none the less, they target similar c.b.o. funding. the department has spent down the encumbered funds since the b.l.a. reporter we're now at 1.3 million and we agree the mayor's propose the budget does increase by 2.0 million and it supports three line items and simple to explain and 1.225 for san francisco pretrial, although this was against a request of 1.7. 650,000 to replace grant funding in support of miss da mea miss d this supports transitional housing and five beds at harbor lights detox unit and health rehab case managers. this is all about reducing the jail population. and then there's an additional $250,000 which funds two and a half percent cost of living wage adjustment for c.b.o. workers. this was done across the city for all c.b.o. workers. more on this one -- the reason that we asked for 1.7 and the reason that the mayor gave us 1.2 is because both the court decision as well as the need for weekend and holiday coverage in support of reenvisioning goals has increased the work load for pre trials alternatives by 60%. as i

now, the other piece of our recommendations are the c.b.o. contracts. again, these are one-time recommendations. they are really very specific. i mean, we have what we wrote here in terms of the encumbrances. we did get an e-mail from someone, saying that the pretrial diversion would in fact be spending their entire contract this year, that the encumbrance information we had in our reports was from a couple of months ago. that may in fact be the case. but in both cases, we actually also know as programs ramp up, they never ramp up as quickly as the budget thinks they're going to, and that is really why we have maintained our recommendations for these reductions, is we know the ramp up isn't going to be there. year after year, we hear that nonprofits have not been able to actually increase their programs research spending at the rate that the budget shows. there's a reason why these are one-time recommendations. we believe if they ramp up in this year, the programs will -- you know, were maybe functioning at that level in 19-20. so in this case, that's wh

and the c.b.o. otherwise giving a summary of the facts of what we know. >> do you think that is working? >> these guys are the oneses to ask. >> look at the way the environmental protection agency, the c.b.o. have been attacked so viciously. there are these purifying elements already there. what right now that is being done is eroding confidence on those institutions that used to check us. >> it is not that i have a particularly good answer to your question. because institutions like the b.l.s. and the congressional budget office are on my mind a lot. probably not true in this room ut in general, these institutions are underappreciated. we should be working hard to shore up the credibility and reputations of these institutions. these are among the best, most neutral institutions that we have. they will deliver bad news to both parties and they do all the time. one thing we have got to do is protect these fantastic institutions. >> ok. i'm going to go back to the other side of the room here. >> thank

and we heard, also, the c.b.o. and the stanford studies have warned that the carbon tax is the most regressive tax that could be implemented and its impact on the poor and the middle class is at a rate of twice others. this is -- there is a simple solution, this resolution, just simply saying a carbon tax will be detrimental to american families and businesses and is not in the best interest of this country. now, last congress passed the very same resolution. it passed 237-163. it's our hope this year's effort will reflect the same bipartisan level of support. look, thanks to tax cuts and regulatory reform, america's economy is clearly on the rise. implementing a carbon tax at this juncture could very well put a brake on that progress. so instead of putting an ideologically tax on everything, there are better ways to address environmental concerns. we could invest strategically in research and innovation to develop clean energy technologies like has been done at net power, longview. we can provide incentives like 45

the c.b.o. estimate was one that took place, the estimate quoted a moment ago took place prior to the tax cut. more recent estimates indicate that the deficit is larger than anticipated and that the growth to the not expanded point that was anticipated. and that the deficit is going to be very real. all that is true. and while there have been increases in wages, some % over the last year and almost 18 months now, we're grateful for that, those wages are less than the inflation rate and therefore for those men and -- working men and women across the nation that have received an average of 2% or so of wage growth, it has een eaten up by inflation. thise point here is one of resolution reminding us that we have a very important obligation to adequately fund, in this case, the air force. in the previous piece of legislation, special operations. and indeed we do have that obligation. but at the same time we need to have a fiscally sound government. and unfortunately, what happened last december is to

the c.b.o. revised its economic forecast sharply upward this year and next. last june the congressional budget office said, g.d.p. growth for 2018 would likely be just 2%. now it figures that growth will be 3.3%. this was last april, mr. speaker. i suspect it's probably going to be higher at the end of this quarter. a significant upward revision. continuing to quote, it boosted its forecast for 2019 from a meager 1.5% to respectable 2.4%. mr. speaker, tax cuts are working to boost economic growth. obviously the story is far from completed. but the revenue generated by that increased growth is more than enough to offset the tax cuts that were passed by this body last december. mr. speaker, today's rule allows the house to take another step in fixing the problems created by the affordable care act and returning control of health care spending back to patients where it belongs. h.r. 6199, the restoring access to medication act of 2018, will allow those americans with health savings accounts to use those accounts to pay for over-the-counter medications, a practice

so the recommendation one which focused on provider performance, the one area was on c.b.o. performance which specifically wanted to look at monitoring and what we're doing looking around productive and service delivery and supply-demand. i wanted to highlight that we've actually been engaged in a lot of specifically specifically focused -- activity specifically focused on that. one, we do annual program review on all of our c.b.o.'s on various metrics that that happens on an annual basis, and redo -- we do random audits, as well. we believe that good documentation results in good quality of care as well as communication of our good quality of care as well as physical monitoring, so we've done a lot of training around documentation improvement, as well as providing tools and assistance around it. and specifically, we're looking at this year on looking at the quality assurance plans that the c.b.o.s have and looking specifically at what they're doing around chart monitoring and documentation monitoring and making sure that all of those elements are in place that meet the stan

tax bill gutted the individual responsibility requirement, causing a 15% spike in premiums, according to c.b.o. recently, the administration, again, cut funding for navigator organizations to just $10 million for the upcoming open enrollment period. saw at home what these navigator provisions meant to nonprofit organizations who were reaching out to people who wanted information in health care. cut, cut, cut is the administration's answer, and this congress' response to that administration action is zero, silence, silence, silence. these and so many other actions by republicans have led to direct increases in had premiums and out-of-pocket costs for middle-class families. expanding h.s.a.'s and shifting more americans into catastrophic coverage, as h.r. 6311 does, will not meaningfully help middle-class families, harmed by republican sabotage of a.c.a. instead, it will primarily benefit wealthy americans and large insurance companies. according to data from the joint committee on taxation, more than 80% of the tax benefit for health savings accounts goes to individuals earning more than $100,0

the luxury of waiting any longer on our bank regulators. finally, this legislation has a long list of supporters. c.b.o. global markets, nasdaq, nysc, c.m.e. group, the futures industry association, i.m.c., chicago trading company, t.d. amayor trade, just to name -- ameritrade, just to name a handful. this vote will help the cornerstone of dodd-frank. it's the support in maintaining options for investors and their ability to manage risk in volatile markets. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: mr. speaker, i have no additional requests for speaking, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. huizenga: mr. speaker, at this time i have no further requests to speak as well, and i want to just encourage my colleagues to vote for 5749, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bil

disabilities but these are the ones that have specifically mentioned children with disabilities in their work plan. i do recommend that i read this? >> director nicole bohn: yes, to clarify a c.b.o. is a community-based organization. >> community-based organization, i apologize. i will read them and this is not an exhaustive list but it's broken down by categories so my first grouping of categories is a group of education support programs and i'm going to read the agency first and then the program name next. so the agency, chinatown ymca and the program they provide to children with disabilities is called chinatown y learning center. and the agency, hunter's point family and the program name is literacy support. and agency, mission neighborhood centers. and the agency program name ged, general education diploma prep program. and the agency, richmond district neighborhood center, and the program name, richmond district neighborhood center academic response to intervention. from middle school and for high school. and agency name, springboard collaborative. program name is springboard after-school and summer. the next slide highlights a program called the chinatown -- at the chinat

allocated to the payroll and personnel and could not result -- and could result in hiring of more e.p.a. and i'm sure that's not your intention. so there would be no savings according to c.b.o., zero. no savings at all in this amendment. and i don't believe that's your intent. and because the amendment would have unintended consequences, i must oppose the amendment and i yield back to the gentlelady. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hice: thank you, mr. chairmanism appreciate these comments. what we are dealing with would simply do away with fund offering the small grants part of this program. where those funds are not being used according to the mission. and i would continue to ask for support for my colleagues, keeping in mind multiple organizations that are supportive of this amendment. i ask my colleagues to support this. i yield my time back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from minnesota. ms. mccollum: may i inquire how much time i have remaining? the chair: the gentlewoman has two minutes remaining. ms. mccollum: i would like to yield a minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the chair: without objection. ms. jackson le