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For a bill combining several Clean Energy Initiatives followed by five measures dealing with veterans issues. Live now to the floor of the u. S. House here on cspan. Orde the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The advance of Coronavirus Infections continues to rise in a number of states around our nation, send your spirit of healing and wellbeing among those who suffer and your angels to protect the Many Health Care workers who place their own wellbeing in danger every day. Comfort those today in the Supreme Court who begin the blic mourning of a beloved colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and console those who worked with over so many years. Bless the members of this peoples house who labor today to pass bills to advance the common wheel of our nation. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from south dakota, mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson 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 iberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Thompson mr. Speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore it will the gentleman suspend. For what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Higgins mr. Speaker, the Trump Administration supports killing the only law that protects americans from preexisting medical conditions. 54 million americans could Lose Health Insurance coverage without this Important Patient protection, including nearly seven Million People stuck with covid19, the newest preexisting condition. Covid19 has killed 200,000 americans in less than eight months. And 288,000 new covid19 cases were diagnosed in the last seven days alone. The United States has 5 of the worlds population and 25 of covid19 cases because the white house response to covid19 was slow, sloppy, and chaotic. Now that same white house wants to kill the only law that protects americans from covid19, the newest preexisting condition. We need a white house that protects American Families in size with the American People keeping them and their families healthy and safe. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Thompson previously stated, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore thank you. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier this month hi the pleasure of touring the 23450uest branch of the Centre County Discovery Space called the rivet. It is a 5,000 square foot Community Workshop that aims to connect people and ideas to create and innovate. Members of the Centre County community can take advantage of open shop hours and classes that teach technical skills, critical thinking, and interactive learning. At the rivet individuals can learn how to use 3d printers, wood working machines, a potry studio, c. A. D. Software antilist goes on and on. America needs a qualified and skilled work force in pennsylvania. Jobs in pennsylvania in pennsylvania jobs and the trains have been growing at roughly 3 each year, but job seekers with the qualifications for these positions arent watching that growth that. Is what we call the skills gap. I was encouraged by the work that the rivet is doing by providing an outlook to those seeking a career power by career and technical education. I want to thank rivet manager for her work to provide c. T. Opportunities in Centre County. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore thank you. The gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Le i rise today to remember guyana hutton, one of my constituents and a passionate advocate for education and equity. She was a member of alpha cap pa Alpha Sorority incorporated. She grew number illinois and attended parker junior high school. She obtained her b. A. In history from Williams College in 2010 adjust 18 years of age. Ms. Kelly later she completed a masters of science in Public Policy and management from Carnegie Mellon university, one of our nations most prestigious programs. Between her studies she interned for Illinois State senator roland barros, supporting the staff working on education and judiciary policy. Most recently she was working as a program an alse for the office of the state superintendent of education in washington, d. C. In this role she directed supported the educational success of students by helping programs work better and be effective. She had recently been accepted into the district certified Public Management at g. W. University. Shes survived by her fiance, parents, and sister. She will be greatly missed by all, especially the young people whose lives she positively impacted through her work. As we remember her life and legacy, we must recommit to her passion, Educational Equity and the opportunity for every Young American to receive a quality education. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. On the 40th anniversary of the founding of the chronicle weekly newspaper in my district. The chronicle was established by mark frost in 1980 in glens falls new york, through hard work and determination, mark turned an initial investment of 1,700 into a successful newspaper and Small Business. He remains the publisher and editor today, alongside their team who have been with the cronticlal for decades. Ms. Stefanik in that time the chronicle established a loyal base of readers and advertisers becoming truly a cornerstone of the community. Cronticle has also hosted events to provide a form for discussion and to bring glens false residents together, especially through the chronicle book fair. It is an opportunity to highlight and connect local authors and publishers and discover books of all genres. Annual events like this are important to strengthen and grow the fabric of our communities and i know many who are looking forward to safely resuming them as soon as possible. On behalf of new yorks 21st district antiUnited States congress, i would like to thank mark frost, his family, and the entire chronicle team for their contributions to the community and congratulate them on reaching this important 40year milestone. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from yield back. The gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. And revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Today across the philippines road regularo delaware at this regime is using a pretext of a socalled antiterrorism law to ramp up efforts targeting labor organizers, workers, and political opponents. This law allows suspects to be detained by the police or military without charges for as long as 24 days and placed under surveillance for up to 90 days. Ms. Wild in response to these abuses, i introduced the philippine human rights act which would block u. S. Funding for police or military assistance to the philippines outlining a series of basic criteria which would have to be met in order to resume such funding. I am proud to stand alongside so many faith and Civil Society organizations in advocating for this legislation. And i am especially proud to stand with leaders of the u. S. Labor movement, the aflcio, the teamsters, the communication workers of america they understand that in fighting for their brothers and sisters in the Labor Movement abroad they are also helping safeguard their own rights and dignity here at home. Let us make clear that the United States will not participate in the repression. Let us stand with the people of the philippines. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore gentlewomans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Wilson mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Wilson thank you, mr. Speaker. The post and courier of charleston on september 19 advertised good louis at last from the middle east. Quote a series of friendship treaties between bahrain and the ue nigh rated arab immigrants israel, midwifed by Trump Administrations unorthodoxed middle east Team Provides constructive news from those who need it. With strong support from his first United States ambassador, nikki haley, mr. Trump rejected predecessors stands stance towards israel. Some arab nations began looking at israel as a potential ally rather than an enemy. Mr. Trump has been constructive in limiting iranian influence in iraq and promoting friendship between israel and major sunni arab nations. He deserves credit for seizing the moment to taking an important step. In conclusion, god bless our troops, well never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yield back. Yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition . Mr. Johnson thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to address the body for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Johnson my friend, mike tobaccoin, is retiring. Mike and i met through life quest, which serves people with developmental disabilities. Mikes been on the board and he receives supports from life quest. Hes a Minnesota Twins and kansas jayhawk fan just like i am. But he also serves as a role model to me. Mikes always been a hard worker whether at pizza ranch or anywhere else. Hes a good person. Always with a smile on his face. Treating people warmly and with respect. Hes honest, a few years ago mike found 300 of cash in an envelope on the street and of course he turned it over to the police. So, congratulations, mike, on your 65th birthday. And on your retirement. Thank you for showing me and everyone else how to properly live life. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from vermont seek recognition . Thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask permission to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. I rise today in support of clean energy week. An opportunity to celebrate bipartisan support for the wide variety of Clean Energy Sources strengthening Americans National security while also plea serving the environment for future generations. The environment is and should be a bipartisan issue. That is why im proud to lead with my friend congressman lowenthal from california a bipartisan resolution in support of clean energy week. In fact, my legislation was introduced by 71 original cosponsors divided almost evenly between republicans and democrats. This goes to show that we can and must work across the aisle to better take care of our planet and i plan to continue the pursuit of these positive bipartisan policies while in congress. I yield the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the entleman yield back. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. Revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Lamalfa thank you, mr. Speaker. Fire season continues to rage on in california and the west. And it continues to underline the need for us to have active management of oufer forests our forests, wild lands, grasslands, everything to do with fire season and increased fuel loads we are seeing. We hear a lot of talk about Climate Change. Well, i keep coming back to, if the climate is changing, what are we doing about it . We can argue over whether its manmade Climate Change or nature caused, we are still allowing our forests, grasslands, our wildlands to become overloaded with fuel that puts our towns, peoples livelihoods, in great danger and great peril. I could list time after time the tragedies we have seen in Northern California with people losing their homes, small towns, portions of small towns, their livelihoods because we are not doing the job on our federal lands. We are not telling the environmental groups to back off with their lawsuits to prevent the work from being done that so desperately needs to be done. We have to get cracking on this and get our job done here as federal representatives to help save our rural areas. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern mr. Speaker, by direction of the committee on rules i all up House Resolution 1129, and i ask for its immediate consideration. The clerk House Resolution 1129 resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h. R. 4447, to establish an Energy Storage and microgrid grant and Technical Assistance program. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on energy and commerce now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 11663, modified by the amendment printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except, one, 90 minutes of debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce and the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on science, space, and technology, two, the further amendments described in section 2 of this resolution, three, the amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution, and four, one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Section 2. After debate pursuant to the first section of this resolution, each further amendment printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 of this resolution shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. Section 3. It shall be in order at any time after debate pursuant to the first section of this resolution for the chair of the committee on energy and commerce or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. Section 4. All points of order against the further amendments printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. Section 5. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h. R. 6270 to amend the Securities Exchange act of 1934 to require issuers to make certain disclosures relating to the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 11664 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on Financial Services, and, two, one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Section 6. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house without intervention of any question of consideration the bill, h. R. 8319, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. Clause 2e of rule 21 shall not apply during consideration of the bill. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations, and two, one otion to recommit. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one hour. Mr. Mcgovern for the purposes of debate only i yield 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from arizona pending which i may consume. During consideration of this is for purposes of debate only. I ask unanimous consent that all members be given five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. Mr. Speaker, on monday the rules committee reported a rule providing for consideration of three measures, first rule provides for consideration of h. R. 4447, the clean economy jobs and innovation act unged a structured rule. It provides 90 minutes of debate equally divided among the chairs and Ranking Member of energy and commerce and committee on science and technology. Makes in order 98 amendments and provides en bloc authority and one motion to recommit. The rule provides for consideration of h. R. 6270, uyghur forced labor disclosure act of 2020. It provides one hour of debate equally controlled by the chair and Ranking Member on the committee of Financial Services and provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides for consideration of h. R. 8319, continuing appropriations act of 2021 and other extensions under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate equally and divided by the chairman and Ranking Member and provides one motion to recommit. The bills contained in this rule are meeting our responsibility here at home and living up to our values abroad. The continuing resolution to keep our government funded through december 11. Fortunately, we wont need to call this bill up. Is passed by a vote last night. 35957. We were able to keep this government open and thats good news for the American People. Second is h. R. 4447 a sweeping Energy Package that will help our nation lead the world once more in clean energy. Investing in wind and solar wont just help us combat the threat of Climate Change but create jobs here at home. It is especially important that we are considering this package right now. There are wildfires raging in places like california, oregon and washington that are leaving a heartbreaking path of destruction. Scientists are unequivocal. These fires are the latest indication that Climate Change is real and happening right now. This is not some threat we can leave for our kids and grandkids. This is happening today. By addressing it, we wont just protect our environment, we will create jobs at a time when our country badly needs them. Because of the coronavirus, our country is facing the worst economy since the great depression. 12. 6 million americans are collecting unemployment benefits. That number stood one year ago at 1. 7 million. Renewable energy should be part of the equation. Because make no mistake, jobs in solar energy will be created. The question is whether they are created here or in china. I want them made in america. The rules committee considered two bills on monday to help defend the human rights of uyghurs and other ethnic minorities who have suffered at the hands of the chinese overnment. Im proud to have authored h. R. 6210, which passed the house with an overwhelming 4063 vote yesterday. Strongly support h. R. 6270, the Uyghur Force Labor disclosure act authored by jennifer wexton. It is disappointing that some republicans may oppose this that requires disclosures about products made from forced labor where crimes against humanity are being committed by the Chinese Government. 1. 8 uyghurs and ethnic minorities have been detained in mass internment camps and subject to torture and other severe human rights abuses. We know forced labor is widespread and system attic and audits are not possible because workers cannot speak honestly about working conditions given the heavy surveillance and intimidation by the Chinese Government. This legislation is essential to protect american investors and consumers through stronger Disclosure Requirements alerting them to chinese and International Companies whose operations enable the mass internment of uighurs and other muslim minorities. It represents clear and material risk to shared values and the corporate reputations of these companies and u. S. Investors and consumers. The only argument against this bill is it is similar to the democratic republicic consulate Minerals Bill years ago. Free enterprise as we know it doesnt exist in xinjiang region. It should not be compared to africa in terms of the Business Climate or access. Xinjiang economy is totally controlled by the Chinese Government and communist party and built on a foundation of forced labor and oppression. The press and International Observers are restricted from even traveling this week. This week, a number of aweding firms said they will no longer conduct inspections in xinjiang because of the hostile environment. The argument against this legislation is that the d. R. C. Conflict minerals position was that businesses left that region because they could not disclose their supply chains. It is long past time for u. S. And International Companies do reassess their supply chains and find alternatives to production in xinjiang where forced labor is widespread and embedded in the region economy. We dont think chinese, u. S. And International Companies should be exploiting the uyghurs in allowing supply chains to be contaminated by forced labor. I hope on both sides of the aisle and those who might be considering a no vote, think long and hard against voting for the bill that would reveal how the Chinese Governments forced labor has contam natured supply chains. I stand in along with the uyghur people in their struggle to live freely and practice religious beliefs freely and speak their own language. I urge my colleagues to give this rule and underlying bills a bipartisan vote so we can fulfill our obligations here and around the world. And i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from arizona is recognized. Ms. Lesko thank you, mr. Speaker. Good morning. I thank chairman mcgomp for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and i yield myself such time as i pay consume. This rule consists of two bills including h. R. 4447, the democrats Energy Package. It consists of 38 bills with a total cost of 135 billion. The bill includes burdensome mandates and incredibly high price tag. Mr. Speaker, lets be clear, republicans support reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions in the United States by scaling up Clean Energy Innovation with less regulation. Unform, this bill adds new regulatory tower hurdles that make the deployment much more difficult to build. Innovation hurts regulation especially at a high price tag. It fails to put policies that reform the permitting and licensing to finance, build, spapped and modernize energy infrastructure. Instead, the bill spends billions of dollars on unfocused Research Without spending money on investments and infrastructure. Republicans have introduced numerous bills this congress that will build, expand and modernize our energy infrastructure. They remove regulatory barriers to building hydropower infrastructure. These are all clean and reliable sources of generation that will power america, protect the environment and keep our country secure. The mandates will drive up costs for american consumers. One of the mandates in the bill will mandate Energy Efficiency building codes which the Home Building industry says will drive up the cost of housing to consumers without proportional savings in energy costs. H. R. 4447 will lead our country down the wrong path. We dont want a california of the nation. With blackouts and high utility costs. Even minority groups are suing california utilities own their high energy costs. Believe it or not, california utilities actually pay, pay arizona for their Renewable Energy to take it off of their hands during certain times of the year. Thats totally insane. I regularly meet with constituents and companies in arizona who say they move from california to arizona because californias incredibly brurdsome regulations stifle growth. Californias Current Energy crisis was predictable and avoidable. But they ignored the scientists and engineers who maintain the electric grid and instead mandated their own he version own version of the Green New Deal. In doing so california forced the retirement of stable baseload Power Generation without a reliable option in place. The democrats may claim that h. R. 4447 is a bipartisan bill. Well, it includes some bipartisan provisions. It is not a bipartisan bill. It was crafted solely by democrats with no input from republicans. Many of the provisions amount to billions of dollars of new and overlapping programs that had little to no process or regular order. I sit on the rules committee where my colleagues reminisce regularly about how we used to operate through a Committee System with regular order. The legislative hearings, a subcommittee markup, a full committee markup. Apparently those days are gone. Now the democrats legislate by posting a onesided bill, one week, and putting it on floor the following week. Public laws do not come out of this process well. Only partisan politics and messaging bills. We all know that. Mr. Speaker, this rule also contains h. R. 6270, the uighur forced labor disclosure act. The United States is an honorable and noble country that must not tolerate the gross human rights abuses perpetrated by chinese leaders. While the bill takes strong action to ensure american businesses are not complicit in chinas forced labor programs, there are outstanding concerns in the bill that may harm u. S. Businesses. For instance, the bill requires Public Companies to file disclosures with the s. E. C. If they imported manufactured goods or other materials that originated in or are sourced in autonomous uighur region and disclose whether those goods originated in forced labor camps. These entities would also have to disclose the nature and extent of the commercial activity related to each good or material, the gross revenue, and net profits attributable, and whether they intend to continue importing the good. Chinas atrocities against uighurs and other Muslim Minority groups must come to an end. And we voted on that bill yesterday in a bipartisan fashion. And we must ensure that items made with forced labor are not allowed to enter our markets. To do our jobs properly in congress, we must allow bills to run their course through committees for proper debate, discovery, and amending. With that i urge opposition to the rule and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. Mr. Speaker, i want i want to diverge from what we are considering today and recognize some of the people here who help us all navigate how legislation is considered. There are staff here that workday in and day out to make this chamber function smoothly so we can get things done on behalf of the American People. They arent democratic or republican staff. They serve both sides without fear or favor. That Team Includes the staff in the office of the parliamentarian. Tom wickam has served in that office for the last 25 years. As house parliamentarian he became a master of house procedure and make no mistake, having an encyclopedic knowledge of how this place operates is no small thing, mr. Speaker. Tom is now retiring after serving with distinction for many years, and i want to recognize him and i want to thank him for that service here today. I could say a lot about tom. On a physical level tom is usually the tallest person in the room. And a lot of people fit in this room. On a human level, tom always makes time for everyone. From the most Senior Members to the most junior staff. Unless hes in a meeting, the door to his office right across the hall is literally left opened all the time. E has perfected the art of dry parliamentary dry arliamentary many. Tom has always willing to listen to arguments and never too proud to change his mind or say he was wrong about something in the face of new information. To me and my staff, tom wickam appears to know everything about the rules and history of this house. But he is quick to say he knows nothing about the senate whenever we ask a senate question. Although we suspect he knows everything about the senate as well and just doesnt want to offend his elizabeth, the senate parliamentarian. Tom has guided us through some turbulent times. Hes advised the presiding officer during times of heated debate. Even yelling at times. He has been on that rostrum through impeachment proceedings and opening day sessions, during late nights often followed by all too early mornings. He has seen it all. And we are lucky to have had him at our side through it all. He will be missed, but we congratulate him on a well deserved retirement. I also want to congratulate jason smith for being named the new house parliamentarian. Many of us already know jason pretty well having worked with im in his prior role as deputy parliamentarian. His know how made an impression. Since he was named to this new role after a bipartisan recommendation. And i think that also is a tribute to his skills. I want to thank Ranking Member cole for working with me on this. I valued his advice and counsel as i do so often when we serve together in the rules committee. His wisdom made this process largely an apolitical one. I could not ask for a better partner in the rules committee than the gentleman from oklahoma, tom cole. He and i try to put this institution first. I know that jason will, too. It is clear jason has the confidence of both sides of the aisle and thats no small thing. I look forward to working with him in his new role. The truth is, we are lucky to have such dedicated staff in the parliamentarians office, that includes ann gooch, who works with us day in and day out whether its 7 00 a. M. Or 11 00 p. M. My staff and i have her on speed dial. Her work also makes our work possible. We are grateful. We have a lot of debates on this floor, mr. Speaker, all to make progress on behalf of the American People. But its important during moments like this that we also recognize people whose work behind the scenes makes this progress possible. And so i just wanted to pay this tribute to these incredible people and i want to say thank you, thank you, thank you. I will reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady from arizona is recognized. Mrs. Lesko thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield two minutes to my good friend, the Ranking Member of the rules committee, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. Cole. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank my good friend for yielding. I want to begin by responding to some of my friends kind remarks from the chairman. We belong to different parties. We sometimes have different points of view. The committee itself means on occasion well take contrasting positions with one another. But i think one of the common traits that we have is that we both revere the institution of the house of representatives. And all of its procedures. I think we also really respect the staff, both the personal staff, the committee staff, and most especially the professional staff of the house itself. And what an extraordinary role they play in allowing us to do our job. Mr. Speaker, i rise to join chairman mcgovern in paying tribute to a dedicated public servant. Tom wickam, the house parliamentarian, has served this house with honor and distinction for the past 25 years. And will be taking a well deserved retirement at the end of this month. Tom has expertly advised five speak earns countless members and staff throughout his distinguished tenure. His exceptional knowledge and understanding of the rules, procedure, and parliamentary precedent has been invaluable to this institution, and he will be sorely missed. Im also proud to congratulate jason smith, the Current Deputy parliamentarian, on his appointment to as the sixth parliamentarian of the house. The rules committee has the been fit of working with the parliamentarian office, frankly more than any other committee. I have every confidence that jason will lead the office with the same standard of excellence his predecessors, particularly mr. Wickam have said. Finally i want to take a moment to thank you, mr. Chairman, for seeking my opinion during the process to select our next parliamentarian. Thats not something you were required to do. It speaks volumes of your respect for this institution and the role that the parliamentarian plays for the minority, particularly on the rules committee, that you were interested in our perspective and on this important decision. Let me close with this. My friend, the chairman said at mr. Wickam had seen everything. Well, we are hopeful that you dont write about everything that you have seen. And that you remember us as fondly as we remember you. But the sad thing is, not very many people get to see your work. And what you and your colleagues in the parliamentarians office have done for each and every member of this institution. Even our own members quite often dont understand how indispensable your decisions and recommendations are to each side to facilitate a full and open debate, to make sure that every person has an opportunity to express their opinion in the appropriate way under the procedures and rules of the house. I just want to personally thank you for the extraordinary job you have done for all of those who have had the privilege of being members, and frankly for our staffs as well, who work so closely with you and who you advise so frequently and so professionally. We will really, really, really miss you. But we thank you for making sure that we had an adequate successor in place in mr. Smith and superb supporting staff that reflects your leadership. We just thank you for your hard work in a very bipartisan way. Your professionalism, your decrency, and frankly decency, and frankly the honorable way you discharged your duties for 25 years. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Mcgovern mr. Speaker, i think the gentleman from oklahoma would agree with me that we both learn more about the parliamentarians office than we ever knew was possible as we engaged in trying to get a replacement for mr. Wickam. Our admiration for the staff there has only increased. I just want to say one final thing here. Normally under normal circumstance this is chamber would be filled with members, which i think we would all have preferred in in order to give you a proper sendoff. Obviously outside events have made that impossible. We want you to know that everybody in this chamber appreciates your incredible work. I ask everybody who is here to give you a round of applause and say thank you. I reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. The gentlelady from arizona is recognized. Mrs. Lesko thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. If we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to immediately consider Small Business committee Ranking Members Steve Chabots h. R. 8265, to reopen the Paycheck Protection Program to americas 30 million Small Businesses. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mrs. Lesko this amendment would, ensure our nations smallest and most vulnerable firms get the support they need by allowing an opportunity for a second p. P. P. Loan with specific funds setaside for Small Businesses with 10 or fewer employees. Simplify the loan forgiveness process and extend p. P. E. To the end of 2020. I think we can agree that this is very vital for our Small Businesses and workers in america. And with that, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. Ms. Lesko i yield two minutes , good friend from new york mr. Katko. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Katko thank you for yielding. Mr. Speaker, there are seven legislative days remaining on the house calendar before this house is scheduled to recess. Has every member knows, america is counting on us to use this time. Unform, our constituents are left waiting as partisanship continues toll block compromise and political interests stand in he way in the way to deliver support. I support efforts to bring up commonsense legislation to support americas Small Businesses. The Paycheck Protection Program has been a critical bipartisan success and important example of what we can achieve when we Work Together for the good of the American People. In my district alone, p. P. E. Loans has given assistance to thousands of businesses and helped save jobs. Although these loans help Small Businesses navigate the impact of the pandemic, many face an uncertain road to recovery. Entrepreneurs and Business Owners across this great country will have no choice but to close their doors. If the previous question is defeated, my colleagues will bring up legislation to bring a second round of p. P. E. Loans for americas vulnerable businesses. Critically, this bill will set aside funds for our smallest businesses and make necessary simplifications to the loan for giveness process. This is critical for helping our Small Businesses but a commitment that both parties agree on. This would be a critical step in bringing bipartisan relief measures to the floor and delivering comprehensive relief for every american. I urge my colleagues to vote to defeat the previous question and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentlelady from arizona is recognized. She reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern look, i just want to say for the record that my republican friends why there is no agreement on a Coronavirus Relief package including p. P. E. , call their friend Mitch Mcconnell because this house did its job. We passed the heroes act more than 125 days ago to help local and state governments, to help businesses on the brink and help americans struggling in the middle of this pandemic and a lot of people are suffering. Hunger has increased in this country. Senate republicans cant come to an agreement amongst themselves. They couldnt get their entire caucus on board, let alone democrats. The heroes act is bipartisan, but even that hasnt been enough to get Mitch Mcconnell to take it up. Apparently rgs he couldnt find the time, mr. Speaker, but moving with lightning speed to confirm a new Supreme Court justice. Are you kidding me in the middle of a pandemic that he cant provide a vote to help American People, Small Businesses, restaurants are in deep. Those of you who come from states like massachusetts, Outdoor Dining isnt going to be serving in the cold and we cant get the senate to debate this stuff. The president said everything is going great. 200,000 people are dead. Compare that to canada or other countries, that it actually had a plan to manage this pandemic. Countless millions have been ineffected. The senate needs to act. And shame on them for not acting. It should be more than just an Assembly Line that rubber stamps conservative judges. There is legislating to do and none more than dealing with the impaths of this pandemic. I dont know if the majority leader has a heart of stone or what, but it is inexcuseable, unconscionable and unbelievable he hasnt acted. I urge my colleagues to pick up the phone and tell him to do something. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore members are reminded not to engage in personalities towards the senate. The gentlelady from arizona is recognized. Ms. Lesko wow. That was an impassioned speech by the chairman, but i have to remind the chairman that there is a lot of democrat liberal ish list in the relief package including prisoners that were 50 years older and giving 1,200 relief payments to Illegal Immigrants using taxpayer dollars. Maybe if the speaker and the democrats would have actually talked to republicans before they pushed through a bill, there would have been more bipartisan support to help the Small Businesses. And with this previous question and in the amendment we are trying to do just that. I would like to yield two minutes to my friend from nebraska, representative bacon. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Bacon i rise today and ask that we defeat the previous question and move to pass congressman chabots bill. We are in the sixth month of this pandemic and our efforts to combat this virus, the backbone of our economy, Small Businesses are suffering greatly. We have seen unemployment drop but not throughout our economy. My home state with the lowest Unemployment Rate in the nation, some of our Small Businesses are still struggling. While restaurants and bars are getting back to work, others are shut down. Our travel Tour Companies and may not reopen for three months. Some may not reopen. Congress needs to put bipartisan differences aside. Come together and help the American People. If we should bail out cities that are struggling financially, we can agree that certain economies are struggling. It will expand eligibility and stepped the p. P. E. Through the end of the calendar year to help businesses in every city. We can agree this is needed from east coast to west coast and everywhere in between. I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question and move to pass the lowhanging fruit of mr. Chabots bill. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern the American People get this. They understand where the problem is. And i would just say to my friends who dont like everything in the heroes act, the way this process is supposed the k, we pass a bill in house and pass it in the senate and work it in a conference committee. We have lowered the request in the organization heroes act. I get it to get something done and nothing in here that helps communities who are trying to deal with school situation. Some places they are opening and some are not. There are expenses on how to make the classrooms safer. My friends say they dont want to give money to cities and towns to deal with that, i dont know if you talk to superintendents, teachers or parents, but this is rule. And looking for some help. We are in the middle of pandemic and havent seeng anything lying this since 1918. I it has impacted our entire economy and you never know it based on the indifference in the senate. It takes my breath away when we have leaders there, Republican Leaders who wont even come to the negotiating table. And i just find that appalling. And i say one other thing, i urge everyone to vote for the previous question. If you defeat the previous question, they get to bring up whatever they want to. They basically take control of the house. And they may say they are going to bring this up, but who knows what theyll bring up. O this is a bad way procedural maneuver, but designed to give them power. And again, what im learning here is we dont share the same values on a lot of these things. And i find that particularly disconcerning during a pandemic. In the past, after 9 11, i was here, president bush was president. He helped bring this country together and got us reading off the same sheet of music. Its very different now. And so i would urge my colleagues to vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from arizona is recognized. Ms. Lesko i can guarantee you, chairman mcgovern, if we defeat the previous question, my amendment will be brought up to help Small Businesses and their workers. I yield two minutes to my good friend from new york, representative reed. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Reed i thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, i had a speech prepared to give but im not going to read that speech, because i think the chairman from massachusetts highlighted the crux of the problem we face in this chamber today. E dont trust each other any longer. As he alluded, dont give over the floor to the other side because we dont know what the republicans will bring up. You have my word that what we would bring up is a bill that will provide immediate relief under the Paycheck Protection Program of 138 billion to our Small Businesses, our families and individuals that are suffering in america today. We need to start trusting each other again. We dont trust each other in this institution and thats what is causing the American People to suffer. I ask my colleagues, when you vote yes on this previous question, be on notice, you are turning your back on the American People that need the Paycheck Protection Program assistance today. And when you make that vote, you do it with your eyes wide open. You do it on notice that you will be turning your back on those individuals that cry out for help as we speak here on this floor today. And i will tell you, what we are talking about here is that we need to do our job as congress. Now i have done everything in my power personally over the last three months to work with our Senate Colleagues, work with the white house, to work in a bipartisan fashion to do a bigger package than the Paycheck Protection Program, but i will take what i can get and there should be bipartisan support for this Paycheck Protection Program relief that we are talking about here today. And i urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question motion and vote no and join us and trust us in standing with the American People. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern i have Great Respect for the gentleman from new york and i appreciate his efforts to try to find common grouped and make this place Work Together but i do take exception to a statement that he made if you vote against this you are turning your back against Small Businesses. On can make that argument those who voted against the heroes act. You turned your back to people on are hungry and schools. Not just blue cities and towns, this notion that we have to define everything in terms of red and blue, in terms of whether they get assistance, i neverery disconcerting, i question a vote in favor of Disaster Relief if a red state was hit by a hurricane, earthquake or fire. You try to do you try to do the right thing. Indignatione us the because the deal is we passed something here four months ago, been no action. And we all know that we werent to get everything. Down by er brought it 1 trillion, and hoping that would spur a negotiation, and nothing yet. And by the way, the senate cant even get its act together republicans, n never mind with democrats. Look, we need to do something. And hopefully before we leave here, the Senate Majority leader up the phone and work with the speaker and with the and we can get something here. All ite frankly and we, of us, if its not done, were in a g to come back here moments notice. We were told by the majority in a to come back here nanosecond if we can get a deal. To to leave schools behind, leave hungry people behind, to leave, you know, countless impacted byave been this virus this is a big deal. Deal, and we have to help our Small Businesses and we well. O help others as so lets hope rationality will revail and common sense can prevail and we can come together, certainly the way we did on the continuing resolution yesterday. That i reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady is recognized. Mr. Lesko thank you, speaker. Boy, ive read some media there where actually were members of the Democratic Party in the u. S. House of epresentatives in swing districts that pleaded with peaker pelosi to have a relief package, and shes the one that said, oh, no. I have to respectfully analogy. With your and with that, mr. Speaker, i yield three minutes to my good ohio, representative chabot. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Chabot i thank the yielding. For and mr. Speaker, its now been 6 days, 46 days since the Paycheck Protection Program, lso known as p. P. P. , was shut down. This means that Small Businesses have been prevented from act funding cares through the p. P. P. For over a month and a half now. Also means that real peoples jobs continue to be in through no fault of their own. This is unacceptable, mr. Speaker. His is unacceptable because Small Businesses play a role in our employ. They employ half of all workers country. Think about that. Nearly one out of every two orkers in this country are employed by Small Businesses. Not only do Small Businesses of people, but theyre also this nations job creators. Approximately two out of every three new jobs in this country. Statistics, they are the eartbeat of main streets all across america. Theyre the corner store, the neighborhood coffee shop, the estaurant in the town orvilleage. Or village. They are the fabric of commerce ohio as theyate of are in florida, in texas, in alifornia, all across this country. Their workers clock in early and sun sets. Re after the simply put, theyre americas businesses. Unfortunately, covid19 continues to challenge their very existence. Is the time to act. We really should have acted 46 ago. We have an option before us today, this very day. We defeat todays previous uestion, we can move directly to my legislation to reopen the aycheck protection program, to all those Small Businesses all over the country who are clamoring to get them, who them. Need h. R. 8265 would provide targeted ssistance to Small Businesses who truly need this federal governments help. Small islation gives businesses the opportunity to receive a second p. P. P. If they a significant revenue reduction, 25 . More onally, it adds flexibility in how p. P. P. Still can be spent and be eligible to have those loans forgiven. Many of our nations small struggling re still significantly. We need to work quickly to forward for as many of them as possible. Meet s Small Businesses and exceed the expectation of their customers, lets meet the Small Businesses across the country. Ets defeat the previous question and restart the p. P. P. , Paycheck Protection Program. Our economy is depending upon Small Businesses and americas Small Businesses are today. Ng upon us here this vote really does matter. Usually these things are but this is an opportunity, not just to help those Small Businesses, but most people who those work for them and the families they support. The speaker pro tempore the expired. s time has the speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts. Mr. Mcgovern let me remind my colleagues, this is a procedural vote. This is a very common practice my republican colleagues on a regular basis to urge a defeat so theyrevious question can bring up whatever they want to bring up. The gentleman just said we need to move quickly. Is, where have you been . Where have you been . Months ago, four months ago we passed a bill that would relief to our Small Businesses and to our cash strapped communities who are now off of them forced to lay First Responders. Where have you been . And you picked up the phone called Mitch Mcconnell . Have you lobbied any of your republican colleagues on the side . Nothing. So were about to recess. Think Everybody Knows that people back home are not happy with the obstructionism and the nothing. Ing so lets toss out a procedural vote. As cover. That i mean, talk about being cynical. Mean, we had an opportunity. We still have an opportunity to come together and do something will help all americans and, instead, this is the best we can do. No promises to talk to the senate. Nothing. It is frustrating because people hurting and its not enough t the last minute with the procedural vote that doesnt mean anything. Been l along, having opposed to the heres the heroes act. Time. Rve my the speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady is recognized. Mrs. Lesko thank you, mr. Speaker. Guarantee you if we were in the majority, we would relief package include liberal wish lists that could actually pass senate and get signed into law. Would like to i yield two minutes to my good riend from oklahoma, representative hern. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Hern id like to thank my arizona. Om mr. Speaker, i urge defeat of the previous question so we can immediately move to debate and 8265 and stop playing politics with american jobs. Sses and we all can name at least one favorite establishment thats of an economic casualty coronavirus. Many Small Businesses are help. G, and they need our we came together in an incredible bipartisan way this the paycheck te protection program, but the fallout of these shutdowns are us ing longer than any of dared believed and our communities are now in need of swift action. Hats exactly why we need a vote on h. R. 8265, which democrat leadership is currently preventing. Theres over 135 billion still sitting in the funds that are appropriated. This bill gives Small Businesses with 25 revenue losses and employees the opportunity for a second cut of the p. P. P. Loan. Sets aside 25 billion specifically for mom and pop than 10 s with less employees and simplifies the loans ness process for under 150,000. Do it today. Do it today. We have plenty of time. Passing this ple, bill saves jobs. Doing nothing sends those same unemployment lines. The bills we are voting on today become law. Messaging bills can wait. Cannot. G this program i know that many of my colleagues across the aisle are frustrated with the lack of this issue. And know it s bill will help our communities. I know it because many told me personally. Many of the democrats who privately told me they supported this legislation would vote for overwhelmingly and would be law quickly. Call on them today to stand up and do whats right. Your communities need you in this moment. Needs us all in this moment. I ask the democrat leaders to playing politics with american businesses and jobs. I urge defeat of the previous uestion and immediate consideration of h. R. 8265. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the entleman from massachusetts the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. Yeah, its unclear o me, mr. Speaker, what this president would or would not line. Im looking at a headline from news. President trump says coronavirus doesnt hurt anybody. We passed the heroes act to help our health care workers. Id like to think theres no objection to helping our schools workers. Ealth care we want to help our First Responders. Theyre the heroes here. Such a froefl thing to controversial thing to do . The heroes actss to provide more testing and tracing so we can contain this virus. While the that president of the United States is, you know, hosting events where people without masks are all bunched together. Passed the heroes act to support families who are struggling to pay their rent. We passed the heroes act to help sma Small Businesses. Republican r my friends to pick up the phone and mcconnell and to ask him to sit down and that helps the entirety of this country. Dont see why that is so controversial. Yet, they wont do it. They wont do it. Politics, pure and simple. And with that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady is recognized. Rs. Lesko thank you, mr. Speaker. Again, you know, if the heroes the socalled heroes act would not have been chalk full a of liberal wish lists that only concentrated on things that republicans and democrats could to and ually agreed would have passed the senate and would gned into law, we have had relief to the American People by now. Assume that chairman mcgovern knows that there were things in that bill they new in advance that the republicans werent going to go for, like releasing prisoners communities. With that, im going to yield three minutes to my good friend representative herrera beutler. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Herrera beutler thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise to urge republicans and democrats to join us on this to extend the vital jobsaving program, the paycheck which will rogram, provide relief to Small Businesses who desperately need health g this public crisis. Its not just the Small Businesses who will benefit. Workers ally for the who work in those businesses to jobs. Heir and with the talk that House Democrat leadership is looking legislative business and send us home early, we should be doing everything to we can in our power provide that relief to Small Businesses who desperately need it. In southwest ashington, almost 9,500 businesses have accessed the protection check loans. One was able to keep their 22 employees employed. Neptune theater in Pacific County also took advantage of this program. Have all ey together they have saved over 92,000 jobs. 9,000 people 92,000 people, individuals, moms, dads, sisters, who provide for their family and food on the table and keep roofs over their kids head. Political nt be football. Across the country, p. P. P. Have businesses and keep the businesses opened and pay employees. Issue. Not a partisan lets stop talking whats been past. N the lets support extending this program. O meet the shame relief for workers is a partisan issue. It should not be treated like a football here in congress. This is not a hostage we should wish nto to get anybodys list passed. We should pass this. He p. P. P. Expired on august 8, and weve been in session many then. Etween now and and with nearly 135 billion still in the program, Congress Must act now to free up these relief to those who need it most. Thousands of businesses across are on the brink of collapse, and mass layoffs, and help. E crying out for if we do not act now to extend the p. P. P. They could all go under. About e talking were talking about our neighborhood mom and pop chosho backbone of our community. House advance bipartisan relief to Small Businesses. Thank you and i yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady mr. Mcgovern the gentlewoman doesnt want to talk about the past, they voted to deny help to Small Businesses and deny help to schools, First Responders. I get it. And she and others have to explain to their constituents why they voted against the interests of their own constituents. I get it. But the bottom line is this. If my republican friends want to help, pick up the phone and ask mcconnell and get serious so we can help Small Businesses and help our schools and our First Responders and health care workers. I reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Lesko thank you, mr. Speaker, in closing, at a time when Many Americans are struggling with the economic fallout from the ongoing pandemic, it is unfortunate that the democrat majority are not coming up with solutions that can actually be signed into law. We need to negotiate with the republicans in the senate and the president and the democrats together. Thats what america wants. Instead, in this rule, we are focusing on a Green New Deal type of Energy Package, one that didnt work so well in california, as can be attested by their rolling blackouts and other energy crises. I would call on us to defeat the previous question so that we can add the amendment to at least help the Small Businesses and their workers. This is something we can do together. And mr. Speaker, i urge a no on the previous question, no on the underlying measure. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Mcgovern my friend just mentioned the least we can do. This is not to do the least of anything. I mean we are faced with a pandemic, havent seep the ligse of this since 1918. This impaths every part of our economy and they talk about the least. We have to help our Small Businesses, our schools, we have to protect our First Responders and health care workers. This impacts everybody. And the notion that they cant muster the political will to pick up the phone and ask the senate to negotiate with us is really, really sad and its a disservice to the people of this country. I get it. You dont like everything in the heroes act, you trade things off. I would argue everything in the heroes act is necessary and important. I would urge my colleagues to energy the rule an an bill that will help us deal with the Climate Crisis and some human rights legislation as well to stand up for the uyghurs and make sure no International Business are utilizing forced uyghurs. Inst the we have a job to do here, mr. Speaker and that is to provide relief during this pandemic and it is frustrating that my republican friends done nothing, done nothing, to help get us to a solution. I would urge all my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying measures. Vote yes on the previous question. And i yield back. And i move the previous question on the resolution. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Ms. Lesko mr. Speaker. On that i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on Veterans Affairs be discharged from further consideration of h. R. 5023 and ask for its immediate onsideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk a bill to name the department of vet ranks Affairs Community based clinic as the carl lornso v. A. Clinic. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to consideration of the bill . Without objection, the bill is engrossed, read a third time and passed and the the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano i ask unanimous consent that the committee on Veterans Affairs be discharged from further consideration of h. R. 1925 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 1925, a bill to designate the manhattan campus of the new York Harbor Health Care system as the Margaret Cochran corbin Health Care System. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to consideration of the bill . Without objection. The bill is engrossed, read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on Veterans Affairs be discharged from further consideration of h. R. 7347 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk a bill to go designate the Medical Center of the department of Veterans Affairs as the Lieutenant Colonel charles s. K. I. T. T. L. E. S. Medical center. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to consideration of the bill . Without objection, the bill is read a third time and bill is laid on the table. Mr. Takano i ask unanimous consent consent to take from the speakers table s. 4072 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The clerk senate 4072, an act to designate the clinic in bend, oregon as the robert d. Maxwell department of Veterans Affairs clinic. The speaker pro tempore is there objection . Without objection, the bill is read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from 1646, andrs table s. Ask for its immediate consideration in the house. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk an act to designate the communitybased Outpatient Clinic of the department of Veterans Affairs in st. Augustine as the leo c. Chase Junior Department of Veterans Affairs clinic. The speaker pro tempore is there objection . Without objection, the bill is read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano i ask unanimous consent that the committee on Veterans Affairs be discharged from further consideration of h. R. 4983 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house the speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk a bill to designate the department of Veterans Affairs communitybased outpatient in Gilbert Arizona as staff agget ex deer Conrad Department of Veterans Affairs clinic. The speaker pro tempore is there objection . Without objection, the bill is engrossed read a third time and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postponefurther proceedings today on motions to spend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The house will postponequestions at a later date. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass s. 785. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 785 an act to improve Mental Health care provided by the department of veterans and other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, and the gentleman from tennessee each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Takano. Mr. Takano i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on s. 785 the speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Takano thank you, madam speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore scrarked. Mr. Takano i rise in support of s. 85, the commander John Scott Hannon Mental Health care improvement act. Throughout the 116th congress, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs has committed significant resources and energy with one goal in mind, addressing and helping reduce veteran suicide. As a result, our committee has passed no less than 15 pieces of legislation that would address many of the upstream challenges that veterans confront which can exacerbate Mental Health conditions and often lead veterans into crisis. While we are not discussing all of these proposals today, i am hopeful that one bill and the subject of todays debate, s. 785 will provide additional tools and will lead to additional reporting that will inform our continued efforts to address this multifaceted and complex challenge. There is no one solution to this issue, but i know working together we can continue to make meaningful progress. I also want to thank the members of my committee and other members of this chamber who offered legislation in the house to address gaps and enhance upstream prevention and create resources to help veterans access care. Many of these components are included in s. 785. Congressman sablans legislation included in s. 785 extend v. A. Health care following one year after being released from active service. We know this is a crucial period for veterans to be enrolled in and receive high Quality Health care. Wo provisions from congressman cisneros bill one directing to on practice guidelines to treat veterans at risk of suicide and ndating that v. A. Have standardized best practices to reat chronic pain, ptsd and or traumatic brain injuries. Bill sswoman lees supported further telehealth expansion at v. A. To capitalize n the use of technology and meeting veterans where they are. Congressman lamb introduced to bring v. A. s omplementary and integrated Health Services to even more veterans. Scientific d the enterprise to seek biomarkers and more tailored treatments for Health Problems through a ew v. A. Precision medicine initiative. Congressman britain dissys bill will bring more resources to the Suicide Prevention coordinators nd more staffing in this critical area to v. A. Medical centers. Say speaker, i want to thanks to them and all our members who introduced companion legislation to s. 785, and i now encourage my colleagues to join in supporting s. 785. Madam speaker, i reserve the time. Ce of my the speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california reserves. He gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. Madam speaker, i yield myself consume. E as i may the speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Roe i rise today in strong upport of senate bill 785, the commander John Scott Hannon veterans Mental Health care 2019. Ement act of today and every day, our nations 20 of veteran Service Members and members of the National Guard by suicide. Will die this bill is named after one of john veterans, commander scott hannon. One of its most important named after Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon fox who grew up in my district in east tennessee. We cannot bring back sergeant hannon, staff fox, or countless veterans like this we can act by passing various y to help save the andonents of this his team v. A. And in the white house who bafrp, ked with us on a bicameral basis to make bipartisan, bicameral basis to get it right. Who put their expertise and encouragement every step of the way. Would be remiss if i wouldnt ay thank you to my friends andeand. Steemed Senate Colleagues chairman and Ranking Member of the senate Veterans Affairs committee. Privilege of working with senators moran and tester for years and i know american greater chaerps in the United States champions in the United States senate than them. Im grateful for their hard work shepherding this bill to the president s desk over the last a half. Of course, im also grateful to my friend and fellow leader of Affairs Veterans committee, congressman mark takano of california. Ince he took over the gavel last year, chairman takano has focused our committees work on prevention. Ide im proud to stand with imhad in pursuit of that with him in 1 1 2 more times ikely to die by suicide than nonveterans. Veteran women are 2. 2 times more ikely to die by suicide than nonveteran women. It is certainly not for lack of effort, or desire that the veteran suicide rate it has for ash as long as it has. When i came to congress in 2009, budget was l health pproximately 4 billion per year. When i leave congress at the end of this year, v. A. s Mental Health budget will total billion. Tely 10 over that nearly 12year period, the veteran suicide rate have essentially the same with approximately 20 lives lost day. Finally, lowering that number and eventually stopping veteran be idal together will not easy, but s. 785 takes a number approaches that different approps that approaches that i believe will real difference to veterans in need. It includes provisions that would improve access to care for veterans at risk of suicide. Trengthen v. A. s Mental Health workforce. Expand the availability of complementary and alternative improve veterans quality of life. Advance Important Research into diagnosis and treatment of like posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, biopolar disorder, the connection between suicide and ertain prescription medications. And support Service Members as hey transition to civilian life, a time when they are uniquely vulnerable to stresses and suicidal thoughts. S. 785 would also establish the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon fox Prevention Grant program to provide communitybased organizations that provide care and other services to atrisk veterans in their backyards. Ds and the care and support that v. A. Ffers to veterans is second to none, and under president trumps direction these last 3 excellent strides have been made to increase access to care, expand veteran the veteransthen trust that they have in the v. A. Health care system, and more. Six of the 20 Service Members and veterans who die by suicide each day have used v. A. In the last two years prior to their death. Not all of those who have served eligible for v. A. Care. Even those who may sometimes barrier to entry to a v. A. Medical center too high, especially when they already are stressed and struggling. If we truly want to prevent eteran suicide, i believe that we must expand v. A. s reach by partnering with wellrespected organizations that are meeting military families where developing longlasting and meaningful relationships to help them heal connecting them with v. A. Best suitsupport that their needs. The Grant Program would create to do that most effectively. It is based on the bipartisan act, which is sponsored in the house by my good friend and Ranking Member on the oversight and investigations, lieutenant eneral jack bergman of ichigan, and congresswoman houlahan of pennsylvania. They are both veterans themselves and i know their commitment to supporting their and w veterans is deeply strongly felt. I am grateful to both of them work and hard leadership on this bill and this Ongoing Service to country, first in uniform and now in congress. As i mentioned in my opening, program is named after one of east tennessees own Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon fox. Parker grew up in kings port, tennessee. Very near to where i live. After high he army school graduation. He was only 25 years old when he summer. S i did not know parker personally, but i have been ouched by the loving legacy left behind and the many wonderful comments i heard from friends and family. His family and friends today. I hope they take some comfort in will foreverparker be memorialized through this program that will help veterans the country and hopefully save others from the eep grief they are now experiencing. It is parker that i will be thinking of when i vote in today, and his bill i hope that every one of my join me. S will in closing, i would like any veteran listening today who may with their own thoughts of suicide to know that ou do not have to struggle alone. These are trying times, but free confidential support is available to you anytime of the ay or night by calling 18002738255. That. Repeat 18002738255 and pressing one texting 838255. 838255. Or visiting the veterans risis veteranscrisisline. Net. Its ok to not be ok. For help if you need it. Please. Ith that, madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the congressman from tennessee reserves. Congressman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i member, dr. King phil roe, for his kind words. Here a pleasure to be this passage of legislation on veteran Suicide Prevention. I do appreciate his mentioning veteran hotline. Encourage nt to also veterans to know that its ok to please call the number that dr. Roe just announced. Try to make sure i repeat that later on during our session today. But at this time, id like to my good ee minutes to friend and vice chairman of the committee, fairs congressman lamb from pennsylvania. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Lamb thank you, madam speaker. I thank the chairman for his this ork on bringing us bipartisan, bicameral compromise that will get things done for veterans. s madam speaker, my contributions to todays bills are sort of a old and new. We are dramatically increasing availabilityts and of ageold practices like yoga, ture, meditation, nutritional counseling, things that when you talk to the eterans themselves, whether younger, millennial age veterans or grizzled vietnam war theyll tell you those are some of the Favorite Local v. A. And help people with chronic pain, with stress, anxiety. Republican colleagues make the point many times that v. A. s ncreased the budget without seeing much progress on the suicide rate. Agree. Thats unacceptable. These are some of the least v. A. Offerings that the has to make. Acupuncture, chiropractor. Come up again and again. They are minuscule in the v. A. s budget. We are also investing in another great opportunity to do research biomarkers, Precision Medicine that will tell us how we can better treat the wounds of war with new technologies. Again, a small down payment oday for the possibility of much more effective and much more costeffective treatment going forward. Old ther important mix of and new that we see today, madam speaker, is that were making investments, investing in new technology, Offering New Services to veterans. Weve done it in an oldfashioned way, which is that both sides Work Together. Last ill probably be my chance to recognize our Ranking Member, dr. Roe, before he this us at the end of congress, but i just want to say i came to this congress 2 1 2 years ago. Assignment mittee was on the Veterans Affairs committee when he was chairman. Me from as kind to beginning to end. Taught me a lot about the needs of our nations veterans from of a practicing physician. Always with an eye on cost. Ut above all, veterans wellbeing. We thank you, dr. Roe, for your service, and our nations it. Rans are better off for thank you, madam speaker. I yield back. Takano madam the speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. At this time id like to yield minutes to my good friend, gus bilirakis, and we have for 12 years on the Veterans Affairs committee. Better advocate for veterans in this country than gus bilirakis. The speaker pro tempore the entleman from florida is recognized. Mr. Bilirakis thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman, for putting forward this bill, and i want to thank my good friend, Ranking Member roe, who does an outstanding job. Really youve done excellent work. Withbeen an honor to serve you on behalf of our veterans. Thank you so much for your service. Continuing service to our country and our true american heroes. You. We really appreciate it. Support, day in strong madam speaker, of senate bill 85, the commander John Scott Hannon veterans Mental Health act. Improvement his bill will help prevent veteran suicide by expanding access to care, support for atrisk individuals in the v. A. System. Are it contains the improve act, a bill by my friend, general was proud to i support as one of the first cosponsors. A grant ion creates program for Community Providers to collaborate and assist in Prevention Services and s modeled after the bipartisan ssvf program, which has been successful in reducing veteran homelessness. Need new and innovative ways tragic Program Actually the tragic problem hat our veterans are facing today. Tragically, 20 Service Members own eterans take their lives each day. Let me repeat that. Service members, again, their life, l take 20 each day. Combat. Not by violent crime. But due to suicide. Everything to stop this, madam speaker, and we too, that many of those 20 per day are not currently using v. A. Services. T targets those veterans who are at risk of suicide. The status quo is unacceptable and none of us should stand by of llow this epidemic veteran suicide to continue. These Service Members and veterans answered the call to serve. It is time to answer the call and support our heroes and get them the help they have earned and deserve. Thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee reserves. Mr. Roe reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano at this time, i would like to yield three the s to my good friend, chairwoman of the subcommittee on Technology Modernization and author of this important piece the gentlewoman. Rom nevada mrs. Lee i stand in support of enate bill 785, commander John Scott Hannon veterans Health Care Improvement act. In addition to making updates to he v. A. Transition, Mental Health care and Women Veterans, this bill includes an important provision that i championed here in the house in the form of the v. A. Telehealth expansion act providing grants to serve veterans throughout the v. A. We know that the stat that over 20 veterans take their life by suicide each day and not one suicide is acceptable. In many of those veterans are not accessing v. A. Care. And we know that telehealth is another venue to allow those veterans increase access. Whether a veteran is home bound in a rural community, in a Community Without access to a v. A. Clinic or a hospital or as we have seen now during this pandemic at high risk of diing if they catch covid19, this pandemic has shown us just how critical it is for our veterans to be able to Access Health care through telehealth. N my home state of nevada just one week that Southern Nevada started responding, the veterans in the Southern Nevada Health Care System who had telehealth visits, the number was just under 150. Fast forward to the week of july 19, we were providing 2,000 video visits to veterans in their homes. That means that the telehealth video visits increased by over 1,000 . Its aabundantly clear that it has improved access to health care for so many veterans and we must continue to invest. That. 785 does just before i yield the balance of my time, i just want to give a special thank you also to congressman roe, Ranking Member, for his leadership on this committee and it was without a doubt, i have only been working with you for one term, but without a doubt, your commitment to your veterans and i thank you for your service. I yield. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from tennessee. Mr. Roe i appreciate the kind words and those of congressman lamb. At this point, i would like to ield four minutes to general bergman. He has served our country as a marine and private business, as a pilot and now as a congressman and i call him my friend. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan is recognized. Mr. Bergman dr. Roe, 15 of november is fast approaching here where it is opening of deer season so we await that. Madam speaker, s. 785, the commander John Scott Hannon veterans Mental Health improvement act of 2019 will save veterans lives and i rise in unequivocal support of this legislation. The flame of my passion to end veteran suicide was lit long before i was legitimated to congress. Starting with vietnam to the global war on terror and i would like to take one extra opportunity to welcome home my fellow veterans from vietnam. You served your country in tough times and we owe you that again and again for waiting so long to thank you. Because of that, in june, 2019 i introduced the improved wellbeing for veterans act that would allow the v. A. To support the nation wide network of Community Organizations already providing services to local veterans and their families. And it would be effective in reaching the 60percent of veterans who die by suicide but are not within the v. A. System of care. The goal to try Something Different when the status quo was not working. That was the driver here amongst all of us who chose to cosponsor the improve act within a six month period we have gained 250 bipartisan cosponsors. Vained v. S. O. Support and invited the secretary to testify before our committee. Now the best possible version of this legislation lies at the heart of s. 785, which i urge, strongly urge all of my colleagues to support. For over a decade and despite billions of dollars spent within the v. A. Trying their hardest, we have heard the same statistic over and over again. Veterans die by their own hand every day. That is why this new approach and innovative approach and different way of looking at things maybe from the outside in as opposed to the inside out is long overdue and im excited to stay engaged and work with the administration to ensure that it makes a difference especially, especially for the veterans in our rural and remote communities that are so vulnerable. You know, when you come in as a reshman and i love to say that coming in at the age of 70. I found dr. Roe in my first term, i want to say thank you for your leadership and for dropping the gavel on time every committee hearing, because that was one of your bit of guidance to us as a committee and you walk the talk. Thank you for your leadership. We are going to miss you. You are not far away. I have your phone number. I like to thank the cosponsors and the majority and minority staffs for working so hard to make this happen and the v. S. O. s. Thank you to my colleague, senator boozman, chairman takano and to dr. Roe. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano i would like to yield three minutes to my good friend and member of the house Veterans Affairs committee, congressman cisneros from my home state of california. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Cisneros i rise in support of s. 785. As this Marks National Suicide Prevention month. Im gld the committee is working across the aisle to improve Health Services for our veterans. This package includes my bipartisan bill. We know that too many veterans struggling with Mental Health challenges are also dealing with substance misuse issues and the i will pakistan of various tralm asincluding military sexual assault. Given how these problems are Health Care Providers need evidencebased guidance working with multiple issues. My bill will develop and disseminate this practice guideline to share best practices v. A. Wide. I thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. And i want to thank dr. Roe for his years of service to the country both as a doctor, a soldier and as a member of this committee and serving in the house of representatives. Thank you for your friendship, doctor. Always stopping to say hello. We are going to miss you here. But i know you will continue your service back in civilian life. And thank you for your years of service and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe we have no further speakers and am prepared to close. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california. Mr. Takano i yield three minutes to my good friend from pennsylvania, representative houlahan. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. Ms. Houlahan i thank the chairman for bringing this bill to the house and i speak in favor of s. 785, comprehensive package of legislation complements the other bills we considered yesterday and today and highlight two pieces. This bill aims to improve the Mental Health of the medical work force at the v. A. They love their experience and thats because of the v. A. Work force. However, we need to address the issue of staffing shortages. According to a recent v. A. Report, there are vacant positions at the v. A. At any given time. This bill would create a plan to address Mental Health care providers at its facility and every Medical Center is staffed with a Suicide Prevention coordinator. This bill also includes the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon fox Suicide Prevention grant ram which would push funding for Prevention Services out to vetted Community Organizations. This is a similar one that was in the improve act. This will really help us reach the millions of veterans who do not use the v. A. Or talking about their Mental Health concerns in a nongovernmental setting. These organizations can ensure there is a warm handoff which is so critical when someone is in crisis. I want to take this opportunity to thank the chairman for his leadership on this critically important issue. The fact that the house is poised to pass s. 785 and a variety of other related bills is true a test ta metropolitan to his focus on this issue. Representative brownley has been especially to the barriers that Women Veterans face as each. V. A. Research found that the share of women using the v. A. Has grope to 15 and we need to ensure this is the Veterans First choice regardless of gender. It has been a pleasure to work with general bergman on the improve act. We quickly connected over the importance of ensuring we use all of the tools in our tool kit, peer support groups and more to reach veterans in Mental Health crises where they are and feel comfortable. Thank you, doctor, for getting us to this. It is ok to not be ok. If you are experiencing a crisis or know someone who is, please 2758255 and press one. And i yield back and thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano i have no further speakers and am prepared to close. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee. Mr. Roe we have heard numerous speakers talk about the problem we have with veteran suicide in this country and active duty Service Members. Horrific number of 20, which we have not changed in two decades and still having this problem. Time to think outside the box. No one bill is going to solve this problem. And we have read numbers to call, reach out to a friend. If you have a friend or a pastor or someone that you trust, reach out to them if you are in a dark place and then well get you the help you need and get you the resources you need because most of these decisions are impulsive decisions that once avoided, that person can lead a fruitful life. Thats what we want. We want you to reach out and get the help you need to get the place from you are to a productive life. I thank the members and the chairman who made this primary goal. I thank him for that. And with that, i urge my colleagues to support this bill. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee yields back. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i to urge all of my colleagues to join me in passing s. 785. Thank all of my colleagues who worked on this bill on both yield f the aisle, and i back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. House stion is will the suspend the rules and pass senate bill 785. Aye. In favor say those opposed, no. Chair, 2 3ion of the having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, the ithout objection, motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the entleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i move that the house suspend the and pass h. R. 5245, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 5245, a bill or overpayments made by the department of Veterans Affairs by reason of delays in processing of certain information information, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Takano, and the gentleman from mr. Roe, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Takano. Madam ano thank you, speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and to nd their remarks and insert extraneous material on amended. , as the speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Takano thank you, madam speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i of h. R. 5245, as shield e shield the stopping harm and implementing enhanced leadtime for debts for veterans act or for veterans act. It would create important steps o improve how v. A. Handles overpayments made to veterans. The departments process for overpayments that it makes must be fair and reasonable and consider the hardships when an error is discovered. Just that. Ation does further, the legislation would make overpayments less common by improving the Information Available to beneficiaries and veterans can provide updates to v. A. On their status. Ity and the shield act was sponsored by leads n chris pappas who our oversight and investigations subcommittee. The bill was developed based on chairman pappas held during the session. He subcommittee also conducted extensive oversight of v. A. Collections. The legislation takes into account the experiences and Veterans Service organizations who help veterans overly what is an complex current collections rocess that leaves many understandably frustrated. I also appreciate the bipartisan bill. Of this our oversight was conducted with also offered who improvements to the bill which were incorporated into the current language. This bill and urge my colleagues to do the same. Want to thank mr. Pappas for sponsoring this important legislation and urge my h. R. 5245,to support as amended. Madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The peaker pro tempore gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you. Madam speaker, i rise today in of h. R. 5245, as amended, the shield for veterans act. Bill would prohibit the department of Veterans Affairs from collecting on debts from Veterans Benefit Administration that arise out of v. A. s failure to process veterans a entitlement to benefits within a certain time and standards. Face ns should not Financial Hardships due to delays or errors made by v. A. Should congress accept that orgiving debts is a longterm solution. Rather, we need to strive to eliminate the creation of the debt in the first place. 5245 would do that by addressing one of the major root debt. Of certainly, veterans can add dependents to their compensation using v. A. Ward ebenefits online tool and that immediately. Ective however, v. A. Does not allow for the immediate removal of using that same tool. Because the removal of a a manual requires review, a debt is often created ecause v. A. s lengthy review process results in overpayments o veterans that, by law, v. A. Must attempt to rekoop. Recoup. Thank the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on disability assistance and affairs, congressman mike bost, for amending this bill while it was being considered in committee to v. A. To establish a process to allow a veteran to remove a dependent through ebenefits as seamlessly as they add a dependent. The bureaucrat bei and ic and bureaucratic archaic process. The remainder of the bill would v. A. E and improve vbas Debt Collection process so transparent a understanding of their rights and how to dispute debts when they do occur. To thank the chairman and Ranking Member of the subcommittee on oversight investigation, congressman chris pappas of New Hampshire, bergman of jack michigan, for their work on this bill. I also want to thank chairman for amending the bill that we reported out of the committee to address scoring tified c. B. O. Issues. I believe that our bipartisan policy thatsed a good for taxpayers and veterans alike and i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill today. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, at this time id like to yield five minutes to my good friend and chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and investigations, of this author important piece of legislation, representative chris pappas from hampshire. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from New Hampshire is recognized. Veryappas well, thank you much, madam speaker. I want to thank chairman takano and Ranking Member roe for their words as well as for their us get to yes on this important piece of legislation. 5245, in support of h. R. A bill i introduced along with my colleague, congressman max major problem directly affecting our veterans. Last year, i heard from one of y constituents, New Hampshire veteran jeff varney, who contacted my office for assistance. Of vicious housands across the country, is facing tremendous Financial Hardship errors. A. Jeff was in disbelief when the v. A. Informed him that he needed benefit years of overpayments because of an apparent error that v. A. Made decades ago. Lifetime of service and through no fault of his own, jeff was told hes on the hook more than 11,000, even though v. A. Produced no ccounting how these debts were accrued. Jeff is not alone in this experience, and too many of our veterans are badly surprised letters sayingve they owe v. A. Money. Sometimes these debts reach dollars. Of and during the hearings held by our oversight and investigations subcommittee, we heard from organizations about the pain and hardship that these surprises may bring. Year, v. A. Collected 1. 6 billion in debts from veterans. Resultetimes these debts from mistakes in disability accounting ple errors that place an undo, on our ed hardship veterans. Its long past time we believe this issue up. Thats why today im asking my to support the shield for veterans act, which reforms v. A. Debt collection processes making good onre the promises we have made to our veterans. The shield act prevents v. A. Overpayments g that came as a result of their own delays in processing and requires the v. A. To provide our veterans notice of an overpayment and their plan to collect it. Notify requires v. A. Veterans of their ability to dispute the overpayment or request a waiver. This bill, v. A. Will issue a report to congress on a plan to improve communications with the debt issue. The last thing that my need and other constituents need is to be hounded by debt collectors, especially if theyve done everything right. Is a bipartisan, commonsense bill. I really want to thank the majority and minority staff for their work. Want to thank my Ranking Member, general bergman, as well s congressman bost for their contributions to helping make this bill better. Its simply unacceptable that mistakes or inefficiencies will hurt the men and women they are supposed to serve. O i urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california reserves. He gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe i have no further speakers, madam speaker. Close. Pared to the speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i have no further speakers. Im prepared to close. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore the entleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. I encourage my colleagues to support this commonsense bill. One of the most common things we hear in our office outrageous debt that a veteran owes back that didnt know they owed because of a u. Eaucratic snaf we all heard snafu. Cases. Heard these we should have done this years ago. I encourage my colleagues to support the bill. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the tennessee yields back. The gentleman from california is recognized. I, takano madam speaker, too, urge passage of this solution. E i very much appreciate, also, agreement that we reached, that this is indeed a problem we should have fixed years ago. So i urge my colleagues to join 5245, as ing h. R. Amended, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california yields back. Is suspend the rules and pass will the house the question is will the house pass the e rules and amended. 5245, as those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. Chair, 2 3ion of the having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i move the house suspend the rules pass h. R. 7105, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. H. R. 7105, a bill to provide flexibility for the secretary of Veterans Affairs in Homeless Veterans during the covered Public Health mergency, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Takano, and the gentleman from roe, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the entleman from california, mr. Takano. Mr. Takano thank you, madam speaker. That allnimous consent members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks insert extraneous material on amended. , as the speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Takano thank you, madam speaker. 7105, in support of h. R. As amended, the deliver act. H. R. 7105, as amended, was introduced by representative chairman of the subcommittee on economic opportunity, in june of this year. The package before us encompasses many of the issues is subcommittee has worked on to reduce homelessness and improve Employment Opportunities veterans. This bipartisan package bipartisan, even bicameral pieces of legislation to improve the lives of veterans experiencing hardships. Irst, section 101 of this package includes chairman levins Homeless Veterans response act. This section includes temporary authorities for the department to eterans affairs effectively assist veterans during this difficult time. Madam speaker, that means giving v. A. The ability to serve more providing blankets, clothing, basic Hygiene Products nd permanent and temporary shelter to veterans experiencing homelessness. V. A. Ection also allows quicklyity to move more payout grants per diem payments. This means housing more veterans quickly. Levins bill r. Contract v. A. To health Care Services in the ealth care for Homeless Veterans, or hchv program, uring a Public Health emergency. These are crucial improvements that v. A. Has asked for, and we tand with them to deliver this assistance. Now, section 102 of this 2398lation represents h. R. For representative scott peters. Veterans house act would covery expand hudvash to veterans with other than discharges. Veterans with other than honorable discharges make up 3 of the population but they 15 of the homeless veteran population. No question that this commonsense expansion of the program would mean fewer Homeless Veterans, and i thank representative peters for his tireless work on this section. Included in section 103 of the bill is h. R. 3749, representative panettas Legal Services for Homeless Veterans act. This would authorize v. A. To provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities that provide Legal Services to Homeless Veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness. According to Community Organizations, Legal Services are one of the top unmet needs for Homeless Veterans. Madam speaker, under this section v. A. Would be required to consult with organizations that have experienced experience providing services to Homeless Veterans when establishing these criteria requirements and these grants or cooperative agreements would onet be available to highly rated public or nonprofit entities. Additionally, representative wild has included legislation to ensure that at least 10 of the funds made available each fiscal year for this Grant Program must be reserved for providing Legal Services to homeless Women Veterans. As we know, Women Veterans are the Fastest Growing population of Homeless Veterans, and i thank representative panetta and representative wild for their work on this section. Section 104 of the underlying bill includes representative beattys legislation to carry out a gap analysis study to determine if v. A. Programs are properly serving homeless Women Veterans. Section 105 of the legislation represents Bipartisan Legislation just introduced by minority leader mccarthy and hairman levin. The reducing veteran homelessness act would encourage v. A. To contract out vacant hudvash positions. Increase the grant per diem rates and allow grat per diem participants to gain access to the homeless veteran marningment systems. Management systems this. Will make our Community Providers more effective for delivering for their communities. In section 105 also includes representative brownleys homeless veteran families act. Many Homeless Veterans with children are unable to obtain transitional and support assistance through the program because providers only receive payments from the v. A. For the veteran. Not their minor dependents. This section would authorize v. A. To pay a partial per diem to g. P. D. Providers supporting our nations Homeless Veterans with children. Finally, this legislation would also have v. A. More accurately track hudvash Case Management vacancies and help congress determine how to more effectively keep the Program Staff so it may most effectively serve our nations veterans. Sections 201 through 203 represent Ranking Member roe and chairman levins rapid retraining Assistance Program for veterans. This program will train 7,500 veterans who have been economically impacted by covid19, putting their skills and knowledge back to work in our economy. We have a commitment to our nations veterans to support them regardless of the challenges they face. Covid19 is no different and i am pleased that we are that we were able to find a way to pass concrete measures for our nations veterans. Last but certainly not least, sections 204 through 207 represent chairman levins seal chief navy seal chief petty officer william bill mulder retired transition improvement act. This section would make much needed improvements to our Service Members transition process, including more accessible transit sites and providing grants for organizations to assist with resume assistance, interview training, and Job Recruitment training. All told, this is one of the most meaningful pieces of legislation dealing with Economic Hardship we will have a chance to consider and im grateful to the countless members of congress for their hard work to make it a reality. Our time here is short, so we call on our colleagues in the senate who have also worked on many of these provisions, to send this bill to the president before we finish our work this year. I encourage all my colleagues to join me in voting for h. R. 7105 as amended. Madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. I rise today in support of h. R. 7105, as amended, the dependable employment and living improvements for veterans economic recovery or deliver act. This bill would help veterans who are homeless, provide needed job training and education benefits to veterans who are unemployed, and support veterans who are transitioning out of the military and into civilian life. It would contain provisions that help homeless Veterans Service providers meet the increasing demands associated with the covid19 pandemic. Provide additional flexibility to Fund Services for Homeless Veterans with children. Authorize Grant Funding for Legal Services for Homeless Veterans and assist incarcerated veterans who are leaving the criminal justice system. This bill also contains the text of numerous other bills that have been sponsored by members on both sides of the aisle to better support those who have served. It contains text of h. R. 8275 shall the reducing veterans homeless act of 2020, which is sponsored by republican leader Kevin Mccarthy of california, and congressman mike levin of california. The chairman of the subcommittee of economic opportunity, to increase funding for transitional housing providers, and improve Case Management in the department of housing and urban Development Department of Veterans Affairs supportive housing, or the hudvash Voucher Program which we have used in my district numerous times. These efforts would help connect Homeless Veterans with stable housing and get them back on their own two feet. Im grateful to leader mccarthy and congressman levin for bringing these important issues to our attention and working to address them. The deliver act also contains another bill that was introduced by republican leader mccarthy, h. R. 5766, the vet tech expansion act. The Vet Tech Program was created by leader mccarthy and forever g. I. Bill in 2017 to support veterans pursuing careers in the Technology Sector by providing them with tuition and living stipend as they complete their training. The Vet Tech Program is very popular among veterans which with over 1,100 of them completing the program and many already finding jobs with an average starting salary of 60,000 per year. Thats money well invested when you have veterans getting those kinds of jobs. The vet tech expansion act would help streamline processes and authorize additional funding for the Vet Tech Program so that even more veterans can benefit from it. I once again thank the republican leader mccarthy who is a champion for our nations Service Members and veterans and never fails to support efforts for them to succeed for his work on this bill. Leader mccarthy is unfortunately unable to be here today to speak about his provisions, so i ask unanimous consent to insert his remarks into the record. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. The deliver act also contains two provisions that are named for navy seal chief petty officer william bill mulder who tragically died by suicide in 2017 after years of Honorable Service to our country. The first is h. R. 7111 which i was pleased to introduce this summer with congressman levin and senators jerry moran of kansas and john tester of montana, the chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. As we work to restore the record breaking economy we had in place before covid19, we must do all we can to prepare unemployed veterans for success and the new post pandemic economy. My bill would do that by authorizing a Rapid Retraining Program for veterans who find themselves unemployed as a result of covid19. Last month, it was estimated that there are 560,000 unemployed veterans in this country. The retraining program my bill would create would put those veterans back on track to complete for gainful, longterm Employment Opportunities. The second provision named after navy seal chief petty officer william bill mulder is h. R. 2326, as amended, which was introduced by my friend, congressman levin, and my friend congressman bilirakis from florida, and congressman Jodey Arrington from texas, who are respectively the current and former Republican Leaders of the subcommittee on economic opportunity. Their bill which passed the house earlier this summer would improve Service Members transition to civilian life by authorizing a review of the turn the curriculum of the transition Assistance Program or t. A. P. Program and authorizing t. A. P. At offbase locations and providing grant funds to Community Organization who is help Service Members as they transition. This bill was a culmination of the work of the subcommittee on economic opportunity, started last congress, to improve t. A. P. Im grateful to congressman levin, bilirakis, and arrington for their continued work to support those transitioning out of the military and for including their bill in the deliver act today. I also want to thank the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans for their help in traft crafting the homeless veteran provision in this bill antinumerous military and veteran Service Organizations who helped advocate for the employment, education, and transition provisions in the bill. Their steadfast advocacy is critical to getting veterans into safe, stable homes and back to work, and im grateful to them for their Strong Partnership we fostered in my nearly 12 years in congress. I encourage all members to support the deliver act today. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Million takano madam speaker, at this time i would like to yield five minutes to my good friend and the chairman of the subcommittee on economic opportunity, and also the author of this impressive comprehensive h. R. 7105, representative mike levin, from california. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Levin thank you, madam speaker. Thank you, mr. Chairman. As chair of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs subcommittee on economic opportunity, and as a representative for tens of thousands of veterans around Marine Corps Base camp pendleton, i strongly believe we have to do more those who have served our country. We cant allow men and women who served to fall into homelessness, end up without a job, or the basic services they deserve. Today we are taking a significant step in making sure veterans are no longer left behind. I am so proud to lead the deliver act, a robust, action forward ackage to help get our veterans back on their feet. The legislation includes six of my bipartisan bills to help get veterans the housing and Employment Opportunities they deserve. It includes the homeless veteran Coronavirus Response act, the bill i interdutiesed with my friend, representative gus bilirakis. I dont see him here, but im grateful to him. To expand and strengthen v. A. Services for Homeless Veterans during the covid19 pandemic. It includes the veteran house act, the bill i coled with my friend, representative scott peters, also from san diego, to expand the hudvash program to Homeless Veterans discharged under conditions other than honorable. It includes the veteran homelessness act a bill i introduced with republican leader Kevin Mccarthy to ensure Homeless Veterans and their families receive the resources and services they deserve by filling caps in the hudvash Case Management system. It includes the housing for Women Veterans act, a bill i introduced with representative fitzpatrick, to require the v. A. To complete an analysis of its programs that provide assistance to Women Veterans who are homeless. To identify the areas in which such programs are failing to meet their needs. It includes the veterans economic recovery act, a bill i introduced with Ranking Member dr. Roe. We are all going to miss you, dr. Roe, we are grateful for all you do. That bill will, as dr. Roe just said, create a Rapid Retraining Program for unemployed veterans and reservists. And it includes the bill mulder transition improvement act, the bill i introduced with my friend, representative arrington. To make the transition process easier for Service Members returning to civilian life. I said it before and ill say it again. Even one homeless veteran is one too many. We have a moral obligation to make robust federal investments in programs to help get veterans off the street. And weve got to do a better job of ensuring our nations heroes have the Housing Assistance and services they need in each of the bills that we have talked about today will make a real difference for the veterans i serve and countless others across the country. You hear a lot about how things in washington are broken and how we cant get a lot done around here, but im very proud of the bipartisan progress we have made today for our veterans. Im hopeful the senate will take the bill up quickly, get it on the president s desk. Im just so grateful to everybody thats been involved both the members, their staff, really a wonderful bipartisan, bicameral effort. I thank youall. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Mr. Roe at this time id like to yield three minutes to my good friend, Jodey Arrington, a former member of the Veterans Affairs committee, had the privilege of visiting in his district and know his commitment to our veterans. I yield to the gentleman from texas. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Arrington it is my friend, roe, who likes to say there would be no texas if there werent a tennessee. To say that in his honor, and then i have to defend my onor when i go back to texas now. So thats my gift to you, mr. Depart. , as you a distinguished gentleman and statesman and an effective and for r our nation our veterans. Thank you for that. From the bottom of my heart. For man takano, thank you your camaraderie and our common serving the veterans. We served together when i was in v. A. St term on the committee. You have a passion for our veterans. While we may disagree about to time, i time respect that about you, and i wish you all the best success as try to do right by those men and women who gave up their we can have our tomorrow. Nothing hairman levin, would honor me more than to and my e mulder family friend, bill mulder. For you to allow us to carry his name forward, representative of the men and women who served and with honor but with wounds you cant see and lives and ng their taking from this country because they have so much more to offer, thank you, thank you, thank you. Ou know, we need to recognize when things are working around anytime we tell you, can govern for this great country and we can do the right first,nd put our country ill commend anybody, any day, and all day. For less you, gentlemen, your leadership. I rise in support of h. R. 7105, the package that includes i, along with t chairman levin, introduced to navy seal chief petty officer bill molder. Our nations Service Members successfully to eintegrate back into civilian life when they return home from serving our nation. Friend, hero, and due invisible wounds that often plague our soldiers when they return tragically ended his wn life after retiring with distinction. If we can do a better on the ront end, engaging them earlier, and providing them with the education, training, to reintegrate so that we can on the back end prevent the struggles with unemployment, homelessness, suicide, thats here. Al those are things that disproportionately affect our veterans. Do something about it. I believe this legislation will meaningful in a well. As we recognize Suicide Awareness month, i can think of no cause more than helping our veterans transition to a more productive life,althy and fulfilling civilian life after they sacrificed so much for our country. Cant think of a better way to honor bill and him. Just like support. Colleagues for thank you, madam speaker. Almost rushed the most important part. This is not only a cause worthy f our support as a congress, but it will honor men and women just like bill molder. I believe if we do theight and if the v. A. And Defense Department actually implement it right thats the next big hurdle then well lives. Thats why we got into this gig, right . Difference. Ake a we want to save lives. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield back the balance of my time. Thank you, chairman roe. The peaker pro tempore gentleman from tennessee reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano i thank the texass kind words and comments and appreciate his passion for our veterans. Can honor leased we his friend with the name of this naming of the bill. I have no further speakers. Im prepared to close, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. Mr. Takano i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. I have no further speakers and i prepared to close. The speaker pro tempore without objection. R. Roe madam speaker, this is a bill that contains a lot of effort, as you can see, from both sides of the aisle. Republicans and democrats. And as mr. Arrington said, trying to do the right thing for our nations heroes. Remember in 2008 when i was a candid for candidate for congress, the hudvash program was rolled out. Didnt understand it. Its a program that helps Homeless Veterans. Hen i got into congress, i remember general shinseki, the time, stated he during the housing crisis, there are over 100,000 homeless america. In the wealthiest country in the world. I found that shameful. His goal was to eliminate homelessness among veterans in the next six years. He didnt achieve that goal but goal. A worthy that number down is down under 40,000. That. Han and hopefully with this bill helped helping families and children, if we can get these veterans off the streets and into productive see the part of the bill that both congressman levin and myself, leader to take veterans who lost their jobs and get them skills that they can transition new economy postpandemic and to have the oney to take care of their families. I know the transition Assistance Program that was mentioned, i when i got out of the military, the only thing i was gate of bout was the the ford i was in hitting me on of me. Kside thats what happened to me. Said, youre out of here. They had this little helmet with wo feet coming out from under it. That meant you were short. You have less than 100 days left in country. Ell, today were doing a much better job with our transitioning. Think when ing to these young people go into this into the military to serve our country and our nation protect us, what are you going to do when you transition out . In other words, when you go in when think what youll do your military career is over . Im very proud to encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill. With that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the tennessee yields back. The gentleman from california is recognized. Madam speaker, i ust want to say that this is a tremendously comprehensive bill. It represents the work, the of members from both sides of the aisle. That i am ay recalli recalling at this very moment a who drove all the way from los angeles into my meeting to a town hall where she first made me aware of issue of veterans with enough not having money, not enough benefits to be homeless et into housing. Im so pleased that the bill by that ownley to address ssue is in this piece of legislation. With that, i just urge all my asleagues to pass h. R. 7105, amended. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california yields back. The question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the h. R. 7105, as amended. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 having responded in the are mative, the rules suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Without objection, the title is amended. For what purpose does the seek man from california recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i move that the house suspend the and pass h. R. 8247, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of bill. The clerk h. R. 8247, a bill to improvements relating to the transition of individuals to services from the department of Veterans Affairs, prevention for veterans, and care and services for Women Veterans, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Akano, and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Roe, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the california, mr. Takano. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i ask that all consent members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to extraneous material on h. R. 8247, as amended. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i in support of h. R. 8247, as amended, the veterans comprehensive prevention, access , or re, and treatment compact act, as amended. Commander johnhe cott hannon Mental Health review act can be a success, no prevent the tragedy of veteran suicide. We must continually find in work address gaps in prevention and care for veterans, especially those at heightened suicide, including Women Veterans. Veterans who have recently service. From military and veterans who havent used v. A. Health care recently. Acute crisis. N nine mpact act contains provisions to further enhance veterans Mental Health and and prevent deaths by suicide. Madam speaker, the House Affairs on veterans approaches Suicide Prevention legislation within the c. D. C. s health framework, emphasizing upstream prevention, thoseed interventions for veterans at higher risk, and mergency care for those in suicidal crisis. The compact act includes my remove financial barriers and ensure that suicidal n acute crisis or at imminent risk of will receive emergency stabilization care and never see it. Ll for compact also offers two provisions designed to better particular needs of Women Veterans by directing on women Veterans Health care usage and the needs of Women Veterans experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. Provisions udes two aimed at including veterans amily members with veterans permission and Education Programs to better support their veterans. Families, e care of we also take care of veterans. Bill adam speaker, this also mandates that v. A. Report ack to congress on the details of solid start, a relatively new approach to contacting and supporting veterans who have the tly separated from military. This is a known highrisk period veterans. E among compact will ensure that used v. A. O havent health care recently get a reminder to come back in for so they dont inadvertently lose eligibility for some of those services. Because we know that v. A. Police play important roles in v. A. G everyone safe on campuses, this bill requires new annual trainings to make sure all v. A. Police officers are familiar with Mental Health and competent in crisis deescalation techniques. Madam speaker, finally, the ompact act sets up an Interagency Task force to look t increasing veterans access to the outdoors. Our publicar, use of lands for healing and recreation. I want to emphasize that the on veterans e affairs is always willing to work in a bipartisan and bicameral way to advance support veterans and to that end, we sought and from orated feedback stakeholders and we worked hard to find consensus with our house colleagues. Madam speaker, even though the epartment of Veterans Affairs declined to appear and testify before us in the house on this incorporated its la lastminute technical the spirit of collaboration. Because of their commitment to finding Common Ground and for reach with the house to an agreedupon bipartisan, piece of legislation, those involved in helping craft this bill. Your work, because of their work, we are providing tools and dditional resources to reduce veteran suicide. We should be clear that while we will pass two important pieces of legislation today to address of veteran suicide, this certainly does not mark the obligation. Ess we can and we must do more. We must implement key recommendations from the force ouse prevents task related to lethal means safety training. Ity provider outreachncrease v. A. s to and care for minority and underserved veterans. E stand ready to move this negotiated bill forward and immediately get back to work. Senate is that the stands ready as well. Come before never the debt we owe our veterans. My final words in piece about this legislation, i want to, again, to our veterans out there who may be experiencing a veteran who may be experiencing a crisis to please call the Veterans Crisis at8002738255 and press one. Dr. Roe said earlier today, ok. Ok not to be 18002738255. Press one or text 838255. For deaf and hearing deaf r hard of hearing, please call 18007994889. To courage my colleagues join me in support of h. R. 8247, as amended. Madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. I rise today in support of h. R. 47, as amended, the veterans comprehensive prevention access to care and treatment or the compact act of 2020. It is sponsored by my friend and fellow leader of the Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman mark takano of california. I thank the chairman for introducing this bill and stand with him today in full support of it. This bill is a result of a bipartisan, bicameral negotiation with senators jerry moran of kansas and john tester of montana, the chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, and i thank them for their efforts as well. To increase access to care for veterans of imminent risk of suicide and the veterans compact act would require v. A. To cover the cost of emergent suicide care for veterans, including those with other than honorable discharges who are in crisis. To make v. A. Campuses safer places of care and support for veterans in need, it will require v. A. Police officers to receive regular training in Suicide Prevention. To ensure that veterans at risk of suicide receive appropriate help at home and their families are recognized and supported for their vital roles they play in the recovery process. It would expand training and support for family members and caregivers of veterans with Mental Health i discords. To support veterans during the vulnerable period of time in which the transition of the military into their civilian lives, the bill would create a Pilot Program to allow transitioning Service Members to share information about the challenges and stresses of transition and the benefits and Services Available through v. A. And other governmental and private sector entities with their loved ones. To encourage veterans to engage in the v. A. Health care system and take full advantage of the services v. A. Provides, it will require v. A. To conduct outreach to veterans who have not been seen by v. A. Within the prior two years. Remember that over 60 of those veterans who commit suicide have not been in a v. A. Health care facility in the last two years. To improve care for the growing number of women who are serving in uniform and caring, it would require v. A. To produce an annual report on womens veterans use of v. A. Care and the gap analysis of the programs that serve the Women Veterans who are homeless or at risk. The bill also contains the text of h. R. 2435, the accelerating veterans recovery outdoors act, which is sponsored by my friend, congressman chris smith of new jersey, a Senior Member here. Congressman smith is my friend and former chairman of this committee and long time champion of our nations veterans. His bill would create a task force to exam what opportunities may exist for veterans to use our countrys bounty National Parks and other beautiful outdoor spaces to improve their health and wellness. As the saying goes, nature, time, and patience are three date physicians. As an avid outdoorsman myself i know the healing benefits the nature offers and i am graving for congressman smiths work for increasing out door recreation for our nations veterans. I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting the veterans compact act. With that i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore gentleman from tennessee voifs. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano thank you, madam speaker. At this time i would like to yield one minute to my good friend from illinois, congresswoman robin kelly torques speak on h. R. 8247. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. Ms. Kelly thank you, chairman takano. Madam speaker, i rise to urge my colleagues to support h. R. 8247, the veterans compact act. This important package will help veterans struggling with Mental Health and slow the alarming rate of veteran suesides in this country. This package includes my bipartisan bill, h. R. 7747, which implements reporting requirements for the v. A. Solid start program. The Solid Start Program is a new Transitional Program designed to contact veterans three times during the first year at the departing military after departing military service. Veterans are often at their most vulnerable as they transition from civilian life. From waking up to a less structured day to having to navigate the often frustrating v. A. Benefit system, veterans can feel alone or overwhelmed. We can change that. The proactive engagement from this program has reportedly already produced positive results. In its first year v. A. Representatives have helped more than 750 veterans apply for disability benefits. And several veterans in crisis were immediately connected to Suicide Prevention services. We need to build on that success. Sometimes all it takes is a friendly voice on the other end of the line to make a difference. I hope all my colleagues will join me in supporting the veterans compact act so we can give our veterans the support they deserve. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe at this time id like to yield four minutes to my good friend and previous chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee and great advocate for our nations hero, chris smith of new jersey. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from in in is recognized. Mr. Smith i first of all want to thank chairman takano, special thanks to him, and Ranking Member dr. Roe for including my bipartisan bill, h. R. 2435, the accelerating veterans recovery outdoors act, into the compact act that is before the house today. Madam speaker, introduced 17 months ago im grateful for the work of my good friend and colleague, adam smith, of washington, the lead democrat cosponsor, and all 135 cosponsors of this legislation. Special thanks to the Veterans Service organizations, outdoor groups, and a big, big shout out to the sierra club for the groundbreaking work that they have done to advance Outdoor Recreation as an extraordinarily effective form of healing for veterans suffering from ptsd, and other psychological consequences from their service. The legislation requires the secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an Interagency Task force on the use of public lands to provide medical treatment and therapy to veterans through Outdoor Recreation. Specifically, the Task Force Duties include first to identify opportunities to formalize coordination between the department of Veterans Affairs, public land agencies, and Partner Organizations regarding the use of public lands or other outdoor spaces for medical treatment and Recreational Therapy for veterans. Secondly, to identify barriers that exist to providing veterans with those opportunities. Third, to develop recommendations to better facilitate the use of public lands or other outdoor spaces for preventive care, medical treatment, and therapy. And after an exhaustive, hopefully an exhaustive analysis will provide recommendations to congress within a year. Madam speaker, research has increasingly shown that Outdoor Recreation can be an effective form of treatment and healing for veterans. While many nonprofit organizations, t. S. O. s and other private companies have used the outdoors to help heroes to heal, providing a greater coordination monkey federal agencies will open up new opportunities for veterans on public lands and other outdoor spaces. Blake, madam speaker s. A combat wounded veteran who served in iraq. By the time he was 20, blake was suffering severe depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, and he made three visits to the v. A. Psychiatric wards, and a Substance Abuse rehab. It was backpacking, a backpacking trip led by the Sierra Club Military Outdoors that changed his entire perspective. With growing hope, blake began participating in backpacking trips to yosemite,ancele adams, and big ben. He said the shared experiences in the outdoors taught him purpose, selfreliance, and the healing powers of nature. Blake reports that in, quote, every texas sun rise in the desert, or sunset next to an alpine lake, i found more beauty and serenity than i thought existed. I found camaraderie with other veterans sharing our stories on the trail. The darkness of what i had experienced couldnt compare to the light i saw in watching a trout swim in the merced river with hal of dome looming nearby. When the depression and anxiety and Everything Else that comes with ptsd creeps back into my life, i know just what to do, he said. Strap op a backpack and get outside. I urge support for the legislation and thank my friends for including it in this bill. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i have no further speakers. Im prepared to close. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, madam speaker. I have no further speakers. I am prepared to close. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Roe this is first of all i want to thank the chairman for his persistence in getting this bill done and including congressman smith. Its wonderful. I was out at walter reed a number years ago and i asked them out there, i said they were talking about ptsd. I said do they like to fish . Would that help . Chris was saying, sure. I said well, ive got some of the best trout streams in the world in my district. Are they going to catch any fish . I said yes. I also have a Fish Hatchery in my district and i guarantee you they are going to catch fish. We had a wonderful event. It does help. There is no question about it. Congressman smith, i was just thinking when you said that, almost every weekend im on the appalachian trail, very near my home, or other hiking trails with fell vets out hiking. It is exactly as he described it. It is therapeutic. I would encourage everyone to do it. Especially now that we can begin to get out of this pandemic, i know thats kept a lot of people in their homes where they cant get out. They feel trapped. Again, reach out and i again thank the chairman for your work on this. Making this a an important issue for the committee this year. I appreciate your leadership on that. I encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee yields back. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i thank the Ranking Member for his assistance and partnership in getting the compact to the finish line. I certainly thank chairman smith for his contribution. I agree with the chairman that the great outdoors, the tremendous resource that we have in our country, of our naps National Parks, should be made more available and accessible to our veterans who are suffering the unseen wounds of war. Thank you so much for your contribution, sir. I want to urge all of my colleagues to support h. R. 8247. I want to thank the staff, my own staff director, ray kelly, and the tremendous expertise hat we brought on and just the tremendous focus that they were able to achieve during the past 18 months. So this is indeed a huge milestone today to be standing passed to see 8247 be before the house today. I yield back the balance of my time, and aurge all my colleagues to vote yes on 8247. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california yields back. 9 question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 8247, as amended. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano madam speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 3798, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3798, a bill to amend title 38 United States code to provide for limitations on copayments for contraception funnished by the department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Takano, and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Roe, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Takano. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that that all members may have five legislative days to revise and xtend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on h. R. 3798, as amended. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Takano madam speaker, h. R. 3798, as amended, eliminates copayments on contraceptive items after the department of Veterans Affairs at the department of Veterans Affairs ensuring no veterans, especially Women Veterans, face economic barriers to a critical component of Preventive Health care. I thank congresswoman brownley for introducing this bill and for her efforts as chair of the subcommittee on health and Women Veterans task force. Contraception is part of health of women ore than 99 control form of birth at one part of their lives. Is the Fastest Growing number of veterans and reproductive age. Contraceptions are obtained at they can get oral ontraceptives, shots, skin atches, vaginal rings and implants or i. U. D. s. Pharmacy n, the v. A. Dispenses overthecounter including ves, condoms and emergency contraception. Equiring a copay for contraception creates an unnecessary economic barrier to Preventative Health care. Veterans are more likely to live in poverty than male transgender veterans are more likely to live than other veterans. Small copair can be insurmountable for someone trying to make ends meet. Madam speaker, passing this bill especially critical during this pandemic. During times of crisis such as natural disasters and pandemics, of unplanned pregnancy increases. Are so Many Americans experiencing Economic Hardship, their access to health care should be something that they do about. E to worry this bill has wide v. S. O. Support and is also supported by the department of Veterans Affairs. I, again, thank ms. Brownley for this issue. Ip on i thank dr. Roe and the minority staff for working with us on bill, and i look forward to working with our Senate Counterparts to get it passed law before the 116th congress. Reserve the , i balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance time. S the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Roe. Mr. Roe thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Roe thank you, mr. Speaker. Of h. R. 3798, rt the ed, the kwal equal access to contraception act. Eterans congresswoman brownley is the chairwoman of the subcommittee f health care and bipartisan Women Veterans task force and im grateful for her hard work commitment to improving the care for all of our men and women who have uniform. The equal access to contraception act would prevent the department of veterans from charging copayments for contraceptions receive at the v. A. That would create parity from of the system and rest Health Care Industry from cost sharing requirements. I or to coming to congress, spent 30 years in private certified a board physician. I am proud to sponsor this bill today to increase access to contraceptives with the growing of women who are volunteering for the military and enrolling in the v. A. Health following their brave service. And with that i reserve the speaker. F my time, mr. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee reserves. The gentleman from california, is recognized. Mr. Takano mr. Speaker, id mye to yield five minutes to good friend and the chairwoman of the subcommittee on Health Author of this important piece of legislation, epresentative brownley from my own home state of california. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california, ms. Recognized. Ms. Brownley thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of h. R. Access to qual contraception for veterans act. Women to ensure that veterans have access to the same ontraseptember anticipation coverage contraception coverage as women currently serving on the military and on basis for women who receive private health care. I thank the chairman for working ith me to advance this legislation, and im proud that my bill passed the committee support. D bipartisan as you may know, because of the Affordable Care act, all women civilian Health Insurance ay access basic contraceptive Services Like the pill or an i. U. D. Without copay. To year, the access contraception for Service Members and dependents act assed with overwhelming bipartisan support as part of the annual National Defense ensure thatn act to tricare also provides this basic Health Benefit to service and their dependents. While this is an important step, do not terans currently receive this benefit from the v. A. Sure y, the need to make all women who have served our same care. Eive the my bill will fix this inequity. Of contraception are widely recognized. Or if to have a family is essential to womens economic to their security. Today, there are two million the veterans living in United States, and women compromise the Fastest Growing the pulation of both military and veteran populations. Et, many of their health needs go unaddressed in the v. A. Ystem that has not evolved to equitably serve a rapidly changing population. Chairwoman of the womens Veterans Task force and chair of Affairs Veterans subcommittee on health, members of the task force and i have worked to identify disparities women th care for veterans and where necessary, ntroduce, advocate for, and pass legislation that eliminates those gaps. Sacrificed so ve country. Us and our it is way past time that we inequity and to fix this glaring gap in care of our veterans. I urge my colleagues to support our Women Veterans and vote yes 3798. Too, fore i conclude, i, would just like to publicly to dr. Dge my gratitude roe. When the speaker says the i justan from tennessee, want to say, i believe that you a gentleman the in eyes of i think all members of congress and certainly mine. Ularly youre a great storyteller that youre res the point making at all times. Nd theres no question that your leadership and your advocacy for our veterans, both women, is is untouchable. And unwavering. I just would like to say how enjoyed working with you on the v. A. Committee and i you will be missed by he entire house but sorely missed within the veterans daily work d our there. So thank you for all that you whatever your next chapter is in your life, i hope you and your new bride every minute of it. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the ms. Lewoman from california, brownley, yields back. The gentleman from california reserves. The gentleman from tennessee is recognized. You, mr. Hank chairman. And i have no further speakers. I am prepared to close. Say that i very uch appreciate the incredibly kind words. Some of those stories are tell. Ly even true that i at this time, id like to take a point of personal privilege and just say that i would like to thank this will probably be the last time i will speak on the house floor as Ranking Member of the Veterans Affairs committee before this january. Adjourns in what an honor and privilege its been. You cannot be successful and i think the chairman will also mphasize this without an incredible staff. I have been so blessed with very, very competent people on both sides of the aisle. Working with ray and your staff and i just want to thank you for that. Respectful. Ys been ive appreciated that. Mr. Speaker, you know its time to retire from congress when youve delivered members, whichff have, thats honor our thats on our side. Its not about us. Weis about the veterans that serve. All of us in this incredible body. And how many times in your life an opportunity to really do good for people . Nd ill tell you what has influenced me. I grew up in a military town, campbell, kentucky, clarksville, tennessee, where airborne was there. Knew intun that i knew someone that left four children. Over i rvice was 19731974 in the second infantry division. I came back home and saw what to our nations veterans, how they were treated. Thats changed. m thankful this country no longer treats the veterans like they did my vietnam brothers served. Ers who i know that we had the opportunity in this committee in said, to an way, as i make a difference. The last congress we passed the protection, accountability bill, that appeals modernization thats many people. The forever g. I. Bill. I used the g. I. Bill when i got military. It helped me as a young family. I know how many helped after ii. D war the mission act. I could go on and on. The bills we passed yesterday bills we pass today and will pass congresswoman brownleys bill in just a moment here. An email last week. You get these all the time. Blue water out the navy for i dont know 10 guess. I i get this email from a widow who is a veteran whose husband his late 40s with complications of agent orange. E served on the surface ship outside vietnam. Offloaded agent orange. These ally after all years and the work, mr. Chairman, we got this passed in 2019. Ry, i think, of a stipend k pay and for her and her family for the ervice that her husband had done. She was a veteran that served, too, but not there. Just want to thank the entire body for doing that because you made a difference in this life. Ns with that, i want to, again, thank the body, the committee, that have worked, and i certainly want to support kindrownleys bill and her words, i much appreciate that, to i encourage all members vote for that. With that i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Of yields back the balance his time. The gentleman from california, mr. Takano, is recognized. Mr. Takano mr. Speaker, before on ms. De my remarks brownleys important piece of making ion, on contraception available on the of basis as the department efense, i, too, want to add my words of praise to my colleague my partner in the work on roe. Ans affairs, dr. Phil point ou have so much to to. The proud list of accomplishment. He Blue Water Navy bill was something that had a chain of ownership. I happened to be the last one on the chain. That you put a lot of work into that. As we approach the month of october, we know that the finally theyre to implement the caregiver portion of that bill. Tremendous expansion of caregiver benefits that were reviously only available to post9 11 veterans. Long, but, took that here. Ow, its lets think also about the tremendous progress we made on homelessness. Not done and its not over, but we made tremendous strides reducing veterans homelessness. We just passed today a very to deal with bill the remains of homelessness, serious ains a very roblem in my own home state of california. On helped shape our progress veterans homelessness. Nd so many areas of policy relating to our nations veterans. Join all of my colleagues in saying, you know, the Veterans Committee will miss will miss you. And im sorry i know youre storytelling. Learned late this year of your the late folk singer john prine. Know you play guitar. Hope before you leave, youll regal us either one of his songs or one of the songs you like to guitar. That with that, mr. Speaker, i just of my urge all in passingto join me and i 98, as amended, yield back the remainder of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. He question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the amended. 3798, as those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, 2 3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 1129 ornings which the yeas and nays are ordered on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk house calendar number 94. House resolution 1129. Resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 4447, to establish an Energy Storage and microgrid grant and Technical Assistance program, providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 6270. To amend the securities and exchange act of 1934 to require issuers to make certain disclosures relating to the uighur autonomous region and for other purposes. And providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 8319, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the order is on ordering the previous questionered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. Question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise . Mr. Takano mr. Speaker, as the member designated by ms. Chu of california, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Chu will vote yes n the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Richmond of louisiana, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Richmond will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition . Mr. Courtney mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mrs. Hayes, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. Hayes will vote yes on h. R. 1129. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition . Ms. Wasserman schultz mr. Speaker, as the member designated by ms. Mucarselpowell of florida, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Mucarselpowell will vote yea on the previous question. And, mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Payne of new jersey, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Payne will also vote yea on the previous question. And, mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Hastings of florida, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Hastings will also vote yea on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition . Mrs. Dingell as the member designated by ms. Tlaib, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Tlaib will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Jeffries as the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yea on the previous question. As the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yea on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition . Ms. Davids mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Kim, frmform pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Kim will vote aye n the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Mr. Cooper mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lipinski, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Lipinski will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Adams mr. Speaker, as the member designated by ms. Wilson of florida, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Wilson will vote yes on the previous question on he rule. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition . Mr. Takano mr. Speaker mr. Tonko mr. Speaker, as the member designated by representative lowey, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that representative lowey will vote aye on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Grijalva of arizona, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the mr. Grijalva will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts recognition . Ms. Clark as the member esignated by ms. Frankel, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that ms. Frankel will ote yes on the previous question. As the member designated by ms. 965,ee, pursuant to h. Res. I inform the house that ms. Pingree will vote yes on the question. And as the member designated by pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that ms. Meng will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom california seek recognition . As the member designated by mr. Huffman, pursuant to house i inform the , house that mr. Huffman will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman recognition . Seek mr. Gallego as the member representative kirkpatrick, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition . Underwood as the member designated by mr. Rush, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Rush will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for the purpose does gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Matsui mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Desauliner, pursuant to h. Res. That mr. Form the house desauliner will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern as the member of ted by mr. Welsh rell much of vermont welch of vermont, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Ms. Scanlon as the member speier, d by ms. Pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Speier will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for the gentleman es from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone mr. Speaker, as the mrs. Bonnienated by watson coleman, pursuant to. Res. 965, i inform the house that mrs. Watson coleman will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for does the honorable gentleman from california seek recognition . As therea mr. Speaker, member designated by congresswoman napolitano, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i wish to form the body congresswoman napolitano will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition . S. Wexton thank you, mr. Speaker. As the member designated by mceachin, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the mr. Mceachin will vote yes on the previous question. By ms. Ember designated porter, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Porter will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Mr. Raskin as the member designated by ms. Jayapal of washington, pursuant to house i inform the , house that ms. Jay a appal yes on the vote previous question. Im also the member designated by mr. Pocan of wisconsin. Pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Pocan will vote aye on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Evans mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lawson of florida, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Lawson will vote yea on the order of the previous question. On ordering the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Sherm thank you, mr. Speaker. As the member designated by ms. Roybalallard, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Roybalallard will vote aye on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition . Mr. Courtney mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mrs. Hayes, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. Hayes will vote yes on the previous question. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Lynch mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Langevin of rhode island, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. Langevin will vote yes on the motion to move the previous question on House Resolution 1129. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Mr. Beyer mr. Speaker, as the member designated by ms. Moore, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. Moore will vote yes on the previous question. As the member designated by mr. Lieu, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the mr. Lieu will vote aye on the previous question