mr. bilirakis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lirakis: i want to thank john katko and the ranking mber, my good friend, filo vela and the chairman of the full committee, mr. mccaul. thank you for your good work. i appreciate it. i rise today in support of my bill, h.r. 4561, the security assessment feasibility for equipment testing and evaluation of capabilities for , or the safe tech act. my legislation seeks to strengthen the safety of international air travel. specifically, this bill provides an avenue for third-party testing of innovative technology, screening, capabilities to enhance airport security. the testing program authorized under this act shall include evaluating the performance of detecting explosives and other prohibited items. additionally, the safe tech act will look into alternative testing for other factors, including health and safety concerns, operator interference, human error, environmental dynamics, reliability, and interoperability. the bill also assesses the feasibility of linking compatible security tech

mr. bilirakis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. bilirakis: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank chairman walden and chairman burgess for all the hard work they've put into re-authorizing chip. this is a six-year re-authorization of the chip program, the longest chip re-authorization congress has ever passed. the house already passed a full chip authorization last year, by the way, we also re-authorized the community health centers. most democrats voted against that. democrats need to put politics aside and support the bill for the sake of our children. chip re-authorization will ensure funding for 200,000 children in florida's chip program. in addition, this bill has my legislation that protects chip buy-in programs. this allows children who aren't eligible for traditional chip to buy into the chip program. it makes sense. inconsistent guidance from c.m.s. jeopardized these buy-in programs. this bill will provide clarity and protect about 12,000 children in the state of florida who participated in the buy-in program. i support th

mr. bilirakis introduced. from what i understand now is the trafficking business if you will is moving from text and photos to live streaming and video. it's my understanding that technology in the spotlight of the types of technology kept up. what sort of challenge does that present to you? >> i don't know specifically of challenges we are faced with yet. i do know there is a shift from the text format to video and streaming and it is certainly something on the horizon if it's not dirty here and like i said before, anything that you can do that would assist in fostering innovation in that area would be most helpful. >> i have to agree with you here that is one of the things we as policymakers do but not through legislation necessarily, that through encouragement to help get the best and brightest to silicon valley and through the technology ecosystem to help develop tools to help you stop this terrible crime inflicted on our young people. i appreciate what you do. there is a group that are dead called no boun

mr. bilirakis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. bilirakis: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank chairman walden and chairman burgess for all the hard work they've put into re-authorizing chip. this is a six-year re-authorization of the chip program, the longest chip re-authorization congress has ever passed. the house already passed a full chip authorization last year, by the way, we also re-authorized the community health centers. most democrats voted against that. democrats need to put politics aside and support the bill for the sake of our children. chip re-authorization will ensure funding for 200,000 children in florida's chip program. in addition, this bill has my legislation that protects chip buy-in programs. this allows children who aren't eligible for traditional chip to buy into the chip program. it makes sense. inconsistent guidance from c.m.s. jeopardized these buy-in programs. this bill will provide clarity and protect about 12,000 children in the state of florida who participated in the buy-in program. i support th

mr. bilirakis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for one minute. mr. bilirakis: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank chairman walden and chairman burgess for all the hard work they've put into re-authorizing chip. this is a six-year re-authorization of the chip program, the longest chip re-authorization congress has ever passed. the house already passed a full chip authorization last year, by the way, we also re-authorized the community health centers. most democrats voted against that. democrats need to put politics aside and support the bill for the sake of our children. chip re-authorization will ensure funding for 200,000 children in florida's chip program. in addition, this bill has my legislation that protects chip buy-in programs. this allows children who aren't eligible for traditional chip to buy into the chip program. it makes sense. inconsistent guidance from c.m.s. jeopardized these buy-in programs. this bill will provide clarity and protect about 12,000 children in the state of florida who participated in the buy-in program. i support th