But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Shimkus, for five minutes. Shimkus thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, another group that to pause and thank is my Campaign Team and supporters. How diverse this group is. They are young and old, they are live in poor, they towns, villages, and isolated country roads. Ideology, rvative in they identify as republicans, libertarians, and even independents. These are the people who walked parades. They helped pass out balloons, political signs. Hey took down signs of all sizes. They organized fundraisers both big and small. Manned booths at county fairs. What causes people to give up talent, and heir their possessions to a candidate, party, or cause . T is at the heart of a representative democracy, our constitutional republic. Going to cast a vote for you, shouldnt you know their beliefs . About an l strongly issue, wouldnt you want to help a kind red spirit . Started to run for federal office 28 years ago. Unsuccessful then. Years uccessful four later. When asked in 1992 what i stood replied, less government, individual responsibility, lower taxes, and more personal liberties. D i filed immediate im prolife nd i support the second churchgoer. And im a my volunteers subscribed to those values. Actively engaged in campaign activities. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous this list of my supporters in the record at this point. Withoutker pro tempore objection. Mr. Shimkus one way to thank them is to list them in the congressional record. I am doing today. Theres always a risk when you recognize people and name names. Of us, when we do that, forget someone. Mentioned. Have been if i have done that, i apologize. Y intent is not to exclude but to offer thanks. Office,officially leave i can add names to the congressional record, so if i let me know,n you, and ill submit your name. Many of my supporters have died. Loss with their families. I tried to attend either the wake or the funeral. We also tried to send notes, flowers, whatever was deemed appropriate at the time. All my colleagues here on both share this aisle experience. We would not be here without our supporters. Survived our ve primary or general election without a core group of people in us and would always answer the call when we needed them. People as we have willing to, as Teddy Roosevelt aid, step into the arena, and we have people willing to support them, we as a nation will be fine. My thanks to them. Volunteers and supporters. And with that, mr. Speaker, i time. Back my the speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. Heck, for minutes. Mr. Heck thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to speak on this last time. He my purpose is to convey two thoughts first, an expression of gratitude, paula. T, to my wife, were newlyweds. Weve only been married 44 years. To my two sons. Their support has been the only reason i have been able to do this. I have been absent. Im sorry. Better. E to do thank you, as well, to my staff. Aintmember here knows we nothing without them. We are just the ornament on the and they are r, the engine. Undying love my and gratitude. Colleagues. My my life is enriched and i am a etter person for having known you. And a very special callout to my dear friend, albeit messy oommate and outstanding roommate, derrick kilmer. Thank you to the people of the 10th Congressional District of i affectionately and sincerely refer to as my bosses. Me here to represent a ewly created Congressional District. It has truly been my privilege. Thank you. Second, a plea, a plea to follow here. Nurture lease work to this institution. Us. Itutions sustain be they are houses of worship or our faith or this secular equivalent for our democracy. They get us through hard times, to them. If we tend citizens in a democracy have, of rights and responsibility. Members of this institution, likewise. Were all too aware of our the s here, but it is responsibilities that bear emphasizing. A responsibility to conduct ourselves in a civil fashion. Selfevident that civic discourse in america has degraded, some would say that even become vulgar. Reach w, it is hard to agreement with a colleague tomorrow that we have character today. Nated so let us not measure our terms of the number of twitter followers we have gathered through emotion charged clever attacks. Let us not define those with whom we disagree, even if that is profound as the other. In a pluralistic society. Is tof our responsibility figure out how the political together. Be comes getting to yes among different and competing points of view. Result where everyone can get up from the table, perhaps not with everyone but with enough to vote yes while still being true values. Here is such a thing as principled compromise. Ndeed, i believe that principled compromise is the only way we can move forward and around us in desperate need of our help. Do we no longer believe that . Or did we forget it . Where i have failed to live up your se ideals, i beg forgiveness. Can only promise to keep trying. Finally, i cannot help but think wisdom of our former colleague, john dingell, he longest serving member of this chamber in our nations history. When i arrived here, every walked on downer to where he sat and sought his advice and he gave the same to same to everyone. He would look us in the eye and job. You have an important job. Y important ou are not a very important person. Indeed, john taught us that we do not possess power, we only hold it in privilege of holding the trust for these last am forever i changed. And forever grateful. Miles out and headed home. With that, mr. Speaker, i permanently yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. Brooks, for five minutes. Brooks mr. Speaker, this is my fourth speech in a series on fraud, election theft, and the president ial election. For emphasis, the constitution that congress, not unelected federal judges, whoers the final verdict on won the 2020 president ial election. Oday, i began addressing systemic flaws in americas election process that promote election theft, undermine americas election system, and threaten public our republic. In america, only citizens are lawfully allowed to vote and americas elections and destiny. 1993, plorably, in democrats rammed through voter s the National Registration act that incredibly to s it illegal, illegal require proof of citizenship that prevents illegal aliens and registering to vote. Why do democrats undermine our illegal alien e and noncitizen voting easier . To win elections, of course. Is no secret to democrats or republicans that, consistent 2014 study by old ominion university and George Mason University professors, noncitizens and illegal citizens for 80 of the time democrats. Mr. Speaker, there are many tens aliens ons of illegal and other noncitizens in america. Found 11 he census million illegal aliens in merica, a 2018 yale study estimated as many as 22 million illegal aliens in america. Simply so many that no one can keep track of how many. One knows how massive the illegal alien voting how many voted in 2020. Undreds of thousands almost certainly. Millions very likely. But what we do know for sure is the illegal alien voting block was large enough and ritical enough to winning the president ial race that, at the debate, 2 president ial joe biden openly and publicly byicited their illegal votes promising, quote, within 100 ays i am going to send to the United States congress a pathway to citizenship for over 11 undocumented people, end quote. Think about that for a moment. Candidate on national tv promises amnesty and illegal aliens in hopes of inspiring them to vote and register to vote for that candidate. If that brazen solicitation of voting, up to 22 million criminal aliens is not solicitation of voter fraud and lection theft, it darn well ought to be. And dont think for a moment that joe biden did not know exactly what he was doing. All, on may 11, 1993, hensenator joe biden personally voted for the National Voter registration act illegal, illegal to require proof of citizenship hen illegal aliens and other noncitizens seek to register to vote. All americans deserve an election system that tops voter fraud, prevents election theft, and accurately votes cast lawful by eligible american citizens. Unfortunately, americas so riddled tem is with systemic flaws that far too any elections are stolen from candidates and the American People. In my judgment, that is exactly 2020 appened in the president ial election, where the election theft was so massive as compared to that old adage, you cant see the forest for the trees. My judgment, if only by eligible cast american citizens are counted, President Trump handedly won the college and second term as president. The ch, its my duty under United States constitution on january 6, if they require, one will join me to object to and later vote to reject lectoral College Votes submissions from states whose election systems are so badly render their vote submissions unreliable, unworthy of , and acceptance. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore members reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward elect. Sident the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. Five minutes. R mr. Ohalleran i thank you, mr. Speaker. We are again as the c. D. C. Just announced that through the going most difficult time in u. S. Public health history. Why are we here again . Two weeks ago, i asked that this leave and we stay until a covid up process of package. Today, were back here again that. Not having done and now christmas is approaching. We will probably be leaving here next week, hopefully with a that e, but right now, unknown. An the we stay before the august break and get package done in a bipartisan way working towards protecting protecting people, the families of america, protecting american businesses. Then, we now have a one of the top projected roups that deaths, and theyre saying 350,000 deaths just after christmas. 2,760 people died. December 2, 3,067. They are identified as increasing because of the amount of people hospitalized and the percentages historically that have been indicated. I ask leader mcconnell to please consider reconsider his statements. First he indicated we were going to be able to address this issue just after the election. Politics should not be playing a role in this process. Now its when a new decision comes up by the Bipartisan Group in the senate, he says he rejects it. And that maybe after the first of the year well get to it. How Many Americans have to die before we get serious about this . How many of our fellow citizens have to die . Our friends, our neighbors . I dont know if there are any family members who have died, but they are in danger. Can guarantee that. Our hospitals, our doctors are pleading day after day after day do something about this. Please do something about this. We are overwhelmed. We can find beds for the doctors to be able to treat our citizens in. What we cannot do is find doctors and nurses and technicians that are working seven days a week, 16hour days going back to their families, going to bed and coming back again. I do not understand it at all. If we are concerned about the economy, lets be concerned about the economy. The more deaths, the worst our economy will suffer. Homelessness, food instability, increasing Mental Health issues, education, increasing domestic violence, crime this is going to continue to get worse unless we address the covid issue. Now. Not later, but now. Our leadership has been attempting to address this issue for some time. There is only one stumbling block and thats over in the senate. I dont care if you agree with what has been proposed or not. Sit down at the damn table and talk about it. If you have to be there 20 hours a day, sit down and talk about it. You wouldnt do this in your normal life in business. I have never done that in my normal life in business. When we have something moving forward, we work at it time and time and time again. And we have to do that now with covid. Ot later, now. I also want to talk about arizonas first Congressional District and our country on the need to extend the tribal deadline from december 31 for another year to make sure they have the opportunity to use the funds that were given to them. There is an assumption that you can over a sixmonth period put millions of dollars out there and get something done right away. Well, i know that. Im a former project manager. I know to build a building it takes two, three years to get the planning done and get the work done. And here the cares act clearly indicated a need for covid relief for the tribal nations. Not just because they have not been able to address the issue, but they need to address the issue. With that, mr. Speaker, i will yield and say one more time, lets get this covid thing done. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Mcclintock, for five minutes. Mr. Mcclintock thank you, mr. Speaker. Governor newsom made a groundbreaking discovery regarding covid19 last week. Apparently it has learned to tell time. Thus acting under the strictest standards, hes ordering californians to run home before 10 o 00 p. M. , lock their doors, and hide from this insidious virus until daybreak. Unfortunately, covid doesnt seem to be following the curfew so newsome is now threatening yet another hard lockdown of virtually the entire state throughout the christmas season. Don we now our plague apparel. There is just one nagging question the governor hasnt bothered to answer. If these lockdowns are so successful, why do we need to keep having them . We are told not to worry. We are cheerfully assured the jobs being destroyed interest nonessential. Thats their torm, nonessential. Why term. Nonessential. I have news for these selfabsorbed elightists, if a job is putting food on your table and a roof over your head, that job is essential for you and the family that depends upon you. Last spring i asked Anthony Fauci if he had taken into account the human cost of these lockdowns, the suicides, the drug and alcohol abuse, the domestic violence, the deferred Health Screenings and treatments, and the poverty related deaths that his policies were setting into motion . No, we really havent considered that, he breezely replied. Dont know, dont care. But before fauci and his followers took a wrecking ball to our nation, poverty dropped to its lowies rate since 1959. Unemployment was the lowest in 50 years. The income gap was narrowing. Wages showed their strongest growth in 40 years. How many millions of these jobs have now been wantonly destroyed by autocratic officials who seem owe blibous to the damage they are causing . Oblivious to the damage they are causing . According to the c. D. C. s best estimate, those under 50 have a 99. 98 chance of recovering from covid if they get it at all. 99. 98 . 40 who get it dont even know they have t even for the most vulnerable group, over 70, the survival rate is 94. 6 . Now, sweden did not force its businesses to close. Sweden didnt shut down its schools and abondon its children to the sweets. Sweden didnt even adopt a mask mandate. Sweden did what free societies do, they gave the best advice they could and they trusted their citizens to use their own good judgment of what measures made sense to them. The result . As of this morning swedens mortality rate from covid is 154 deaths per million below that of the United States. If we had swedens rate, that would mean over 50,000 fewer american deaths from covid. Meanwhile, sweden has sustained a fraction of the economic damage our o lockdown left inflicted on innocent americans. Globally, the United Nations warns that 130 Million People will starve to death around the world because of the economic damage caused by these measures . Mr. Speaker, this has to stop. The good news is that more and more americans are questioning the lunacy of these policies and the hypocrisy of those who impose them. Newsomes curfew order was met with spontaneous defiant demonstrations across the state. Elected sheriffs are increasingly refusing to enforce these autocratic orders. Pastors are reopening their churches. Businesses are reopening even as their owners are taken away in handcuffs. All mass hysterias are driven by blind fear, fanned by politicians and shar la tans charlatans who see opportunity in them. We have learned such fear can cause a free people to abandon their legacy of freedom and independence, their prosperity, and their common sense. But only for a while. Every time in history that this has happened, there is always a moment when the fear fever breaks and the hysteria suddenly burns itself out. The french revolution, the salem witch trials, the communist hysteria of the 1950s, all had a moment when the absurdity of it all became so apparent that it overcame the fear. And the people turned on their tormenters. I dont know if the recent wave of business and religious persecutions, the unlimited home detention orders, and the demonstrated hypocrisy of those who have ordered them signals that moment. But every shopkeeper who defies these petty tyrants, every parent who confronts their school officials, every person who refuses to submit to the dysfunctional distaupian world created by the lockdown left brings us one step closer to that turning point. It cant come soon enough. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. Espaillat, for five minutes. Mr. Espaillat thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor the life of a great new yorker, someone that has made us all proud. Someone that we all stand on his shoulder. N. Late major mayor david dinkins. Words cannot express how we feel in new york with the passing of mayor dinkins. Many of us stand on his shoulders as many of us here in this chamber stand on the shoulders of other giants that came before us. None of us really stand on our own. We stand on the shoulders of those trail blazers, those pioneers that opened the door to men and women across the country. Mayor dinkin was such a leader. He was the first and up to today the only africanamerican mayor in new york city. A city that prides itself on diversity. In fact, new york city says that its strength really comes from the depths of its diversity. People from all over the world. Immigrants, as i was, in 1964, coming from the dominican republic. People from all over the world come to new york city looking for that dream. Different races, ethnicity, religions make new york city strong. The mayor often called the city a gorgeous mosaic. And that was its strength. So we honor his legacy and his many years of service as a new York State Assembly member. A manhattan burro president d as mayor of the city of burrow president and and as mayor of the sitive new york. It will never acknowledge the great things that he did. But those of us in the trenches, in the neighborhoods that have been traditionally forgotten, those of us that know that our communities lack the voices to be heard, the disenfranchised of the city of new york will forever remember him for his accomplishments. Community policing. He got the 1. 8 billion to establish the Community Policing program. Foot officers, foot patrol officers in neighborhoods across the city of new york fighting crack and crime. But most importantly knowing the community, the Small Business owners, having a daily relationship, almost as family members, preventing the kind of conflict thats plaguing america today. The beacon schools that he opened up, after School Programs that became the center of communities across the city of new york. The author ashe tennis stadium. Arthur ashe tennis stadium which houses the us u. S. Open stadium. And of course that day when he wecomed nell welcomed Nelson Mandela to new york city. It was an important day. I went to the celebration and many of us in new york felt that day that new york was the septre of the universe, every neighborhood en center of the universe. Every neighborhood enjoyed and celebrated freedom for south africa. And mayor dinkins was our mayor. What a great day, what a great mayor, what a legacy, mr. Speaker. I stand here to honor that legacy so that it will never be forgotten. That the great and late david n. Dinkins was an integral part of the gorgeous mosaic that he always called new york. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. Hill, for five minutes. Mr. Hill i thank the speaker. In march our Public Health experts said we needed to stay home to fight this virus, to bend the curve. They urged the administration and congress to design covid19 relief that weeks of paycheck protection. And enhanced employment july. Sation through thinking that was the amount of to provide needed given the nature of this virus. Today, mr. Speaker, i rise too obvious. America, months later, remains throes of a brutal pandemic, and americans are hurting. Arkansans are hurting. Every day i hear from Restaurant Hotel operators that are whether or not they will stay in business, whether or not they can survive. Arkansans tell me that they are spending more time their school kids nd keeping their schools open, having reliable broadband to be ble to do telemedicine and teleeducation. More central arkansans are aking their meals at food banks. Frontline workers depend on our healthpeaker, in industry to deliver the care essential. Yet, what, mr. Speaker, has the house leadership and speaker us back to ht washington, d. C. , to consider . Consider this mustneeded delivered covid19 relief for the American People . No. Deadline fornd the the Paycheck Protection Program discharge petition to the house floor that House Republicans have proposed that 180 signatures of this body to help our Small Businesses who desperately need that assistance . No. Mr. Speaker, while arkansans and americans are suffering and tole republicans are working extend critical assistance, like program,eck protection our House Democratic leadership to legalize bill pot on the floor of the united for a vote. Let that sink in. In the midst of this pandemic, of calls across this country to help the merican people, our leadership in this house has proposed a legalize pot. My friends on the other side of just how are showing much they are out of touch with today. Ons in our country people working to make ends meet for their families to try to their children while juggling work obligations to protect themselves and their from this virus and week, why were here this to legalize pot. R. Speaker, republicans are leading. Our discharge petition could help Small Businesses right now sign ery democrat should it. Yet, for 40 times, mr. Speaker, has peaker of the house blocked the consideration of extending the Paycheck Protection Program. House democrats need to follow the lead of House Republicans, put americans above their interest friends by today on id19 relief this house floor by calling up ur discharge petition and voting on paycheck protection relief. Today to r, i rise recognize an exceptional young man in my district, clayton was raised to value a broad span of interest. T just 17 years old exs excelli excelling in many of his team. Ounder of his schools chess team, member of the Governors School and National Honors society. Es ranked at the top of his class and hes one of 16,000 semifilists in the National Merit scholarship out of 1. 5 applicants. Onal hes a writer who is working on a novel. A musician. Of the arkansas symphony orchestra. To attend Northwestern University in chicago. And i expect him to succeed takes him. Fe i congratulate clayton on his hard work, his keen interests. And make , clayton, your high school and your family proud. Thank you, mr. Speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. Tempore the o chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. Rose, for five minutes. Mr. Rose mr. Speaker, this may time i get to address this Hallowed Chamber and for that i thank you for opportunity. I want to start by thanking my staff. T may come as a surprise to some of my colleagues as well as the press, but i do have some flaws. With me for two years. Some of them even longer. Me, we ther we, not accomplished an extraordinary the great people of southern brooklyn and Staten Island. Pursue new o adventures, i want to part, though, with a few words of country for our great as well as a warning. Tough time for truth. And its causing faith in our corode. Nt to theres corrode. Sitting ot a person here right now who thinks the American People believe in our government. This didnt happen overnight. Death by a thousand disappointments, a thousand thousand lies broken by politicians who mock a virus neighbor. Ills their who carve us up into blue states the ed states and yet have nerve to question someone elses problem m, who saw no whatsoever giving 1 trillion tax cut to big pharma and are killing our clutch but then they their pearls when we say we want o be there for poor people, when we say we want to be there for the most vulnerable. Politics,few years in ive seen how we can beat back this festering cynicism. Like hell for what is right, especially for those most, when we bring converts to our side by romoting truth where there is to stice, by appealing common sense and, god forbid, humanity. ve seen constituents who thought their government was there to only to screw them ver, to begin to hope maybe that is not the case when we passed the Victims Compensation fund, when we cut through the finally begin the construction of the east shore largest resiliency project in new york city. I saw it when we reunited torn apart by the racist muslim ban. We secured millions to epidemic. Opioid in retrospect, those were the good days. Days when ite were felt like our politics was irredeemable. When a peaceful march for my community was used as a weapon to tell my constituents that its believe that black lives matter while also believing that the vast Majority Police officers are heroes. Those marchers were called thugs, they were called rioters just for believing that peaceful protests could change this country. The public was told their movement was dangerous, not you should listen to but something you should be afraid of. Yet, those who saw it with their own eyes, the truth cut through those smears. I remember being outside of a supermarket. Raining. I was miserable. An offduty Police Officer came me. O talk to he assured me he was no democrat but hed been working that day march, been skeptical, women se young men and changed his mind. He saw past their lives, past their differences others have us. To divide he witnessed his fellow americans in pain and for him it everything. In typical Staten Island fashion, though, right after he he wasnt going to vote for me and i was going to lose for a thousand other reasons. Ut conversations and conversations like that, they efreshed my memory, my faith that this country can one day live up to its promise. Put the Government Back on the side of working people from new york city to everywhere d. C. , and in between. Hats the america we know is possible. When we are in the face of dont nable vitriol we hate back. In the face of unimaginable adversity, we dont give up fighting. Doesnt matter what you look like or where you come from but in this country you can your dreams. Safe america, a just america, our america. You know, in light of recent results, some have egun to wonder if democrats should soft pedal the fight for they should , if take a step back fighting from Economic Security or even just up. Im here to say, absolutely not. This cannot wait. Wait. E cannot you arent willing to risk everything to build a better do not belong ou here in the first place. Mr. Speaker, representing Staten Island and South Brooklyn has been the life. Of my on behalf of lee, miles, and myself, i want to thank the 11th Congressional District for this extraordinary privilege. Im not sure what life has in us, but i will be on the frontlines making sure our its and country live up to promise. May god bless my colleagues with he strength to do what is right, and may god bless this great country. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman oregon, mr. Walden, for five minutes. Mr. Walden thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Commemorate and honor the life and legacy of smith. Congressman bob orn in portland, ranzed in raised in byrnes. Supportwhat it needs to the community. He went to salem and received a in arth. He in agriculture. Work in his own ranch. He was elected to the oregon house of representatives. E served there in the state house until after 1972. He was speaker of the oregon 19691971 g the session. I remember as a youngster going who they were recruiting to run for the legislature down to salem to see and speaker of the house. About this tall. I looked up and heres this giant of a man. Man in oregon politics but a very kind soul. He then served in the state 1973 to 1982 when oregon got its fifth congressional seat, he ran for elected. Was he actually ran 31 different times for election. One. Lost a single state house, bob passed a number of pieces of legislation. For farmers od up and ranchers in Eastern Oregon, and for lower taxes. In the he effort congress to pass a balanced budget amendment, and in the actually help e passed the kicker law which said when oregon collects more than anticipated, that goes back to the taxpayer. Nd that went into the constitution eventually. Bob went on to serve here, as i aid, for 14 years from 1983 to 1995 and then came back, chair of the agriculture committee, 19197 to turned from 1999 1997 to 1999. A colleague from oklahoma, mr. Lucas, who served ag committee and i yield him two minutes. Mr. Lucas thank you, mr. Chairman. Appreciate you yielding. An honor to discuss my ag committee chairman, my colleague 1 2 years, bob smith. It was truly an honor. Hen i sworn in in a special election and i first surveyed this body, one of the faces i this huge figure of a man standing at the back rail. I can still almost see bob right over there. House floor. Process. The bob was one of those folks who had a quiet, calm demeanor. Was a wonderful mentor to me in that First Six Months and he went home to the ranch for two years and then we begged him to come back and lead the ag for the next four two years. Mentor to mederful and a wonderful mentor to the underclassmen. The irst times i went with committee on trips to understand agriculture around the world was a diplomat he had style of skill. He was firm. As congressman walden remembers, wouldnt take anything from anyone, but he had a way about him. Gained your trust. Your confidence. Folks whoseof those personality and his heart and his intellect was just as big those shoulders were. I consider myself fortunate to him. G served with i know the family with miss him with intensity forever. Know, colleague, 89 years is a good, long life, and in the time i ou served with him here he lived it to the fullest. My that i yield back to colleague from oregon. Mr. Walden i thank the gentleman from oklahoma. Did live life to the fullest in every measure. Hen he and kay and matt and tiffany and chris all lived back here, they had a farm outside in then he would commute to oregon. On weekends when he was here, he secretary mac ce baldridge would rodeo. They would go out and rope and rodeos around. Here you had a sitting member of congress, secretary of commerce, you know, out in the rodeo grounds. He lived the life. Bold and freeman like his middle name. Believed in freedom in america. He stood up for Eastern Oregon farmers and ranchers. Those who fly in and out of a big thank n has you as well since he used his aility in this body to get us tower there so we can have real flights in and out of central and improved, certainly, highway change, i5, 62. Did he so much for our state. He stood strong for our country. He believed in freedom. A dear friend. To kay and to matt and chris and tiffany and the whole smith our deepest tend condolences. Lived. Life well a Public Service career that to be tough for anybody ever top. And so with that, mr. Speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. Slotkin, for five minutes. Ms. Slotkin i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Slotkin i rise to celebrate the 75th anniversary of v. F. W. Post 334 in michigan. Since its founding it has served the local community in oxford whether its their shelf at the oxford food pantry, a float in the annual christmas parade, a regular fish fry, or maintaining he Memorial Veterans memorial. Pose 334 is committed to making a difference in the lives of veterans. By praying for those deployed, providing a forum to gather and share experience of service and honoring those who are no longer with us. The v. F. W. Preserves the bonds forged through military service. It was recognized in 2019 as a michigan all state post for the third year in a row. Most recently, it was awarded the Diamond Jubilee award, given to v. F. W. Charters that have demonstrated Exceptional Service for three quarters of a century. In closing, i want to thank Quarter Master has kin, senior vist commander, and post commander jim hubbard, for their leadership to the north oaklandland community. The spirit of post 334 is perhaps best said by we honor the dead by helping the living. In addition to these remarks which will live on in the record of the peoples house, it is my privilege to recognize their service by arranging for a flag to be flown over the capitol in their honor. This flag will be presented in oxford to recognize their continued service to community and to country. I congratulation post 334 on a successful 75 years and wish them the best in the 75 years to come. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes gentleman from kentucky, mr. Barr, for five minutes. Mr. Barr thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of the office of the comptroller of the currencies recently proposed rule to ensure fair access to banking services. The fair access rule is a welcomed development in a time when Political Correctness and Public Relations pressure are driving the nations largest banks lending decisions rather than risk metrics associated with an underlying loan. Bhanks are deciding to cut off access to capital, die vest their holdings, or otherwise limit financing to legally operating businesses just because those vissbists are politically unpopular with outspoken critics on the far extreme left. Politicizing access to Capital Needs to end. And the fair access rule is a step in the right direction. The proposed rule making codifies longstanding principles and o. C. C. Guidance that banks should provide access to capital and credit based on the assessment of an individual borrowers risk as opposed to making broadbased decisions impacting entire industries. It is guided by fundamental principles of nondiscrimination and would ensure that banks cant pick winners and losers in the marketplace. This rule will have meaningful impacts on some of americas strongest industries, and the americans they serve. The prohibition against redlining based on race, ethnicity, or neighborhood, regardless of an individuals qualifications and creditworthiness is a well established principle in federal law. That prohibition and principle should be extended to lawful creditworthy businesses as well. We have witnessed many cases of banks publicly committing not to do business with certain legal companies. Some banks refuse to finance new coalfired plants. Others have refused to provide credit for legally perfect missing drilling operations. Others boycotted firearms manufacturers. But these decisions were not based on the creditworthiness of the borrowers. They were based purely on politics. Coal keeps the lights on. Oil and gas heat our homes. And fuel our vehicles. Should coal or oil or Gas Companies be subjected to a different lending standard just because of their Public Perception by a select few . Of course not. These industries should not be penalized simply because of the nature of their business and private lenders desire to placate the far left. In fact, these are companies that provide the most affordable and reliable forms of energy to the American People. They are being punished only because they are politically unpopular. Under the rule, banks can no longer make these qualitative decisions to redline entire industries. Industries that play crucial roles in the everyday lives of americans deserve fair access to americas Financial System and should not be demonized as pawns in the politics of the day. Banks are in the miss of assessing, measuring, and managing risk. They should be making lending decisions based on quantifiable risks associated with a loan. If a legally operating business is a sound credit risk by objective stans, banks should not be permitted to cut off financing simply because the business isnt in the good graces of certain politicians. Many of the rules detractors say its an overreach by the o. C. C. Or motivated by partisan goals. In reality the rule simply implements directives under doddfrank to provide fair access. It codifies a regulation, statements, and guidance from financial regulators under president obama. In 2014 then comptroller tom curry said to regulated banks, you shouldnt feel you cant bank a customer because they fall into a category that on its face appears to carry an elevated level of risk. Higher risk category of customers calls for stronger management and controls not avoidance. Some critics. Rule have made the argument it would compromise Financial Stability to force lenders to extend credit to dying industries such as the fossil energy industry. That have no future under left leaning policies like the green new deefment has it every occurred to these politicians that the reason why these fossil Energy Companies might face a challenging future is because of their own policies and because of their unrelenting desire to deny them the credit that they need to continue to operate . The debappinging of certain legally operating industries is one in a series of examples of Corporate Leaders succumbing to the pressure of activists and far left politicians. They have ceded the prime say of shareholders and lit plething politics drive their financing decisions. I commend acting comptroller brooks on proposing this thoughtful and timely rule of nondiscrimination. This rule will ensure that all legal American Companies have full access to the robust u. S. Financial system and the Economic Freedom they deserve and will put an end to the misguided practice of banks playing politics with american jobs. With that, mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri, mr. Clay, for five minutes. Mr. Clay mr. Speaker, i rise today to offer my farewell remarks as a member of the peoples house. And while i will be sad to leave this historic place, i will forever be grateful for the opportunity to serve missouris first Congressional District for two decades and to have been blessed with the friendship of so many colleagues. I have given my best because my constituents deserve nothing less. I learned that vital lesson about Public Service from my best advisor and my personal hero, my dad. Former congressman bill clay. And the truth is none of my success would have been possible without my remarkable family. I want to thank the rock of our family, my mother, carol, and my devoted and talented sisters, vicky and michelle. And i also want to thank my children, carol and will. No member serves unto themselves. Families also sacrifice greatly. Carol and will, youall have made me extremely proud. You carry yourselves with such dignity, poise, and character there is no greater joy i have than being your father. Thank you for being my greatest and best legacy. To my wife, pat. I could not have selected a better partner to share in my post congressional career. Your love and optimism keep my life balanced. I so look forward to our days to come. Of course, best part of being a member of congress is helping tens of thousands of constituents solve issues with the federal government. None of that would have been possible without my dedicated and compassionate staffp, over o the years. Patricia, sheila, virginia, sandy, ismail, jasmina, sean, craig, percy, adrian, adam, marvin, richard, les, mark, lou, brian, michelle, brittany, josh, pauline, perry, samantha, sheri, tony, bill, frank, erica, matt, rico, and my communications director, steven engel hart. And the late alson and late dotti. I also want to thank an exceptional american who has devoted 48 years of Public Service to the u. S. House. My remarkable constituent services director, ed william massey. I want to thank my devoted assistant scheduler, karen long. Karen is family. She always went above and beyond foreme and i am forever grateful. I want to especially thank all of my chiefs of staff, hair yacht grigs bye, darell, and yvette. In the book of matthews, chapter 25 verses 3640, when i was naked you clothed. Me. When i was visited me. When i was in prison you came to me. The righteous asks the lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, clothe you, or in prison visited . Antiking answered them, truly, i and the king answered them, truly, i say to you as you did it to the least of these, my brothers, you did it to me. These scriptures have been a guide post for my career in Public Service. Over my 10 terms i have fearlessly advocated for the permanent interests of africanamericans and other unheard voices. I have had many legislative achievement in this body, and i thank all of my colleagues who assisted me in doing as the scriptures noted, caring for the least of these. In my remaining term i would like to highlight a few victories. R 14 years i hosted the clay career fair at st. Louis hbcu, harris stoe State University which connected thousands of job seekers with goodpaying jobs providing economic stability. Creating jobs and Economic Development was a priority for me. We were able to build the new 120 Million National Archives Administration center in north st. Louis county. The greatest economic victory for north st. Louis was the bipartisan effort to build a headquarters of the National Geospatial intelligence agency. That 1. 7 billion project is the largest single federal investment in st. Louis history which many aextremely proud. Mr. Speaker, we have also built hundreds of units of new housing. E have also expanded organ and tissue donation registries, and im proud of the legacy and work from missouris first Congressional District. Thank you again, mr. Speaker. May god bless youall. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, for five minutes. Mr. Style i rise to address one of the greatest thets to american safety, iran. Its the largest state sponsor of terrorism and from past actions we know the regime cannot be struss trusted. Over the past four years progress has been made. Our maximum Pressure Campaign and sanctions have reined in irans power. Normalization agreements between israel and numerous nations in the region continue to isolate iran. The united arab emirates, bahrain, and sudan have embraced peace and cooperation. At this moment of success, the United States cannot back down. We cannot return to onesided deals that strengthen iran. There is little doubt without our efforts iran will continue its pursuit for Nuclear Weapon and regional dominance. We must maintain pressure on the regime. Just last month the iaea confirmed what we suspected all along, did the Iranian Regime continues to ramp up its Nuclear Program . In fact its accelerating its efforts. West must stand strong. Under the Obamabiden Administration we saw years of foreign policy. Years of policy that allowed developing a ue Nuclear Weapon. Years of policy that sent of cash to iran. Years of policy that neglected our alliance with israel. Of policy that allowed iranian terrorism to thrive region. He after the failed obamabiden ran deal was implemented, iran continued perpetuating violence, and proxy wars across the middle east. Closer to loser and obtaining a Nuclear Weapon. Has shown rump theres another way. We do not need to appease errorist states and turn our backs on israel. Instead, the trump has istrations strength helped set the conditions for regional peace. Cooperation between israel and middle Eastern States is continuing to grow. His change of policy has brought hope. Eace is possible, but peace does not happen through capitulation and it will not backwards. E go its clear the u. S. Sanctions targeting iran are working. Our ed to maintain sanctions against iran and take ecisive steps to prevent evasion. Sanctions have cut off vital resources that irans leaders themselves and spread terrorism. U. S. Financial sanctions make it iran to fund its ambitious power its ambitions to become a nuclear power. Nfortunately, bad actors work hard to get around United States sanctions. Ts why i cointroduced the preventing illicit financing act. This bill supports our maximum campaign and creates a publicprivate group to limit the abuse of the financial actors, like iran. My bill strengthens the united tates ability to enforce financial sanctions against iran, russia, and other adversaries. Is maximum Pressure Campaign working. We cannot turn a blind eye to aggressions in pursuit of terrorism. Iran must be held accountable. Strengthening our sanctions enforcement and maintaining our ough approach, we can prevent iran from becoming a nuclear power. I yield back. Tempore r pro pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the c you have to offer alternatives. You have to go into the community. Ou have to establish state presence. You have to provide the roads, titling mentioned, land so there will be financial inclusion. You have to supply these ingredients for legal crops. And most of the people we spoke with, we met with some theyd much , rather not be producing coca. Risk. Ont like the they dont want to be subject to the guerrillas. Able to produce legal crops. Dr. Owe oneil
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