earlier my colleague neal harvey discussed they shifting opinions on facebook with our tea contributor nico house. it does seem a little bit peculiar that in 2011 with countries like tenicia libby and egypt, facebook was not only celebrated for put like for helping spread the news about the process. but the, the algorithms seem to be a perpetuating the protests and propelling them for the millions of people are able to react to notice what was going on. now, interestingly enough, about 3 of those countries to protest there actually benefited united states interests. so what it seems like is on the like, now that the script has been flipped 10 years later. censorship actually benefits the united states. so i guess you could say it's pro democracy, i guess if you wanna call facebook, you know, a democratic institution, i guess you could call it that because the government seems to be on the side of censorship. facebook as readily pushes the ship. is it a very different based these day? so what it was years ago does less freedom of conversation, freedom of exchange, freedom of discourse.

harvey in our region. at this time i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: very pleased, madam speaker, to introduce the majority leader, one of the most capable legislators i have known, mr. hoyer, for two minutes. one minute. sorry. one minute. the speaker pro tempore: ok. the majority leader is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman of the ways and means committee for yielding. as you can tell, he's a good friend of mine. he uses hyperbole in introducing me. i appreciate that. the ranking member of the ways and means committee just made a comment. i don't think anybody has clean hands on this issue. i tell the ranking member, i don't think anybody has clean hands. now, i don't know the exact voting pattern of the ranking member, but i think he's probably been on both sides of this issue himself. i think i have been. but i will tell the ranking member, if i'm here when there's a republican president -- and i do not wish for that, of course -- but if i'm here, i want to guarantee you that i will vote to lift the debt limit. guarantee yo