mr. biggs: i ask unanimous statementplaining the of s. 204 into the record. i rise today in strong support of the right to try act and on behalf of the patients who are fighting to try to save their own lives. it has been a long road and i would like to take a brief moment to thank representative fitzpatrick for working with me on this cause from the moment we entered office last year and extend my appreciation to senator johnson. also thanks to chairman walden for his efforts and the leadership of president trump and vice president pence. i acknowledge and thank congressman mat salmon for his efforts to pass right to try but it is the patients themselves who deserve the most recognition. i said this before and i will continue to say it, when the right to try act is signed into law, it will be them, not us, that will deserve the most credit. everyone here has heard me to speak about the right to try act and we are aware of the support this legislation has garnered. 40 states have passed right to try legislation with overwhelming support from republicans and d

mr. eagan heberlack and command major paul biggs.irector of united states of america vietnam war commemoration, major general retired james jackson. representing the united states navy, rare admiral rock. representing quad a brigadier general steve motte retired. and last but not least, army war officer first class and army lieutenant colonel bob bean. it was his vision, dedication and completion that we are here today. please join me in a round of applause. [applause] >> they were still applauding. >> oh, many thanks. [laughter] >> there are others to be recognized. i ask that you hold your applause until i recognize everyone. for their lasting support of the monument we dedicate today, i ask the members of the executive council, current and past to stand and be recognized. hold your applause. please remain standing. i ask the members of the vietnam helicopter pilots' association in attendance today to rise and join the executive council. i ask those who served in vietnam as helicopter pilots and crew members to rise and join those

mr. trump's change in tone in his speech to the nra, one ever hof his bigge donors. >> we heard from the after the shooting. obviously he struck a very different tone than he did today. back then you thought he was heading in the right direction. what do you think today? >> well, you you know, he was saying some things that implied that he was stepping forward into the right direction for gun safety in this country. and then he had a meeting with some nra officials, a private meeting, and afterwards he came and claimed that the second amendment was under siege and he was going to defend it. so as to whether or not the nra meeting changed his views, that is kind of up to speculation. but i will tell you that is hopefully the first russian funded group he has met with. >> and i would like to say i think it shows what he's doing proves where his heart and wallet are and that is in the exact same place. one of the interesting things trump brought up is how we don't talk about mental health, yet in a recent bill, they cut mental health funding to schools by over $25 million. that didn't sound

mr. trump accused the obama fbi a he put of spying on his campaign and joining us now is andy biggs republicanrom arizona. that to me, sir, is a bombshell. because the fbi did spy on an opposing political presidential campaign. i think that's incredible. that is outrageous what say you? >> i say that's an thet call to everything that we stand for as americans. i mean, it's contrary to law and contrary to the notion that we all subject to the law. and it indicates corruption for political purposes in the previous administration at the highest levels and it was done to basically recalibrate our electoral system to one party system and that's outrageous and beyond beyond outrageous and criminal in my mind. >> what do you do about it? >> i've been pushing for a year to end this investigation. i thought it was -- basically corrupt from the very beginning and being done for political purposes. look, they're not trying to get at truth here so what we need to do is we need to basically quite frankly we need to pull the plug. i tried to defund this in the last -- that big mess i was trying to defund th

mr. biggs of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona and member opposed, each will control five minutes. mr. biggs: my amendment is straightforward and nearly amendments the bioprograms that were established in title 9 in the farm bill some 16 years ago. they are the biorefinery chemical and product manufacturing assistance program, the biodiesel education program and rural america and biomass initiative, the feed tock program and biomass assistance program. president reagan said that there is nothing quite as everlasting as federal program and this, i'm hoping we can end some of these programs today. subsidies have no place in the free market. if biofuels are to succeed, it should be based on the energy economy not because they receive taxpayer funds. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: any member claim time in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from illinois is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank the gentleman for his amendment however i believe it is misguided. th