perlmutter: thanks. i'd say to my friend from pennsylvania, we're talking about the entitlements and the guilty pleas, the last time we really had a special counsel appointed was in 2003. and it took two years for one entitlement. we're a year we're a year -- we've got five guilty pleas and 17 additional entitlements. o, we ought to be all taking real stock of what is actually happening here. so i now yield to my friend from issouri, one of my best buddys here in the house, emanuel cleaver, former mayor of kansas city, missouri. for his thoughts on this subject. mr. cleaver: mr. speaker, thank u for allowing this moment that we are using to make some expressions of concern. thank you, mr. perlmutter, for organizing it. let me preface my comments, mr. speaker, by saying that when resident trump was elected against the advice and concern f my family, many campaign workers and supporters, i attended the swearing-in because i believed and still believe and will always believe that my responsibility is -- as

perlmutter of colorado. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 83 , the gentleman from colorado, mr. perlmutter, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself three minutes. first i want to thank chairman shuster and ranking member defazio for working with me and mr. polis listening to our oncerns and appreciate their assistance. today to offer an amendment we have been working on for almost three years. which is designed to improve helicopter fuel system safety for newly manufactured helicopters. today to offer an amendment we have been working on for almost as the chairman no, sir on july 3, 2013, a flight for life helicopter took off in colorado and seconds later it crashed in a parking lot next to the helipad. after impact gasoline began to leak from the helicopter and a fire quickly erupted, trapping the crew. the crash itself was largely survivable. ut the post-crash fire contributed to th

perlmutter: good afternoon, mr. speaker.nks to my friend from california, ranking member bera, and to chairman smith and babin. i rise today as a supporter and co-sponsor of h.r. 2809. the united states has the best aerospace industry in the world. in order to stay number one, we need to provide certainty to american industry so it can attract investment and continue innovating to push our country forward. and we're at a time where we have the opportunity to set the standard of how to regulate space activities so there is a level playing field for our american industry. and that is why we need a certification process as provided in the bill to ensure compliance with the outer space treaty. this process will reduce uncertainty and create a clear path to certification and to the launch of new spacecraft. i have heard from stakeholders still discussing where to place this new authority. this legislation places that authority in the office of space commerce. others have suggested the office of space transportation at the f.a.a.

perlmutter: hi, i'm ed perlmutter, a congressman from colorado. i want to welcome you to washington, and thank you for letting me participate in your national cannabis policy summit. i wish i could be there with you today, but i want to thank you for organizing and gathering here to help us in congress gets the laws, the federal laws, to align with state laws. so many states are allowing for businesses like yours to properly operate in their states, but the federal law is in conflict with that. particularly, we see that in the tax code and in banking laws. and i served on the financial services committee which involves the banks, credit unions, and i am working on a law that says if you are a business that is legitimate in your state, you ought to be able to have normal financial services, credit cards, payroll accounts, checking accounts, those kinds of normal business type accounts. but because of the federal law not being in sync with state laws, we see a lot of conflicts. we are trying to straighten that out. your visit to washington, your pol

my fellow democrat congressman ed perlmutter from colorado said that jim bridenstine will be an excellent nasa administrator as well as a dozen other democrat members of the house of representatives. he has the understanding, background, capability, and, more importantly, the drive and desire to do an excellent and outstanding job at nasa, and i urge my colleagues to vote yes. look, you just heard our colleague, richard burr, talk about director pompeo's nomination to secretary of state -- as secretary of state. blind partisanship cannot be the only reason that drives votes in this chamber. whether it's the secretary of state or the director of nasa, i urge my colleagues to vote yes, put partisanship aside, and start moving these nominations, doing what's right for this country. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on jim bridenstine. i yield back my time. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: