mr. shimkus will be recognized for five minutes. mr. shimkus: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. shimkus: thank you, madam speaker. i come down tonight to put into the record names of some fighters who have been jailed not only politicians, but also members of the news media after the elections in bella ruse of two nights ago. the opponents of the dictator were as follows and their locations are unknown, some have been jailed. victor, nick lay and dim my try. tens of thousands converged in the capital heeding opposition leaders that called sunday's election a farse and locked in a dictatorship. they gathered on the 19th and on the 20th. also arrested are prominent journalists and civil society activists, figures that are friends of individuals i know, leader of the united civic party, his wife, dimitri and natalia, editor of charter97.org. the organization for security and cooperation in europe called the elections flawed and the united states and european union condemned the

mr. shimkus, mr. deal, and mr. barton. but i do want it known were it not for the labors of three great men in the other body we would not be where we are. senator harkin, senator durbin, and senator reid have contributed mightily to the success which we have in making the american consuming public safe. i hope that the people will understand we have served them well and i urge my colleagues to vote for this bill secure in the knowledge that you are protecting americans and you are saving their lives and the health and well-being of the american people by passing h.r. 2751. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 1781, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion by the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the agreed to. mr. pitts: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas a

mr. shimkus, for his hard work and cooperation. in the summer and fall the house passed 25 bipartisan health bills that came from our health subcommittee and i also want to thank the staff that worked on these public health bills this past congress, from the majority, ruth, steve, sara, emily, who is here with me, emily gibbons, tiffany, anne, camille, naomi, tim and karen and from the minority, ryan, clay, peter and chris. and with that i would ask -- yield back and ask for passage of the legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 3199. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> madam speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to s. 3386, the restoring online s

mr. speaker. i wish to thank representative shimkus, the gentleman from illinois, and a good friend of the baltic people, for introducing this measure today. in june, 1940, soviet troops occupied the baltic states and you the auspices of the pact and then forcibly incorporated them into the soviet union. the following year nazi germany invaded the baltic states and illegally incorporated them into the third riket. the soviet union reoccupied the baltic states in 1945 until they regained their independence in 1991. during this period of foreign domination, thousands of estonians, lat i haveans and lithuanians were subject to brutal repression and even executed. the united states never recognized the incorps ration of the baltic states into the soviet union and i had the chance a few years ago to visit these states with nam of other members and we heard directly from the people, the government leaders, about their level of appreciation to the united states for taking that position that they were never recognized as baltic states under the soviet union. this policy gave rise to the principle of lega