chairman of the iraqi advisory council and a former political advisor to iraqi president mr walden it's so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me now next month as you just heard me mention will mark the 70th anniversary of the bush administration's decision to invade your country on false pretenses and while nobody these days there is to defend the rationale for that why i think there is still a discussion going on about whether the american intelligence was so bad by accident or by design doesn't even matter as far as you are concerned or clearly of invasion of iraq on the liberation of what we call it of iraq has been a turning point in iraq as history. also was a chance for iraqi liberation from tyranny. i have been exposed to for a good 35 years or so that the iraqi people lived under persecution torture. and political persecution that they were subjected to a very bloody regime for years and years so we as iraqis most of us would see it as a liberation although it was termed later talking persian and led to a lot of unrest and conflict but i

chairman of the iraq advisory council and a former political advisor to iraqi president mr walden it's so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me now next month as you just heard me mention will mark the 70th anniversary of the bush administration's decision to invade your country on false pretenses and while nobody these days there is to defend the rationale for that why i think there is still a discussion going on about whether the american intelligence was so bad by accident or by design doesn't even matter as far as you are concerned or clearly of invasion of iraq on the liberation of what we call that of iraq has been a turning point in iraq as history. also was a chance for iraqi liberation from tyranny. or have been exposed to for a good 35 years or so. the iraqi people lived under persecution torture. and political persecution that they were subjected to a very bloody regime for years and years so we as iraqis most of us would see it as a liberation although it was termed later talking persian and led to a lot of unrest and conflict but in

mr. walden. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. walden: thank you very much, mr. speaker. this package is not the first response to the covid-19 pandemic, nor will it be the last. the american people expect us to set partisanship aside in times of crisis and do what's best for our country and for our constituents and that is what we are doing today. we're helping health care providers on the front lines back home get the personal protective equipment they need and the medicines and medical devices that will save the lives of their patients. we're helping people who have lost their jobs get a life line. we're helping our small businesses keep their work force together. and we're making record investments into finding treatments and a cure, we're helping our state and local governments too. we're all in this together. and with president trump's leadership, we're all in this to win as fast as medically possible. in order to prevent our health system from collapsing under the weight of this virus, we will provide unprecedented support f

walden: i think it did. otherwise members would have stayed more isolated. they would not have gotten in their we were not able to maintain those protocols because of this. but you know mr. massey believes , strongly what he believes and his voters will have a say in how they interpret that. i know how the president interpreted it. he was pretty forthcoming. the big news is not that. the big news is we passed the bill unanimously in the senate, overwhelmingly by voice vote in the house. i'm not sure there were many if any objectors. it moves forward to the president. he will put it into law. and now we will get relief to the american citizens. we have got people falling through the cracks. you see with the economy is doing. the deep dive over the cliff. this is designed to build a bridge across the ravine, get to the other side and have a safety net for people who are falling. host: let me turn to bob cusack of the hill newspaper. bob: congressman you have been a , health care leader, the top republican member on the energy and commerce committee. who are you talking to and when are we going to get on top of this? when will we see improvement? rep. walden: that's a good

mr. walden and mr. burgess asked for a hearing on this research and we should continue to investigate. know how to help people who need medical marijuana and how greater accept will impact communities, families and users. however, expanding access to marijuana without the benefit and guidance of the facts and sound science is of grave concern. this is incredibly concerning because we have an addiction crisis in my home state of montana. methamphetamines devastate our communities and tear up our communities. meth accounted for 86% of drugs trafficked in montana in the past five years. montana has worked hard to support people fighting addiction through drug treatment courts. these courts help people get clean and get back on their feet while staying engaged in their communities. all at a fraction of the cost of incarceration. to consider making any schedule 1 drug legal and more readily available without adequate research is a misplaced priority when addiction continues to ravage our country. instead, we should support focusing on combatting addiction. building on this committee's bipar