mr. clyburn, for five minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise today to announce that i just filed a discharge petition on the resolution providing for the consideration of h.r. 2403, the enhanced background checks act of 2023. . saturday, june 17, will mark eight years since the massacre at one of the country's most historic churches, emanuel a.m.e. church in charleston, south carolina. that racially motivated attack took nine pa risch -- parishioners' lives and injured three others. as they participated in a bible study. it also expose add loophole in our firearm background check system known as the charleston loophole. that allows individuals to purchase firearms prior to an approval of their background check. technically that very loophole enabled the gunman, who i might add was not eligible, to purchase a firearm. to acquire a firearm and commit that horrendous act. it mandates criminal background checks for all gun sales and licensed firearm dealers through the national instant criminal background check system, nics, and the most che

mr. clyburn. in a response to questions from then ranking member steve scalise, director -- noted that the cdc consulted with over 50 organizations prior to releasing the school reopening guidance, and that this range from parents groups to superintendents two ports of education, as well as a of t. and, my understanding is that responses receive stuff far from recipients, or the chairman's march 28 letters confirmed this. direct to even ski also explained that the cdc allowed to groups more time than usual to offer feedback due to the importance of schools reopening safely. she noted that within months of the guidance being issued, the percent of schools that safely return to in-person learning rose from 46 to 60%, and i will remind my colleagues that in january 2021, roughly half of the school districts were open. that is when president biden took over. and by the end of may, over 95% of schools were offering in-person learning. so, and candidly i don't personally think the input provided by a of

clyburn. congressman, thank you very much. mr. assistant leader, i appreciate it. do you feel about this deal? do you think it's a good one? >> i do. i think it's a very good one. you know, when you've got as many votes as this bill has gotten and you've had as much controversy as this process has had, and you reach common ground, that's what it's all about. two different factors coming together, finding common ground, and passing a piece of legislation that's going to do good for the country. i feel good about it. >> there's some analysis from the "times" that says that this deal looks on paper like that's it. you know, it's just one big debt deal, but in reality, in order to get all of the cuts that the deal promises, other votes will need to be taken, other bills and amendments will need to be had. can you explain what's going on? was everything not voted on last night that was agreed to between speaker mccarthy and president biden? >> oh, a lot of what got agreed to in the reservation last night will require additional action. for instance, you're looking at th

mr. raskin from maryland. >> thank you. dr. walensky you are a graduate of churchill sky . in october of 2022, select subcommittee coronavirus led byus chairman clyburn, every covered a campaign by former president trump to distort and this disinformation strategy described by trump's political appointees. who told america that trump administration could have prevented thousands of deaths from covid had it acted to address the epidemic. stated dr. atlas, was mixing public health with politics, advocating idea that case identification is bad for president's reelection, dr. alexander, said, here is the issue. if thes, communication is -- just statement that minority groups, are at higher risk than on the face, this is very accurate. however, in this election cycel that is the kind of statement coming from cdc that the media and democrat antagonists will use against the president. we need to tell the nation why the deaths happen, due to decades of democrat neglect. president trump and his allies, spread medical disinformation about quack medical cures. but they lied to american people for their own political benefits. in discusses importance of getting