mr. payne, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. meehan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. meehan: mr. speaker, yumeds. -- i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. meehan: mr. speaker, i rise in support of my bill, h.r. 3488. this legislation would require that the secretary of homeland security meet certain conditions and requirements prior to establishing any new u.s. customs and border protection preclearance operations in foreign countries. the custom and border patrol's preclearance operations overseas inspect and examine travelers and their merchandise in foreign locations prior to their arrival in the united states, and then once cleared of foreign soil, passengers do no

mr. payne: as we speak, republicans in congress are wasting taxpayer money and time on a lawsuit against the president. over what? because they disagree with his political ideology? from the very beginning, the republicans have been determined to delegitimize this president. from the very day he was elected. even at the cost of their skits -- constituents receiving uninsure -- unemployment insurance extensions. and other things. what is it, mr. speaker, about this president, that will have our colleagues on the other side of the aisle resort to anything to deal de-legitimize him. he is the president of the united states. elected by the majority of the people in this nation. and i say he should be respected as every other president in this great nation has been. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. payne: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute

mr. payne: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 3696, the national cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection act. in october, 2012, hurricane sandy wreaked havoc up and down the east coast, including in my home state of new jersey. according to the department of ergy, between 2003 and 2012, close to 700 power out ands occurred due to weather-related events, costing the national -- the nation an annual average of $18 billion to $33 billion. even worse, in 2012 hurricane sandy carried an estimated price tag between $40 billion and $52 billion. and as we have seen recently, our power systems are exposed to cyberattacks more than ever before. disasters, whether manmade or by mother nature, are drained -- draining our nation's economy and exposes us to other potentially more harmful attacks on our financial industry, water and waste systems, chemical, telecommunications and energy sectors. put simply, it is clear that our electrical grid needs an undergrade. -- upgrade. that's why i'm pleased that du

mr. payne, thanks for being with us. are there telltale signs of meth contamination when someone is looking at a home. >> there are. thank you so much for having me on today. everything, you can go into a home and find things from pink spores on the walls wimp would mostly go unpassed by most. if you're not looking for it, you wouldn't see it, tiny little pink spores could be a telltale sign there is something going on in the house. a lot of times, you'll have on the ceilings, when you're cooking meth or actually smoking the meth, there's two different types of tells. a laboratory that is a shake 'n bake, you may see signs of wear and tear in the toilet or shower. a lot of times they empty containers or beakers or bottles inside those places, the toilet, the showers, and it will be acid inside of the batteries will cause the tub or the toilet to rot. the chemicals that they have in the meth amphetamine are so powerful, they eat away at enamel on baath tubs. >> that's great advice. you can get a kit, test for meth, then c

payne: mr. speaker, -- mr. speaker, over the weekend my district endured tremendous tragedy. early sunday morning, jersey city police officer melvin santiago was shot at close range and killed in the line of duty by a madman with a gun. at the young age of 23, officer santiago had his whole life ahead of him. he recently graduated from the police academy and performed his job with such dedication. neighbors and family members said he was an angel who was proud to say he was a jersey city police officer. to me the people of jersey city and the people of the 10th congressional district, officer isn't a yaw noah was a hero. - sambings ntiago was a -- santiago was a hero. this is another reminder that we must address gun violence. parents and families and children are living in fear, to walk to school, to go to the corner store, or to go to the movies. in the greatest country on earth, feefer of gun violence shouldn't consume our daily lives. i want to offer my condolences to officer santiago's family. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek

mr. steyer made most of his money in fossil fuels. here to expose the hypocrisy is fox business network charles payne. >> a guy starts a fund and they lendfor almost two decades to power plants driven by coal all over the world, and now here's a guy saying i'll pay $100 million to anyone who is out there against climate change and coal-fired power plants and man made pollution. >> is this more of the same? it's like the liberal left saying we're going to take away your guns but we're going to have armed security guards and we're going to call you a sinner for driving a tahoe, yet we're going to fly around private. >> more of the same but it's a lot of worse in my mind. here's a guy, $100 million is a lot of money. for me it is buying political influence. he had dinner with president obama recently. he's probably in his inner circle right now. think about this for a moment. what the program says is we've put a couple of power plants, coal companies out of business. thousands of americans have already lost their jobs. electricity prices are going higher and higher and higher. it makes manufacturing more difficult. we lose jobs. this has ma