mr. grothman: and where do they come from? mr. dhillon: they're imported from mexico or precursor chemicals come from china into mexico, the drug cartels manufacture the fentanyl and bring it across the southwest border. mr. grothman: i was told by my d.e.a. guy that he thought maybe 100% of the deaths in mexico were caused by drugs brought in from mexico. mr. dhillon: i hate to say 100% but there's virtually no, that i know of, ill list fentanyl manufacturing occurring in the u.s. it's almost entirely in foreign countries and brought into the u.s. mr. grothman: i was down on the border last week, it's so frustrating to see 110,000 deaths and nobody seemingly caring very much. because you'd figure as a minimum we'd begin to try to cut off the spigot and actually things are going the opposite way right now. we have less drugs being captured because the border patrol is busy doing other things. could you comment on our efforts being made to stem the tide of drugs across the southern board her it seems like it goes up 90,000, 100,000

mr. grothman: thank you. final question, there are allegations, which are believed by the way, that the relationships between regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical industries are too cozy. and as a result, there are some drugs we are not looking into. do you believe that sometimes the relationship between big pharma and drug companies is too cozy in this country? mr. dillon: that's not something i can address. i can say that when i was head of the dea, there was no cozy relationship between dea and the pharmaceutical companies. >> the germans time has expired. thank you very much. -- the gentleman's time has expected a call the gentleman from georgia who is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. mr. stern field, isn't it true that since 2008 the food and drug administration has paid mackenzie more than $140 million? in taxpayer money? >> we have been surveying the food and drug administration and its effect. >> received $140 million over that time, correct? >> i don't know the exact number,

>> remember, mr. grothman, the president is offering to pay for his proposals. so we are putting forget spending with tax reform. i get that many may disagree with our tax proposals. but he does believe we should pay for our proposals. in this budget we show over $1 trillion decrease in deficits over ten years. >> okay. and what is it based on projected inflation -- because inflation determines kind of the -- what type of inflation or interest rates are you guessing when you put together the budget ten years out? >> so the inflation rates -- >> i'll say interest rates. >> interest rates are using now are lower than in the budget, because we did it in november, are about 2.1% for this year. right now i think we're really around 2.3, so we're slightly lower than interest rates. what we do believe, over the ten-year period, we're still paying a lower interest rate than historic norms. >> okay. i'm going to ask you a little more of a bipartisan question. you're raising the corporate rate here to 28%. and it's something i kind of disagree with the republicans on. his

mr. grothman: thank you. thank you, i'd like to yield a half-hour to my friend from texas. >> i thank the gentleman from wisconsin for yielding time and will continue to engage in that and with the permission of the gentleman from wisconsin i'd like to ask that he would also yield time to the gentleman from virginia to engage in colloquy. mr. grothman: very good. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin controls the time. mr. roy: understood. i appreciate the time from the gentleman from wisconsin and his commitment to fighting to change this town which unfortunately too many of our colleagues are unwilling to do. and glad to have the -- my friend from virginia here as well. you know, yesterday we had a -- we had a interesting exchange in the house judiciary committee and we had a number of different conversations about the issue of the ongoing threat at our border. i know that my friend from virginia also was down here on the floor of the house last night where he had a continued conversation ab

foxx: i yield one minute to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman wisconsin is recognized. mr. the grothman: everyone knows drug costs are too high and penicillin costs in particular are way too high. it's a bill with a simple answer. we look at the problem and solve the problem by having the federal reserve print more money. $15.5 billion over 10 years. i realize you have a pay-for here but it's by delaying another program by another year. and as a practical matter this bill spends $15.5 billion more over 10 years than we would without the bill. we are already told this source of funds -- we also use this type of source of funds in the infrastructure bill. it's just grabbing another year. why don't we just require p.b.m.'s to pass on their rebates to the patients as intended? that's something that would cost the federal government in my mind no new money, would be a significant reduction in costs for the individual. i appreciate that so many people on the majority side of the aisle would like to work together

grothman. mr. grothman: thank you very much. i don't like to consider myself and overly partisan congressman so i'll lead off my speech by yet tug democrats kind of as a background for the rest of this speech. in politico so you know it's true, an unnamed democrat quotes barack obama as saying, don't underestimate joe's ability to blame things -- to blank things up. former defense secretary robert gates says joe biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the last four decades. so i want my democrat friends to think about that. now i'm not an expert on foreign policy but it seems a goal in the ukrainian-russian war should be to end hostilities. on the internet you can find numbers from 2000 to 20,000 civilian that was died so far and of course it appears as though tens of thousands of military personnel have passed away as well. every day the number of ukrainian and military deaths continues to go up. i'll point out that ukraine has the second lowest b

mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield next to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman. mr. grothman: thank you. our country is obviously in bad shape and i think our forefathers, if they saw the way we operated today, would be quite stunned and wonder where in their constitution they let us down to wind up where we are today. and i think of the three branches of government, the judiciary is the one which right now has let down the framers the most. our forefathers realized that a country with elections usually eventually fails because a majority can either want or be manipulated into wanting more stuff or ordering other people around to order them to be obeyed the way they would like other people to be behaved. a bill of rights, the bill of rights is almost exclusively about restricting the role of government in american life. obviously the supreme court has largely abandoned that function. things got bad in the 1930's and 1940's, again in the 1960's. today one wonders what the court will say, what the court will ever say no to. where will judge jackson fit as we try to def

>> remember, mr. grothman, the president is offering to pay for his proposals. so we are putting forget spending with tax reform. i get that many may disagree with our tax proposals. but he does believe we should pay for our proposals. in this budget we show over $1 trillion decrease in deficits over ten years. >> okay. and what is it based on projected inflation -- because inflation determines kind of the -- what type of inflation or interest rates are you guessing when you put together the budget ten years out? >> so the inflation rates -- >> i'll say interest rates. >> interest rates are using now are lower than in the budget, because we did it in november, are about 2.1% for this year. right now i think we're really around 2.3, so we're slightly lower than interest rates. what we do believe, over the ten-year period, we're still paying a lower interest rate than historic norms. >> okay. i'm going to ask you a little more of a bipartisan question. you're raising the corporate rate here to 28%. and it's something i kind of disagree with the republicans on. his

mr. lawson of florida and mr. butterfield of north carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, they will both vote yes on s.497. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. suozzi, mr. smith of washington, mr. levin of michigan, ms. ross and mr. deep sean iowa, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? >> madam speaker as as the member designated by mr. defazio of oregon, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote yes on s.497. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by congressman joe morelle yes, chairwoman johnson and congresswoman strich left-hand and representative brown. they will vote yes on s.497. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kerry of ohi

mr. grothman: unanimous consent to speak for a minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. grothman: yesterday upon returning to my office, i heard testimony from the secretary on homeland security saying he inherited a mess at the border. he's doing the best he can. the american public ought to know what the numbers are. two marchs ago, about 11,000 people, between gotaways who weren't vetted by the border patrol, and people who were vetted by the border patrol, about 11,000 people a month were coming here. a year ago in march it was around 60,000. we're right now at 153,000. when you inherit a march with 11,000 and two years later you're at 153,000, you have not been doing the best you can. this is threatening the end of america, it's it signals that -- it signals that america is very weak and i have felt all along the policies at the southern border is one of the reasons we have to deal with the ukraine right now. because no normal leader would allow this many people to cross the

grothman, for 30 minutes. mr. grothman: thank you. so i understand, i have to make a plane so i won't be here for the full 30 minutes. if anybody cares, it will probably be 15 minutes. before addressing the issues i wanted to talk about today, i want to one more time talk a little bit about vitamin b., because earlier -- vitamin b, because earlier today i talked to a doctor from israel about a study that he conducted. the study is absolutely amazing. in israel, about 45% of the population is vitamin d deficient and that's really deficient. that means less than 20 nanograms per milliliter. about 75% of the israeli population has vitamin d less than 30 milligrams per nanoleert. in any event -- nanoliter. in any event, he looked and see who had adequate levels of vitamin d performed once they came into the medical system compared to people who are under that 20 nanograms. he found people who were vitamin d deficient, which is almost half of the israeli population, were 14 times more likely to have severe or critical covid than the people

mr. mast: agreed, ma'am. >> you can see the rest of this if you go to c-span.org or on the c-span now video app. right now we take you live to the u.s. house of representatives which today is considering legislation dealing with human rights in burma and war crimes in ukraine. the house will also take up contempt of congress charges against trump administration officials peter navarro and dan scavino for refusing to cooperate with the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. also today, the house will start working on a $55 billion assistant package for restaurants and other industries hit hard by the pandemic. the speaker: the house will be in order the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, chaplain kibben. crib: would you -- chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. sovereign god nothing in all of creation is hidden from your sight. your eyes, o lord, are everywhere. you see everything from the wars that rage around the world and into the recesses of each heart

mr. green, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 5657. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does distinguished the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as as the member designated by mr. bowman and representative johnson, these members will vote yes on h.r. 5657. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. soto, lawson and ms. frankel and ms. -- let me revise that, mr. speakerment. as the member designated by mr. crist, lawson and frankel of florida and mrs. maloney of new york, all four of these members will vote yes on h.r. 5657. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? mr. kustoff: as the member designated by ms. meng and ms. tray hair, these members will vote yes on h.r. 5657. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from delaware seek recognition? ms. blunt rochester