Protected civil rights writ large. So this is going to require a longterm bipartisan commitment. But not just from us in washington but folks in the state capitals, city halls, and Police Departments across the country. Because ultimately its the local officials that have the responsibility to hire and fire the police chief, to make sure that bad Police Officers are removed from the force. And thats where the nearterm responsibility needs to lie, because we dont have that capability here. But we do believe, i do believe there are concrete steps we can take right now to address the racial injustices that were exposed once again with the death of mr. Floyd. So i appreciate senator scott and leader mcconnell for responding to this crisis with the urgency that it deserves, and im proud to be part of this effort in the senate. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from. The presiding officer the s
Adopted. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 230, the nays are 16, the resolution is adopted. The yeas and nays are ordersed. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 127, House Resolution 793, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 1270, to amend the Internal Revenue code of 19860repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act, which disqualified expenses for over the counter d drugs over the counter overthecounter drugs under Health Flexible spending arrangements. The question on ordering the previous question. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [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
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered this morning by our chaplain, father con roy . Conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Lord, you know there are Many Americans who look to the peoples house as uncertainty about the future of the economy and their livelihoods hang in the balance. Bless the members of the peoples house with the understanding that it is their work to develop the strategies and the plans to assuage the fears of their fellow countrymen and countrymen and countrywomen. We again ask you to compel those who possess power here in the capitol to be mindful of those whom they represent, who possess little or no power. And whose lives are made all the more difficult by a failure to work out serious differences. May all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval
Of federal appropriations from the National Park service. We recently spent be several hundred thousand dollars repairing their or sewer system, we do ongoing safety and food inspections, trash removal and road maintenance. So we had to evaluate in the case of claude moore, in the case of dozens of these, of whether or not we would be in violation of the antideficiency act by allowing these to continue to operate. So if you may, let me just say we took the closure date on october 1, and then we began to evaluate each of these operations individually to insure that we were not violating. And those that we felt we could honestly and clearly and legally reopen, we have done that. By the way, i have limited amount of time left, but i want to say at least speaking for this member i just heard my colleague from colorado make some rather strong statements about you and your service. I completely disavow those comments. I think you have been an exemplary public servant. I think youve done the
Appreciate the support of congress to resolve this extraordinary challenge. Thank you. Director jarvis, thanks very much. Because of the number of senators here, ill ask one question to get us started and recognize our colleagues. Director jarvis, for decades, the park service has recommended expanding the Oregon Caves National monument. And one of the primary reasons has been because the existing site is not large enough to protect the site, given the volume of visitors. So in the case of oregon caves, not expanding the site could actually increase the cost of maintaining a very unique resource. My point is that the park acquisition and maintenance costs are not always in conflict, and certainly the oregon caves raises that issue. Adding to the monument might actually hold down the cost of maintaining the site. So my question to you, dr. Jarvis, is isnt this part of the thinking that ought to go into this debate . In other words, were going to explore plenty of ideas. And you saw that