ms. jackson lee: and we need to see a fix. ms. beairsto: a permanent fix. ms. jackson lee: i understand there's a task force and he's added more employees, is that correct? ms. beairsto: and may i correct, it's a temporary right now. we need permanent fix. ms. jackson lee: oh, so you were saying we need a permanent fix? ms. beairsto: yes. ms. jackson lee: the truth is you added more personnel? ms. beairsto: yeah. the extended overtime added. ms. jackson lee: 700 will be by july so you are aware you will get additional t.s.o.'s and that will help the circumstance. is there a problem with the baggage check? there is a screening and there is a baggage check. is there a problem on the baggage check as well? ms. beairsto: it's not surfaced at our level. we can certainly find out additional information. ms. jackson lee: thank you. but the problem has been at least relieved for a moment and we expect to continue to work with you for that. ms. beairsto: and midway airport is still waiting for additional resources. ms. jackson lee: additional resources. would you say you

ms. jackson lee. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. ms. ackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for -- address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you to the armed services committee, thank you for making in order with the rule committees my three amendments that i have discussed today two that i've already discussed and this one that i will now bring to my colleagues' attention. today, walking out of the bush of nigeria was determined that another girl has been found, discovered or fled. the debate is whether or not the military forces of nigeria helped her out. but we do know she was missing for two years along with the 200-plus girls taken, 57 of them escaped in the immediacy of the hours, and six of them died. and this young woman has now come out two years later. families are suffering and boko haram has become one of the most vile and vicious terrorist groups in the world. they are affiliated with isis, isil. but they have, you will, no conformity to any pro

ms. jackson lee: i have an amendment at the desk, amendment number 356. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert following. section, none of the funds made available by this act for department of energy, energy programs, science, may be used in contravention of the department of energy organization act 42 united states code 7101, etc. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 743, the gentlelady from texas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i also want to thank the ranking member, ms. kaptur, her staff, and the chairman of the subcommittee, mr. simpson, and staff and others because we have been working hard. i want to emphasize that this is an amendment that was approved and adopted in an identical form on april 29, 2015, during the 114th congress as an amendment to h.r. 202, the energy and water resources appropriation. i d

ms. jackson lee, five minutes for her tremendous work on this subject. ms. jackson lee: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished ranking member and the dean of this institution for yielding and for his leadership but it is even more powerful that the leadership joins with our distinguished chairman of the full committee, mr. goodlatte, because this is the beginning of our effort of criminal justice reform that certainly has been one of the guiding focuses of the chairman of the ranking, excuse me thombing subcommittee on crime and mr. sensenbrenner, who likewise has been a former chair of the full committee but has steadily worked on thoughtful legislation dealing with the overall issue of criminal justice reform. i'm the lighted on the partner in this legislation and to be a co-sponsor and to work on this whole concept of dealing with opioids but as well to deal with a question of criminal justice reform and whole new attitude and i might said that i heard words from leader pelosi yesterday evening

ms. jackson lee, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: thank you. i want to thank the author of this legislation and as well the authors of the legislation and the previous speaker, my friend, for his articulation of this bill and to all the members that are on the floor joining in supporting h.r. 2137 the federal law enforcement self-defense and protection act of 2015. mr. conyers, the ranking member, thank you for yielding to me and let me express my recognition and appreciation of the thousands of families that will come to honor those beliefs who -- those police who have fallen in duty, many of them, their loved ones, we honor law enforcement officers who gai their lives in the line of duty. the loss of one offer's life is one too many, considering the myriad of dangers officers face, we must ensure they have the appropriate authority to protect our communities and themselves. i support this legislation because it will make et clear that the brave

ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: this is an emotion ol night -- emotional night for me. thank you, ms. clarke, for fwiding us. thank you to mr. guinta and ms. kuster. i am so moved by the fact that we are here on a bipartisan statement and as i spoke to ms. kuster and indicated as ranking member of the justice committee, count me in, as she began to expand the window, the tragic window of the impact of drug addiction, particularly opioids. let me speak quickly because i have a lot to say. this is an epidemic that's gone beyond reason, between 2000 and 2014, almost half a million people died from drug overdoses. 2014 alone, more than 27,000 people died of drug overdoses. the largest percentage of overdose deaths were attributed to opioids, painkiller, methadone, morphine and heroin. today in the rules committee we made it clear we want to work with doctors an law enforcement. we also said we understand the use of painkillers during end of life and we understand that. so we're not here to condemn. we are here to help. i'm so glad that the judiciary committee will have on the floor this c

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, it gives us sometimes special privilege to be able to come to the floor and acknowledge that giants live among us. today i want to honor a giant in my community that i had the privilege of representing, the iant by the name of carl whitmarsh. think of president kennedy, president obama and many other leaders who invested in america, you would think of carl whitmarsh and invested in the process of democracy and invested in the democratic party. but he had a sincere heart. one of the young members of the texas young democrats. in the course of being an activist, he worked with one of the first african-americans to integrate the young democrats in the name of doris hubbard. in this nation, we are all equal. he was feisty and strong and made us stand up and acknowledge our responsibilities of service. we lost him this past weekend. and i want to thank for the great work they have done to ask him or answer his need in the place where he lived. thank you to all they have done and h

ms. jackson lee: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i senched on the homeland security committee and in that capacity over the oversight including the t.s.a. and ranking member of our subcommittee and our chairpersons. let me be very clear, we want america to be secure. but i had the privilege of meeting with the administrator of t.s.a. and i'm very sure that as we build the t.s.o. oomplet's and work to correct these issues, we couldn't have a better front line defense. as i travel to airports across the nation and watch the citizens traveling through and i see how important t.s.o.'s are. it is more important to make sure we have the right kind of staffing. 4,000 short.to and a professional federal staff is very important, similar to the law enforcement agencies that we have. privatization is not the answer. but efficiency, good equipment and training is and we have to make sure we have that force to secure the american people and secure the nation's airports and i

ms. jackson lee. the chair: the gentlelady is ecognized. ms. jackson lee: let me -- coming from the state of texas, express my continued appreciation for the men and women of the united states military. so many of them living in our state, so many different bases, many veterans living in our state as well. which has caused me to continue to support the men and women who are posted overseas, those who are here domestically as well on bases here in the united states and of course our veterans. as we move forward -- toward memorial day it's important to look holistcally at the military and look at them as an entity that includes personnel. i want to take note of the fact hat there is a 2.1% increase for military personnel and that this bill does update the uniform code of military justice, military justice, to include new protections for victims of military sexual assault. i am concerned, however, that it shortchanges war funding against efforts against isis d redirecting funds that should continue to be used for base budget projects off to -- that

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: you may continue. ms. jackson lee: thank you. i rise, mr. speaker, to honor and i also rise to challenge. my honoring is to acknowledge the national law enforcement officers memorial and to honor those who have fallen in battle, to acknowledge the fact that an officer is killed in -- united states every 60 so i salute those who have fallen and offer my sympathy to their families but recognize it is important to honor them and we do honor them. that is why i rise today with sadness on what we did on the floor of the house where we actually said to those lgbt communities that serve in the united states military or by contracting work serve the united states government that you're not equal. how sad that is. and i'm looking forward to this house next week overturning that dastardly provision that says that one american who comes under the constitution is n

ms. jackson lee: i thank mr. simpson and ms. kaptur, mr. simpsn for recounting that information, and ms. kaptur for the leadership she's given and the understanding of the plight we're in. flood control is critical to dams and harbors and most critical of all as infrastructure. that is what the construction funding will do. we understand that this now will give us the opportunity for long overdue projects that are dealing with the major flooding and the previous amendment giving us a work plan through the army corps of engineers will again be instructive and helpful to saving lives and reducing the enormity of loss and the enormity of damage that has been caused to these areas. with that, i ask for support of the jackson lee amendment. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> mr. chairman

ms. jackson lee: training not only the new recruits for training the existing tso's. that ties into the numbers that we reflected on dealing with ccuracy. that will make a general point. i would be just in your general point on accuracy. i would hope that we could actively engaging training ex military and i indicated some time ago college recruits. chicago was the epicenter. everybody's eyes were on chicago. if you can finish her questions by saying what is the point in the immediate response to chicago? this is an example of what other cities are facing. >> we're also doing the same thing at the other top airports. chicago was a preventable incidents in my opinion. when you look at what happened the search was anticipated it was known. 58 of those individuals are coming in to chicago by the end f this week. it will be a total of 58 new ones. we converted a hundred of our part-time officers to full-time officers. we put in a lot of overtime hours there. you don't want to pull burnt out your full-time workforce. we have moved some additional canine teams in. the total

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank my colleagues for the presentation in service to the nation. i hold the responsibilities of the judiciary committee of great monument and responsibility. we are the protectors of the constitution and as the authority given to us, without the house having the bold , though ito impeach note very clearly that this is not an impeachment hearing, i'd take the responsibility very seriously. mr. conyers, let me say i associate itself with your line of reasoning and i promise not to hold your wisdom, experience, or legal scholarship against you. i thank you very much for all the love offered to us. , it inappropriate answers offered to my very fine witnesses may be grounds for being in contempt of congress in any other admonition that we give. i hold to two points that you have made. aat is there must be relationship between witnesses from the administration come in a matter which administration it is. i also hold to the point that the first amendment, freedom of speech an

ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house, revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from massachusetts for yielding and also for his service to the nation. i thank the ranking member of the full committee, mr. smith, and the chairman of the full committee, mr. thornberry, and the rules committee for accepting this amendment and let me thank you doubly and tripley because you've been kind enough to accept this amendment on a regular basis. i'm going to persist because i believe it is important. let me make a big pronouncement or announcement or breaking news. there are women in the united states military. i want to say that again. there are women in the united states military. my amendment deals with triple negative breast cancer. and it calls for increased collaboration between the d.o.d. and the national institutes of health to combat triple negative breast cancer. it is in fact -- this amendment directs the department of de

ms. jackson lee: if you would yield just for a moment so i could add my voice. mr. poe: i yield a moment. ms. jackson lee: express my appreciation to be a part of the victims rights caucus. it is bipartisan and i should say it's multicommunity. all different people. let me thank the chairman for mentioning mayor turner. this is an exciting effort. if you don't take notice, you're not going to be able to solve the problem. that's what the city is doing, taking notice, putting in infrastructure to be helpful. but let me close by simply saying, judge poe, as you well know, over the last couple of days in houston, we have been mourning the killing of an 11-year-old child on his way home from school. now, we have not determined who it is. but all i can say to you is, our children are vulnerable. hether by a heinous individual that maybe was trying to use this child, maybe was trying to pick the child up, we don't know, but the child is now deceased. my sympathy to his family. they're in my congressional district. the flores family. and all i can say is that it is our resp

ms. jackson lee: i will get your other answers in writing. institute in georgia. how you can utilize that better. me conclude by thanking the tso's all across america. >> i think you are a good man who's been given an impossible task to minister the tsa. the tsa has wallowed in its own bureaucracy for more than a decade. it is built up a lot of bad habits. you spoke in your opening statement about making the tsa more responsive i want help you do that. i plan to introduce legislation performingm the tsa and greatly expanding the screening partnership. having worked on these issues for more than a decade i have seen the tsa can do a mission when it is given a clean system commissioned to do. my bill is going to allow more people to hire contractors were capable of managing workers. these changes will get more out of your organization than any rushed band-aid bill could ever do. conducting covert testing and building effective strategies. tsa is not fairly comparing the cost of government run screening operations with their privately run counterparts. in november i

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman for managing this elegislation, we are continuing our commitment on dealing with the issues of addiction in this instance opioid and other forms of addiction from alcohol to crack to cocaine but we are moving forward. i rise to support h.r. 3691, the improving treatment for pregnant postpartum women act of 2015. this is clear that this is an issue that has plagued both the woman and as well the newborn baby. let me offer to say that president obama has updated prescribing guidelines to encourage doctors to be more cautious when prescribing opioid painkillers and to emphasize nonopioid therapies for certain conditions. many times, women who are pregnant or under treatment. additionally the obama administration has awarded $94 million to improve the delivery of substance abuse programs. in the president's f.y. 2017 budget, the administration proposed $1.1 billion to combat drug addiction. as misuse of opiates has increased, so has the incidents of neona

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, it is certainly time for congress to do its job. just last week we were briefed by the centers for disease control regarding the zika virus. earlier today in my congressional district in houston, one of the infectious disease specialists called houston and the gulf region the epicenter of the zika virus. it is well known that any child that is infected will cause $-- cost $10 million. frankly, the brain is literally destroyed by the virus and so the deformity is the fact that there is no brain that is functioning in this child. this map indicates the whole gulf region, that is clearly in the eye of the storm. and this map indicates that houston, among other big cities, are number ones as it relates to the zika virus. so, my call today is for us to fully fund the president's emergency supplemental. this is the mosquito that will be impacted. and we discussed today a task f

ms. jackson lee: i thank mr. goodlatte and mr. conyers and the judiciary committee and mr.senbrenner who mentioned yesterday that he has been working on this for two years. and we have joined him as original co-sponsors in supporting this on the crime subcommittee which i am ranking, along with mr. sensenbrenner, and this is a moment that all of us are appreciative of. as i thought about this week where we are honoring police and we are also acknowledging those who have fallen in the line of duty, this bill, the comprehensive addiction and recovery act, becomes even more important. this week the house adopted a number of bills that together are intended to provide a response to the opioid crisis that is commensurate with the scope of the problem. yesterday, the house passed by an overwhelming vote the primary contribution of the judiciary committee to this effort, h.r. 5046, the comprehensive opioid act. i'm an original co-sponsor of this that bill and the other bill introduced by mr. sensenbrenner. i commend him for the years work and persistence on this issue and i commen

jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is ecognized for two minutes. mr. jackson: let me thank -- ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from new york and let me thank the chairman of the full committee. and let me thank the health scientists and doctors who have given us the real story of this case. mr. speaker, the first ebola case was in texas. the first case in the united states. and the c.d.c. says that we have not extinguished or eliminated ebola. the proposal today is not $1.2 billion. it is $600 million. because you have taken $600 million or so out of the ebola. and the doctors indicate that there are about eight clusters or more of ebola in africa, where 85 c.d.c. personnel are there, and if one case breaks out, we will need 1,000 personnel to deal with it. so, what we are doing with the zika funding is we are not providing the centersers for disease control with what they need. $10 million to care for a child. they do not have the tools in order to do it. they cannot -- people carrying the zika virus do not know that they have the zika virus. and as well, they have a

ms. jackson-lee. >> mr. chairman thank you very much. this is a very important hearing and i want to thank each of the witnesses. mr. milione and mr. smith, eckhardt and dr. nichols thank you so very much. i hope i pronounced that milione correctly. i was previously in a meeting and i will have to go to another meeting dealing with criminal justice but this is a very important hearing. let me thank the chairman as well mr. buck and the chairman of the subcommittee mr. sensenbrenner and the chairman of the full committee and mr. conyers the ranking member the full committee. i'm grateful for the work that we have done to organize this hearing in spring the use of abusive synthetic drugs to the attention of subcommittee previous several witnesses that will provide their own unique perspectives regarding the effect and dangers of synthetic drugs but my home state of texas has been affected by the proliferation of synthetic drugs it is causing great harm. it's a designer drug made from a combination of synthetic chemicals sprayed on plant ma

ms. jackson lee: i thank mr. goodlatte and mr. conyers and the judiciary committee and mr. sensenbrenner who mentioned yesterday that he has been working on this for two years. and we have joined him as original co-sponsors in supporting this on the crime subcommittee which i am ranking, along with mr. sensenbrenner, and this is a moment that all of us are appreciative of. as i thought about this week where we are honoring police and we are also acknowledging those who have fallen in the line of duty, this bill, the comprehensive addiction and recovery act, becomes even more important. this week the house adopted a number of bills that together are intended to provide a response to the opioid crisis that is commensurate with the scope of the problem. yesterday, the house passed by an overwhelming vote the primary contribution of the judiciary committee to this effort, h.r. 5046, the comprehensive opioid act. i'm an original co-sponsor of this that bill and the other bill introduced by mr. sensenbrenner. i commend him for the years work and persistence on this issue and i co

ms. jackson-lee. >> mr. chairman thank you very much. this is a very important hearing and i want to thank each of the witnesses. mr. milione and mr. smith, eckhardt and dr. nichols thank you so very much. i hope i pronounced that milione correctly. i was previously in a meeting and i will have to go to another meeting dealing with criminal justice but this is a very important hearing. let me thank the chairman as well mr. buck and the chairman of the subcommittee mr. sensenbrenner and the chairman of the full committee and mr. conyers the ranking member the full committee. i'm grateful for the work that we have done to organize this hearing in spring the use of abusive synthetic drugs to the attention of subcommittee previous several witnesses that will provide their own unique perspectives regarding the effect and dangers of synthetic drugs but my home state of texas has been affected by the proliferation of synthetic drugs it is causing great harm. it's a designer drug made from a combination of synthetic chemicals sprayed on plant ma

ms. jackson lee: we must have money to support all of this and i'm hoping this won't be think last stop we will make. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman is recognized. >> these bills are doing a variety of things. but i can limit description so you are not filling up for prescription and appeal it. they're looking at forming best practices. they're looking at how to make an advisory panel to the fda to review these. they're doing a lot of things, a lot of different things across the opioid epidemic which is affecting people across the country. take,t they would do is some legislation will say you past that, he was what we have to offer. at some point, the two bodies will get together. that is amended not in a whole lot of this conference -- congress which is a conference committee meeting. >> the house and the combining these bills into the legislation making emotion. the senate passed the bill in march. it also passed with little bipartisan support in the senate. seeing a lot of bipartisan support. there are differences in these bills in the two cham

ms. jackson lee, judy chu of california, mr. cohen, ms. esty, u.s.c.ture and mr. courtney from the committee on education and the work force, for consideration of title 7 of the house amendment and modifications committed to the conference, messrs. barletta, carter of georgia and scott of virginia. from the committee on veterans affairs -- veterans' affairs, for consideration of title 3 of the house amendment and modifications committed to s i, rence, mr. bill rack mrs. walorski and mr. ruiz for consideration of section 705 of the senate bill and section 804 of the house amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. meehan, dold and mcdermott. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to iranian their and -- to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h.r. 4909. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 732 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. speaker, i rise to salute a caring mayor, the mayor of the city of houston, over the last couple of months, which is the first of his term, many challenges have confronted his administration. one of which was the terrible devastating floods of mid april when so many thousands, many of them mothers and children, were displaced in my congressional district because of those terrible storms. $400 million, people lost their jobs, businesses destroyed. and mayor turner continued to be that he caring, steady hand. working across political lines, working with the county judge, working with council members and the federal government. but one thing he did do, steady in listening to the council and advice of his staff as i said in meeting, taking ideas, establishing a relief fund, joining now with the olesteins in lakewood and having this wonderful concert to continue to provide relief. yet showing the caring and loving nurturing of a f

ms. jackson lee for five minutes. >> i thank my colleagues for their presentation and their service to this nation. i hold the responsibilities however of the judiciary committee sacrosanct and of great moment and great responsibility. we are the protectors of the constitution. and as the authority given to us, this house, as a house having the sole authority to impeach, though i note very clearly that this is not an impeachment hearing. i take the responsibility very seriously. to mr. conyers let me say i associate myself with your line of reasoning. and i promise not to hold your wisdom and experience and legal scholarship against you. so i thank you so very much for all that you have offered to us. bad behavior, inappropriate answering of questions, to my very fine witnesses may be grounds for being in contempt of congress. in any other adminition we want to give. i hold to two points that you've made. and that is that there must be a relationship between witnesses from the administration, no matter which administration it is, and congress of forthrightness. i hold to the point that the

ms. jackson-lee for five minutes. >> i think that colleagues for their presentation in their service to this nation. i hold the responsibility however of the judiciary committee sack was thanked and a great moment in great responsibility. they are the protectors of the constitution and as the authority given to us, and the house having the sole authority to impeach, though i know very clearly that this is not an impeachment hearing i'd take the responsibility very seriously. mr. conyers let me say i associate myself with your line of reasoning and i promise not to hold your wisdom experience in legal scholar against you but i thank you so very much for all that you have offered to us. bad behavior, inappropriate answering of questions, to my very fine witnesses would be grounds for being in contempt of congress and any other admonition that we want to give. i hope to points that you have made and that is that there must be a relationship between witnesses from the administration no matter which administration does and the congress of forthrightness. i also hold to the point that the first am

ms. sheila jackson lee. >> i thank the chairman and the ranking member for this hearing. admiral, thank you again for your service. i've often said in this committee and said to tsos and others that the transportation security administration are the first responders of aviation security, and i believe that's important to convey to your management, to you and to certainly the line officers, supervisors and others who go out every day to do this great work. i also want to acknowledge the chairman and ranking member of this committee, because they have led an enormously bipartisan committee that's only focus or main focus is the security of the nation. this makes this a pleasant experience, because we are committed to getting the job done, if you will. we want to get the job done with you. and so, i want to emphasize a thought that it's difficult to call yourself the reprogrammed government. it's hard to reprogram for infectious disease. it's hard to reprogram for military. it's hard to reprogram for the security of the nation, particularly in aviation security. so i underst

ms. sheila jackson lee. >> i thank the chairman and the ranking member for this hearing. admiral, thank you again for your service. i've often said in this committee and said to tsos and others that the transportation security administration are the first responders of aviation security, and i believe that's important to convey to your management, to you and to certainly the line officers, supervisors and others who go out every day to do this great work. i also want to acknowledge the chairman and ranking member of this committee, because they have led an enormously bipartisan committee that's only focus or main focus is the security of the nation. this makes this a pleasant experience, because we are committed to getting the job done, if you will. we want to get the job done with you. and so, i want to emphasize a thought that it's difficult to call yourself the reprogrammed government. it's hard to reprogram for infectious disease. it's hard to reprogram for military. it's hard to reprogram for the security of the nation, particularly in aviation security. so i underst

ms. shield-jackson lee. >> thank the chairman. admiral, thank you for your service. i have said to this committee that the transportation security administration are the the very important people. i want to acknowledge the chairman and ranking member of this committee because they have led an enormously bipartisan committee that only focus, or main focus, is the security of the nation. this makes this a present experience because we are committed to getting the job done, if you will. we want to get the job done with you and so i want to emphasize a thought that it is difficult to call yourself the reprogram government. it is hard to reprogram for infectious diseases, the military, and the security of the nation particularly in aviation security. so i understand that we may be getting 700 tso's this summer and i want to follow the line of questioning the ranking member had had with this particular graph. it is stark between 2011 and fy 16 particularly with the increase in travelers and i think we might get more. can you, i understand we may be getting 700, 1600 and th