mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i'll yield myself the time i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he weeshes to use. mr. burgess: -- wishes to use. mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. the e in support of 767, stop, observe, ask, and respond to health and wellness act of 2017, introduced by our colleague, representative steve cohen of tennessee. this bill will help in the fight against human trafficking . worldwide nearly 21 million people are victims of human trafficking, forced labor or exploitation. this bipartisan initiative expands and further codifies the department of health and human services' stop, observe, ask, and respond program, which enhances the health care system's response to

mr. burgess, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1222 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill.

mr. burgess: mr. speaker, we are here today considering a continuing resolution that will provide dollars for the federal government and our national defense. and it also finally accomplishes re-authorization of funding for several important health care programs. these extensions are long overdue and i urge members to support this legislation so that our nation's doctors, other health care providers will have stability to continue their normal operations. the house passed many of these provisions last november. that's when we passed the championing healthy kids act. however, since house passage, the legislation has been stalled without action in the senate. now fortunately, the children's health insurance program was re-authorized in the last continuing resolution. seems like a long time ago, but was three weeks ago. however, we did not complete the public health or medicare extenders. the continuing resolution we are debating today includes funding for other important health care programs such as com

mr. burgess: i have a motion at the desk. the clerk: mr. burgess of texas moves to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to table. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the 15-minute on the motion to table will be followed by five minutes votes on house resolution 748. adoption of house resolution 748 if ordered. ordering the previous question on house resolution 747 and adoption of the resolution 747 if ordered. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned cover

mr. burgess: thank you for yielding. e last time our tax code was refined, i had been practicing medicine for five years. and 15 31 years later years in congress, the reformation has made a profound difference. it is not logs on me that the rhetoric on the conference report was pretty negative and the idea was to sow doubt in the minds of people who would be effected and sow on people who would want to vote for tax relief and tax improvement. i have to tell you something. after that vote and mr. mitchell referenced southwest airlines and american airlines, i cannot remember ever having the positive feedback for a vote i have taken in this congress like this was for this tax vote. my own wal-mart, people were coming up to me and say, i work for american airlines and southwest airlines. i have a lot of families who work for american or southwest and they all got $1,000 because of the tax relief that we had provided. again, i cannot ever remember having that much positive reenforcement on a bill that was e rhetoric going sp

mr. burgess: i rise to honor sam johnson. this week marks 45 years since he returned to freedom after enduring nearly seven years as a prisoner of war in that know, vietnam. each february, we are reminded of his leadership that will sam johns ong displayed during his time as a prisoner of war. we are reminded of the persistence of sam's family and the joy and joy of our north texas community when sam returned home to texas in 1973. sam johnson has served our country selflessly in his air force career and here in the house of representatives since he was elected to the house in 1991. he has been an advocate for our armed forces, our veterans and america freedom. 15 years ago, i gave my floor speech marking 30 years since mr. johnson returned home. it is a privilege to honor my friend and mentor on his 45th return anniversary. sam johnson, welcome home. the speaker pro tempore: are there any additional requests for one-minute speeches? the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence

mr. chairman, i yield back. chair burgess: the chair recognizes the woman from new jersey for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr.'s income your testimony, you -- miss gibson, in your testimony, you mentioned pressed pills domestically. the dea has also acknowledged that they are widely available on the open internet, and some vendors mislabel equipment in regulatoryoid oversight your one-way traffickers have been able to further increase the production and availability of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. my question is -- i have several -- under current law, importers and exporters are required to shipment off the tableting and encapsulating machines. how does the dea ship requirements? ms. gibson: i appreciate your concerns about those machines, and i am happy that dea did take that measure and get us that regulation and get it in place. that requires any encapsulation and tabulating machine a 15-day requirement. obviously, you will have the legal people out there that abide by the laws, and they will

mr. burgess: mr. speaker, we are here today considering a continuing resolution that will provide dollars for the federal government and our national defense. and it also finally accomplishes re-authorization of funding for several important health care programs. these extensions are long overdue and i urge members to support this legislation so that our nation's doctors, other health care providers will have stability to continue their normal operations. the house passed many of these provisions last november. that's when we passed the championing healthy kids act. however, since house passage, the legislation has been stalled without action in the senate. now fortunately, the children's health insurance program was re-authorized in the last continuing resolution. seems like a long time ago, but was three weeks ago. however, we did not complete the public health or medicare extenders. the continuing resolution we are debating today includes funding for other important health care programs such as com

mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 736. resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 620, to amend the americans with disabilities act of 1990, to promote compliance through education, to clarify the requirements for demand letters , to provide for a notice and cure period before the commencement of a private civil action and for other purposes. providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3299, to amemmed the revised statutes, the home owners loan act, the federal credit union act, and the federal deposit insurance act, to inquire -- to require the rate of interest on certain loans remain unchanged after transfer of the loan and for other purposes. providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3978. to amend the real estate settlement procedures act of 1974. to modify requirements related to mortgage

mr. lance: i recognize dr. burgess for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman for the recognition. mr. speaker, we all teach our kids. we teach them how to stay safe, how to respond to an emergency. they learn things like stop, drop, and roll for fires, don't talk to strangers, look both ways before you cross the street. and dial 911 in emergencies. unfortunately, there is no lesson explaining that on some phones, you must dial 9 to get an outside line before you dial 911. other phones even have additional numbers and they're not the same for every phone system. multiline phone systems like those found in offices, our offices, hotels, hospitals, make our lives easier by condensing multiple line into a single phone. one feature of multiline phone systems is that in order to get outside of the internal lines, you must dial a specific code or set of digits. doesn't seem like a big deal or even necessarily life threatening, but for this young girl trying to save

burgess. now is the time to work together to ensure that these bills are passed into law and that is why i urge my colleagues to support this bill. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i'm very pleased to yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, the ranking member of the veterans affairs subcommittee, ms. wasserman schultz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. schultz schultz i thank the -- ms. wasserman schultz: i thank the gentlelady. i rise in strong opposition to this continuing resolution which yet again is a complete and total abdication of our responsibilities. for the fifth time, republicans are asking us to fund the government for another flip of the calendar. the last time they dragged us down this path of incompetence, we had the complete shutdown. yet here we are again left with this ludicrous approach of funding the u.s. government month to month while ignoring the pressing issues. today, we have heard republicans may endless l