inindiscernible question] mr. perry: we are looking at a top-line figure but we are looking at the 30% growth in nondefense discretionary as the immediate target. reporter: are things that america wants -- [indiscernible] mr. perry: we are not putting default on the table. the president has the tools and is required to do his job and pay our obligations. it's a false threat. if h

mr. perry: nobody's flying to guantanamo bay for recreating and whatever and would be protesters at some point and of course you won't go there kind of unannounced and exercise some terrorist activity. that's just not going to happen at guantanamo bay so it's shielded by that from the geography and the place that it is. also, i just wanted to say, since you mentioned the military and of course you have a high component of military members in the state and in the area, thank you for your -- you served with your husband as well. we appreciate the -- your sacrifice in that regard. can you talk at all about the costs to local law enforcement, whether it's regarding protests, whether it's being prepared for any eventuality and not have the failure of imagination whether or not one of these individuals would get out or someone would use the facility as a target, can you address that at all? governor haley: you know, we can talk about costs but you can't put a cost on fear. you can't put a cost on wha

mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i do want to respond to my good friend from washington. i didn't mean to mischaracterize his assessment or his comments.ver, the speaker before you did essentially make those claims. i was answering to that. while i'm here i want to characterize what the public seeing if they are reading the "washington times." here's an article from wednesday, december 6 2023, the idea to fill empty federal buildings with illegal immigrants where d.h.s. headquarters is 69% unused, and social security offices are 93% vacant. 93% vacant. no wonder offices many constituent calls when they can't get answers from the social security administration. we would like those folks who come back to work, but if they are not going to come back to work, my goodness, could we stop having everybody including social security recipients, pay for the empty building? then there is another one from the "washington times" here dated thursday, september 21, 2023. telework's empty buildings opens the door for legionnaires' d

chairman: the chair recognizes mr. perry. mr. perry: in september of 2020 you appeared before the house oversight committee and testified the u.s. troop withdrawal would be based on conditions on the ground and delivery by the taliban on their commitment. did you or secretary blinken advocate for an extension on the withdrawal considering the poor planning behind the final evacuation as it occured. ambassador: already added to the timetable, moving from 14 to 18. but as i said again, and the decision was made to withdraw at the end of august and not to link it to any conditions that you might have in mind. >> that was your question, conditions, the americans would have in mind it would be a condition based withdrawal, which makes sense. you provide some kind of -- when i say "you" our adversary, so to speak, you provide some level of compliance with the agreement we can see and then we'll give you a little. but that's not what occurred. i'm just wondering if you can name a single concession made by the taliban during the time peri

mr. perry: well, mr. chairman, i thank the kind gentleman from tennessee for averring or implying i'm the reasonable one in the debate here. on behalf of the gentleman from south carolina i urge adoption, i yield the balance. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. the amendment is not -- mr. perry: i request the recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman requests the recorded vote. further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 29 printed in part b of house report 118-242. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. perry: i've got an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 29 printed in part b of house report 118-242. offered by mr. perry of pennsylvania. the

mr. perry: mr. president, it is an honor to be here in this university, and to all of you, good morning. i found that on my numerous visits back to new hampshire over the course of the years that you all appreciate plain talk about as well as any place in this country. and you want to hear some very plain talk about the challenges that we have in this country. and that is the spirit of which i come today, to share with you this vision of mine, and on three points i want to be very very clear. first, our country has entered -- and i think a time of testing, a time -- our political leadership is feeling that test. -- is failing that test. the american people see a president who is in denial about the threats we face, making grave miscalculations that make the world less safe. isis filled the void of failed policy in iraq and syria. in american tanks, with american weapons, isis began taking cities that just a few years ago had been freed by the blood of american soldiers. in these highly orchestrated

that -- mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. that all might be well and good but last year the commission's inspector general, not perry, not this congress, the inspector general identified the massive increase in the commission's funding over recent years as a threat to its ability to evaluate grant proposals, measure program performance, and conduct appropriate oversight. meaning this spike in funding threatens to worsen an already tenuous link between funding and success. mr. speaker, these commissions are populated by the politically connected to hand out money to those that are connected to them. that's what they're for. that's what they do. they don't do much else than that and there's certainly no measure -- they're certainly no measure of success. again, i presided over the hearing where we asked them for their metric, their measure of success and again, mr. speaker, it was that they received a lot of applications for grants. and loans. that's your measure -- people want money, that's your measure of success? that's pathe

mr. perry: yes, sir. senator king: people talked about these cuts. you will be called upon to lead in the next several weeks and months. the cuts being proposed, if the this morning are correct, are devastating and the go to the heart of what we're talking about today. i hope the people proposing is cuts are watching this hearing, because they heard senator views that technology is the way forward. you have talked about it. we have talked about the role of the department energy and fracking research and just moments ago, you were talking about advanced computing. that's one of the items on the cutting board, apparently, which is absolutely beyond me. eliminate the office of electricity, office of energy and renewable energy, office of fossil energy -- this is absolutely not in terms of the future of energy in this country. it seems to media we has essentially two functions. one is the nuclear enterprise, which you have discussed, and the other is research, and basic research that can be then ta

mr. perry: that we know of. mr. bishop: it is very simple for someone to insist there's an absence of evidence but you can look in the face of that and contend that, anyone has a right to their opinion. what they can't do is change the facts. mr. perry: and -- >> and i invite you to go to the website clyde.house.gov/bidencrimefamily and you'll see all the evidence from the oversight committee. you'll see all the evidence. if you're willing to read it, i think you'll be convinced. mr. perry: thank you all. reporter: at what point are you going to be vacating kevin mccarthy, because he's doing absolutely nothing? [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] >> house lawmakers just wrapped up speaking on the floor. today is their first day back from their august recess. at 4:00 p.m. eastern today, lawmakers are expected to work on bills imposing sanctions on iran over huma

amendment number 81 by mr. perry, amendment number 82 by mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 83 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 85 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, and amendment number 91, ms. tenney from new york. the house will come to order. the house will be in order. we will now move to amendment debates. these will be two-minute votes. two-minute votes. members will -- the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 81 printed in part b of house report 118-602 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mrr proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 81 printed in part b of house report 118-601. the chair: a recorded vote is requested. those in support of the recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 2002-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united s

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. i remind everybody that this is the national defense authorization act. it has to do with the military. if you want to keep spending money and sending money to afghanistan, god bless you, then do it in state and foreign ops, do it in intel, do it somewhere other than in the defense authorization act. this is about the defense of our country, about what's important to us and our military. not spending money in afghanistan that should be spent on troops from the united states. i mean, if you're worried -- yes, you absolutely do want to tie the hands of this commander in chief. he has absolutely no clue what he's doing. he's the one that walked out, walked out of the battle. gave everything to afghanistan. gave everything to the taliban. gave premier weaponry to the number one terrorist organization on the planet. and you want to send them more money? if you want to do that, you can vote for that. but don't do it on the national defense authorization act. people wear the uniform with the

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. let's be clear. the gentleman that spoke just before me that rode the train in from new jersey today should have no problem with this amendment because it does nothing to the northeast corridor. however, what it does do, it cuts over $766 million in funding for the national network of the national railroad passenger corporation. i understand that the president has an affinity for passenger rail, especially amtrak. amtrak's 15-year vision released in 2021 mirrors that enthusiasm, plotting oout an ambitious 39 new routes in the next 15 years. the problem is can't be said enough folk here's in washington, we're out of money. we're borrowing money to pay these bills. the behemoth iaha bill contained billions, billions in funding directly for both the northeast corridor, which the good gentleman from new jersey just talked about, but also the national network. this doesn't include billions in dollars going to passenger rail grant and load programs at d.o.t., many of which amtrak has been a

mr. perry: how much time is remaining? the chair: two minutes. mr. perry: i find a lot in common with the chairman and the gentlelady from minnesota that in times of emergency, we would want to use the assets that are available to us immediately. the amendment says it prohibits the agency to perform surveying, mapping or collecting remote sensing data. none of those are generally speaking an emergency situation. so i find some agreement, but this is what the amendment says. i just want to let everybody know that this is a $73 billion market and while we wait around in the united states and wait on the f.a.a. to promulgate the rules, the market moves further and further away from the united states and drives $1 trillion in economic activity, more than 500,000 american jobs are related to the collection, storage of imagery and data and 5.3 million workers use the data. 90% ofhe government information has a geo spacial component and it is identified by the department of labor as 14 sectors.just i

mr. perry: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perry: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 4785, the d.h.s. stop asset and vehicle access or d.h.s. save act of 2016. in october of 2015, the d.h.s. inspector general released a scathing report of the federal protective services management of their vehicle fleet, a report that reads like a laundry list of poor management decisions. the i.g. found that the federal protective service had more vehicles than officers and officers were authorized to drive from home to work with government-owned vehicles. the bigger problem with that was that was where they got the bulk of the mileage on the vehicles was from home to work

mr. perry? mr. perry votes no. mr. timmons? >> mr. timmons votes no. >> mr. burleson. mr. raskin?. >> mr. raskin votes aye. >> mr. lynch? >> aye. >> mr. lynch votes aye. mr. connolly? >> aye. >> mr. connolly votes aye. mr. ocazio-cortez? ms. ocazio-cortez votes aye. mr. gÓmez? mr. gÓmez? mr. garcia? mr. garcÍa votes yes. mr. frost votes yes. ms. he. ms. lee votes yes. mr. goldman votes aye. >> ms. tlaib? >> any other member wish to vote? report the tally? the clerk >> mr. chairman, the ayes are 20 and the nays 24. >> the nays have it and not agreed to. >> the question is now in the amendment of the nature of the substitute to the contempt report. >> in the opinion ohe chair the ayes have it. the question is reporting the report, the clerk will call the roll. mr. goldstar. ms. fox? ms. fox votes yes. mr. grossman? mr. grossman votes yes. m cloud? mr. cloud votes yes. mr. palmer? mr. palmer votes yes. mr. higgins? mr. higgins votes yes. mr. sessions. mr. sessions votes yes. miss mace? ms. mace votes yes. mr. donalds? mr. donalds votes yes. mr. perry votes aye. mr. timmons votes aye.

mr. perry: it all sounds well and good except you can cut all that completely and, i think you'll show at some point, it won't make a dent. mr. schweikert: those of us on the right who are more conservative, we have our folks who are guilty of this, and heaven know, i see it from our friends on the left, we hold up a shiny object and pretend like this would take care of the fiscal cliff that's no longer very far in the future. it's here. and we say, oh, if we would just adjust this on foreign aid we'd be fine. anyone who says something like that, they don't own a calculator. so the slide next to us right now, you and i were working on this earlier today, i've got to thank you and your staff for your willingness to sit there and geek out with calculators and budgets and actuarial tables. one of the things that's happened is about every three months, i do one of these presentations and if someone were to go back a few years when we did the very first one, parts of these numbers have gotten much w

mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment prohibits the use of funds to take retaliatory actions against states that disagree with the e.p.a. mandate pollutant reduction goals that have been imposed upon them by the e.p.a. importantly, this amendment would not prevent the e.p.a. from working with states to restore things like the chesapeake bay which is what the e.p.a. is supposed to be doing. in 1985, the states in the chesapeake bay region recognized the need to address pollute tans in the bay and through their own initiative came together to conduct cleanup efforts. these states -- state-driven efforts were largely successful. water quality improved almost 50% from 1985 to 2010 without the e.p.a.'s involvement. but in 2010, the e.p.a. seized the state's authority to determine their own method of compliance and threatened to take over the water quality plants. this 2010 power grab known as the chesapeake bay t dl, toe mall maximum daily load, directly contradicts the intent of the clean water act. the clean w