the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. marino: mr. chairman, i recognize the chairman of the judiciary committee, the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for as much time as he may consume? mr. marino: as much time as he may consume. mr. goodlatte: mr. chairman, i thank chairman marino. mr. chairman, kristen adored her little brother garrett. she cherished his warm heart and bigger than life personality. she loved her brother unconditionally, as did her mother and father, bobby and dawn. naufment, on february 9, -- unfortunately, on february 9, and dawn lost their son. kristen lost her little brother and only sibling. sadly, tens of thousands of family across the nation lost their loved ones to the opioid crisis. according to the centers for disease control, drug overdoses killed over 64,000 americans in 2016, a staggering increase of over 21% from 2015. of those souls lost, over 20,000 deaths were caused by syntheti

21st, is at 18 and pennsylvania. secondarily, when did the transit get named salesforce officially? it was named that last year? i guess i

the commonwealth of pennsylvania, 75% of the budget comes from the pennsylvania lottery.opefully everybody here will buy a pennsylvania lottery ticket but that does support the work that we do which is why i will so passionately advocate for the bold act and why i wanted to prove it my testimony to the older americans act which is also not the third pillar of those federal entitlement programs that we have an opportunity to bend the cost curve by providing better services, low- cost high-quality services in the homes and communities of older americans. we can do so much better and this infrastructure will allow us to do that. >> whenever i hear things like early diagnosis what excites me is the researchers that the earlier we get the better, the more likely therapeutics will work. this would allow us to get to earlier and earlier stages that we can both understand through basic research but also using them as a discovery tool to turn the question on its head and ask whether what we have identified in animal models of disease actually reflect what goes on. the earlier we s

shoeser of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from pennsylvania,r. is recognized and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: this amendment should help projects be executed more quickly and i appreciate m colleagues who worke on this, . posey, mr. mast, mr. hasings. and i think it's a good amendment and reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. any member claim time in opposition? the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. shuster: i support and yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania. those in favor say aye. thosopposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amement is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 7 printed in .art a of house report 115-711 chair: it is now in order to consider amendment number 8 printed in pa

i think this pennsylvania alignment should be supported by as many people as support. the public transit center is supposed to be publicly open on august 12. there'll be a lot of press and hoopla about it at the time, and we cannot afford to answer the question that'll undoubtedly be asked, well, how are you going to get the train downtown by saying, well, we don't know. you need to say, we have this plan in mind. now, there will be those people who say, well, it's going to cost these billions of dollars. we don't have it, so why should we worry about it and spend a lot of time on it. well, for that matter, the $4 or $5 billion for the old plan, there wasn't that money available, either. there will be some planning involved to getting it to, as they say, a shovel ready project, and within those years, we will need to find this money because it's absolutely essential that we have this $2 billion train -- bus and train station and it actually serves trains. and so your attention tonight is very important, and the fact in the next several months that hopefully you'll be a

the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. shuster: claim time in opposition although i do not oppose the amendment. i thank the gentleman from alaska for offering this amendment. the gentleman is looking out for the state of alaska and also small and rural towns across america. so, this isn't -- this is an important issue and i thank my colleague for working on this amendment and i'm prepared to accept this amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from alaska. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 50 printed in art a of house report 115-711. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. costa: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate

kelly of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kelly, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. kelly: first of all, mr. speaker, i want to acknowledge chairman shuster's leadership on this and the entire committee and all the staff. sure appreciate the hard work. this amendment allows the army corps of engineers to strongly consider the large number of recreational boats that use the locks on the allegany river in my district when prioritizing operation and maintenance projects. river communities on the allegany like fort city, freeport, east brady, others rely on recreational boating for their economic well-being. the army corps of engineers and the allegany river development corporation have developed a successful private-public partnership. their partnership has resulted in private money being raised to keep the locks operational. only on summer weekends and for recreational us

they decide that pennsylvania has the right to clean air and water. the governor and the state has no right to violate that. that is the principle win in the book. that is pretty hopeful. the chief justice who's a conservative republican who actually lost his leg he stands up" stacy story. for stacy, watching the law change based on her experience, she believes that is the most important thing she has ever done. that is one layer of government failure. the idea that the government would be willing to sell out the all towns. another has to do with the basic issue public poverty. they're woefully underfunded. and understaffed. in the book, one of the characters is standing there while an employee asks an oil and gas employee if there any jobs available. state impact in pennsylvania has done an excellent job tracing the door between working through the state agency and working for private industry. there is so little money with this knowledge that people going to private industry. that's another level of government failure. the regulation is terrible, th

there was no one who was not for the pennsylvania street alignment. we understood why it would be good. at the public meeting last week, i asked everyone there to think of the futures. we have tagged this the hundred year decision. believe it or not, i'm old enough to have been around and worked on the beginnings of barth. i ask you, what would happen to this bay area if we didn't have it? and yet, we had counties in the bay area that turned it down at that point. this is something that has to go ahead. it has to be for, not to me, i'm not going to ride on it. but my kids, grandkids, great grandkids are in this city. it is going to be, in part, your decision to push it forward. the comments you made, just a few minutes ago, really rang in my ears. i appreciate the general support you gave it. i know speakers have mentioned certain technicalities. that is also in the future. we will work those out. as long as we are concerned with the project moving forward, as quickly as possible, we will get where we are going. thank you. >> chairman brinkman: thank

the second alignment the pennsylvania. of course that's our referred alignment which we believe the cost is $6 billion. that includes the potential benefit of land value recapture from the rail yard site. that's the total cost that's slightly higher than that reduced by the revenues that could be generated from the rail yard. the third cost at mission bay is much more substantial. a couple of reasons for that, it would be a very deep tunnel under mission bay. there would have to be an entirely new station somewhere in the vicinity in mission bay, probably north of the warriors arena. because of the entirely new environmental work that would need to be done there would also be as you see a substantial delay of at least four or five years in being able to make that alignment work. so for those reasons at the staff level, and i think we have fairly broad concurrence with this, is we are recommending pennsylvania avenue for this alignment. we also thought it would be useful to kind of look at the non-quantitative benefits that

. >>> and a tornado tears through pennsylvania. buildings torn apart and power is out for thousands. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is thursday, june 14th. happy 72nd birthday to the president. we start with mike pompeo on a nuke shuttle diplomacy mission. he will discuss north korea with president xi and other officials. he underscored north korea must denuclearization before easing of sanctions. he tried to ease concern about verification. >> sanctions relief cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated north korea has been completely denuclearization. the summit created this enormous historic opportunity. for us to move forward together and fundamentally shape the relationship with the united states and north korea. verification is central to that. certainly denuclearization encompasses that idea clearly. >> pompeo pushing back against criticism the joint declaration of kim jong-un and donald trump did not have the words verifiable or irreversible. trump said complete is in th

today, waste from pennsylvania gas wells, waste that may also contain unacctable levels of radium, is routinely dumped across state lines into landfills in new york, ohio, and west virginia. new york does not require testing waste for radioactivity prior to dumping or treatment. so drill cuttings from pennsylvania have been dumped in new york's chemung and other counties since 2009, and liquid waste is shipped to treatment plants in auburn and watertown, new york. it is ironic that new york state, the first in the nation to put a temporary hold on fracking, pending a safety ew, nevertheless alther states to dump frack waste within its boundaries. how radioactive is this waste? experts are calling for testing and are concerned about the contamination of the drinking supply of major population centers, including new york city. with the gas production boom underway in the marcellus shale, and plans for some-400,000 wells in the coming adese cumulative impact of dumping potential lethal waste without adequate oversight is a catastrophwaiting to happe @ óóóóówówówoÑ0ççÑÑÑÑÑ -george ko

in pennsylvania, it was restaurant workers. in iowa, it was concrete plant workers. tearing apart latino families is an election year strategy for this white house designed to energize republican voters for primaries and mid terms this year to re-elect republican members of the house and the senate. and let's not forget, that while almost 5,000 puerto ricans were dying, yes dying, and are still dying today, your president was giving himself an a-plus and saying, there had been no real catastrophe, all the while families were telling loved ones they were loved one losing because they didn't have electricity or medicine or a hospital. so to my republican colleagues, some of whom i love dearly, please don't you ever come to the well of the house and tell the country you support family values. don't you dare. your time talking about family values is over. the speaker pro tempore: members are remaineded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president. the chair at this time will recognize the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms

that's the first time they made pennsylvania avenue public. now the time has come to merge these two projects together. when you do this, first of all you're going to discover the opportunity mr. patrick made that we can now relocate the station completely eliminate all the impact on townson. we relocate that station basically it's going to be a 7th and king station. that's what it is. that the point we can merge 22nd and 4th and king into a single central station. so ucf s, at&t and the arena and everything else and the m and the tlines. then we are got to start thinking, well, what's next. why is the first, which is millions of dollars and why is the second tunnel also 1.3 miles? it's $5.1 billion. why? if you use the same construction technique to go from i guess 22nd to 7th and from 7th to 4th and king we have now got two tunnels total. we now are saving $4 billion. what would you do with $4 billion? i think we will have business as usual. what if e -- elon musk or someone else coming along? what could we do with $4 billion in the bay area

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania for five minutes. mr. smucker: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the achievements of the lamb-peter strasburg high school women's softball team located in lancaster county, pennsylvania that recently pitched the of its sport by winning the state championship. i'm especially proud, mr. speaker, of this win because this is the school in my homeschool district where my family and i reside. the pioneers beat west allegheny on thursday, january 14, to 5-a its first ever piaa softball state championship. after losing by a slim margin two years ago, the pioneers overcame adversity and returned to the state finals this year to win 6-2. the team's 14-3 win over their rival, done gallon, -- donegal, who won last year's 5-a state championship title, is further evidence of its success during the postseason. i spoke to coach gene charles last night by phone. he credited victory to the team's clutch hitting and key defensive stops later in the game. coach charles has coached at the high school for more t

coming up thursday morning, pennsylvania republican congressman discusses immigration and the judiciary committee hearing on the clinton e-mail probe. and then democratic texas congressman talks about the future of u.s. immigration policy. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern, thursday morning. join the discussion. >> on the senate floor today, senators toomey and corker spoke about their amendment to the farm bill that would require that before a president can impose tariffs for national security reasons, he must have approval of congress. here's their discussion, from the senate floor. >> mr. president, i rise to address an amendment that i have worked on with my colleague senator corker from tennessee, an amendment that i hope we're going to get a vote on today because i think it is timely. it is important. and it's really a measure that would simply restore to congress a responsibility that the constitution assigns to congress. so what am i talking about? i'm talking about the amendment that we've crafted, which would simply require that before a preside

the eaker pro tempore: chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. smucker, for five minutes. mr. smucker: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate the manheim township high school boys lacrosse team who recently won the program's first ever piaa state title. they defeated la salle 6-4 in game ass 3-a championship this past saturday to bring the title to lancaster county. of district ip three became the first school from outside districts one or 12 to win the boy's lacrosse title since the tournament began. this historic championship is a fitting end to an excellent season that also include add program best 26-1 record, and both the lancaster league and istricts three titles. these young men have put in countless hours of hard work to achieve this incredible result. as i have said before, high school sports are more than just winning, they are about more than just winning. they are about teaching our children valuable skills such as teamwork, commitment, and perseverance. they build character and create memories that will last a lifetime.

i know many from pennsylvania but virtually every state represented across our country. the experience of living with alzheimer's or related dementia or caring for someone with the disease is unfortunately all too common. it's a disease that affects all communities, and it doesn't matter where you're from or how much money you earn. it affects so many americans. in our state alone, the state of pennsylvania, an estimated 280,000 people ages 65 and over are currently living with alzheimer's. and, as we'll hear from secretary osborne from pennsylvania, that number may not tell the entire story. there may be over 100,000 more people living with related conditions in our state and hundreds of thousands more loved ones, friends, and neighbors who are doing their best to care for them. as our population ages, these numbers will only grow, which is why we must take action now. last year, i was pleased to join chairman collins in support of increased funding for research into finding a cure for alzheimer's disease. the federal funding was increased by an additional $414 millione

in pennsylvania there was an interesting case as well. the republican drawn districts were thrown out by the state supreme court. it was done on states lock around. which means that the states laws -- states laws grant. the supreme court had no authority to intervene because there was no issued a result. host: is part of the difficulty that the constitution has to address all these and is there not a's that of the -- guest: if you are a plaintiff filing a lawsuit, what do you sue under? equal protection, first amendment, the courts have not figured out a test they can use to say, i have been hurt by this, how do i get a remedy that results is claims? host: racial gerrymandering would take a different track i imagine? guest: there is a long tradition of the court getting involved in that. that theory does not really apply in the same way too partisan gerrymandering. host: here is anne in the tampa, florida. caller: i want to thank you for taking my call. i wanted to -- i never really understood much of the detail about gerrymandering. ther

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i know many from pennsylvania but virtually every state represented across our country. the experience of living with alzheimer's or related dementia or caring for someone with the disease is unfortunately all too common. it's a disease that affects all communities, and it doesn't matter where you're from or how much money you earn. it affects so many americans. in our state alone, the state of pennsylvania, an estimated 280,000 people ages 65 and over are currently living with alzheimer's. and, as we'll hear from secretary osborne from pennsylvania, that number may not tell the entire story. there may be over 100,000 more people living with related conditions in our state and hundreds of thousands more loved ones, friends, and neighbors who are doing their best to care for them. as our population ages, these numbers will only grow, which is why we must take action now. last year, i was pleased to join chairman collins in support of increased funding for research into finding a cure for alzheimer's disease. the federal funding was increased by an additional $414 millione

the orange being pennsylvania and the blue being mission bay. with a station in it somewhere in the vicinity of the mission rock development. the second was to look at the railyard itself. it is 20 acres of land in the middle of the city. it is an important part here that many people don't realize. the railyard is actually privately owned. it is owned by a large industrial developer that is based in san francisco but it is, and actually -- actuality, the largest industrial property owner in the world. bait air rights are under the control of that company. if the trains were to go away, they would have the rights to develop that property with the change in zoning. we looked at possibilities. what if we separated the actual operations that they do on that site from the storage and maintenance and staging creeks two separate functions that happen on that sight? we looked at locations and we believe that there are some locations a railyard could locate to. they are within the ten minute travel time to the terminus which is the requirement that the c

. >> on a think my friend from pennsylvania for his comments and for his leadership on issues relative to free trade and other important issues to our nation. i just want to reiterate for a minute before asked for this amendment to be called up, the fact that this particular amendment, number one, is cosponsored by 14 people of various ideologies on both sides of the aisle. senator played on the floor is a cosponsor ofy this amendment. it is probably one of the most supported amendment wed will vote on as a results of the farm bill. is the farm bill the right place? absolutely. being hurt by this administration's trade policies more than 24 bills can help them. it's very important to address this issue now. some of our friends on the other side of the aisle who, by the way, we have many people on the other side of theit aisle, some of them said we don't want to hurt our ability to impose tariffs on china. the president has used section 201 template tariffs on solar panels and washing machines. he did that in january. the additional tariffs he's putting in place on china under section 3

the view from pennsylvania there.m the midt elections later this year will be a big battle. but a lot of people are focused on the sporting battle which is going on at e moment in russia, of course, the world cup. we following.ories we are russia made it through to the knockout round after saudi arabia was eliminated from their bracket in 1-0 loss to uruguay. e one expected much from host nation -- they were ranked dead last. the former boss of fifa says his visit to russia does not violate his ban on football activities. you might remember that he is seing a six-year ban from the sport following a massive corruption scandal in 2015. he says he is an invited guest. a new exhibition at loon's tional gallery takes what many consider to be a cold eyed lookt onald trump's america, except the paintings were created decades before the businessman and reality show star decided to run for president. the works by an american pop artist ed ruscha examines the rise and fall of empire, as the bbc reports.is reporter: s a story about how the industrial world is changing through the eyes

pennsylvania are in rural communities. more than 58% of those hospitals in rural areas have mounting financial pressure resulting in break-even or negative operating margins. we began to look for a solution. after having worked on the maryland payer model while cm the impressive results, we decided to design a similar model for rural hospitals in pennsylvania. we worked collaboratively with cmmi on designing the model. i would also like to acknowledge senator casey and his office's support as we designed this model. the design period was launched in january of 2017. the objective of the model are to provide a path to improving health and healthcare delivery in rural communities. the model changes the way participating hospitals will be reimbursed. the model replaces the current fee-for-service system with the multi-pair gloekt budget based on the hospital's historic net revenue. like maryland, the payment model in pennsylvania is designed to include all payers. however, it was necessary to develop a new med theology since

so, with that, i yield the floor to my friend from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: i thank my colleague from tennessee. i'll put aside how stunned i was to hear that my colleague from ohio suggests that maybe we want to emulate the communist managed economy of china as a good model for economic development. i -- that's just breathtaking to me. but i really want to stress the point that the senator from tennessee made, and that is the fact that this amendment has nothing to do china. we can go on all day about how outrageous some chinese behavior is in the trade space, and it's true. there is some really bad behavior. by the way, we need to address that. we would be able to address the theft of intellectual property if our allies were working with us to address that outrageous behavior, but it's hard to get your allies to work with you when you are hitting them with tariffs and the excuse is national security. let me just put a little bit of scale to this. our colleague suggested how important it is that these industries survive. i completely agree. domestic

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition. >> mr. speaker, request 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. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize six high school honor students from pennsylvania's fifth congressional district chosen to represent the commonwealth of pennsylvania as delegates at the congress of fure medical leaders. were llowing students selected to attend the event take place june 25 tts.see 27 in lowell, it'sa of arendon. taylor of mount union. daniel of corey. serena of warren. selena foster of sheffield. and monica of du bois. these outstanding stts wer take to june 27 in lowell, massachusetts. it'sa of required to achieve a 3.5 g.p.a. to be nominated for these honors. only programmed by their teachers or the national academy of future physicians and medical scientists. the event aims to encourage and guide the top students in our country who hope to become physicians o

selection of the pennsylvania s unanimous last nig. coordinating the downtown rail extension, high-speed rail, electric creation of caltrain, to our mind, is the crux of a once in a hundred year decision. that decision has to start now, and i would be pleased to discuss this with any of you as we move forward. and we have to move forward. we have to start at this point. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. thank you for all of your, and the other see ac members and their work on this. there is more public process coming and the ta is going to be intimately involved in that an oversight and a collaborative role. as wrong -- ron said this is a hundred year decision and it is important that all of san francisco be involved in it. there will be public meetings. when it will those meetings be, and what is the process, going forward, and what when do you think ultimately, this san francisco county transportation authority will be in a position to make a final decision? >> thank you for the question mr chairman. we have a public meetin

end slavery by passing the pennsylvania abolition act thehe early 1780's, once former slaves became free, they could testify against whites, they could own property, they could vote, and this was an assumption. , butoting wasn't universal among many republicans they were strongly in favor of suffrage in the 1850's. there were a number of attempts to get universal male suffrage in northern states. it fails, not for republicans not trying, so they assumed that , we have defeated the south, we you ended slavery, and can't have a republican form of government is half or even one the potentialf electorate is shut out. so one way to seek reconstruction is this gradual education of the north as to what is going on in the south. book comes out, my paper will be expanded as well talkbody's, and i will about the hearings of the joint committee on reconstruction in 1866, where members of congress are utterly shocked at the level of violence going on in the south. so i think it's an education process, but my other panelists may disagree. landwas going to say reform. i was curious to know what y

nick bryant, bbc news, pennsylvania. simonjack is nick bryant, bbc news, pennsylvania.ere. nick bryant, bbc news, pennsylvania. simonjack is here. tensions are going up in this trade war, how will it affect our consumers? these are the ten page is here, peanut butter, cranberries, oceangoing yachts, kitchen tables. these are not things you buy daily. it is a cleverly done response to the trade tariffs. things like orange juice response to the trade tariffs. things like orangejuice being in florida. swing states like georgia in the election, it's a more calculated response than the blood instrument for filling the election promise in the us —— blunt instrument. clearly as we heard in that piece, people will be worried about the flood of steel but i would say that in the first round of the trade war, its american nil, the rest of the world have one. but by round two, it registers up. cars made in the us coming to the eu get 10%, rather than the other way around when it is 2.5%. at the moment it will not affect businesses and consumers much but escalation is the worry. sim

21st, is at 18 and pennsylvania. secondarily, when did the transit get named salesforce officially? it was named that last year? i guess if you have the tallest building, you can dominate the skylines of the city. like zuckerberg hospital, every time i drive by that site, a 31-year-old should not be the name of that hospital who's paid enormous, millions of dollars for a long time for. that's my personal piece. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. any additional public comments? seeing none, commissioner fong? >> commissioner fong: maybe it'll be the sue hester transit center someday. this particular item very much exciting to me. this is the exact kind of thing when i was a kid and playing sim city, what i enjoyed playing. to susan, i used to work on this for a few years now. to boil that all down for a couple minutes -- sorry, it's the late hour. this is a very technical piece and you were unable to get much more in depth, but thank you. i am a huge supporter. i think this is the first step of real

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the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the service of colonel john p. loy, commander of the pittsburgh district of e u.s. army corps of engineers. he assumed command of the pittsburgh district on july 29, 2016. as the commander he's out sible for carrying the district's mission within the ohio river basin which includes more than 328 miles of navigable waters. the pittsburgh district's 26,000 square miles includes portions of western pennsylvania, northeast and west virginia, eastern ohio, western maryland, and southwestern new york. colonel lloyd overcease 23 locks and dams, 16 multipurpose flood damage reduction res. vires, and other projects to protect and enhance water resources. mr. speaker, i had the pleasure of getting to know colonel lloyd during his tenure as commander of the pittsburgh district and he's a true public servant. he oversaw thing task force power restoration effort in puerto rico after the tore nes irma and maria athrough in 2017. he mobi

. >> jim from pennsylvania? >> caller: good morning. >> you're on. go ahead. >> caller: i wanted to ask your guests, i'm up in erie, pennsylvania. first time in 50 years they voted for a republican from president, being trump. i'm not a trump supporters. i can tell you, you go around this town and seems like trump is more popular today here in erie, pennsylvania, than he was a year or so ago. i think right underneath the surface is this great big story about dirty cops and the fbi, how the doj was tied up in all this corruption. i don't think it's gotten the press coverage that it deserves over the last year or so. i wanted to ask your guests -- they're bringing this peter strzok up this week to testify. do you think they'll have him testify in the open, not behind closed doors? >> just addressing this fbi discussion, snag we actually repo -- something we actually reported on this morning with president trump -- and he has the highest approval rating that he's had. the more that he addresses these things like bashing the fbi, calling into question th

-i the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. smucker: thank you, mr. chn andhank you f the time and important morley for moving this bill through committee and allowing it to be up for a vote up for a vote to the floor. lancaster and york counties will be a national heritage area. national heritage areas are a congressional designation where natural, cultural, historic and recreational resources form a cohesive, nationally distinctive landscape arising from human activity, shaped by geograhy describes this area very well. according to the national park service, there are currently 49 national heritage areas in 32 states. i'm very proud of the natural beauty that we find i our sylvaa communities. particularly in these two counties. we want to ensure that we maintain that safe and clean environment into the future for residents and for visitors. the susquehanna river and its surrounding landscape have played a starring role in american history. our region's heritage reflects events and causes that exemplify the american expiee. many flowing from the cent

the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. barletta: i wish to yield three minutes to the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. chairman. all of us are painfully aware of the devastating toll taken by and abuse in on every corner of this great country. while this epidemic is truly national in its scope today, it actually began in the small communities in appalachia over a decade ago. our hills were flooded with painkillers, our hospitals flooded with patients, our churches flooded with helpless parents crying out for help. our rural towns simply did not have the capacity to handle this monstrous problem. today, given the unique challenges confronting appalachia, the opioid related overdose rate is 65% higher than in the rest of the nation. let me repeat that. in appalachia, the opioid related overdose rate is 65% higher than the rest of the country. but the people of atch latcha -- appalachia are resilient and problem solvers. the

we are hearing about it all across pennsylvania. lisa: to check up on that point, how do you think the approach that president trump has taken to trade will affect the gop heading into the midterm elections? sen. toomey: it is hard to say. if this gets resolved in an acceptable fashion, if the president focuses on the egregious behavior of china where we really need to take serious measures to stop their theft of intellectual property and coercive technology transfer , then i think republicans would overwhelmingly applaud that, support that where we really need to take serious effort. we should not be invoking national security to raise tax on american consumers when they buy products from our best friends and nearest neighbors and best allies. lisa: do you think any other republicans who are your colleagues will push back against president trump who have yet to do so? sen. toomey: i think if we get to the senate floor and have a vote, we will have a significant number of republican senators that will vote with me and senator corker