mr. mica: i now yield to mr. walberg. mr. walberg: mr. livingston, we've been talking about failure at all levels, training, morale, etc., and the consistent terrible rankings that d.h.s. has. what do you think it's going to take to instill a meaningful change in employee morale? mr. livingston: accountable leadership that gets results that's consistent and that is honest because right now there's no trust. mr. walberg: accountable leadership, go back to that. what does that mean? mr. livingston: well, right now the value on conformity and silence is greater than integrity and innovation. if we don't have an agile agency that's more focused on the threat and making security the priority, you're not going to get an agency that's going to be agile. and right now the agency is supposed to be working on the threat. and right now we're more worried about conformity and silence. i tell you if you don't build trt with the work force you're never going to make the morale better. mr. walberg: so the results that we're talking about today are not a

mr. young: mr. speaker, at this time i have no other requests for -- to speak on this legislation and urge my colleagues to support this legislation and urge the passage of it and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 1492. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 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. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. renacci: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2832, the stolen identity refund fraud prevention act of twoucks, as amended. 2016, as amended to -- as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3832, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to prevent tax-related id

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to welcome donald robinson to capitol hill as part of the congressional foster youth shadow program. this program is a part national foster care month across the nation. this recognition was created more than 25 years ago to bring the issue of foster care to the forefront highlighting the importance of permanency for every child. having a brother that joined my family through foster care 46 years ago, foster care is important to me. as for donald, he entered foster care in pennsylvania at the age of 14. experiencing six placements. despite attending multiple schools, he was able to complete his education and enroll in college after aging out of the foster care. i'm proud to say that donald recently graduated with his master's degree in exercise science from the university of texas and he plans to create an international sport performance training and consultiancy business and would like to open a charter school. mr. speaker, i'm so happy to see someone with donal

mr. cole: mr. speaker, i want to begin by saying i also have a great deal of respect for the distinguished minority leader. and shoe used in her remarks, made the point -- and she used in her remarks, made the point the president asked for a number of things. last year the president asked for a billion dollars more for the n.i.h. we said you know he we didn't think you asked for enough. we'll give you $2 billion. somehow that seems to get lost. last year the president sent out a request for the center for disease control. we said you know we don't think you're spending enough on public health, mr. president, we are going to spend more money than you asked for. this year when the president submitted his budget, he decided i'm going to take $1 billion of discretionary spending away from the national institute of health and spend it someplace else. we said no, mr. president, we think that's reckless. our democratic friends agreed. we are not going to let you take $1 billion of discretionary money away

mr. miller: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. miller: and, mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 1762, as amended. this legislation was sponsored by my good friend and colleague, congressman greg walden from oregon. it would designate the department of veterans affairs community-based outpatient clinic at dalles, oregon, the loren r. kaufman v.a. clinic. born and raised in dalles, oregon, sergeant first class loren kaufman enlisted in the united states army just one week after the attack on pearl harbor. he went on to serve in combat in both world war ii and in korea until his death in action on the 10th of february, 1951. following his death, sergeant first class kaufman was posthumously awarde

mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i appreciate the opportunity to offer this amendment which i do not believe is controversial. mr. chairman, one of the many parts of this bill on which members on both sides of the aisle have contributed is to try to improve our acquisition system. partly to get more value out of the money -- the taxpayer money that is spent, and partly to try to get technology into the field, into the hands of our war fighters faster. because technology evolves and the threats evolve so quickly. we have consulted with folks in the pentagon and the industry to make improvements in this part of the bill this amendment is a technical amendment which deals with some of those issues to ensure that the -- whatever process we set up here obviously the money has to be appropriated as well. i don't think it is controversial, but i want to reiterate, mr. chairman, that most to have this bi

mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4976. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4976, a bill to require the commissioner of food and drugs to seek recommendations from an advisory committee of the food and drug administration before approval of certain new drugs that are opioids without abuse-deterrent properties, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. guthrie, and the gentleman from texas, mr. green, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and xtend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: before the gentleman is recognized, he hou

mr. evanina. mr. evanina: i concur with your concern for cybersecurity and the need for us to be prepared to, at least meet where we are in the global economy. i'm not particularly familiar with requirements to contain -- contained within this new policy, so i can't speak to that. but in the purview of national security, the cyberthreat is real. i think we have to take that into consideration for anything we do moving forward, whether here, domestically in the united states or any of our businesses and government operations overseas. mr. lynch: mr. scott, ms. cobert, do you want to take a bite at that? mr. scott: one thing is that cybersecurity knows no bounds. concerns about cybersecurity are, you know, global. physical location is one element but probably in the case of cybersecurity, not the most important in terms of concerns, it's more about the secure by design sort of notion, you know what have you put in place and how well is it implemented. so those would be more my primary concerns, in some

mr. board alleya. mr. lamborn. mr. whitman. mr. sublan. mr. fleming. mr. fleming votes no. miss tsongas. voting yes. mr. mcclinton. voting no. mr. pierluisi. yes. mr. thomas. voting yes. mr. huff mab votes yes. and mr. llamas. and mr. ruiz. and mr. benishek votes yes. and mr. lowen thal. yes. mr. duncan. no. mr. cartwright. >> yes. >> he votes yet. mr. gosar. mr. beyer votes yes. mr. labrador. voting no. miss torres. mr. la mafla. no. miss dingell votes yes. and mr. gallego. he votes yes. mr. cooke votes no. miss caps. she votes yes. mr. westerman. mr. polis votes yes. mr. graves. he votes no. mr. clay. mr. knew house. mr. knew house votes no. mr. zinke. mr. zinke votes yes. mr. hice. mr. hice votes no. miss rad wagon. voting yes. mr. mcarthur. voting yet. mr. moony. mr. hardy. mr. hardy votes no. mr. la hood. voting no. >> the clerk will report. >> the ye a's are 19 and the nays are 18. >> you all won. do you really want to? motion accepted. amendment passes. turn to mr. hice. number 22. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'm offering an amendme

mr. guthrie: ok. mr. brubaker. mr. brubaker: for season long you do a draft before the season starts. so there would be 12 teams in the league and each general manager of that team would hold a draft and we'd go through all 12 people. you see drafts on tv before. same thing. there's no scripting in season long. scripting is something unique to daily fantasy sports. it does allow people to enter multiple contests. i think peter did a pretty good job explaining how they do it on the other side. mr. guthrie: the previous question, there are two major players in the daily fantasy sports and you represent the small players? mr. brubaker: there's two major players. mr. guthrie: what's the difference? what's a key characteristic of a small player, i guess? mr. brubaker: small companies. small companies. so there are probably 80 providers that are not draftkings and fanduel. yahoo! is a larger one. many are smaller companies that have 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 players total in their company where draftkings and fanduel have millions

mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 4641 so we can continue to involve the practices of pain management and prescribing the pain medication to fight the opioid abuse epidemic in this country. as a lifelong pharmacist, i have provided medication, prescription medication, to americans for over 30 years. in that time, i personally witnessed the struggles that both medical professionals and patients face with prescription drug abuse. there are many steps must be taken to address this epidemic. one priority should be to also volve practices related to pain management and prescribing the pain medication. this bill does just that. this bill creates an interagency task force to continually review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication. through the new task force, experts in fields related to prescription drug abuse and pain management will be able to involve best industry practice that is will give clarity to our fight against this epidemic

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, in the dead of night in the armed services committee house republicans added what we believe in discriminatory language to the ndaa that would effectively overturn president obama's historic executive order protecting lgbt workers in federal contracts. therefore enabling discrimination with taxpayer funds. that is what we believe. we had a very vigorous debate in the rules committee last night and the gentleman defended his position quite ferociously. but we believe it is discrimination, plain and simple, and an amendment was offered by a republican member to strike that discriminatory language from the bill, and it was germane. and the rules committee decided on its own to not make it in order. the rules committee shouldn't be about making decisions on issues that i think the entire congress has an interest in debating and voting on, but unilaterally the republicans in the rules committee last night said, no, we are not going to make a republican amendment in order that woul

no. >> mr. young, mr. polatono, mr. goemer, mr. lamborn. whitman, mr. whitman votes yes. mr. fleming. mr. fleming votes yes. mr. -- mr. thompson. mr. thompson votes no. mr. hoffman, mr. ruis, votes no. mr. duncan, mr. duncan votes, no. mr. cartwright, mr. cartwright votes no. . ms. torres. ms. torres votes no. ms. dingle, ms. dingle votes no. mr. cook? ms. cats, ms. cats votes no. mr. graves, mr. clay. mr. clay votes no. mr. newhouse votes no. mr. mccccarter votes no. >> those who have not voted. >> mr. gomer has not been recorded. >> mr. cook, mr. cook votes no. . mr. costa votes no. >> mr. denim votes no. it's hard to hear that. mr. young votes no. is there anyone else who has not voted? mr. chairman, the yaes are five and the naes are 33. >> the amendment is not adopted. >> we're coming down on this thing. i think we've got six more amendments still to go. so let's go as quickly as we possibly can. six or seven. number 55. you've already had that passed out. you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment addresses an error in the bill that came from an over

mr. guthrie: ok. mr. brubaker. mr. brubaker: for season long you do a draft before the season starts. so there would be 12 teams in the league and each general manager of that team would hold a draft and we'd go through all 12 people. you see drafts on tv before. same thing. there's no scripting in season long. scripting is something unique to daily fantasy sports. it does allow people to enter multiple contests. i think peter did a pretty good job explaining how they do it on the other side. mr. guthrie: the previous question, there are two major players in the daily fantasy sports and you represent the small players? mr. brubaker: there's two major players. mr. guthrie: what's the difference? what's a key characteristic of a small player, i guess? mr. brubaker: small companies. small companies. so there are probably 8 1990 -- 80 providers that are not draftkings and fanduel. yahoo! is a larger one. many are smaller companies that have 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 players total in their company where draftkings and fanduel hav

mr. conyers: mr. speaker, mr. conyers: i'm pleased now to yield to mr. pascrell of new three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. pascrell: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in very strong support of h.r. 2 is 37. i would like to thank representative doug collins, this is a good, gutsy bill. he's co-chair of law enforcement caucus, representative dave reichert is always there for every law enforcement person in this country, regardless of which level that law enforcement officer serves, be it federal, state, county, local. and representative gab art, for introducing this -- gap ard, for introducing this -- gabbard, for introducing this legislation. federal law enforcement officers risk their own safety to make our community safer every day. we need to make sure that they have the tools they need to do the job. law enforcement officers were ordered, and you've heard this before, to lock up their government-issued weapons, prohibitted from carrying your government-issued credenti

mr. buckland: mr. chairman, mr. conyers, i mean, the whole issue around the written notice and that you have to wait a certain time for it to cure, all that stuff, like i said in my testimony, i think that will incentivize businesses to not do anything until they do get a letter. i take exception to that. i also think that, like, just naming the number of lawsuits doesn't mean that's a bad thing. if those businesses were out of compliance, then why is that a problem, that they got sued for being out -- for breaking the law? i don't quite understand that. so there was no mention about whether or not they were valid complaints. they're just numbers. i'm not sure that that -- this results in being a bad thing. mr. conyers: would it be helpful if the committee knew what the results of all those lawsuits were? mr. buckland: yes, i think it would. and then i also think that the department of justice could provide this committee with some information about how many complaints they've received, what the complaints were abou

mr. goodlatte: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition although i am not opposed to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized, without objection. mr. goodlatte: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i thank the gentleman from california and the gentleman from georgia for offering this amendment. this amendment makes a small but important change to h.r. 5046, to clarify that grants can be used to improve the interoperability of prescription drug monitoring programs, or pdmp's. they're a tool in combating the opioid epidemic and have been established across the country. this will help medical practitioners see what potentially dangerous medications a patient has received in another state before writing a prescription. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. desauliner: i think we're going to recognize mr. carter, so however the proper approach is

larry: mr. perry? mr. perry: they are both equally evil and to ask which one is the lesser evil is like asking my favorite std. i do not have one. [applause] mr. peterson? mr. peterson when does life begin? when should it be a crime for a woman to have an abortion? mr. peterson: i am not a doctor or a scientist, it most likely because at conception, so all humans deserve the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and it includes the unborn. [applause] dr. peterson -- mr. me, dr.? -- excuse feldman? i have my own very firm religious convictions, i do not mix dairy products and meat products, but i do not think that a cheeseburger should be illegal. we have a pro-life community and they should be able to enforce their rules on their community. we have a pro-choice community and they should be able to enforce their views on their community. and if they want to spread their message, they should invite other people by example to show what a wonderful community they have. it is not the job of govern

mr. huston: well, which i submitted to mr. hall. mr. schwarz: which you gave to mr. hall? mr. huston: yes. mr. schwarz: in the document, you made certain recommendations with respects to changing restraints in which you thought had been placed upon the intelligence group. is that correct? mr. huston: yes. mr. schwarz: in making those recommendations, do you believe you are representing the consensus within the entire working group on the study for yourself and for the president? mr. huston: yes. mr. schwarz: so whatever recommendations you made in respect to it illegal openings of the mail or burglary or forced entry, were one in which you believe represented the view of the entire intelligence community, with the exception of the footnotes mentioned? mr. huston: yes. mr. schwarz: you did recommend, did you not, that the united states should commence, in your view, commence or recommence, the illegal opening of mail. is that correct? mr. huston: yes, it was my understanding through my contact in the bureau of that this had been a technique that had been employed, particularly

mr. denham: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize latino emergency counsel as we celebrate its 10th year anniversary. since their founding in 2006, they have provided exemplary service in promoting emergency preparedness and communication with the latino community in california. it was conceived in the fall of 2005 as a partnership between the haveg leadership council, stainislas. y of it was to form a communication channel with leadership from the latino community and the county for emergency services in the event we have an emergency. the organization is a leader in emergency communication response as well as personal emergency preparedness. the l.e.c. distributes community -- emergency preparedness information throughout the community in nonemergency situations and offers training to the community as a means of building community capacity and self-reliance in emergency situations. the l.e.c. assisted in multiple emergency responses such as the h-1 n-1 swine flu outbreak, heat emergencies, west ni

mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i'm honored to bring to the house today h.r. 4909, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2017. the house armed services committee reported it favorably about three weeks ago by a vote of 60-2. now, the only way a vote like that is possible is that members are willing to work together for the best interests of the country and i want to start by thanking my partner on this committee, mr. smith, for his work, his insight and his commitment to working together to try to do the right thing for our service members and for the good of the nation. i'm sure that he does not agree with everything that is in this bill. and nor do i. it is the product of difficult choices, of cro compromises, of input from many members of this body. but as a whole, i think this bill is good for the troops, good for the country and is faithful to the constitutional responsibilities that we have on our shoulders to provide for the military of the united states and defend the country. i wa

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, it appears that no one is going to be able to tell me what the schedule is for the week to come. i will tell you that's unfortunate. i hope there is a schedule for the week to come. because there's a lot to be done. we haven't done -- we haven't finalized zika. we passed a bill here which we think was inadequate. we haven't dealt with flint. we need to pass puerto rico restructuring. i think they've made some progress on that. i congratulate the speaker. and the leader for facilitating that progress. we don't have a voting rights bill scheduled. we need to do that. there are a number of other serious pieces of legislation this house needs to consider. we're going to go out next week and we will have no colloquy next week, mr. speaker. there will be no opportunity to discuss the schedule for obviously the break, we will have no schedule, but for june or the weeks thereafter, to do some of the serious business that cronlts us and to help some of the people -- crobblets -- cronl

here's a big difference between mr. hannah and mr. shapiro. mr. shapiro enjoyed running to the press sharing false information. mr. shapiro became the poster boy, almost the spokesperson of a flawed and horrific iranian deal. the words anytime anywhere continue to ring true as far as even to this day. so my question, gentlemen, if you would, please, whether intentional or not, did mr. shapiro in your opinion, mislead the american public with this anytime anywhere the multiple times? mr. rubin? >> mr. rhodes most certainly did. now, the key here is that by lying about whether rowhani was a moderate, he provided cover for the fact that the administration left iran with 5,000 p-1 centrifuges and that the administration never had any hope once this agreement expired that the resulting iran with an industrial-scale nuclear program would be any different. and i should note, sir, that that's the number of centrifuges which pakistan built, not a bomb but an arsenal. >> thank you, mr. rubin. and maybe one correction, i said mr. shapiro. that would have bee

mr. gohmert: mr. speaker, i ppeal the ruling of the chair. mr. gohmert: mr. speaker, given the hour and there aren't that many of us here on the floor at this time and that it would require a quorum and would require under the rules an immediate vote, what i'll do is withdraw my amendment at this time, i'm assured that we will still be taking up limitation amendments in the morning, and i can offer it at that time without dragging all our friends out of their place of repose at this time. the chair: the appeal is withdrawn. the amendment has been ruled out of order. the appeal has been withdrawn. for what purpose does the gentleman -- never mind. is any member seeking the ttention of the chair? does any member seek the ttention of the chair? for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. dent: i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the motion is adopted, accordingly the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman

mr. walker: mr. speaker, i urge adoption of the bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 4975. 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. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. walker: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4761 to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 61 south baldwin avenue in sierra madre, california, as the louis van ersle post office. the clerk: h.r. 4761, a bill to designate facility of the united states postal service located at 61 south baldwin avenue in sierra madre, california, as the louis van iersel post office. the speaker pro

mr. polis: mr. speaker, i wouldn't to talk a little bit about the -- i want to talk a little bit about the worst of these two bills we are considering under this rule. a bill that has very little or even perhaps know -- no democratic support. a bill that nearly 150 health, environmental, and fishing groups have made their opposition to, that's the reducing regulatory burdens act. it came up last week and failed. now they had rebranded it last week as the zika investigator control act. now they are removing the pretense that somehow this deals with zika and they are just renaming it the reducing regulatory burdens act. this is the insec at thisside trojan horse bill. -- insecticide trojan horse bill. this is a changing game, it's the same bill week after week. it failed last week and bringing it back under a different procedure this week. last week apparently they tried to use the threat of the zika virus has posed to attack a very important law that actually protects our health and health of our env

mr. beyer: mr. chairman, much like the previous discussion, our amendment would simply strike section 110. as it stands, section 110 would prevent the implementation of the clean water rule. the environmental protection agency the army corps of engineers adopted the clean water rule following a lengthy and inclusive public rule making process. it restores clean water act protection to streams, wetlands and other important waters of the united states. without the clean water rule, streams that supply drinking water systems will remain at risk. almost everyone agrees that clarity was needed in light of supreme court rulings in 2001 and 2006 that interpreted the regulatory scope of the clean water act more narrowly than the agencies and lower courts. those cases created uncertainties about the scope of waters protected turned the clean water act. calls for e.p.a. to issue a rule came from such organizations as the national cattlemen's beef association, the american farm bureau association and the natio

mr. higgins: mr. speaker, today buffalo's roswell park cancer institute was arded $33 million in new research grants from the national institutes of health. this funding will support search to develop new therapies for prostate cancer, for head and neck cancer, and to advance the great promise of munotherapy. research to unleash thcancer killing potential the body's own immune system. under the leadship of dr. candice johnson, rozz well park scientists are providing hope and the poe fedges for healing to millions here and throughout th world. in buffalo, the institute is helping to fuel an economic renaissance and captured the attention of th nation. nationally the national institutes of health funding supports over 400,000 good-paying american jobs. congress needs to fully fund cancer research at the national institutes of health because on this iss if american leadership is not there, there is no leadership. i yield back the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. or what purpose does the ge

mr. peterson. mr. peterson: does the government work for us or do we work for the government? are the rights of men limited or are they more numerous than the stars? are we prepared to shoulder the responsibility of governments of the united states will our distaste for power causes to allow our enemies to take the field? i we members prepared to go to war against the forces of democratic socialists and populist nationalism? out of manynum, one. our campaign is prepared to leave too great victories. no matter the outcome of tomorrow's election at the end of the day we will stand together united and we will fight arm in arm for the future of our nation, in the future of liberty itself. thank you. [applause] larry: dr. feldman. dr. feldman: i represent the libertarian party wing of the libertarian party. this is a big night for the feldman family. not because of this. shower is the wedding for my son and his beautiful bride. i love you aron and robin. she said you are going out of town anyhow because of

mr. thornberry: i yield one minute to mr. kelly. mr. kelly: i rise in strong support of an amendment to renew the ban on the obama administration from using any department of defense funds to implement the united nations arms treaty a treaty which has never been ratified. t bans the use of funds to the body for effectively implementing the a.t.t. according to the treaty's supporters. the member nation organized a conference, a conference which we did not have a vote and american taxpayers are on the hook to pay 22%. his taxpayer money would go to its core budget. my amendment prevents these hardworking taxpayer dollars going to those who are working to implement the a.t.t. i thank the chairman and the ranking member and i urge my colleagues to stand support and vote in support of this amendment to renew the annual ban of the funding of the armed rade treaty. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> my amendment would exempt reimbursement for medical expenses from the department of veterans' affairs calculation of annual income when de

mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. chairman. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. chairman. i guess an answer to the question that has been asked here, it is a commonsense amendment. how did a detainee go from sudan to yemen? the rules are too loose. let's bring in accountability and there is accountability in this country. these are the worst of the worst. and the ones we are talking about from this point forward continue to have unbelievable issues, unbelievable dangerous criminal attached to their title and i'm asking for accountability and transparency and i yield back. the chair: the the gentlewoman from indiana yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from indiana. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. thornberry: i offer amendments en bloc. the clerk: en bloc number 3 consisting of amendments number 4, 24, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49 and 50, printed n part b of house report offered by mr. thornberry o

mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask that he can that the question of adopting a motion to concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 2576 with an amendment may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus, seek recognition? mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. pursuant to house resolution 742, i call up the bill h.r. 2576, with the senate amendment thereto and i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill, designate the senate amendment and designate the motion. -- clerk: h.r. 2576, an act mr. shimkus asks the house concur in the senate amendment with an amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the motion shall be debatable for one hour controlled by the chairman and the ranking minority member of the energy committee on commerce. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus. mr. shimkus: mr. speaker, i ask una

mr. yoho: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, my amendment is simply a commonsense measure to help reduce the size of out-of-control federal departments that continue to grow annually unchecked, increasing both scope, size and increasing our spending, both discretionary and mandatory. our nation is over $19 trillion in debt. let me repeat that. $19 trillion in debt. yet this chamber, us, we the people in government, members of the people's house in charge of the taxpayers' purse string, must start acting -- taking action to actively reduce our expenditures. i appreciate the chairman and ranking members for their hard work on this bill, but i'm concerned that the cost it will place on the american people is too great. we can do better and we must do better. this amendment is offered as a modest solution and establishes a 5% across-the-board cut to the department of energy's total employees. in the private sector, when scrambling to cover your costs, you have to make decisions, including sometimes the elimination of positi

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, rend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: recently chief executive magazine and united movers study confirmed what we knew firsthand. south carolina's a great place to live and work. south carolina's ranked seventh in the nation as one of the best states for doing business. up three spots in the past year, according to the magazine. our dynamic citizens pro-business environment, and right to work laws create jobs. south carolina's already home to bmw of germany, volvo of sweden, michelin of france, boeing, and many more. in addition to creating jobs, more people are moving to south carolina. according to data from the united national movers study. our strong job market, excellent climate, and friendly citizens give south carolina the second highest rate among states of individuals moving to the state. i am grateful to governor nikki haley, secretary of commerce bobby h

mr. speaker -- mr. speaker. >> members must calm themselves and remain calm. they should taked order on both sides take the lead and gentleman, the member but always sitting calm in are a statemente manner -- >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, we all have a great deal of respect for the right member. now, chancellor will know that the secretary builds taxes on vice not google and i did my job when i was in the treasury. now he will be judged on results -- on results he's been in office for six years are. and what demanding ten times more than google than he is, the public will make their own judgment. mr. speaker, well labor is campaigning to ensure that u.k. remains in european union because it's the best way to defend as well as jobs and prosperity. the part of the office is split right down the middle. and, and mr. speaker, it is descending. so last week the employment minister, next week -- mr. speaker, last week the employment minister called to correct it so they could be workers right it is. does chanc

mr. dent: mr.hairman, i move the committee do now rise and report the bill back to the house with sundry amendments and with a recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that this bill as amended do pass. the chair: the question is on the motion the committee rise. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have t the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the chair: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 497 directs me to report the same back to the house with sundry amendments and recommendation that the amendments agreed to nti-bill be amended do pass. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the cheat of the the clerk of the house: has had under consideration the bill h.r. 4974 and pursuant to house resolution 736 reports the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adew pointed in the whole committee ---in the committee of the whole. the previous question is -- under

mr. larson votes aye. mr. bishop? mr. bishop votes no. mr. cooper? mr. cooper votes aye. mr.urner? mr. turner hard snow. ms. per diode -- mr. klein? mr. klein votes no. mr. courtney? mr. courtney votes no. mr. rogers? mr. rogers? ms. tsongas. ms. tsongas votes aye. frank's question mr. frank's votes no. mr. garamendi? mr. garamendi votes no. mr. shuster? mr. shuster? mr. johnson. mr. johnson votes no. mr. conaway. mr. conaway votes no. spear.r -- ms. ms. peer votes aye. ?r. lamborn mr. limberbutt snow. mr. castro? aye.castro votes missed up worth? -- ms. duckworth? ms. stuck worth votes aye. aye.. duckworth votes dr. fleming? dr. fleming votes no. mr. kaufman question mark mr. kaufman votes no. ms. gabbard? ms. gabbard votes aye. ms. hart's worth? no. mr. o'rourke? mr. o'rourke votes aye. ht? hec mr. scott? mr. scott votes no. mr. gallego. aye.allego votes mr. nugent? mr. nugent votes no. ms. graham? ms. graham votes no. mr. cook? mr. cook votes no. mr. ashford? mr. ashford votes no. mr. bronstein? mr. iu lark? mr. i go our votes -- mr. aguilar? mr. aguilar votes no. mr. grav

mr. upton: mr. speaker, this has been a multiyear, multicongress effort and a lot of work has gone into making sure the bill we put forward will support the future of american energy is truly comprehensive. together with our colleagues i am proud to be moving this legislation one step closer to becoming the new reality for energy producers and consumers across the contry. this bill is about jobs. it's about keeping energy affordable. it's about boosting our energy security here and across the globe. h.r. 8 is the embodiment of an all of the above energy strategy. one of the most important provisions is modernizing and protecting crit -- critical energy infrastructure including the electric grid. from new threats including bad weather, from climate, cyberthreats, and physical attacks as well. it helps to foster and promote new 21st century energy jobs by ensuring that the department of energy and our labs and universities work together to train the energy work force and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. it

mr. guthrie: ok. mr. brubaker. mr. brubaker: for season long you do a draft before the season starts. so there would be 12 teams in the league and each general manager of that team would hold a draft and we'd go through all 12 people. you see drafts on tv before. same thing. there's no scripting in season long. scripting is something unique to daily fantasy sports. it does allow people to enter multiple contests. i think peter did a pretty good job explaining how they do it on the other side. mr. guthrie: the previous question, there are two major players in the daily fantasy sports and you represent the small players? mr. brubaker: there's two major players. mr. guthrie: what's the difference? what's a key characteristic of a small player, i guess? mr. brubaker: small companies. small companies. so there are probably 8 1990 providers that are not -- 80 providers that are not draft kings and fan duel. yahoo! is a larger one. many are smaller companies that have 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 players total in their company where d

mr. higgins: mr. speaker, i rise in support of infrastructure week, which is a joint effort by business and labor to highlight the dangerous conditions of america's roads and bridges. there are currently 69,000 structurally deficient bridges in america. every second of every day, seven cars drive on a bridge that is structurally deficient. congress said we couldn't afford to rebuild the roads and bridges of america, so we only spent $50 billion a year in the last decade to rebuild america's roads and bridges. pathetically weak. we were told we couldn't afford it but american taxpayers spent $87 billion rebuilding the roads and bridges of afghanistan. we spent $73 billion rebuilding the roads and bridges of iraq. off budget and unpaid for. congress needs to get its priorities straight. we need to put american workers back to work, invest in our infrastructure to unleash the great potential of american businesses to grow the american economy. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:

mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the ules and pass the bill, h.r. 4586 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 429, h.r. 4586, a bill to amend the public health service act, to authorize grants to states for developing standing orders and educating health care professionals regarding the dispensing of opioid overdose reversal medication without persons' specific prescriptions and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. guthrie, and the gentleman from texas, mr. green, will each ontrol 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. mr. guthrie: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to i reserve the balance of my time their remarks and -- revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. guthrie: i rise today in support o

mr. cole: mr. speaker, i want to begin by saying i also have a great deal of respect for the distinguished minority leader. and shoe used in her remarks, made the point -- and she used in her remarks, made the point the president asked for a number of things. last year the president asked for a billion dollars more for the n.i.h. we said you know he we didn't think you asked for enough. we'll give you $2 billion. somehow that seems to get lost. last year the president sent out a request for the center for disease control. we said you know we don't think you're spending enough on public health, mr. president, we are going to spend more money than you asked for. this year when the president submitted his budget, he decided i'm going to take $1 billion of discretionary spending away from the national institute of health and spend it someplace else. we said no, mr. president, we think that's reckless. our democratic friends agreed. we are not going to let you take $1 billion of discretionary money away

mr. langevin: mr. speaker, as co-chair of the congressional caucus on foster youth, i rise today in recognition of may as national foster care month. growing up, my parents welcomed many foster children into our family, providing them with a stable and nurturing environment. one of the biggest challenges for youth in fosterer care is finding their forever family. even youth who age out of foster care still need a place to call home, even after they turn 18. whether through reunification, adoption or an individual plan, every foster youth deserves a permanent home. mr. speaker, these children belong to all of us. and we are all responsible for their well-being. i urge my cliges to join me in -- colleagues to join me in recognizing may as national foster care month and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent t

mr. doran? mr. doran: i disagree. >> mr. hannah, it strikes me in your response to some of my colleagues, comments about your role as spies -- with vice president cheney and the decision to invade iraq is that it was a mistake. you apologize for that in your own way but we should just move on tonight. is that a misrepresentation of how you view your actions? >> it is more complicated but too long to explain, but yes. if the case depended upon weapons of mass destruction in iraq, that was false and americans did not understand the grounds on which we were going to war to take out a major dictator. the congress in 1988 passed a law almost unanimously saying, we have to do something to get rid of this guy. it did not necessarily say war, but instead we have a big problem with iraq. >> but it was based on the assumption there were weapons of mass destruction in these mobile labs. 19 -- in 1998 it was the clinton administration. you had secretary of defense holding up a biological -- a bag of sugar and say, if saddam had would --

mr. richmond: mr. thompson, let me -- look, this is very difficult for subject, and i understand being an elected official and i think all of the witnesses on the republican side are elected and when elected because of different spots ability, but let me ask you a question. would you just be in favor of closing the general prison facility we have in leavenworth now? mr. thompson: no, i would not be in favor of closing the facility. that would have an undue process on our economy. when talking with officials, detainees coming from guantanamo would create a very serious concern. especially to the detainees that we are a house at fort leavenworth. mr. richmond: it is for minimum, well, i guess minimal security? mr. thompson: correct. mr. richmond: so you are ok with the economic development and the jobs that are created by housing minimum, but you just want to go to ask him for a few detainees are several detainees from guantanamo? mr. thompson: i'm in leavenworth. i mean, we are known for prisons. we are

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, over the weekend iran held another government sponsored holocaust cartoon contest in the capital of at this rain. their denial of the mass slaughter endured by millions of men, women, and children is yet another example of this theocratic regime's irrational and counterproductive conduct that hurts the citizens of iran. as he announced the dangerous iran deal, the president claimed it would help iran become a more moderate regime, one that respects our allies. the president was not correct. this is a nation that continually denies the genocide of the holocaust as a state sponsor of terrorism, test missile development, and chants death to america and israel. sadly, the president continues to put faith in this dangerous regime. i'm grateful under the leadership of chairman ed r

mr. loudermilk: mr. richmond brought up -- sorry, the ranking member brought up the case of the shooting in south carolina. that was an american citizen who was under your legal jurisdiction, correct? governor haley: that is correct. mr. loudermilk: so we would be adding more perpetrators into your state that aren't necessarily under your jurisdictional boundary? governor haley: that's exactly right. mr. loudermilk: increasing the threat -- of which we have threats in this nation. there is another aspect of this is -- is south carolina or charleston ever susceptible to natural disasters? governor haley: yes, of course. mr. loudermilk: such as hurricanes? governor haley: yes. mr. loudermilk: has the administration talked about the evacuation plan or security risk should you have to evacuate a detention facility in the case of a hurricane? governor haley: we have to do that. if that happens we would certainly have to figure out how to do that. that creates not only more security but where do you go? what d

mr. allen: would you do that? mr. priebus: sure, but there is not going to be any layering that would be different from what happened when i was chairman under the mitt romney nomination timeframe. in the case of mitt romney, brian jones was in our building and ward baker were in the building. but they were not saying what to do or not to do or sitting in on our meetings. there was a lot of trust that we knew what we were doing. i would say so far, we see that same approach with some of the folks on the trump campaign. they have no intention of taking over anything. mr. allen: you will remain in charge? mr. priebus: 100%. there was never any doubt. mr. allen: the night of the indiana primary, he posted a headline that said, "donald trump completes the takeover of the republican party." party ofemains the freedom and equality and our platform will remain much the same as it is right now and so we will remain continuously. i do not buy into that. >> here is the chief strategist tweeting that this was 100% not true. some

mr. forbes. mr. forbes: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i know how committed he is to national defense and fiscal responsibility. however, one of the things we haven't talked about is it asked us to look at outsourcing to foreign countries and i rise not just as chairman of the subcommittee but on behalf of my ranking member who has given us authority to say he is opposed to this. if we lose the sealift, we have lost the lifeblood to our war fighters. because that is the lifeline that sustains them. and the very question for us, if that balloon goes up and the bell rings, are we going to trust a foreign power to hold in their hand that very lifeblood for our war fighters? i want to remind everyone in the house in world war ii, there was a higher rate of loss than any other service. the rate was so high that the merchant marine concealed it because they were afraid they couldn't find enough mariners if the dangers were known. even if we came back with a study that said it would be cheaper to ou