representative cisneros from california. mr. cisneros: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, secretary driscoll and general george, for being here-to. i really appreciate your -- for being here today. i really appreciate your time. secretary driscoll. diverting 1dz billion away from barracks, $34 million parade, you're being forced to make 8% cuts for projects, for pet projects that the secretary and the president want. this is all happening while we're under a c.r. i'm kind of getting the impression that, is the army just flush with cash and got extra money to spend that it can give away? you know, are we giving you too much? and, you know, really, how is this -- i know it's been answered already a little bit. but just to mourn the death. our service members, how is this effecting the quality of life of our service members if we're moving this money away from the barracks?

>> you can watch the rest of this on our video app. we take you to the u.s. capitol where the house is gaveling in. live coverage on c-span. order. the prayer will be offered byr. chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. loving god, draw near -- us nearer to you this day. that we may enjoy your loving tenderness and so be inspired to share both your grace and your mercy with those around us. as sure and confident as we may be in our intellect and abilities, in your presence we are humbled to acknowledge how much more you know and yet you allow us our mistakes and missteps. as you have forgiven us our faults, may we forgive others. as strongly and passionately as we are in the positions we take, in your perfect will we are enlightened by your impartial embrace that receives us all despite our disparate leanings. as you value our ardor, may we

find it in ourselves to respect others. as adamantly as opposed we are not just in our politics but our personalities, in your peace, a peace that passes our simple understanding, we are compelled to set aside our emnity and strive for amanitas we speak to serve your people. because you first loved us may we love one another. live in us this day, o lord, as we pray in your merciful name. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house the approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. morelle. mmr. morelle: please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. 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. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. on october 19, 2023, i gave a one-minute speech which is sadly more true today than ever with all deaths in gaza being solely responsible to hamas with the invasion and then using of children as human shields as directed by iran, which must not have a nuclear weapon. the enemies of civilization are gruesomely clear in their murderous inextensions as detailed in the hamas convenant

of august 18, 1988, article 7, quote, the day of judgment will not come until muslims fight jews and kill them. then the jew also hide behind rocks and trees. there is a jew hiding behind a rock. come and kill him, end of quote. the goal of hamas financed by iran is to murder all jews worldwide. its fake news that they care about the palestinian people. suffering by the hamas oppressed people of gaza is solely hamas dictated with which uses palestinians as human shields to be murdered. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. donald trump is reinstituting existing laws to protect american families through peace through strength revealing war criminal putin lies, insulting and mocking trump with record drone attacks, and now 4,000 soviet built tanks have been destroyed by talented ukrainians. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition?

mr. mcgovern: 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 m mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, the trump administration is going after the food budgets of regular people. canceling programs that improve access to nutritious locally grown produce. and it's bad for consumers, bad for hungry people, bad for public health, and bad for farmers. last week trump doubled down on his cruelty. cutting the benefits for fruit and vegetables in the w.i.c. program by 2/3. who does that? w.i.c. provides pregnant women, new moms, and young children with the nutritious food they need to remain healthy. and the fruit and vegetable benefit has meant families can eat more nutritiously. this budget would mean young kids get just $10 per month and breast-feeding moms would see their benefits reduced by $13 per month. mr. speaker, you have been to the grocery store. $10 doesn't buy you a whole lot of nutritious food in trump's

economy. i urge my republican colleagues in congress to do the right thing for once. reject trump's budget, fully fund w.i.c. to support pregnant women, new moms, and young kids. reverse the cuts to food programs and end hunger now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. morelle: 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. morelle: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor an extraordinary leader, visionary, educator, and friend david c. hundredson jr. on his retirement after eight transformative years as president of the rochester institute of technology and over four decades in higher education. under his leadership r.i.t. soared into the top 100 national universities, doubled global learning opportunities, expanded

ph.d. programs, and guided over $500 million in capital projects that have reimagined the student experience. his visionary work has positioned r.i.t. as a nexus of technology, design, and global impact. his legacy will continue to inspire generations at r.i.t. i'm grateful for his friendship, unwavering commitment to creativity, and belief in the limitless potential of students and scholars alike. i wish him and his wife all the best in his well earned retirement. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. magaziner: 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. magaziner: mr. speaker, i rise today for the 15th time to call on the trump administration to honor its commitment to restore funding for lifesaving

food aid for children around the world. this is plumpy'nut, this is used to treat malnourished children and get them back to health. it saves millions of lives a year, or at least it did until the trump administration cut off funding earlier this year. now, a couple weeks ago secretary rubio was back here at the capitol testifying to the foreign affairs committee anti-appropriations committee -- and the appropriations committee and he said the trump administration was going to restore funding for this emergency food aid. he is the secretary of state, also the acting u.s.a. aid director. he said they are going to do it under oath, so why haven't they? as we speak, this is sitting in wear houses in the united states, production has virtually shut down while we wait for the administration to honor its commitment. i will continue to speak on the floor every legislative day until the administration follows through on its word to save the

lives of starving children around the world. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. dexter: thank you, mr. speaker. oregon's crater lake national park is a national treasure. as a lifelong hiker and camper, i have deep affection for it, among other national parks. during my highle school and college years road trips to national parks like crater lake were all i could afford. but they offered -- what they offered was priceless. awe, adventure, and connection. for families across this nation these parks provide an affordable way to explore, learn, and build lifelong memories. but just as oregonians are gearing up for a summer of enjoying our most treasured place, trump administrationp is driving out the public servants who protect them.

kevin, crater lake's national park superintendent has resigned. trump cut off half of his permanent staff, leading to unsustainable work loads and deterioration of care that crater lake demands. experienced professionals are being driven out under this administration's corrosive leadership. our public lands deserve better. americans deserve better. i will not stand by while trump attacks our public lands. we must protect our national parks and the public servants who protect them. hands off crater lake. hands off our national parks. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: like to welcome the students to your congress. thank you for joining us here today. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 458, and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will designate the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 38. house resolution 458.

resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 2483 to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce or their respective designees. after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on energy and commerce now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 119—4 shall be considered as adopted in the house and in the committee of the whole. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the

five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. no further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. each such further amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. all points of order against such further amendments are waived. at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the house with such further amendments as may have been adopted. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. section 2. upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r.

2931 to direct the administrator of the small business administration to relocate certain offices of the small business administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on small business now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on small business or their respective designees, and, two, one motion to recommit. section 3. upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 2966 to require the administrator of the small business administration to

require an applicant for certain loans of the administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on small business now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on small business or their respective designees, and two, one motion to recommit. section 4. upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 2987 to amend the small business act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on small

business now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on small business or their respective designees, and two, one motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized for one hour. >> mr. speaker, for purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, pending which i yield myself such time as i may dime. during consideration all time yielded is for purpose of debate only. i ask unanimous consent all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks.

the speaker pro tempore: w ithout objection. mrs. fischbach: we're here to debate the rule h.r. 2966, the american entrepreneurs first act, h.r. 2987, the cease act which will be considered under a closed rule and h.r. 2483, the support for patients community and re-authorization act to be considered under a structured rule. also h.r. 2931, on hour of debate for h.r. 2966 and h.r. 2987 shall be equally decided and controlled by the small business committee or designees and one hour of debate will be provided for h.r. 2438 and will be chaired by the energy and commerce committee or designees and the rule provides a motion to recommit for all four bills.

mr. speaker, we're here to deliver on the trump administration's agenda and solidify his executive actions with common sense legislation. with congresswoman van duyne's american entrepreneur's first act we'll help codify the work the small business administration is doingo to ensure businesses receiving federal benefits are 100% owned by u.s. citizens or lawful permanent residents and businesses that employ illegal immigrants are ineligible for these funds. this is our part to stop subsidizing previous open border businesses. this is so american tax dollars can go to. and we're relocating offices in sanctuary cities and limiting

services with those that don't enforce. and we announced they would relocate offices in atlanta, boston, chicago, denver, new york city and seattle and moving them to less costly and more accessible locations to better serve the mission and comply with federal immigration law. with congressman finstad's big, the save s.b.a., we are supporting this legislation to giving the s.b.a. time to relocate those offices. sanctuary cities need to be held accountable and need to see the consequences of their disregard for federal law. and with mr. bresheen's act we're limiting companies to 16 and allow the agencies to provide the necessary oversight to ensure they're effectively serving the small

business congress intended. finally, we're here to debate the support for patients and communities re-authorization act and thank you to mr. guthrie for introducing this important legislation. this bill re-authorizes the 2018 legislation president trump signed into law and strengthens it. i'm glad to say that across the country, we are seeing a decline in overdose deaths. but of course the work is not over. we want to make sure we're investing in those with overdose prevention and equipping communities to counter substance abuse disorders. the energy and commerce committee has taken a hard look at what worked best from the 2018 law and built off its success by continuing to provide resources for prevention, education, treatment, recovery, work force and law enforcement to help patients struggling with substance use disorder. it ensures first responders are able to administer life-saving

drugs, ensures h.h.s. cannot require states to use one specific vendor over another, clarifies that substance abuse and mental health service administration state and tribal opioid grants can be used for test strips and requires that administration to identify and address serious mental illness. this bill is part of president trump and the congressional republican's promise to ensure our borders and combat the crisis caused by these drugs in our communities. president trump has done his part to secure our border and we will supply him with more resources to do so in the one beautiful big bill. through the support act, we will combat the existing opioid crisis in our communities. i am proud to stand in support of these bills and i look forward to this debate and hope my colleagues can stay focused on the topic in front of us today as we discuss these proposals that are important to

the american families and taxpayers. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlewoman from minnesota reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i thank the gentlelady and thank the gentlewoman from minnesota for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and i yield myself as much time as i may consume. mr. speaker, last time we were here, house republicans rammed through their latest g.o.p. tax scam, a bill that would rip health care away from over 15 million americans by slashing medicaid, and let's be honest, likely medicare. and i'm sorry the gentlelady doesn't think that that's in the interest of the american people but we on the democratic side do. we think when you're taking away people's health care in this country, it's a big deal. this tax scam bill would literally take food out of the mouths of kids, takes food from senior citizens and veterans and for what? to give massive tax breaks to billionaires

and to add trillions, trillions of dollars to our national debt. mr. speaker, their ugly big bill is a disgrace and it does not serve working people. it serves the g.o.p.'s donors. it is a scam, a handout to the rich paid for by nickel and diming moms and dads trying to get by. even elon musk, one of donald trump's top advisers called republican bill, quote, a disgusting abomination. let me repeat that, a disgusting abomination. he said, quote, shame on those who voted for it. you know you did wrong. let that sink in. elon musk who spent hundreds of millions to elect donald trump and hundreds of americans are now saying members should be ashamed of

themselves for voting for this disgusting bill. remember when republicans were falling all over themselves calling elon a genius, he could do no wrong? i got to be honest, mr. speaker, it gives me whiplash. i think i need a neck brace to deal with all this contrary quotations coming in. and the icing on the cake, mr. speaker, is the number of republicans who are now publicly claiming buyer's remorse for voting for this bill. this is a tweet from one of the republican colleagues in georgia and says, quote, full transparency, i did not know about this section on pages 278 to 279 of the obbb that strips states of the rights to make laws or regulate a.i. for 10 years. i adamantly am opposed to this and is a violation of states' rights and would have voted no if i had known this was in there. this needs to be

stripped out of the bill, end quote. mr. speaker, this takes my breath away. all my colleague from georgia needed to do was to read the bill. i know it's a tough thing to ask members of congress to do but read the damn bill. if she wasn't going to do that, if she was like our president who doesn't like to read and all he gets is information from the tv, she could have tuned in to the rules committee reading where for 20 hours beginning at 1:00 a.m., beginning at 1:00 a.m. we fated not only this bill but -- we debated not only this bill but this policy she's concerned about and i offered an amendment to strike the awful a.i. amendments on this bill and we had a debate on it and every one of the republican colleagues in the rules committee, every one of them voted against it. and get this, and get this, according to the

article in the "new york times," after muscling their bill through the house, some republicans have regrets. our colleague from georgia wasn't the only republican who didn't read the bill before voting to pass it. another one of our conservative colleagues from nebraska admitted he did not know the bill makes it harder for the courts to hold the trump administration officials in contempt for defying a court order. get this, he claims he would have voted against the bill had he known it was in the bill. you can't make this stuff up. we had another conservative republican colleague from pennsylvania tweet, so elon musk is right to call out the house leadership? i wish i had a nickel for every time the freedom caucus sounded the alarm and nobody listened to find out the hard way we were right all along. right all along? from what he just said, you would thought he voted against the bill or the entire freedom caucus voted against the bill but he voted for it. and so did the freedom

caucus. i think every republican but one voted for the bill. so here's the deal, republicans are really good about making statements and speeches, but that's about it. but where is their backbone? if they believe some of this stuff is bad, why didn't they vote against the bill? i mean one by one they caved. the budget hawks wanted a bill that wouldn't add to the debt. well, this bill adds trillions to the debt and they caved. .. . and where i'm from in massachusetts that's what we call a cheap date. republicans from across the ideological spectrum caved and got nothing. and they listened to donald trump. they closed their eyes and they just voted for it without reading it, without a c.b.o.

alalcies, whatever trump wants trump gets. mr. speaker, quite frankly it's embarrassing. it's embarrassing for this institution and embarrassing for our country. it is make ago mockery of this -- making a mockery of this house of representatives. republicans should be ashamed of themselves i thought all of us ran for congress regardless of party to try to help people. what republicans did a little over a week ago was about not only hurting people but screwing them over. that's sad. and then look at today. some of the bills at one time were bipartisan. h.r. 2483, re-authorizes funding for programs that help communities fight the opiate crisis. something i support. something i voted for in the past. you know, mr. speaker, over 20,000 lives have been lost in my home state of massachusetts alone to this crisis over the past decade. but in massachusetts we actually saw a 33% drop in fatal

overdoses for the first time last year. showing that public investments that we all voted for, public investments in treatment and prevention are starting to make a real difference. so i am like horrified, i'm outraged that trump is actively dismantling our ability to respond to the opiate crisis moving forward. the administration recently sent over more details about trump's quote, skinny budget, which proposes very large cuts to health programs that american families rely on. and these include eliminating programs of regional and national discussion at the substance abuse and mental health service administration, otherwise known as samhsa. which encompassed nearly all programs aimed at substance use and mental health, including the ones in the bill before us today. i mean it is hard to take republicans seriously when they are actively dismantling the very programs and very agencies that this bill is trying to

re-authorize. if they were serious about this crisis, they would stop undermining the solutions. i guess maybe the rationale for republicans bringing this bill to the floor is that -- have some cover as trump basically undoes you all of the programs that are authorized under this bill. but what a cynical thing to do. and it's going to cost lives. i mean this isn't a game we are playing. and this really at this point shouldn't be about pleasing the guy in the oval office. this should be about serving your constituents. and supporting what is already working and showing some promise. and then republicans claim the other three bills in this rule supports small businesses. you know what? no surprise, they do the exact opposite. doge already shuttered an s.b. office in my district in massachusetts forcing a lot of rural small business owners to

drive hours to get to the office in boston. now under this bill if republicans force the closure of the boston office out of political spite, which they seem to be really good at, it will leave small businesses in massachusetts with nowhere to turn. it's not just massachusetts, it's a whole bunch of other states that will fall under these cuts. it will also have a disastrous long-term consequences for the rural entrepreneurs and working class families in my home state who rely on the s.b.a. to navigate federal assistance and recover from economic setbacks like the increased costs they are facing because of trump's reckless trade war. while we are having this debate and trump's having tantrums day in and day out, tariffs this, and tariffs that, you know who is paying the price? small businesses. you know what's happening in this country? people are beginning to get laid off. again, silence. silence from the other side. let's be clear, trump's tariff

chaos does punish small businesses the most. unlike the megadonors who bang roll republican campaigns, small business owners can't hedge against the kind of volatility that we see playing out in the economy right now. and every time trump throws another tantrum on trade, republicans are tossing small business noose a tailspin with no warning, no help, and flange no concern. maybe that's the point. republicans don't care about new small business entrepreneurs or those struggling or people struggling with opiate addiction f. they did they would uplift successful programs and agencies like s.b.a., or samhsa. not gutting them. and unless you are a megadonor or a loyal maga mouthpiece, you do not matter to this republican majority. what is happening here isn't just irresponsible, mr. speaker, it is immoral. it's a damn disgrace. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota

is recognized. mrs. fischbach: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm just a little confused. my colleague mentioned whiplash and i'm feeling a little whiplash over here because democrats liked elon musk then they hated elon musk, now they like him again? i'm just a bit confused, want to make sure maybe someone can clear that up for me because it goes back and forth and i feel like the whiplash is -- you know what i yield one minute. mthe speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. fischbach: it does feel like they are going back and forth on him and there is lots of whiplash going on. they need to make it clear because now they are quoting him on the floor. what's embarrassing, really truly, is the democrats adhere to their talking points. and repeat them and repeat them and this is a perfect example of where democrats are spreading

misinformation. they want the public to believe that republicans are cutting medicare -- medicaid, excuse me, and we are not. we are making sure it goes to those people who need it. and we use every taxpayer dollar wisely. that means we are making sure american tax dollars go to american citizens. that means strengthening the system so care can get to those who need it most and we weed out waste, fraud, and abuse. individuals who are suffering from substance addiction like those we are working to help with the support re-authorization act are not subject to the work requirements in the one big, beautiful bill. and 11 democrats voted for the support act coming out of committee. i think that we need to make sure that we are sticking to the facts instead of democrat talking points. with that i yield three minutes to my colleague from minnesota.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you to my good friend and colleague from minnesota for yielding. i rise today in support of this rule and underlying bill, h.r. 2931, the save s.b.a. from sanctuary cities act. over the past four years the biden administration's open border policies have have allowed millions of illegal immigrants to pour into our country. making matters worse, democrat politicians in cities across our country have enacted standing two wary city policies that further encouraged waves of illegal immigrants to come into our communities circumventing federal law and raising serious public safety concerns. mr. finstad: last november, the american people overwhelmingly elected president trump with a clear mandate to secure the border and restore public safety in our communities. and since taking office, president trump has delivered on this promise. despite the incredible efforts by this administration to secure our border and remove criminal aliens from our country,

democrat mayors have doubled down on their failed sanctuary city policies that harbor criminal illegal aliens and defy cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. in my home state of minnesota, the local s.b.a. office is based in the city of minneapolis and it's responsible for serving all 87 counties throughout minnesota. for years, minneapolis has passed several sanctuary city policies while at one point attempting to defund its own police department, further jeopardizing public safety. my legislation, the save s.b.a. from sanctuary cities act, would require the small business administration to relocate its offices out of sanctuary jurisdictions to better ensure resources benefit american small businesses in rural communities without being enstanding tankled in local policies that promote lawlessness. our small business owners and those who rely on the s.b.a. for

loans, disaster relief, and support deserve access to these services in a safe, secure environment. this bill would codify two of president trump's executive orders. protect s.b.a. employees and safe barred the -- guard the entrepreneurs who fuel our economy. i urge my colleagues to support this rule and the underlying bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota yields back. the gentlewoman from minnesota reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i think the idea that quoting somebody means that you like them is absurd. i quote trump a lot. i can assure you he's not anywhere in my top two million list of people i like. in any event earlier today, mr. speaker, i just for the record i want to point out that the nonpartisan congressional budget office put out new estimates on the republican's tax scam which shows that this bill is even worse than we thought. if that's even possible.

i ask unanimous consent to enter the new c.b.o. cost estimate into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: the document shows that their bill, the republican bill, the bill that the gentlelady supported, will blow a massive hole in our deficit, costing taxpayers close to $3 trillion over the next decade. their bill, here's what's particularly galling, would also kick more than 15 million people off their health care through devastating cuts to medicaid and the affordable care act, including the millions of americans who will lose coverage on the exchanges once republicans let the premium tax credits expire. this isn't me saying it. this is the c.b.o. saying it. that their bill is going to throw millions and millions of our fellow citizens off of their health care. and they are doing it. and they are going forward with it. it's no big deal. at the same time they are giving a tax break to billionaires. and why again are they adding

trillions to our debt and kicking millions off of their health care? again to hand out $3.7 trillion in tax cuts which overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly benefit billionaires, whiley hares and corporations -- heirs and corporations. it pains me to say i agree with elon musk on some of his criticisms here, but the republican tax scam really is a disgusting abomination. i would urge people who watch this debate, don't take my word for it. don't take the gentlelady's word for it. actually google c.b.o. look up what the facts are. and the facts quite frankly are damning. mr. speaker, if we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up h.r. 2753, the hands off medicaid and snap act. which would block the republican budget from cutting medicaid or snap benefits and kicking people off these lifesaving programs. two weeks ago house republicans

jammed through their multitrillion dollar budget scam by a one vote margin. one vote margin. and now we are learning that some republicans didn't even know what was in the bill, which can inexcusable. that's what they are claiming publicly. let me remind you, more tax breaks for billionaires, wealthy heirs, and corporations, while lower income americans are made worse off through the largest cuts to health care and food assist isance in our nation's history -- assistance in you our nation's history. this is the biggest cut to our nutrition programs in the history of our country. again, elon musk called this bill a disgusting abomination. but it's not too late. republicans can still correct their grave injustice and vote to protect health care and snap for millions of americans by voting to bring up the hands off medicaid and snap act.

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with any extraneous materials immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, to discuss our proposal i'm happy to yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, mr. olszewski. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. olszewski: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend and colleague from massachusetts for the time and offering this resolution which is simple. it would block any budget reconciliation language in the house or senate that reduces medicaid or snap benefits. in other words, it would block any legislation that would unnecessarily increase human suffering. that would harm fellow americans. mr. speaker, this is day 151 of the -- 152 of the 119th congress, and american families have seen no leaf. instead this republican majority is poised to make things worse you through the reconciliation process in pushing $300 billion in cuts to food support, congressional republicans will

make groceries even more expensive for the 42 million families already struggling to put food on the table every day. 80% of these households includes a child, senior, a disabled person, or a veteran. let that sink in. snap provides $6 a day in food assistance to hungry americans. it's a small amount but enough, mr. speaker, to lift millions of americans out of poverty. and to create a foundation of health and well-being just $6 a day can create a pathway to opportunity. republicans want to take food away from hungry people. ... not to balance the budget. the bill reduces funding for our vets, too. republicans are doing this to fund tax breaks for wealthy individuals and big corporations. if that's not enough, the house republican bill slashes nearly every bit of medicaid

funding needed, $1 trillion, taking away health care from 14 million americans, including children, mothers, seniors, and low-income families. many will die. while a senate colleague correctly pointed out this week, yes, death is inevitable. we should not actively work to expedite it. i would hope, i would pray we all can agree on that point. we are public servants. we're called to lead with compassion to feed the hungry and care for the sick. there isn't a single member in congress -- the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: i yield an additional minute. mr. olszewski: it's simple, these cuts will lead to suffering and we must stop them. i urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so we can bring this important legislation to the floor and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts -- mr. mcgovern: i reserve.

the speaker pro tempore: r eserves. the gentlewoman from massachusetts is recognized. mrs. fischbach: i was thinking what we're talking about, noting my colleagues are considering voting against the re-authorization act is baffling to me. really, i think it all shows that they hate president trump and so much that they're voting against legislation that would help communities combat opioid abuse. they want to stick to their anti-trump talking points to confront the bill before us. i'd like them to take that message with them, that they refuse to supply resources to their communities to try to help opioid abuse. take that back to your constituents. this bill brings resources to our constituents to combat opioid abuse. that's what we're talking about. it's that simple.

they can hate the president or they don't have to, but don't let these people facing substance addiction in our communities suffer for their talking points. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlewoman from minnesota reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: let me respond, i don't know how democrats will vote. some will vote for the bill and some will vote against the bill. but what people are really upset about is the fact we're bringing a bill to re-authorize programs that as we speak donald trump is cutting and my friends on the other side of the aisle are saying not a damn thing. this is kind of -- this is what the american people hate about congress is when memberrings of congress -- members of congress get up and say one thing and do another thing. he's trying to eliminate samsa. he's firing people as we speak. every state is being negatively impacted by this. i supported these programs in this

re-authorization in the past. i support the underlying programs. but i'm furious we're having this debate making the american people believe that somehow we're on their side, oh, that we're fighting substance abuse disorder and we're fighting the opioid crisis and we're really serious about this. while we're having this debate, the president and the administration are gutting these very programs and my friends are not saying a damn thing. maybe the gentlelady supports what the president is doing, maybe she supports cutting these programs but i don't. i don't. and if you truly support what these bills are authorizing, you would be screaming as loud as we are. this is bad for our constituents. this is bad for our country. we have made progress in my home state of massachusetts in reducing the number of opioid related deaths and we can point directly to some of these programs that have

made a real difference. but as we are speaking right now, these things are being undermined. and that is what has us so upset. so i mean, let's make no mistake about it, we in a bipartisan way moved these programs forward in the past. that's because we believed it was all real, that it wasn't fake, it wasn't show business. what's happening here is not real. and mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from ohio, mrs. sykes. the speaker pro tempore: m embers are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mrs. sykes: thank you. today i rise to talk about an issue that touches every community in this country, mental health. more than one in five adults in the united states live with a mental illness, our friends, our co-workers and family members. for many it is deeply personal and whether you live in a large

community or small town, chances are you know someone who struggling or you could be struggling yourself. in ohio we've seen how urgent this has become. we have half the work force to meet the demand. one psychologist for every 6,000 ohioans. it's a public health emergency. the support for the re-authorization act would authorize hundreds of millions in much needed federal funding to address this crisis and also includes my bipartisan legislation, the mental health improvement act which provides tens of millions annually to expand our behavioral work force and helping train and recruit and retain mental health professionals across the country and would bring resources to communities like mine and yours, mr. speakep reduce suicide and ensure americans get the care when they need it. it's important in this program that the funds reach the communities that desperately need the assistance.

i urge my colleagues to pass this legislation and advocate for its implementation. just a few weeks ago i visited a federally qualified health center in my district, called the i promise health quarters sponsored by the lebron family agency and the health workers say they don't have enough people to work for the need in the community. this bill would be able to help it. while we've come up with a serious solution to this crisis, the administration has fired people in these agencies to help work these programs. undermining the medicare program and getting people kicked off so they can't support this underlying bill because of the funding mechanisms. this is unacceptable and we must show the american people that we put partisan aside and people first we can deliver meaningful results. we need to put money where our mouths are and put money in place to save lives and keep our

community safe. thank you. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: and i know my colleagues on the other side have been using the same anti-trump, anti-republican talking points for months and months. and i understand that they don't like what the house republicans are doing and they don't like what the president is doing but the american people do. poll of after poll is showing that an increasing number of people now believe this country is heading in the right direction. a rasmussen reports survey shows that this is the first time in 20 years the majority of respondents have felt that way. so go ahead and vote against these things and these things will increase work to stop the opioid crisis, curb wasteful spending of the american taxpayer dollar and address illegal immigration. but know it will be a vote against the will of the american people. i'd like to yield two

minutes to another colleague of mine from minnesota. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this is an important topic. as a former police officer in duluth, minnesota, one of the worst calls you can get is an overdose. because when you go there, the individual is deceased, you make sure it was an overdose. mr. stauber: that nothing else took the life of that individual. and then you have to formulate a plan on how you're going to notify mom or dad or the next of kin. that is the most gut wrenching thing a law enforcement officer can do. it's like rock slag, very hard to do that. to knock on that door.

you are about to give their loved one the worst news ever. you knock on that door and they open the door. they see a police officer in full uniform. they know something is up. and then you have to tell them. and you have to be straight up with them. that their son or daughter or their loved one died. and the first question is how? mr. so-and-so, mrs. so-and-so, we believe it was a drug overdose. the toxicology tests will confirm but we believe it was a drug overdose. and then all holy you know what breaks out in the house from crying, to tears, to frustration at the individual that delivered the worst news in their lifetime. they never forget that police officer, what he or she looked like, the

demeanor he or she had, what they smelled like, what time of the day it was, how hard the knock was, how many times we rang the doorbell. mr. speaker, it's tough. this is a very good bill to stop drug overdoses and i yield. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: just for the record, again, what we are objecting to is the fact that all of the programs that are contained in this bill that are being authorized are being gutted by this administration, and my friends are saying nothing about it. and that's the ultimate kind of cynical maneuver. this administration is cutting money for first responder training, cutting money for pregnant and postpartum women, for programs to help prevent children from going down the road to addiction, cutting

programs to track opioids, cutting comprehensive opioid care centers. they're proposing them be totally eliminated. we're having this debate while as we speak, they are gutting these programs and my friends are saying nothing. no, everything is great. give me a break. mr. speaker, at this point i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from new mexico -- no. two minutes to the gentlewoman from california ms. kamlager dove. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. kamlager-dover: i rise to talk about the so-called save the s.b.a. from sanctuary cities act because in reality this bill doesn't save anything

but continues to eviscerate small businesses in order to give to the biggest businesses who doesn't need the small business association and you know who does? small businesses. they just want customers and employees and the chance s.b.a. affords them to have success. no, this bill just scores cheap political points and forces the s.b.a. to close offices in cities like los angeles, my home, simply because we refuse to bend to maga and the republicans because it's about retaliation and not good governance. immigrants start businesses. and you know what? they hire other immigrants. you know who benefits? everyone. because they are paying taxes and hiring our neighbors and they're delivering a service and growing our economy. l.a. is home to over 244,000 businesses. so is the goal for this

administration to shut all those businesses down, red businesses, blue businesses, independent businesses because there's a problem with l.a., because they don't like immigrants? businesses like koman's, a small business open for 30 years and after the urban fires they fed victims. they need s.b.a. and deserve it as do millions of small businesses like them. this bill gives them the finger on top of the chaos of the taco taxes. i am urging a vote no on the rule and the cruel, unnecessary legislation that it brings forward. this is a ultimate reality, this floor, what i'm hearing from republican colleagues that aren't talking at all about the millions of americans that are going to be harmed by these destructive bills. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlewoman reserves.

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i know the gentlelady doesn't want me to talk about elon or what elon said but we're going to talk about it anyway. mr. speaker, as elon musk said, trump's one big beautiful g.o.p. tax scam is, quote, a disgusting abomination. let me break it down for you and the american people. 60's the most egregious abominations in one, the g.o.p. tax scam is a give-away to the wealthiest in our country and investment and hedge fund managers paying a lower tax right than school teachers or firefighters and cut taxes for the top 5% of taxpayers while reducing critical services. two, two, trump's bill guts

medicaid and likely medicare, too. if this bill is signed into law, we will expect to see widespread hospital closures and 15 million individuals including sick children, seniors and the disabled that could lose health care coverage. three, it raises costs on individual health insurance plans. it could increase health insurance premiums by hundreds of dollars and force tens of thousands of people out of the marketplace. four, this bill attacks food stamps. millions will lose access to snap benefits and taking food off the plates of seniors and veterans. five, term natures the i.r.s. direct filing program that helped people file their taxes in 2024. six, it increases fees on asylum seekers and dumps dollars in

mass deportation. and it turns millions of acres of public lands and allow them to pay to get their projects rubber stamped. eight, it guts green energy subsidies including renewable energy projects that are already underway. nine, it blocks state a.i. regulations and a give-away to big tech trampling over state legislators. 10, and it scraps a century long tax on gun silencers. who does that? truly horrendous. we have a gun epidemic and republicans want to make it easier for dangerous people to get gun attachments. this tax scam bill is no good and this is just the tip of the

iceberg. and i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: i wanted to clarify, my colleague continues to talk about the tax bill which is not in front of us right now, we are talking about different things. but i do feel the need to address that in that tax bill that he is talking about, in the reconciliation bill that he trashes and says that it is tax breaks for billionaires i want to use my district. in the 7th district of minnesota, this bill, the reconciliation bill that he opposes would prevent a 25% tax hike for most people in my district. and where the average income is $70,000 not billionaires. and it incrises the standard deduction. it increases the child tax credit. it helps small businesses

through the 1999-8 deduction. this is a solid tax bill. we looked at what we could do to help the average citizen in the country and made sure it is a solid tax bill. i wanted to make sure we are correcting the talking points that the democrats are using because it does provide tax breaks for the middle income. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from minnesota reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, let's talk about the gentlelady's district in minnesota. i point this out and i'm learning that a lot of republicans didn't read what was in the bill. under this bill, 5, 800 people would lose coverage under the affordable care act in her district alone. 15,000 in her district alone would lose medicaid coverage.

21, 167 people in her district would lose health insurance outright. i mean, really? is that what representation is all about? that is what is in this bill that you never read. i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from new mexico. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. stansbury: you know, i find it laughable for the last several decades the g.o.p. branded themselves as the party of fiscal responsibility and economic development, when they are trying to pass a bill right now that would blow a hole through the deficit in $37 trillion over 230 years while they are trying to gut the infrastructure that helped small businesses survive. they have attacked the small business administration. they have a bill on the floor this week that would take s.b.a. out of our communities.

they slashed the minority business agency. talking about millions of dollars in lost revenue and paused job corps and going to cut it. they gutted funding for n.g.o.'s and paused funding on the i.r.a. and trying to direct attack our small businesses. when i think about the impacts of these cuts i cannot do so without thinking of john garcia, who is the director of s.b.a. for the last eight years, a vietnam veteran who dedicated 40 years of his life to ensuring that our communities and veterans have the resources they need to thrive. and yet, doge didn't care. elon musk didn't care, because he is one of those federal employees who a few months ago was planning to do an economic plan across the state of new mexico when he received the fork in the road letter. these are real people's lives.

and you are standing around here pretending like you care about the american people and the economy and the deficit and it's just a lie. you are running a scam on the american people and running a scam on yourselves and you are hurting real people. and i stand against this rule and the bill that it would advance. i yield become. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new mexico yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the chair would remind all remarks are to be made to the chair. the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: thank you, mr. speaker. again, i always have to take the opportunity to correct things. what we are doing in this bill with -- in the reconciliation bill, because this bill in front of us is not what they are talking about. because they are digresses into antitrump talking points. with the medicaid and in the

reconciliation bill, we have four aibled bodied individuals without dependents, there is a work requirement. that could be schooling or community engagement. we will be removing illegal immigrants who should not be on medicaid. we also are looking that waste, fraud and abuse, those items and those people that will be removed should not have been on medicaid in the first place. they shouldn't have been there any ways. so, it is -- we are not removing people that need medicaid because those people who need it will be getting it. it's that work requirement and illegal immigrants and those who shouldn't have been on it in the first place. with that's correct i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized.

mr. mcgovern: undocumented immigrants are not receiving. read c.b.o. actually read the stuff that we pay people to provide us the information to make sure we have the facts. these bills are not stand-alone ideas but part of a larger republican playbook that protects the powerful. more tax breaks for millionaires, crumbs for poor. more cruelty toward the vulnerable. and we have never seen pay to play as much as we have seen in this congress and in this administration. this isn't governing, it is greed and corruption and cruelty massacre aiding as policy and the american people deserve a hell of a lot better. the idea to take health care away from people is unconscionable and doing it with a straight face is

unconscionable. you are attacking small businesses and the -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: vote no, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischbach: may i inquire how much time i have left. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has 14 1/2 minutes. i would like -- mrs. fischbach: i would like to take a step and associate myself with the remarks of one of my democrat colleagues in the rules committee last night. what's astonishing my democratic colleagues admitted that we have been telling the american people for weeks and talking about the illegal immigrants, in light of the c.b.o. score, 1.4 illegal immigrants are on the roles of

state health care systems. our colleague ended up twisting herself in knots to aid her in the talking points. the latest argument to hide the fact that illegal immigrants are accessing medicaid. they are only accessing state health systems, not the medicaid program. but would like to point out in a news flash, medicaid is a state administered program that supports state health care systems. medicaid is a joint federal-state program. the federal government requires states to cover certain mandatory populations and benefits but allows states to cover optional benefits. there is substantial state variation in factors such as medicaid eligibility, covered benefits and payments.

waivers and demonstration authorities allow states to operate outside of certain federal rules. now even democrats are admitting that medicaid dollars are being used to benefit illegal immigrants and that is what we are trying to stop, draining funds intended to help american citizens in need. and mr. speaker, as expected, my colleagues are unable to focus on the task at hand and continue their fear mongering and falsehoods about what is in the one big beautiful bill. for the record, it december not cut medicaid for any u.s. citizen who needs it. it strengthens the system and benefits the people who need it. we need to be responsible to the taxpayers and we are going after welcome back. and i -- welcome back -- waste, fraud and abuse.

and anyone who needs medicaid will have it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has the only time remaining. mrs. fischbach: i'm sorry, i didn't understand that he was out of time. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady yield? mrs. fischbach: i will continue my closing statement. mrs. fischbach: i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from minnesota has the only time remaining. mrs. fischbach: i apologize. i understand now. he has no time so you won't be doing a closing. mr. mcgovern: i would like more time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for her closing statement. mrs. fischbach: i apologize. i assumed he had a few minutes left.

you know, as expected, my colleagues deficient eated completely from the task at hand we have today. and like i said earlier, they wanted to continue these attacks on one big, beautiful bill. and i have mentioned repeatedly that medicaid is not cut for those who need it. and we are ensuring american taxpayer dollars are going to help american businesses. the act does not prevent people with temporary visas or other legal immigrant statuses from holding jobs in american businesses or owning their own small businesses. it just says if you want support for tax dollars, you need to be an american citizen. and a mission that the majority of americans support to end illegal pro-illegal immigration policies by showing these cities

that the s.b.a. is serious and going to move its offices if sanctuary cities do not start following federal law. and here -- we are here to further the great work that is being done by our communities to put a stop to the terrible overdose and substance abuse issue through the support act for patients and community re-authorization act. i do not believe that there is a person in this chamber who does not see as one of the most serious issues tasting our nation today. . . foy. . i yield back my time and yield the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlewoman from minnesota yields. the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

mr. mcgovern: i ask for a recorded vote -- the yeas and nays, i'm sorry. the speaker pro tempore: t he yeas and nays are requested. those those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: p ursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess for a period of less than 15

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