mr. jenkins. i was on book tour in philadelphia.dinner with him m and then e to hear me preach philadelphia where the reverend dr. alan waller's pastor. there is a connection here between this young man, break them articulate, highly intelligent the willing to lay everything on the line that is his career, the fortunes he is been able to accumulate. peoplelf of vulnerable who have no platform, no voice. there's a community behind him. dr. waller's church, thousands of members standing up to applaud and to praise him and to let him know you're not alone and we appreciate the amplification of our interest that you are doing. and by holding up a sign like miles davis at the end of his life, who refused anymore to speak mostly when he introduced corn players or people who are part of his they and. there's a kinind of black signifying going on. . jig is is a certified, this is not about the prototest them about an anthem, about a flag. it is about when you refuse to fly the interests of black and meghan people, thehe way you ignore the a

mr. jenkins, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the opioid crisis touches nearly every family in west virginia. with too many lives lost to the disease of addiction. it's an issue i hear about every day. as the opioid epidemic forces increasing numbers of children into foster care, we see more and more grandparents being left to raise their grandchildren. these grandparents face the task of caring for young children while navigating a complex child welfare system. many have little support and are also coping even with their adult child's addiction. we must make it easier for grandparents who love and care for their grandchildren to navigate the system. bills like the assisting states' implementation of plans of safe care act aimed to make it easier for families to gain custody of kids who have been removed from their parents due to drug abuse. allowing these family members to provide critical, emotional support, and stability to kids who have had their world turned upside down seems like common sense. once in a stable home

jenkins. thank you, mr. speaker. [laughter] can i join with my right honorable friend in remembering the anniversary of the grenfell fire? can i commend her for the way she has established the inquiry that is looking into the tragedy? can i testify to can i testified to her, having , that there will be growing confidence that they get the findings to make sure such a thing like that never happens again? sure its to her making was never blown off after the anger following the tragedy. congratulations and inquiry intot the to fire provides the truth get to the answers as to why getshappened happened and justice to the victims and this has the ability to compel evidence. anybody who misleads the inquiry will face prosecution and i hope that this gives faith to people that this will get to the truth. has profounduent disabilities and cannot wash, needs to be supervised or is at risk. the elderly mother is not well his application he needs for the has been misused on grounds that he can talk unaided . that the prime minis

jenkins. >> thank you, mr. speaker. [laughter] >> can i join with my right honorable friend in remembering the anniversary of the grenfell fire? can i commend her for the way she has established the inquiry that is looking into the tragedy? can i testify to her, having met victims of this grenfell fire as she has, they are showing great confidence that they will get the findings of that inquiry that they want to make sure that such a thing never happens again , i think that is a testament to her personal courage and persistence in making sure that the inquiry was not blown off course by the understandable anger that followed the immediate tragedy. >> can i also have my personal congratulations to my right honorable friend on his knighthood and can i also say that i absolutely agree with him and the importance of ensuring that the inquiry into the fire is able to provide the truth to get to the answers as to why what happened happened and gets -- and to ensure that justice is provided for the victims of survivors. ands a

jenkins also held up cards defending players who mr trump had implied were unpatriotic because of theirly out loud to any of the questions, letting his cards speak for themselves. and you can see more of that on bbc.com. nasa says it has found evidence that there might once have been life on mars. the discovery was made by the curiosity rover, which discovered what nasa says were organic molecules in rocks dating back three billion years. their conclusion, while it's not necessarily evidence of life itself, it can't be ruled out. we found organic molecules in rocks from an ancient lake bed. those organic molecules could have come from life. we don't know that there was never life on mars. the organic molecules that we found are not specifically evidence of life because there are other sources of making those molecules, including things that are non—biological in nature, things like meteorites, oi’ even i’ock processes. we can attribute geology all by itself, without life, to making organic molecules, and the information that we have doesn't tell us which source is responsible for what w

jenkins: thank you, mr. speaker. fossil energy helped america -- make america the great nation today. west virginia helped forge the steel that built skyscrapers and won world wars. the d.o.e. fossil energy account helps our nation, our nation develop the next generation of fossil technologies. if we don't develop it, other nations will. america must continue its energy dominance and independence and fossil fuels must play a critical role in our energy strategy. the fossil energy account invests in research and development for coal, oil and natural gas which produces, as you heard, more than 60% of our electricity. this work is paying off. we're seeing breakthroughs in coal use for energy production as well as carbon captured and storage technology. these breakthroughs mean that west virginia and the united states does not need to rely on unfriendly nations for energy anymore. within five years, the united states will become the largest producer in the world of crude oil, bigger than russia or saudi arabia. investing

mr trump has described it as a mission of peace. here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to alina jenkins.ay but like yesterday, some thunderstorms. this is taking yesterday afternoon in the scottish highlands, a very angry looking cloud and a fairly spectacular nimbus shortcoming up again in the scottish highlands. and and lightning not too far away when this photo was taken. still some thunderstorms in the forecast, especially across scotland, northern england but otherwise, drive the many. some warm spells of sunshine and foremost, more sunshine than yesterday. a quick look at the pollen levels, very high again. mostly england and wales, moderate across the north—east of scotland, very— northern ireland and low for the final of scotland. and cloud across central and eastern parts of england, that will thin and break. west, a good deal of sunshine. a bit more clout across northern ireland and some showers across eastern parts of scotland and it is this pa rt parts of scotland and it is this part of scotland where we are likely to see showers through the day. to bridge a wise,19— 20 degre

mr. speaker, i yield. >> i thank the gentleman and i yield four minutes to the gentlelady from kansas, ms. jenkins. ms. jenkins: i thank you for leading this. i come to the floor this evening to discuss the tax cut and jobs act. as a c.p.a. i knew it would make us competitive in a global economy and lead us to jobs and prosperity for the american people. i saw the old tax code was a excessive time for companies and individuals to file. streamlining the alternative inimum tax are two examples to have this for millions of americans. the rhetoric can get out of hand. let's look at some of the biggest claims about the bill and what the reality is. . one thing i heard was that this is the kansas tax plan on steroids. that was never the case. where kansas eliminated income tax it is on certain business the federal act reduced taxes on all businesses at a comparable rate to other businesses. the new federal rates, all businesses regardless of size, continue to pay federal income tax, but at a lower rate them truth is, instead of breaking the bank, banks said this -- thanks to this bill, the state of kansas is

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.r. 33331 sponsored by representatives jenkins and matsui. i would like to yield to representative matsui such time as she may consume and submit my complete statement for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. matsui: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank mr. pallone for yielding to me. while i believe we need to do a lot more to combat the opoid and addiction epidemic i'm pleased with the specific steps being taken today to help communities. i rise in support of legislation i co-authored with congresswoman lynn jenkins on h.r. 3331. in order to solve the root causes of addiction, we need more access to behavioral health in our communities. and we need to treat mental illness and substance abuse disorder like diseases which means integrating care into the health care system. means treating a person as a whole person, physical and mental health conditions interplay and should be treated as such. cannot have a truly interrogated system if behavioral health providers don't have electronic health