mr. weber, is recognized. mr. weber: thank you, madam chair. this is for mr. clements to start with. the state with the most fires, is that data readily available? dr. clements: yeah. the data is nationally compiled. so it can be easily accessed. generally. mr. weber: did i understand in your exchange with bill foster -- i thought you said the data wasn't given. what data was that, do you remember that exchange? dr. clements: no. mr. weber: no. ok. and then i go to mr. geissler. do we have -- you had a discussion with daniel webster. do we have enough interagency interaction and is there somebody that tracks that and how successful that's been? mr. geissler: we have exceptional interagency cooperation at both the national, regional, and state levels. we have a lot of discussions among the state foresters, the emergency managers on how we can improve it, along with our federal partners at fema and the usda forest service and d.o.i. and others. the collaboration reinvolves around the -- revolves

comer: i yield three minutes to the the gentleman from texas, mr. weber. mr. weber: today, the house moves to establish june 19th as the juneteenth national independent day a holiday commemorating the end of slavery. june 19th marks the day that union troops arrived in galveston tech as in what is the 14th congressional, the gulf coast of texas. they announced to announce and are enforce the emancipation. general granger delivered the news of the emancipation proclamation. and that was his intent and it was the law and should have been a way to go. and the and litigation of slavery was a milestone underwritten by the truths of natural law that all humans are created equal and should enjoy the same protections under the law. engrained in texas culture, migrate texas, this special day has been recognized, the chairmanwoman has recognized in 47 of the 50 states in the united states and long overdue to be recognized as a federal holiday. i have been working with sheila jackson lee and senator cornyn. this should be rooted in the work we need to do and will continue

mr. weber: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, today i rise to recognize the explarry life of one. mr. w.l. pate from beaumont, texas. words cannot adequately express how deeply saddam husseinened we were to hear of his passing just the other day. as i think back, madam speaker -- deeply sad we were to hear of his passing just the other day. as i think back, madam speaker, the list of his considerable accomplishments and contributions are far too numerous to be listed here. but here's just a few. w.l. was the two-term mayor of beaumont, an army veteran, had 14 years of service as a city councilman. he was the past president of the texas association of mayors, council members, and commissioners. w.l. was on the board of the texas municipal league and served as t.m.l. president for region 16. never missing a chance to give back, w.l. assisted our office, his office, the district 14 people office. every single year was military service academy nominations. he was good at it. and proud to be able to do it. i am particul

. >> i yield three minutes to the gentleman of texas, mr. weber. >> the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> today, the house moves to establish june 19 as the juneteenth national independence day, a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states. june 19 marks the date union troops arrived in my district in galveston, texas, i wasn't alive back then, in the heart of what is now the 14th congressional district of texas. those troops and now -- arrived to announce and enforce the emancipation proclamation on that day, general gordon granger delivered the news of president abraham lincoln's proclamation which had abolished slavery more than two years before on january first, 1863. that was his intent and it was the law and it should've been done but we had a ways to go to abolished slavery. the abolition of slavery was a key milestone toward fulfilling our founders promise underwritten by the self-evident truth of natural law that all humans are created equal and should enjoy the same protections under the law. ingra

. >> i yield three minutes to the the gentleman from texas, mr. weber. >> today, the house moves to establish june 19th as the juneteenth national independent day a holiday commemorating the end of slavery. june 19th marks... >> the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. >> i recognize the gentlelady from texas, the author of the companion to the senate bill, representative jackson lee, for three minutes. >> the gentlelady from texas, the author of the bill, is recognized for three minutes. >> i thank the gentlewoman from new york for her courtesies. it has been a long journey and not been yesterday, the day before or last month or a few years before, one could argue it has been 12 years so people have been involved and danny davis, my colleague in the united states senate, senator cornyn, barbara rose collins, 25 years ago with a resolution and others unnamed. organizations across the nation and some international. it has been a long journey and not been an easy journey. and when we stand here today,

comer: i yield three minutes to the the gentleman from texas, mr. weber. mr. weber: today, the house moves to establish june 19th as the juneteenth national independent day a holiday commemorating the end of slavery. june 19th marks the day that union troops arrived in galveston tech as in what is the 14th congressional, the gulf coast of texas. they announced to announce and are enforce the emancipation. general granger delivered the news of the emancipation proclamation. and that was his intent and it was the law and should have been a way to go. and the and litigation of slavery was a milestone underwritten by the truths of natural law that all humans are created equal and should enjoy the same protections under the law. engrained in texas culture, migrate texas, this special day has been recognized, the chairmanwoman has recognized in 47 of the 50 states in the united states and long overdue to be recognized as a federal holiday. i have been working with sheila jackson lee and senator cornyn. this should be rooted in the work we need to do and will continue

mr. weber: madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman may proceed. mr. weber: i rise today to recognize the outstanding work of mayor ames the 41st mayor of beaumont of texas. she has are spearheaded initiatives such as establishing the one-stop in city hall to help businesses and homeowners with their various needs and becky helped 11 call centers to help. and mayor ames contributions include the emergency preparation and management before and after the several tropical storms and hurricanes that have impacted beaumont. her leadership during these storms are critical. i have seen it up close and personal. i recognize and thank mayor ames for her service to beaumont and our 14th congressional district of texas. may oy, congratulations, i yield back. . . 4 the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: unanimous consent to a

mr. weber: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, ranking member lucas. and thank you to the chairwoman of the full committee, eddie -- ms. eddie bernice johnson. with this bill, the two of you have perfectly demonstrated how a committee can actually function even with occasional disagreements. . to you're to be congratulated. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 3593, the department of energy science for the future act. after over a decade of budget requests, a decade of budget requests, hearings, stakeholder input and information gathering, i say with a sigh of relief and a great deal of joy, the science committee has a bipartisan comprehensive office of science authorization. and although it's taken a little longer than i would have expected, it couldn't come at a better time. america's scientific enterprise has never faced a more serious threat from global competition than it does right now today. innovative science discoveries and advanced technology discoveries of development aren't just as operations they the actual -- aspirations, t