the collision outside of the station in northeast washington, the worst in the 33-year history of washington's metro system, claimed the lives of nine people and left more than 80 injured. among those lost were anna fernandez of hyattsville and another one from tacoma from my state of maryland. our thoughts are with the loved ones as we are dealing with the sudden loss caused by this tragedy. this includes the controler, mary doolittle, dennis hawkins and ann worley and her husband, major general david f. worley jr. let me extend my gratitude to the first responders and medical professionals whose work at the scene was critical to preventing further tragedy. while the cause of this accident is unknown at this time we do know this, the safety of our citizens is our highest priority, and we must take every precaution to make sure this loss of life does not occur again. in the very near future i will be joining with my colleagues from my region in introducing the final measure required to authorize $3 billion in dedicated federal and local funding for metro. millions and millions of tourists from

lord, we lift up in prayer all those who died or were injured in yesterday's tragedy here in northeast, washington. be with their families, neighbors, and friends. as you restore confidence and peace to the fragile systems of routine in a work-a-day world, lord, we molest you and praise you for all the good days and good -- we bless you and praise you for all the good days and good times. we try to hold on to as best we can because they carry us through the times that are not so good. lord of the ages, it is you who hold all together and oversee the seasons of everyone's life. even as summer days grow shorter. be with us now and forever. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, congressman poe. mr. poe: please join me in the pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible,

my name is sally satel, and i work at a methadone clinic in northeast washington, d.c., and i wanted to give you an overview today of the contours of the health despair to debate. now, what do i mean by debate? there is certainly no controversy over the fact that minorities have poor health status and often poor health care, both variables which dr. chandra spoke of, but the debate has to do with the causes of those differentials, and the causes, of course, lead us to the remedies. so there are two starkly different perspectives on the causes, and dr. chandra spoke to them already. he characterized them in short as dynamics within the clinical encounter, biased positions, and even body is to help systems. that is one perspective -- by his physicians. and even body is to help systems. -- biased physicians and even biased health systems. there is the 2002 institute of medicine report, and i want to spend a little bit of time on that. that report is called on equal treatment. it got an enormous amount of attention and is largely regarded as an authoritative study. however, i wanted to o

northeast wisconsin. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. reichert: thank you, mr. speaker. halfway across the world today, people are rioting in the streets. violence, gunshots and even death has overtaken iran's streets as citizens protest the results of their recent election. iran's security effects the entire middle east and the riots there show how fragile their government really is. recently iran successfully tested a long range missile and their intentions with their nuclear program are still unknown. the united states must utilize every diplomatic, economic and political tool at our disposal, including the further use of sanctions. ultimately our goal is peace for iran, peace now and in the future. that's why i encourage members of this body to join me in the support of the iran petroleum sanctions act. this legislation would use sanction on refined petroleum to iran in order to convince the government to give up its nuclear ambitions. our desi