The speaker the house will be in order. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 4, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, madam speaker. And now mr. Speaker. By rejoining the Paris Agreement, President Biden has promised the world the u. S. Will retake its position in the fight against Climate Change and be true to its word to meet our commitments to reduce Greenhouse Gases and now it falls to us, it falls to congress to prof. The president right. Prove the president right. Despite the confused, disingenuous and false rhetoric around the Paris Agreement, in reality, it is catalyzing, measur
Lead to brakes used in other fields. Congressman tom cole shares this to our 20 minute hearing. We will go ahead and being in the meeting and the chairman will join us in a few minutes. I dont to keep the other members ready. Before we start i want to recognize my good friend the gentleman from arkansas with the purpose of an introduction. Thank you, mr. Chairman. If it pleases the committee i would like to first of all disclose that sometime around 11 00 oclock i have to depart early for a previously scheduled meeting but i do want to take just a moment to recognize a young lady in the audience today in each one of my colleagues have been provided a nice glossy bio of this young lady for the benefit of the rest of the audience and for hearing purposes to recognize mary would form an now she is in the back [applause] mary is a freshman at the university of arkansas. [applause] we dont have to holler sue here and we dont have to call the hawks today but given our record in sec right now
Purpose of an introduction. Thank you, mr. Chairman. If it pleases the committee i would like to first of all disclose that sometime around 11 00 oclock i have to depart early for a previously scheduled meeting but i do want to take just a moment to recognize a young lady in the audience today in each one of my colleagues have been provided a nice glossy bio of this young lady for the benefit of the rest of the audience and for hearing purposes to recognize mary would form an now she is in the back [applause] mary is a freshman at the university of arkansas. [applause] we dont have to holler sue here and we dont have to call the hawks today but given our record in sec right now we probably shouldnt be calling the logs right now but that said the information provided to each of my colleagues so states this is a very special young lady doing very well in her College Studies at the university of arkansas and while she is not on the dais today and not one of the people testifying she has j
There could be as many as 400,000. People with down syndrome are here to stay. Now, many may have thought it was impossible, very difficult to reverse the ill effects. This often is not true. More than doubling of the Life Expectancy was due to interventions, getting people with down syndrome out of institutions and get them some standard medical care and surgery with those with a heart defect and those with hypothyroidism. Im sure people will live onger, better lives. Regardless, down Syndrome Research has been underfunded. And the condition that cannot fit under the scope of the institute but the bulk of the research has been funded by the National Institute of Child Care Health and development. To advance our understanding of alzheimers, cancer, leukemia, conditions and much more, i think the time is right to think of an initiative to investigate this condition both in many, many institutes at n. I. H. Now the concept of congress and n. I. H. Working together on an initiative to add
They talk about the personal experience raising children with down syndrome. The cochairs also testified along with medical experts, advocates and individuals with the syndrome of how research can lead to breakthroughs. His hearing is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible] will convene a meeting chairman will join us for a few minutes. The delicate members waiting period before we start i want to recognize my friend from arkansas. Thank you and i would like to disclose that sometime around 11 00 oclock i have to depart early for previously scheduled meeting. Want to take a moment to recognize a lady in the audience today and each one of my colleagues have been provided a glossy bio. But for the benefit of the audience for hearing purposes to recognize Mary Lorraine foreman and shes in the back. Mary is a freshman at the university of arkansas. [applause] we dont have to call box today but given our record we probably shouldnt be calling the hawks right now. That said, as information pro