issues to create peace in the engage inher than more. we have a lot of work to do but we are doing it for the people. i hope the country understands that the democrats are doing a heck of a lot in terms of not only exercising our constitutional responsibility, but also working on our agenda for the people. making sure we reduce the cost of prescription drugs, passing the violence against women act, the paid equity act for women, hr one looks at corruption and gets corruption out of politics. we are doing our job and we look you doing it yet -- doing it. thank you for the conversation. guest: i'm glad to be with you. host: we are bringing you to the house floor.

the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god our father, we give you thanks for giving us another day. bless the members of this people's house as they gather at the end of another week in the capitol. endow each with the graces needed to attend to the issues of the day with wisdom. that the results of their efforts might benefit the citizens of our nation and the world. we also ask your blessing leading into this weekend upon

fathers throughout our country. may they be their best selves and may their children appreciate fully the blessing they have been to them. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. "new england journal of medicine" -- pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. hern. mr. hern: 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: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the

gentleman from california 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, jeat is recognized -- the the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> [speaking in a foreign anguage]

i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will provide a translation. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? >> 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. mr. hern: madam speaker, i rise today to honor my june veteran of the month, mr. oscar nipps jr. and share his american hero story. he serves as a rifleman, company cook can, and sergeant with the first cavalier division during world war ii liberating thousands of civilians from the santo tomas internment camp. he continued fighting alongside the allied forces to liberate the philippines and on ship headed to frontlines of japan

with the invasion when victory was declared over japan in 1945. at 92 he continues to be a leader and public servant as a volunteer at the military history museum in broken arrow. in fact, the city has named two streets in his honor. he's a familiar face at the museum where he shares his stories of the brave men and women he fought decide and friends he lost during the war. mr. nipps' bravery will never be forgotten, and i'm grateful for the work he continues to do and share his story. i'm honored to name him the first district's veteran of the month for june. madam speaker, i yield my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition?

without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. miss underwood: today i pay tribute to the life and legacy of a selfless community servant. eddie jones the second. who paffsd away last week at the much too soon age of 69. ms. kelly: he was a steady hand for anyone who needed it and a sturdy presence who dedicated himself to being a good steward of our chicagoland community. born in arkansas to eddie and rosy jones, he grew up in chicago's bronzeville -- brownsville neighborhood. he graduated from high school and western illinois university before embarking on a 30-year career with i.b.m. he was chairman of the educational foundation, the march of dimes, and served as the president of the chicago urban league metro board. he was a proud brother of alpha phi alpha fraternity. he was even prouderer to be a grandfather and a father.

i am thankful to have called eddie my friend and i'm comforted and inspired by the fact his legacy endures and memories smiles in service of o others. on behalf of a second congressional district, i say we miss you. thank you for a life well lived. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: unanimous consent unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to speak about a bill to eradicate hacing on college campuses. this morning congresswoman marsha fudge will introduce the end all hazing act. i'm proud to lead this bill with her to increase campus wide transparency and accountability for all student organizations. for too long hazing has threatened the health and safety of students to undermine the educational mission at finer education institutions.

no student on any campus should have their well-being put in jeopardy because of a dangerous or life threatening situation as part of a sports team or club ritual. parents who have lost children to incidents of hazing have been working with fraternities and so roarities to engage in aggressive student education, outreach, and advocacy efforts to end tragic hazing incidents. their work has included successfully pursuing legislation with transparency requirements in several states, including my home state of pennsylvania. a federal solution will more quickly address the problem and ensure students across the country can can enjoy a safe, collegiate experience with involvement in extra can curricular activities and student organizations without fear of being hazed. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for

one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. yesterday was women's veterans day in my home state of california, also home to 145,000 women veterans. 71 years ago president truman signed the women's armed services integration act of 1948. this law recognized women's enduring and critical service to the nation and made them permanent members of the united states armed forces. as chairwoman of the women's veterans task force i am working with 66 of my colleagues in the house, as well as in the senate, to increase visibility of women veterans. ms. brownley: we are promoting incluescy ofity and equitable access to health care, benefits, education, and economic opportunity, particularly in the department of veterans affairs. i ask all americans to join me in recognizing the two million women who have served our country in uniform.

to these women veterans, i say thank you for your service to our great nation. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, madam speaker. this past week we were privileged to have been invited by our speaker, those of us who have been in the military, served our country in the military, she invited us to go with with her to the 75th the anniversary of normandy. it was deeply moving. to be on those beaches and to see and know the sacrifices , and we rred there talked in terms of it being an invasion over and over. i get back to texas and i found out last month that's about the me number, about 144,000

invaded france, what we had last month in america. right here even in texas. we are being invaded by people that do not know how to preserve a self-government. ben franklin said it's a republic, madam, if you can keep it. if we don't stop the invasion, we will not keep it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- mr. gohmert: that the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 962, the born alive abortion survivors protection act, and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines consistently issued by speakers as recorded in section 956 of the house rules and manual the chair is constrained not to entertain request unless it has has been

cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships. the gentleman has not been recognized for debate. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. maloney: madam speaker, yesterday was the third anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting. three years ago 49 young people were senselessly murdered and 53 more were wounded. in the three years since then, approximately 120,000 more americans have die interested our nation's gun violence epidemic. and our nation has failed to take any meaningful action. just recently we witnessed another mass shooting in virginia beach that killed 12 people, 12 innocent people. and yet congress has yet to

pass commonsense measures to save lives. measures that 90% of americans support. like universal gun background checks and bans on massacre size magazines and silencers. h.r. 8 passed by the house more than 100 days ago and still awaits action in the senate. how many more tragic anniversaries must pass? how many must die before we offer more than thoughts and prayers? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 431 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the . mmittee of the whole the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration can of h.r. 2740. will the gentlewoman from texas, mrs. fletcher, kindly ake the chair.

the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2740, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriation force departments of labor, health and human services and education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on thursday, june 13, 2019, a request for recorded on amendment number 71 printed in house report 116-er 109 offered by the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. pressley, had been postponed. the chair understands that amendment 72 and 73 will not be offered. it is now in order to consider amendment number 74 printed in part b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the the

gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. spanberger: madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 74 printsed in part b of house report number 116-109, offered by ms. spanberger of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentlewoman from virginia, ms. spanberger, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from virginia. ms. spanberger: thank you, madam chair. my amendment to h.r. 2740 increases funding towards colorectal cancer screening and prevention. righto colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death in the united states. this year alone more than 50,000 people across the country are expected to die from this disease and one out of 20 americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer during their lifetime. when i hear these statistics, i think of more than just the

numbers. i think of the families and the lives that are impacted. i think of my own mother-in-law who was diagnosed years ago and remains cancer free to this day, and i think of my dear friend peg, a teacher, advocate, eafer fighter who when based with her own diagnosis committed herself to educating others about this disease anti-benefit of screenings. with so many americans like peg and my mother-in-law diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year, congress needs to support prevention efforts. over the last few years funding for the groundbreaking colorectal cancer control program has remained the same. this year i thank the appropriations committee for recognizing this problem by bringing attention to the increasing rate of colorectal cancer among younger adults, we are sharing the gift of research and promote oing the spread of a 21st century prevention. . my amendment will provide $3 million in additional funding for colorectal cancer research

under the chronic disease, health promotion program. in virginia, the virginia department of health significantly benefits from this program and uses these funds to provide early screenings across the commonwealth. if this critical amendment passes, the house would provide a major increase and much-needed funding for colorectal screening and control under the c.d.c. this increased support means more necessary screenings, more evidence-based interventions and a path towards more lives saves, especially among some of our country's most vulnerable patients. studies indicate as much as 60% of colorectal deaths could be prevented with screening, but the number of colorectal screenings have been level since 2010. clearly, we are overdufort progress in this fight. by increasing the number of screenings, we would be able to catch abnormal growth before they turn into cancer and we can catch colorectal cancer when treatment is more effective. as we fight for additional

funding, we are allowing prevention and education initiatives to reach more americans. and that gives more families the opportunity to live cancer-free. we have a rare opportunity to build a coalition in this battle across the country. more than 1,700 organizations have committed to defeating colorectal cancer as a public health crisis, and together they've committed to the goal of 80% screenings in the coming years. congress needs to join in this effort, and my amendment can and should be part of that fight. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> thank you, madam chair. i rise to claim time in opposition and reserve. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. the gentleman reserves. ms. spanberger: i'd like to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from connecticut, representative delauro.

the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. delauro: i would note that the underlying bill we are considering today includes a $2 million increase for total funding level of $45 million for colorectal cancer prevention activities at the c.d.c. given the increasing rate of colorectal cancer among younger adults, i'm pleased to further support the expansion of c.d.c.'s efforts. i'm a survivor of ovarian cancer, and i thank the gentlelady for raising the issue of colorectal cancer and the importance of cancer screenings and urge my colleagues to support this amendment. i know we will have a discussion here, madam speaker, about where the dollars are coming from, but i would like to, madam speaker, just remind the gentleman from maryland that last evening, the minority voted overwhelmingly for a 14% cut across the board, which in fact would have cut the general departmental management by 14%. so i find this line of

opposition to be somewhat disingenuous. with that i yield back the balance of my time. ms. spanberger: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. harris: thank you, madam chair. here we go again. i mean, obviously we took a five-hour break, but now we're back to not making priorities. the bottom line is now we're up to $27 million out of this basket of money that the secretary has to manage a department that's actually increasing in size, increasing in complexity, and now we're saying that although this is a very worthy cause, there's no question in anyone's mind, i hope that colon cancer screening, for instance, is essential, that every american who falls within the guidelines should be encouraged to undergo

the screening, but we have to set priorities. if we're going to increase further the funding into that program, because as we heard from the subcommittee chair, we've already increased the funding, if we're going to increase it further, we have to look somewhere to decrease funding that's not a magical pot of money that's endless. i mean, literally, it is true, sooner or later, the secretary is going to have to take out loans to pay salaries in his department because we will have drained the entire amount. $27 -- again, since last vote series which we had 1:00 eastern time, it's now 9:20 eastern time, since then we have drained that fund by $27 million. a lot of it transferred for good projects, but that's not the way we should be doing business here. you know, the families in my district, if they have a priority, they set a new priority. they say, this family needs this a lot right now. they look into their budget and say, what are we not going to

spend on? that's what we ought to be doing. if this is so essential, madam chair, i would suggest that some other program, not a magical pot of money that some people believe has no bottom but, of course, again, the secretary has to run an increasingly complex department. the bottom line is we have now drained again, just since -- if all the amendments pass that we discussed since 1:00 a.m., $27 million out of the fund. this is not the way we ought to do business. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. spanberger: madam chair, i have trouble with that argument from my colleague across the aisle when last night he voted for a 14% cut across the board to this pot of money which he refers to as a magical pot of money. and i think it's incredibly important when we are looking at the priorities, priorities such as prevention, priorities

such as early detection related to such a disease that kills so many americans, where prevention and early screenings are vital to survival levels, it's incredibly important that we prioritize screenings and nvest $3 million, is what this amendment stipulates towards this vital, vital effort. i thank you very much, and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chair. look, we're showing the american people right now that we live in fantasy land. the bottom line is the amendment that i and many of my colleagues voted for last night merely restores this bill to the current state of law. it makes it comply with the budget control act. i didn't vote for the budget control act, but it is the law of the land. and we can pretend it's not. and that's the difference

between us and the people in my district. you see, they don't have monopoly money to play with. they can't pretend that the law isn't the law. they can't pretend they can invent money in their families. they have to follow the laws. they have to follow their budgets. i guess that's just not true. this is why congress has a 9% approval rating, because the people watching us today, the millions of people watching us, there may be several hundred thousand watching us today watching promises being made that can't be kept, promises not made of money taking out of this generation but the generation following it. again, this is a worthy cause, but the bottom line is last year when the majority was in the minority, every single member in the appropriations

committee voted against funding this program when it left the committee. every single majority member when they were in the minority. i get how this game is being played. i get it. we have to restore fiscal discipline, the same fiscal discipline that every family in our districts have, if you set a priority and decide this is necessary to spend on, you find something that's not necessary to spend on. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. ms. spanberger: i'd like to note to the record that i am new to congress, elected in november, so i was not here last year or last congress during the tax bill cycle, but given that you were -- my colleague across the aisle was, i find lectures about fiscal discipline to be very challenging to take when we're discussing mow toply money, fantasy land money and taking money from the next generation. i know a great deal about the challenges that ride on the fact that we have increased our

debt year after year. and i find it very difficult to listen to lectures about this from a colleague who in fact voted to balloon the deficit. this is about prevention and screening. this is about the health of americans, and this is about being proactive in our spending. i reserve the balance of my time. mr. harris: parliamentary inquiry. is any time remaining on the other side, because the gentlelady moved to reserve her time? the chair: the gentleman from maryland controls the only time. mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chair. i'm a physician taking care of people for 35 years. i'm not sure i should be lectured, madam chair, on the proper way to take care of people in this country with regards to their health. i understand the attraction. maybe bringing a tax bill into this. i'm not sure why the proponents can't leave this as a

discussion of funding health. the bottom line is this is an important subject, no question about it. i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from virginia. hose in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from virginia will e postponed. it's now in order to consider amendment number 75 printed in part b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. delgado: madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 75 printed in part b of house

report 116-109 offered by mr. delgado of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentleman from new york, mr. delgado, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. delgado: madam chair, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. delgado: madam chair, upstate new york and communities across the country are experiencing an unprecedented increase in lyme disease and tick borne diseases. of all the 14 town halls i had in my district, folks asked me, what is congress doing about lyme disease? today i'm offering an amendment to better understand and prevent this disease. the amendment adds $1 million in critical c.d.c. funding for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of lyme disease.

this makes priorities. as temperatures rise and families spend more time outside, we must invest more and prevent and treat lyme. lyme disease is a devastating disease that can often go undetected as it travels through particulars, tiny bugs that are in rural and dense areas, areas in my district in upstate new york. while most lyme disease patients who are diagnosed and treated early can fully recover, 10% to 20% of patients suffer from persistent symptoms which for some are chronic and disabling. these numbers are even more startling as we consider over the last 25 years lyme disease has increased by more than 300% in the northern states. in 2017, there were 3,502 confirmed cases of particular borne lyme in new york state alone. madam chair, i have 5-year-old twin boys, and whenever i do bath time, i have to check for particulars and there have been

a few -- for ticks and there have been a few scary moments where i had to pull ticks out of my little boys. it's a frightening experience. parents, myself included, are sending their children into their back yard or park are fears that they can return with a chronic, lifelong and potentially disabling disease, but this is not just a medical or moral issue. lyme disease is costing our economy. how much money are the american people spending on this disease as we still no little about it? lyme disease cost approximately $1.3 billion each year in direct medical costs alone in the united states. the american people are spending $1.3 billion on the symptoms of a disease rather than investing in research to prevent it. how will our local economy attract tourists when people can get sick? what is the cost of keeping children couped up inside

rather than enjoying the outdoors for fear of tick borne illnesses? upstate new yorkers and those struggling with this need medical solutions now to stop this disease in its tracks. prompt diagnosis and diagnosis are crucial to prevent long-term complications. today, diagnostic tests can be complex early spear during earlier stages of infection. my amendment tries to better understand the disease and allow for research to develop and more effective treatment of the disease. unlike in other infectious disease settings, tested directly are not available for lyme disease. this leaves physicians without the tools needed to diagnosis and without an accurate diagnosis, it's challenging for physicians to provide early treatment. . the disease requires specialized treatments to better manage the disease. madam speaker, time to invest

is now. ined, the national science foundation has declared that lime disease is an emerging global pandemic due to climate change. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. madam speaker, i'd like to reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. harris: i ri to claim time in opposition and reserve. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for five minutes and reserves his time. the gentleman from new york i recognized. mr. delgado: madam speaker, i'd like to yield a minute to the gentlewoman from connecticut, chairwoman delauro. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: i thank the gentleman. i rise in support of his amendment. i commend the gentleman's efforts to highlight lime disease which unfortunately has spread to many states due to climate change. the geographic area which ticks can can can survive is increasing as milder winters results in fewer disease carrying ticks dying during the winter. i am a' proud our bill includes a $1 million increase for total

funding level of $13 million for the c.d.c. to intensify efforts to develop better diagnostics and bolster critical prevention and surveillance networks. this amendment would provide an additional $1 million increase and i thank the gentleman for offering this amendment and i urge my colleagues to vote yes. i might also add that last evening the fiscal year 20 house bill we spoke about provides $193 million for the secretary of h.h.s.'s administrative budget. yet last night republicans, including my colleague, voted to cut that budget by 14%. which would have cut the secretary's budget by $27 million. so the argument that's being de is a fantasy and really disingenuous. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new york's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chair.

what's disingenuous trying to make an argument somehow this bill falls within current statute. the budget control act is the controlling statutory authority and this bill is 14% above the udget control act. most people might think a move to restore the congressional action to lawfulness is actually a good thing. in fact, maybe americans who watch who have to live by a budget in their households actually wonderer why we can't do it here. they look at a trillion dollar deficit and say, wait a minute, i can't do that in my household. why does congress do it to the country? the jackson lee from connecticut, gentleman from new york, they share something in common with maryland. we are aware lime disease is endemic. no question about it. it's a problem.

my problem is not with c.d.c. dealing with lime disease. with this amendment amounts to $28 million taken from the same source, this pretend bottomless fund that all we got to do is we just got to go to this. we can can draw all we need out of this fund -- we can draw all we need out of this fund. it's not the way budgeting should work here on capitol hill. again, i me rind my colleagues, people look at how congress erates den i remind my colleagues, people look at how congress operates and wonder. not awe, wonder. they figure why can't congress run the country like i have to run my household? and it's because we don't make -- we don't choose priorities here. we say this is important, and it is. we failed to o do what all fems in america do, when they decide

what's important they choose something that's less important and forgo spending money on that. that's the deficit in this amendment. this amendment is a worthy cause. lime -- lyme disease is a terrible disease as the gentleman from new york knows. we are not even sure how to diagnose it. chronic lime disease is an enigma to scientists and medicine. it should be a priority. but coupled with that priority is finding something else that's of lower priority and deciding not to spend as much there and to spend more here. that's why i reluctantly i urge the body if they pass the other amendments that we have chosen, that we have considered since 1:00 a.m. the last time we met, this would make $28 million out of that mythical bottomless fund that all these good ideas

are funded from. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york, so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. -- >> madam speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, furtherer proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from ew york will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 76, printed in part b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. crow: madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 76, printed in part b of house report number 116-109, offered

by mr. crow of colorado. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentleman from colorado, mr. crow, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. crow: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today to offer an amendment supporting an additional $5 million appropriation for project serv. project serv and programs like it provide mental health resources to students and extend critical support in the wake of tragedies such as school shootings like the one that took place at stem school in my district. by increasing funding we can increase our ability to address the mental health among our precious population, our children. the underlying bill doubles the amendment of funding for project serv to $10 million. moreover, additional funding was provided in the disaster supplemental that i was proud to vote for in may. i thank the chairwoman, ranking member, and members of the

committee for their hard work to ensure this program is properly funded. with my amendment i hope that we can continue to scale project serv and mental health programs like it so that we can ensure that every student gets the help that they deserve. in the time since the stem school shooting in my district, i have had the privilege to meet with several students and their families. their courage and thoughtfulness is unparalleled. we discussed and reflected on ways that we in this body can help students in a bipartisan manner to cope with crisis. what can we do? how do we restart the learning process? how do we prevent fuhr tragedies? the common denominators were expanding health curriculums and schools. grief counseling. helping students, teachers, administrators and their families recover. it was something that we came together and found some bipartisan consensus on in the discussions i have had.

experts can can attest shootings and other -- experts cam attest shootings and other school tragedies take a terrible toll on our students. causing sleep disorder, anxiety, and p.t.s. we need programs like project serv. we need to ensure our children have access to mental health services they need to recover, focus on their studies, make sure tragedies like this never happen again. we need to scale this program and those like it to make sure that this happens at a much larger national scale. i urge my colleagues to support my amendment. thank you, madam chair. i yield to the chairwoman, ms. delauro, from connecticut, as much time she may consume. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: i thank the gentleman. i thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of this amendment and the project school emergency response to violence, project serv program. the program provides counseling and referral to mental health services as well as other

education related services to school districts, colleges, and universities in which the learning environment has been disrupted by a violent or traumatic crisis. to strengthen this critical program, the underlying bill increases the set aside within the school safety national activities program by $5 million over the 2019 enacted level. i appreciate that the amendment is drawing attention to this important program. i am happy to support it. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. crow: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. does any member seek time in opposition? the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. crow: madam chair, i'm prepared to close. we have an obligation to take care of our students, teachers, and school administrators after a horrific tragedy. we must ensure they can can can grieve, heelt, return to school, and focus on learning and moving forward with their lives.

all while feeling safe doing so. i look forward to working with the distinguished chairwoman, appropriators, and members of the authorizing committee to support project serv and programs like it in the months and years ahead. thank you. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. crow: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 77, printsed in part b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? ms. houlahan: madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: record the amendment.

the clerk: amendment number 77, printed in part b of house report number 116-109, offered by miss hulehan of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431,er the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, miss hula han -- miss hulehan and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. miss hulehan: i rise today in -- ms. houlahan: i rise today in support of my amendment which advocates for the department of education's comprehensive development grants. it provides grants to states to help educational agencies to develop comprehensive literacy plans to ensure high combault instruction and evidence-based intervention strategies for all students from birth to 12. this is the only funding stream to support these statewide efforts. this funding allows local school districts to support high quality professional development for teachers, teacher leaders, principals, and specialized instructional support personnel to improve literacy instruction for

struggling readers and writers, including english language learners and students with disabilities. the state of literacy in our country is alarming. before coming to congress i taught high school chemistry and what i found was that most of my high school students couldn't can read above a third or fourth grade level. how could my students learn chemistry if they couldn't read? how could they expect to later in life be able to pursue a quality and rewarding life? it was a wake-up call for me and i spent the next four years as a consequence building a nonprofit that focused on early childhood literacy in our most disadvantaged communities. according to the national institute of literacy, approximately 32 million adults in the u.s. can cannot read. the organization for development found half of u.s. adults can cannot read a wrook book written at an eighth grade level. the fight for a more literate america is crucial. we must acknowledge low literacy affects communities of college. on education progress in 12th

grade reading level assessments, 46% of white students scored at or above proficient, while only 25% of latino, and 17% of black students scored proficient. the fight for literacy is a fight for a fairer country and level playing field. how can can we expect young americans from every race, gender, and socioeconomic background to be ready? how can we live up to the motion that ever american deserves a shot at the american dream if we are not aggressively fighting to ensure they have their most fundamental ability to read? our inaction is costing us all. the national council for adult learning estimates low literacy costs our country $225 billion each year in nonproductivity in the work force. crime and loss of tax revenue due to unemployment of the the american journal of public health found in excess of $230 billion a yearer in health care costs is linked to low adult literacy. our inaction on literacy is costing us nearly $500 billion

a year. i know i believe and i'm sure that many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle believe that every american child deserves his or her shot at the american dream. at the ability to get a quality education and make a living page to support themselves and their families. we arer denying millions of people their shot and their promise in this country by refusing to more aggressively advocate for and fund programs that do critical work of increasing our literacy levels. i thank the house for the consideration of my amendment and important first step in the long overdue fight for more literate and by extension a more fair america. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. harris: madam chair i i rise to -- madam chair, i rise to claim time in opposition. i reserve. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. houlahan: i want to thank

the chairwoman of this committee -- i yield the chair a minute of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i thank you the gentlelady. i rise in support of this amendment and of comprehensive literacy development grants which helps states and school districts provide evidence-based literacy instruction for disadvantaged students from birth through grade 12. literacy is a mark of a civilized society. and it is one of the most important predicters of a student's. to further advance literacy skills across the country, the underlying bill provides over $100 million for literacy grants. a $5 million increase over the fiscal year 2019 enacted level. i might add, that the trump administration cut this program, literacy, they cut it and they also cut the innovative approaches to

literacy, again, which we have increased by $2 million. it means they don't understand that literacy is a mark of a civilized society. i appreciate that the amendment is drawing attention to the importance of this program and am happy to support it and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chair. look, the trump administration followed the law. i know that for congress here we don't really like to follow the law. we think we make it for everybody else. we don't have to follow it. and in fact, the bill we're discussing today doesn't follow the budget control act. it pretends that the law doesn't exist. now, the trump administration did the appropriate thing and said, you know what, the law does exist. the reason why we get into trouble, why america looks at what congress does, the

profligate spending that we have, the trillion-dollar deficits, the $22 trillion debt is because in some cases, like this, we just don't follow the law and the president says, no, we should return to law. if the congress thinks we ought to spend more, then pass a bill that changes the budget control act. but, madam chair, i would suggest if the president had not followed the law, the complaint would be the president is not following the law. you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. the president follows the budget control act, submits a budget consistent with that, and then gets blamed by the majority for following the law, not playing make-believe budgets. madam chair, our families can't do make-believe budgets. they have a certain amount of money and they have to stay within that budget.

i guess we're congress, we're different. we can make believe. this is why we have a 9% approval rating. because the americans look at what we do here in congress and say, this isn't the real world. this education is important, no question about it. but you have to place priorities, and i reluctantly oppose and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: before the gentleman yields, the chair notes that the gentlewoman from pennsylvania has a minute and a half. mr. harris: then, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. ms. hew lan: madam chair, i am nearly speechless from the conversation i heard. the equipment we need to be functioning in our society, that skill of literacy, that we are thinking somehow this

sacheck book balance situation rather than an investment in a child, an investment in a family, an investment in the future. if we're talking about the need to imagine, we have to give people the skills so that they may imagine, imagine the life that they will be able to have when they are able to read a street sign, when they're able to read to their child, when they're able to read their driver's test. these are things we should not deny anyone. these are fundamental things that we absolutely have to provide for every single citizen in our country. if we are not providing education in literacy, what good is this nation? i will conclude by saying, i came here to congress and i stand on this floor, the daughter of a refugee from poland. he came here with nothing as a 5-year-old. he came here with no literacy skills and a generation later, i'm standing here in front of you because my father had the opportunity to learn to read. my father had the opportunity to pursue the american dream and 70 years later, i stand here in front of you because that's the promise our nation

makes all of us and the investment that our nation makes in every one of us. i very much appreciate the opportunity to speak about something that i'm deeply passionate about. i'm confident that the vast majority of our nation is deeply passionate about this. and i reserve the balance of my ime. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. harris: might i inquire how much time remains? the chair: the gentleman has three minutes remaining. mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chair. i won't take you three minutes. we have a lot to do this morning. did a lot of work last night. you know, part of the american dream and my parents, as well, came to this country, and it's amazing that the children of immigrants can sit on this floor, but they came to this country because there is a rule of law in this country. and the law right now says under the budget control act that we should be spending much less than this bill suggests overall.

and the trump administration propose spending within the law. now, that law is not a trump administration law. that law was actually signed by he last pennsylvania in a -- with the majority controlling the senate. it was a bipartisan agreement, the budget control act. but, again, we pretend just doesn't exist. this is a part of the problem. americans look at us and say, wait a minute, you expect us to live by the law, in fact, you insist we live by the law and now, talk about imagination, this is really imagine near. because we are presenting -- we're presenting a proposal here today that spends tens and tens of billions of dollars more than the law says he with are authorized to spend.

that's astounding. no wonder we have a 9% approval rating. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from pennsylvania will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises.

the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 2740 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2740 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to house resolution 436 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2740.

the chair appoints the gentlelady from texas to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of the bill h.r. 2740 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations

other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, pursuant to house resolution 431, further amendments printed in house report 116-109 offered by the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. houlahan, had been postponed. pursuant to house resolution 436, further amendments printed in part b of house report 116- 111 may be offered at any time during consideration of the bill for amendment, 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, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment except amendment described in section 4 of house resolution 431, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the committee. it is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in art b of house report 116-111. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 116-111 offered by mr. pocan of wisconsin. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 436, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. pocan is

recognized -- he will control five minutes and a member opposed will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. pocan: thank you, madam chair. i rise today to offer an amendment that ensures the trump administration cannot block critical groundbreaking research solely because it utilizes human fetal tissue. i believe this new policy announced by h.h.s. just last week is shortsighted and that congress should make its voice heard on the issue. this amendment prohibits any funds in the bill being used to establish a sham ethics advisory board with regard to research products that use human fetal tissue. the june 5 h.h.s. announcement bars n.i.h. scientists from conducting any research using fetal tissue unless an additional ethics advisory board review of n.i.h. applications for fetal tissue research occurs. this is unnecessary because these grant applications are

already subject to rigorous ethical review requirements. currently, any federal funded research that uses fetal tissue must comply with oversight pursuant to the n.i.h. revitalization act of 1993, which was enacted on a bipartisan basis. this framework requires consent and declarations pertaining to fetal tissue from all donorses, physicians, and researchers involved -- donors, physicians and researchers involved. let's be clear, the trump administration's decision is not about science or ethics. it's about politics. fetal tissue research is not new. it has been supported by the n.i.h. since the 1950's, and fetal tissue has been used to develop vaccines that has helped and improve the lives of billions of people around the world. vaccines for measles, rubella, chicken pox and others were used by using fetal cell cultures and they are using it

to help against ebola. studies at u.w. madison are trying to develop treatments for conditions that include blindness, zika, developmental disorders, and diabetes. this is exactly the type of research that the federal government should be supporting, not defunding. i encourage my colleagues to ensure that we all continue to fund critical research on behalf of the american people and that we block last week's decision which threatens federal funding of fetal tissue research. and i yield one minute to my amazing colleague from the state of connecticut, ms. delauro. the chair: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i rise in strong support of congressman pocan's amendment. the administration's decision to forgo to develop treatments, cures for diseases, alzheimer's, a.l.s., parkinson's, this is once again putting personal ideology ahead of public health. researchers have used fetal tissue in research for decades to develop vaccines, develop cures for polios, measles.

the research has saved millions of lives. that's what we're about, saving lives. research involving fetal tissue is conducted subject today to strict guidelines. this anti-science decision will stall medical research in its tracks, reduce hope for those suffering from debilitating diseases and harm the ability of the american scientists to continue to lead global efforts in biomedical research. the trump administration has said that department of health and human services conducted an audit, scientific review of fetal research that led to this decision. quite frankly, they refused to make the results of that review available to the congress. there is simply no scientific or ethical basis for the proposed restrictions on this vital research. it's misguided. it's a dangerous policy. it should be reversed. i support the gentleman's amendment and yield back. .

the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman reserves. >> i reserve. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. harris: madam chair, i rise to claim time in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chair. let's get a handle on exactly what this amendment does. this amendment says we are going to take one of the most controversial, controversial regarding the ethics of the research and we are going to say the federal government can't determine whether it's ethical. madam chair we have a construct for this. this construct was developed by mr. waxman two decades ago signed in a piece of statute signed by president clinton that said when you submit research for funding to the h.h.s. department and there is

an ethical -- it's a topic around which there is ethical questions, or there are ethical questions, that the secretary can choose to seat a panel, not a sham panel, but panel that consists of attorneys, ethicists, practicing physicians, and scientist was substantial accomplishments in biomedical and behavioral research. that doesn't sound too sham to me. but it's a panel that will review it because, madam chair, without that the only review this gets with regards to, for instance, an institutional review board, is at the institution that stands to gain the funding when the project is funded. it's because of that conflict of interest that the congress thoughtfully said in statute

that we ought to have a mechanism to consider the ethics. madam chair, are you going to hear about all kinds of things done with fetal tissue. yeah, they were done decades and decades ago. those vaccines are done on cell lines that have been around for a long time. can there be some research that might benefit from fetal tissue? sure there can be. but we should always make the determining if it's ethical. -- determination if it's ethical. how can can we stand in good conscience and say we are going to take, again, one of the most -- on the basis of ethics, one of the most controversial areas of research and wall it off and say the federal government can't consider ethics. oh, my gosh. that's a step way too far. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves.

the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. >> i'll reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. harris: reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. pocan: how much time do i have left? the chair: the gentleman has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. pocan: the other side of the aisle would like to debate political science rather than medical science today. i understand that. it's always great to make your base happy rather than healthy. there is a big difference when it comes to the issue of fetal tissue. we have had this debate before in committee. this isn't new. but what is new are the cures coming out of the use of fetal tissue not just at u.w. madison but across the country. and the president's action, let's show how far removed, not just the debate we just heard, that's more about politics than science, but over half of the people don't even have to be scientists who are on this new board when we already have the proper oversight in place to make sure this is ethical

research. i get it. you've got to make your base happy, especially in the era of donald trump. but the bottom line is, you are hurting your constituents by trying to place politics over medical science. that's just a really bad idea. mr. harris: are comments supposed to be addressed to the chair? the chair: members shall direct their remarks to the chair. mr. pocan: which i was doing, madam chair. i appreciate that. if you want to be a scientist who doesn't believe in science, that's fine. that means you are a politician. i would like to think those of us who are going to deal with areas that involve science even if we are politicians focus on the science aspects. i'm going to o do just that. that's why this amendment's important to make sure that we have lifesaving research. i urge support. i yield back my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. harris: can i inquire how much time remains? the chair: the gentleman has 2

1/2 minutes remaining. mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chair. before i came to congress i actually was a medical scientist. i held n.i.h. grants. so, madam chair, find it a little unusual that someone would criticize my opinion and dismiss it on medical science. but we live in a strange world. that's why the american people look at congress and wonder what's going on. the fact of the matterer is it's not a trump administration policy -- matterer is it's not a trump administration policy -- matter is it's not a trump administration policy. wherish ethics issues are involved should go to a committee convened to consider 245 -- that. i have had things go before i.r.b.'s, institutional review boards in institutions.

it's a good first step. and the peer review process at n.i.h. a good second step. for some issues like fetal tissue research where we saw etal tissue marketed, marketed , brains $800 plus tax, plus tax. we think it's not at all unreasonable. that the federal government before spending a time of taxpayer money -- remember the president's policy does nothing about funding it. it just says taxpayer dollars shouldn't be used unless you ave considered the ethics. my gosh there is nothing wrong with that. the fact of the matter is americans don't want their tax dollars spent on things unethical, and this is the way that we can determine whether -- again, this has not been set up by the trump administration. this was mr. waxman who will never be confused with a republican. and signed by president clinton.

and i will remind the gentleman that this issue has been discussed in committee for a few years 78 -- years, and the committee has come down on both side of it because this is a controversial issue. and controversial issues best left to the experts just like this ethics committee statute states. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question -- the gentleman is recognized. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from wisconsin. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> thank you, madam chair. i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from wisconsin will e postponed.

it is now in order to consider amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report 116-111. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pascrell: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report number 116-111, offered by mr. pascrell of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 436, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pascrell, and a member posed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pascrell: first, madam chair, i want to commend chairwoman delauro, the gentlelady from connecticut, and ranking member cole for the work on this bill. and accommodating a bipartisan amendment. i want to thank my colleagues congressman david mckinley, congresswoman dianne degette, congressman scott tipton for working together with me on this quest for the past two

years. the alternatives to open yachts in the emergency department program -- opiates in the emergency department program, was first piloted by dr. mark rosenberg. dr. at st. joseph's emergency department in my hometown of paterson, one t, new jersey. and hospitals in colorado as ell. they test alternative pain management protocols to limit the use of opiates in the messagecy departments. they can can serve -- emergency departments. they can serve as new preventive blueprints for health care providers across america as they grapple with ways to combat the opiate epidemic. wracking every community in our nation. they have been working in achieving results to prevent unnecessary use of opiates. to build on these successful programs, we introduced h.r.

5197, the alternatives to opiates in the emergency department act, last congress, to help tackle the opiate crycy, limit the use of opiates in emergency departments, this bill authorizers a grant program to fund demonstration programs and test alternative pain management protocols. thanks to the energy and commerce committee, our bill was signed into law as part of h.r. 6, the support for patients and communities act. this bipartisan pascrell-mckinley-degette-tipto n amendment number 2 will provide the full authorized funding for the alternatives to opiates program. our amendment has the support of american college of emergency physicians. i ask unanimous consent that their letter be included in the record. let's give our e.r.'s the resources to help save some more lives. i respectfully ask that the house support the amendment so that we may fully fund the

program. thank you, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's request will be considered -- covered by general leave. the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chair. even though i don't oppose the amendment i claim time in opposition. the chair: without objection. mr. harris: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pascrell: madam chair, i want to yield a minute at least, whatever she wants, to the distinguished gentlelady from connecticut. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: i thank the gentleman from paterson with one t. i rise in support of this bipartisan amendment and let me reiterate bipartisan amendment. this amendment provides $10 billion for new program at the substance abuse and meptal health services administration for a newly authorized demonstration program to hospitals and emergency

departments to develop, implement, or study alternatives to opioids for pain management. as our nation continues to combat the opioid epidemic, this will provide the opportunity to study and develop best practices of pain management strategies that involve nonaddictive medical products and other types of treatments provided in our emergency room. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pascrell: reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland. mr. harris: thank you very much, madam chairman. i want to thank the gentleman from new jersey for this. this is a real problem we have. as a physician i will tell you we haven't got this right yet. there was a study done, again i have been taking care of

patients for -- 30 years, three decades, and what we still find is that we have people who prescribe narcotics and opioids. we know if you give someone a 10-day supply of opioids for an outpatient operation, there is a 10% chance will he they will be addicted one year afterwards. 10%. yesterday my son had an operation, outpatien operation. got a perfecter description for 50 opioid pills. i'm sitting there - prescription for 50 opioid pills. i'm sitting the -- the surblingon, aim he thinking is there an alternative? we were taught for years if you go to the emergency room with a broken bone you get sent out with a narcotic prescription. they did atudy alternating tylenol with ibuprofen is just as good as the narcotic.

forer decades we have been giving people narcotics unaware we were committing a certain number of them to a terrible life. the gentleman's ssionate about it. i appreciate that. the number of overdoses continues to increase. we got better preventing the deaths. now, we have to get better at preventing the addiction and treating the addiction. and, madam chair, this amendment goes a long way toward that. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pascrell: i want to thank my colleagues for their support. i hope and urge passage of the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. thank you, madam chair. the chair: the gentleman yields. mr. harris: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the

gentleman from new jersey. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment -- for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new jersey will e postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: i move the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises.

the speaker pro tempore: madam chairwoman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 2740 directs me to report it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2740 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to house resolution 431 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2740. will the gentlewoman from texas kindly resume the chair. thank you.

the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of the bill h.r. 2740 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the departments of labor, health and human services and education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, pursuant to house resolution 436, further proceedings on amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report 116-111 offered by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. ascrell, had been postponed. it is now in order tore -- in order to consider amendment number 78 printed in part b of

house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona seek recognition? mrs. lesko: madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 78 printed in part b of house report 116-109 offered by mrs. lesko of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentlewoman from arizona, mrs. lesko, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from arizona. mrs. lesko: thank you, madam chair. my amendment would strike the requirement that at least $750 million of global health programs shall be made available so-called family planning, a funding stream that can support domestically based, nongovernment organizations that support the global abortion industry. regard for human life has never been higher. polling statistics indicate that americans are as likely to

identify as pro-life as they re pro-choice. maris poll shows that 75% americans would limit the abortion to the first three months of pregnancy. further, americans oppose taxpayer funding for abortion 39%.e u.s., 54% to 75% of americans oppose using tax dollars to fund abortions in foreign countries. that's 75%. our policies reflect these views to the hyde amendment, which has protected federal tax dollars from funding abortions in the united states for the last four decades. the amendment passed nf 1973 to protect tax dollars from being spent on abortions through u.s. foreign assistance.

most recently, president trump has committed to congress and to the american people that he will veto any legislation that encourages the destruction of innocent human life at any stage. our president has also courageously reinstated the protecting life and global health assistance policy, which prohibits foreign nongovernment organizations from performing and promoting abortion as long as they're receiving u.s. tax dollars. however, domestic nongovernment organizations are still using federal tax dollars to perform and promote abortion abroad. in the state and foreign operations appropriations anguage, we use the word "family planning" and

"reproductive health" to disguise giving grant recipients license to permeate foreign countries with abortion. promoting abortion in poor developing nations undermines our purposes in providing lifesaving assistance, and i believe disrespects the cultures and sometimes the policies of those nations. it encourages the idea that having fewer children reduces poverty and economic instability instead of promoting real solutions to those problems, like more human rights and liberties and helping women be self-employed. stopping domestic nongovernment organizations from using american tax dollars for abortions is consistent with our other policies, like the hyde and helms amendment and the p.l.g. that limit

government funding for abortions and consistent with americans.f 75% of these policies save lives. in the case of my amendment, thousands of children all over the world can be saved. be clear, my amendment does not eliminate nor does not reduce funding. my amendment ensures instead of investing funds in promoting and performing abortions abroad, the valuable dollars that fund our global health programs are invested in reducing maternal and infant mortality, treating birth complications and enabling access to safe blood, nutrition, and antibiotics. these dollars should be used to provide quality obstetric care and true humanitarian assistance to those in need. my amendment ensures that our nation's policies align with the views of the vast majority

of the american people. we must not allow this onslaught on children to continue being promoted in foreign nations and especially not with our tax dollars. ildren are a source of hope, prosperity, and development. they must be treated as such from the very beginning of their lives here and everywhere. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and i reserve he balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. thank you. anyone rise in opposition? the gentlelady from new york, why do you rise? mrs. lowey: mr. chairman, i rise to claim time in opposition and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. lowey: i am shocked that my colleague would propose an amendment that would strike all

funding for bilateral family planning. these services prevent unintended pregnancies, maternal deaths and abortions, reduce rates of infant and child mortality, empower women to stay in school and join the workforce, create stronger and healthier families and improve economies. aren't these bipartisan policy outcomes that both sides of the aisle should be supporting? family planning does exactly what it says. when to women plan have a family, but as we sit here today, more than 200 million around the world still lack access to modern contraceptives. if we want to build the self-reliance of countries, one

of the most cost-effective measures is to increase access to the family planning services that women so desperately seek. i ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment and reserve the alance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman has -- mrs. lowey: mr. chair. the chair: -- the only time. mrs. lowey: i yield to a member of the state and foreign operations subcommittee, ms. lee. ms. lee: thank you, madam chair. thank you for your leadership and for yielding time. i rise in strong opposition to this amendment, which would strike the provision in the bill that inyou creases funding for international family planning and reproductive health programs. women around the world deserve access to the full range of reproductive health care and the fiscal year 2020 state and foreign operations bill will help to ensure that.

.s. aid provides vitally needed funds to family centers. family planning programs have had important real-world effect on the health of women and families worldwide, resulting in fewer unintended births, abortions, and miscarriages. funding for international family planning programs have helped reduce maternal and infant deaths, a goal that has strong bipartisan support. now, madam chair, i have been around the world into africa and other countries and continents and have talked with families in villages. women and their spouses with maybe five, six, seven children, their first request of us -- and i visited these villages with republicans, and their first request is to help them with family planning. they know that it is so important in terms of planning their births of the children in

terms of just the stability of the family and the empowerment of women that family planning services be available. so thank you and i oppose this amendment and i urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment. the chair: ok. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: cutting funds to bilateral family planning programs is simply bad foreign policy. it undermines u.s. international development objectives, hurts millions of women and girls. i strongly urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields. the question is on the amendment offered by the arizona. n from those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. sounds like a tie. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

. e amendment is not agreed to why does the gentleman rise? ok. he amendment is agreed to. mrs. lowey: no. the chair: for what purpose does does -- mrs. lowey: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from new york -- rom arizona will be postponed. it's now in order to consider amendment number 79 printed in 109. b of house report 116-

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 79 printed in part b of house report 116-109 offered by you ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431,er the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizings -- recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank the chair. me also thank the gentlelady from new york, the gentleman from kentucky mr. rogers for their great leadership. i thank the gentlelady from new york for the overall leadership as chair of the appropriations committee and ranking member as well. hese are the tools of female genital mutilation around the world.

there are young girls and women that are facing this kind of brutal attack. my amendment, which makes a good bill even better, provides $1 million more to help combat the draconian practice of female genital mutilation. cutting abroad. female genital mutilation comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for nonmedical purposes. this practice is rooted in gender inequality, often linked to other elements of gender based violence and description such as child marriage, recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of women and girls. unfortunately, this means estimated 200 million girls and women alive today have been victims already of fgmc, female genital mutilation with girls

14 and under representing 44 million of those who have been cut. for example, around the world at least five girls are mutilated, cut, more than three million girls are estimated to be at risk the impacts of this on the physical health of women and girls can can include bleeding, infection, object stet trick fistula, complication during childbirth, and death. i ask my colleagues to think about their children, their girls. according to unicef it is reported to occur in all parts of the world but most prevalent in parts of africa, middle east, and asia. i ask my colleagues to support this legislation. i reserve my time. the chair: anyone claim time in opposition? mrs. lowey: mr. chairman, i claim time in opposition although i am not opposed. while this amendment does not have the budgetary effect, i

would like to thank my colleague for raising such an important issue for millions of women around the world. for more than 200 million women, female genital mutilation can mean health problems that haunt them for the rest of their lives. the quest for gender equality will not be complete until women are no longerer subjected to these practices. -- longer subjected to these practices. i ask my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank you very much. mr. chair, i am reminded of the story of a 7-year-old from sierra leone who with her mother fled to houston to seek a lifesaving operation to rectify complication from the practice of female genital mutilation from which she suffered for more than a year. this story reads,er the woman's hospital of texas which we are so proud, the woman's hospital

of texas saves a african-american girl's life. dr. seussian smith and dr. eric jones provide lifesaving care to 7-year-old affected by female genital mutilation. only one of 200 million girls. this amendment will focus and provide an extra focus and resources to have us be reminded and to help these young women, girls, across and around the world. let us give them a lifesaving hand up. i ask my colleagues to support the jackson lee amendment. lifesaving so that more girls do not have to get this singular help from a singular hospital, but they can can be helped at home because this -- but they can be helped at home because this has to stop. i yield back my time asking for the support of my amendment.

the chair: the gentlelady's request will be covered by general leave. the question's on the amendment. offered by the gentlewoman from texas. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. thank you. >> mr. chairman. the chair: sorry. the gentleman from georgia. i thank the chairman. i ask for a recorded vote. he chair: i'm surprised. pursuant to clause 6 of of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from texas will be postponed. thank you.

the chair: it is now in order to consider amendment number 80 printed in part b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: mr. chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 80, printed in part b of house report number 116-109, offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the

gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank you. this is a very important amendment in the cycle of life, protecting endangered species ich give the joy of life and to standing to the world, the coexistence of humans and these wonderful species that have given us so much knowledge. my amendment makes a good bill better by providing a $1 million focus to combat the transportation of the remains of endangered species. to bring down the desire to go after these endangered species. so many of us remember considering -- a few years ago the brutal killing of cecil the lion. at that time i introduced and sought the support of my colleagues as original co-sponsors of my legislation entitled cecil the lion

endangered and threatened species act of 2015. this bill sought to strengthen partner country's capacity encountering wildlife trafficking and designating major wildlife countries for protection of the the amendment now is offered in the same spiriter to prohibit the taking a and transportation of any threatened species as a trophy in the united states. currently the endangered species act does not protect majority of wildlife animals killed. at this point we can choose to make wise decisions that will sustain the global population, or we can ignore the warning signs. climate change not the only threat facing our world, there's also massive extension of microscopic organisms to more complex insects and animals, more than 90% of all organisms that lived on earth are extinct. i ask my colleagues to o support the jackson lee amendment and i -- to support the jackson lee amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. is there anyone claiming time in opposition to the amendment?

mrs. lowey: mr. chairman. the chair: the gentlewoman from new york. mrs. lowey: mr. chairman, i claim time in opposition although i am not opposed. while this amendment -- the chair: without objection. mrs. lowey: while this amendment does not have a budgetier affect, i thank my colleague for raising such an important issue. i was pleased to be able to increase the resources available in this bill by $10 00.6 on for a total of $1 million to combat wildlife trafficking and poaching. wildlife trafficking generates more than $8 billion annually. i am optimistic that a comprehensive and appropriately resourced approach to address the drivers of trafficking will help us turn the corner. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the

gentlelady for her support of my original amendment on female genital mutilation and i thank her for the support of this amendment. i just offer to my colleagues a list of the vulnerable endangered species, giant panda, giant tortoise, giant white shark, greater one horn rhino, hip hip, leather neck turtle, marine iguana, savannah elephant, snow leopard, sea turtle all of these among others the jaguar, is now threatened. the white rhino, threatened. i believe we can can do better. i would ask my colleagues to do bert by supporting the jackson lee amendment. the population of african elephants has decreased from 1.3 million to 00,000 with 22,000 poached in 2012. working with my amendment, working with this legislation, week have a greater focus on

en-- we can have a greater focus on ensuring protection of an endangered species. with that i ask support of the jackson lee and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady from texas yields back. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from new york yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. >> mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from texas will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 81 printed in part b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr.

>> i rise as the designee of the gentleman from missouri. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 81 printed in part b of house report number 116-109, offered by mr. gosar of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431,er the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to offer congressman luetkemeyer's amendment to ensure the united nations climate change organizations are no longerer used as an international slush fund for ineffective climate change research and projects. unfortunately many of the united nations' climate change organizations operate with little oversight or accountability. while being financed in part by the american taxpayer. un-elected bureaucrats and foreign leaders across the globe should not have greater control over u.s. policy than our citizens and elected officials. especially when we are paying for it. the united nations intergovernmental panel on

climate change or ipcc the united nations framework convention on climate change, and the green climate fund, g.c.f., have been surrounded in catastrophe since their inception. the ipcc which is broadly represented as the top authority on climate matters was unfire when emails were publicly released from a university in england that showed that leading global scientists, the 95 always quoting, intentionally manipulated climate data and suppressed legitimate arguments and peer review journals. further, while the ipcc supposedly issues assessments based upon so-called independent surveys of published research, some of the those influential conclusions summarized in this report have neither been based upon truly independent research nor properly vetted through accepted pier review processes. the united nations green climate fund which received $1 billion in taxpayer funding

thanks to the obama administration, has not aa proved a new project since 2017 causing the executive director of the fund to resign. according to the green climate fund co-chair, 30%, yes 30% of the funds pledged are never going to materialize. despite its stated goal of supporting developing countries to pursue renewable energy sources, the green climate fund pledges that due materialize are going to wealthy nation was little to know effect on emissions. let me give you a couple examples. one project to install a solar plan in kazakhstan benefited chinese construction companies. directly investing in one of our economic rivals, china, is not the best use of taxpayer funds. worse yet, the fund proposed a $9.8 million investment in the wealthy kingdom of bahrain's oil sector. how is this pursuing renewables in developing countries? many former and current members of the united nations climate

change organizations acknowledge they have made little to no progress and don't see the organization being successful in the future. this amendment is not about climate change but about the proper stewardship of taxpayer dollars. our constituents should not have to foot the bill for organizations that have no track record of success and have a proven history of funding corruption and bad science to advance a radical climate change agenda. i reserve the balance of my time. . the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. lowey: mr. chairman, i rise to claim time in opposition and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lowey: most of us, even my friends across the aisle, agree that climate change is a real global threat. our military also believes this. prohibiting united states contributions to the multilaterals that combat

climate change is a shortsighted, harmful policy that does not prepare our country to face this threat. i cannot emphasize enough that climate change is exacerbating the root causes of conflict. we will see an increasing demand on our humanitarian and other resources if we don't address it now. stand idly ord to by while others address climate change nor avoid its impact. we already feel its effects. this is why we should not be alienating multilateral partners who want to join us in the fight. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady from new york reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. gosar: yes, mr. chair. i yield to the gentleman from kentucky. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. rogério de lima i thank the gentleman for --

mr. rogers: i thank the gentleman for yielding. as members may recall, during the climate negotiations leading up to the paris conference, participants called for a green climate fund that would collect $100 billion a year by 2020. although congress has yet to appropriate a single dollar, specifically allocated for the green climate fund, the u.s. contributed over $800 million under the obama administration through the economic support fund. ut a july, 2018, report by transparency international concluded that funding allocated from the green climate fund was extremely vulnerable to fraud, embezzlement and rigged bidding. since corruption risks processes and infrastructure related procurement is extremely high. so i urge members to support the amendment, and i thank the gentleman for yielding.

mr. gosar: and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from arizona reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: in times of crisis, we seek to join forces with multilateral partners to help mitigate and recover from damage. our approach to combating climate change should be no different. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from new york yields back. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. gosar: i thank the chairman. throwing money in the wind without accountability is fool hearted. builds process good policy builds good politics. we want to see good outcomes, and what we're not seeing is outcomes. i ask everyone to join in. this is not about climate change. it's about accountability. we need to see results, not just throwing money to the wind. and with that i yield back and ask everybody to vote for this amendment. the chair: the question son the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona.

those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. gosar: mr. chairman. the chair: the amendment is not agreed to. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 82 printed in part b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 82 printed in part b of house report 116-109 offered by mr. grijalva of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 431, the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: again, thank you, mr. chairman.

my amendment will direct $4 million within the international border and water commission to clarify the responsibility for the maintenance of the international outflow interceptor, the i.o.i. this is in addition to and separate from the funding that currently exists for the long overdue repairs of the i.o.i. i think it's important to put some historical context into this amendment. this -- the amendment seeks to clarify responsibility, responsibility that the community, the city of nogales, the county of santa cruz, that are -- that make up the two major jurisdictions in that area most affected by the need for this amendment, that it is -- it's an infrastructure issue. it is an interceptor. in 1944, the united states and mexico entered into an agreement in which the waste

treatment was going to occur in the united states for nogales, sonora in mexico. since 1944, we now find that the treatment, the waste coming from mexico is 95% -- 92% of the effort that the waste water facility has to undertake in santa cruz county in nogales. i mention that because how to transport the waste from nogales, mexico, to the united states for treatment under the treaty that mexico and the u.s. 8.5 miles of pipe to transport this waste. over the last decades and the people of those communities can attest to that, there's almost daily occurrences and seasonal occurrences during the rainy season of damage to this pipeline. the infrastructure is as old as the treaty. the infrastructure and pipes

are in dire need of repair. it has been identified by anyone, the state, federal government as an urgency, a public health risk when there is discharge of waste into the drainage areas, into the streams, into the river. it creates an extraordinary public health risk for the people of santa cruz and nogales, arizona. in 2017, the governor of arizona sent to commerce the disaster declaration process for the state of arizona, secure federal assistance to remedy and prevent raw sewage exposure to these arizona residents. and so my amendment seeks to clarify that very important issue of responsibility. this is a treaty, an international treaty sanctioned by the state department that was established in 1944 that deals with an infrastructure that is falling apart and exposes issues of security for

the area where it's on the border, issues of public health and issues of liability for the communities of santa cruz and the -- the county of santa cruz and the city of nogales. a fiscal responsibility that they cannot undertake. and a responsibility to repair that they cannot undertake. because it is a treaty and it needs to be treated as a responsibility of the federal government, my amendments seek to address that issue and this ongoing international issue that impacts the safety and the well-being of these communities across southern arizona has been addressed in the past. senators and members of congress on both sides of the aisle of the arizona delegation have collaborated to remedy the situation. i would like at this point to thank senator mcsally for having the companion legislation in the senate. i also want to thank the chair of the committee and her staff for their work on the bill. i appreciate the opportunity to

speak on this amendment. i would urge my colleagues to support it and we can finally find a solution to the public health threat to the residents of the area, to security issues underlying the whole tunnel system and pipe system in know -- nogales and establish the responsibility and accountability for transporting this waste from mexico to be treated in the united states that was established by a treaty, places squarely on where the responsibility belongs to and that's the federal government and the enactment of this treaty. with that i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from arizona reserves. does anyone claim time in opposition? mr. rogers: mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i rise to claim time in opposition although i am not opposed to the amendment. the chair: without objection. mr. rogers: mr. chairman, we have no objection to this amendment. the amendment deals with issues under the jurisdiction of the

united states international boundary and water commission, which is one of several such commissions funded under this act. e ibwc mission is to provide binational solutions to issues that arise during the application of united states-mexico treaties regarding the boundary demarcation, national ownership of waters, sanitation, water quality, and flood control in the entire region, border region. this amendment addresses a long-running problem involving a pipeline. the international outfall interceptor, it's called. it transports sewage from both sides of the border to the nogales international waste water treatment plant. that plant is co-owned by the ibwc and the city of nogales. mr. chairman, we can all understand the desire to enjoy

clean, safe water, and we have no objection to this amendment. let me, with permission of the chair, yield time to the gentleman from arizona such time as he may consume. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. gosar: i want to applaud the gentleman from arizona but also want to highlight this is a further issue that we need to address. not only is it our pipeline problem, but there is a floodplain problem that needs to have some jurisdiction and some changes and involvement. we become the victims in regards to when floods run. we see our infrastructure on this side of that international border to be destroyed. so this is a golden opportunity to highlight an opportunity that is of joint venture between the two countries that we can actually see some camaraderie to actually facilitate change. i applaud the gentleman for bringing this up and look forward to seeing us remedy

this continued problem. thank you. mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the full -- she may consume to the chairman of the full committee, mrs. lowey. mrs. lowey: while this amendment does not have a budgetary effect, i'd like to thank my friend for raising such an important issue. the international outfall interceptor pipeline is long overdufort repair. when -- overdue for repair. when wastewater goes over it poses a threat and risk to southern arizona's regional economy and drinking water. i encourage my colleagues to support the amendment, and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: does the gentlewoman yield back? mrs. lowey: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield all the time, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky yields. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. grijalva: mr. chairman, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the

gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. >> the gentleman from georgia is recognized if he's allowing me to finish. >> i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings the e amendment offered by gentleman from arizona will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 83 printed in art b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. gosar: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 83 printed in part b of house report 116-109 offered by mr. gosar of arizona. the chair: pursnt to house resolution 431, the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar, and a

member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. chairman, my amendment is straightforward. it would prevent any funds in this bill from being used for the united nations framework convention on climate change. united nations framework convention on climate change is responsible for some of the worst multinational agreements we have signedn to. these agreements set technically and plausible and unrealistic emission goals in order to appease environmental extremists. this includes thelawed paris agreement, for example. americans for tax reform estimates the par agreement will cost the u.s. an estimated 6.5 million jobs by 2040 and reduce our g.d.p. by over $2.5 trillion. one estimates those numbers are higher. the paris agreement will cost the u.s. an estimated 36 million jobs b