If they take a break between those and their legislative agenda, we will come back, but for now, live coverage of the house. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the peaker pro tempore house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. Clerk the speakers room, 2020. Gton, d. C. , july 27, i hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker day. Tempore on this speaker ofcy pelosi, the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore to the order of the house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 9 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the pennsylvania, mr. Joyce, for five minutes. Mr. Joyce mr. Speaker, our facing a critical point as we discern whether we or whether we will follow in the 21st century innovation. Communist party, following years of underhanded including cheating and even outright theft, is gain global dominance in the technology and sectors. Nications their ultimate goal is controlling critical market even weaponizing the Global Supply chains for weapons, and ent, other critical electronics. Pawns like whuawei and regime is this dominant seeking to artificial intelligence, emiconductor, quantum computing, 5g and beyond. Funded directly by the Chinese Communist party. Companies are free to perate however they please, distorting Global Markets and edging out free market to etitors in their mission monopolize the industry. Intercede, huawei and z. T. E. Could stand to be the left with the abilities to innovate. As we a daunting threat look past 5g to 6g. The innovation that i personally have witnessed n the spawn of my own medical career, i recognize that there is a world of opportunity to be in the remaining days of the 21st century. And remote surgeries Autonomous Vehicles to other to our le additions everincreasing virtual world. Does not ted states act now to correct course, the will succeed ment in controlling the worlds data, nic network, our our research, and ultimately our security. Nation, we cannot allow this malicious regime to take network. He worlds America Needs to lead the way and work with our allies to beat Chinese Communist party in deploying next generation networks. On the China Task Force, we are solutions pragmatic to stand up to the chinese government. Legislation toon standardize and create point erability to every in radio access networks. Ran, or oran is critical to competition in existing networks. Additionally, were looking to z. T. E. s grip nd on the global market. For years, americans have gone break up engths to trust and other monopolies by market g free principles. Now, the China Task Force is opportunities to do this on a global scale. Process, we must be mindful of the supply chains to manufacture every component of the devices that we rely on daily. Working to end chinese dominance in manufacturing and sourcing, from rare earth elements and mineral extraction, to their y undercutting of the internet. Hold, we this strangle can ensure china will not be able to control and dictate for any nation to access future technologies. That us surely can agree americans must set up, once again, to lead the world in and innovation. E want american jobs for american citizens. We want American Innovation for the american people. As President Trump said last week, we want the American Dream american children. Congress must counter the Chinese Communist partys dominate the Telecom Sector and we must ensure that step up to the challenge. For centuries, americans have trailblazers. Once again, we are facing a new frontier. The time to stop moving forward. His is our chance and this is the time to make a difference. Yield. Ou and i the speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman massachusetts, ms. Clark, for five minutes. Clark thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to speak in support pieces of legislation coming to the floor this week. Childcare essential act and the childcare for economic recovery act. Pandemic has exposed faultlines that exist just our th the surface of society. Whether it is a broken Health Consequences the of our nations history of racial injustice. Pandemic is exacerbating harms done by systems that fail families. Ur system of childcare is no exception. Childcare is a powerful tool for for ting our children and fueling our economy. Utility te around its and take Decisive Action to save we can dcare sector, elp rebuild and revitalize our future. Simply put, childcare is essential. Ignored, underappreciated and neglected for so long, our ystem of early care in education is now at a breaking point. Of our nations Childcare Centers and family will be forced o close permanently without immediate financial support. Our children, moms, dads, nurses, teachers, small 23 millionners, over families will have nowhere to turn. About that. Before this pandemic, it was and sometimes nearly impossible for working families quality, affordable childcare. If the pandemic destroys four of every 10 childcare return how will parents to work . How will businesses reopen . And how many children will be of their classrooms . Reat outcomes for an entire generation of children is at take and could be impacted for ears if we dont invest now in early care in education. With proper investment, hildcare can combat the economic and social inequities f our time in addition to providing a foundation for our children. Whats more . In childcare,ment we can stabilize and secure families. Before the pandemic, childcare a familys exceeded rent or mortgage payment, driving parents out of the labor market entirely. Arents of color face even more hurdles and costs in finding highquality care. Economists are predicting losing childcare is just not about losing two or three years of income. Is an entirely different trajectory for the rest of a life. s this also disproportionately in the workplace. The rising cost of childcare is a 13 decline in employment of mothers with under 5. Investing in childcare is about can pay the bills and pursue their dreams. Investment in n for tunity and in equality our nations mothers. These bills will also honor our caregivers who provide an essential service to our hildren, economy, and community. In the industry where 96 of are care professionals women and 40 of them are women color, over 325,000 have lost jobs since february. His workforce is already underpaid. Many of them barely making minimum wage. Failure to value the work of aregivers is one of the many examples of how we have failed o value womens work and especially the work of women of color. But finally, its not just our rely on childcare. Childcare is essential to our economy. A survey from northeastern niversity tells us that during the pandemic, working parents lose on average a full day of productivity every week due to a lack of childcare. Nd we know that has repercussions for our businesses. The u. S. Chamber of commerce that in one und state alone, a lack of Childcare Cost employers as almost as much annually in loss productivity, absences and turnover. Not complicated. The problem we face is solvable. Us are a lls before critical first step. Ur nation needs to seize this opportunity to provide equity in for women and ty stability in our economy. Hats why i urge my colleagues to pass the childcares essential act and the childcare economic recovery act. It is time to investment in time to invest in our children, in our women and our economy. You. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Hompson thank you, speaker. Mr. Speaker, a strong, reliable ood supply chain is important 365 days a year. But covid19 has underscored how much we rely on this essential industry in times of crisis. He men and women who work to provide our nation with food and fiber, energy that we depend on every day are many of the Unsung Heroes in this crisis. Introduced the grocer act, to establish a federal tax holiday for our convenient e and store employees. To june uary 15, 2020, 15, 2020. The bill benefits individuals less than 75,000 a year and gives the treasury secretary expand this to extend this benefit for an additional three months. O build on the support for the grocers act, congressman evans chain ntroduced the ag act. It extends the benefits of the grocers act to the entire food defined by recent department of Homeland Security guidance. Hat includes our farmers, ranchers, meat packers, distributors, and more. Actlso builds on the grocer to include a payroll Tax Exemption in addition to the holiday. Ax supporting excuse me workersng our essential in the Food Supply Chain is something that republicans, democrats, and everyone in get behind. A recent poll showed support as well. Public according to the morning voters consider agricultural and Food Production workers essential. Consider Grocery Store workers and Convenient Store essential. When it comes to providing tax relief to the essential workers Grocery Stores and our farms operational, 2 3 of of rs supported some kind tax relief for these individuals. Hose numbers speak for themselves, mr. Speaker. We all depend on a strong food upply chain to feed our families and even in times of crisis the shelves and coolers have Grocery Stores remained stocked. Now, that would not be the case f it were not we were not blessed with such a hardworking, industry. Agriculture Food Security is national security, and employees in the are working hain overtime to ensure the crops are harvested, shelves and coolers stocked, and americans have food on the table. Wayag chain act is a simple to say thank you to the hardworking men and women across spectrum of the Food Supply Chain. Its a commonsense way to support these workers and its a more of their hardearned money back into pockets. Today and every day im grateful for the hard work of our Food Supply Chain workers, and i urge my colleagues in supporting me in supporting the ag chain act. Thank you, mr. Speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. Fudge, for five minutes. Ms. Fudge clog Henry Wadsworth longfello writes in letter, life real, life is ernest, doust returnist. Dust john still lives in most of us because his soul and spirit and part still live. Mr. Speaker, all like americans i reacted with deep sadness to the passing of my friend, congressman john lewis. John and i served together for 12 years in congress and i was so proud to know him as a colleague, mentor, and friend. A lot has been said about the man that john lewis was. But what strikes me the most is the man that he never became. For a person who faced vir ruent virulent hatred, he never hated. As a person who stood as a focal point for an entire movement, he never focused the lens on himself. For a person born to segregation, he never excluded others from the movement for equal rights. For a person whose voice pierced the air like a foghorn, never spoke empty words. For a person to whom grace was too rarely extended in his life, he never allowed himself to withhold it from those around him. For a person who was at the center of the nations gravest affairs, he never passed up an opportunity to laugh or to dance. From his refusals he became the man that we admire so profoundly. Johns death comes as a turbulent time for our country, and his loss is sharply felt by the many who still fight for equality in our country. Young black americans struggling for equal treatment, women ighting for equal pay, lgbtq advocates pushing for equal protection, martialized people striving to protect their right to vote. Young leaders yearning for an equity in a nation that has denied it for too long saw in john a model for perseverance, humility, courage, and leadership. We could not be forgiven for dispairing the loss of such a man as john lewis in these times. I think john would tell us to do otherwise. I think he might say that the movement for equality and equity in our nation did not start with him. And it shouldnt die with him. He might look around at the newest generation of remarkable young black and brown leaders in technology, social justice, business, education, public service, and every other walk of American Life and feel confident that while the work remains, the fight is in good and capable hands. He undoubtedly would look at the progress we have made and the struggles ahead. And tell us not to dwell too long on the passing of one leader, however impactful, because there is just too much work to do. But that is hard. It is hard for me. And i imagine it is hard for you. Congressman John Robert Lewis was more than an icon. He was a real person. Perfect in his imperfections. And i will miss him dearly. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Arrington, for five minutes. Mr. Arrington mr. Speaker, my colleague from pennsylvania responsibly and carefully sanitized the podium up here before i began my fiveminute remarks, but i will tell you that there is not enough disinfectant in all of the district of columbia to sanitize this chamber on account of my democrat colleagues who failed to condemn what has been going on in once were Great American cities throughout this nation. It is shameful, mr. Speaker, that leaders elected to this great body with the history, with the full confidence of the american people, that we will call evil by its name. To sit idly by and to be mplicit in their silence and not condemn the chaos, the destruction, the violence, the crimes, the terrorism that is ravaging our nation as we speak, as we sit in this quiet and peaceful chamber, there are citizens, our fellow americans who feel that their lives are threatened, their private property. They cant even bear arms with the constitutional right to protect themselves and their property without being prosecuted by some rogue city attorney. We have got to stand up to this mob. We have to say no more will you burn our cities. No more will you terrorize our communities and intimidate and use fear to squelch any attempt by our local leaders to top this , now. But they are intimidated, mr. Speaker, the local leaders have mpletely bowed the knee to this leftist extremist groups that have hydrogened hijacked peaceful protests. There are folks with righteous indignation who have taken to the streets to speak their truth to power and i respect that. God bless them. That is the american way. We just celebrated one of the greatest who demonstrated peacefully and through love for this country and his fellow manmade more difference than a million mobs could and his name is john lewis. And im honored to have served with him. Whats happening right now, these local leaders are either unwilling or incapable of stopping it. This weekend, this weekend was o months of persist tense pirciesence in this violence and the crimes perpetrated against federal officers, local Law Enforcement who have been hamstrung to even defend themselves, let alone the property that they have been asked by their quoteunquote, courageous leaders to defend. They are getting fireworks shot off in their face. Where are the city leaders . Where is mr. Biden . Safe in his basement . Thats courageous leadership. Thats what America Needs right now. Criticize President Trump all you want. He is at least doing something to stand up to the mob. Protect taxpayer federal property. Our federal Law Enforcement officers who are doing their job faithfully, dutifully while our sit generals rights Citizens Rights are being trampled. There is no pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness in these cities. They are burning. Protestors in california set fire to courthouse, damaged police stations, and assault officers. Abc says in peaceful demonstration that is have intensified. Are you kidding me . In texas we call it bull with the end of that word with a t. Mr. Speaker, you know it. You know that these things are happening and they wouldnt happen, they wouldnt happen in parts of texas because the citizens would not allow it. And what do we do with fireworks, broken windso, and spray paint, and lasers being shot at them . Seattle experienced an antipolice riot. 59 Police Officers were injured. Arson, vandalism, assault. I have the list of federal crimes right here. These people ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. They should be locket up a locked up away from the citizens who are just trying to live out their lives in this great nation. These are the federal crimes. Advocating to overthrow the government, aggravated assault and battery,arson, assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to impede or injury officers. Demands against the u. S. , domestic trim. Domestic terrorism as designed by the statutes that we stand on, we debated. They say domestic terrorism are violent crimes. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Arrington im going to respect you gavel me out because i respect the rules of this chamber. I thank you for the indulgence and yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 10 00 a. M