mr. beyer from the commonwealth of virginia. mr. beyer: thank you, madam chair, very much. i want to thank your mother for doing the hard work 29 years ago and giving birth to you. i want to say that i am very supportive of this act. i do believe that there's better living through chemistry. but i also think the elephant in the room is why not less plastics? we talk about recycling and putting plastics together, but mr. lowenthal has a banning single use plastics bill. there are now 9 -- 69 countries that banned plastic bags. a dozen have band microbeads including the united states and the u.k. dr. keoleian, are we not missing a big piece of this by thinking about better ways to use less plastics? dr. keoleian: yes. you make a very good point and observation. we really need to look holistically at solving our problems in terms of providing goods and services economically and sustainably. yes, plastics do afford benefits of light weighting and safety, protecting products. but there is -- we do n

mr. beyer is recognized. mr. beyer: thank you, madam chair, very much. fascinating stuff. i'd like to start with dr. mccarty. nasa, the space aeronautic subcommittee of this committee, a few weeks ago on nasa climate science work, i heard a lot about remote sensing ability. this supports nasa's earth science activities. but primarily through data. questions about commercial data transparency. accessibility, license restrictions that could have implications for free and open access for federally funded earth science data. so what are your perspectives on the challenges of commercial remote sensing data sets and wildfire research? dr. mccarty: thank you for that question, congressman. i mean, commercial data is proprietary. so when we -- full disclosure who has -- they must be in the region the project which i competitively applied for has been selected. and so if i, for instance, between noaa and nasa, i was on the nasa side, i was able to look at commercial data sets and still able to look at data sets for regions -- we flew the dc-8 through the smoke. if i want to supply

mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.r. 486. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. brown: mr. speaker, mr. hoyer of maryland, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. hoyer will vote yes on h.res. 486. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. aderholt of alabama, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. aderholt will vote no on the rule. 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. donald payne, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h.res. 486. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. gay -- mr. stanton: as the member designa

mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.r. 1374. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.r. 1374. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on h.r. 1374. as the member designated by chairwoman velazquez, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman velazquez will vote yea on h.r. 1374. as the member designated by congresswoman clarke, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that congresswoman clarke will vote yea on h.r. 1374. as the member designated by congresswoman kelly, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that congresswoman kelly will vote yea on h.r. 1374. as the member designated by congressman espaillat, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that c

mr. beyer: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.j.res. 15. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.res. 8 pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on s.j.res. 15. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california wish to be recognized? mr. takano: madam speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman maxine waters, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman waters will vote yes on s.j. resolution 15. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. beatty, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. beatty will vote yes on s.j.res. 15. as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on s.j.res. 15. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? m

mr. beyer from the commonwealth of virginia. >> thank you, madam chair very much. i want to thank your mother for doing the hard work 29 years ago and giving birth to you. i'm glad she's here today on her birthday. i want to say i am very supportive of this act and i'm all in on the research and development, and to do believe there's better living through chemistry. but i also think the elephant in the room is why not last plastics? we seem to spend an awful long time talking about recycling and putting plastics together, but our colleague alan lowenthal from long beach has a banning single use plastic bill. there are no 69 countries that that have banned plastic bags. or at least a dozen that a band microbeads including in the united states and the uk. dr. keoleian, i know you are all about sustainability. are we not missing a big piece of this just by thinking about better ways to use less plastics? make a very good poind observation. we really need to look holistically at solving our problem

mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes to the amendments en bloc. 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, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on the waters amendment. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. vicente gonzalez, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote aye on the amendments en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on the amendments en bloc. as the member designated by congressman steven horsford, pursuant to house

mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr.on, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. cohen will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by -- mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. young from the great state of alaska, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. young will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: as the member designated by ms. clark of massachusetts, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. c

i recognize mr. beyer to inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman very much, and thank you to our witnesses, both chairman. i just want to point out first of all the u.s. treasury and may estimate the tax gap is 3% of gdp. so as a struggle to figure how to get this economy moving faster, that's an important number to remember. i would like to -- about the concern for privacy, , yes, privacy is incredibly important. we need to get everything we preserve it, special subgrade experts will help it. but where is the balance between the unintended illegal leak of data on a handful of very rich people equally divided between democrat and republican, and the importance of keeping people from cheating? is our priority to protect d these traitors to our country who refuse to pay their fair share of the price of freedom? 70% of the tax gap is probably coming from the top 1%. i trust, i don't think most americans trust the irs. maybe a few handful of people but figure 99% of the wages reported to the irs, i don't know anybody that's worried about it ex

mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lone that all -- mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.res. 479. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on h.res. 479. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes on h.res. 479. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 214. the nays are 208. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 1-c of rule 19, further consideration of h.r.187 -- h.r. 1187 will now resume. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 37, h.r. 1187, a bill to provide for disclosure of additional material informat

mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cohen, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. cohen will vote yes on h.r. 391. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.r. 391. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.r. 391. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. aderholt of alabama, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. aderholt will vote no on h.r. 391. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. clarke, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that -- by ms. clark, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. clark of massachusetts will vote yes on h.r. 391. as the member designated by ms. carolyn bourdeaux, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform th

mr. buyer of virginia -- beyer will vote yes on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on ordering the previous question. and mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member vargas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member vargas will also vote yes on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: as the member designated by mr. welch of vermont, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. welch will vote yes on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gottheimer, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gottheimer

mr. beyer: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. cohen, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cohen will vote yes on h.res. 503. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.res. 503. as the member designated by mr. kind -- mr. lieu, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.res. 503. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. nehls: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. fallon from the great state of texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote no on h.res. 503. as the member designated by mr. babin from the great state of texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote no on h.res. 503. and as the member designated by mr. cawthorn from the great state of north carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote no on h.res. 503. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose doe

mr. beyer: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. cohen, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cohen will vote yes on the amendments en bloc. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on the amendments en bloc. and as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on the amendments en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on amendments en bloc. and as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes on amendments en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: madam speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolutio

mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.j.res. 14. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.j.res. 14. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek wreck 1234igs >> as the member designated by ms. stefanik of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote no on s.j.res. 14. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? mrs. lawrence: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. joyce beatty, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. beatty will vote yes on s.j. resolution 14. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? mr. cole: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mullin of oklahoma, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mull

mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.r. 3325. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on h.r. 3325. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. greene: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gaetz of florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gaetz will vote no on h.r. 3325. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. gomez: as the member designated by mr. cardenas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote yes on h.r. 3325. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? the speaker pro tempore: for w

but he recognized the gentleman from virginia mr. beyer to inquire. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. secretary, it's so good to see that alums of the ways and means quick internet okay so i'm encouraged for all of us. mr. secretary, while i was pleased to see the the press budget line for the suicide lifeline and the cdc climate program i am concerned about the underfunding of the agency for health research and quality, or for a president who once took a health inequities the agency is this rare entity that looks at our healthcare system and tries to address the geographic and the racial and ethnic disparities. thanks are paying attention to that in the days to come. mr. secretary, as you know the airlines have been pushing for digital health passes that can store vaccine certificates as a result of the covid-19 and antibody test. they say will make it a lot easier to track doctrines, void the need to check physically airports not on that businesses like to see digital health passes for the reopening. it's starting to opening the eu gateway for the

i recognize mr. beyer to inquire. >> thank you mr. chairman very much and thank you to the witnesses. it they just want to point out firstt of all the new york treasure in may estimated the tax gap is 3% of gdp so as we struggle how to get the economy moving faster that's an emimportant number to remember. my colleague mr. rice who i very much respect, the concern about privacy we needd to do everythig we can to protect it and security experts will i help it butbu where's the balance betwen the unintended illegal data on the handfulk of very rich people equally divided between democrats and republicans and the importance of keeping peoplp from cheating and a prior decision protecting his traders to our country who refuse to pay theirth fair share and all the honest taxpayers that are out there? the project which says 70% of the tax gap is probably within the top 1%. i don't think most americans -- you figure 99% are reported to the irs. i just don't want this to be the red herring to keep people from doing the right thing. secretary m

mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. troy nehls, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. nehls will be voting yea on the motion to recommit. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by mr. lieu of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i rise to inform the house that mr. lieu will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. mikie sherrill, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. sherrill will vote no on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by mr. andy kim, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform t

mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. lieu pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal pursuant to h. res. 8, mr. lowenthal will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. cohen pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cohen will vote yes on h. res. 508. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. jacobs of new york, pursuant to h. res. 78, i inform the house that mr. jacobs will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on h. res. 508. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. long of missouri, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. long will vote nay on the rule. thank you. . . the speaker pr

mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. cohen pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cohen will vote no on amendments en bloc number 3. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h. res. 8, mr. lieu will vote no. as as the member designated by mr. lowenthal pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote no on amendments en bloc number 3. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote no owe amendments en bloc number 3. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman johnson pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote no. as the member designated by by congresswoman meng pursuant to h. res. 8, mismeng will vote no. as the member designated by mr. horsford, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. horsford will vote no. and as the member