facing twhowfn egreatest threats since the end of world war ii. our federal government should be sending a strong, unified message to vladimir putin that we stand united with our european allies. as chair of the defense appropriations subcommittee, i want to highlight a critical life, health, and safety provision in this c.r. for our brothers and sisters in hawaii. the fuel leak that occurred at the red hill bulk storage facility in hawaii last november is nothing short of an environmental catastrophe. one that's impacted thousands of residents. this bill should have never happened. and congress will hold the department of defense accountable to make this right. today we provide an additional $350 million for the department and the services to continue their efforts to address this crisis. i want to thank my colleagues from hawaii for leading on this issue, especially representative case who also joins and serves

with us on the appropriations committee. you'll hear from him later. you have my commitment that our subcommittee will do everything we can to stay on top of this. the people in hawaii impacted by the spill deserve clean drinking water. they deserve to know that their drinking water will be secure. it's just one more reason to support the c.r. today and i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote yes. let's keep the government open and get the full omnibus across the finish line. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. the gentlelady refers. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, the chair of the appropriations subcommittee on military construction and veterans' affairs, ms. wasserman schultz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentlelady from connecticut for yielding. here we are again.

debating the most basic function of our democracy. funding our government. yet once again here we are kicking the can a bit further down the road instead of passing a budget for a fiscal year that started 130 days ago. as chair of the milcon v.a. subcommittee, i know that we need a fill annual appropriations bill for military construction projects that are critical to our national security. and to make the needed annual investments in veterans' health care and benefits. you know, i've been in this chamber many, many times. when we came together for the good of the nation. just like we recently did to pass the infrastructure bill that was bipartisan, with at least some support from the other side of the aisle. we found common ground because infrastructure affects every corner of this great country. but the benefits of that landmark legislation cannot be fully realized until we enact the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. some states are even putting off projects until we appropriate funding from the full year

budget. the federal railroad administration can't hire the staff it needs in order to implement the infrastructure bill. new programs to reduce carbon emissions and to protect roads and bridges against the feblghts of climate -- effect of climate change will stall. all our communities in blue and red districts cannot access these new programs until we do our job and pass the full budget. without full-year appropriations bills we risk ending the greatest year of job growth the nation has ever seen. we risk knocking down ladders into our middle class. we risk our national security. we're close to a funding agreement thanks to our appropriations leadership. but we need time to finish that legislation in full. this continuing resolution gives us time to finish that vital work for the american people. i urge my colleagues to support the c.r. and i urge our colleagues in the entire house of representatives to diligently work together to make sure we can bring this budget process in for landing. thank you, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the

thegentlelady reserves the balae of her time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from hawaii, a member of the committee on appropriations, mr. case. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. case: madam speaker, as a proud member of your appropriations committee, i rise in strong support of this measure. i especially highlight section 165, directing $403 million to the emergency funding to the department of defense's urgent response to contamination of the city of honolulu's drinking water from our military's field facility at pearl harbor. it's a 250-millan gallon world war ii facility, providing drinking water to some 500,000 residents of which some 100,000 are military families served by the navy's water system drawing from this aquifer. obviously contamination of this ac we ferre would be -- aquifer

would be catastrophic, to general public health and also to fundamental military readiness. and yet that is exactly what happened last november when likely tens of thousands of gallons of fuel did leak from red hill into the aquifer and then through the navy water system to thousands of homes, businesses and military operations. people got sick and died, lives were disrupted. schools and businesses closed and some 3,500 mainly military families remain displaced overall. public confidence in our military remains shattered. since then our military, with their partners in state and federal government, has focused immediately on remediating the contamination, restoring drinking water and returning families to their homes. our military has expended hundreds of millions on these efforts to date with hundreds of millions more imminent and billions eventually required to implement red hill alternatives. this measure's $403 million of emergency fund something critical to sustain the -- funding is critical to sustain

the effort to stabilize red hill, return families to their homes and restore public confidence in our drinking water. i deepably appreciate the commitment of our chair and committee, our senate counterparts and my hawaii colleagues to the inclusion of this critical emergency funding. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington yields back. the gentlelady from connecticut reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: mr. speaker, in closing i urge my colleagues to join me in voting in favor of this bill. i would now like to take some time to honor one of our -- my committee staff, dave, who passed away suddenly on saturday. at just 24 years of age, he worked just as hard as anyone and did so with a heart of gratitude and service. dave joined my staff as an intern in 2019 and did such a great job that he officially

joined my staff in twow -- 2020. next week he would have celebrated his two-year anniversary with the committee. he always had a smile on his face and a joyful spirit that uplifted everyone. he truly made a positive impact on everyone he interacted with. on behalf of congress and the appropriations committee, i offer our sincerest condolences to his family, especially his sister, emily, who he greatlied a mighted and -- admired and cherished. words -- greatly admired and cherished. words cannot express how saddened we are at the loss of someone so young and so kind. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas yields back the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, first let me join ranking member granger in expressing my condolences at the unexpected passing of appropriations committee staff member dave over

the weekend. not an hour ago, to my colleague and the ranking member, i spoke with his father and expressed our condolences and our thoughts and prayers being with them and assured them that they are not alone, that they have a family here that mourns with them for the loss of dave and you so aptly described him and the promise for his future. our thoughts and our prayers are with him, with his family, and his sister, emily, that you mentioned, who he was very, very close to. his friends and his co-workers. and again, i join ranking member granger's sadness at this great loss for our committee. mr. speaker, regarding the legislation before us, the american people need a government funding agreement to support working families, expand access to child care, education,

job training. we need to be supporting small businesses. we need to rebuild our public health and transportation infrastructure, confront the climate crisis, provide care and benefits for our veterans, protect our national security. that's what we need to be about. let us pass this continuing resolution. let us complete an omnibus and let us get the job done for the good people that we represent. and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 912, the previous question is ordered on the bill. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending september

30, 2022, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the ayes have it. ms. granger: ski for yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms. granger: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3 of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings are postponed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz, to suspend the rules and pass s. 566. on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: senate 566, an act to designate facility of the united states postal service located at 42 main street in slatersville, roiled, as the specialist matthew r.ture cot -- --

turcotte post office. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hagedorn of minnesota, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will be voting yea on s. 5 v 6 -- 566. thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by marilyn strickland of washington and karen bass of california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gohmert of the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. gohmert will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kinzinger of illinois, i inform the house that mr. kinzinger will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative pingree of maine, i inform the house that representative pingree will vote yes on s. 566. as the member designated by

representative kuster of new hampshire, i inform the house that representative kuster will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition? >> i rise because pursuant to house resolution 8 as designated by mr. reed of new york, i inform the house that mr. reed will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition >> as the member designated by ms. frankel and ms. brownley, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following members, sara jacobs,

mr. bera, grace napolitano, vincente gonzalez, ms. roybal-allard, henry cuellar, john garamendi, raul ruiz and juan vargas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. soto of florida and mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, mrs. kirkpatrick, mr. payne, mr. sires and mr. malinowski, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. clarke of new york, i inform the house that ms. clarke will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman lofgren, chairwoman waters and representative bowman, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fallon of texas, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. gosar of arizona, i inform the house that mr. gosar will vote yes on the measure.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. trone of maryland, mr. cohen of tennessee, dr. lowenthal of california and mr. boyle of pennsylvania, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative doggett, desaulnier, moore and suozzi, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from roiled seek recognition? -- roiled seek recognition? -- rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: as the member designated by mr. larson of connecticut, ms. keating of massachusetts and ms. sewell of alabama, i inform the house that these members along with myself will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from hawaii seek recognition? mr. case: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that mr. kahele will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, thank you. as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of ohio, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yes on s. 566. as the member designated by mr. kelly of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. kelly will vote yes on s. 566. as the member designated by mr. amodei of nevada, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that that mr. amodei will vote yes on s. 566. thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. brooks of

alabama, i inform the house that mr. brooks will vote yea on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by members mceachin and porter, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote yea on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by mr. lucas of oklahoma, i inform the house that mr. lucas will vote yea on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, i inform the house that he will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. schneider of illinois, i inform the house that mr. schneider will vote yes on s. 566. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. dunn of florida, i inform the house that mr. dunn will vote yea on s. 566.

thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. khanna, mr. huffman and mr. gallego, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on s. 566.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush of illinois, i inform the house

that he will vote yes on s. 566. thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: on this volt, the yeas are 432, the nays are 0. present is one. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the fun in-- the unfinished business is the vote on the passage of h.r. 3076 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title

of the bill. the clerk: union calendar 171, a bill to provide stability to and enhance the services of united states postal service and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, mr. larson of connecticut, mr. keating of massachusetts, ms. sewell of alabama, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform

the house that ms. salazar will vote aye on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise because pursuant to house resolution 8, as the member designated by mr. reed of new york, i inform the house that mr. reed will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. frankel and ms. brownley, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose >> as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yes on h.r. 3076. as the member designated by mr. kelly of pennsylvania, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. kelly will vote yes on h.r. 3076. as the member designated by

mr. amodei of nevada, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that there are amodei will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lucas of oklahoma, i inform the house that mr. lucas will vote yea on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, mrs. ann kirkpatrick, mr. donald payne, mr. albio sires, and mr. tom malinowski, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. brooks of alabama, i inform the house that mr. brooks will vote no on h.r. 3076.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by marilyn strickland of washington and karen bass of california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. kinzinger of illinois, i inform the house that mr. kinzinger will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by representatives doggett, desaulnier, moore, and suozzi, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. louie gohmert from the great state of texas, i

inform the house that mr. gohmert will vote no on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? ms. bonamici: mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative pingree of maine, and representative kuster of new hampshire, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? mr. bucshon: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote nay on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: mr. speaker, i inform the house that members porter and mceachin, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. joyce: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. dunn of florida, i inform the house that mr. dunn will vote yea on h.r. 30776. thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following members -- sara jacobs, ami bera, very senta -- vicente gonzalez, john garamendi, raul ruiz, juan vargas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. schneider of illinois, i inform the house that mr. schneider will vote yes on h.r. 30776. -- h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman

from alabama seek recognition? mr. carl: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hagedorn, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will be voting no on h.r. 3076. thank you, sir.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition?

mr. gaetz: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. gosar from arizona, i inform the house that mr. gosar will vote no on the measure. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from hawaii seek recognition? mr. case: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that mr. kahele will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. gomez: as the member designated by mr. khanna, mr. huffman, mr. gallego, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. o-3076. -- h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

mr. elzy: mr. speaker -- mr. ellzey: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fallon of texas, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote no on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush of illinois, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 3076. thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? mr. carl: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hagedorn of minnesota, i inform the house that mr. mag dorn will be vote he -- mr. hagedorn will be voting yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. trone of maryland, mr. cohen of tennessee, dr. lowenthal of california, and mr. brendan boyle of pennsylvania, i inform

the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. soto and mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on h.r. 3076.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman waters, chairwoman lofgren and representative bowman, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on h.r. 3076. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. kelly: as the member designated by ms. clarke of new york, i inform the house that ms. clarke will vote yes on h.r. 3076.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson votes yes on h.r. 3076.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 342 and the

nays are 92. the bill is passed. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek recognition to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. members, as you know, this past

september, we played the congressional baseball game. we had another record crowd and raised over a million dollars for our charities and it was a great game, 13-12 and here to congratulate our republican players on their victory, hard-fought victory. they played hard. the league went back-and-forth when they scored enough runs to get extra runs and beat us. congratulations and see you next year and it has been set for july 28 and looking forward to playing it then and yield to the winning manager, roger, the floor is yours. >> i want to say our opponents, great game, 13-12, a lot of runs

scored. next one is going to be your last one after many, many years of managing and we appreciate what you have done. and you mentioned the charities and the charities were winners, almost $2 million and went from the game, it was a great night. with all that being said, it is a huge honor to accept this championship trophy for not only the team, but all conference in our republican conference. being america's team is not easy and we are america's team. and we are looking forward to july 28 where we hope everybody returns and we raised more money for charity and great honor and will display this proudly and look forward to seeing our opponents on july 28 and we'll

have representative steube ready to go. god bless all of you and god bless the great game of baseball. thank you. >> i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is on the passage of h. r. 2716. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned

coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative strichland and karen bass of california, i inform the house the house will vote yes on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. sail darr will vote yes yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition? >> pursuant to house resolution 8, pursuant to representative reed of new york, mr. reed will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek

recognition? mr. evans: as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gonzales of ohio, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzales will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. kelly of pennsylvania, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. kelly will vote no on h. r. 6617. as the member designated by mr. amodei of nevada, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote yes on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. pingree of maine and representative kuster, these members will vote yes on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

mr. fallon of texas, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote no on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: as the member designated by mr. lucas of oklahoma, i inform the house that mr. lucas will vote no on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kinzinger of illinois, i inform the house that mr. kinzinger will vote yes on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by members mceachin and porter, i inform the house they

mr. williams: vote yes. >> dr. dunn will vote yes on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by chair waters and chair lofgren i inform the house that they will vote yes on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gohmert, i inform the house that mr. gohmert will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. clarke of new york, i inform the house that misclarke will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hagedorn, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will be voting no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition?

>> as the member designated by ms. frankel and ms. brownley, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gosar of arizona, that mr. gosar will vote no on the measure.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida and mr. larson of connecticut and ms. sewell, these members along with myself will vote yes on h. r. 6617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? miss rice: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. schneider of illinois, i inform the house that mr. schneider will vote yes on h.r. 6617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. soto and crist of florida, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on h.r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by representatives doggett, desaulnier, moore and

suozzi, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on h.r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? mr. bucshon: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote nay on h.r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, mrs. ann kirkpatrick, mr. donald payne, mr. albio sires, and mr. tom malinowski, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush of illinois, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 6617. thank you.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. case: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that mr. kahele will vote yes on h.r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by dr. lowenthal of california, mr. trone of maryland, mr. cohen of tennessee, and mr. brendan boyle of pennsylvania, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6617. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. gomez: as the member designated by mr. khanna, mr. huffman, and mr. gallego, i

inform the house that these members will vote aye on h.r. 6617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following members -- sara jacobs, ami bera, grace napolitano, vicente gonzalez, lucille roybal, henry cuellar, john garamendi, raul ruiz, and juan vargas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6617.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? mr. moore: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. brooks from alabama, i inform the house that mr. books will vote yes on h.r. 6617.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 272 and the nays are 165. the bill is passed -- 162. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2324 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 2324, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 2800 south adams street in tallahassee, florida, as the d. edwina stephens post office. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. balderson: thank you,

mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yes on h.r. 2324. as the member designated by mr. kelly of pennsylvania, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. kelly will vote yes on h.r. 2324. as the member designated by mr. amodei of nevada, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following members -- sara jacobs, ami bera, grace napolitano, vicente gonzalez, lucille roybal-allard, henry cuellar, john garamendi, raul ruiz, and juan vargas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition?

mrs. kim: as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. kelly: as the member designated by ms. clarke of new york, i inform the house that ms. clarke will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. kinzinger of illinois, i inform the house that mr. kinzinger will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, mr. larson of connecticut, mr. keating of massachusetts, and ms. sewell of alabama, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. ellzey: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fallon of texas, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? miss rice: mr. speaker, as the

member designated by mr. schneider of illinois, i inform the house that mr. schneider will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. weber: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gohmert from the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. gohmert will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? ms. bonamici: mr. speaker, as the member designated by representatives pingree and kuster, i inform the house that representatives pingree and kuster will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition? mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise because privileged resolution -- i rise because of house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. reed of new york will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, mrs. ann kirkpatrick, mr. donald payne,

mr. albio sires and mr. tom malinowski, i inform the house that those members will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. joyce: mr. speaker, as the member designated by dr. dunn of florida, i inform the house that dr. dunn will vote yea on h.r. 2324. thank you. . >> as the member designated by ms. frankel and ms. brownley, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. r. 3234. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hagedorn of minnesota, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will be voting yes on h. r. 3234. >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that mr. kahele will vote yes on h. r. 3234.

>> as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote yes on h. r. 3234. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, i inform the house that he will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: mr. lucas of oklahoma, i inform the house that mr. lucas will vote yes on h. r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h. r. 2324.

>> as the member designated by mr. brooks of alabama, i inform the house that mr. brooks will vote yes on h.r. 3234. 23424 -- 2324.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. trone and mr. lowenthal of california and mr. boyle of pennsylvania and mr. cohen of tennessee, these members will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gosar of arizona, i inform the house that mr. gosar will vote yes on the measure.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mceachin and porter, these members will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by representatives doggett, desaulnier, moore and suozzi, these members will vote yes on h.r. 2324.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. khanna and these members will vote aye on h.r. 2324.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: chias i inform the house that members will vote yes on h.r. 2324.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. soto and crist, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2324. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative strichland of washington and representative bass of the state of california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 2324.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: as the member designated by mr. rush of illinois, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 2324.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 428, the nays are 1 and one recorded as present. 2/3 in the affirmative, the rules is passed and without objection, pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the vote is on the motion of the the gentlewoman from florida to suspend the rules to pass h.r. 375 as amended on which the the yeas and nays are ordered are ordered. the clerk: h.r. 735 a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 502 and in california the arthur lewis post office

building. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. brooks of alabama, i inform the house that mr. brooks will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. clarke of new york, i inform the house that ms. clarke will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform

the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yes on h.r. 357. as the member designated by mr. kelly of pennsylvania, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. kelly will vote yes on h.r. 735. as the member designated by mr. amodei of nevada, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. trone of maryland, dr. lowenthal of california, mrd mr. boyle of pennsylvania, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by dr. dunn of florida, i inform the house that dr. dunn will vote yea on h.r. 735. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin and ms. porter, i inform the house

that these members will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gohmert of the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. gohmert will vote yea on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by representative pingree of maine and representative kuster of new hampshire, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. baird of indiana, i inform the house that mr. baird will vote yea on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, mr. larson of connecticut, mr. keating of massachusetts and ms. sewell of alabama, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek

recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that ms. salazar will vote yea on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. frankel and ms. brownley, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: as the member designated by gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lucas, i inform the house that mr. lucas will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, ms. ann kirkpatrick, mr. donald payne, mr. sires, mre house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. gosar of arizona, i inform the house that mr. gosar will vote yes on the measure. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from

pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise because pursuant to house resolution 8, as the member designated by mr. reed of new york, i inform the house that mr. reed will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. snyder of illinois, i inform the house that mr. schneider will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. kinzinger of illinois, i inform the house that mr. kinzinger will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush of illinois, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 735. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

>> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fallon of texas, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from hawaii seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. kehele, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. haling do -- hagedorn of minnesota, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will be voting yes on h.r. 735. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. huffman, mr. gallego and mre that these members will vote aye on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by marilyn strickland of washington state and carolyn -- representative karen bass of

california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by the following members, sara jacobs, ami bera, grace napolitano, vicente gonzales, lucille roybal-allard, henry cuellar, john garamendi, raul ruiz and juan vargas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 735. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. sotos and crist of florida, i inform the house that as the members will vote yea on h.r. 735.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representatives doggett, desaulnier, moore and suozzi, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on h.r. 735.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chair waters, chair lofgren, i inform the house that these members will vote aye on h.r. 735.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 422, nates are four. one recorded present. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. without objection, the title is amended.

the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to clause 11 of rule 10, clause 11 of rule 1, the order of the house of the following member of the house to the permanent select committee on intelligence. the clerk: mr. gallagher of wisconsin. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks if necessary. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, it's been 342 days since the house of

representatives passed the george floyd justice in policing act. for 11 months senate republicans have filibustered this bill, blocking meaningful change and accountability to address systemic racism. one critical reform that can wait no longer is restricting the use of no-knock warrants. these extreme warrants too often create dangerous situations for innocent bystander stds, as well as suspects and law enforcement. ms. mccollum: that's why the st. paul police department has not issued a no-knock warrant since 2016. but the minneapolis police department continues to insist on using these no-knock warrants. the irresponsible choice that they're making has resulted again in a death, the killing of mr. locke last week. another life cut tragically short during a no-knock search. a headline that we have all become too familiar with and that's why we need federal reforms now, the house has done

its job, the senate must do its job and stop stalling and pass the tim floyd justice in policing act -- george floyd justice in policing act. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i ask 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. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize and honor joe willy souza for being inducted into the georgia association of broadcasters hall of fame. joe willy is no stranger to the georgia broadcasting award scene as he also earned the best pandemic coverage award. in the face of a public health crisis, joe's knowledge and expertise helped educate listeners on issues of supreme importance to them. he developed this experience as an on-air radio personality for several stations over his four-decades-long career. his career began in the 1970's, when he took a chance to get into broadcasting while working at a winn dixie in brunswick.

he had plans to attend the university of georgia after attending high school but got his big break when he began working a radio show from 7:00 to midnight. after only a year of work and showing off his natural talent, joe had shown he was more than capable and he was offered a spot on the morning show and the rest is, as they say, history. since that day joe has broadcast his personality across airwaves and we hope to continue to hear from him for years to come. thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> public transportation that everyone can access is a critical, long-term investment in our communities. ms. underwood: the bipartisan infrastructure law is the largest federal investment ever in safe, healthy and sustainable transit options for millions of americans.

options that keep seniors and neighbors in my community in northern illinois connected. not only will the bipartisan infrastructure law continue record job growth by adding millions more good-paying union jobs, it invests $4.5 billion in illinois for critical upgrades and repairs to aging transit infrastructure. last week i visited the crystal lake metro station to highlight the difference this money will make for us at home. now metro can invest in upgrading accessibility and replacing decades' old rail cars with cleaner terrence. i'm proud to work with the biden-harris administration to improve, modernize and expand our public transportation infrastructure. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask 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. >> madam speaker, i rise today to congratulate my good friends and community leaders who have been serving my hometown of

shreveport for a remarkable 75 years. the c.p.a. firm has been an integral part of our community since 1946. in fact, founding partner charles mcilroy served as one of the first chairmen of the louisiana certified public accountants. from the very beginning the firm has established itself as a pillar of trust, integrity and competence. their firm is now one of the largest accounting groups in northwest louisiana this. firm and its over 100 employees have worked faithfully for the people of louisiana every day and they continue to be a cornerstone for our region. mr. johnson: we are blessed to have their mission of accounting excellence and commitment to integrity as part of our community. thank you, my friends for serving so well for all of these years and happy 75th anniversary. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today

to celebrate the career of tom brady. as a congressman for foxborough, massachusetts, i represent the home of the new england patriots. for 20 of his 22 seasons in the national football league, mr. brady was a patriot. he brought pride and six super bowl victories to my district and to the fans of new england. mr. brady embodies excellence, he's the greatest football player of all time. and his final m.v.p.-worthy season is indication that he was still getting better when he retired. mr. auchincloss: he won 35 playoff games throughout his career. that is more than double the second place quarterback. even down by 25 points with little more than 15 minutes on the clock in the biggest game, he never gave up on his team. indeed, teamwork was tom brady's top talent. he elevated others to his team-first ethic and his competitive drive. from the sixth round to seven super bowls, the goat was always focused on the team, not himself. on behalf of two decades of foxborough faithful, thank you, tom brady, for the memories. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentlewoman from iowa seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute >> madam speaker, i rise today to honor of life of a young man in my district. on february 1, andrew passed away after a nearly four-year battle with brain cancer. andrew was a life-long native, graduating from our lady of lords and assumption high school where he developed many life-long friendships. he loved playing sports and running and participating in several marathons across the country. i first met andrew in 2014 when he volunteered and worked at the r.n.c. victory office. andrew was a devoted husband, son and father. after his cancer diagnosis, andrew built a beautiful family. he married his best friend and love of his life, mary. they had two beautiful children, audrey and olver. mrs. miller: no matter what was happening in his -- mrs. miller-meeks: no matter what was happening in his life, he always put others first. he asked others how they were doing, never complain being his diagnosis.

and to his family and friends and his r.n.c. friends are in our friends and during this difficult time. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to celebrate patty white, a long-time resident of southwest detroit in michigan's 13th district strong on the occasion of her 100th birthday. ms. tlaib: mother white was born on february 23, 1922, in alabama, and later moved to river rouge, michigan. she married the love of her life, albert james white in 1946. they were married for 52 years and raised their seven children in river rouge and in southwest detroit neighborhoods with love and instilling an ethic of responsibility and kindness towards others. in 1967, mother white and her husband started a community

church. lovejoy missionary baptist church in river rouge, which cremeanted her role as a monarch of our community. mother white shined bright in our community and had brought so much joy to her family, friends and neighbors. please join me in wishing her a happy 100th birthday and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i seek 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. lamalfa: thank you. in 2021, u.s. drug overdoses due to fentanyl skyrocketed, it's now reported to be the leading cause of death for americans aged 18 to 45. the leading cause of deaths for americans between 18 and 45 is imported fentanyl, mostly coming across our open southern border. instead of combating this epidemic, by prosecuting drug traffickers or banning substances, the biden administration is making america's drug problem worse by

actually putting crack pipes distributed into the hands of users. crack pipes distributed by the u.s. government into the hands of drug users. yes. this has been already modeled in san francisco. so i guess you want to do the californiacation of the rest of the country with these crazy ideas coming from the biden administration. boy, we've gone from just don't do it to, hey, just hand it all out. it's unbelievable that this is a policy in a time of drug problems in this country skyrocketing, harm coming to people and the biden administration wants to hand out free crack pipes. in the name, i guess, of racial equity. unbelievable. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise -- i request unanimous consent to speak to the audience for one minute.

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. lesko: all right. you know, i was just listening to congressman lamalfa from california and i couldn't agree with him more. you know, here we are in the united states, where crime is skyrocketing. fentanyl is crossing the border in record amounts and it's the number one cause of death for ages 18 through 45. and here today i see this headline and i just googled it and came up with this one from blackenterprise.com. the headline says, the biden administration to fund the distribution of crack pipes and syringes to promote racial equity. on monday applications closed for the biden administration's

new $30 million grant program to provide crack pipes and smoking kits to promote racial equity. are you kidding me? our crime is rising and this is what the biden administration thinks is the priority? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i ask to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much. many of our jurisdictional committees have oversight over the major league sports teams from baseball to basketball to

football. as a member of the judiciary committee i have been engaged with my committee in the oversight of the national football league. in fact, i remember more than a decade ago, we were the first committee to deal with brain concussions and the lack of response by the nfl to the players. today i rise for the lack of response for racism and racial discrimination in the nfl. and i take note of the lawsuit filed by coach brian flores and hope the words "it is without merit" will not stand. i believe it's important with the numbers of minority players versus the number of coaches to that in terms of statistics that we address the seeming appearance of racial discrimination in the nfl. i think it is important to reassess the rooney rule, to give a cry tophera -- a criteria for how coaches are selected so missic -- mistakes like the

coach from boston sending the wrong notice that you've been hired would not happen. mr. goodell and owners, let's work together and let's get the team to look like america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson is recognized for 60 minutes as the dezic the of the minority leader. the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. this evening we'll have republican members from across this country to address the multiple crises that are facing our country. whether it's the economic crisis, the crime crisis, the energy crisis, the border crisis, the foreign policy crisis, and now the related

issue of the staggering and ongoing crisis of fentanyl, a scourge upon this country. mr. speaker, i would yield first to the gentleman from virginia, mr. griffith, address this issue. mr. griffith: thank you very much. thank you, mr. speaker. in 2020, my state of virginia hit a tragic milestone. fatal drug overdoses hit an all-time high of 2,309. fentanyl and its analogs caused or contributed to 71. #% of those deaths. the statistic we was for 2021 indicate it may surpass that heartbreaking number of overdose deaths. we have tools at our disposal to reduce the availability of ill list substances such as fentanyl and meth and in turn prevent overdose deaths but they are not being used. cartels are taking components of fentanyl from china, manufacturing it in mexico, and smuggling it across the border.

in fiscal year 2021, fentanyl seizures by u.s. customs border protection increased by 134%. but the biden administration is weakening our country's ability to secure its own border allowing not only more illegal immigration but smuggling of deadly drugs. meanwhile, fentanyl related substances have only temporarily been listed on a schedule 1 drug with extensions passed every few months including today we extended it another three weeks. but not a permanent scheduling. to correct this problem, i've introduced the halt fentanyl act with congressman latta of ohio. it would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances. our bill doesn't stop there it streamlines research on fentanyl analogs so we can better understand the effects of the substances. at a recent hearing of the subcommittee on health we heard testimony that as many as 4,800 fentanyl analogs.

we have data on fewer than 30 of them. in other words, fewer than 1% of them. most of the fentanyl-related substances we have data are odangerous, some are inert and may have properties that block opioid addiction we simply need to know more. our bill makes room for researchers not just at federal agencies but across research institutions to get to work. i believe our bill would save lives. house democrats should help us send it to the president's desk. but this bill alone will not solve the problem. it helps, but it will not solve the problem. we have to use all the tools available to us. we need to increase the number of border agent we was, particularly on the southern border. we need to give them the tool they need we ged knead to give them more drug thrs electronic surveillance in the air with need to give them more dogs to help sniff out drugs when they can. it's coming across in small

amounts. here you see it. two milligrams, legal dose, for most -- lethal dose for most americans there it is compared to the penny they need more dogs at the border. they need more horses because some of that terrain is not suitable for motor vehicles. and last but not least, mr. speaker, we need to finish building the wall. i yield back. mr. johnson: could not have said it better myself, my friend. i thank you for those comments. mr. speaker, what mr. griffith is explaining there is the magnitude of this crisis and i have a number of colleagues here tonight that'll speak to it. illegal drug overdoses recently became the leading cause of death for americans age 18 to 45. the leading cause of death. today in america, illegal drug overdoses are killing more people at this age demographic than car accidents, obviously than cancer, more than covid. and in my home state of

louisiana alone, opioid deaths increased by 2021 by 40%. in one year. mostly driven by an increase in ill list fentanyl. what is fentanyl? it's a synthetic opioid that's 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine. it's created with chemicals shipped from china to mexico, tracked across our southern border. its po tency means the smallest amount, even to fit on the tip of a pencil, is considered a lethal dose. now it's fueling one of the worst drug epidemics in american history. the biden administration's response has been nothing. passivity. they been passive about secure our border, the entry point for the drugs coming into our community. they've been passive about prosecuting drug offenders. many democrat-led jurisdictions are lowering felony offenses to misdemeanors. they've been passive about preventing druse abug. the democrat's american rescue plan even incleudz a provision as you have already heard

tonight and will hear more to distribute drug paraphernalia at taxpayer expense. it's unbelievable. mr. speaker, fentanyl deaths are certain to increase unless we act with the same resolve that we have used to attack other less deadly threats if the biden administration was serious about a i dressing this crisis, they'd start by securing our turnstile at the southern border. it's time for the democrats in charge here to wake up. to help address this problem we have to take immediate steps. we have to secure our border, prosecute criminals again, we have to work with localities to prevent drug apuce rather than accommodate it. mr. speaker, i have a number of colleagues as i mentioned who will address this issue in further detail. i'm deliked they have take then time to be here. i'm happy to yield as much time as he may use to the gentleman from florida, mr. franklin. mr. franklin: i appreciate my colleague from louisiana for giving me time to talk about this vital matter. i rise in support of our border

agents to work tirelessly to stop the flow of deadly drugs across the southern border. their job is made incredibly more difficult by the open border policies of the biden administration. i'm asked why as a floridian i care so deeply about what's happening on the southern border. whether it's criminals, terrorists, human traffickers or drug smugglers, problems at the texas, arizona, new mexico and california borders become problems for all americans. florida may be hundreds of miles from the border but illegal drugs from there are flooding our communities. the tampa bay area, my home, has an overdose rate that's 50% higher than the national average. to put that figure in context, 30 people in the tampa bay area are dying every week from overdoses. let that sink in. the lion's share of these overdoses are from fentanyl this highly lethal drug, primarily manufactured in china and smuggled in by mexican cartels, is many times stronger than heroin, morphine and other

opioids. as little as two milligrams, smaller than the tip of a pencil, you can see it here relative to penny is often enough to kill. this is a national tragedy. it's exasperating to see the hands of our agents tied as they try to stop this crisis. because their own government stands in their way. as one frustrated border agent told his chief in a recently leaked video, for elf to triumph is for good men to do nothing. mr. speaker, the biden administration is doing worse than nothing. it is actively promoting an open border policy that allows dangerous drugs to flow into our communities. this administration has the blood of its citizens on its hands. for the safety and security of our nation, it must stop. i yield back. mr. johnson: i thank you for that compelling message. every state is a bored state now, whether you're on the coast or whether you're up north or anywhere in the country. and tennessee is no exception to

that. i yield next to my good friend mr. burchett. mr. burchett: thank you, chairman johnson. appreciate the great work you've been doing on this the last few weeks. i look forward to working with you in the future p six days ago, mr. chairman, i spoke about the fentanyl crisis in this chamber. according to the trajectory of the c.d.c.'s most recent 12-month data on drug overdose death, over 1,600 americans have died since that stage. 1,600. in reality i'm afraid the number is actually higher thanks to illegally trafficked fentanyl. just last week and unsuspecting high school student in connecticut overdosed on marijuana, laced with fentanyl. thankfully that student is all right but sadly there are many others who don't survive an overdose. a man called my office the other day, his son died in the carolinas, unsuspecting, took a street drug, it was laced with fentanyl they said the fentanyl was still in his -- the pill was still in his mouth, it was that strong.

our government needs to stop illegal fentanyl from entering the united states right now, mr. speaker. republicans and democrats must demand more action on this issue from our leaders. here in the house, speaker pelosi controls the floor schedule and does not say much about illegal fentanyl trafficking. down pennsylvania avenue at the white house, president biden issued financial sanctions against foreign smugglers who bring drugs like fentanyl into our country. mr. speaker, that's a nice start but i doubt these cartel thugs and bums will quit the drug trade because just bays they can't use an american bank. earlier today i delivered a letter to speaker pelosi requesting she do everything in her power to stop fentanyl from entering our country. president biden received a copy of that letter as well. i urge them to consider my fentanyl traffickers' elimination act which would sentence traffickers to life in prison. as a possible solution to reducing the amount of fentanyl that flows across our borders.

politically i've lit until common with speaker pelosi and president biden. i met president biden after the prior breakfast and i told him i don't agree with hardly anything he does but i pray for his -- for him every day. that's true. i believe all three of us agree more needs to be done to stop americans from overdosing on illegal fentanyl. ening overwhelmingly, majorities in our respective parties feel the same. the american people will be glad to see us put politics aside and do something to reduce the tragic fentanyl overdose deaths that have become too comop in our communities. unfortunately we spend most of our time up here, these bridges and post offices won't name themselves. we need to get back to the people's work and put an end to this tragedy. i yield back the remainder of my time. mr. johnson: thank you, my friend. it is a serious issue. every moment of levity helps us but i tell you what, if we can't work in a bipartisan fashion to prosecute criminals and stop

cartels there may not be a lot of hope for this institution. i hope we get back to that soon. mr. speaker, the gentlelady next from arizona, a state that certainly deals with this every moment of every day. she's seen it up close. delighted to yield to ms. lesko. mrs. lesko: thank you very much, representative johnson. i'm going to read off some headlines. the first one is from the new york post. it says fentanyl now leading cause of death among teens in arizona border county. in the article, it says fentanyl overdoses have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of death among teenagers in an arizona border county as governor doug doucy blames president biden's neglect of the u.s. border for the rise in lethal drugs coming into the

country. the next article is entitled, and this is from a tv station in dueson, arizona poison centers sound alarm as fentanyl overdoses spike. another article. this one is from the center square. arizona seizes record amount of fentanyl, now cited as leading cause of death of americans between 18 and 45. it goes on to say, authorities in arizona seized $9 million worth of fentanyl pills in the state's largest bust of the ill list drug. enough, they said, to kill half the population of arizona. wow. it goes on to say, fentanyl has become the drug of choice of the

mexican sinoloa cartel which controls the u.s.-mexico border stretching from california to el paso, texas. this is not a reck rational drug, scottsdale police department chief walters said. this is death. two milligrams is a lethal dose. a teaspoon holds about 5,000 milligrams, enough to kill 2,500 people. one pound of fentanyl, or 453,592 milligrams, could kill 226,796 people. the next the next headline and this is from nbc news, fentanyl deaths

from mexican objectiony pills -- oxy pills hit arizona hard. one of the things it says in this report, a kid swallowed a pill at a party before falling asleep forever. he and three other teenagers took this drug and it said, the four thought they were taking oxycodone. they didn't know that it was lazed with fentanyl -- laced with fentanyl. it's the worst i've seen in 30 years. this toll that has taken on families, said doug coleman, the u.s. drug enforcement administration special agent in charge of arizona. the crack cocaine crisis was not even this bad.

these are just some of the headlines, ladies and gentlemen. and i live in the border state of arizona. we're impacted greatly. i call on president biden, i plead with president biden, come down to the border, see it for yourself. talk to the border patrol agents. they'll show you all of the fentanyl pills that they have seized, but we know that there's a lot they haven't even caught and it's coming into our communities. it's killing our kids. it's killing our brothers. it's killing our sisters. please, president biden, take this seriously and secure the border now. i yield back. >> i thank my friend. that passion is authentic. as said from arizona, you see it every day, mr. speaker. i received a text message from our colleague, mr. katko, he's

the lead republican on the homeland security committee and he said, make sure when we're talking about the cartel to point out they're getting magnificently enriched through this smuggling surge, they're flush with cash. and they're now developing their own ability to make -- that is a dangerous game changer for the country. this crisis gets worse by the hour. mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield next to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. van drew. dr. van drew. mr. van drew: thank you. i'm honored by your yielding and the work you're doing in this area. we're in the midst of perhaps the widest array of crisis this country has ever seen. a global pandemic, inflation, and an unstable world stage that could erupt at any moment. yet covid-19 and these uncertainties are the only things slowly infecting every

corner of this country. fentanyl, fentanyl, that word. it just takes two milligrams of this substance which is 100 times more potent than morphine to kill a full grown human. border patrol has already seized more than 2,700 pounds at the southern border this year. 2,700 pounds. enough to kill every single american twice over. the massive inflow of this deadly substance is a direct result of our weakening southern border and policies designed to entice illegal immigrants to flow into our nation. often sourced directly from china, our open border policies have allowed the worst of humanity to sneak this drug into every community, small and

large, rural, urban or suburban, across our great america. and it's become so bad in fact that fentanyl is now the leading cause of death, as you've heard, over and over again, because it is so unbelievable, of all americans between the ages of 18 and 45, imagine that, it's not comprehensible. exacerbated by the stress of mandates and lockdowns, fentanyl-related overdoses across the board increased by more than 55%. i've seen it personally in my home district and across the great state of new jersey. where thousands of families last year lost a loved one to a fentanyl overdose. it has to end, it has to stop. we must secure our southern border. we must provide the resources to get these drugs off the street.

and we must permanently make fentanyl a schedule one drug. it's time to finish the wall, stop the relocating of illegal migrants across the country, and we must empower our law enforcement at the border to uphold the rule of law. if not, we will lose our america that we love. i yield back. mr. johnson: strong words on a really important set of issues, mr. speaker. i'm happy to yield next to the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa. mr. lamalfa: i thank the gentleman from louisiana for hosting this tonight and continuing to keep the effort up to put this in front of the american people and the congressed a and the white hous. we talked a couple times here this evening so far and this is a stat that, don't know if it's reaching across to enough

people. the leading cause of death for americans aged 18 to 45 is fentanyl. it isn't car wrecks, it's not gun violence, which is usually people violence that it takes to run a gun, to clear up a term, it's not cancer, it's not some other form. it's a drug. so what is this? it really boils down to a border problem. when the biden administration decided to have a much more open hands-off policy on our borders, the trump administration had been attempting to do, this problem's been exacerbated. the number of people coming across, some for asylum reasons, others for economic reasons, but the ones that are mixing in are bringing this stuff with them. as a californian, we have prime

examples what have that looks like on our streets, what it looks like for homelessness, and for people literally dying on the street. san francisco being a shining example, i think, of what most cities don't want to be. with the problems they have on their streets. with homelessness. with drug use. people dying on our streets. needle programs, they call it clean needle exchange programs. they're not even exchange programs. even one of my district towns, chico, california, a nice town, people bring these needles in as part of a -- they don't exchange them anymore. they just give them out. until finally the city council changed and they've moved in a direction to try and stop this sort of thing. it was killing a small valley town like chico. and yet our administration is promoting an open border policy, allowing this fentanyl that you

heard my colleagues tonight talking about, how small of an amount it takes to not only negatively effect people but kill them. it's extremely potent. it doesn't take much of this stuff to cause a death. and it's coming across pounds and pounds at a time over our border. why are we allowing this to happen? freely over our borders? distributors without consequence putting it out, harming our people, harming this country. you know, if my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the democrats or the white house, really cared about the health and safety of american citizens, they would implement commonsense policies to combat this epidemic, increasing search and seizures at our border, prosecuting traffickers instead of letting them go. it's just so unbelievable. people come up to me all the time as their representative, we

just can't believe what's going on in our country lately. the prosecution, letting people out of prison. right back to offend once again. and this wide-open border that is just an open conduit to so much harm for terrorism to -- they picked up five syrians the other day. it isn't just people coming from central america wanting a better life. or reuniting families, when you have single young men coming across the border. this is a fraud that's being committed to the american people here. and this fentanyl is one example of harming not just economically but our open border, but so many people with an illegal drug because we have a sieve, a terrible policy. our border patrol folks are so demoralized by what's going on here and our people of our country are. this is one of the -- we have many crises these days, but this

is one of the worst because we are losing the definition, the identity of our country with what's been going on. president biden's team needs to get on the job here and enforce our border and not allow this poison to keep coming across. mr. johnson, thank you again. i yield back the time. mr. johnson: i thank you for that. you know, the border patrol agents are as frustrated as we are, demoralized is exactly right. we've all met with them and heard their stories and the reason they're so frustrated, mr. speaker, is because all of this crisis is completely avoidable. these are the results of bad policy choices and that is what is so outrageous. mr. speaker, i yield next to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman. mr. grothman: thanks. i'm going to try to add a few additional things about fenlt nell. i first -- fentanyl. i first got here about seven years ago and at the time there were 47,000 deaths caused by illegal drugs a years. by comparison there were 57,000 people who died in vietnam. but that was over a 10-year

period, 12-year period. this is over one year, 47,000 people. and it was a national crisis and every politician had to address that crisis. seven years later what became of that statistic? a 45,000 -- a 47,000 deaths a year from fentanyl, it went up to 100,000 deaths a year. now, i've been at the border five times. every time i'm down there the border patrol again and again emphasizes that with this open flow of people coming into this country, you're getting unlimited fentanyl. so we got two obvious things to address the problem. we just passed a continuing resolution today with some increases in there, but the budget proposed by our president doesn't increase funding for the border patrol at all. you go through that budget, 12%

here, 7% here. border patrol, nothing. like these lives don't matter at all. we've got to spend more money at the border. secondly when it comes down to penalties for people who are selling this fentanyl or trafficking in fentanyl, they are not enough. right now your penalties for her win, which is a fraction -- heroine, which is a fraction as leeght as as -- lethal as fentanyl are much higher than mandatory minimums than the cutoff for fentanyl. i've introduced a bill that's going to teal with that call -- deal with that called the fentanyl penalties prepare act. so geeivet to throw more people in prison -- so we've got to throw more people in prison. that 100,000 deaths by the way, that's not what we call nonviolent. ask the parents of the people who die of these fentanyl overdoses whether that's just a nonviolent crime and we'll slap somebody on the wrist and who cares. we've got to up the penalties on

people who are selling that fentanyl. we had 560 people die in milwaukee county alone last year and milwaukee county is not that big. secondly, we've got to do something at that border. the idea that this -- these fentanyl drugs have to continue to flow across the southern border and we can pretend there's nothing we can do that we can continue to allow kamala hartoys look out at the border which is just like a joke on the american people, it's a joke on anybody who has a loved one die of this fentanyl, that's got to end. i hope everybody in this building, those people fortunate enough to meet the president, tell him, get kamala harris off that border and get us some more border patrol agents down there so it shows that we're taking the lives of these hundred thousand people a year a little more seriously. thank you very much. mr. johnson: a very forceful message. mr. speaker, can i inquire how of time is available on the clock? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 32 minutes remaining. mr. johnson: 32, thank you. mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield

next to a gentleman who has been on the front lines of all of this as a retired police lieutenant, also a former professional hockey player and that's pretty cool too. he's a tough guy but he knows the issue and happy to yield to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. stauber. mr. stauber: thank you very much, congressman, for this one it is needed and i appreciate your time. i rise to discuss the fentanyl crisis that is wreaking havoc on our families. the hardest thing i had to do during my 23 years is tell an unsuspected mother that her child died due to a drug overdose. and when people were forced inside this pandemic, things got worse. for the first time ever, drug overdosees in the united states

topped 100,000. over dose deaths are now claiming a new victim every five minutes and as stated earlier, fentanyl overdose deaths were the leading cause for 18-35. that is higher than car crashes put together. the american people are suffering. we have a moral obligation to do everything we can to prevent another addition and prevent another death and another heartbroken family. the d.e.a. revealed in december that criminal drug networks in mexico using resources from china are trafficking fept nil over the southern border that could provide a lethal dose to every american seven times.

drug cartels are exploiting the open border policies. and the american people are paying the price with their lives. without serious action, this fentanyl will continue to flow across our border and affect our families and communities. joe biden must secure our border by finishing the wall, fully reinstate the remain in mexico policy and send a clearly message, don't come to the united states illegally. mr. chair, i yield back. mr. johnson: thank you, my friend, i appreciate your words on the issue. i yield to the gentleman from texas, dr. babin, will address some of the other cries sees we face as well.

mr. babin: there are multiple crises. and president biden has self-inflicted and excessive spending. and biden and the democrats have no interest in that. this out of control spending is necessary to appease the radical democrat base who have climate change policies without a care in the world. inflation sits at a 40-year high and our national debt has increased by trillions of dollars, trillions. for years, my colleagues have worked tirelessly to desen advertise to the word trillion. it is a mind-boggling figure.

and when i was legitimated to congress in 2014, our national debt was $17 trillion. fast forward eight years later, our national debt is $30 trillion. this should shock every american taxpayer. allow me to put it in perspective. if you owed $1 trillion and pay 1 dollar per second, it would take 31,000 700 years to become debt free and multiply that by 30, $30 trillion for national debt. but this would amount to 951,000 years. if we paid $1 dollar per second, it would take us shy of a million years to become debt

free. president biden and the democrats must be stopped. american solve vens shy must be preserved. future generations are counting on us to get control of the uncontrolled suspending. we cannot afford to fail. mr. johnson: thank you, dr. babin and people don't think about the magnitude and every future generation. thank you for that insight tonight. and i'm happy to yield next to the gentleman from georgia and he will address some of the crime crises. mr. carter: i thank the gentleman. for years, democrats have been pushing the defund the police

officers. now we are paying the price. in the year 2021, 73 of our bravest police officers lost their lives in defense of this country and their communities. this is a 59% increase from 2020 in the most that we have had since 1995. this is unacceptable. the language from top democrats empowers those who wish to do harm upon others and leaves our law enforcement stranded with nowhere to look. after an entire year after this detrimental rhetoric, 16 cities have set new records in 2021. 346 officers were shot. and we shaw 115% increase in

ambushed-style attacks on law enforcement frrl 2020. democrats aren't downplaying their rhetoric, they are completely ignoring it. shoplifting in california and new york has gotten so bad that it is offenders walk into a store and grab what they want and walk out. the first congressional district of georgia is no exception to this current trend. in the first half of 2021, violent crime increased 7%. property crimes rows 20% and shop shrifting, 9%, all in savannah alone. folks, this rhetoric is harmful and hurts our communities and hurts our law enforcement and it hurts our constituents. we must put a stop to this and

reenforce the fact of this that we have the back of our police officers. this issue is of the utmost importance and i call upon the president to say he supports our men and women in blue. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. carter for that. thank you, my friend, for your insights. mr. speaker, i yield next to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. rose. mr. rosendale: thank you for -- >> and thank you for yielding me time to speak. i rise to ring the alarm bell of the united states current financial crisis and democrats' far left policies and just last

week the national debt equips $30 trillion. american taxpayers will be left to foot the bills not only for the billions and trillions of dollars but also on an increasing cost, interest on the debt. the federal government has continued to kick the can down the road ignoring the problems caused by our out of control spending and diminishing our quality of life through no fault of our own. what a gutless and inexcusable thing to do. while our time is running out and interest rates will rise in the future, if they rise to 5.1%, american taxpayers would be burdened with an annual interest payment on the national

debt of $1.5 trillion, twice the budget for the department of defense or almost 75% of all income taxes collected in fiscal year 2021. put another way, three-quarters of the income taxes that americans pay would go nothing more than paying interest on the national debt while only a quarter would be left to pay for much needed programs like the justice department, infrastructure and defense. americans' pocketbooks are hurting whether at the gas pump, grocery store or the energy that heats your home, prices are going up due to democrats' far-left policies and out of control spending. last week, democrats doubled down by ram, inc. through their

$325 billion america competes act more like the america concedes to china act, which will worsen america's america crisis. how can anyone encourage this reckless behavior? i have two sons, one who is four years old and sam who is 10 months. they will have to make payments on their massive debt and the generations will do the same unless we do the same. we must prevent future generations from paying the price for our financial mistake. this has been ignored. with rising interest rates on

the horizon, now is the last time and best time for president biden and members of congress to take a look in the mirror and ask ourselves if we think the american people are ok with our country being steered off this fiscal cliff. thank you, chairman johnson. mr. johnson: our children and what we are doing to them, they will have less security and less financial security and won't have the great fortune we have because we are making bad policy decisions and adding to the debt and compounding to the problem and we can't get anyone to pay attention to it. the democrats refuse to address the issue and it is just so frustrating. mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield to the gentleman from georgia,

mr. clyde. mr. clyde: mr. speaker, it is no secret that president biden's crises have devastated small businesses and the energy crisis is no exception. it has created skill rocketed burdens on americans already struggling, destroyed thousands of energy jobs and canceled american energy independence. the energy crisis has been fueled by the administration's failed policy decisions cancelling the xl pipeline. and president biden greenlit president putin's pipeline and begged to release three days of

oil from our petroleum reserve. but the ramifications of president biden's ill-advised policies are in matters of if national security. president biden surrendered us to benefit russia and handing putin the pipeline, biden abandoned leveraging that could be used right now as pensionnes. after conceding this opportunity, the president claims he will bring an end to the pipeline fm russia invades ukraine, really? do you think this new claim is going to make russia tremble in their boots? this empty threat means nothing to putin but energy independence

means everything for americans struggling to keep their families warm as they wonder president biden prioritized russian energy above their own. we must put americans first yet the biden administration has again failed america. thank you. >> i thank you for yielding back. mr. johnson: as we've illustrated tonight, from so many members coming in from all over the country about all these crises, and we genuinely could go for hours and hours. but the hour is getting late tonight and our special order hour is running out. but i want to reiterate again some of the things we highlighted in this last hour on the floor here in the people's house tonight. we addressed this economic crisis, that's just staggering. $30 trillion federal debt. it's a number that previous

generations of americans couldn't even have imagined. we talked about the crime crisis and the utter lack of responsibility that democrats in charge have shown and that the white house has shown to address this issue. the border crisis and now the fentanyl crisis that is directly related to that. it's become the number one killer of americans aged 18 to 45 in this country. and the energy crisis. and because i come from an energy state, state of louisiana, i just want to conclude with a couple of remarks to just put a fine point on that latter issue before we close this evening. mr. speaker, the problem here is that as with all of these crises, all this is totally avoidable. all of this is the result of policy choices. it's bad decisions. bad policy. by the white house, and by the democrats in charge. mr. speaker, on the energy crisis, president biden's anti-energy agenda has caused the price of a gallon of gas to skyrocket to $3.42 nationally.

and last week oil prices hit $90 a barrel. that's a seven-year high. in just the last month, oil prices have surged 37%. that's in one month. and it's been on a steady and rapid increase. given this agenda and the rapid rise in prices, it is not surprising that according to a recent gallup poll, american satisfaction with our energy policy is the lowest in two decades. that's because americans have paid at the pump more now than they paid since the obama-biden administration. tuscaloosa households will also pay between $700 and $1,700 more for heat this winter depending on where they live and what type of fuel they use. and more than one in four americans report now that they skip basic expenses to pay their energy bill in the past year and one in five americans report they could not pay their full energy bill. this is a crisis. let me just tell you, we'll break it down in lehman's terms

of why this is happening. from the very beginning of the biden administration, the first couple of weeks, as soon as he took office, he issued that slough of executive orders, a record number of executive ordered. among those early executive orders were his directions on energy policy. he reflectively did exactly the opposite of what the previous administration, what president trump, had done and accomplished. we were energy dominant, not just energy independent. we were energy dominant. because of the trump-era policies. so what's president biden do? he does exactly the opposite. because trump moved us to domestic oil and gas production, to increase that, to make us energy dominant, to make us a net exporter, what does president biden do? the opposite. he shuts down, he puts a moratorium on drilling exploration on federal lands, including offshore, off the coast of states like mine, louisiana. that was a killer for the national economy. it's a direct contributor to driving the costs up. he also killed the keystone pipeline, of course.

that was a big source, an artery, as it were, for domestic production and supply in our country. and by doing that, here's the great irony. the reason for doing all those things is he wanted to help the environment, i guess. i guess he owed it to some interest groups or something. but they claimed that that would be better for the environment. if we moved away from fossil fuels, as we always hear. but here's the great easterny and -- irony and i'll close with this. when president biden shut down domestic production, not only did he drive up the cost of all the fuel we need to heat our homes and fill up our gas tanks and all the rest, not only did he increase the pain on american consumers, but here's the irony. when they shut down domestic production, the demand for fossil fuels, oil and gas in this country, didn't go down. the demand didn't change nationally just because the president decided he didn't want to supply it anymore. in fact, the demand at least

stabilized and in some cases has gone up. so what does that mean? americans have to get their supply from swrels. if we're not going to -- somewhere else if we're not going to do it here, the bountiful resources god put beneath our feet. so the biden administration turns to opec, russia, saudi arabia, begging for more production, begging for our supply to be met from these overseas parties. and do you know what the irony is, the greatest irony about all of this, they wanted to help the environment, but you know what they do when we get more of our oil and gas from russia and saudi arabia? we do exponentially more harm that environment -- to the environment. if you believe their metrics, this is a terrible policy solution. because guess what. we've produced oil and gas at a. cleaner fashion in the united states than they do in those other countries. the great irony is not only did they drive up costs for american consumers and increase the pain for everybody, they're actually doing more harm to the world that they claim they want to help. it's truly unbelievable. not to mention that it's

destabilized us, put russia in a better position and now we see results of that on a whole different crisis that we didn't even have time to address tonight. mr. speaker, i'm out of time. i yield back. but i would just close by saying, the american people cannot tolerate this for much longer and they won't tolerate it for much longer and we cannot wait for this election psych that will comes up later this year -- election cycle that comes up later this year, when we bring majority and sanity back to washington. with that, i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. schweikert, for 30 minutes. mr. schweikert: thank you, mr. speaker protempore. last week i got behind this microphone and we were actually trying to show something that was a bit optimistic, but we're also, like everyone else on our side, the frustration we're going through on so many of the democrat policies that i don't think were meant to be mean-spirited or so distaupian in the damage -- dystopian in the damage they've caused, especially to the working poor, which is one of my fixations, but sometimes the economics is the economics. laws sometimes virtue signaling over the unintended consequences. but i want to go over something and try to explain why i think this is such a big deal for both those on the left, those of us

on the right, and it's actually a window of optimism, but it's going to take a policy pivot. so last week i got up here and talked about that, as you remember, i gave a couple of presentations last december. major success in curing type 1 diabetes. that was only really one use case where they were able to take t cells and convert them into insulin-producing cells. in that particular one, the individual would need some immunosuppress enlt because of the -- immunosuppressant because of the body's reaction to it. now we have an organization doing some of the same technology with t cells, turning them into insulin-producing cells but they're doing a tiny tweak and the model says the body won't recognize it as a foreign cell and you won't need immunosuppressant drugs for the

rest of your life. so why is this such a big, big deal, to have a cure for type 1 and as the article says, at least for people with type 2, we might have a way to get their body -- or we do have a way, dear lord, that the technology be true and actually coming forward, to help individuals in type 2, their bodies produce insulin again. we have some other big policy things we would have to do here. we'd have to have an honest conversation of how we do nutrition support. we'd have to have an honest conversation of what we do in the farm bill, of what we encourage americans to grow instead of just the -- sort of the commodity crops, north america used to grow 3,500 different types of grains. maybe you design a farm system that allows sort of both regional and uniqueness and for different air climates and others, sort of a can could have

if ier in -- kaw could haveny for optionality. because there is a food security issue when you only grow certain crops, god for bid you have -- forbid you have what's happening in parts of europe where ol iive trees have a type of fungus and ol iive trees that are hundreds and hundreds of years old are dying. we make ourselves much more fragile in food security. so i sort of say that because i actually see an elegant solution coming here, if we could change the way we view public policy. because it's often this right-left paradigm of the left's version of wanting to be compassionate is they're going to build more clinics for those in urban areas and tribal communities and even certain rural populations that have just stunning percentages of type 2 diabetes and the misery that comes with that, put up more clinics. my argument is, screw that.

let's cure it. if we're seeing technology that may lead us to a cure, to put the resources forward that create the disruption because curing a misery is so much more wonderful than helping people be able to maintain and live within their misery. oh, by the way, for those of us who are absolutely fixated that the debt is going to destroy this republic, it makes a hell of a lot of difference. so let's walk through some of the math of why i wish we were having this level of optimism that the technology disruptions we have now on knowing how to cure so many diseases actually may be the path that we start to take on the crushing debt that's coming. this is important and this is year-old data from c.b.o. it's a year out of date. the numbers today republican of worse.

in 29 years, $112 trillion of public liboriod debt -- public liboriod debt in today's -- publicly borrowed debt in today's dollars, a vast majority of it is medicare, social security, rest of the budget is in balance. why this is so important is the political class, particularly here in washington, we've lied for decades to our constituents. the left will say, oh, rich people don't pay enough. we spend too much money on defense. republicans, oh, we have to get rid of foreign aid, waste and fraud. maybe all those are true but they're not the driver of the debt. the debt is demographics. we are getting old as a society and you're going to see some slides later on that really will kick you in the head on these numbers. but that $112 trillion of public liboriod debt -- publicly borrowed debt that's projected by c.b.o. last year, this is a number that says there's no more pandemics or

recessions, how many of you want to have a secure retirement? how many of you give a darn about your kids? think about one little factoid here. you just saw that medicare was the primary driver of u.s. sovereign debt. what was it, $77 trillion, $am trillion of bore -- $78 trillion of borrowing over the next 29 years. 31% of medicare is just diabetes. now you've seen the tie. if i come to you and say, i hope it works, but considering the numbers and the benefit if this does work, why aren't we, at least the left and the right, saying, let's end people's miseries. oh, by the way, by doing that, one of the greatest effects we can have on society is actually curing these diseases that make us poorer, sicker and actually is the prime -- are the primary drivers of our debt. 31% of medicare spend something

just related to diabetes -- spending is just related to diabetes. 33% of all health care costs. so, remember, the problem with this place is obamacare, the a.c.a., the republican alternative were finance bills. they weren't about what we spend, they were who got subsidized. i mean, that's the math. the republicans had four tiers but who was cross subsidizing and how much was coming out of the general fund. they were spending subsidization bills and nothing to do with what we spend. my argument is if we would embrace the technology and push it forward and we have to change a bunch of laws to legalize the very technology that will disrupt health care cost, we save medicare, but we also end a

lot of misery in our society. and it's not republican or democrat. and we turned it into partisan, right? it is technology. and once again, i fixate on this also. 5% of our brothers and sisters, who have multiple chronic conditions are the majority of our health care system. if you say you care about health care, is it nationalizing health care? nationalizing health care -- what is it -- the medicare for all, doesn't remove any costs but talks about how you can ration. if you want to reduce costs, cure people. in end the misery. 5% of our brothers and sisters are the majority of our health

care spending. you see what is going right now with the new stem cell therapist and the number of diseases and we are about to have the trials for -- sickle cell, so many of the blood cancers, today we can cure but the 10,000 gorilla is diabetes. so this is both -- maybe it is utopiaism but we have seen and remember this body a decade or so ago, we were having conversation with state medicaid to play for liver and those people who had too good a time

in the 1970's and we thought they had failing livers from hepatitis b and transplants were being organized and then suddenly, i think the first drug out, we figured out how to cure it and the drug was $88,000 and it was a fraction of the cost of a liver transplant and someone spending the rest of their life on anti--rejection drug and another drug came into the market and ended lots of future misery. we lived in the last decade of what i'm talking about. but i beg of my friends on the democrats' side, think about your legislation like h.r. 3, we know that h.r. 3 functionally

makes big phrma bigger because it incentive advises them to take make little tweaks and keep them but the small biotechs that are disruptive, is rared. good articles out there and good economic papers that make it very clear if the democrats make their way, it is great politics. talk about the out rage. and don't get that pharmaceutical? we need to think, maybe more with a calculator like economists and economists with a soul and a heart and say this is brilliant for the next aelection cycle. and think about the body, the place we work in. we go home and campaign and say

the wonderful things we are going to do, but the fact of the matter, this last fiscal year, 77% of the spending was on auto pilot, something we call mandatory. 13% was everything else. we act like we are here doing something. if you put keeping the baseline at and social security, medicare and you are part of a certain ethnic or tribal group or hit a certain age, this is all we get to focus on, this is what the theater is about. and one of the theater has become hyperbolic, and not one person here has voted on this except for the last handful of

votes where we were adding like he we just did today in a piece of legislation that actually added to mandatory spending because it is easy and makes you look like a hero, hey, it's what we have proper texted and don't have the resources to pay for it. and these slides now to give you an idea how crappy the last fiscal year was. the numbers are much worse and one of the reasons i grabbed this. this was 2030. we are going to hit $30 trillion of borrowing. we hit it last week. think about what we've done and there was a time a couple of decades the discussion is are you willing to do fliement --

entitlement reform. and you missed the window. the window was a quarter century ago other than the things we have come here and talked about the massive subsidies that we give to really, really rich people, third home on martha's vineyard and give temperature subsidized flood insurance or the democrats build back better bill and making $400,000 a year and get $125,000 in tax credits if you bought the right electric vehicle. at some point, we need to calculate over the next 10 years, $1.4 trillion of subsidies to really reach people. make them pay their fair share.

because the subsidies create distortion. the backs of the things we don't do here, called math, the 2015 number, we are saying we are going to be at 195% point of g.d.p. that number is 15 points higher than that. and that's a baseline. not another pandemic, not another war, not another major recession. and then you start to deal with our newest reality and should have grabbed this slide but you see part of it here, there is a model put out by c.b.o. that says if interest rates, if the baseline borrowing costs was two

points higher in that 25-year, every dime, every dime of tax receipts will go just to pay interest. we have made ourselves that fragile. that if the cost of borrowing money by two points, every dime in the future goes solely to cover the interest costs. we have lost our minds and think of the crazy stuff we debate here. we are desperate to debate the stupid little indignation of the day and borrowing $47,000 every second. $47,000 every second. and that's why i keep come

hearsays it doesn't have to be this crushing future. i need the majority to think different and i need the minority to think different because here is some of the drivers. i have been glued in front of audiences. >> we can tell stories and talk about how compassionate we are but the math will win and i'm going to show you the sister slide here and we need to get our heads around this. the money you put in taxes in social security and the money you are going to get out of social security, they are pretty close to each other. you get a little more out and fairly even deal. but that chart you are seeing,

so the average couple and this is someone who is retiring right about now has put in $161,000 in medicare and getting 522,000 and those are adjusted dollars out. that gap is the primary driver of u.s. debt. what happens when you talk to millennials. we have officers where are kids born 1985 and they just think they are never going to see any of this, these are actual surveys and see themselves in enough financial pain and people like me show them the slides and say if we don't do something

about this, your retirement and in technical economic terms, you're screwed. we need to start using language because the fancy language doesn't sink into the thick schuls here. do you care about these 25-year-olds we have in our and working their hearts out and look at the numbers and saying o'my god, the united states will have debt to g.d.p. and interest rates are up, i didn't bring the slide -- one model says 2% higher we go from that 210% to about 300 to 320% because we never pay anything off. and the model as it is as of

today, that millennial born in 1985 going to put money into medicare. and if we don't do something to disrupt the cost of health care and going to take out 1.2 million and this makes the curve steepen and see the curve and it starts to steepen. it is this. there is a hope, there is a path, but it needs to be everything. i have my health care disruption and how you can change the immigration system to maximize economic growth. we open the borders, we have brought the papers here, you crush the working poor because

you crush the people with similar skill set. 1.7 million behind in legal immigration. the kid that got the p hmp dmp at arizona state university and sending him home and seen the health care and if you care about the environment and changing and using crowd sourcing and data instead of the 1938 model of thick paper and file cabinets, a tax code, are we willing to have disruptive conversations or go to a border adjust built model and don't have a tax ash triage to move products to the united states instead of making them here. they the model says you have to do it at the same time. and this place can barely agree

what day it is. and them we have seen policies around here. that when so many of our brothers and sisters are older saying i'm leaving the labor force, one of the other parts of that growth model is everyone's needed, everyone is needed, we need your talent and labor, particularly if you are older, would you be able to provide certain -- if you are 65, you don't have to retire but tax your benefits to incentive advise you in the labor force. there are ideas that work. that basically make the future something optimistic. and my wife and i joke about

this, and i've said it behind this microphone a bunch of times. we're both 59 years old. and i have a 6-year-old daughter. you know you're pathlogically optimistic when you're 59 years old and you have a 6-year-old daughter. but darnit, doesn't she have the right, doesn't a kid that's growing up in a neighborhood of poverty have the right, dunn the person that's -- doesn't the person that's older have a right to have a decent retirement? don't we have the right to be in a nation of optimism where we told the truth about the math and our demographics and then we provided an optimistic vision that gets us there? instead of the crazy stuff that's been proposed these last 12 months, that we keep showing economists after economists, and these aren't conservative economists, many of them are from liberal groups that say, build back better by the end of the decade make poor people

poorer. but it was great politics. stop the crazy. buy a calculator. and then if we do it by math, i think you can actually see this body work together because an optimistic vision can be ours. if we just fixate on the disruptions that make the future great. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. slotkin, for 30 minutes. ms. slotkin: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the community of oxford, michigan, located in my district in oakland county. and everyone knows last year on november 30 oxford suffered the worst sort of tragedy when a student at the town's high school brought a gun to school and used it to shoot a teacher and 10 fellow students. the community lost four

beautiful, kind, talented and beloved young people that day. madison baldwin, kate mere, justin schilling and hanna st. juliana. i had the honor of attending the funerals for justin and hanna and the visitation for madison and witnessing the outpouring of love for them from hundreds and hundreds in their community, it was inspiring. the united states unfortunately has seen many of these shootings in the past 25 years. but nothing prepares a community for being the one where it happens. in oxford, the wounded from that terrible day extend far beyond the teacher and six students who were shot. the entire community has suffered a devastating and life-changing trauma. i want to talk about what that means and what i hope we will do to support the people of oxford and its neighboring communities in the months and years ahead. because it will take years to heal. but first i want to share with you some of the stories from oxford, from the last two

months. in the aftermath of the shooting, the community was determined to be oxford strong. the people i have met and sat with and listened to in the past couple of months made it clear that oxford strong isn't just a catch phrase. strong in oxford is about compassion and about caring and asking for help when you need it and finding a way to help your neighbors, even if it comes at a real cost to yourself. to our local small businesses, which in the days after the shooting went to great length and great expense to provide families with support and a safe haven. it started with the local miers which closed the day of the shooting to provide a gathering place for students fleeing the building. meyer had partnered with oxford schools to be part of their emergency evacuation plan so students knew exactly where to go when the building became unsafe. by the next day, a pizza place offered 100% of proceedings from pizza sales over several days to victims' families.

the owner scott taylor hoped to raise about $25,000, instead his restaurant raised four times that amount. oxford bank sprang into action, offering to collect donations for the victims so that the community would have a trusted central location to direct its generosity. to date, more than 1.6 million have poured in and the bank has lifted the national compassion fund to ensure it's distributed thoughtfully, fairly and transparently. and though i'm only scratching the surface of the local businesses' generosity, i would be remiss to not talk about the legacy center which offered services for free for several days and became a gathering spot for grieving teens. as recently as a couple weeks ago, the legacy center provided a space for my staff and i to meet with a group of oxford parents and educators for a listening session them continue to be true partners to the people of oxford. for the remarkable contributions

made by our local small businesses in the wake of this tragedy, i read this statement into the people's house so that it may be remembered in perpetuity. to our elected local leaders, we find out what people are made of in difficult times. local leaders, local leaders -- local oxford village president joe madore, oxford township president and/orian township supervisor, you responded immediately to the crisis facing your community, working tireless in the shooting's aftermath, to provide anything and everything you could for meals from students returning to school because all the store food had perished, to clear backpacks to enhance security. jack curtis opened the township doors to me personally, giving me space to conduct a virtual town hall. your helpers were too many to count. but their actions in those initial days will never be forgotten. for the remarkable contributions

made by our local leaders in the wake of this tragedy, i read this statement into the people's house so that it may be remembered in perpetuity. to the first responders, though the story of the oxford shooting is a force, a who aric one, one part of the story has brought many families and the larger community comfort and that was your incredible actions on that day. more than 30 agencies responded to the school that day from all levels of government, many arriving little more than moments after the 911 calls began. you were incredibly brave, expertly coordinated, your efforts, and we know that you saved lives. during the time i spent in oxford, i've had the honor of meeting with many of you, starting with oakland county sheriff and deputy sheriff who just retired. i also met oxford police chief who started his career as a school liaison officer in oxford and who worked literally nonstop

in the shooting's aftermath. and oxford fire chief and lieutenant mike, who despite the grief of witnessing the death of young people whom they knew for years kept showing up to serve their beloved community, including working as valuable partners and emergency management planning meetings every week to address public safety, mental health, funding and other needs for the schools and surrounding communities. i spoke with lake orion police chief and the lieutenant who helped secure the building and who tried desperately to save one of the victims. and who spoke eloquently of the impact mental health services have on the community. and i met with the township fire rescue department led by chief robert duke who also responded to the scene and who, like many of their colleagues, pressed on in the days after in the face of their own grief with little

respite. at the funeral for hanna st. juliana, i sat with lieutenant glorch glover and detective sergeant hubbell. both of the open county sheriff's office whose mere presence was a comfort to me personally and to so many others on that incredibly sad night. i had the chance to see them again during a recent visit to town, both men were among the first to enter the building, along with deputy john marshall -- i'm sorry, deputy john mcdonald who put tape mirker in his vehicle -- mirror in his vehicle in a he had owic effort to save him -- in a heroic effort to save him. down from the station is a fire department which i visited. he and his fellow firefighters entered the building directly behind law enforcement and did everything they could to aid the wounded. all of these men, like so many others on that day, stayed focused and calm in the face of real terror. and by doing so, not only saved

lives, but provides comfort to terrified students who no doubt will forever view first responders differently. having been so well preblghted and shepherded to -- protected and shepherded to safety when they needed it most. for their remarkable bravery, displayed by our first responders in the wake of this tragedy, i read this statement into the people's house so that it may be remembered into perpetuity. to the parents and students of oxford, i want to recognize you most of all. i've met with many of you in recent weeks, sometimes in hours' long sessions, to hear how you're doing and what you need most. and it's clear what you need from the rest of us is to listen. i heard from parents whose children are worried they'll fall behind in school if they don't attend, but who find going to class in the same building where they fled bullets and friends were hurt or killed just a few weeks ago to be hard to tolerate.

i hear from people who wince from loud sounds. many want mental health support but their parents can't afford therapists and they're tired of retelling their story of the crisis. the fact is everyone in oxford has posttraumatic stress. everyone. there's no escaping the impact of this immense and overwhelming tragedy. but i want you to know that posttraumatic stress does not have to become posttraumatic stress disorder. with proper support, traumatized people can recover. you may never be the same as you once were, but you can find new reserves of strength. psychologists have a term for this, it's called posttraumatic stress growth. it's a theory that holds that people who endure intense trauma can see positive growth come

from their desperate struggle. but that doesn't happen overnight. and it doesn't happen without a lot of hard work and help. the people of oxford, though incredibly resilient in the face of staggering loss, need our support. oxford strong does not mean oxford can or should do it alone. i've heard from teachers who tell me they can't possibly provide the mental health support that some of their students need. schools have precious few social workers on staff and troubled students have effectively nowhere to go in a state with fewer than 300 psychiatric beds in the entire state. all of which have long waiting lists. so kids with serious emotional and behavioral issues often must stay in class with little support, causing challenges for their peers and unable to get the intervention they so badly need. and i've heard from nearly everyone that we need to make sure at the very least that we keep guns out of the hands of our kids. the shooting at oxford high school made it very clear that we have serious systemic

problems to solve. but in the meantime, the least we can do is ensure that kids don't have access to guns. i'm not talking about families that teach their kids how to hunt, which in michigan is very common. i grew up in a house with gun -- a gun-owning household. i'm talking about leaving a deadly weapon unsecured. we must do everything we can to keep our kids safe and that is one easy and crucial step we can take. i wasn't able to be in oxford last friday night. the michigan high school athletic association organized an oxford strong night and across the state teams playing their friday night games showed their support and love for the people of oxford. the mhsaa raised $200,000 for the victims and their families with this effort. that kind of ongoing love and support is so heartening to see. i'm standing here today asking all of us to continue to hold oxford in our hearts and to do the hard work necessary to ensure its people get the

resources they need to recover. and to ensure no other community suffers such a needless and devastating event. it is the honor of my life to represent the people of oxford in the u.s. house of representatives and to be able to speak their stories of resilience into the permanent record of the people's house. in the face of unimaginable adversity, you have shown us a path forward on the road to recovery. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time.

the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin , mr. grothman, for 30 minutes. mr. grothman: tonight we are going to address three what i consider key issues that have sadly been left largely untouched by the american media. the first one is the penalties against married couples in income transfer payments and the degree to which these income transfer payments are going to be affected by the build back better bill, if any of that survives for passage at the end of the year. we know that carl marks -- marx wanted to destroy the american family.

we knew for a while last year black lives matter, which was so important in last year's campaign, had on their website that they wanted to destroy the western prescribed nuclear family. as a practical matter this means they wanted to keep the man out of the house. people might wonder why i keep bringing this up. it seems like old news. i would feel better if some democrats stepped forward and publicly condemned marxism and publicly praised the idea that children may benefit from having a father at home. but that's not going on. in america before lyndon johnson came in with his great society or war on marriage or whatever you want to call it, only -- all but 7% of american children started out with both parents. i know there are wonderful single parents. i know children who became

wonderful adults, raised by single parents. but nevertheless the statistics again and again show whatever metric you have you might be better off or it might be easier to raise that child with two parents at home. after the gingrich reforms in the 90's, that number has since stayed at about 40% of children are born without parents at home. so from 7% to 40%, a steady increase, 35 years after lyndon johnson passed his war on marriage bills in the 60's. things have been relatively static for the last 25 years. the reason the number of, in my

opinion, the reason the number of families of both parents at home dropped is because most government transfer payments are conditioned upon not having a lot of income, or not having a major breadwinner in the house. there are about 90 government transfer payments, but some of the ones the average person should be aware of, snap, the food stamp program, the low-income housing program, the earned income tax credit program, the pell grants, the tanf program all of these programs are designed to disappear if you have a person who makes an average income in the household. in build back better the earned income tax credit goes up, joe biden increased the food stamp benefits on his own, there will be large increases in the amount

of low-income housing available. i want to point out one of the programs, by the way, we use to build more low-income housing. it's called section 42 housing. it's funded by very generous tax credits which come from, obviously, very wealthy property developers. as a practical matter the government winds up paying for over 80% of the housing that a private person gets through the tax credits. so one of the primary benefits of this form of low-income housing is we are, quite frankly, make -- making the rich richer. one of the big tax benefits that helps the wealthier people. because section 42 so much of the housing is paid for by the government, the person who does the building has every incentive to make that property as expensive as it can be.

we are glad the chair is listening here because it's something i didn't know about until about six years ago. it creates a situation in which a developer who is building low-income housing can outbid another developer for prime land and they can build fancier counter chops, that sort of thing, because the government is paying for 80% of it. if you are somebody like me who sometimes thinks our tax code does benefit the ultrawealthy, section 42 is one of those provisions. pell grants are another example of a program that you can benefit from, either you or your children, provided nobody in the household is making too much money. and it's another program therefore designed, as one mother told me, me and my

husband work. my poor kids have to take out such big student loans. is it fair we are penalized for being married and working? that's the way that program is set up. we are designed to penalize the old-fashioned family. which is what carl marks would have wanted. carl marx with have wanted. it's not unusual to have situations in which the penalty for getting married can be as much as $14,000. and like i said, we have more low-income housing, as we up the earned income tax credit these programs are pushing america in the wrong direction. will i direct people who are listening to recent studies that have been put out by the heritage foundation and robt robert representative-elector who has long been an expert in this field describing the degree to which the penalty on people who get married goes up.

now, i would hope for children in the future we don't continue down this path of apparently penalizing both parents for staying in the home. i hope it's something that's looked at by republicans if we get the majority, and i hope more democrats look into this before we add too many other benefits conditioned upon a low-income situation if build back better is passed. again i think it would be good if the press, which hasn't so far, but i would hope the press would pick up on mr. representative-elector's -- rector's paper and comment on how america will change if more and more benefits are targeted at people who are not married with children. i think this is one of the key stories in america over the last 50 years. i hear a lot of people back home

when they feel that america is not quite as enjoyable place to live in 50's years ago, one of those reasons is what they would refer to as the breakdown of the traditional family. i hope after hearing my explanation tonight more people realize that that was not necessarily by accident. there are evil left-wing people who want to break down the family and the public policy of the american government right now is to use their financial incentives to penalize the average family. now, the next issue that i think if we look 15 years down the road, and i always think when we take up issues or address issues or decide how to vote issues we should say how is this going to affect america not only today but 15 years from now.

i do believe that the screwed up welfare system continues to chip away at america. but i would say the second biggest, maybe the biggest issue is what's going on at our southern border. earlier today i had the chance to talk to a member of the border patrol who appeared here in the capitol. having seen the border five times last year, i thought i had been -- had my fill of bad things that are going on. but talking to him as far as what's going on right now it is worse than ever. they are seeing more people, more drug gangs operating near the border. we are at a point in which we are not only seeing mexican drug gangs hanging out in california, fighting for the marijuana fields that are popping up in california, but they are now fighting with chinese gangs.

i have been down there several times. i have yet to see them. but this border patrol agent told me what we have going on in california is violent conflict between mexican gangs and chinese gangs. they are becoming more aggressive. you didn't used to see people coming at the border shooting at border patrol agents, but that's what we are getting now. in the past, i have been down there, now you have to look out. and i mention that because i think as we work our way through a fining resolution -- continuing resolution today and work towards the budget we had better do something to help out the border patrol. the border patrol right now has to deal with a lot more people than a year ago when president biden took office there were about 20,000 people coming across here every month. we are now at about 90,000 every

month, including a lot more unaccompanied children. obviously when people turn themselves in at the southern border, which they do under our asylum policy, the border patrol agents have to drop what they are doing, ignore the border, and do the paperwork. there is even more paperwork when we have unaccompanied minors coming to the southern border because then we have to check out the young children and we ship them around the country wherever they have to go. now this drives the border patrol up the wall, right, because if somebody in this room took their children and dropped them off at the washington, d.c. airport and just told the southwest ticket agent, here's, johnny, send him to somebody in portland, oregon, social services would be after those people. why are you letting those people go? but at the southern border it doesn't work that way. if johnny shows up at the southern border and he has

written on his t-shirt, i want to go to 14 east elm street, portland, oregon, we deliver him there. no questions asked. presumably johnny knows those people. hopefully it's an aunt and uncle. hopefully it's grandparents, somebody. but we don't know for sure. there was a report that the u.s. government will lose track of one in three unaccompanied alien children it releases to sponsors in the country. we don't even know where these kids are at. i don't know if for whatever reason, maybe it's they like the current administration, they are not banner headlines about this. there should be banner headlines about t like i said if it were our own children just released to the airlines to go around the country, we would be concerned. i have been at the southern border. i watched as i flew out of mcallen, texas, and watched all the people getting on the

airplane, children getting on the airplane. and people getting on the plane without identification. again, you and i we have to turn in our drive's license. here i am. let me get back to milwaukee. that's not the way it works with illegal immigrants. a recipe for trouble. the one primary thing i took out today was the, again, large number of people coming in the country and i should point out, too, this is something about the administration's motivation. in the first six months of last year about 85% less people were deported than three years ago. some that have can be attributed to covid. we largely have -- know how to deal with covid today. you begin to get even more suspicious of the administration not only are they greatly increasing the number of people

coming into the contory, but they are dramatically decreasing the number of people with criminal records who are being deported from the country. how can america survive? again, when i look at congress, when i look at what we should do, i say what effect is this going to have over the next 15 years? we are right now accepting people who we know very little about. they don't need i.d.'s. the last time i was down at the southern border you looked at a path, maybe as wide as this table, it was littered with i.d.'s as people from wherever, venezuela, colombia, throw their i.d.'s out i guess because they want to start a new life and don't want the american government know where they are, i guess, and that is how we are changing america. that is how we are determining who the new people coming into america are. rather than, if we really want to, rather than doing something under the currencies tell where people have to check in, where

people are monitored, where there is some vetting process. why you would do it this way if you cared about the future of america i don't know. and i felt more sorry than ever for some of the people in california who are having these drug gangs buy up houses, sometimes heightened rate, but also buying up houses that they are using for their operations, of course very quickly those neighborhoods change if you have drug cartels owning houses in a given area. . now, i'll address one final issue tonight, and i am little frustrated about the media not bringing it up. as i said before, i'm not the most hawkish person on the ukraine-russia situation. but since ukraine and russia are in the news, you would figure the media, including the conservative media, which hasn't

been that loud about it, but any impartial media person would take it upon themselves to talk about the ukrainian famine. in the early 1930's, josef stalin and the soviet union controlled what happened in the ukraine, and they were mad at the ukraine because some people in ukraine wanted to be independent and hadn't been under the communist heel enough. ukraine did have -- was a very wealthy region as far as agriculture was concerned. so in order to punish the ukrainians or make sure the soviet union took over the ukraine they instituted a famine. they wouldn't let ukrainians leave the country. they took over the crops in the

ukraine. it dramatically is different if you look up the numbers but somewhere between, say, four million and 15 million people starved to death in the ukraine in the early 1930's. now, isn't that news? if you're a well-informed, well-educated american who went to school, maybe went to college, shouldn't you know that, when four million to 14 million ukrainians were starved to death because of the soviet union in the 1930's? i talked to people in this building and talk to people at home. they don't know it. maybe it has something to do with the an money is -- animosity between the ukrainians and the russians. people like me are a little bit concerned when they are nice to groups founded by marxists or

when a u.s. senator from connecticut shows up at an anniversary for the communist party of america and thinks it's no big deal and we can just laugh it off. there are many, many things wrong with communism. their suppression of free speech and the free flow of ideas is one of the things that's scary. it's not uncommon in places like red china or the soviet union early on, to wipe out all houses of worship is something we find scary, as well as complete government control of the economy and a situation in which they determine that your success economically while to a certain extent will be dependent upon following the line and bowing to the government. i cannot imagine a worse form of government than that of

communism. it's horrible even without the mass murders. but every american child should know about the great ukrainian famine of 1931 and 1932 and the millions of people who died, both so they are knowledgeable in marxism or communism and to know a little bit about historic ukrainian-russian relations. so i beg our media to recount what happened. it would be a good time to recount what happened for the american public and hope in the future members of the american education system do a little bit of job, little bit better job of explaining some of the horrific things that happened in history. i'd like to thank you very much. and if you want, we can adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman yield back? mr. grothman: yes. the speaker pro tempore:

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