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harman: mr.speaker, i rise in support of the motion to concur with the senate amendment to h.r. 553 and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for such time as she may choose to consume. ms. harman: mr. speaker, for those who think nothing can happen in this very polarized year and toxic political environment, listen up. congress is about to pass and send to the president h.r. 553, the reducing overclassification act. it has taken three long years to get to this point. after scores of hearings, the bill passed the house twice. the bill was amended by the senate and finally passed that body yesterday. h.r. 553 curves overclassification, the process of stamping intelligence secret for the wrong reasons often to protect turf orem baresment. it prevents the sharing of accurate, actionable and timely information horizontally across the government and vertically with state and local law enforcement. this is a problem now rampant throughout the i

harman: mr. speaker, i want to thank my friend and subcommittee chair, mr. pallone, and his ace staff for working to bring this bipartisan bill, the emergency medic transition, or e.m.t. act, to the floor. i want to thank mr. sarbanes, mr. bhitfield, mr. buyer and others for their support in committee. it truly might be said that bipartisan broke out in our committee during debate on this bill. as you heard from mr. pallone, the bill will help our brave men and women who service medics in afghanistan and iraq to transition into e.m.t. jobs when they return. the act authorizes grants for states that have a shortage of e.m.t.'s to create a fast track program for vets who received and completed military emergency medical training to become emergency responders. these funds authorized in this bill can be used to provide course work and training, reimbursement for veterans for the cost of course work and any certification fees. obviously the bill is a win-win for the country and our vets. its passage will enhance the surge capacities of local medical facilities a

mr. reyes: i yield to the the gentlewoman from california for a unanimous consent request. ms. harman: i rise in strong support of h.r. 2701, commend the speaker and committee majority achieving support for more inclusive briefings and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. reyes: thank you, madam speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california and chair of the intelligence management subcommittee, ms. eshoo for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. eshoo: thank you for your distinguished leadership of the house intelligence committee. after five long years, we will soon have an intelligence authorization bill enacted into law and i would have thought that the ranking member of the committee would at least acknowledge that, because it is an accomplishment, it's an accomplishment that is worth highlighting and accomplishment that should be a source of pride to all members of congress, because the congress is weighing in with its priorities. no