i want cures and to get them we need to put more money into the n.i.h. so that we can cure more diseases. we need to put more money into the f.d.a. so they can approve everything that is worth approving as quickly as possible. senate democrats have made their position clear. whatever our views on these individual policies, we do not support moving piecemeal bills without a real bipartisan agreement on new investments. every democrat on the "help" committee has cosponsored a serious proposal to provide $50 billion in new mandatory n.i.h. and f.d.a. funding. republicans have put no proposal on the table. nothing. chairman alexander said publicly that he understood the importance of getting this done, but it has been months and we have seen nothing. if supporters of this expiring voucher program want to extend it until the end of december, i'm willing to do that, and i will join senator sanders in that. i believed chairman alexander's promise to work in good faith on a bipartisan package that we will actually fix medical innovation in this cou.

but it's a very substantial sum for n.i.h. to pursue vaccines and pursue other matters in puerto rico and florida and other places in this nation to keep our people safe. so i tell the majority leader again, bring the bipartisan bill passed to us by the united states senate with 68 votes, a g it to the floor as house bill and we'll pass it and that's why i tell the majority leader, mr. speaker, that i believe every member on my side of the aisle will vote for that, not because they believe $1.1 billion will be sufficient to address this problem and leader pelosi makes the point, mr. speaker, the director of c.d.c. says that it will cost $10 million per child who suffers from microcephaly, which is the result of zika and very frankly in brazil they found the results go beyond that. $10 million. if 200 children get microcephaly, that gets to the dollars that the president ants from us to prevent this horrible consequence to the children and to the families of america. so i say with all due respect, mr. majority leader, you can s

and n.i.h. and c.d.c. would have the resources, mr. speaker, that it needs to protect the american people. and that, mr. speaker, is with a we should do and i now yield, mr. speaker, to the majority leader. cathy lanier well, i thank the gentleman. i think the best thing for the american people is actually read the bill. so let me just read the section that you referred to that you stated that no democrats in aprops would sign onto and that they wanted to vote -- referred to a block grant. this is dealing for zika. for the funding of health services provided by public health departments, hospitals are reimbursed through public health plans. seriously? you're opposed to that? that's what you're fighting over? why people every day and the mosquitoes begin to grow and go beyond state by state, this is what we're fighting over? that $1.1 billion added with the other $600 million took place in june. yeah, we couldn't get to the floor to debate it because you wouldn't give us one microphone. but i'm sorry. i know there's a lot of political t

madam president, funding of n.i.h. has always been a bipartisan priority, and yet here we're not making the money available, requiring money to be diverted from other important n.i.h. products and inadequately funding a response to a public health emergency in zika. even with those additional funds that were made available, dr. fauci will still need $196 million to fully fund n.i.h. research of zika. if congress doesn't approve emergency funding for zika research, n.i.h.'s zika vaccine trials will once again be interrupted and treatment will be further delayed. how do we explain this to the millions of americans at risk for contracting zika here at home? let me just point out, on august 30, just a couple days ago, the director of the centers for disease control announced that the agency will run out of funding to fight zika. we don't have the money there. it's up to congress to provide those funds. mosquito season, as we know mosquitoes that have this virus virus -- the mosquito season in the united states typically la

on the "help" committee has cosponsored a serious proposal to provide $50 billion in new mandatory n.i.h. and f.d.a. funding. republicans have put no proposal on the table. nothing. chairman alexander said publicly that he understood the importance of getting this done, but it has been months and we have seen nothing. if supporters of this expiring voucher program want to extend it until the end of december, i'm willing to do that, and i will join senator sanders in that. i believed chairman alexander's promise to work in good faith on a bipartisan package that we will actually fix medical innovation in this country. despite months of silence, i still believe it, and i want to give him every opportunity to keep that promise. if republicans want to ignore the real problems here and play political games instead, if they want to cynically use sick children and desperate moms in the run up to an election as a political football to avoid actually doing the right thing by these families, i can't stop them. but i will not play along. we are losing an entire generation of scientists and research

and n.i.h. will run out of money after october 1. mr. speaker, it is imperative that we honor the president's request of $1.9 illion in a bill free of destructive offsets and ideological riders. it's crucial that congress take action for the pregnant women in their first try mesters -- try midwesters who are scared to leave their homes. for a children born with range of disabilities of which microcephaly is only the worst. for the service men and women stationed across the globe who are at particular risk. and for the 25% of puerto rico's population who will potentially contract this disease. we can and we must as a country do better than this. let's do the right thing for our constituents, our contry, and for the rest of the world by finally funding this public health emergency. we have long since run out of excuses. we can wait no longer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair wreck thieses -- recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. brooks, for five minutes. mr. speaker, never has an american president

and the n.i.h. which are looking for cures for cancer and alzheimer's and heart disease and stroke and every other disease that will get us one day, those folks are getting hurt when they attack you, they are attacking the n.i.h., they are attacking the c.d.c., they are attacking people who need snap payments to ease hunger and their children and w.i.c. payments and public education and public health, is that not true? commissioner koskinen: i'm not an expert where the money would go but clearly there's less money to be provided or appropriated or to cut the deficit. mr. cohen: well, it's just incredulous to me. you've done nothing to warrant this hearing but your office is under attack because government is under attack and the government that's under attack is the government takes care of the poorest and the least of these. those that would be the most precious in the eyes of people who look at the humanity at a sight of seeing how we treat others and if we treat others as we should treat ourselve

warnings following the outbreaks in brazil, president obama went to the scientists and experts at n.i.h. and c.d.c. and other agencies and asked what will it take to respond. his request to this congress represents their answer. and as we heard last week, the funding situation is now dire. the director of the c.d.c. said basically, we are out of money. so i join my colleagues here because it's past time to act. we have to put these political battles behind us. we have to do and we have the opportunity to do here something that i think is not only the right thing for us and for more importantly for our constituents for the american people, but we can do something that would actually perhaps set an example. we should elevate the common good. we have to protect the american families and pass a clean funding bill to stop the spread of zika. and one conversation i had on my way out of the office, my friend, mr. jolly, i was talking to a staffer of mine about the coming months. and in e the conversation turned to november, when there is an election. and sometimes people from d.c. like to volu

having the opportunity to address some essential needs such as infrastructure, some basic science, n.i.h. research, c.d.c., others are being squeezed because we simply don't have the funds available without continuing to go into debt. so this number 49 is one of the more minor ones. keep tuned in. next week we've got a big one coming. we could come down here almost every day and talk about something with the backup of -- backlog of waste, fraud and abuse documented by agencies that are nonpartisan. they're not republican, they're not democrat. these are agencies that just deal with numbers, they just deal with facts, and they report to us numbers of the senate and the congress, they report to us and make it available to the public to demonstrate that we could run a much better shop here and save the taxpayer a lot of money. today i want to highlight use of a fund that exists within the department of health and human services. it's called the nonrecurring expense fund, otherwise known as n.e.f. nonrecurring expense fund, another fancy description the federal government has put out so nobo

are keeping our social security offices open, those who serve our veterans, those who are working at n.i.h. right this minute on a cure for cancer or helping with people with alzheimer's, they need to know that we're not going to play partisan politics with last-minute dramatic efforts to get one party or the other to stair each other down -- to stare each other down. in this continuing resolution that will be before our colleagues shortly, it meets three goals that we democrats have laid out. one, let's keep the government open through december 9 so we can finish the work on government spending and what they call an omnibus bill, meaning all of the committees that would fund the united states government. second, to do it in a way that abides by the balanced budget agreement of 2015, and third, that it does not contain draconian poison pill riders which is true with one regrettable exception, the s.e.c. political disclosure rider. that's where we would tell corporations that if we give money to political parties, they need to disclose it. but the bill does do important things. first of all

the n.i.h. director has warned congressional inaction is cannibalizing resources. families in florida, louisiana and texas are in danger. they cannot wait any longer for this congress to act. the congress must give the public health experts the resources they need to help keep the american people safe. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jolly: i celebrate the life and honor the memory of a patrol officer fled arnold the iii. he passed away while scuba diving. he served and protected the residents of tampa, florida. when he was 23 yeerlings old he jumped into a burning house to save a mother and two young children. all three were unconscious when arnold pulled him out and he was awarded valor. over the years, officer arnold helped mentor hundreds of teens through the police explorer program. they described him as a father figure, some who w

n.i.h. is getting a vaccine up and running and into clinical trials but we have to give them the resources. we have to make sure all the patients have access to reproductive choices so they can prevent the terrible effects of this virus on the fetuses and their babies. so it is important. let's get the funding out there and let's stop playing politics with this and let's get the help to the places that need it. it is a public health emergency. let's do our job. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, too often victims of human sex trafficking are ashamed. mr. speaker, the traffickers and buyers are the ones who should be ashamed and shamed. buyers and sellers want to remain anonymous, but those days are over. time to use publ

it's important also to say as a policy matter what usda, n.i.h. and others do is vlade out a road map for where we have gaps in science. we want to give the best information that's available to people to make good decisions. so there's a policy and a scientific and educational agenda that's well underplayed. all of that is wonderful except if you live in a community where you don't have access to healthy foods, or you have to stress eat because of the kinds of public safety challenges that you face, if you don't have the conditions in which the healthy choices is' thesey choice to be elt healthy, that's a significant barrier. broad public policy at the local level, think about smoking as a great example. access to tobacco is not only an individual business sales choice but also you can reduce access to tobacco by making smoke-free throw laws in a community. public health policy like that even at the local level is so critically important and going to address not just smoke bug things like access to healthy reen spaces and healthy foods. mr. glickm

and n.i.h. why are we assuming a two-year crisis? justify the request. that's our article 1 responsibility. what that was met with my satisfaction, i started voting for the president's plan. i voted for the nelson-rubio plan. i voted for the house plan. i will vote for whatever it takes to get it done. yes, i will take mosquitoes to the house floor if that's what it takes if -- >> thank you for not bringing mosquitoes here. we appreciate that. [applause] >> congressman jolly, do you believe it's right for a woman who finds out she has zika in the early stages of pregnancy to abort? mr. jolly: i think that is her choice. for the health of the mother or the health of the baby or the life of the mother, i think there should be exceptions permitted to terminate the pregnancy, yes, i do. >> governor? mr. crist: i think it's a woman's choice to make across the board as it relates to her health decisions. my opponent doesn't feel the same way. and i respect that. he has that right. but he has advocated overturning roe vs. wade. we're both lawyers. that's the ca

and nishikori have reprogrammed -- n.i.h. have reprogrammed more money than they have to try to help those who are desperate. i make the argument that it's time now for us to do the job and the other body needs to engage in providing a bill and this body, this house, needs to stop playing those kinds of politics and provide the funding, the funding that does not take from ebola and provides the funding that the american people need to be safe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> 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. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, yesterday i had the opportunity to come update the house on the flooding conditions in the state of louisiana. i talked about how this is potentially the fourth most costly flood disa

and n.i.h. that helped review this list of synthetics as part of the legislative process. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this legislation and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. r. pallone: h.r. 3537, synthetic drug control act is bipartisan legislation sponsored by mr. dent of pennsylvania and also by congressman jim himes of connecticut. it's a targeted approach towards addressing the latest threat from synthetic substances and i support its swift passage. stories of adults and teenagers busing synthetic drugs are becoming high and injuring themselves and others and they are unsafe and could cause convullingses, psychotic episodes and some instances death. the rise is an issue is what we have been dealing with in new jersey. increases and overdoses in deaths throughout the state from so-called designer drugs led new jersey to permanently ban s

already n.i.h. is drawing resources from other priorities like h.i.v. and aids and cancer research because this body has failed to act. sometimes my colleagues on the other side like to talk about how we must protect the unborn. well, let me ask you this, when we fail to tackle a disease that causes unborn babies to develop birth defects that will haunt them the rest of their lives, how are we protecting the unborn? these are innocent children, american children, in puerto rico and on the mainland. who are suffering enormously because this congress has not done its job. and we're learning that this disease is sexually transmitted, making contraception a key part of any solution. but republicans are raising objections to adequate funding for contraception. spreek, protecting the safety and health of the american people is a solemn obligation for every member of congress. it is a responsibility that we are not living up to. i call on my colleagues to do the right thing. do your job. pass a supplemental funding bill so that the c.d.c. can get to work on an

and instead forced the president o move money around at n.i.h., taking from cancer research, taking from the ebola issue, taking those resources and to try to stop the water from coming out of the dam, putting a finger in the hole, that's a nufe my. at eend of -- a euphemism. at the end of the day, if you're one of those women, there's no answer for it. there's no agreeable answer to them. they're living a nightmare. and let's think about the thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of in ren under the age of 9 flint, michigan, who have been exposed to horrific levels of lead poisoning in their drinking water. unbeknownst to them and their families. imagine you're the mother of that child or the father of that child and you are giving them that drinking water. the guilt you must feel. because you didn't know that there was lead in that water. you didn't know your local government and state government had led you -- had let you down and now your federal government is letting you down because we're not doing anything for them. and when the call is to do something and there's neg

another $400 million in the zika supplemental is for advanced research and development at n.i.h. which will support clinical trials of vaccine candidates and advanced diges noics. i'm pleased that state and local health departments, which are under severe financial strain, will be reimbursed the $44 million taken from their budgets earlier this year. i am disappointed that we are not providing the people of flint, michigan, with immediate relief. after failing to provide relief for over a year. i hope the chair will have the same commitment to plint in, michigan. i'm disappointed it contains almost a half percent funding cut. we can and must do better going forward and i yield back the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the military construction and .a. scomm. >> it is exactly the same as the milcon v.a. conference report approved by the house on june 23. thanks to the leadership of chairman rodgers, mrs. lowey and the ranking member of subcommittee ranking member

then this morning, the doctor at n.i.h. said if we don't act we're at risk of halting the investigation into coming up a vaccine that can help prevent people from getting zika. after 9/11, everyone in this country was able to come together as one. we all remember how that felt. my colleague, ileana ros-lehtinen, stood on the floor just now and talked about the bipartisan support for funding zika research and a response to zika. in this partisan body, let's remember how that felt to stand together and let's stand together for the people of south florida and the people of this country and do the right thing and pass a clean zika funding bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a record vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or on which the vote insecures objection under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the g

but it's a very substantial sum for n.i.h.pursue vaccines and pursue other matters in puerto rico and florida and other places in this nation to keep our people safe. so i tell the majority leader again, bring the bipartisan bill passed to us by the united states senate with 68 votes, a g it to the floor as house bill and we'll pass it and that's why i tell the majority leader, mr. speaker, that i believe every member on my side of the aisle will vote for that, not because they believe $1.1 billion will be sufficient to address this problem and leader pelosi makes the point, mr. speaker, the director of c.d.c. says that it will cost $10 million per child who suffers from microcephaly, which is the result of zika and very frankly in brazil they found the results go beyond that. $10 million. if 200 children get microcephaly, that gets to the dollars that the president ants from us to prevent this horrible consequence to the children and to the families of america. so i say with all due respect, mr. majority leader, you can say a

i have 300,000 federal employees in maryland and they do everything from working at n.i.h. to find a cure for cancer, find a cure for alzheimer's, to working at the weather service so that we could provide to communities large and small throughout america information about the weather to avoid -- to prepare for everything from natural disasters to how things are going to go to make sure that oranges and peaches don't freeze on the trees. the senate has until friday of this week to avoid a government shutdown. as i said last week and have said this, democrats are ready to negotiate. we're willing to compromise, but there are certain things we cannot capitulate on, and flint, michigan, is one. last week the majority leader, the distinguished senator from kentucky, senator mcconnell, filed a republican continuing funding resolution. the leader has -- quote -- filled the tree, that's senate speak for meaning we cannot amend the continuing resolution before us. so we're stuck. we're stuck in the same old wa ways. drama until close to the deadline that can threaten showdown and s