Clickn find this online the series tab are main page and select washington journal. We are live at the house. E the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. E clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , june 26, 2017. I hereby appoint the honorable Paul Mitchell to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. Marshall, for five minutes. Mr. Marshall i request unanimous consent to address the house for up to five minutes. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Marshall mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor Brigadier General patrick d. Frank who is the acting Senior Commander of the First Infantry Division in fort riley but departing soon after serving in this capacity since october of 2016. Brigadier general franks was the first to welcome me as a new member of congress and he and his wife, jennifer, served as great ambassadors for the big red one. Thank you for making myself as well as my staff always feel so very welcome at fort riley. Hes received numerous awards and served in multiple theaters some of which include operation desert storm, operation uphold democracy in haiti and operation freedom sent national. We commend him for his service to our nation and wish he and jennifer the best of luck and much success in his next post as Deputy Commander general of the Army Cadet Command at fort knox, kentucky. He and jennifer will will be missed at fort riley and in kansas. Kansas is an export dependent state. We supply food, feed and aircraft and parts to countries all over the world. As i traveled the state over the past six months i heard repeatedly we must find ways to open new markets for United States producers, including kansans. The good news is that this administration is focused on just doing that, opening new markets. The announcement that u. S. Beef will be allowed back in china is a tremendous example. China is a 2. 5 billion beef market. With the u. S. Has been unfairly shut out for 13 years. This bilateral success shows how the u. S. Is about holding other countries accountable and that our negotiators are working on behalf of u. S. Producers. Recent confirmation that the u. S. Is continuing World Trade Organization cases for barriers for wheat, corn and rice is also welcomed news for United States farmers. China has flagrantly violated their w. T. O. Commitments, costing lost farm incomes as china stockpiled surplus grains that are weighing on world markets. Global rulesbased trade as global has expanded weve found when there is a free and level Playing Field america can match any competitor. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. Abraham, for five minutes. Mr. Abraham thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize mrs. Emerson for being recognized as one of the top 20 ag teachers in the nation. By the National Association of agricultural educators. They come into her classroom with a strong background in agriculture and she provides hands on lessons that provoke meaningful connection between the curriculum and the work at home to help take their learning to the next level. Her students can earn industry certification and dual credit by enrolling in her agricultural courses. She helps develop her students leadership skills through the national f. F. A. Organization, skills they need to move forward, higher levels of education, postgraduate education and just for life. To borrow from the f. F. A. Creed i, too, believe in the future of agriculture because of educators like Lauren Emerson who are leading the next generation of agriculturalists, the Fifth District is proud to recognize mrs. Emerson for all shes doing for her ag students. Thank you, mr. Speaker, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2 00 p. M. Today. For error. Senator mcconnell is starting the week several votes short of the 50 need with both conservative and liberal opposing the matter. Cited concerns over medicaid. You can read more Details Online thehill. Com. Speeches likely in the senate when they meet at 4 00 eastern. You can watch that on cspan2. Recently on cspan Williams College student zachary wood at a Senate JudiciaryCommittee Hearing on free speech. They unilaterally cancelled the speaker. Days later the president enacted new speaker policies that made bringing speakers to campus and especially an especially arduous process for my student group. What i find undemocratic and antitheycal is the president s decision to disinvite a speaker solely on the basis of his inflammatory remarks about ace. Congresswoman Diane Degette on the Opioid Crisis in the u. S. Ms. Degette and i said, what are the issues youre facing here at the Denver Public library and i thought she would Say Something like, you know, cybersecurity or access to books. She said, we have people overdosing in the Library Every day and we need to get our librarians the locks on so that lockson so they can give people at the Denver Public library. And senator mccain with patrick shanahan. Senator mccain we have an executive from one of the five major corporations that has corraled 95 of our Defense Budgets and one of the major issues that this committee has had headaches about, that has reported out our bill and you want to find out more information. Ot a good beginning. Not a good beginning. Do not do that, again, mr. Shanahan, or i will not take your name up for a vote before this committee. Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org. Right on our homepage or by searching the video library. Former president george w. Bush and his wife laura spoke at a summit on Veterans Issues along with david shulingin. The former president and first lady talked about transition programs for veterans and their families and secretary shulingin took questions on ptsd and the issue of veteran suicide. [applause] president bush thank you. Its nice to be back in washington. [laughter] l bity briefly albeit briefly. Laura and i want to thank you for having us here. I want to thank you for opening up the