it is a topic of hot debate, some say the market decides, others say property speculation by the megarich is to blame. whatever the cause, it has driven britain back to living off of the land. >> before claire and charles moved, they lived in the center of london. she was a elbit imaging, he was a chef. they had a two room -- she was a yoga teacher, he was a chef. >> millionaire started buying properties around us>>. the rate just went up. >> now they share 300,000 square meters with 30 adults and five children. the community produces its own food. most people work a little to earn money, otherwise they are self-sufficient. the heat and cook with wood, everything else is powered by wind and solar energy. >> for us it was a huge difference, what are you going to do? where's the security? when you do it, you realize it's not that bad after all. >> more and more people think the same. around 150,000 of them in britain are living off grid, independent of the municipal electricity and sewage supply. without access to local power and suga services -- sewage services, life is slower but uses les

it's the megarich who can use money and power to exert wealth and hire experts to continue to keep theiron this, spencer whitman is a reporter, and he joins me now. mr. whitman, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. >> there is no implicit statement here by what somebody is doing by sending their money offshore is necessarily illegal, is that correct? >> that's correct. that's one of the biggest things our investigation raises is that much of what happens offshore, much of the shifting of profits and income to these tax havens is perfectly legal. there are, of course, a lot of compliance issues offshore. these are jurisdictions that in addition to providing, you know, appleby's wealthy clients low or no taxes, also another big important aspect of this is that they -- tax havens like the cayman islands, british islands and the founding island of bermuda are also known as secrecy jurisdictions which provide clients a deep degree of privacy. >> they're liable for lawsuits or people will try to come after them and they want to keep their money safe. appleby has given a statement

middle-class americans shouldn't be punished so that the megarich and corporations get a break. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to commend president trump for his attention to the opioid epidemic sweeping our nation and his declaration of a public health emergency. as we work to address this epidemic, i was happy to welcome the director of the drug control policy to cecil county. my home state of maryland has been hit morely hard by the opioid crisis. mr. harris: last year 89% of all intocksation deaths in maryland were linked to opioid abuse and the use of opioids quadrupled over the last few years. governments are still pushing for the legalization of marijuana. it affects the brivense young adults and encourages the experimentation with other drugs. why should we increase access to an aticketive gateway drug? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california se