mr. pallone. mr. pallone: please join me with the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and stice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain 10 requests for one minute requests. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we must reopen the government. i find it troubling that a majority of the senate democrats have chosen to jeopardize our military readiness and shut down government operations and eliminate health care coverage for low-income children while setting a deadline to address the daca issue. i know we must achieve comprehensive immigration reform which includes providing certainty on the status on children. but a government shutdown is not the way to achieve that public policy. we must continue to work towar

mr. pallone. mr. pallone: please join me with the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and stice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain 10 requests for one minute requests. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we must reopen the government. i find it troubling that a majority of the senate democrats have chosen to jeopardize our military readiness and shut down government operations and eliminate health care coverage for low-income children while setting a deadline to address the daca issue. i know we must achieve comprehensive immigration reform which includes providing certainty on the status on children. but a government shutdown is not the way to achieve that public policy. we must continue to work towar

mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i am amazed when i hear my republican colleagues talk about how they brought chip to the floor, they brought community health centers to the floor. what they forget to mention is that every time they did that they included pay-fors -- in other words, funding measures that would basically sabotage the affordable care act. we have seen a concerted effort not only to try to repeal the affordable care act, which failed, but then to do everything possible to make it more difficult for people to get their health insurance. we know that in the tax plan, or tax scam that they passed a few weeks ago that they were so determined to spend all their time on, what did they do? they eliminated the mandate that people have health insurance. the c.b.o. estimates there will be 13 million americans over the next few years that will lose their health insurance. when they talked about the chip and those previous -- in those previous times, what did they do? they put in pro

mr. pallone, from the great state, the garden state of new jersey, just told you all the things that weren't in this bill, that he wish were. my distinguished chairman, mr. walden, just wished -- whiss tered in my -- whispered in my ear that we have put everything you talked about in bills, subcommittee and full committee and on the floor and you voted against them every time this year. every time. now, where i come from, you vote for what's in the bill, not what's not in the bill. i wished we had a balanced budget amendment to the constitution in this bill. i wish we fully funded our military for the rest of the year in this bill. i wish we, by an act of congress, gave texas a&m the national championship in football in this bill. that's not going to happen. what is in this bill? we fully fund the children's health insurance program for every state of the union and the territories for six years. never been done before. fully fund children's health insurance for every state and territory in the union for six years. at existing levels, increased -- and it increases each year for the next six y

mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from new york. i have the greatest respect for my republican chairman from oregon. but he just forgets completely, as so many speakers on the g.o.p. side have, that they are in the majority and they have a sigma jort. they can do whatever they -- they have a significant majority. they can do whatever they want. for him to suggest that somehow he can't bring up a chip bill that also includes all these other health programs, he mentioned the community health centers, i could also mention all the medicare extenders that are not included in this bill. this bill basically either l

mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i am amazed when i hear my republican colleagues talk about how they brought chip to the floor, they brought community health centers to the floor. what they forget to mention is that every time they did that they included pay-fors -- in other words, funding measures that would basically sabotage the affordable care act. we have seen a concerted effort not only to try to repeal the affordable care act, which failed, but then to do everything possible to make it more difficult for people to get their health insurance. we know that in the tax plan, or tax scam that they passed a few weeks ago that they were so determined to spend all their time on, what did they do? they eliminated the mandate that people have health insurance. the c.b.o. estimates there will be 13 million americans over the next few years that will lose their health insurance. when they talked about the chip and those previous -- in those previous times, what did they do? they put in pro

mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i respect my colleague from oregon. but you have done nothing over the last year but sabotage the affordable care act, sabotage health care in this country. the fact of the matter is, the only reason you're willing to bring up this chip bill as part of the c.r. is because you put in the tax plan, eliminate the mandate for health insurance which the 13 million people are not going to have health insurance in this country over the next few years and the money that was cut subsidized their premiums now does not have to be paid. so all of a sudden you say, ok, we'll put a six-year chip bill on the floor. the pay-fors were not only from the prevention fund. the pay-fors also said if somebody didn't pay their health insurance within 30 days, they were going to lose their health insurance. and c. bomplet said that another 500,000 people would lose their health insurance. everything that this majority has done since day one of this session has been to sabotage

mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i respect my colleague from oregon. but you have done nothing over the last year but sabotage the affordable care act, sabotage health care in this country. the fact of the matter is, the only reason you're willing to bring up this chip bill as part of the c.r. is because you put in the tax plan, eliminate the mandate for health insurance which the 13 million people are not going to have health insurance in this country over the next few years and the money that was cut subsidized their premiums now does not have to be paid. so all of a sudden you say, ok, we'll put a six-year chip bill on the floor. the pay-fors were not only from the prevention fund. the pay-fors also said if somebody didn't pay their health insurance within 30 days, they were going to lose their health insurance. and c. bomplet said that another 500,000 people would lose their health insurance. everything that this majority has done since day one of this session has been to sabotage

mr. pallone: mr. speaker, republicans claim they have taken care of children's health insurance but that's not the case. they politicized chip by adding it to this controversial continuing resolution. if they were really interested in children's health, they would have supported passing this bill separately from the continuing resolution and we could have included funding for community health centers and other health programs critical to our seniors. without an extension of funding for community health centers, the future of 142 snrts in my state will be in -- centers in my state will be in jeopardy and that's where new jersey kids get sick. you can't stand up for children's health when you are refusing to fund community health centers. we have been conducting negotiations on chip, community health centers but republicans tossed that all aside in favor yet again of partisanship. republicans decided the medicare providers, the safety net hospitals and community centers didn't matter. so it's time for t

mr. pallone for his opening statement. thank you, mr. chairman. this committee has a long history of overseeing food safety over the last decade we've had multiple hearings examining the fruit and drug administration's oversight of food recalled in the agency's authority to protect the nation's food supply could fda plays a critical role. in fiscal year 2017 alone, fda oversaw more than 3600 recalls and this is no small task but we have seen cases that expose weaknesses in fda's ability to respond to these threats. for example, as already mentioned in 2007, the committee investigation to a salmonella outbreak identified serious flaws in our food safety network. 2010 the committee found the fda has limited authority to ensure compliance does not take such action when needed. witnesses repeatedly told the committee fda? sufficient authority to address weaknesses in our food safety system and that is why congress passed the fda food safety modernization act or transport and the overall approach to food safety and gave no authority to strengthen the f

mr. pallone for purposes of opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this committee has a long history of overseeing food safety. over the last decade we've had multiple hearings exam examining the food and drug administration's oversight of food recalls and the national's authority to protect the food sly. fda plays a critical role. if in fiscal year 2017 alone fda oversaw more than 3,600 recalls. this is no small task but we have seen cases that exposed weaknesses in fda's ability to respond to these threats. for example, as already been mentioned, in 2007, a committee investigation into a sam nilla outbreak identified serious flaws in our food safety network. in 2010 the committee found that fda had limited authority to ensure compliance and did not always take swift action when needed. witnesses repeatedly told this committee that fda lacked sufficient authority to address weak nsss in our food safety system, ands that why congress passed the fda food safety modernization actor fisma in 2011. and they officially reformed the overall approach to foo

mr. pallone who is not here for his five minutes. any other member seeking recognition? mr. doyle? >> i forgot. i need to ask unions consider in her into the record a letter to yourself and myself from professor alexander levy of the university of notre dame osco. >> without objection, so ordered. all right. at this point our first witness for today's panel will include ms. ann wagner, representing missouri's second congressional district, who will give opening remarks regarding her efforts on the issue. ms. wagner, you are recognized for five minutes. >> i thank you, madam chairman, and ranking member doyle, and colleagues are hosting this committee hearing today. and for allowing me to get some opening remarks. i appreciate your commitment to addressing online trafficking, and especially appreciate that so many members of this subcommittee have publicly cosponsored h.r. 1865 stopping the victimization of america's children and adults online is my top priority in congress. and i know i have an ally in chairman blackburn. i also appreciate subcommittee members at intense anger and