mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of house resolution 756, the moving our democracy and congressional operations toward modernization resolution. mr. speaker, this bipartisan resolution is an important one that i believe will improve the day-to-day operations of the house. i first want to thank chairman kilmer and vice chair graves for their impressive leadership of the select committee on modernization. also want to say a special -- want to give a special quick moment of silence in honor of mr. graves, vice chair graves' son, who was in a bad accident on a bicycle. if you could bear with me for two seconds to honor mr. graves and have a moment of silence to pray for his son's recovery. thank you, mr. speaker. the tone that has been set at the modernization committee has een a refreshing reminder that there is still a way to there is still a way to work in a truly bipartisan manner. respecting different opinions across the aisle. six members of congress from each party

mr. davis: thank you, sir. i want to thank you, indeed. as a matter of fact as i was listening i was saying to myself after a good sermon all that you really say is amen. and i want to say amen to you. i say that in all seriousness because the number one advocate for an expanded social security in this house of representatives is none other than representative john larson. . and i thank you for the diligence, consistency. my office, k in there is a photograph of ranklin delano roosevelt, and that photograph has been there ever since i've been here, but i that photograph -- but i had that photograph before i and here because the work the leadership, the vision that delano roosevelt had and passed nsformed on to people like yourself and you, and i'm so proud to be that i serve with you in this house of representativ the sentatives, on committee on ways and means, and the fact that you chair the and l security committee the social security effort. the only other thing that i really would need to s

turn h that i'd like to things over to the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, republican leader of the house committee.ion mr. davis: thank you, madam chair. to commend thent house officers and the committee members on our house bothistration committee on sides of the aisle, along with the leadership teams of both the minority.nd the they've been working hard on the coronavirus task force that includes the representatives each of those areas and agencies i mentioned. they're in constant contact to they're given the most up-to-da up-to-date guidance to not just but to the entire house campus and each and every one of you. conference, our house administration committee, along with the assistance of eadership and the others i mentioned, had a briefing with our chiefs of staff yesterday. so did the democrats. are necessary to be able to spread the most up-to-date guidance. committee, the house administration committee, in a bipartisan way also decided to do what we can do to make sure member offices are prepared. we' e've allowed now the use of unspent 2019 in m.r

mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. s the ranking member of house administration, i want all of my colleagues to make sure that efore we leave this floor today, after hopefully passing this piece of legislation, that every member that works for the house, that makes sure that makes s clean, sure that this house operates, they're here sitting there in well. they are here in our hallways. they are doing the job to allow do our job. and on behalf of everyone here, thank you thank you, for what you do every single day. it is important. the first vote that i ofk on this house floor, one the first, was for superstorm sandy relief. friend, mr. van drew, sitting next to me here, i'm sure he had more of a frontline as a state senator in new jersey at the time. what kind of impact that assistance had on the ground to those americans who hurting, and i went back and i took criticism from many media and in my own party. we as e's one job that congress should do and do well is help americans recover from a ask for.they didn't we are

let me recognize the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, to inquire. mr. davis: thank you, mr. chairman. you, mr. secretary. currently has ry roughly $26 billion in unclaimed savings bonds or matured unclaimed debt. illinois has $1 billion of this unclaimed debt. know, several members of this committee have introduced legislation to pathway for our treasury to work with state to facilitate the our n of this debt back to constituents. i have two questions related to this. what exactly is treasury's current policy on the release of unclaimed property to states, there been such hesitation by treasury to backse these matured bonds to the states? secretary mnuchin: well, let me comment. there is bipartisan support on this, and we look forward to working with you and others. just received funding on this. project.rting a pilot we started, i believe, the hunt program, and we want to return he money to its rightful owners. on ome of this goes back to microfiche. we need to be able to identify the people, but we want to the money to the rightful holders and we look forward to working wi

let me recognize the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, to inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you, mr. secretary. the u.s. treasury currently has roughly $26 billion in unclaimed saving bonds, all matured unclaimed debt. the state of illinois has $1 billion of this unclaimed debt. as you may know, several members of this committee have introduced legislation to provide a pathway for our treasury to work with state treasuries to facilitate the return of this debt back to our constituents. i have two questions related to this. one, what exactly is treasury's current policy on the release of unclaimed property to states and why has there been such hesitation by treasury to release these matured bonds back to the states? >> well, let me just comment. there is bipartisan support on this and we look forward to working with you and others. we've just received funding on this. we're starting to a pilot project. we've started, i believe it's the hunt program, and we want to return the money to its rightful owners. so some of this goes back to on microfiche and we need t

in mr. davis' economic class, the focus is on markets. with cleaning supplies at the front of the classroom, it's hard not to be focused on the current coronavirus. >> we want to take care, be very conscious and very aware of what's going on, but we also don't want to panic and overreact. >> reporter: principal michael mcallister says since the outbreak the school has put in procedures to keep students safe. >> there's a lot more hand sanitizer around. we are making sure we can keep the soap dispensers full. >> reporter: along with stocking up on cleaning supplies >>> good evening. we are coming on right now with breaking news in the race for the white house. abc news can project that joe biden will win the state of michigan, the night's most critical contest. four years ago bernie sanders upset hillary clinton here extending his campaign. not this time. biden will win most of the state's 125 delegates. voters went to the polls in six states tonight. earlier abc news projected that biden will win the state of mississippi, 36 delegates at

mrs. davis served as a council woman, small business owner and, most recently, was named as a finalist for the women's great grand masters due athlete of the year. as a du-athlete who runs, bikes and then runs again, she exhibits tremendous perseverance, discipline and strength of character. even more noteworthy is the fact that she dedicates each race to her friend whom this award is named after and who sadly lost her life in a car accident returning home from a competition. being recognized as a finalist for du-athlete of the year shows the great success ms. travis has displayed in past competitions. she captured the silver medal at the world competition. i wish council woman travis the best of luck moving forward as a finalist and -- and in all future competitions. she'll make our district and our country proud. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from arizona, mr. schweikert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee

mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. s the ranking member of house administration, i want all of my colleagues to make sure that efore we leave this floor today, after hopefully passing this piece of legislation, that every member that works for the house, that makes sure that makes s clean, sure that this house operates, they're here sitting there in well. they are here in our hallways. they are doing the job to allow do our job. and on behalf of everyone here, thank you thank you, for what you do every single day. it is important. the first vote that i ofk on this house floor, one the first, was for superstorm sandy relief. friend, mr. van drew, sitting next to me here, i'm sure he had more of a frontline as a state senator in new jersey at the time. what kind of impact that assistance had on the ground to those americans who hurting, and i went back and i took criticism from many media and in my own party. we as e's one job that congress should do and do well is help americans recover from a ask for.they didn't we are

mr. davis: as my friend said, if we defeat the previous question we will offer h.r. 6177. leader mccarthy bill is simple and requires members of congress to disclose unpaid tax liabilities in their financial disclosure reports. under a penalty of fine or prison, we expect every american to file their taxes, those same hardworking americans deserve to know whether their representatives are doing the same. and like the american public, if a member fails to meet their tax obligations, my bill requires their pay be placed into escrow until their tax obligation is met. this is responsible governing that informs the public and holds all of us accountable. the house should advance this legislation today. this bill falls under the jurisdiction of committee of house administration and i'm prepared to work with the chief administrative officer to execute this legislation. i have seen legislation run through this committee that tried to use the tax dollars of hardworking americans to fund their own congressional campaigns. every member of the majority in this room, in this chamber co

davis a fellow veteran. i urge all members to support it. mr. chairman, mr. manager, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. hill: that was an excellent description of why this bill was needed. we honor the 1% of americans who go out, put on the uniform and serve the other 99% of americans that work for our freedoms every day around the world 24/7. this is one of the least things we can do to make their lives and the lives of military families at the margin better. i thank my friends for bringing this bill i appreciate its sponsor. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from guam is recognized. mr. san nicolas: i thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their good work and collaboration on this issue and i urge my colleagues spo torte this bipartisan bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5003 as amended. those in favor say aye. those oppose

mr. and see joe of the american association of colleges of nurses. >> i'm theresa davis and i'm clinical operations but representing the american association of critical care nurses. >> thank you very much. >> ron troutman, 2021 national president of american emergency nurses association. >> mr. president, i'm the ceo of american organization for nursing leaders and cno for the american hospital association. >> thank you very much. i know who he is. mike, do you have have anything to say? >> mr. president, i want to join you in welcoming these, these great healers to the white house. the president spoke today to the leaders of physician organizations from around the country. we garnered from them recommendations about how we can further support those of you that are coming along americans impacted by the coronavirus and as the president said we're absolutely committed to bringing the full resources of the federal government, the full resources of the american economy to work with states across the country to be there for americans struggling with the coronavirus but at the same level of p

rick davis and jim messina will weigh in next. this is bloomberg. ♪ mr.iden: there's a place in our campaign for each of you. i want to thank bernie sanders and his supporters for their tireless energy and passion. we share a common goal, and together we will defeat donald trump. we will defeat them together. [cheers and applause] david: that was joe biden speaking at his campaign headquarters last night. that conciliatory tone came after the former vice president took a surmountable delegate lead over senator bernie sanders, with wins in mississippi, missouri, idaho, and most crucially, michigan, where sanders upset hillary in 2016. we welcome now our panel of former presidential can be managers in washington. rick davis ran senator john mccain's campaign, and jim messina ran president's successful realistic and campaign -- successful reelection -- president obama's successful reelection campaign. i know it's never say never, but -- you never say never, and this was really up to biden and where he creates an opening for bernie. when you look ahead to nex

mr. estes: thank you. before i run out of time i want to mention one other thing i've been working on before i came to congress, and it was mentioned earlier by representative davis, about the savings bond and the issues there. as kansas state treasurer it was important to me to help return money back to american citizens, to kansans in particular, and so i actually pursued some legal options to make sure that happens. i've been proud to work with representative davis and happy -- and help introduce the unclaimed savings bond act to help ensure collaboration between the treasury secretary. i recognize the complexities of converting microfish data over, i'm glad we've got funding to help you do that, look forward to getting that resolved. >> let me recognize the gentleman from new york, mr. higgins, to inquire. mr. higgins: thank you very much. mr. secretary, you have dedicated for a 20-year treasury note my understanding is bond sales could start as early as may of this year. and the government is trying to do a couple of things. lock in low rates and find more options to help fund itself, in addition to new potential spending. it seems to me that you are an advo

mr. secretary, i'm a doctor and on wednesday we found out my former colleagues at university of california davis are treating the first possible case of community transmission of coronavirus in the united states. my home county of sacramento has been reminded that disease has no borders. so, following my colleague, mr. cicilline, i'm deeply alarmed by our approach to iran in terms of impacting the fight against coronavirus. mr. secretary, do you believe that sharing data about new diseases like coronavirus makes american and the world safer? yes/no? >> yes. >> and, mr. secretary, do you believe that iran is up to the fight against coronavirus? yes or no. >> their health care infrastructure is not robust, and to date, their willingness to share information about what's really going on inside of the islamic of iran has not been robust. and i'm very concerned that it is -- it is that iran that's not sharing information. >> exactly, reclaiming my time. i agree with some of that assessment that they don't have that infrastructure and i'm worried about that. as a doctor, i know when we're fighting a n

i've been pretty and proud to wk davis toresentative introduce the on claim savings bond act, it will help ensureo a -- i mrneal:e some of the complexities of converting data, and we have some funding to do that. i look for the getting thathigge resolved. thank you. >> thank you gentlemen. recognize the gentleman from new york, higgins. >> thank you very much for being here. you have advocated for 20 year treasury note. my understandingnganment is, onm sales could start as early as may of this year. the government is trying to do a couple of things. lock in low rates and find more options to help fund itself. in addition to new potential spending. it, the seems to met ha you arn advocate. fording infrastructure spending. theor t president has indicated that. our e imenchairman has been ver bullet on the idea offficiency o infrastructure spending. only for bricks and mortar, but improvements to the improvements, of the in khanna me, and the growth that can come with that. do you see a scenario where the 20 year treasury note could assist in financing a major infrastructure bill?l? working with thete, we look

davis, right? mm-hmm. dolores, hi. this is my mom. mom, this is my parole officer, dolores maloney. you brought your mother? i'm not here as sam's parent. i'm here as her and mry. i'd like to confer with them. absolutely. but, first, as ms. mccall's attorney, i should make sure you're aware of your daughter's attempts to neutralize me. i'm sorry. neutralize you how? it would seem that ms. mccall sent her friend, your client, mr. spinelli, to spy on me in order to dig up dirt to, uh, leverage against me. i see. mm-hmm. since you have mr. spinelli in custody, i can only guess that that didn't go well. it did not. clearly, uh, physical surveillance is not clearly mr. spinelli's forte. sam: spinelli, are you okay? only my pride is wounded. ms. maloney, just to be clear, are you suggesting that sam violated her parole? okay, before you answer that -- sam: spinelli. i must speak. quiet. sam had nothing to do with this! okay. surveilling you was my idea and mine alone. ms. mccall is an innocent woman. right. whether ms. mccall returns to pentonville to complete her sentence is entirely up to her. ♪ can be tough. you diet. exercise. but if you're also taking fish oil

mr. president, dr. debra troutman president and ceo of the american college association of nurses. >> i'm theresa davis and clinical operations director in icu representing the american association of critical care nurses. >> i'm ron kraus, the 2021 president of the national emergency nurses association. >> hello, mr. president, robin from the nursing leaders and cnl for american hospital association. >> thank you very much. i know who he is. >> mike, do you have anything to say? >> just, mr. president, i just want to join you in welcoming these great healers to the white house. the president spoke today to the leaders of physician organizations from around the country. we garner from them recommendations about how we can further support those of you that are coming alongside americans that are impacted by the coronavirus and as the president said, we're absolutely committed to bringing the full resources of federal government, the full resources of the american economy to work with states across the country, to be there for americans struggling with the coronavirus, but at the same level of priority th